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      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

      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

      Stripping the main zone of the mine site to expose mineralization. Mine as it appeared in the late 1960's.

      Big amethyst crytals O5.

      A black and white photo of open pit mining at the Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine in the 1970's

      A photo of the open pit mine at Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine.

      The photo was taken in Port Arthur, Ontario which was later amalgamated into the city of Thunder Bay.

      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.

      Identification, or pass, for the Canadian National Railway, with photo of trackman and his wife. This would have allowed them free transportation on the CNR. The employees years of service with the CNR, was also recorded on the back of the pass.

      Johnny Hume (right) train agent and George McLeod (left) engineer. Johnny Hume was remembered for his unfailing kindness. George McLeod delighted onlookers with the theatrical show he put on when he did his routine oiling of the train.

      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 …

      The Canadian Pacific Railway used a variety of locomotives to lead its trains from coast to coast in Canada. These were built to handle rugged terrain of western Canada. The 'Selkirks' were designed to maintain smooth flow of mainline Canadian Pacific traffic through treacherous winding curves and heavy grades of …

      Cover of an actual schedule from Canadian National Railways, August 1929. This timetable shows local departure and arrival times across Canada and the Western region. Mileage was 11,345 miles. The whole CNR system was 22,790 miles, the largest railway system in America in 1929.

      One of the twenty locomotives of this type designed in the 1930's for CPR's fast intercity passenger services and completed in 1937-38 by the Canadian Locomotive Co. in Kingston, Ontario. Also, referred to as Class Flas 4-4-4, steam locomotive.

      Makies Siding (Gravel Lake)was the stop before North Lake on the Port Arthur Duluth and Western Railway line to the Gunflint Trail, Northwestern Ontario.

      The locomotive 3002, was built at the Montreal Locomotive Works, and was assigned to service the area between Toronto and Windsor, Ontario

      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 …

      CPR Elevator B. The grain elevator was located at the lower end of Victoria Avenue, Fort William, Ontario, on the Kaministiquia River.