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      Canadian National Railway ticket issued to Mrs. Marander to take the train to market twice per month, from the stop at Wolfe to Fort William in 1938.

      This multipressure locomotive was designed in Montreal at Montreal Locomotive works in 1928. These locomotives were assigned road numbers 5900 through 5919. These were part of the Selkirks, a name chosen for then range of Rockies they travelled and crossed. Exhaust steam was mixed with 250 psi pressure steam from …

      CPR '5468' represents a high pressure oil-fired, heavy freight locomotive. It is one of the last class freight steam locomotives built new for a Canadian Railway. It is currently under lease to the Selkirk Division of the CRHA, Revelstoke, B.C. and is on display at the Revelstoke Railway Museum. Built …

      With 65 engines, Canadian Pacific owned the second largest North American fleet. The first, delivered in 1929, were standard engines, but beginning in 1937 they were streamlined and used primarily for freight. Also referred to as 4-6-4 or Hudson locomotives, they had a stable riding engine. This was the locomotive …

      A photograph of the Kaministiquia Hotel, once at the corner of Dease and Hardisty Streets, in Fort William, Ontario. This unique C.P.R. hotel offered accomodations to railroad officials, business executives and summer vacationers in a wilderness setting. The hotel was owned and operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway and was …

      John Korkola is a brother to Henry and Moses Korkola. John was a commercial fisherman on Lake Superior.

      Text on back of portrait: "John Maki - Young John father. He ended up section foreman at Hornepayne east end."

      Photo of a toddler, John Makie. On the back of the photo is inscribed; 'At age 20, John left for Russia and was never heard from since.'

      Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Korkola and their children Elvi, Wally and Ali.

      Interior of Eatons Foodateria in Fort William. Eatons opened its Fort William store on Victoria Avenue in 1929. It remained in this location to serve the community until 1948, when the store was relocated to South Syndicate Ave.

      Port Arthur's first permanent post office, built in 1892. It was located at the corner of Court Street and Red River Road (then called Arthur Street)., The site for the post office was hotly debated. George Marks, Simon Dawson, and S. Ray petitioned Ottawa to have the post office located …

      Ed Peterson pilots his plane across Kelly's race track near the corner of Edward and Arthur streets. Unfortunately, on this occasion the plane fails to leave the ground. Mr. Peterson built his own modified Bleriot monoplane from wood and canvas. Newspaper reports say this was the first monoplane built in …

      A photo with the caption 'Site of the Bank of Montreal in 1870', showing a wigwam, in the bush. A group of Indigenous Peoples are in front of the wigwam; a skin is drying on the left.; 4.3'wide x 3.1'high b&w photo

      Eaton's Foodateria in Fort William proudly displays its new store front, which features modernistic lettering and black and white tiling. Eaton's opened its food store in Fort William in 1929. The store continued operations at the Victoria Avenue location until October 21st,1948, where it re-opened on South Syndicate Avenue. This …

      Portrait of William James Abercrombie, 1st manager of the Fort William T. Eaton Company Limited. Mr Abercrombie assumed management of the fledgling Eaton's Foodateria on Victoria Avenue in 1929 and remained with the firm until his retirement in 1961. During his years in Thunder Bay, he was the founder of …

      Canadian Pacific Union Station was built by 1909, in Fort William, Ontario. This freight and passenger yard was one of the 'hump' yards that could handle double the capacity of other railway yards in Canada at the time.

      Black and white photo of trolley car on Cumberland Street in Port Arthur, Ontario. Pickard Block is at the centre to the right. This was the first municipally-owned electric railway in Canada. With the end of the silver boom of the 1880's, Port Arthur citizens decided to build a streetcar …

      Black and white photo of Pagoda Tourist Centre, Daily News, and waterfront (Prince Arthur's Landing), Port Arthur, Ontario. Also the site of the C.N.R. train terminal.

      The CPR steamer Athabasca docked at the Canadian Pacific Railway grain elevator built over the fall and winter of 1883/84 that became operational in May 1884. The elevator was leased by Joseph Goodwin King of Port Hope, Ontario, in October 1891, and operated by him until his death in 1910. …

      This grand looking building with curved verandas and turrets was once on the corner of Dawson Street and Algoma Street, where the Dawson Apartments are today. On the day of the grand opening, the 96th band was on one of the balconies, playing a lengthy musical program, while children purchased …