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Elliot Lake, a town of 8,000 mid-way between Sudbury and Sault Ste
Elliot Lake, a town of 8,000 mid-way between Sudbury and Sault Ste

Elliot Lake, a town of 8,000 mid-way between Sudbury and Sault Ste

Date2/18/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Elliot Lake; a town of 8;000 mid-way between Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie; mushroomed in the uranium-hungry 1950s. It slumped during the early 1960s; but it's reviving. And it was big winner in the recent wild rush for new claims.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106295F
Ontario Sault Ste. Marie sheet portions of Algoma, Sudbury, and Manitoulin Districts
Ontario Sault Ste. Marie sheet portions of Algoma, Sudbury, and Manitoulin Districts
1912
A map of the area where Lakes Superior and Huron meet.
Purtorah, adjoining Sault Ste. Marie : Purtorah lands and town sites for sale
1892
Ready for the North: Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau is helped to bundle up in a heavy coat by a Cambrian College student after a town hall meeting in Sault Ste. Marie
Ready for the North: Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau is helped to bundle up in a heavy coat by a Cambrian College student after a town hall meeting in Sault Ste. Marie
1 February 1972
Burned tree trunks, some still standing, some on the ground. Smoke hangs in the air. In the mid ...
A forest fire that burned over 1,200 acres near Manitouwadge stopped at the edge of town, 275 miles northwest of Sault Ste. Marie
10 August 1975
Something new in rock-concert promoting in Toronto will be the Concert Bowl in Maple Leaf Gardens, an 8,000-seat hall-within-a-hall. Stage will be in mid-ice, where Gardens' Bill Ballard sits
Something new in rock-concert promoting in Toronto will be the Concert Bowl in Maple Leaf Gardens, an 8,000-seat hall-within-a-hall. Stage will be in mid-ice, where Gardens' Bill Ballard sits
10/11/1974
A pencil drawing of a shoreline, with an island in the middle of the image.
Sault Ste. Marie, from the south side, Lake Huron (Ontario)
1876
Shows a houseboat leaving Toronto harbour with the Toronto Star building in the background. Two ...
Practice runs behind them, Star travel editor Gerry Hall and photographer Fred Ross set out for the real thing—a four-week trip through Ontario by houseboat. Their odyssey takes them from the Star building at One Yonge St. to Sault Ste. Marie at Lake Superior's mouth.
6 June 1978
In the foreground, a man and three children fish on a wooden dock. Across the river, a number o ...
Lake Superior Corporation Industries, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Canada
1910
Checking his traps, Cree trapper Allan Diamond, 25, snowshoes on Tukanee Lake, north of Sault Ste
Checking his traps, Cree trapper Allan Diamond, 25, snowshoes on Tukanee Lake, north of Sault Ste
2/13/1976
Shows a stone monument with a plaque, standing next to a sidewalk.
Memorial at Sault Ste. Marie to Étienne Brûlé, and his companion, Grenolle, who was the first white man to see St. Mary's Rapids and Lake Superior
20 January 1932
A fragment of a narrow wooden lock, an anchor stands next to it. Bushes grow near the edges in ...
At Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., is preserved this old lock, which was the forerunner of the massive structures that to-day pass vessels in and out of Lake Superior
23 April 1932
A long steam train on a trestle spanning a large river, with bushes in the foreground. 
International bridge between Canada and U.S.A., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Canada
1910