Northern Algoma: A People's History

Archive

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Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

Name/Title

Northern Algoma: A People's History

Entry/Object ID

2022.43.01

Tags

Algoma, Ontario, Northern Ontario, Algoma Steel Corporation, Logging History, Fur Trade, Mining History, Prospecting History, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, Algoma Central Railway

Scope and Content

Book discussing the history of Northern Algoma. The book takes a history from below approach to tell the story of the development of Northern Algoma.

Context

The book is broken down into two parts to divide up the eras of development. They are as follows: Part 1: Fur, Gold, and Iron Chapter 1. Michipicoten District, 1600-1930 Chapter 2. Michipicoten District, 1930-1939 Chapter 3. Michipiocten River in the 1930s Chapter 4. Michipiocten Harbour in the 1930s Chapter 5. Wawa 1938-1952 Chapter 6. Michipiocten Township 1952-1962 Part 2: Railways and Logging Chapter 7. Working on the Railway: The Canadian National Railways Chapter 8. Hornepayne: A CNR Divisional Town Chapter 9. People and Places on the Algoma Central Railway Chapter 10. Lochalsh: A small town on the Canadian Pacific Railway Chapter 11. The Forest Industry in Northern Algoma

Collection

Algoma Ontario History, Northern Ontario History

Cataloged By

unknown

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

Dan Douglas, Dundurn Press Limited

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1970

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Northern Algoma: A People's History

Description

Book discussing the history of Northern Algoma. The book takes a history from below approach to tell the story of the development of Northern Algoma.

Creator

Dan Douglas

Date(s) of Creation

1995

Subjects

History, Logging, Fur trade, Indigenous peoples, Gold mining, Trapping, Prospecting

Ethnography

Cultural Region

District

Algoma, Ontario

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

2228

Number Type

ISBN Number

Other Number

1-55002-235-0

Dimensions

Width

6 in

Length

9 in

Location

Location

Shelf

Northern Ontario History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

January 12, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Condition Detail

Fold

Date Examined

Jan 12, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, plastic, binding

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Northern Ontario History

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged by an unknown user, re-cataloged on January 12th, 2022

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

January 12, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

January 12, 2022