BIRTHS & MARRIAGES
The Bruce Mines Spectator : Index of Birth, Death & Marriage
Notices
by Kitty Dawson, Sault and District Branch, Ontario Genealogical
Society;
ISBN: 1550751069
Sault Daily Star Births, Marriages & Deaths 1901-1925
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Algoma Partnership Book #1 (1870-1918)
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Marriage Registrations for the District of Algoma 1869-1873
Transcribed by Deborah Gilbert
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Genealogy
CENSUS
1861 District of Algoma Census
One volume, 72 pages
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for
purchase: Sault & District Branch OGS
1881 District of Algoma Census
3 volumes, Eastern, Central & Western
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for
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1891 District of Algoma Census
3 volumes, Eastern, Central & Western
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for
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1901 Algoma Mills Census
Under the Nipissing District, 127 names, 11 pages
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for
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1901 Cook's Mills Census
Under the Nipissing District, 241 names, 14 pages
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for
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1901 Cutler Census
Under the Nipissing District, 305 names, 15 pages
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& District Branch OGS
1901 Spanish Census
Under the Nipissing District
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& District Branch OGS
Algoma: General
Algoma Central Corporation: The Centennial Anniversary History
1899-1999
Roderick Cunningham, 1999, 427p.,publ Sault Ste. Marie, Ont: The
Corporation
ISBN: 0921819064
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information
Algoma farmers testify Algoma, New Ontario
Algoma Land & Colonization Company,1st ed., 1892, 64 p., map (on
inside back cover), Sault Ste. Marie: Printed by W.D. Kehoe, "Sault
express" Print House
Caption title: Algoma, New Ontario. The new northwest.
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information
Algoma Land & Colonization Company. Algoma farmers testify.
Compiled by Frederick Rogers. 2d ed. -- Sault Ste. Marie, 1894.
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information
Algoma West: It's Mines, Scenery & Industrial Resources
Roland Walpole, 1887, published by Warwick & Sons
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The Algoma of Father Palmer
Robert Lumley, 1988, self published
~The life of Father Palmer founder of St.John
the Evangelist and the activites of the church and it's people.
The Algoma story; the birth of a billion dollar uranium camp
Leslie Roberts, 26 p., illus., 1955? , printed in Canada.
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Gillmor of Algoma; Archdeacon and Tramp
by E. Newton-White, Brampton: Charters Publishing
1967., 123pp.
A biography of Gowan Gillmor.
By Lake and Forest the Story of Algoma
by Frances Awdry & Eda Green
published privately; c1910 hardback, 100pp with photographic
illustration on the
Canadian area and it's inhabitants with an emphasis on the church
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Pioneer Work in
Algoma (online)
by
Eda
Green,
London: Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts,
1915.
Anglican life in Algoma.
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Online at Our Roots
Canada. Dept. of the Interior, Handbook of information relating
to the district of Algoma in the province of Ontario : Letters
from settlers and others, and information as to land regulations
1894?, 32p. : ill., map, London, Ont. : McCorquodale & Co.
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George
A.
Young, Mining Broker (Early Northern Ontario Stories)
by Peter Fancy, 2004, 243 pages, published by the Highway Book
Shop, Cobalt.
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review
by Steve Kirk
Mr. Kirk has also kindly forwarded an index of the place
names
and family names in the publication.
Information
for
intending settlers. The farming lands of Algoma and North Nipissing.
A short description of those parts of the districts best adapted to
agricultural purposes.
Prepared under instructions from the Commissioner of Crown Lands,
1885, 20p.,Toronto: Printed by Warwick
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Tales of Algoma
A. Feagan, 1983, 25p., self published
This is Algoma
by Edward Dreier, 194-?, 72 p., ill: maps, Sault Ste. Marie, ON:
Algoma Tourist Operators Association
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information
Railways
Algoma Central Railway
O.S Nock, Algoma Central Railway, 1975, 190p, ill
photos & maps
Algoma Eastern Railway
Dale Wilson, publ: Sudbury Nickel Belt Rails, 1979,
64p., ill., photos & maps ISBN: 0920356001
Track of the Black Bear- Story of the Algoma Central Railway
D. Wilson, 1974, 70p.., Greentree Publ. L
Biographical
As Told To Me (remembrances of her life on St. Joseph
Isl.)
Helen Coulter, 1992,108p., Tyro Publishers
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George
A.
Young, Mining Broker (Early Northern Ontario Stories)
by Peter Fancy, 2004, 243 pages, published by the
Highway Book Shop,
Cobalt.
