The Projected Railway System to Tap to Richest Country in the World. The Ontario and Rainy River Railway which is being built across the extreme southwest corner of Ontario, will connect the Port Arthur, Duluth and Western line with the east terminus of Winnipeg and Southeastern Railway, and complete a […]
100 years, 100 stories
The History of the Rainy River District
The following pages are a testament to the history of Rainy River District. The articles appear as they did when originally published and have not been edited in any way. The articles, published in the Fort Frances Times and Rainy River Herald, describe how the area was developed including the gold rush around the turn of the century, the birth of the logging industry and how railways and highways opened the area to the rest of the country.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PHOTO ALBUM
THE GREAT GOLD RUSH
THE BIRTH OF THE LOGGING INDUSTRY
TRANSPORTATION —THE OPENING OF THE WEST
DEVELOPMENT
SETTLEMENT
MAJOR EVENTS —WAR, CRIME, DISASTERS, POLITICS
BIOGRAPHIES OF INTERESTING CITIZENS
Credits Feedback
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Rainy Lake Herald
The Rainy River Railway Receives It’s Aid From the Dominion Government On Thursday last the Canadian government submitted to parliament the proposed subsidies in aid of railway construction and in that connection have announced a policy that will be a source of unqualified satisfaction to the rate payers. In Plain […]
Rainy Lake Herald
The Golden Star Makes a Fabulously Rich Strike. The Ore Being Sacked in the Shaft. Sent Directly to the Mill. Alice A Mine to Have 500 Stamps. Locky Coon shows up well. Gold Bricks from Olive. A visit to the Seine River gold fields will convince the most skeptical that […]
Golden Star Sends Out $15,000 for January. Outlook in Seine River Never Brighter. 200 Stamps will be Dropping Before Fall. Railway will Tap the Heart of These Gold Fields. The cleanup of the Golden Star mine for January in the shape of a seventy-four pound gold brick, valued at $15,000, […]
Rainy Lake Herald
A Veritable Garden of Eden Awaits Settlers in the Rainy-River District. Those Seeking Homes Should Investigate Here Before Leaving The Country. With such a large extent of agricultural land, as good as any on the continent, it seems a pity that our great city dailies do not wake up to […]
Rainy Lake Herald
Reports From All Parts Of Northwestern Ontario Point to a Boom in These Gold Fields This Year. Now is the time to Invest. Never since that days of old Midas have the riches of old mother earth been revealed as they have in the past year. And this is apparently […]
Rainy Lake Herald
Engineer Wm. McCarthy with some forty surveyors and several tons of supplies arrived on the Str. Kenora on Saturday evening and left on Monday by the Majestic for Seine River. In conversation with a HERALD representative Mr. McCarthy said they would proceed to Mine Centre, thence north to some point […]
Rainy Lake Herald
Mining Activity Increasing. A $30.00 Sale Reported. Eastern Capitalists Coming To Inspect Our Gold Fields. Electric Road For Golden Star Mine. Despite the fact that the rush to the Klondike and the war have diverted attention of capitalists from our gold fields, there is considerable activity in mining going on. […]
Rainy Lake Herald
Commenced At Last. We are informed from a reliable source that Mr. White, Engineer for McKenzie & Mann, is now at work with a large force staking out the roadway for the Ontario & Rainy River Railway. The party are now at work where the line diverts from the P.A.D. […]
Rainy Lake Herald
The Seine River Gold Fields Being Rapidly Developed. One Hundred and Seventeen Stamps Will Soon Be Falling Around Mine Centre and Bell City. The Seine River district is fast coming to the front and is now being regarded as the richest gold bearing section on the continent. Within a radius […]
Fishing on the River People fishing at the Koochiching Falls with Fort Frances in the background (top). Above, the building of a canal to be located on the Rainy River where the International Bridge now stands. The canal was never finished. These pictures were taken around the turn of the […]
