Résultats

      Photograph of the hotel built by Oliver Daunais ("The Silver King") at Beaver Mountain Mine, a small mining community near Stanley. The boom in silver mining attracted American investors to Northwestern Ontario. Port Arthur Illustrated 1887

      Photograph of a fishing party aboard the tug the "Hattie Vinton". On board with the others are two of the owners, Harry Servais, shown standing on the right, and Joe Servais, at the back. Joseph Servais and his brother Harry were both residents of Port Arthur. The two worked for …

      This photograph shows the extreme terrain construction crews had to deal with in construction rail lines across Canada. Rock had to be blasted and then hauled out of the way. This photograph also appears in the books 'Building the Railway' by Rosemary Neering, Fitzhenry and Whiteside c1974, and in 'Railways …

      A boating party aboard the Hattie Vinton near Point Porphrey on Lake Superior. The Hattie Vinton was purchased in the spring of 1884 by Port Arthur residents Joe Servais, Harry Servais, and by Dolph Perras and John Body. It was originally owned by the Silver Island Company. In Nov of …

      A group portrait at the First Annual Shuniah and St. George Snowshoe Race, March 17, 1885, Port Arthur, Ontario.

      First Canadian Pacific Railway yards as they appeared shortly after the CPR was constructed in Westfort about 1880.

      A street scene, in 1885, looking down Brown St. into what is now Westfort (Town Plot) and toward Mount McKay.

      Also P3475

      Also P3465

      A photograph of the luxury CPR steamship Algoma, as she arrives at Port Arthur, Ontario, November 24,1884. The ship is covered with ice. At that time few ships would risk the gales of November on Lake Superior. This ship was built by Aiken and Marsell in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1883. …

      Soldiers pose on a CPR train at Port Arthur, Ontario in 1885. They are en route to Saskatchewan to aid in the suppression of Riel's North West Rebellion. Troops that used the rail-lines at this time faced arduous travel through the many gaps in the line before they could reach …

      Photograph of a two story structure with a hip roof and windows with rounded arches at the top. This was the only hospital in the District from 1885 to 1900. For a time in the early 1880's, the Sisters of St. Joseph converted parts of the convent they lived in …

      The Alberta sits at anchor in the harbour at Port Arthur, Ontario. The Alberta was considered one of the sturdiest ships on the Great Lakes. She was built in 1883 in Glasgow, Scotland and transported both passengers and freight to the Lakehead. The Alberta was one of the luxury steamships …

      Portrait of James Conmee: politician, entrepreneur, railroad and lumber magnate. James Conmee began work in this area installing machinery for the Oliver-Davidson sawmill on the Kaministiquia River in 1872. During his years in the Lakehead he became influential in railroad construction, purchased the Northern Hotel, served as Councillor in Prince …

      Also P3472

      Cover page of a book written in 1887 about the discoveries and description of industrial resources in the North West region. Contains maps and illustrations.

      Photograph of the mine site at Rabbit Mountain, near Stanley. At this site was the stamp mill, log houses, a general store and a small hotel. Silver was discovered in the Rabbit Mountain area in 1882. This was one of the first of a series of silver finds by Oliver …

      Also P3479

      Additional copies of this photo are held by the Thunder Bay Museum and the Canadian Pacific Archives.

      The battered remains of the luxury steamship Algoma on Mott Island (once called Greenstone Island) near Isle Royale. Contrary to some newspaper reports, this Algoma, was not the same ship that carried Wolseley's troops to Prince Arthur's Landing in 1870. A fierce November gale drove the Algoma off course and …