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    One of many devices to help ease descent on snow covered hills. Called a Barienger brake after its inventor, also called a crazy wheel due to its complexity. It consisted of an endless half mile loop

    writing on the back of the photo indicates it was taken in 1928.

    This black and white photo shows a log jam at the Mississauga Bridge on the Indian River

    While the source of this article is unknown, it deals with the conflict between sportsmen and loggers using privately owned logging roads. In order to access many of the best areas for hunting and fi

    This article appears to be the third in a series of articles discussing the effect of the ups and downs of the lumber industry on the town of Blind River. This piece covers a period from 1929 to 1958

    Article four in this series discusses the 1968 announcement by Domtar of the closure of the local mill. The last whistle blew at 5 pm on June 19, 1969 and saw 300 people join the 300-400 who had alre

    This is the fifth part of the series discussing the depletion of white pine forest stock in the area that would have led to an inevitable shut down of the Domtar mill sooner or later. It also discuss

    The Globe and Mail ran a large article about the McFadden mill that was the worlds larges white pine sawmill in the 1950`s. During its peak operation over 12 miles of concrete `streets` were laid for

    The Blind River Standard published this article recalling the heyday of the logging industry in the Blind River area. Including the chain of ownership of the mill that provided many jobs in Blind Riv

    This seven page document provides a point form time line of the progression of the logging industry in the Blind River area, from the arrival of the french explorers in 1640 to more modern days in 19

    This is Part Two of a story published in the Standard moving forward in time covering some of the industries that drove the growth of Blind River, such as logging, trapping, and fishing.

    This article covers some of the towns history from the time of 1761 when a sturgeon fishery was operating in the area, and then continues to the arrival of the first sawmill built in 1903 by J.J. McF

    This is a colorful description of the Town of Blind River in its heyday when logging and mining were king. It it is a lively tale of by gone days that is worth a read.

    The Blind River Mill was sold by J.J McFadden to Carpenter-Hixon out of Minnesota in 1926. Carpenter-Hixon invested $3.5 million dollars and turned it into the largest white pine mill in the world an

    This saw manufactured by Wright is possibly a Model GS-2520 that was only in production from 1958 to 1959 and was actually a reciprocating saw/chainsaw.

    Accession Number: X980.334.1 This piece is the First gas powered portable chainsaw manufactured by Rinco (Germany) and probably sold by the first salesman Andreas Stihl (later the founder of Stihl In

    Serial # 35588130.

    Accession Number # 1001.5.1

Rocco Frangione, The Sault Star, June 1, 2001, Section A, p. 11     A black and white photo of Laura Brown Breevelt posing with the sculpture accompanies the article. Ms. Breevelt was a former Elliot Lake resident.

    This is a hand created replica of a wooden tramway which was used for the horses to travel toward the greenway at the sawmill. The logs would be unloaded and travel up the greenway into the sawmill b