Résultats

      Scierie Mageau Lumber, Field, ON, 1975 / Mageau Lumber sawmill, Field, ON, 1975

      Planeur de la scierie Field Lumber après la tornade, Field, ON, le 20 août 1970 / The Field Lumber planer after the tornado in Field, ON, August 20, 1970

      Photo de groupe des travailleurs du moulin Abitibi, Sturgeon Falls / Group Photo of the Abitibi Mill Workers, Sturgeon Falls

      The flow in the Sturgeon River during its height on May 1, 1979 was recorded by Ontario as being the maximum flow ever in the river which means it was a one in 300 year flood which destroyed the Field village and took away the Crystal Falls bridge.

      The river provided cheap transportation until the 1960s when they were hauled by trucks.

      Field Lumber harvested very large white pine in the Sturgeon River basin. The Canadian National Railway ran a spur line into the Field Lumber yard.

      Note the houses on Larocque St. on the crest of a hill (left top of forest). This photo is near the Sturgeon River. The white building with a blue roof is the three wood dryers.

      The tornado caused over $249,000 in damage to many houses in the village of Field. There was also a death caused by the tornado.

      A secondary industry, chips, provided local employment as contractors discovered a market for them, not for burning but as part of products developed by the Sturgeon Falls Abitibi mill.

      From late April into May 1979, the Sturgeon River rampage affected many communities including: Caldwell, Crystal Falls, Field, Sturgeon Falls, Springer Township and the Nipissing First Nation territory.