Résultats

      After the completion of the culvert a group of workers pose for a photo of their completed task.

      Black and white photograph by Linde shows the method for clearing blasted rocks and debris from the construction site on a section of track for the Transcontinental Railway near Keewatin, Ontario.

      The Campbells work gang poses for a photo at the end of a track section. Horses were valuable to the completion of this Grand Trunk line of track and often worth as much or more to hire as the men on the gangs at the turn of the century.

      Black and white photograph of the Olsen and Larson construction camp in the early 1900s.

      A logging camp by the river, or possibly a "river drive" camp used primarily during the spring to house workers. The length of logs in the river would lead one to connect this image to the pulp and paper industry, but paper mills were nonexistent in the area at the …

      By the appearance of these workers, it is obvious that the building of the Trans Continental Railway was not an easy task. All digging and excavation were completed by hand and materials were moved to another site by horse and wagon.

      A view of the Anderson's Contractor and steam train pushing the load along the trestle during the construction of the Trans Continental Railway in the early 1900s.

      A winter scene at Chambers Camp during the construction of the Trans Continental Railway.

      Workers from Anderson and Johnson contractors take a short break to pose for Linde (photographer from Kenora). Dagero is a small town near Ingolf (near the Manitoba - Ontario border. "Dagero (52 E/14) Southeast of Brereton Lake. A former Canadian Pacific railway point, first noted on a Department of the …

      Construction or logging camp cabins with residents standing outside. The cook stands in the foreground and beside the kitchen are men dressed in suits and a woman.

      Workers and horses pose for a photo during the clearing of a rock cut near Kenora, Ontario during the early 1900s.

      "Tracks/chemin de fer : an opportunities for youth project based on the history of the C.P.R. in the Kenora (Rat Portage) area" - 385.09713 TRA Spec. Coll.

      A group of workers pose for a photo while working on the Trans Continental Railway tracks near Kenora (Rat Portage), Ontario. According to the McDonald papers, 12 000 men and 5000 horses were employed in the construction in this area. The cost was $12 million, of which 10% was spent …

      G. Gampbell and Camp 3 on top of a rock cut. The boom in the background was used to lift massive pieces of rock onto wagons that were pulled by horses to another location. The rock was then used as fill for other sections of the Trans Continental Railway.

      Photo of a dynamite thawing house.

      Black and white photo illustrating how the Anderson and Johnson contractors used the man-made boom to elevate blasted rocks onto pallets for the horses to transfer from the area.

      Construction workers for the Trans Continental Railway during the early 1900s near Keewatin, Ontario.

      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 …

      Photo taken at Savant Lake, November 1927. From left to right: A. Doonan, Murdock Mosher, Alex Mosher. Doonan did not make the trip. Collin Ferguson came with us.