Normandale Scenes

The hamlet of Normandale in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County is nestled on the shore of Long Point Bay, Lake Erie between Turkey Point and Port Dover. During the early 1800's bog iron ore was discovered in its environs and a thriving iron works was developed by the VanNorman family manufacturing stoves and many other products. The ore supply waned by the middle 1800's and Normandale dropped into obscurity until the early 1900's when it rose in popularity as a cottage community for residents of Simcoe and elsewhere. The following cottage pictures were taken around 1910 to 1920.