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  • Centennial Women's Institute
    Centennial Women's Institute
    GroupOrganization       Historic District: Lennox Active: Yes
    GroupOrganization     Historic District: Lennox Active: Yes
    Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario
  • CPR Wreck Caused by Bursting Dam - Current River Park
    CPR Wreck Caused by Bursting Dam - Current River Park
    Image       Three hundred feet of the Paquette Dam were affected when a one hundred fifty foot opening in the dam let water through. Five men were killed with the wreckage of a train when it ran headlong into the riverbank.
    Image     Three hundred feet of the Paquette Dam were affected when a one hundred fifty foot opening in the dam let water through. Five men were killed with the wreckage of …
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Current River Disaster
    Current River Disaster
    Image       The spring of 1908 was a season of extremes with May temperatures in the mid 80's. In the middle of May, the rains came, causing streams to swell. Shortly before midnight on May 27 a 200 million cubic foot, 20 foot high wall of water began surging down the Current …
    Image     The spring of 1908 was a season of extremes with May temperatures in the mid 80's. In the middle of May, the rains came, causing streams to swell. Shortly before …
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Current River (1908)
    Current River (1908)
    Image       Photo showing the swollen Current River. The flood of 1908 caused the loss of lives, power outages, and destruction of property, making it one of the Lakehead's greatest tragedies.
    Image     Photo showing the swollen Current River. The flood of 1908 caused the loss of lives, power outages, and destruction of property, making it one of the Lakehead's greatest tragedies.
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Current River Disaster (1908)
    Current River Disaster (1908)
    Image       Photo showing the CPR train wreck at Current River, May 28, 1908.
    Image     Photo showing the CPR train wreck at Current River, May 28, 1908.
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Current River Disaster (May 1908)
    Current River Disaster (May 1908)
    Image       Photo showing the damage done to the flumes, as a result of the flooding of the Current River, May 27, 1908.
    Image     Photo showing the damage done to the flumes, as a result of the flooding of the Current River, May 27, 1908.
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Paquette Dam (1908)
    Paquette Dam (1908)
    Image       Photo showing the destruction to the Paquette Dam caused by heavy rains and flooding of the Current River., The rains poured from mid May, swelling streams already engorged by sudden spring runoff. At the foot of a steep valley, a few miles downstream from the Onion Lake Dam, the smaller …
    Image     Photo showing the destruction to the Paquette Dam caused by heavy rains and flooding of the Current River., The rains poured from mid May, swelling streams already engorged by sudden …
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • A Corner in the Park, Current River (~1910)
    A Corner in the Park, Current River (~1910)
    Image       A leisurely afternoon in the park. Three canoes float in a placid section of the Current River, Port Arthur, near its mouth . A man stands beneath the trees on the shore., Just two years earlier, flood waters roared through this area, changing the shoreline completely. The Paquette dam had …
    Image     A leisurely afternoon in the park. Three canoes float in a placid section of the Current River, Port Arthur, near its mouth . A man stands beneath the trees on …
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Train Wreck - Current River (1908)
    Train Wreck - Current River (1908)
    Image       On May 27, 1908 heavy rains increased water levels of rivers and creeks that flowed into Onion Lake. Just before midnight, the dam broke, uprooting trees and carving new channels into the landscape. North of the CPR bridge was washed away, causing a CPR freight train to crash into the …
    Image     On May 27, 1908 heavy rains increased water levels of rivers and creeks that flowed into Onion Lake. Just before midnight, the dam broke, uprooting trees and carving new channels …
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Train Wreck, Current River Park (1908)
    Train Wreck, Current River Park (1908)
    Image       Also P3529
    Image     Also P3529
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Mouth of the Current River, Lake Superior, Thunder Bay
    Mouth of the Current River, Lake Superior, Thunder Bay
    Image       Canoes on water with rapids(?) beyond surrounded by trees. Signed at lower-right.
    Image     Canoes on water with rapids(?) beyond surrounded by trees. Signed at lower-right.
    Association for Great Lakes Maritime History
  • Disaster at Current River Park (May 27, 1908)
    Disaster at Current River Park (May 27, 1908)
    Image       Photo showing the Current River Disaster. Heavy rains and flooding caused the tracks to be washed out, resulting in the derailment of a CPR freight train at Current River Park.
    Image     Photo showing the Current River Disaster. Heavy rains and flooding caused the tracks to be washed out, resulting in the derailment of a CPR freight train at Current River Park.
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • Clearing Away the Wreck - Current River Disaster
    Clearing Away the Wreck - Current River Disaster
    Image       This photo shows people clearing away the wreck from the 1908 Current River flood disaster.
    Image     This photo shows people clearing away the wreck from the 1908 Current River flood disaster.
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • The Township of MacGregor : District of Thunder Bay
    The Township of MacGregor : District of Thunder Bay
    Image       Map housed at the Brodie Resource Library
    Image     Map housed at the Brodie Resource Library
    Thunder Bay Public Library
  • St. Joe (1902)
    St. Joe (1902)
    Ship       Official No.: 112007; 70x25x7 Owned by J. Servais, Port Arthur 1907; Canadian Towing & Wrecking Co. 1917, 1935. Tug. Badly damaged by fire 20/08/14 Port Arthur, repaired. ; Final Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, Scuttled
    Ship     Official No.: 112007; 70x25x7 Owned by J. Servais, Port Arthur 1907; Canadian Towing & Wrecking Co. 1917, 1935. Tug. Badly damaged by fire 20/08/14 Port Arthur, repaired. ; Final Location: …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Georgina (1893)
    Georgina (1893)
    Ship       Official No.: 92617; 74x15x7 Owned by H. Servais, Port Arthur 1893; R. A. Hazlewood, Port Arthur 1895; J. Maloney, Port Arthur 1901; S. Forrest, Fort William 1908. Tug. ; Final Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, Burnt
    Ship     Official No.: 92617; 74x15x7 Owned by H. Servais, Port Arthur 1893; R. A. Hazlewood, Port Arthur 1895; J. Maloney, Port Arthur 1901; S. Forrest, Fort William 1908. Tug. ; Final …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine
    Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine
    Image       Stripping the main zone of the mine site to expose mineralization. Mine as it appeared in the late 1960's.
    Image     Stripping the main zone of the mine site to expose mineralization. Mine as it appeared in the late 1960's.
    Amethyst Mine Panorama
  • Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine
    Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine
    Image       Big amethyst crytals O5.
    Image     Big amethyst crytals O5.
    Amethyst Mine Panorama
  • Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine
    Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine
    Image       A black and white photo of open pit mining at the Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine in the 1970's
    Image     A black and white photo of open pit mining at the Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine in the 1970's
    Amethyst Mine Panorama
  • Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine
    Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine
    Image       A photo of the open pit mine at Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine.
    Image     A photo of the open pit mine at Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine.
    Amethyst Mine Panorama
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