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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 […]

Pamphlet for silver mines of Cobalt

The front cover of this pamphlet from 1910 reads: The Eldorado of New Ontario: Cobalt The Rich New Silver District and Porcupine – Where Rich Gold Discoveries Are […]

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 […]

Kaplan Bros. Advertisement

An advertisement for the Kaplan Bros. General Merchants featured in the Northern News paper, promoting its wares: If you want to buy right and get value for your […]

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 […]

National Geographic mentions gold boom of Kirkland Lake

The original article from 1932 that appeared in National Geographic was printed word-for-word in a 1960s edition of the Northern Daily News. This includes some of the derogatory […]

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 […]

“League for the Liberation of the Ukraine”

This image was titled “Ukrainian Society – League for Freedom of Ukraine”, but it may actually be a photograph of Kirkland Lake members of the “Canadian League for […]