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    View of the 220 block of Arthur Street, Port Arthur, Ontario. Shows the use of the town's new 18-ton steam roller and a plough. Ploughing the streets helped to break up the ruts and smooth out the ro

    View of a Canadian Northern Railway locomotive on a turntable at the company's roundhouse at Port Arthur, Ontario, ca 1905. The engine is no. 442.

    View of Charles Doyle and his horse, George Boy, as seen outside a home in Port Arthur.

    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 Hamiltoni

    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

    View of the wooden freighter, SS A.G. Lindsay, unloading rails while docked at Port Arthur, Ontario.

    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 tw

    View of two dog teams on the ice of Port Arthur Harbour near the Canadian Pacific Railway's King Elevator. The ice covered bulk freighter is unidentified.

    A train steams into the Heron Bay Station on a crisp winter day. This station burned down in 1953 and a new station was built across the road, near the present day McCuaig General Store. The second s

    In 1885, Heron Bay was known as Heron Bay Subdivision, and was primarily used to supply locomotives with fuel. The steamer would fit between the shore and CPR Island (Coal Island), north of the Pic R

    Photograph showing the village of Jackfish, Ontario, circa 1889. Jackfish began as a fishing village in the 1870's. In 1884, the CPR began using Jackfish as a landing for construction supplies. Along

    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

    CPR archives lists this photo simply as 'Historic North Shore: Lake Superior District, Ontario' It is speculated that the men in this photo could be returning from the west, where they fought in the

    Peninsula Harbour on the Pic River was a significant link in the construction of the railway. Peninsula was the base of operations for the most difficult and costly phase of the entire construction p

    Mechanization began to replace horsepower. Here a tractor is used to pile logs.

    A postcard of the town of Marathon. In the foreground is the Everest Hotel. The Everest Hotel dorms, located behind the train station, housed single men, mill and woodyard workers. The little square

    The Marathon Station opened for business June 3, 1946 before it was even completed. Until 1953 when the western section of the Trans Canada Highway was finally opened, the only way in or out of Marat

    Photo of Marathon Train Station In April of 1944, work began on the mill site. The General Timber depot near the CPR tracks became construction headquarters. Temporary board and tar paper buildings s

    Located approximately 15 miles west of Marathon, this view is looking east towards the town. As faithful passengers on the Canadian, one of the highlights of each trip was going through the tunnels,