Results

    diapositive / slide

    Document original/Original document

    This is a copy of a media release which announces the founding of the West Nipissing Historical Society and describes the goals of the organization.

    Copie numérisé / digitized copy

    Copie numérisé / digitized copy

    Copie numérisé / digitized copy

    Il y a quatre volumes, Verner, aujourd'hui et autrefois 1883-1983

    Il y a quatre volumes, Verner, aujourd'hui et autrefois 1883-1983

    Photo de groupe des travailleurs du moulin Abitibi, Sturgeon Falls / Group Photo of the Abitibi Mill Workers, Sturgeon Falls

    The Abitibi company widened this chasm in the Sturgeon River to let the annual spring freshet waters of the river flow to Lake Nipissing following the ravaging 1979. The widening of the Sturgeon Rive

    The flow in the Sturgeon River during its height on May 1, 1979 was recorded by Ontario as being the maximum flow ever in the river which means it was a one in 300 year flood which destroyed the Fiel

    The river provided cheap transportation until the 1960s when they were hauled by trucks.

    Field Lumber harvested very large white pine in the Sturgeon River basin. The Canadian National Railway ran a spur line into the Field Lumber yard.

    Note the houses on Larocque St. on the crest of a hill (left top of forest). This photo is near the Sturgeon River. The white building with a blue roof is the three wood dryers.

    The tornado caused over $249,000 in damage to many houses in the village of Field. There was also a death caused by the tornado.

    A secondary industry, chips, provided local employment as contractors discovered a market for them, not for burning but as part of products developed by the Sturgeon Falls Abitibi mill.

    From late April into May 1979, the Sturgeon River rampage affected many communities including: Caldwell, Crystal Falls, Field, Sturgeon Falls, Springer Township and the Nipissing First Nation territo

    Premier local de la bibliothèque municipale de Field, ON, sur la rue Laroque, 1973. / First location of the Field municipal library on Larocque Street, 1973.

    Activités à la bibliothèque de Field, ON, après le déménagement dans l’édifice municipal sur la rue Morin. Bibliothécaire : Thérèse Lafond. / Activities at the library, Field, ON, after moving into t

    Georgette Rochefort au carnaval de Field, ON, 1974 / Georgette Rochefort at the carnival, Field, ON, 1974