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Filled with photographs, both historic and contemporary, this engaging book looks at the industrial pioneers of northwestern Ontario, and the activites which brought themt o the wildnerness: surveying, railroading, lumber, gold, bush piloting, transportation, and hydro power. Rasky lets the pioneers tell their own story, through their own reminiscences, and by the monuments they have left behind. Published with the assistance of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, and the Ontario Ministry of Northern Affairs.
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Industry in the Wilderness The People, the Buildings, the Machines — Heritage in Northwestern Ontario by Frank Rasky Dundurn Press Limited (with the assistance of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, and the Ontario Ministry of Northern Affairs) Toronto and Charlottetown 1983 Acknowledgements The preparation of the manuscript and the publication of this book were made possible because of generous assistance from the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, and the Ontario Ministry of Northern Affairs. The author wishes to thank in particular George Shaw for sharing his engineer's knowledge about the technical aspect of industrial life in northwest Ontario. © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario, 1983 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise (except brief passages for purposes of review) without the prior written permission of Dundurn Press Limited. The publisher wishes to acknowledge as well the ongoing support of the Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council. Care has been taken to trace the ownership of copyright material used in the text (including the illustrations). The author and publisher welcome any information enabling them to rectify any reference or credit in subsequent editions. Editor: Kirk Howard Design and production: Ron and Ron Design Photography Typesetting: Q Composition Incorporated Printing: Les Editions Marquis, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada Published by Dundurn Press Limited (P.O. Box 245, Station F, Toronto M4Y 2L5 Canada). Illustration and Photograph Acknowledgements Canadian National 19, 24-25, 69. Norman Cowan 29 (2nd.) Geological Survey of Canada, 15, 16, 17. Geraldton Public Library 108. Randy Haunfelder back cover, photograph of author Heritage Branch, Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture front cover, 46-47, 50 (1st & 4th), 54 (1st & 3rd), 75 (2nd), 85, 94, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106 (3rd), 107, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122 (2nd), 123 (3rd), 124 (1st). Dennis Christjiansen 78 (1st), 89 (1st). Frank Commisso 124 (3rd) Lake of the Woods Museum 106 (1st & 2nd) Lucas Photographies 91 (1st) Charles Macnamara 29 (1st), 30 (1st), 32 (1st), 33, 36 (2nd), 37 (1st) Kenneth Molson 70 (1st) Nipigon Museum 10-11, 20, 21 (1st), 38, 95 Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Rasky, Frank, 1923Industry in the wilderness (Dundurn local history series; 1) Bibliography: p. ISBN 0-919670-66-0 I. Ontario — Industries — History. I. Title. II. Series. HC117.06R37 1983 338.09713'H C83-099038-0 Donald Nord 67 (3rd), 121, 124 (1st), 125 (1st & 3rd), back cover. Northern Miner 61 Ontario Archives 50 (2nd) Ontario Geological Survey 23 (2nd) Ontario Hydro Archives 9, 78 (2nd), 82-83, 86, 87, 89 (2nd), 91 (2nd & 3rd), 92,93 Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 21 (2nd), 30 (2nd), 36 (1st), 37 (2nd), 49, 67 (1st), 70 (2nd), 71, 80, 81, 109, 128 Don Parrott. The Red Lake Gold Rush. 54 (2nd) Public Archives of Canada 13 (C-943), 23 (first) (C-56826) Red Lake Public Library 50 (3rd), 57, 59, 79 George Shaw 75 (1st) Don Starratt 64-65, 67 (2nd), 73, 77 Thunder Bay Historical Museum Societ