The collection includes digital photos of the town of Opasatika and the facilities at the Nassau Lake from 1950 to 1970. Much of the digital photos show activities related to forestry work and to the development of the two villages. Others depict family members and outdoor activities. Some pictures date from the later decades.
Forest products industry
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The fonds consists of moving images related to the donor’s family and acquaintances as well as the town of Hearst and Henry Selin Forest Products. These moving images are about weddings, christenings, hunting and fishing, Christmas celebrations with family, trips, and events such as a fire in Hearst, the strike at Henry Selin Forest Products in 1962, a parade in Hearst and others.
Comeau, ClaudeThe fonds contains records of the businesses founded by Ernest Gosselin in northern Ontario. Most of the documents relate to the various properties that belonged to him in the Geraldton area.
Gosselin, ErnestThe collection includes hundreds of slides relating to lumber work and to the hunting, fishing and trapping activities practiced by the Clamouse de la Touche family. Beautiful pictures of Northern Ontario landscapes are also part of the collection. Some of the slides can be found in Jacqueline de la Touche’s posthumously published book entitled Pris sur le vif. A few textual records are also part of the fonds.
Clamouse de la Touche, JacquelineThe fonds contains textual and photographic records of Roland Cloutier’s involvement in Northern Ontario’s lumber industry. It provides information on some of the Hearst area lumber companies and on organizations such as the Hearst Lumbermen’s Association and the Ontario Lumber Manufacturers’ Association. The fonds also includes documents pertaining to the Hearst Forest Management company, the Northern Ontario Development Corporation, and to René Fontaine in his role as a member of the Ontario legislature and minister in the Ontario government. This is complemented by government reports, studies analyzing the situation and needs of the lumber industry and of Northern Ontario’s economy, handbooks relating to the working practices of the industry and maps mostly illustrating cutting rights in the forest of the region.
Cloutier, Roland