Gateway City: The North Bay Story

Archive

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Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

Name/Title

Gateway City: The North Bay Story

Entry/Object ID

2022.31.01

Tags

North Bay, Ontario, Northern Ontario, Temiskaming Northern Ontario, Ontario Northland, Canadian Pacific

Scope and Content

Book discussing the history of the development of the city of North Bay, Ontario

Context

The community of North Bay was founded in 1882 with the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway, By 1891 North Bay was a town. By 1925, a city. The book is broken down into sixteen chapters, each discussing different eras in North Bay's history as well as social and economic problems associated with each era being discussed. The chapters are as follows: 1. Works of Nature and Man 2. From Wilderness to Settlement 3. Progress Makes a Town 4. The New Town Prospers 5. Transportation and Growth 6. From War to Peace 7. Civic Pride and National Despair 8. From Recovery Through Conflict and Beyond 9. Progress and Recovery 10. Solid Growth 11. The Serious Seventies 12. Briefly Into the Eighties 13. Exploring North Bay and Beyond 14. Firsts 15. Streets 16. Finding Out More

Collection

North Bay History, Northern Ontario History, Canadian Pacific History

Cataloged By

unknown

Category

Primary 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

Michael Barnes, North Bay and District Chamber of Commerce

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1980

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

Gateway City: The North Bay Story

Description

Book discussing the history of the development of the city of North Bay, Ontario

Creator

Michael Barnes

Date(s) of Creation

1982

Subjects

History, Railways, Lumber, War

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

North Bay, Ontario

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

1950

Number Type

ISBN Number

Other Number

0-9690991-1-8

Dimensions

Width

5-1/2 in

Length

8-1/4 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 10, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Date Examined

Jan 10, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, plastic, binding

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Canadian Pacific

Owner/Agent

Canadian Pacific

Role

Owner/Subject/Donor

Place

City

Calgary, Alberta

State/Province

Alberta

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Acquisition Method

Gift

Provenance Detail

North Bay History

Place

City

North Bay, Ontario

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Provenance Detail

Northern Ontario History

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged by an unknown user, re-cataloged on January 10th, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

January 10, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

January 10, 2022