Black and white photograph of an early Canada Pacific Railway engine taken in Fort William, Ontario, Canada. Canada Pacific Railway was formed in 1881 and was Canada's first transcontinental railway providing service from eastern Canada to British…

Black and white photograph of the Port Arthur town hall with members of the volunteer fire department gathering in front.

Black and white photograph of an early Port Arthur streetcar operated by the Port Arthur Street railway commission. Men in the photos have been identified as: Norman Harrington (Man with hands in pockets on street car), Bailey (Motorman), Dick Jones…

Black and white photograph of a previous Port Arthur town hall. Text beneath the photograph suggests that it was succeeded by a jewelry store and was host to a number of famous road shows.

Black and white photograph of a train engine and caboose belonging to Prince Arthur's Landing and Kaministiqua Railway Company. The Prince Arthur's Landing and Kaministiqua Railway Company were the owners of a railway constructed to connect Fort…

Black and white photograph of the Queens Hotel, the first large scale hotel built in Port Arthur. Destroyed by fire in 1879, it was succeeded by the Northern Hotel in 1885, and eventually the Mariaggi Hotel. The hotel itself can be seen in the…

A painting of an early Hudson's Bay Company settlement which would later become Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1892.

Scenic black and white photograph of the city of Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.A. and Lake Superior. The city can be seen in the foreground while the border between land and lake stretches out over the horizon.

A collection of eight black and white photographs of various mining sites during the silver mining boom of the 1880's in the Thunder Bay District. These mining sites were collectively a part of the largest silver mining project in Canada at the time.…

Black and white photograph of five men identified from left to right as: Chief John Thunder, Dr. W.L. Strunk (Commissioner of Conservation for Minnesota), Andrew Banning, S.V. Saxby (Executive Secretary of the Minnesota Arrowhead Association), and a…