Work 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 […]

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.

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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.