Water flowing downstream from the Powerhouse Weir
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- 1940-01
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Water flowing downstream from the Powerhouse Weir
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Water flowing downstream from the Powerhouse Weir
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Water flowing downstream from the Powerhouse Weir
The big rock of "Big Rock Farm"
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The big rock of "Big Rock Farm" - approximately a mile north of Mille Roches - c. early 1940s
Students at Sheek Island Public School
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Students at Sheek Island Public School
George Francis Sayers and Emma Jane (Sheets) Sayers
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Sheek Island residents George Francis Sayers and Emma Jane (Sheets) Sayers - c. 1940
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Ernie's Hotel, Maple Grove. Hotel was owned and operated by Ernie Runions. Originally known as Fletcher's Hotel – c. 1940
Mary Miller, Emily Oberon, Margaret McDonald (2/2)
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Teachers at Mille Roches Public School - L-R: Mary Miller, Emily Oberon, Margaret McDonald - Photo taken in 1940s
Picturesque view at the Cornwall Canal
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Picturesque view at the Cornwall Canal, alongside Highway #2. Photo taken from the south canal Bank at Old Mille Roches, with the homes of the Davis, Warner and Nichols families, from left to right. Photo taken c. 1940s
Canada Steamships Lines' Rapids Prince
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Top left - Canada Steamships Lines' Rapids Prince, near Dickinson's Landing, heading to the Long Sault Rapids - c. 1940s; other photos unidentified - donated by Marie Gallagher
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Bedroom over kitchen in home of Alice Young, Mille Roches - c. 1940s
Front Bedroom in Alice Young's house
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Front Bedroom in Alice Young's house, Mille Roches - c. 1940s
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Top left - Garnet Gallinger; Albert Andrews - custodian at Mille Roches Public School - shown in background; Beatrice Locey - later married Arthur Brownell
Top right - A Gowsell family home at Mille Roches
Bottom left - S.S. Delphine, a 258 foot yacht built for Horace and Anna Dodge, by the Great Lakes Engineering Works. It was named after Horace and Anna's daughter, and launched in 1921. This photo is c. 1940s
Bottom right - A Gowsell family home at Mille Roches
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The Brooks Brothers from Sheek Island at Old Mille Roches. They had a furniture manufacturing business, there. Photo c. 1940s- Boat named "Rambler"
Class at Mille Roches Public School
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Top - Class at Mille Roches Public School in the 1940s
Second Row - left -Sheila Chant, Mille Roches
Second Row - right - Class at Mille Roches Public School in the 1940s
Third Row - left - Brooks brothers of Old Mille Roches, with Helen Wert - c. 1940s
Third Row - right - Class from Mille Roches Public School - St. George's Roman Catholic Chapel in background - c. 1940s
Bottom - This house, now at 4 Frost Avenue, Long Sault, was the 4th house moved in the Ontario Hydro relocation of the 1950s. The house was moved from Maple Grove where it had been built on the Allan Robertson farm by George Devitt and Allan Robertson's daughter Ada (Robertson) DeWitt. Following the passing of George Devitt, Ada married Stanley G. Williams. This house was identified as SL 64, and it was lifted from its foundation at Maple Grove on July 23, 1956. The following day, it was placed on its new concrete block foundation on Lot 277, Long Sault. This house served as a "Stop-over House" for those requiring accommodations while homes were being moved. John and Dorothy Thompson rented the house from Ontario Hydro on July 22, 1957, eventually purchasing it in 1960. Donna and Thomas Reed have made this house their "home" since 2006.
Tom Ewing, Isobel McLellan, Bernard Windle
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Mille Roches Quarry lime kiln in background
Left-Right - Tom Ewing, Isobel McLellan, Bernard Windle - c. 1940s
Quarry downstream of the dyke and powerhouse
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Top photo - Quarry downstream of the dyke and powerhouse at old Mille Roches. The dyke and powerhouse created a head-pond known as Bergin Lake
Middle photo - View west towards the swing-bridge between Sheek Island (old Mille Roches) and mainland. Photo taken from a location near the cheese factory
Bottom photo - Taken from North canal Bank looking south, about half a mile east of swing-bridge. The full exposed house was that of William Raymond, Jr. - photos c. 1940s
Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT) Camp Sheek Island
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1940 photo taken at the Mille Roches Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT) Camp at Camp Kagama, Sheek Island. Rev. Charles Dawes, Irene Robertson and Marian Rafuse identified
Provincial Paper Mill near Bergin Lake
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Provincial Paper Mill near Bergin Lake, Mille Roches - This mill started as the St. Lawrence Paper Co., with the first stone laid for the structure on Tuesday, February 23, 1904. The mill had a major expansion by Provincial Abitibi in the early 1940s and had 100 employees. It was known as the Provincial Paper Mill. The workforce increased to approximately 200, before its closure in the mid-1950s. The equipment and many from the workforce moved to Thorold, Ontario.
Home of Alexander and Florence McLellan
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Mille Roches home of Alexander and Florence McLellan, Mille Roches - c. late 1940s. The McLellan's were bee keepers, and operated Treasure Island Honey Farm. Alex was employed by St. Lawrence Power Co., at the Mille Roches Powerhouse. The McLellan family sold their home to Ontario-Hydro, and they moved to Cornwall. The house was vacant at the time of its move, and it was the 38th house moved to Townsite #2. It was identified as SL 331 and moved on August 24, 1956. It was placed on its new foundation on Lot 351 on August 27, 1956. Ontario-Hydro exchanged this house with Gower Stephenson for the one he owned, - SL 436, on July 27, 1957. Garfield "Doc" and Ethel Heard and family lived at this residence in Long Sault at 9 Frost Avenue, then, it became the home of George and Keitha Strachan and family, for many years.
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Home Economics Class at Mille Roches Public School - 1940s. This photo was taken on the east school yard, with St. George's Roman Catholic Chapel in the background.
Class photo at Mille Roches Public School
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Mille Roches Public School - c. 1940s
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The main road on Sheek Island running alongside Bergin Lake. That Mille Roches on the mainland, across the lake
Provincial Paper Mill and Bergin Lake
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Top left - Provincial Paper Mill water-tower toppled and cut up for scrap - Mille Roches
Top right - Photo taken be Fred H. Green, on Bergin Lake and behind Alkerton's Service Station. The person in the boat is unidentified, but the building behind her head is the Howard Manson Block. That's the Manson Warner Block to the right of the photo. Photo c. 1940s
Bottom left - Provincial Paper Mill water tower has collapsed to the ground - c. mid-1950s
Bottom right - Shoeing a horse at Mille Roches. Photo taken by Fred H. Green - c. 1940s
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Rev. Charles Dawes at Mille Roches United Church - c. 1940s
Performers at a Mille Roches concert
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Performers at a concert in Mille Roches - c. 1940s
Back, L-R: Shirley MacMillan, Bernice Allinotte, June Allinotte
Front, L-R: Margaret Gravely, Barbara Hillier, Barbara Gravely, Elaine MacDonald, Florence Martin
Berry Picking on Barnhart Island
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Berry Picking on Barnhart Island
Left-Right - Gertie Windle, Rosey Gallagher, Byron Gallagher, Charles Gallagher, Noreen Gallagher- c. 1940s