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Photos from Ralph Pugliese Passport

Photos from inside the passport of Ralph Pugliese. Ralph and his daughter Angelina are in the photo on the right, and his wife Assunta and their son Gaetano […]

Ralph Pugliese Passport

Inside of passport for Ralph Pugliese. Information about he and his wife Assunta, and their two children Angelina and Gaetano and their photos are included with the passport. […]

Rail delivery of mining machinery

Railcars at the Swastika station have hoists and boilers aboard. Until another branch of the T&NO was built to take these large pieces of mining machinery to Kirkland […]

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

Although Roza Brown was originally from Hungary, she was pro-British monarchy. She would occasionally drape herself, and her properties, in the colours of the Union Jack.

Swastika Railway Station

The Swastika Railway Station was the starting point for many people in the early years of the Kirkland Lake Gold Camp. It was also where mine machinery and […]

Laying the Tracks North

The railway gangs building the railway worked seasonally. They were exposed to long hours of hard labour in the summer heat with many biting insects. Construction of the […]

Government Road

Kirkland Lake’s downtown was the centre for many businesses and services as seen in this photo from the town’s earlier days. The sign on a building advertises “Steamship […]

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 […]

Charlie Chow’s Cafe

Charlie Chow (3rd from left) stands outside of his restaurant in downtown Kirkland Lake with several patrons. It would later be expanded to include a hotel. It was […]

Hotelmen’s Banquet

The Hotelmen’s Banquet of 1942 hosted hoteliers from across the district. This photo was taken at the Kirkland Lake Hotel, also known locally as “The Ash Can” because […]

Hoping for a Day’s Work

A scene at the gate of the Wright-Hargreaves Mine during the Depression. Unemployed men are standing in a crowd, waiting for the guard to call out their name […]