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serv.focus(); } //--> </script> </head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <div id="stChild"> <div class="sc" id="sc1"> <h4 class="float-left">1</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Opening of the North<br /> <br /> North Bay has often been referred to as the "Gateway of the North" and has participated in an integral part of the opening of Northern Ontario to the lumber and mining industries. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc2"> <h4 class="float-right">2</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Lumbermen<br />1900<br /> Ontario, Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#1" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=141874','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=673,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ACTH/0001/image/storycard/ACTH00010046.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc3"> <h4 class="float-left">3</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> One industry that assisted with the opening of the north was the lumber industry. Northern Ontario is a vast area that is dominated by forest. <br /> <br /> Once this was realized it did not take long for several lumberbarons to purchase timber limits in the area. <br /> <br /> However one of the main issues surrounding harvesting in the area was lack of access. The main transportation route was by water (the route used for hundreds of years by fur trader and voyageurs). <br /> <br /> Most of the harvesting was completed by horse and the logs were transported to the waterways where boat or men could lead them.<br /> <br /> Several lumber companies also started their own railways to transport their logs from location to location. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc4"> <h4 class="float-right">4</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> J.R. Booth and Family <br />1860<br /> Ontario, Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#2" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=141851','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ACTH/0001/image/storycard/ACTH0001002f.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc5"> <h4 class="float-left">5</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> J.R. Booth Lumber Company<br /> <br /> Legendary lumberman John Rudolphus Booth began his career in Ottawa in 1858 and operated in the Lake Nipissing area from 1886 to 1907.<br /> <br /> J.R. Booth purchased a large pine timber limit in the areas surrounding Lake Nipissing for logging purposes. These Pine Timber Limits were purchased at government auctions as well as from other lumbermen. This was a risky move since there were no railroads here at the time and the logs had to be shipped to Ottawa. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc6"> <h4 class="float-right">6</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Log Lift at Wasi Falls<br />1900<br /> Ontario, Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#3" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=141852','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ACTH/0001/image/storycard/ACTH00010030.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc7"> <h4 class="float-left">7</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> In order to move the logs from the Lake Nipissing watershed into the Ottawa River, a jack-ladder was used to lift the logs up the Wasi falls and onto a railway that ferried the wood to Lake Nosbonsing. <br /> <br /> From there the logs were then floated to the Ottawa River via Kaibuskong and Mattawa Rivers. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc8"> <h4 class="float-right">8</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Nipissing and Nosbonsing Railway<br />1900<br /> Ontario, Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#4" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=141855','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=571')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ACTH/0001/image/storycard/ACTH00010033.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc9"> <h4 class="float-left">9</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Booth steam paddleboat<br />1910<br /> Ontario, Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#5" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=141853','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=573')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ACTH/0001/image/storycard/ACTH00010031.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc10"> <h4 class="float-right">10</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Log Pile <br />1890<br /> Ontario, Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#6" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=141856','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ACTH/0001/image/storycard/ACTH00010034.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc11"> <h4 class="float-left">11</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Around the turn of the century Booth's timber limits covered over 4,000 square miles in Ontario and Quebec. Making him the largest timber limit owner in the British Empire. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc12"> <h4 class="float-right">12</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Frank's Bay on Lake Nipissing<br />1915<br /> Ontario, Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#7" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=141904','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=800,height=600')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ACTH/0001/image/storycard/ACTH00010064.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc13"> <h4 class="float-left">13</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> J.B. Smith Lumber Company<br /> <br /> In 1851 John B. Smith began in the lumber business in southern Ontario and expanded into the Lake Nipissing area when he purchased a sawmill at Angus. This operation was later moved to Frank's Bay and then Callander. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc14"> <h4 class="float-right">14</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> J.B. Smith Order Book, 1886 to 1888<br />1886<br /> Ontario, Canada<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#8" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=141915','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=654,height=451')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ACTH/0001/image/storycard/ACTH0001006f.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <table id="scNav"><tr> <td width="172" style="text-align:left;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000596&sl=4781&pos=1&scpos=1" id="scJumpFirst" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_start.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="170" style="text-align:right;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 56);" id="scPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000596&sl=4781&pos=1&scpos=0" id="scJumpPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="174" style="text-align:left;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 56);" id="scNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000596&sl=4781&pos=14&scpos=1" id="scJumpNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="172" style="text-align:right;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000596&sl=4781&pos=55&scpos=1" id="scJumpLast" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_last.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="scSplit" id="scSplit" /> </body> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var scCount = 14; var scShowing = []; flip("scPos", 1, 1, 56); </script>
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