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review
Mr. Steve Kirk has kindly forwarded an index of the place
names
and family names in the publication.
Jim Reed, Bits And Pieces Of My Life
Jackileen Rains, 1995, 120p., (map),Cliffe Printing, Sault Ste.
Marie, Ont
In the Shoes of a Shepherd
Canon Donald H. Dickson (his life as an Anglican
clergyman), 1991, 170p., Tyro Publishers
It Happened in St. Joe
Canon Donald H. Dickson (minister to the Anglican
Community of St. Joseph Isl. 1940-1954), 1986, 100p.
Tales of Years Gone By
(Young, Crowder & McNabb families)
Frank Crowder,1993, 100p., Tyro Publishers
The Last Race : The Billy Orazietti Story
by Luigi Mangone, 1995, 107 p., ill., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.:
Michi-Mook Enterprises
ISBN: 0969832699 (pbk.),ISBN: 0969832680 (bound)
The Sturgeons of Algoma : a partial family history of the Sturgeons from Algoma District
and some related families
by D.R. Sturgeon, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. : D.R. Sturgeon, 1989.
Blind River
Blind River History
A.E. Rupp, 1972, 164p., publ. by the author, Marietta, Ohio
Logging Days in Blind River
Carl Kauffman, 1970, Sault Star Commercial Printing
Many area surnames included in index.
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information
Pioneers in a Land of Promise
(The story of pioneers in Day, Bright and Bright Additional
townships from 1879 to 1900)
Edith M. Cameron, 1993, 276p., Rae's North Country
Printing Service Inc, Iron Bridge, Ont.
Brinkley, William. "A
Town's New Life." LIFE
Magazine 1 Aug 1955: pg 78-95. print.
Primarily, tells the story of Joubin in
Blind River and the discovery of Uranium, several photos and other
citizens.
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Books for FULL article
Algoma Mills
ALGOMA in the 80's (Algoma Mills)
J. Norbert Markle, 1980, 63p.
Thessalon
In The Beginning
(A History of the Dyment Lodge, 1897-1997)
W.E. Pigeau, L. Beggs, N.R. Ingram, 1997, 130p.,
Thessalon, Ont.
Once in a Lifetime
J.E. MacDonald, (Thessalon Twp. Centennial), 1987,
12p., Peer Printing, Bruce Mines, Ont.
Shantymen and Sodbusters
J.E. MacDonald, 6th printing 1978, 134p.., Sault
Star Commercial Printing Service Dept., Rae's North Country
Printing Service Inc, Iron Bridge, Ont.
This Point of Land: An Account of the Early History of Thessalon
& the Farming Community with the Bounds of Thessalon Twp
J.E. MacDonald, 1977, 172 p.,Sault Star
Commercial Printing, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Also second print released in
1979, published by the Sault Star
The Middle Rung
(A history of pioneer churches of the Thessalon area
1876-1925 on the 50th anniversary of the amalgamation of the
United Church)
J.E.MacDonald, 1975, 58p.,Thessalon, ON
Yonder Our Island
J.E. MacDonald, 1979, 159p., Cliffe Printing Co.,
Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
RYDAL
BANK:
Glancing Through Rydal Bank & Plummer Township: Over
One Hundred Years of History
Author: Iona E. Robbins, 1995, 284p., Tyro
Publishing, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
BRUCE MINES:
Bruce Mines Heritage
Bruce Mines Senior Citiz. Friendship Club, 1984,
173p.,Peer Printing, Bruce Mines, Ont.
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80 Years In The Life Of An Algoma Farmer 1895-1979
Russel Beilhartz, 1983, 150p., Peer Printing, Bruce
Mines
The Call of Copper
G. Leigh Hornick, 1969, 47p., North Shore Printing,
Bruce Mines, Ont.
Book
Review
by Steve Kirk
For Better --- For Worse
Donald Sturgeon, Burnik Printing Inc., St.
Catherines, Ont.
GALBRAITH
TOWNSHIP:
The Voyageurs
(Logging in Galbraith Twp.), G. Singleton, 41p.
DESBARATS:
The Desbarats Country
Hermon Dunlap Smith, 1950, 41p. published
privately, Chicago
300 copies printed. Includes 2 maps of the 18th century area , some
facts, and memories of travellers. Illustrated.
2nd edition 1989?
Desbarats
S. Pollard, (collect of articles by students),
Algoma Central High School publication, 56p., 19??
ST.
