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The community of Fort Frances is celebrating its centennial in 2003. In celebrating one hundred years, we are examining our community’s history, from its founding to major developments and the changes that have affected its growth. The exhibit includes photographs, newspapers, oral histories, biographies, family histories and written papers, all of which serve to outline significant events and the contributions of people from the community’s past. Beginning 10 000 years ago with the First Nations people, the community grew with the arrival of the Voyageurs and trading posts of the Northwest and the Hudson’s Bay Companies, followed by the loggers and lumber barons that brought pulp and paper mills, and the merchants, educators, and political powers. Whether it be political, educational, industrial, or social, the people of the community are responsible for having initiated change and development. From fires to floods, through wars and influenza, the people of Fort Frances have faced adversity and undergone many transformations in bringing us forward through one hundred years of prosperity and promise.
