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    Johnny Hume (right) train agent and George McLeod (left) engineer. Johnny Hume was remembered for his unfailing kindness. George McLeod delighted onlookers with the theatrical show he put on when he did his routine oiling of the train.

    Makies Siding (Gravel Lake)was the stop before North Lake on the Port Arthur Duluth and Western Railway line to the Gunflint Trail, Northwestern Ontario.

    View of the Royal Arthur Sailors' Institute in Port Arthur, Ontario (41 Water St.). The institute was intended as a haven for sailors in harbour and contained recreation and reading rooms as well as sleeping quarters.

    View of the Royal Arthur Sailors' Institute in Port Arthur, Ontario (41 Water St.). The institute was intended as a haven for sailors in harbour and contained recreation and reading rooms as well as sleeping quarters.

    The Laura Grace, two unidentified tugboats, and the barge Province are dry docked at the Port Arthur Ship Building Co. yard, May 1918. The Province was owned and operated by the Canadian Towing and Wrecking Co.

    View of the Western Dry Dock and Ship Building Co, in 1912. Shown in dry dock at the Canadian Towing and Wrecking Co.'s barge Province and three tugs, the first of which is identified as the Salvor. Freighter Hamiltonian is under construction at right.

    View of the SS Dunelm in dry dock at the Western Dry Dock and Ship Building Company, ca 1911.

    View of a parade on Court Street, Port Arthur, Ontario. ca 1915.

    View of a parade on Court Street, Port Arthur, Ontario, ca 1915.

    View of the launch of the SS Hamiltonian, the first large freighter to be launched at the Western Dry Dock and Ship Building Co., May 21, 1912. This was the third vessel to be launched. The Hamiltonian had a tonnage of 2,345, and a length of 257 feet.

    View of the launch of Trawler No. 38 at the Port Arthur Ship Building Co., Port Arthur, Ontario, June 18, 1918. In the background is Trawler No. 37 already launched. These ships were built as part of the war effort.

    View of a mid-winter fire at the Walsh Block, which was located at 206 Arthur Street at St. Paul Street, Port Arthur, Ontario, ca 1916.

    View of the SS Inland Lakes, a freighter from Duluth, pulling into dry dock at the Western Dry Dock and Ship Building Co., ca 1911. Beside it is a dump scow under construction, probably one of the two scows that were the first vessels built at the yard.

    Black and white photo of joining last section of intake pipe - Port Arthur Feb. 14, 1910

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 14 Jan 1916     Walsh Block ; St. Paul Street ; Property Damage ; Dominion Bank ; R.T. Shields ; A. Hodgins ; A. Morris

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 16 Oct 1917     May Menasse ; Stranded in Constantinople, Turkey ; Daughter of Thomas Daggit of Port Arthur ; May Menasse's husband died of typhus in Turkey ; Writes to father in Port Arthur for assistance

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 13 Aug 1918     Great War ; World War I ; WWI ; Mrs. E. Chambers ; Port Arthur resident ; Four sons fighting overseas ; Lance Corp. Robert Chamber (wounded) ; William Chambers ; Frederick Chambers

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 17 Jan 1917     Great War ; World War I ; WWI ; Mark Prentiss ; 141st Battalion ; 141 Bull Moose Battalion ; Band Manager ; To appear before grand jury ; Alleged to recruit Americans for Canadian battalions ; Case dismissed 141st Battalion ; Edward Bouchard ; Louis Bouchard ; Nipigon, ON ...

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 13 Nov 1918     G.J. Lamb ; Former Port Arthur City Engineer ; Appointed Town Manager of Temiscaming, QC

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 13 Jan 1915     Public Utilities Commission ; Port Arthur ; W.P. Cooke