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    Mr. Lewis recalled that Indian names including the Huron, Ojibway, Chippewa and Iroquois were part of the stories he had heard.

    Mr. Speissman describes various transportation methods including taking a tugboat up the Blind River,a steel train to Lake Matinenda and then an alligator (skow) to 68 Bay where he cooked in a lumber

    Mrs. Gray arrived in Blind River in 1914 as a young teacher. The first car, a Buick owned by Mr. Hemstead appeared before 1914. John is referred to as "Jack" throughout the interview.

    This is a three page summary of Harold Godson's memories of early life in Blind River. Mr. Godson recalls life in the lumber camps, manning the Lake Duborne fire tower, working in a clothespin factor

    This is a three page summary of Dr. Morris' hearsay understanding of the history regarding native tribes, battles and settlement on the north shore.

    This is a seven-page typed document listing by year, the library board members and staff of the Blind River Public Library from 1926 - 1953.

Norlyn Purych, The Sault Star, March 17, 2001     This article concerns the induction of the first country musician from the Blind River area into the Northern Ontario Country Music Hall of Fame. Some information about Earl Bell, Lucien Pilon and Ri

Shannon Quesnel, The Sault Star, April 18, 2007     This two-page article from the on-line Elliot Lake Standard concerns the new candidate for the Green Party for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing. The article documents how the 18 year old candidate, Greg

    This newspaper article describes the volunteer work of 80 year old Alice Desabrais and how she won the Heart of Blind River volunteer award. The article also shares information about the local Canadi

Rocco Frangione, The Sault Star, June 1, 2001, Section A, p. 11     Photo caption reads " The Fourth Annual Influential Women of Northern Ontario Award show was held recently in Sudbury. Winners included: Blind River's Lila Cyr, left, Influential Women Award; Louise

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.

    Photo caption reads "Ruth Christilaw"

    A black and white photo of Leslie holding one of her works in progress accompanies this article. It should be noted that the original photo was of poor quality and efforts to improve upon it were uns

    This newspaper article informs the reader about local artist Al Wright's winning two awards for his watercolor paintings, one from the North of 17 juried show and another in Sault Ste. Marie, Michiga

Ruth Compton Brouwer, Jae-Dong Han and Young-sik Yoo, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) ( CTVglobemedia), July 26, 1999, Section A, p. 15     Dr. Whang practiced medicine in Blind River, Ontario for twenty years.

    Chantal was destined for Brazil while Sarah was travelling to Hungary.

Norlyn Purych, The Sault Star, April 27, 1997, Section A, p. 14     A photo of Courtney with his latest award ribbon plus another photo of Courtney and his horse William Tell at a Kentucky competition accompany the article.

Norlyn Purych, The Sault Star, November 4, 1995, Section C, p. 1     Mr. Pilon was a self-taught violinist, wood worker and violin maker. Two photos accompany this article. One shows Mr. Pilon playing one of his custom made violins while the other shows him carving a

    This is a photocopy of a page found in the Canadian Workshop Magazine detailing the construction of a wooden unit built by Jim Eagles of Blind River.

    This article shares that while Blind River could be a tough town, it also had a fully equipped brokerage office.