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    A view of Jackfish village, the 600ft coal dock trestle, and a steamship in the harbour of Jackfish Bay, Ontario, on Lake Superior.

    From the early 1900's till the mid-forties, Jackfish was the major centre for the distribution of coal in Northwestern Ontario as seen in this black and white photo. The steamships would come from th

    Black and white photo showing a large steamship unloading coal at the Jackfish coal dock, the last stop along the Canadian Pacific railway. Another large steamship appears in the background.

    Before 1885, Jackfish was the last stop for the railroad. Jackfish coal dock was the terminal that received coal from the United States, for use in the steam powered locomotives till the 1940's. This

    Black and white photo of the Frank Billings coal boat unloading coal that was used in supplying fuel for the Canadian Pacific Railway locomotives until the 1940's. The huge steamships would come in f

    Jackfish Coal Dock wooden tower in the process of being rebuilt by crew in 1919. This coal dock was blown over in a storm on Lake Superior, March, 1919.

    A winter view of Jackfish from the past with home in foreground and coal docks in the background.

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    Black and white photo of a tower that had apparently blown over in the storm of 1919 in Jackfish, Ontario.

    Photo of a coal dock tower at Jackfish, Ontario, destroyed after a hurricane near Terrace Bay Ontario, with two unidentified men standing in the foreground.

    Black and white photo showing steamship and several men in the construction of a new coal tower after a storm in Jackfish, Ontario, March 1919.