Category: Transport

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 […]

Syrian Float in Coronation Parade, 1937

Like many nationalities that made up the Kirkland Lake community, a group of Syrian Canadians built a float to enter in the Coronation Day Parade.

Greater Ontario (New Ontario)

A pamphlet with train schedule information for the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway.

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 […]

Passenger Train on the T&NO Railway

A passenger train similar to the one Roza Brown worked on as a cook before she moved to Swastika.

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 […]

Booklet for T&NO Railway to Northeastern Ontario

This booklet was created by the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, a Crown corporation of the province of Ontario. Inside are glowing reviews of the rich farming land […]

T&NO steam train, ca. 1915

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) […]