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The hub of a boom town, the main street of Nakina in northern Ontario is lined with vehicles - one sign of the new life being pumped into the town by (...)
The hub of a boom town, the main street of Nakina in northern Ontario is lined with vehicles - one sign of the new life being pumped into the town by (...)

The hub of a boom town, the main street of Nakina in northern Ontario is lined with vehicles - one sign of the new life being pumped into the town by (...)

Date12/20/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: The hub of a boom town; the main street of Nakina in northern Ontario is lined with vehicles - one sign of the new life being pumped into the town by a pulp and paper mill. A year ago; the town's population was 650; now it's 1;100 and growing. More lumberjacks work for Kimberly-Clark than there used to be railroaders working for the CNR at the peak of the steam engine era.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106826F
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Frustrated: CN is stonewalling on the town's fate, Nakina's reeve, Victor Fournel, charges.
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