Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
Wawa's snow - covered main street, where idle miners walk aimlessly, killing time
Wawa's snow - covered main street, where idle miners walk aimlessly, killing time

Wawa's snow - covered main street, where idle miners walk aimlessly, killing time

Date1/9/1967
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Wawa's snow - covered main street, where idle miners walk aimlessly, killing time. The town's Algoma iron ore mine is paralyzed because the strike stalled Algoma steel mill can't use its ore. Reeve Harry Dann (above), chief chemist at the mine, faces problems of finding money to pay township bills, extending tax deadlines. Economic hardship faces the people of Wawa. Some have already moved - as far away as Saskatchewan.
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0108516F
Glace Bay's no.26 colliery, where 1,300 local miners once worked, sits idle after fire tore through it a year ago
Glace Bay's no.26 colliery, where 1,300 local miners once worked, sits idle after fire tore through it a year ago
2/6/1985
On strike: Striking miners Romeo Berube, 55, left, and Roger Warren, 49, wait in the picket line shack at Gate C, the main entrance at the Giant mine
On strike: Striking miners Romeo Berube, 55, left, and Roger Warren, 49, wait in the picket line shack at Gate C, the main entrance at the Giant mine
1/17/1993
Gold regions of Canada, gold, how and where to find it, the explorer's guide and manual of practical and instructive directions for explorers and miners in the gold regions of Canada
Gold regions of Canada, gold, how and where to find it, the explorer's guide and manual of practical and instructive directions for explorers and miners in the gold regions of Canada
1867
Sudbury miners strike it rich in lottery, Fifty-nine Sudbury area residents, most of them nickel and copper miners, hit paydirt in last Saturday's Lotto 6/49
Sudbury miners strike it rich in lottery, Fifty-nine Sudbury area residents, most of them nickel and copper miners, hit paydirt in last Saturday's Lotto 6/49
11/24/1987
A mild Canada goose feeding from Jack miners hand notice lay on goose leg which contains Jack miners now and address
A mild Canada goose feeding from Jack miners hand notice lay on goose leg which contains Jack miners now and address
5/16/1925
A time to remember, Agnes Sprowl, Agnes Richer and Marg Harpell, left to right, were among a busload of gold miners widows who travelled from Timmins (...)
A time to remember, Agnes Sprowl, Agnes Richer and Marg Harpell, left to right, were among a busload of gold miners widows who travelled from Timmins (...)
6/18/1987
Two sides of province's economy can be seen in Allan Crosbie, left, who deals with millions on Bay Street while Sudbury miners Gilles Minor (right) and Jules Beaudoin are part of a decreasing work force on the other side of the economic barrier
Two sides of province's economy can be seen in Allan Crosbie, left, who deals with millions on Bay Street while Sudbury miners Gilles Minor (right) and Jules Beaudoin are part of a decreasing work force on the other side of the economic barrier
4/21/1971
The streets of old Tucson in Arizona looked like this back in the days when cowboys and miners flocked to the area
The streets of old Tucson in Arizona looked like this back in the days when cowboys and miners flocked to the area
8/27/1970
Miners do some underground Alpine climbing, preparatory to installing new mining equipment
Miners do some underground Alpine climbing, preparatory to installing new mining equipment
5/13/1944
From a huddle of miners' shacks to a good-sized town Val d'Or has risen in less than three years
From a huddle of miners' shacks to a good-sized town Val d'Or has risen in less than three years
12/8/1937
Closeup of Don wearing miner's helmet with light.
Closeup of Don wearing miner's helmet with light.
4/6/1976
Wearing a pantsuit as protection against blackflies, Queen Elizabeth talks with a group of miners during a pause in drilling competition at Yellowknif(...)
Wearing a pantsuit as protection against blackflies, Queen Elizabeth talks with a group of miners during a pause in drilling competition at Yellowknif(...)
7/10/1970