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      Black and white photo taken of the rebuilding of the coal trestle at Jackfish, Ontario c.1916.

      Black and white photo showing a large steamship unloading coal at the Jackfish coal dock, the last stop along the Canadian Pacific railway. Another large steamship appears in the background.

      View of the coal chutes at Jackfish, Ontario. The chutes were loaded manually by a crew of 300 men. It was not unusual for them to work overtime for up to three days, until the steamship was loaded.

      A view of Jackfish village, the 600ft coal dock trestle, and a steamship in the harbour of Jackfish Bay, Ontario, on Lake Superior.

      Jackfish Coal Dock wooden tower in the process of being rebuilt by crew in 1919. This coal dock was blown over in a storm on Lake Superior, March, 1919.

      A winter view of Jackfish from the past with home in foreground and coal docks in the background.

      Black and white photo of the coal chutes at Jackfish, Ontario on Lake Superior.

      View of coal terminal and trestle at Jackfish, Ontario. This 600ft trestle on Lake Superior, received steamships from the United States. Ships were unloaded manually, and usually involved a crew of three hundred men. Even with the men working eighteen hours each day, the unloading process often took three days.

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      From the early 1900's till the mid-forties, Jackfish was the major centre for the distribution of coal in Northwestern Ontario as seen in this black and white photo. The steamships would come from the United States loaded with coal and provisions and unload at the 600 ft. trestle at Jackfish, …