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      This picture was taken of the house before it was covered with insulbrick in 1946.Whitby’s house numbering system was provided by Rev. Dr. James Roy Van Wyck (1877-1941), a retired Presbyterian minister. Van Wyck provided this service to the town, free of charge, during the Great Depression. By the summer …

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      Photograph of a CPR locomotive; this engine was a Mikado type Class P26. It was built by the Montreal Steam Works in July 1940. It worked all the Schreiber subdivision in freight service from Cartier to Fort William . After dieselization in 1950 the 5405 was assigned to London Ontario. …

      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 scows.

      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, Ontario. The road building required the clearing of 1325 acres of land and the excavation of 400,000 …

      Winter scene in Schreiber. Snow-covered Scotia Street (main street), ca 1946. 4.3'wide x 3.1'high b&w photo

      This photograph shows the beginning stages of the powerhouse construction.

      A view from across Pakwash Bay of the sleeping quarters of the Red Lake road builders. These cabins had log walls and canvas roofs.

      Left to Right- Nick Osipanko, Keith Randle, Morris Waywanko in a moment of rest at the road builders cabins on the shore of Pakwash Bay, Ontario.

      Early morning at Pakwash Bay, 1946. These cabins were used to house the highway construction crews for the Red Lake highway that opened August 17, 1947. The camp at Pakwash Bay housed 100 men on the gravel shore of Pakwash Lake. Five hundred men were hired through Manpower (Federal Employment …

      The method of transport used in the construction of the highway to Red Lake was by 'scow'. This lake barge carried trucks from Sioux Lookout to Ear Falls. Trucks were driven off one scow and loaded onto another scow to take them to English River. Before the highway, water transportation …

      Gravel trucks owned by Morris Waywenko at one of the many gravel pits used to provide fill for the road to Red Lake.

      Heavy equipment arriving at Pakwash Bay for highway construction to Red Lake in 1946. Photo of tugboat and caterpillar tractor on the shores of Pakwash Bay.

      A lonely stretch of highway on the way to Red Lake, surrounded by spruce forests. Before the highway, travel and shipping were done by the water systems or by air. The road to Red Lake required the clearing of 1325 acres of land, and the excavation of 400,000 cubic yards …

      View of Pump House construction at Aguasabon Generating Station located by Terrace Bay Ontario. Construction was completed by 1948 with costs totaling $12,755,000.

      In 1946, the Aguasabon Dam was created to supply power to Longlac Pulp and Paper (Kimberly Clark) as well as residences in Terrace Bay and surrounding area.

      Photo of large crane used in the construction of the Hayes Lake Dam located near Terrace Bay, Ontario.

      A view of a crane working on the Hayes Lake Dam that was engineered in 1946, Terrace Bay Ontario.

      Another view of the construction at Hayes Lake Dam located by Terrace Bay, Ontario.