Wells Families
Updated: 2016-10-18

Image of Ice boat and motorcycle on Toronto Bay, March 1911
Billed as the "Mile a Minute Race" and reaching speeds up to 100 kilometres per hour, the crew of the ice boat Comet included the brothers who built it, Carol C. Wells and Samuel R. Wells. Also in the boat are Malcolm Cuthbertson, Frank Kerr, and William Self. On the motorcycle is Canadian motorcycling champion Herb Kipp.
Credit: Judy L. Wells Darke
A reproduction of the original image may be ordered from www.canadianheritage.org.

Image of Ice boat being used in a family outing.

Excerpt from 1956-03-24 BoxOffice magazine page 34:
PITTSBURGH-William Powell, manager of the ABC Drive-in near Conway for the Smith Management Co. for five years, arrived here to reopen the ozoner March 23. denying the rumor that a large mercantile outlet had purchased the outdoor theatre. Now director of advertising for the Smith organization, Powell introduced the new ABC manager, Joseph Bresnahan of Boston. Sam Seletsky is film buyer for the Smith circuit . . . Samuel Wells, Canadian film man, was an interesting Filmrow visitor en route to a vacation in Florida. Projectionist at Loew's Uptown, Toronto, for 16 years, where his brother Carol also is a projectionist, Sam had been at Shea's Hippodrome, Toronto, for 13 years prior to joining Loew's Uptown. In 1910 he pioneered exhibition in a black tent, traveling to fairs, circuses and Indian camps for exciting shows and experiences. The Wells brothers operated as roadshowmen for a number of years in eastern Canada.

Title: Short Stories of Vessel Days on The Great Lakes by Capt. Jim. McNabb.
Preface: Having been repeatedly and urgently requested by my sailor friends and others to place before them for perusal my early experiences and adventures of early days of lake navigation, is my justification for putting these adventures in print. Otherwise, as its title is clear, this book would require no preface. However, it may here be stated that those who may be attracted by the title of this work may rest assured that it contains nothing but the truth, including many historical facts, with a minute description of that hazardous and tiresome voyage during the expedition from Port Arthur to Fort Garry. when I went out as a voyageur and master of Colonel Wolseley's boat to help stay the hand of that notorious Riel and his associates in the Rebellion of 1870.

Title: Personal account of the dispute over rifles by Carol Wells
Summary: Rifles owned by Carol Wells were taken by his brother Samuel Wells and Samuel's son Douglas. The story starts in 1920 and came to a head on November 8, 1948. The case went to court. The rifles were never recovered by Carol.