JOSEPH ISLAND:
Historic St. Joseph Island
J.E. Bayliss, 1938, 237p., Torch Press, Cedar Rapids,IA
The Island of St. Joseph & St. Mary's River
by Bruce Martin, 1991, 160p.,MacKinnon Printing
Service, Bruce Mines, Ont.
Art's Articles
Arthur H. Kent, Tyro Publishing, Sault Ste. Marie,
Ont.
Kentvale Store
B.M. Egglesfield, 1988, 93p., Tyro Publishing, Sault
Ste. Marie, Ont.
Tour and Historical Guide of St. Joseph Island
Jackileen Rains and Elsie Hadden Mole, 1988, 66p.,
Journal Printing, Sudbury, Ont.
St. Mary's River Heritage Water Trail (a
history of 100 km of St. Mary's River)
Cindy Crawford, Friends of St. Mary's River, 1996,
32p.
Memories of Early Days on St. Joseph Island (a brief history)
G.S. Lay,17p., North Shore Printing Service, Bruce
Mines
For Home & Country, Centennial History
of Women's Institute
Linda Ambrose, Boston Mills Press, Erin, Ont.
It Happened in St. Joe
Canon Donald H. Dickson (minister to the Anglican
Community of St. Joseph Isl. 1940-1954), 1986, 100p.
The Sword of Old St. Joe(outstanding
sketches of historical importance on St. Joseph Isl.) H.J.L.
Wooley, B.D., 27p.
The Mountain School
(remembrances of pupils & teachers, 1894-1952)
Published by school committee, 1994, 58p
ECHO BAY:
Laird Chronicles 1891-1991
M. McDonald,136p., Laird Centennial Committee
For Old Times Sake - a history of MacDonald, Meredith &
Aberdeen AdditionalTwps
by G. Strider, 1992, Soo Goma Printers, Sault Ste.
Marie, Ont.
History of Echo Bay, 1863-1947
Published for 50th Anniversary of Echo Bay United
Church, June 27, 1948
GARDEN RIVER:
Local History Of Garden River: student
project, 2 vol
Our Work Among The Indians
Chance, Hannah (Foulkes) , 1994, 42p., publisher B. McArton
<>
(wife of Rev. Chance, early Anglican missionary to Garden River)
The Legend of Shingwaukanse
by Janet E. Chute, University of Toronto Press (Jun 20 1998)
Missionary
Work
Among the Ojebway Indians
Online. Author
Rev. Edward F. Wilson, 1886
PRINCE TWP
Township of Prince 1897-1997 -A Royal Experience
Includes names & photos.
Does anyone have more info on this publication?? please email me.
SAULT STE.
MARIE:
A Good Place To Come From
M. Togov, 1974, 186p., Lenter & Orpin Publ.
Ask The Grey Sisters: Sault Ste. Marie And The General Hospital,
1898- 1998
by Elizabeth Iles ISBN: 1550023136
Published: June 1998 by Dundurn Press
The Border At The Sault
by Graeme S. Mount, John Abbott, Michael J. Mulloy,
1995, 92p., Dundurn
Press Ltd., Toronto, Ont. ISBN: 1550022369
By the Rapids
L. Richardson, Sault Star Publishing, 2vol
First Baptist Church, Sault Ste. Marie
1884-1989...The First 100 Years
Sault Ste Marie(church publication), 1989, 100p.
Guardians of Peace:A history of the Sault Ste.
Marie Police Force
R.Bostelaar, 1987, 117p., Sault Ste. Marie Board of
Commissioners of Police
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Memories of Korah Township in history, 1776-1964
Compiled and written by Clint Moore Publisher:
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. : Moose Enterprise, c1998. ISBN:
0968185274
Mighty Sault - 500 yrs at Sault Ste. Marie
1879-1960
Clara Ingram Judson, 1955,192p.
Our Town. Sault
Ste. Marie Vol 1.
Collins, Aileen Sault
Ste. Marie, Canada. Vol. 1, 1963
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John Prince 1796-1870 A Collection of Documents.
Douglas,
R. Alan, Toronto: Champlain Society/Ontario Series XI, 1980
Rivers of Destiny: The Saint Marys
J.E. Bayliss & E. L Bayliss, 1955, Wayne Univer.
Press, Detroit, 328p.
The Sault Ste. Marie Canal-A Chapter in the History of Great
Lakes Transport
Author: B.S Osborne & D. Swainson, Published by
Ottawa Parks Canada 1986
Sault Ste. Marie City by the Rapids
F.Heath, 1988, 223p., Windsor Public.,Burlington,
Ont.
