When LaJemeraye beached his canoes at “the Point” in the fall of 1731, he was accompanied by LaVerendrye’s eldest son, Jean Baptiste, 25 voyageurs and a guide. When the Town of Fort Frances was incorporated in 1903, the resident population was only “approximately 650 souls”. The town’s expansion paralleled its […]
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Fort Frances Times and Rainy Lake Herald
On April 11, 1903, the Corporation of the Town of Fort Frances came into being. It consisted, according to early records, of approximately 720 acres and “approximately 650 souls in number.” Oliver Mowat, who as premier and attorney-general of Ontario had battled both the Dominion and Manitoba Governments to keep […]
Alberton Centennial Times
When a graceful Twin Otter, bearing the familiar orange, white and blue colours of Norontair, glides in for a landing at the Fort Frances Municipal Airport some 90 minutes after departing from Thunder Bay, it is a far cry from the early days when travel was by canoe over the […]
(Taken in part from the Baudette Region --- written by Mrs. Oliver Kellogg)
Rainy River. Our Town. Our Lives.
Rainy River. Our Town. Our Lives.
Trouble had been smoldering for weeks that summer of 1910. There had been early season rains; then droughts. The forests grew close in all settled areas. Transportation was either by boat or by train. An occasional trail would through the woods from one homestead to the other. The towns of […]
Fort Frances Times and Rainy Lake Herald
Fort Frances paid tribute to the Sisters of Charity, or of Grey Nuns on Thursday afternoon and evening for their 34 years of dedicated service as owners, administrators and operators of LaVerendrye General Hospital, prior to the transfer of ownership to a non-profit, charitable corporation, the LaVerendrye General Hospital (Fort […]
Fort Frances Times and Rainy Lake Herald
Robert John Nicholson Pither, whose residency on the point of land where Rainy Lake discharges into Rainy River, gave rise to its name as Pither’s Point, was born on October 29, 1824 in Montreal. His parents were Robert and Margaret (Nicholson) Pither, of English birth. He was educated in Montreal […]
Fort Frances Times and Rainy Lake Herald
Excellent quality bleached pulp being produced The Fort Frances kraft mill, costing $45 million and acclaimed as the most modern in Canada, is now operating but still in the start-up phase, according to Jack Haase, mill manager for the Ontario-Minnesota Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd. Production of bleached pulp to […]
Fort Frances Times and Rainy Lake Herald
Why Fort Frances? Much Study Preceded Actual Construction How come the Fort Frances kraft mill? What economic and technological considerations guided O-M in it’s decision to invest $45 million in this facility? What’s the background for this immense expansion? The Ontario-Minnesota Pulp and Paper Company Ltd. studied the feasibility of […]
Fort Frances Times and Rainy Lake Herald
Large Crowd Attends Plaque Ceremony Ontario Premier John P. Robarts joined on the speakers stand at the West End Community Park Wednesday, by D. J. Sleeman, Patrick Ried M.P.P., Mayor Almo Marshall, Dr. E. S. Rogers, curator Ethnology Branch, Royal Ontario Museum, Mrs. Anna Smith, historian, Historical Branch, Toronto, former […]
Fort Frances Times and Rainy Lake Herald
Construction of Highway No. 11 between Fort Frances is and investment in the future, Prime Minister John P. Robarts, Q.C. emphasized in Fort Frances on Monday at ceremonies opening the 80-mile $20 million dollar Fort Frances-Atikokan highway and the naming of the $6.5 million causeway across Rainy Lake as the […]
Fort Frances Times and Rainy Lake Herald
The construction of a new road, particularly up here in the north country where there are not many roads, is an event of momentous concern to the people of any community. Certainly this is no less true of the completion of Highway 11. It will at long last unite the […]
Fort Frances Times and Rainy Lake Herald
And the economic influence its development had not only on Northwestern Ontario, but in hastening Highway Eleven. It required but a single day to complete the entire task. It was back in 1935, just 30 years ago. The Fort Frances Times required more subscribers and one of the ways to […]
