JAMESTULLOCH
Feb 13, 1849 - March 11, 1936
Vol 28 No 1 ISSN 11836628
March 2010, Editor: Arthur K. Manley
itself, and westward to the post on the Red River. Remnants of this old trail may still be seen to this day near Mamainse, Pointe Aux Mines and between Gargantua and Michipicoten.

Joe was 52 when William Teddy made his discovery of gold on Mackey Point and was one of the first to cash in on its benefits. At Michipicoten River he erected the North Star Boarding House, the headquarters for many years of all prospectors going into the interior from Lake Superior to seek gold. Many prospectors remember staying at this old boarding house, burned down a few years ago, and remember "Mother" Legarde, as Joe's helpmate was known.

Sold Claims Three Times

It was Joe who "discovered" Legarde Mountain some three miles away from the village of Michipicoten River and on which exists a wide lead of quartz. Joe quickly sensed the possibilities of this vein and staked it in, selling it three times to mining companies and realizing around $6000 from the sales. The property was worked and abandoned, and each time Joe was able to re-stake it and cash in on it with another group.

Joe was for some years a mail carrier on the Grasset Trail and was known for his endurance and stamina when on trek, an endurance that was equalled only by his younger brother, Jack, who predeceased him by several years.

Saw Many Changes

Joe Legarde saw many changes in Michipicoten in his lifetime. He knew it when it was only a Hudson's Bay Post, when it was famed for the fur resources that poured wealth into the company. Later he witnessed the first gold boom and saw primitive roads replace the bush trails.
 He saw the railway come, great docks built at Michipicoten Harbor to receive the iron ore from the Helen Mine, he saw the iron mines close down and Michipicoten almost go back to the same primitive bush of his youth prior to the second gold boom that gave rise to the mining activity of today. Joe saw gold become king pin in mining once again, saw motor roads laid all over the country and the Indian pony and plodding teams give way to fast teams. It was Joe who viewing his first plane said: "Great people the shoganosh, they fly in the air, they go in boats under the water, they blast away the hills to make their roads, they have boats that go without paddles, they know everything — except God."

He is survived by three sons, Peter, Taptoe and Gabriel, and one daughter, Mrs. A. Kimball. He was the last and most respected of the old Indians of Michipicoten that numbered in their ranks William Teddy, Kimmeshaw, Jacob Agawa, Simon Cass, Kittossan, Chief Andry, last hereditary chief of the Michipicotan band, and Jack Legarde.

Obituary-James Tulloch
SauIt Daily Star March 27. 1936

Iron Bridge, March 27. — The passing of Jas. Tulloch on Wednesday, March 11, 1936, at the venerable age of 87 years, has brought to a close the long and eventful life of another of Algoma's pioneer settlers who carved his home from the virgin forests of our community of Iron Bridge.
The late Mr. Tulloch was born at Mours, Shetland Islands, Feb. 13, 1849. During his early manhood up to the age of 24, he was engaged in
sailing.
In 1872, he was married in Shetland Islands to Elizabeth Williamson and in the following year they came to Canada, settling in Lambton County.
Of this union there were three children, Maurice who died in infancy, Margaret Jane who died about twelve years ago and Katherine Ann, Mrs. R. Chubb of Winnipeg.

Mrs. Tulloch died in 1878 and the following year Mr. Tulloch moved to Algoma, making his home in Thessalon.

He first worked at the McEwan store in Thessalon afterwards being employed as a surveyor on the C.P.R. before the railway was built. Later he contracted to haul supplies from Georgian Bay up the Mississauga River to the lumber camps for Carter Bros.

In 1879 he took up the homestead at Iron Bridge where he spent the remainder of his life with the exception of two years with McEwan's, also Buchanan's store of Thessalon, and the last two years of his life which he spent at MacTier with his son, Magnus.

He was married in 1883 at Thessalon to Ellen Little who predeceased him Dec. 13, 1928, and of their family two daughters and five sons survive.
Mr. Tulloch was a loyal member of the Presbyterian Church and later of the United Church and served for many years as a member of the official board of the Iron Bridge Church. He served also on the school board and was ever ready to lend his aid to any worthy cause.

The funeral services held on Saturday, March 14 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. N. Warnock and at the United Church were very largely
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