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    A group of workers pose for a photo while working on the Trans Continental Railway tracks near Kenora (Rat Portage), Ontario. According to the McDonald papers, 12 000 men and 5000 horses were employe

Chronicle-Journal, 25 Sep 2014, A3     Full text available on microfilm

    The Marion Steam Shovel loads crushed rock into boxcars, for transport to another area on the railway line. The rocks were used to build solid foundations in the areas that were sinking due to muskeg

    Thunder Bay, Ontario, transportation, railways, railroads, work gang, McArthur, tracks, construction

    A Linde photo of wooden trestle near Dagero, a small town near Ingolf, Ontario, near the Manitoba border. To the right on this photo is written 'Dump-88 ft. high'. 'McPherson and Mc and Black' is als

    This photo by Linde shows the heavy work involved in removing a rock cut for the construction of the Trans Continental Railway in the area of Rat Portage(Kenora), in Northwestern Ontario. Jachetta wa

    This is an electronic scan of the publication Historical Review of Rat Portage (Kenora) and Lake of the Woods: to Commemorate Jubilee Jamboree Celebration June 28th to July 1st, 1952. Compiled by Mr.