Logging in the Paxton Township East of South River, Ontario

This scarce pioneer real-photo postcard shows the log cookery building at the Temagami Company’s logging camp, c. 1902-1907, which was 24 miles east of South River, Ontario in Paxton Township. Was the photographer Patrick McDermott of South River?

The Lakeview House, an Early Bear Island Hotel

One of Bear Island’s early buildings, which survived until 1973, was the Lakeview House, where the TFN (Temagami First Nation) recreation center is now located. Seen here in a c. 1920s real-photo postcard, it was a two-story substantial L-shaped residence known as “Old John Turner’s place.”

Early Great Lakes Map

Early map of the Great Lakes, printed in Bordeaux, France in 1795. Early French and British explorers of Canada would go on to create the voyageur’s route, with fur trading an important part of the economic development of both Mattawa and Temagami, Ontario.

Canoes on a Lake in Early Morning, Northern Ontario

Fishermen in canoes on a wilderness lake in the early morning mist in Northern Ontario. Lake Nipissing and the waters of Temagami in Northern Ontario are popular Canadian fishing areas.

Red Fox in Snowy Forest at Temagami, Ontario

A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in a snowy forest at Temagami, in Northern Ontario, Canada.