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      Don Hoyle carefully expressing walleye eggs at Tunnel Lake on Highway 129.

      Don Hoyle carefully fertilizing the walleye eggs at Tunnel Lake on Highway 129 while Tricia Currie watches.

      David Currie holding the captured walleye while Rod MacDonald carefully inserts an MNR jaw tag.

      Dave Currie releasing a walleye into the water.

      Harry Flood (left) viewing the newly hatching walleye "fry", Ken McColeman is on the right.

      Mark Oliphant (left) and assistant releasing fry into the Bridgeland River.

      Blackboard in Hatchery during first year of project.

      This is a black and white photo of the Burtis Mill boarding house located at the edge of the water. There are three two story buildings, and two smaller one story buildings, all are wood frame construction, with what appears to be cedar shake shingles on the roofs. A tugboat …

      Notes accompanying this and other mill photos report that the Burtis Mill processed logs for E.B.Foss Lumber Co. of Bay City,Michigan.

      This is a black and white photo of the Burtis Lumber mill as viewed from across the bay. Several buildings are visible including the main mill building where the jack leg extends down to the water to feed the mill with raw lumber. The bay is filled with floating logs …

      This is a black and white photo of Foss Co.in 1906.A boat is docked at the end of a long pier that is stacked high with finished lumber. Rough logs float in the open water next to the dock and the shore line is stacked with cut offs. Four children …

      This unmarked and undated photo was located in miscellaneous municipal files and permission was granted to scan this photo to add to our local collection.

      This is a sepia toned photo showing the remains of the Burtis mill after a fire. A two story house can be seen in the background that appears untouched by the fire. A mass of burned wood, twisted metal and remains of machinery are strewn on the ground, and around …

      This is a black and white photo showing Holcombe Mills at Little Rapids, with the grist mill situated at the top left of the photo. A wooden bridge crosses the river between the grist mill and the sawmill on the right of the photo. If you look carefully you can …

      Notes on the Asam Basket factory located at Thessalon Union Public Library state that the factory was located at the foot of Lorne St. facing south-south east.

      This is a black and white photo of the Thessalon Lumber Mill located in Nesterville, circa 1910. The mill is situated at the waters edge with the jack ladder extending down for easy loading of raw lumber onto it. Several other buildings can be seen which would all serve various …

      Notes accompanying this and other photos of this mill operation indicate the first mill was built in Nestorville about 1907-08 and the last mill burned down in 1927.

      Notes that accompany this and other photos of the mill operations in Nestorville indicate that the Thessalon Lumber Co. and started up about 1907-08 and operated until 1915 when Thomas Nestor sold the operation to the Bishop Family.

      This is a black and white photo of a work crew posed in front of the Bishop Lumber Company located in Nestorville. Part of the mill can be seen in the background and multiple sets of tracks lead into the building behind.

      Notes accompanying this and other photos of the Bishop Lumber Company Co. indicate the Bishop Family took over this mill from Thomas Nestor in 1915 and sold the mill to J.J. McFadden Lumber Co. in 1925.