In July 1936, a forest fire threatened the town of Geraldton and nearby mining operations and townsites. The aftermath was thousands of acres of standing fire-scarred timber. A local entrepreneur, J.L. Lahti, applied for a permit to salvage the spruce and jack pine before insects damaged them. The Department of Lands and Forests issued himContinue reading “LAHTI’S LOGGING OPERATIONS”
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3 – EARLY DAYS : New Home
from The Big Move In 1933, the Kenny family moved from tents at Hardrock to their new log home in Geraldton. Their old home became a woodshed. It had had a single room on one end for the Kennys and another on the other end for the Delbridges. “Our new house had three rooms-aContinue reading “3 – EARLY DAYS : New Home”
02 – EARLY DAYS : Arrival
from Prologue “This part of the story came from my mother’s memories. She told them to me. I was there but too little to remember. My dad and his partner, George Delbridge had staked a claim in Northern Ontario. It was a mile to the mine, Little Long Lac. They worked there and built homesContinue reading “02 – EARLY DAYS : Arrival”
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