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    View of the SS Picket, an excursion boat, at Amethyst Harbour, July 18, 1909. There is a full compliment of passengers lining the deck.

    View of the Canadian Pacific Railway station at Loon Lake, Ontario.

    View of the Stevedore Company's sawmill on Lake Nepigon (now Nipigon), ca 1900-1912.

    View of Silver Islet showing a number of excursion boats and people holidaying at Silver Islet, a popular vacation spot on Lake Superior. This was a couple of decades after the famous Silver Islet mi

    View of a dredge in operation on the Mission River (a branch of the Kaministiquia River), Fort William, Ontario, ca 1905.

    View of the 220 block of Arthur Street, Port Arthur, Ontario. Shows the use of the town's new 18-ton steam roller and a plough. Ploughing the streets helped to break up the ruts and smooth out the ro

    View of a Canadian Northern Railway locomotive on a turntable at the company's roundhouse at Port Arthur, Ontario, ca 1905. The engine is no. 442.

    View of the wooden freighter, SS A.G. Lindsay, unloading rails while docked at Port Arthur, Ontario.

    The Canadian National Railway bridge was almost complete in this photo that was taken in 1901.

    Railroaders would have to dig into their memory to recall the above scene. The name on the train in the photo reads 'North Pacific Manitoba'. The roundhouse or turntable was used at the C.N.R. shops

    These men are driving pilings at the C.N.R. bridge across the Rainy River in the 1900's. These pilings are part of the platform which permits the turning of the center span of the bridge to allow hig

    Proof of Rainy River's importance as a major lumbering center in the early 1900's is evident from this photo. Thousands of board feet of lumber are piled and ready for shipment to far off markets.

    Aerial view of Rainy River showing its importance as a major lumbering center as early as 1900. Rainy River was the mid point transfer for shipment of grain from the west and lumber to the east, for

    Black and white photo of Dr. Naysmith and small child.

    Woman and child standing outside Dr. Denmarks residence. The hospital is in the background.

    Paymaster Mine was in operation 1903-09 and was located on the west side of Mud Lake(near Lake Wabigoon). Production ended in 1909.

    Black and white photo of a boat following a moose swimming in Lake Manitou.

    Black and white photo of Big Master Mine with Eugene Martin in the foreground. The Martin Family had the general store and Mr. Martin was the Justice of the Peace as well as the postmaster for Gold R

    Big Master Mine on the upper Manitou Lake, was one of the better known mines of the region. Next to the Laurentian Mine, it turned out to be the highest in gold production.

    This photo of Wabigoon on Lake Manitou was taken from the deck of the cruise ship Galatea. As early as 1897, newspaper clippings from the Wabigoon Star reveal recreational activities such as fishing,