Tales Of The Old North Shore
Howard Sivertson, 1996, 94p., Lake Superior Port Cities., Duluth,
MN, 2nd edition.
ISBN: 0942235290
A collection of stories and paintings of people of the Lake
Superior North Shore (voyageurs & fishermen).
Sacred Heart School, 100th anniv., 1990,
58p., (Church publication)
The Saulter-Ojibway Fishing of Sault Ste. Marie 1640-1970
G.A. MacDonald, 1978, 209p., Waterloo Publishing
Steel At The Sault, Francis H.
Clergue, Sir James Dunn and the Algoma Steel Corp 1901-1956
Duncan McDowall, 1988 , University of Toronto Press
/ January 1988,539pp.
ISBN: 0802067360
The Story Of Bawating
E.H. Capp, 1904, 261p., Sault Star Publishing
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Superior - Journeys On An Inland Sea
Gary & Joanie McGuffin, Boston Mills Press,
Erin, Ont.
Vidal's Creation (Vidal
surveyed the site of SSMarie in 1846),
F.C. Wilson, 1984, 58p.
Views of the Sault
Heather Ingram. Illustrated by Graham Smith.
Publisher: Burnston, Ontario: General Store
Publishing, 1995. 159 pp,ISBN: 1-896182-24-0.
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for
purchase
GOULAIS RIVER:
Valley of Trees & Water : Recollections of Goulais
River, 1878-1978
Publisher: Goulais River, Ont. : DAK General Services, [1978?]
ISBN: 0969794509
Author??, 102p.: ill.
SPANISH
RIVER:
Tall Pines and Sparkling Waters -Memories of the Sauble and Spanish
Rivers
ISBN 0- 9696664-0-3
Copies of this book may be ordered from:
Township of Spanish River
Birch Lake Rd. R.R. #3 Box 5
Massey, Ontario. P0P 1P0
WAWA, WHITE
RIVER, MICHIPICOTEN & AREA:
HEART OF A MOUNTAIN, SOUL OF A TOWN,
The Story of Algoma Ore and the Town of
Wawa 1898-1998
Johanna Rowe, 127 pages, printed by Friesens.
There is an appendix with the names of union members
in 1952, names of staff and officers for 1956, plus the 1901census
for the Helen Mine.
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LAND OF THE BIG GOOSE: A history of Wawa &
Michipicoten 1622-1960
A.W.Turcott, 1962, 128p., Dryden Public.
MICHIPICOTEN: Hudson Bay Post 1821-1904
J.Weiler, 1973, 59p., Min. of Natural Resources,
Toronto, Ont.
Michipicoten Memories
Michipicoten Heritage Committee, 1992, 56p.
Montreal River Harbour Area: history and description
D.Steer, 1993, 1vol, Sault Ste. Marie Museum
Northern Algoma : A People's History
Daniel Douglas Paperback July 1995 Dundurn Press
Ltd, Toronto, ON ISBN: 1550022350
Book
Review
SUPERIOR EAST SHORE: Mamainse to Gargantua
D. Steer, 1995, Cliffe Printing, Sault Ste. Marie
WAWA & MICHIPICOTEN
(articles), D. Pugh, 1975, 78p.
White River - 100 Years Pictorial History
Mary Houston, Recci's Fine Printing, North Bay, Ont
+Ricci's
Fine Printing Ltd.,P.O. Box 256,North Bay, ON P1B 8H2
Phone: 705-474-6580 Fax:
705-474-0482 [email protected]
NEWSPAPERS
NEWSPAPERS
Listing of early newspapers in Ontario-
Directory by W.W Butcher
Ontario Newspapers on microfilm through
the National Library of Canada
Algoma & Area Newspapers
Algoma Pioneer; est 1875-1902
Sault Ste. Marie
Fridays; four pages; size 23x33; subscription $2.00; established
1875; W. H. Carney, editor and publisher.
Paper
information taken from a Canadian Newspaper Directory By T. F. Wood & Co., Publishers,
No. 162 St. James Street, Montreal,1876.
Northern Light; est 1875 Sault
Ste. Marie
Thursdays; four pages; size 24x36; subscription $1.50; established
1875; M. L. Aldrich, editor and manager; Kelly, Turner & Co.,
proprietors; circulation 900 estimated.
Paper
information taken from a Canadian Newspaper Directory By T. F. Wood & Co., Publishers,
No. 162 St. James Street, Montreal,1876.
