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  • Celebrating on the Wild Coast
    Celebrating on the Wild Coast
    PublicationText  Berg, Bob, Lake Superior Magazine, Jul 2015     Full text available at the Brodie Resource Library
    PublicationText  Berg, Bob, Lake Superior Magazine, Jul 2015   Full text available at the Brodie Resource Library
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Peninsula's Final Voyage : A Water Workhorse Sails Home
    Peninsula's Final Voyage : A Water Workhorse Sails Home
    PublicationText  Graham, Gerald, Lake Superior Magazine, Nov 2018     Full text available at the Brodie Resource Library
    PublicationText  Graham, Gerald, Lake Superior Magazine, Nov 2018   Full text available at the Brodie Resource Library
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Homeward Bound
    Homeward Bound
    PublicationText  LeMay, Konnie, Lake Superior Magazine, Jul 2018     Historic tug boat ; Decommissioned Navy tug ; HMCS Norton ; Recruited by Marathon Paper Mill ; Renamed Peninsula ; Ended up in Thunder Bay ; Funds being raised ; Returning tug to Marathon ; Waterfront exhibit
    PublicationText  LeMay, Konnie, Lake Superior Magazine, Jul 2018   Historic tug boat ; Decommissioned Navy tug ; HMCS Norton ; Recruited by Marathon Paper Mill ; Renamed Peninsula ; Ended up in Thunder Bay ; Funds being raised ; …
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Superior skiing
    Superior skiing
    Publication  Lake Superior Magazine, Nov 2001     Full text available at the Brodie Resource Library
    Publication  Lake Superior Magazine, Nov 2001   Full text available at the Brodie Resource Library
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Swinging with a View to the Lake : Links on the Big Lake Offer More Than Grass, Trees & Sand
    Swinging with a View to the Lake : Links on the Big Lake Offer More Than Grass, Trees & Sand
    Publication  Berg, Bob, Lake Superior Magazine, May 2016     Full text available at the Brodie Street Library
    Publication  Berg, Bob, Lake Superior Magazine, May 2016   Full text available at the Brodie Street Library
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • A wreck & a train : 2 new finds under the Big Lake waves
    A wreck & a train : 2 new finds under the Big Lake waves
    PublicationText  LeMay, Konnie, Lake Superior Magazine, Nov 2016     Full text available at the Brodie Resource Library
    PublicationText  LeMay, Konnie, Lake Superior Magazine, Nov 2016   Full text available at the Brodie Resource Library
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Logs Being Hoisted onto a Truck, Marathon, ON
    Logs Being Hoisted onto a Truck, Marathon, ON
    Image       Marathon Timber Limits. Alternate view taken, but not scanned. IHC catalogue number: 3166
    Image     Marathon Timber Limits. Alternate view taken, but not scanned. IHC catalogue number: 3166
    McLaughlin Library ASC: Agricultural, Rural, & Scottish Images
  • Unidentified Men Operating Logging Machinery, Marathon, ON
    Unidentified Men Operating Logging Machinery, Marathon, ON
    Imagemystery       Marathon Timber Limits. Alternate view taken, but not scanned. IHC catalogue number: 3172
    Imagemystery     Marathon Timber Limits. Alternate view taken, but not scanned. IHC catalogue number: 3172
    McLaughlin Library ASC: Agricultural, Rural, & Scottish Images
  • Crawler Tractor Used to Clear Land, Marathon, ON
    Crawler Tractor Used to Clear Land, Marathon, ON
    Imagemystery       Marathon Timber Limits. IHC catalogue number: 3178
    Imagemystery     Marathon Timber Limits. IHC catalogue number: 3178
    McLaughlin Library ASC: Agricultural, Rural, & Scottish Images
  • Marathon Paper Mill
    Marathon Paper Mill
    Imagemystery       A view of the Marathon Paper Mill with CN boxcars to the right of photo.
    Imagemystery     A view of the Marathon Paper Mill with CN boxcars to the right of photo.
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Marathon School
    Marathon School
    Imagemystery       A view of the school in Marathon.
    Imagemystery     A view of the school in Marathon.
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Wilson Memorial General Hospital
    Wilson Memorial General Hospital
    Image       The first Wilson Memorial General Hospital (1946) was located on Gilbert Street. When the new and more modern hospital was built in 1971, the old hospital building became known as the Peninsula Building, being used as offices for Pukaskwa National Park, and later as town offices until they too moved …
    Image     The first Wilson Memorial General Hospital (1946) was located on Gilbert Street. When the new and more modern hospital was built in 1971, the old hospital building became known as …
    Marathon Public Library
  • Williams Operating Corporation - Hemlo
    Williams Operating Corporation - Hemlo
    Image       Photo showing the Williams Operating Corporation mine in Hemlo, Ontario.
    Image     Photo showing the Williams Operating Corporation mine in Hemlo, Ontario.
    Manitouwadge Public Library
  • James River Marathon Ltd. (pulp mill)
    James River Marathon Ltd. (pulp mill)
    Image       Construction started in 1944. There have been six name changes since construction. Today it is known as Marathon Pulp Inc. Owned by Tembec/Kruger.
    Image     Construction started in 1944. There have been six name changes since construction. Today it is known as Marathon Pulp Inc. Owned by Tembec/Kruger.
    Manitouwadge Public Library
  • New Age of locomotives - CPR (~1949)
    New Age of locomotives - CPR (~1949)
    Image       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, number 7001 stayed long enough for the residents to walk around and admire its beauty.
    Image     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. …
    Marathon District Museum & Historical Society
  • Historic North Shore
    Historic North Shore
    Image       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 Louis Riel Rebellion of 1885. That rail journey from Red Rock to Winnipeg was 24 hrs …
    Image     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 …
    Marathon District Museum & Historical Society
  • Logging - Horse Drawn Sleigh
    Logging - Horse Drawn Sleigh
    Image       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 program. Railroad tie sawmills were an industry along the shore of the Pic River.
    Image     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 …
    Marathon District Museum & Historical Society
  • Logging at Peninsula
    Logging at Peninsula
    Image       Mechanization began to replace horsepower. Here a tractor is used to pile logs.
    Image     Mechanization began to replace horsepower. Here a tractor is used to pile logs.
    Marathon District Museum & Historical Society
  • Marathon
    Marathon
    Image       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 building behind the Everest was the taxi stand. In the background, is the CPR 'Canadian' passenger train, …
    Image     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. …
    Marathon District Museum & Historical Society
  • Marathon Train Station
    Marathon Train Station
    Image       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 Marathon was by train.
    Image     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 …
    Marathon District Museum & Historical Society
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