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| FOR SALE - HIGHWAY BOOKSHOP - trans Canada highway 11, just south of Cobalt, Ontario - about 300 miles due north of Toronto. - being sold only because of the age of the owners - approx 1 million books - employs 7 local people plus the owners - open year round, 7 days per week including holidays from 8am to 10pm - turn key operation - good internet business with close to 250,000 books catalogued and ready to ship - some publishing equipment on site - located in scenic northern Ontario, 80 miles north of North Bay on Highway 11 website of the bookshop - some of the information is a bit out of date... http://www.highwaybooks.ca/index.htm More photos and a video will be on this page shortly... Serious inquiries should be directed to the listing agent, Mary Church, at broker@ntl.sympatico.ca The listing, along with a short video about the store can be seen at http://tritownrealestate.com/index.pl/currency=CAD/page=listing/ID=1735 |
| yet ANOTHER feature of WeSellUsedBooks.com |
I started this feature because of the bookstore above. For a few years in the early 70's I lived a bit north of
the Highway Book Shop. The store, and its owner/founder, Doug Pollard, were my inspiration when I
started my own store in Sylvan. I figured if he could make a go of it in this remote part of Ontario, then I
should be able to do it in rural Southern Ontario.
Open every day of the year for extended hours, there were always customers in the store whenever I
visited. Doug is of the older school of bookman - always in a suit and tie - and always friendly and helpful.
Even here - nearly 400 miles away, I frequently meet people who know the store - and universally have
good memories of it. NFB (National Film Board) has made a short film about the store.
HBS (Highway Book Shop) has for years published books by local - and not so local - writers about Ontario
history, lore, nature, etc, the best known of these is 'Backhouses of the North' by Muriel Newton-White.
If you love books, wilderness, winter, moose, bears, and friendly folk, this is the place. When I lived there, I
remember minus 40 degrees as a common winter temperature - at night you would hear a 'CRACK!' like a
rifle shot, but it was just a tree reacting to the cold. We watched out for moose on the road, bears in the
bush, and beavers in the rivers.
I hope someone buys this historic bookshop. I would hate to hear that it was closed.
Bob Lewis
the Highway Book Shop. The store, and its owner/founder, Doug Pollard, were my inspiration when I
started my own store in Sylvan. I figured if he could make a go of it in this remote part of Ontario, then I
should be able to do it in rural Southern Ontario.
Open every day of the year for extended hours, there were always customers in the store whenever I
visited. Doug is of the older school of bookman - always in a suit and tie - and always friendly and helpful.
Even here - nearly 400 miles away, I frequently meet people who know the store - and universally have
good memories of it. NFB (National Film Board) has made a short film about the store.
HBS (Highway Book Shop) has for years published books by local - and not so local - writers about Ontario
history, lore, nature, etc, the best known of these is 'Backhouses of the North' by Muriel Newton-White.
If you love books, wilderness, winter, moose, bears, and friendly folk, this is the place. When I lived there, I
remember minus 40 degrees as a common winter temperature - at night you would hear a 'CRACK!' like a
rifle shot, but it was just a tree reacting to the cold. We watched out for moose on the road, bears in the
bush, and beavers in the rivers.
I hope someone buys this historic bookshop. I would hate to hear that it was closed.
Bob Lewis