Pipe of Peace est 1878-1879 Sault
Ste. Marie
Ojibway/English published in Sault Ste. Marie by the Shingwauk Home
Residential School
from Un/Covering the
North by Valerie Alia, UBC Press, 1999, 222 pages
Uncertain if any copies exist
Our Forest Children
est 1887-1890 Sault
Ste. Marie
Monthly journal, published by the Shingwauk Home Residential School,
editor Rev. E. F. Wilson
from Un/Covering the
North by Valerie Alia, UBC Press, 1999, 222 pages
Uncertain if any copies exist
Algoma News Review (Weekly) Wawa
P.O. Box 528, Wawa, ON P0S 1K0 705-856-2267Fax:
705-856-4952
Microfiche/film info from the
Library and Archives Canada (1985-1998 on fiche)
N / J fiche 1985 - Ag 26, 1998 AN 7027040
The Bear News (Weekly)
Hornepayne
P.O. Box 660,Hornepayne, ON P0M 1Z0
807-868-2701 Fax: 807-868-3337
Microfiche/film info from the Library and Archives Canada
(1985-1998 on fiche)
N / J fiche 1985 - [1993- 1997]- S 16,
1998 AN 6974
Blind River Sentinel (Weekly) Thessalon
P.O. Box 640, Thessalon, ON P0R 1L0
Fax: 705-356-3485
Microfiche/film info from the Library and Archives Canada
(1966-1974 on fiche)
NJ.FM.33 D 1966- Ja 16, 1974 AN 7574062
The Standard (Weekly) Blind
River
22 Hawkins, Blind River, ON P0R 1B0
PH: 705-356-3222
Chapleau Express est 1995 Chapleau
P.O.
Box
457, Chapleau, Ontario, P0M 1K0
Tel./Fax: 705-864-2579
http://www.chapleauexpress.ca/index.html
Microfiche/film info
from the Library
and Archives Canada (1997-1998 on fiche)
N / J fiche Oc 5,. 19, 1997- Ag 30, S 13,
1998 AN 17773904.
Chapleau Sentinel
Microfiche/film info from
the Library and Archives Canada
NJ.FM.1490 1981- 1982 AN 7598802 Another
edition N / J fiche N
19,1964, [1985 - S 2, 1998] AN
6907857
Espanola Mid North Monitor
(Weekly) Espanola and
Area
417 Second Ave. 15, Espanola, Ont. P5E 1L1
The Standard (Weekly) est 1957 Elliot
Lake
14 Hillside Drive South, Elliot Lake P5A 1M6
Published every Wednesday, serves the communities of Iron Bridge,
Blind River, Elliot Lake, Spanish, and Massey.
http://www.elliotlakestandard.ca/
Microfiche/film info from the Library and Archives Canada
(1988-1991 on fiche)
NJ.FM.245 1988- D 1991 AN 7619302
Manitoulin Recorder (Gore Bay) Weekly
Manitoulin Island
The North Shore Sentinel
(Weekly) Thessalon
155 Main Street, Thessalon, ON P0R 1L0
705-842-2504 Fax: 705-842-2679
Email: [email protected]
Microfiche/film info from the Library and Archives Canada
(1985-1998 on fiche)
N / J fiche 1985 - [1993- S 2, 1998] AN 7024833
Sault Ste. Marie This Week (Weekly)
P.O. Box 188, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A
2T9
705-949-6111 Fax: 705-942-8596
Email: [email protected]
Microfiche/film info from the Library and Archives Canada
(1985-1998 on fiche)
N / J fiche 1985 - [1994]- S 16, 1998 AN 7375039
The
Sault Star (Daily)
145 Old Garden Road, Sault Ste. Marie,
ON P6A 5M5
705-759-3030 Email:
[email protected]
Microfiche/film info from the Library and Archives Canada
NJ.FM.1038 Mr 16, 1912- D 1975; Ja 1988- F 1994
AN 7943771
NJ.FM.1038 Ag 31, 1901- Mr 7, 1912 AN
7686346
St. Joe Herald Richards Landing
Microfiche/film info from the Library and Archives Canada
NJ.FM.2509 My 17, 1900 AN 8556779
The Wawa Echo
Weekly Herald and Algoma Miner
Northwest Algoma area, now in the
Thunder Bay district
Microfiche/film info from the Library and Archives Canada
NJ.FM.1343 Ap 15, 1882- My 18, 1895 AN 7734728
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