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1944 correspondence re: CPR markings from construction at Peninsula Harbour.

Correspondence with Alexander Fraser, Ontario Department of Public Records and Archives, 1932. Including information re: train between Prince Arthur’s Landing ad Winnipeg in 1879 with Lieutenant Governor Donald Macdonald.

Correspondence re Manitoba-Ontario Boundary Line, 1935.

Correspondence with James A McCumber re Franklin letters, 1935.

Correspondence with Office of the Minister of Trade and Commerce re: history of Port Arthur Post Office, 1948.

Correspondence with Office of the Inspector-General of Banks re: history of Royal Canadian Bank and Ontario Bank, 1949.

Typescript of unpublished letters from Sir John Franklin and Sir John Richardson, written during their expedition to North West Canada for the purpose of exploration. With introduction by Eakins, written about 1935.

File of 3"x5" photographs:

Copies of sketches of Fort William in early settlement period
CPR construction near Jackfish (1884-1885)
First Through Train 1886
Several other trains and ships

Photographs "of historical interest" with subjects 1857-1938.

Port Arthur street scenes including streetcars.

Several photographs of a fishing trip, probably 1910s or 1920s, with camp scenes and nature scenes. A few people are identified by name: Bob Flaherty, Alderman Frank Duncan Roberts.

Ships: S.S. Algoma, “Glenlyon” December 18, 1919, “Waubung”, “Cumberland”, “Plough-Boy”

Postcard showing Prince Arthur’s Landing from sketch by William Armstrong

And various other images.

Photographs "of historical interest"

Construction of Iron Ore Dock (1945)
Shuniah Snow Shoe Club (1891, later print)
Silver Islet Jail
Schooner “David Dows”
J.G. Mathieu of Rainy River District
Large number of boys posed outside a school
Postcard of Louis Riel