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      Three wagons, three teams of horses, and teamsters pose for this photograph near Kama Hill, near Schreiber Ontario. Building the Trans-Canada Highway involved a tremendous amount of physical labour. Horses pulled wagons filled with gravel and fill. The sideboards and bottom boards of the wagons could be removed to allow …

      Group standing in front of mining camp on Mosher claims. Left to right: Carlson, Murdock Mosher, Ed Nelson, Miss Maud (Amanda) Gascon, Pete Gascon (cook). Murdock and Alex Mosher made discoveries in the Little Longlac area of Northern Ontario. Camp was on the east shore of Murdock Lake.

      Entrance to the Fort William Public Library, now Brodie Resource Library. The Thunder Bay Public Library opened in 1912 is a 'Carnegie' library. See also 10017; 4.3'wide x 3.1'high b&w photo

      A ski-jumper descends while a crowd on either side of the jump looks on. Newspaper accounts for the next day report between 2,500 and 3,000 people gathered to watch the District Championships held by the Fort William Ski Club.

      Sharp eyes were able to read the ribbon on Peter Heenan's lapel. It reads 'The Seventh Annual Convention Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce Fort William September 22-23 1937' While it is likely that both men attended the NWO Chamber of Commerce Convention, they were here for other reasons as …

      King George VI and Queen Elizabeth pose to be photographed in a First Nations encampment set up for the purposes of the Royal visit on the banks of the McIntyre River.

      Eaton's Foodateria in Fort William proudly displays its new store front, which features modernistic lettering and black and white tiling. Eaton's opened its food store in Fort William in 1929. The store continued operations at the Victoria Avenue location until October 21st,1948, where it re-opened on South Syndicate Avenue. This …

      Also P3564

      A view of Prince Arthur's Landing, in Port Arthur, as seen in 1932, showing the C.N.R and C.P.R. docks.

      freight sheds, docks, water, smoke, fire, Port Arthur, Thunder Bay, Ontario

      A sports breakfast at the Prince Arthur Hotel. The Patton Trophy sits on the head table, while behind it dignitaries pose for the camera. Winners of the Allan Cup were welcomed home to a breakfast celebration at the Prince Arthur Hotel. The Bearcats hockey team disembarked from their journey at …

      A street scene showing war veterans waiting to meeting King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at the CPR railroad station. Near the centre of the photograph you will see Queen Elizabeth and slightly ahead of her to her left is King George VI. The CPR station on the left was …

      Shops in background: Zellers; Dr. Benger, Dentist; Colonial Theatre; Commodore Tea Room; O.G. Snyder, Optometrist

      Candie at Mackie Siding - Due to poor track conditions caused by high water on the Whitefish River and the weakened bridges at Hymers, the Port Arthur Duluth Railway was issued an order to close. Revenue on the line did not warrant the heavy expenditure necessary to repair the tracks …

      Peter Samchek stands atop pulp logs at the river's edge of an unknown location in Northwestern Ontario. Logs were usually cut during the late fall and winter months, and then hauled over snow roads to the edges of rivers and lakes. In the spring, when the ice was gone, logs …

      The Port Arthur Duluth and Western Railway was simply known as the Pee Dee. The Thunder Bay Colonization Railway was incorporated on Feb.1,1883. The railway's aim to construct a railway from Prince Arthurs Landing to some point south of Arrow Lake, which turned out to be Gunflint Lake approx. 85 …

      Crowds stroll through Current River Park, Port Arthur, Ontario, during the city's 50th Anniversary celebrations. The picnic at the park was attended by a crowd of over 10,000. Children and their parents drank 5,000 pints of milk, and ate 10,000 doughnuts and popsicles. Children competed in races. During the evening …

      On May 23, 1939 King George Vl and Queen Elizabeth toured the twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur, Ontario). There was a genuine outpouring of joy and affection as the King and Queen went by. Special medallions in bronze and aluminum were distributed for this occasion.

      A bushworker sorts the logs in preparation for the spring break up on the river. Logs were rafted down rivers and lakes as an inexpensive means of transporting the wood to mills.

      Central Patricia Gold Mines executives standing outside the Central Patricia Mines Ltd. Left to Right: Ike Waite (Director of Central Patricia Gold Mines), Fraser Reid (Consultant for Central Patricia Gold Mines), Jack Hammell (President of Pickel Crow Mines), F.M. Connell (President of Central Patricia Gold Mines), and George Webster (Director …