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Repository: University of Saskatchewan Library Special Collections
Fonds/collection: Shortt Library of Canadiana
Title of file/item: Algoma West: its mines, scenery and industrial resources
Creation dates: 1887
Extent: 217p.
Scope and Content: Illustrated with sketches and photographs; includes a Business Directory of Port Arthur at the end of the book. Part I discusses Topographical and Historical Notes on Nipigon Lake and River to Thunder Bay; Port Arthur 1800-1887; Prosperity of Ft. William; the mines, minerals and pioneers of the area; Official Reports on Development by A.L. Russell, Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor. Part II covers the mines of the North Shore and Western Gold and Silver District, 1887. Part III covers the Geology of Algoma West.
File/item reference: FC 3095 .T57 R652 1887
Photographer/author: Roland, Walpole, d. 1931
Number of scanned pages: 225
Subjects:
Government policy
Natural resources
Surveys and Studies - Geology
Mines
Commerce and Trade
Living conditions
Geographic coverage:
Ontario