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    Three hundred feet of the Paquette Dam were affected when a one hundred fifty foot opening in the dam let water through. Five men were killed with the wreckage of a train when it ran headlong into th

    The spring of 1908 was a season of extremes with May temperatures in the mid 80's. In the middle of May, the rains came, causing streams to swell. Shortly before midnight on May 27 a 200 million cubi

    Photo showing the swollen Current River. The flood of 1908 caused the loss of lives, power outages, and destruction of property, making it one of the Lakehead's greatest tragedies.

    Photo showing the CPR train wreck at Current River, May 28, 1908.

    Photo showing the damage done to the flumes, as a result of the flooding of the Current River, May 27, 1908.

    Photo showing the Current River Disaster. Heavy rains and flooding caused the tracks to be washed out, resulting in the derailment of a CPR freight train at Current River Park.

    Photo showing the destruction to the Paquette Dam caused by heavy rains and flooding of the Current River., The rains poured from mid May, swelling streams already engorged by sudden spring runoff. A

    A leisurely afternoon in the park. Three canoes float in a placid section of the Current River, Port Arthur, near its mouth . A man stands beneath the trees on the shore., Just two years earlier, flo

    On May 27, 1908 heavy rains increased water levels of rivers and creeks that flowed into Onion Lake. Just before midnight, the dam broke, uprooting trees and carving new channels into the landscape.

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    Bush plane bringing in supplies to Pakwash Bay, 1946.

    Gravel Trucks being transported from Sioux Lookout to the Ear Falls construction area by scow. Once they reached the shore, trucks were driven to English River, where they were loaded onto other scow

    Tomlinson Bros. Contractors were awarded the contract to build the highway to Red Lake, Ontario in 1946. Truckers, Bert and Harold Mcgonicle pose by their trucks in a gravel pit near Ear Falls, Ontar

    Black and white photograph depicts the head frame of the No. 1 mine shaft located in Geraldton, Ontario.

    Black and white photograph of a headframe to a mine shaft near Geraldton, Ontario.

    Black and white photo of one of the gold mine operations near Geraldton, Ontario.

    Black and white photo of buildings in a mining operation near Geraldton, Ontario.

    A view of Little Long Lac Gold Mine on the shores of Barton Bay, on Kenogamisis Lake or Little Long Lac Lake.

    Brakeman Jack LaLonde leans against the smokestack of a locomotive and looks on as workers clear the tracks after a winter storm for the Port Arthur, Duluth and Western train. This photograph was tak

    This photograph shows the extreme terrain construction crews had to deal with in construction rail lines across Canada. Rock had to be blasted and then hauled out of the way. This photograph also app