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      Names printed under the individual portraits.

      Dr. Robinson began practicing medicine in St. Jacob's in 1886. North American Hotel in Kitchener in 1901 Vernon Directory, not in 1907 Directory. North American Hotel in Waterloo in 1877 Directory. N. W. Gingrich, woollen mills, in St. Jacob's in 1887 Directory. Dominion Hotel in 1887 Directory.

      Possibly a train wreck on the Grand Trunk branch line between Waterloo and Elmira that occured in early September 1902 a mile south of the Heidelberg station. The engine and tender overturned and were wrecked, the passenger car was overturned and badly damaged. There was one death, the train's fireman.

      John Lehman Wideman was born in Markham, Ontario, on December 27, 1833. He began work as a clerk in the John W. Eby Dry Goods store, Kitchener in 1852. In November of that same year he went to St. Jacob's as clerk of the general store of George W. Eby. …

 Vrbanac, Bob, Waterloo Chronicle, 1 Mar 2018, p. 14     Photo of Arvato building

      Marathon Timber Limits. Alternate view taken, but not scanned. IHC catalogue number: 3166

      Marathon Timber Limits. Alternate view taken, but not scanned. IHC catalogue number: 3172

      Marathon Timber Limits. IHC catalogue number: 3178

      A view of the Marathon Paper Mill with CN boxcars to the right of photo.

      A view of the school in Marathon.

      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 …

      Photo showing the Williams Operating Corporation mine in Hemlo, Ontario.

      Construction started in 1944. There have been six name changes since construction. Today it is known as Marathon Pulp Inc. Owned by Tembec/Kruger.

      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.

      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 …

      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.

      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 building behind the Everest was the taxi stand. In the background, is the CPR 'Canadian' passenger train, …

      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.

      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 sprang up to the east.