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    December 5, 1949 created quite a stir for Marathonians, when the CPR showed off the new General Motors Diesel Ltd. locomotives that would shortly be replacing the old steam locomotives. That day, num

    The Government of Ontario was proceeding with work on Highway 17 in 1949. By 1950, it was decided that the route would include Marathon, Ontario, on the Trans Canada Highway. The construction was to

    An unidentified employee beside a switching diesel which was used to move box cars full of pulp bales and tanker cars from the CPR mainline, down to the mill yard. The first switching locomotive that

    Errington Pit, open pit, iron, Atikokan, Atikokan Mining Attraction, mines, mining, Ontario

    Paper Questions and Answers booklet. Heavily damaged and stained. This booklet was used on the Canadian Pacific Railway in Schreiber, Ontario.

    This photograph shows railway employees Val Lemieux and Myra Smilski standing in front of Engine 8407. Both women worked in the shop calling crews to work. The ladies were referred to as 'call girls'

    Black and white photograph of the Bailey family home during a flood in 1950.

    Agusasabon River below the falls in Terrace Bay, Ontario

    A photograph showing how much snow Schreiber received in March of 1950.

    The Order of the Eastern Star presented to Mrs. Catherine Whitton.

    St. Andrews United Church in Schreiber.

    Notice that some of the uniforms have Schreiber spelled wrong.

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    A winter view of Jackfish from the past with home in foreground and coal docks in the background.

    A view of Lake Superior from Pump House road located at Terrace Bay, Ontario.

    Photo of the Jackfish Bay shoreline on Lake Superior during the winter of 1950.

    Aerial view of Jackfish harbour and development of the coal terminal at Jackfish harbour after the age of steam locomotives ~1950.

    This photograph is part of the Terrace Bay 1946-67 album.

    This photograph is part of the Terrace Bay 1946-67 album.