Gas Lighting Ceremony for Fort William and Port Arthur, celebrating the arrival natural gas at Canadian Lakehead, May 7, 1958. From left to right: Ralph Farris, President of Northern Ontario Natural Gas, Mel Hunter, Manager Twin City Gas, Francis…

Gas Lighting Ceremony marking the advent of natural gas at Canadian Lakehead, May 7, 1958. Left to right: Ralph Farris, President of Northern Ontario Natural Gas, Francis Shaw, President of Twin City Gas, Mayor Eunice Wishart, Port Arthur, Acting…

Aerial view of Great Lakes Paper Company, 1964.

Aerial photo of Great Lakes Paper Company, 1964.

Great Lakes Paper Company, 1964. Jupiter, the largest paper machine in the world.

Great Lakes Lumber & Shipping Company. Midway Terminals Ltd., of British Columbia, acquired in 1959 the plant of the Great Lakes Lumber & Shipping Co. Ltd. The new plans to produce forest products and operate a seaway terminal dock on the Fort…

Great West Timber Limited, Port Arthur, 1964.

Great West Timber Limited, Port Arthur, 1964.

Hinsperger's Harness & Tent Company, Port Arthur, 1963. This Lakehead manufacturer of tents, tarpaulins and other canvas products extended plant and facilities to produce auto tent trailers in 1963.

Hinsperger's Harness & Tent Company, Port Arthur, 1964.