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      Bush plane bringing in supplies to Pakwash Bay, 1946.

      Gravel Trucks being transported from Sioux Lookout to the Ear Falls construction area by scow. Once they reached the shore, trucks were driven to English River, where they were loaded onto other scows.

      Tomlinson Bros. Contractors were awarded the contract to build the highway to Red Lake, Ontario in 1946. Truckers, Bert and Harold Mcgonicle pose by their trucks in a gravel pit near Ear Falls, Ontario. The road building required the clearing of 1325 acres of land and the excavation of 400,000 …

      A view from across Pakwash Bay of the sleeping quarters of the Red Lake road builders. These cabins had log walls and canvas roofs.

      Left to Right- Nick Osipanko, Keith Randle, Morris Waywanko in a moment of rest at the road builders cabins on the shore of Pakwash Bay, Ontario.

      Early morning at Pakwash Bay, 1946. These cabins were used to house the highway construction crews for the Red Lake highway that opened August 17, 1947. The camp at Pakwash Bay housed 100 men on the gravel shore of Pakwash Lake. Five hundred men were hired through Manpower (Federal Employment …

      The method of transport used in the construction of the highway to Red Lake was by 'scow'. This lake barge carried trucks from Sioux Lookout to Ear Falls. Trucks were driven off one scow and loaded onto another scow to take them to English River. Before the highway, water transportation …

      Gravel trucks owned by Morris Waywenko at one of the many gravel pits used to provide fill for the road to Red Lake.

      Heavy equipment arriving at Pakwash Bay for highway construction to Red Lake in 1946. Photo of tugboat and caterpillar tractor on the shores of Pakwash Bay.

      A lonely stretch of highway on the way to Red Lake, surrounded by spruce forests. Before the highway, travel and shipping were done by the water systems or by air. The road to Red Lake required the clearing of 1325 acres of land, and the excavation of 400,000 cubic yards …

      Portrait of William James Abercrombie, 1st manager of the Fort William T. Eaton Company Limited. Mr Abercrombie assumed management of the fledgling Eaton's Foodateria on Victoria Avenue in 1929 and remained with the firm until his retirement in 1961. During his years in Thunder Bay, he was the founder of …

      The Lake Superior Regiment leaving Port Arthur, Ontario on October 1, 1940. Thousands were on hand as the troops departed.

      Quebec Cafe, Star Cafe, Mariaggi Hotel.

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      The Lake Superior Regiment leaving Port Arthur on October 10, 1940. Crowds line Red River Road, called Arthur Street at the time as the soldiers with the Lake Superior Regiment march towards the train station on Water Street. The first section of the regiment left the Armoury and paraded to …

      Black and white photo showing the C.N.R. trestle at an interesting angle, showing part of the steel viaduct and the East Trestle.

      Black and white photo of the C.N.R. field engineering staff. From left to right are: Arnott; Syd Harper; D.B McKillop; E. Naslin; MacIlroy and Morphet. No first names were listed on the photograph.

      Photo of the massive trestle with two people standing on the ground to the left. The base of the trestle at the right is composed of fir timbers from British Columbia. On the left, the trestle displays a steel viaduct of towers and plate girder deck spans.

      Black and white photo showing the first girder of the second 78' span in place.

      Placing second 78' span - six down, two to go. (February 27, 1945)