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Kirkland Lake Multicultural Festival

Multicultural Festivals were held in Kirkland Lake during the 1970s, with locals sharing their cultural heritage, including folk art like embroidery and other needlework. Anne Kostecki is wearing […]

Active Community in a Mining Town

The image of the recently constructed #3 shaft headframe from the Macassa Mine site is featured on the front of this 1983 booklet. With gold prospects looking positive, […]

Kirkland Lake Commemorative Plaque

This large bronze plaque was designed and created by Cesar Feraro, and later installed at the Toburn Mine site. It lists the many mines of the Kirkland Lake […]

Joe Dash Baseball Team

Local business owners sponsored many seasonal sports teams in the Kirkland Lake area, including men’s wear merchant Joe Dash. Top row, left to right: Doug Preston, Gus Plager, […]

Hamden Family Journey

The Hamden Family owned a farm in Saskatchewan during the early 1930s, but the Great Depression forced them on a journey that would take them to Northern Ontario. […]

Memories of Downtown Kirkland Lake

Kirkland Lake was the “Hub of the North” – a town with great shopping and entertainment. Sid Hamden remembers what it was like to grow up in a […]

Coronation Celebration in Kirkland Lake

The Commonwealth celebrated the Coronation of King George VI in 1937. Kirkland Lake had its own way of commemorating the event, with the community coming together with activities […]

Macassa Mine Rescue Team, 1957

Mining is hazardous work, and to prevent fatalities underground, each mine had its own rescue team. These men wore breathing apparatus and were trained to remove injured miners […]

Cunard Sailing Dates – 1933

Since the 1920s, it was common practice for people to commit to two-year contracts to work in Canada. After the two years of the contract were up, many […]

Croatian Women’s Society

Many immigrants to Kirkland Lake brought their traditions and culture with them. This image is of the Croatian Women’s Society, a social club prior to the Second World […]

Prospecting in “New Ontario”

Prospecting in Northeastern Ontario meant long hours in an unforgiving remote environment. Most areas had to be explored either by foot or accessed by water. Sandy McIntyre (left) […]

Kirkland-Larder Gold Area Map

Close-up of the Kirkland-Larder Gold Area map. The areas outlined in dark ink are the seven main mines of Kirkland Lake. The community of Swastika and the T&NO […]