Journals, writings, and photographs describing the work of railway construction in the early 1900s.
Photographs of mining and transportation in Northwestern Ontario in the first part of the twentieth century.
Includes:
Photographs of Zenmac Zinc Mine near Schreiber
Photographs of Root River Marine Portage and mining equipment supplies transported
The collection consists of photo albums, photographs, newspaper clippings, assets, agreements, stocks, bonds, certificates, correspondence, miscellaneous items, and two videos with the same recording. The collection is composed of three sous-fonds:
James Whalen
Laurel Conmee and James Conmee
Thunder Bay Hydro
Photographs and documents, generally collected because they would be of interest regarding the history of Port Arthur and Fort William. Includes rail and CPR, ships, fishing, and social and sporting groups.