Buildings & Structures Archives | Opportunity on the Mile of Gold: How Diversity Shaped Kirkland Lake

Polish Society Float in Coronation Parade

The Polish Society float pictured on Government Road in downtown Kirkland Lake during the Coronation parade. It was an occasion when many different cultures, organizations and clubs in […]

Strand Theatre during WWII

The Strand was one of four theatres operating in Kirkland Lake during the Second World War. Movies and live theatre entertained those on the homefront, but the Strand […]

Kirkland District Hospital, 1950s

The Kirkland District Hospital grew from a small two-storey building in the town’s early days into a sprawling building with wings to accommodate services and specialists.

Dancing the Night Away

KLCVI was not only a place of learning, but of socializing. School dances, and weekly dances organized by groups in the community, allowed young people to meet informally […]

KLCVI – “Wisdom, Integrity, Skill”

“Wisdom, Integrity, Skill” The school motto for Kirkland Lake Collegiate and Vocational Institute, and embraced by its students. This photo is of KLCVI from the 1960s, when the […]

Government Road Storefronts

Most of downtown Kirkland Lake is found along Government Road. At the far right of the picture can be seen the Kaplan Brothers store – a thriving business […]

Hebrew School Students

After school classes were one way families in the community passed down their cultural and religions traditions.

View of Kirkland Lake from Teck-Hughes Mine

The lake the town is named after is seen on the left side of the photograph. The photo was taken from the Teck-Hughes Mine property. The Lake Shore […]

A Local Crowd Attempt to Cheer Up a Disgruntled Roza

In the early days of Kirkland Lake, Roza Brown speculated what land might sell at a higher price as the town developed. With this in mind, she purchased […]

Roza Brown’s building

Roza Brown’s home on Government Road also housed a few tenants and businesses. She continued her baking and laundry services, while a tailor shop operated at the front.

Tough-Oakes Mine

The Tough-Oakes Mine, with its headframe in the foreground started in 1912. It was founded by prospectors Harry Oakes and the Tough Brothers. The name of the mine […]

Sylvanite Miners after shift

This photo of miners from the Sylvanite was taken during the 1930s, but the men with their work clothes, lamps and lunch boxes look identical to the mine […]