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Forerunners of Highway camps, This board-walled tent camp is typical of those which probably will be built along the northern Ontario route of the tra(...)
Forerunners of Highway camps, This board-walled tent camp is typical of those which probably will be built along the northern Ontario route of the tra(...)

Forerunners of Highway camps, This board-walled tent camp is typical of those which probably will be built along the northern Ontario route of the tra(...)

Date9/12/1931
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Original Toronto Star caption: Forerunners of Highway camps; This board-walled tent camp is typical of those which probably will be built along the northern Ontario route of the trans-Canada highway to house the workers erecting buildings of a more substantial type for the road-workers.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018481F
Camps for Trans-Canada highway workers, Trans-Canada highway camps to house workers on the North Bay-Pembroke section of the Ontario route, are nearing completion
Camps for Trans-Canada highway workers, Trans-Canada highway camps to house workers on the North Bay-Pembroke section of the Ontario route, are nearing completion
9/26/1931
Workmen busy on construction of shacks in one of the camps along North Bay-Mattawa section of trans-Canada highway, to where some of Toronto jobless have gone
Workmen busy on construction of shacks in one of the camps along North Bay-Mattawa section of trans-Canada highway, to where some of Toronto jobless have gone
10/2/1931
Foot-sore Manitoba Camp Strikers arrive in Kenora, Strikers from Manitoba relief camps, persistin and weary
Foot-sore Manitoba Camp Strikers arrive in Kenora, Strikers from Manitoba relief camps, persistin and weary
n.d.
Foot-sore Manitoba camp strikers arrive in Kenora - Strikers from Manitoba relief camps, persistin and weary
Foot-sore Manitoba camp strikers arrive in Kenora - Strikers from Manitoba relief camps, persistin and weary
7/19/1935
The Thousand Islands : hotels, parks, cottages, reservations, improved and unoccupied islands, dinner camps, excursion routes and channels
The Thousand Islands : hotels, parks, cottages, reservations, improved and unoccupied islands, dinner camps, excursion routes and channels
1898
It is an expensive business to maintain construction camps in a hostile environment, like this one at the James Bay hydro project in northern Quebec. (...)
It is an expensive business to maintain construction camps in a hostile environment, like this one at the James Bay hydro project in northern Quebec. (...)
3/25/1974
Out of Africa: Pickering's Bob Johnston spent two weeks last fall in Kenya and Uganda helping to set up baseball camps for youngsters in those countries
Out of Africa: Pickering's Bob Johnston spent two weeks last fall in Kenya and Uganda helping to set up baseball camps for youngsters in those countries
2/12/1993
A long way to go-Orders that the march of 2,000 British Columbia relief camp strikers halt their march on Ottawa at Regina are being ignored as the ma(...)
A long way to go-Orders that the march of 2,000 British Columbia relief camp strikers halt their march on Ottawa at Regina are being ignored as the ma(...)
n.d.
Relief strikers gather at Winnipeg. Camp strikers are seen at LEFT as they marched through the streets of the city.
Relief strikers gather at Winnipeg. Camp strikers are seen at LEFT as they marched through the streets of the city.
1935
A long way to go - Orders that the march of 2,000 British Columbia relief camp strikers halt their march on Ottawa at Regina are being ignored as the marchers make preparations to leave Regina
A long way to go - Orders that the march of 2,000 British Columbia relief camp strikers halt their march on Ottawa at Regina are being ignored as the marchers make preparations to leave Regina
7/17/1935
Meet the most important person in Klock camp-the cook! He's got a big job on hand, but he's not worrying
Meet the most important person in Klock camp-the cook! He's got a big job on hand, but he's not worrying
10/3/1931
Relief strikers paid off-ret, As the result of an order received from Ottawa, the relief camp at Lakeview was closed to-day and most of the 700 men ac(...)
Relief strikers paid off-ret, As the result of an order received from Ottawa, the relief camp at Lakeview was closed to-day and most of the 700 men ac(...)
9/21/1933