In the January 13th 1862 issue of the Examiner, Henry C. Young informed the public that he was opening the Bonshaw Inn (47). On April 2nd 1862 Alexander sold the one acre of land near the corner of the Argyle Shore Road and the to Henry Charles Young , a tavern keeper from the . In this transaction the selling price was 315 pounds, and the Bonshaw Inn and out buildings are mentioned (48). Henry was noted in Hutchison's 1864 directory as an innkeeper but in the following year Alexander McNevin was issued a license to operate a country tavern so it seems the sale of the Inn did not go through (3,45). The Inn was shown near the corner of the two roads on the 1863 Lake map (2). In 1870, 1871, and 1880 Alexander McNevin was noted as the innkeeper (5,6,33). Alexander senior died before 1880 and the property was taken over by his son Alexander (36). Alexander may have been running the Inn as a hotel only as there was no record of a tavern licence in Bonshaw after 1871. Alexander was described as a farmer and hotel keeper in the 1880 Meecham 's Atlas (33). The Inn probably closed when the building was sold to Albert Morrow on July 13th 1880 as the 1889/90 directory does not list any inn or hotel in Bonshaw (36,7). Albert Morrow sold the property to John Murchison on April 14th 1892, the price was $750 (37). The building served as the Post Office for a number of years and, of course, as the doctor's office. The house was abandoned in the 1970s and was demolished in the early 1980s (21,29). Murchison House pre 1940 courtesy of Catherine Murchison -47-