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    A view of the Canadian National Railway yards as it appeared in 1935, looking east in Rainy River, Ontario. This is quite a contrast from today's local operation which handles tonnage far in excess o

    A view of Gold Rock Mine headframe in rear of building.

    mines, mining, gold, Dyment, Ontario

    mines, mining, gold, Ontario

    Supply planes were used to transport supplies to barren wilderness mine sites during the 1920's and 1930's. This black and white photo was dated February 18, 1937.

    mines, mining, gold, gold mines, Gold Rock Mine, Ontario

    Black and white photo showing railway ramp up to the top of the mine tower.

    Miners outside mining cabins in winter.~1938

    Supply aircraft were used to deliver supplies to mining towns and villages in Northern Ontario during the 1930's.

    Lake Manitou, mines, mining, gold, Ontario

    Headframe for shaft construction, Gold Rock Mine

    Hand drilling 30 feet down the shaft. Very shortly the power drills will be working. This is solid rock and they are going down 500 feet.

    Photo of the headframe collapse in 1939, at the Cochenour-Willans Mine near Red Lake Ontario.

    Gold Shore Mine, began operations in 1937 and averaged 125 tons per day in it's two years of operation. It was the fourth largest gold producer in the Red Lake area. Located on McKenzie Island, this

    Gold Shore Mine Mills located near Red Lake, Ontario. Red Lake Gold Shore Mines began operations Aug. 23,1936, and poured it's first gold brick on Sept 1,1936. Photo was taken on July 5, 1938.

    A view of two sets of parallel tracks by Nipigon Bay. The upper tracks belong to the CPR; the lower set (on the right) belongs to the CNR. Lodge Mountain is on the left.

    Photo of a boat used to tow a log boom on Nipigon Bay to the Lake Sulphite Pulp and Paper Co.

    A photograph of a dredging operation by the New Welland Co. of Ottawa. The area dredged was at the end of the Lake Sulphite Pulp and Paper Co. wharf in Nipigon Bay.

    In the background is the first office building of the Lake Sulphite Pulp and Paper Co. Supplies were transported to the site by rail. The workers are unidentified.

    These bunkhouses were built by the Lake Sulphite Pulp and Paper Co. as residences for their workers. The men in the photograph are unidentified.