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    There were four fire departments involved in trying to extinguish the blaze and at least 50 to 60 people assisted. There were seven people left homeless after the blaze and six tenants escaped withou

    Notes indicate that the Queen's Royal Hotel, was built by John Gordon in 1887. This was the second hotel ever built in Thessalon. It served first as his private home and was later converted to a hote

    This is a black and white ink sketch of the Queen's Royal Hotel, Thessalon, built in 1887. The sketch depicts the long two-story hotel with a covered porch around the building, There are also two sma

    This is a black and white photo of Heffernan House. This building was also known as The Moorehouse and later as The Sinton Hotel. The photo shows the building situated on the north west corner with a

    This is a newspaper clipping from the Sault Star that has both text and a picture showing a Miss Bellrose feeding two pet deer in the pen behind the Moorehouse in Thessalon, in 1911.

George West, The Sault Star, April 1985     The photo caption reads "Doomed hotel at height of blaze." Another article about the fires of Thessalon indicates that the Hotel Sinton Fire occurred April 9, 1985.

    The Rod and Gun Hotel was originally partially constructed in 1896 by Robert Arnill as a boarding house. Mr. Arnill bought the first store in "Tally Ho" as Iron Bridge was previously known from J. B.

    A newspaper photo of The Algoma Inn Tourist Hotel where Harvey and Mary Allen had their wedding reception on September 30, 1952.

    A newspaper clipping about the fire that leveled the Rod & Gun Hotel. The historic structure dated back to the original lumber boom times in 1896 when the main part of the hotel was built by Robert A

    This is a clipping from the Sault Star describing the fire that leveled the Rod and Gun Hotel in Iron Bridge, the fire took place on February 15, 1987. Originally built in 1896 as a boarding house by

    This is a coloured photo of the Moorehouse Hotel in Thessalon. The building is three-stories high and made of brick and stone construction. There appears to be a larger covered main entrance on the l

    This is a black and white photo of the downtown area of Main Street, Thessalon. A sign for a Hardware Store and Supplies can be seen on the right. The large two story building with the fancy gingerbr

    "Pet Deer, Rear of Hotel Heffenan"

    Notes indicate that Mr. Thomas Moore had the hotel built in 1907 by a Sault Ste. Marie contractors McPhail and Wright, using double and triple brick construction. Mr. Moore was known in the area as a

    The Thessalon House was the town's first hotel on the corner of Main and Algoma Streets, built circa 1882. It was built for the Dyment Lumber Company. The hotel had two barns and a large shed to acco

    The motel was owned by Cecil Nicholson and he ran it until the 70's.

    The original motel was built in 1955 by Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Tulloch. It was later sold to the Whites who owned it until 1962. It was later sold to Mr. and Mrs. Beemer who changed the name to the Iron

    This photo can be found in the Tweedsmuir History created by the Iron Bridge Women's Institute.

    Grigg's Hotel was located in Iron Bridge and was situated on the lot next to where the Municipal Offices are now. There was a fire in the Hotel in 1967, then the building burned completely to the gro

    While notes on the reverse indicate that this later became the Rod and Gun Hotel, other documentation states that the Algoma Hotel stood on the site of the previous daycare/Doctors building, while th