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. […]
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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 […]
Fort Frances Museum
Two unsuccessful attempts at making a treaty with the Indians West of Lakehead were made in 1871 and 1872. In 1873 Lieutenant- Governor Alexander Morris of Manitoba was sent to settle the treaty. The area was of strategic importance to Ottawa because of the Dawson Trail which went through Rainy […]
