Black and white drawing of the front view of Fort Kaministiqua along the Kaminisitiqua river. This fort was established by the North West Company as a trading post circa 1803. By 1807 the fort had been renamed to Fort William in honour of William…

Black and white newspaper clipping of a photograph of the business center of Fort William. A streetcar can be seen travelling down the center of the busy street.

Black and white newspaper clipping of a photograph of the business center of Port Arthur. Buildings can be seen towards the horizon.

Black and white newspaper clipping of a photograph of Kakabeka Falls. The text below most likely references the Kakabeka generating station which began its operations in 1906.

Campaign ticket for J. J. Ward, an incumbent in the 1911 Toronto municipal election. J. J. Ward was a labourist in the early 1900s who won a seat on the Toronto Board of Control seven times from 1905-1911. He is the namesake of the Ward Marathon, a…

Banquet card detailing a complimentary banquet for Mr. William Mackenzie, Mr. Donald D. Mann, and Mr. Roderick D. Mackenzie at the Northern Hotel in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada. This banquet was held to celebrate the closing of the gap in the CNR…

Black and white photograph of Louis Riel and the rest of the councillors of the provisional government of the Métis Nation. Louis Riel can be seen in the center of the photograph surrounded by the other councillors.

Oral history interview with Mrs Freda Kamstra by Georgina Garrett. The interview is a part of the Women's Decade Council Herstory project.

The recording consists of two sides of a cassette tape, available here as two MP3 files. (Click on the…

A black and white collection of photographs of 4 industry buildings in Port Arthur. Buildings have been identified as follows:

1. Woodside's Foundry
2. Vigars Saw Mill
3. Elliott's Bottling Works
4. Kennedy and Saunders

A black and white collection of eight photographs of various businesses and public service buildings in early Port Arthur. The buildings have been identified from top left to bottom right as follows (along with any descriptions provided):

Note:…