Moulins de Nipissing Ouest / Mills of West Nipissing

    This photo was taken from what is called the "mountain" behind Ste-Marie School. The body of water is the Sturgeon River which runs south (right side).

    The left of center white building is the Field Hotel which is still standing together.

    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.

    Waste wood and shavings were fed into a furnace that produced steam to drive an electric generator that powered the saws and other equipment at nearly no cost.

    The 450 H.P. generator powered by steam was able to provide electricity for equipment in the Field Lumber mill.

    Field Township officials visit Field Lumber.

    Boom logs have been used for centuries in lakes and rivers to protect certain areas or keep logs into a floating corral.

    Poinçon de la scierie Field Lumber sur une grume qui a été dans la rivière pendant au moins 75 ans. / Field Lumber brand on the butt of a boom log which had been in water for 75 years.

    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.

    Bâtisse sur le bord de la rivière Pike abritant une pompe actionnée à la vapeur servant à la protection de la cour à bois de Field Lumber de 1943 à 1960. / Field Lumber installed a steam driven fire

    Robert Courchesne (greffier de Field), Bruno Langevin (limeur) et Elzéar Vézina (assistant).

    From 1994 to 1998 the failing Field Lumber mill was mostly stopped in a bankruptcy. In 1998, it all ended with a spectacular fire which was followed by scavengers who came in daily to pick up metal a

    Over a century, family, the church and lumber mills were important parts of life in the Field area. Settlers who began moving into the townships of Field, Badgerow, Bastedo and Gibbons area in 1888 w

    A Ford Model T with a "Snowmobile attachment" could go anywhere in winter. The only person identified (on the far left) is Bill Setchell, supervisor of operations for the J.B. Smith company in Field.

    Ford Model A muni de patins pour l’hiver. Immatriculé 1930. Non-identifié. / Car on skis on logging trail.

    Traîneau-réservoir servant au glaçage des chemins de alage, chantier J.B. Smith. Endroit non-identifié. / A water container on sled helped lumberjacks make ice roads in the winter to move around the

    Alfred Walter Jackson, a WWI veteran, moved to Field in 1934 as Chief Ranger of the Department of Lands and Forest operations where he worked until 1965. In summer, he was responsible for fire towers

    Le Screamer, est construit en 1922 par John B. Smith Lumber à Callander ON. / Photo of the building of the Screamer by the John B. Smith Lumber company in Callander, ON in 1922. The tugboat was power

    What is interesting about Mr. Smith is that his name was never changed on the Toronto company he founded in 1851; he passed away in 1894. The 116-year company, which had connections to Marten River,

    N’ayant pas sa propre scierie, elle fait débiter son bois par des scieries locales, notamment John B. Smith & Sons à Callander. Durant l’exploitation de ses réserves sur la rivière Temagami, elle fai