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LAHTI’S LOGGING OPERATIONS

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”

TOM JOHNSON had no trouble finding mines

Tom (left) and Bill Johnson, 1936. Credit Johnson Family Album. This article was published on Saturday, May 11, 2024, in Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal. In the summer of 1931, “Hardrock” Bill Smith staked claims on Kenogamisis Lake and sparked a short-lived gold rush. A year later, Tom Johnson, prospector, drawn to that lake, aka Little LongContinue reading “TOM JOHNSON had no trouble finding mines”