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    Atikokan Mining Attraction, murals, Ontario

    Part of the Cutting Edge Mural located in the Voyaguer Mall, Atikokan Ontario.

    Part of the mural located in the Voyaguer Mall, Atikokan Ontario.

    Photo of Heather Schmutzer creating the Cutting Edge Mural located in the Voyageur Mall, in Atikokan, Ontario.

    Displayed on the east wall of the Voyageur Mall in Atikokan, Ontario. The mural, that tells the history of the mining of the Atikokan area, took a month to complete and consisted of eight panels, eig

    Finlayson Tunnel, Atikokan, Atikokan Mining Attraction, mines, mining, Seine River, Elsa Kosola, Ontario

    In the fall of 1991, Heather Schmutzer, Chair of the Board of the Atikokan Mining Attraction, and art teacher at Atikokan High School, began work on the first downtown mural, the Lectra Haul. The loc

    Aerial view of Skunk Hollow and Steep Rock Iron Mine main camp c.1945., , From our uncatalogued holdings of photographs.

    sketches and sketching, mining artifacts, mines, mining, Atikokan, Atikokan Mining Attraction, Shawn Allaire, Ontario

    Atikokan Mining Attraction, Atikokan, mining - artifacts, Mamie Faris, Reg Faris, mines, mining, mining equipment, Ontario

    Frontal picture of Reg Faris' boots (measuring 13' in footlength by 16' high). This large pair of boots was donated to the Atikokan Mining Attraction by Mamie Faris.

    Colour photo of Steep Rock Iron Mine visitors helmet #27, located in the Atikokan Mining Attraction in Atikokan Ontario.

    Atikokan, Ontario, mining - artifacts, Atikokan Mining Attraction, mines, mining, mining equipment, Steep Rock Iron Mines

    mining - artifacts, mines, mining, Steep Rock Iron Mines, Atikokan, Atikokan Mining Attraction, Archie Law, Mary Dyck, United Steelworkers of America, Ontario

    Oil painting entitled 'Skunk Hollow' by artist Myrtle Leishman. Skunk Hollow was the name given to the residential area for mines and their executives.

    Pastel drawing entitled 'The innovators: they dared to dream' by artist Heather Schmutzer (33' x 36' including frame). Pictured from left to right are: Sydney (Syd) Hancock O.L.S.; Dr. M.W.Bartley; C

    Oil painting entitled 'Caland Pit' by artist Elsa Kosola. Painted after the mine had ceased operation, this painting records the naturalization of the abandoned open pit site. A commercial fish farm

    Oil painting entitled 'Diamond Drill' by artist Harold Nelson, with text from an article that appeared in 'The Atikokan Progress' displayed in the frame below the painting. The other picture below sh

    Close-up of oil painting entitled 'Diamond Drill' by artist Harold Nelson (27' x 23' including frame). This painting can be viewed in the company office of Steep Rock Mines Ltd.

    Among the bridge highlights on July 30,1960 was the presentation of the steam locomotive '4008' to the town of Rainy River by C.N.R. VP J.R. McMillian. Among those on the platform with the vice presi