Male Archives | Opportunity on the Mile of Gold: How Diversity Shaped Kirkland Lake

Wilson’s Lumber Camp

Wilson’s Lumber Camp was active in the Kirkland Lake region around 1954, when these photos were taken. The logging industry was often the preferred work for many Scandinavian […]

Charlie Chow

Black and white portrait photograph of Charlie Chow as a young man wearing a suit and tie.

Miners Underground

A snapshot taken by Gordon Henderson, a miner at the Lake Shore Mine. The two men are working around the 3,000 or 4,000 foot level underground.

Drilling 3,200 Feet Underground at Kirkland Lake Gold Mine

J. Bridle, J. Smaltz, and P.J. Harris (4th man unknown) drilling at the 3,200 foot level in the Kirkland Lake Gold Mine. They drilled two rounds in one […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Lieutenant Henry Koury – Algonquin Regiment Soldier

Henry Koury was from a Syrian family that immigrated to Cobalt before 1911 and later moved to Kirkland Lake. He enlisted with the Algonquin Regiment and served as […]

“We’re Sticking to Our Union”

The Miner’s Strike lasted the winter of 1941-42, but was doomed to fail almost from the very beginning. The miners goal was for union recognition, but the mine […]