{"product_id":"1907-08-canada-photo-album-munroe-siding-lumber-camp-northern-ontario","title":"1907-08 Canada photo album Munroe Siding Lumber Camp Northern Ontario","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eInteresting early photo album showing lumber camp located at Munroe Siding. Located along the CPR railway track, northwest of Sudbury in Northern Ontario. Later was renamed Wye, then Sheahan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eSummer and winter photos: the camp log buildings, people there, Spanish River, Lake Pogamasing, countryside, canoeing, Ojibway chief Espaniel, home made bridges, etc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/7290\/files\/CPR-1884-5.JPG-reduced-768x624.jpg?v=1769380887\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e50 photos, m\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eany have titles written on the frame:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eC. 1907-1908 MONROE SIDING\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eCPR tracks – looking West (standing on tracking looking in distance)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eStorehouse (CPR train in background)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGarden \u0026amp; Storehouse looking North\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMonroe Siding – Base Camp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMonroe Siding Looking E\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSpanish River (canoe in river)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eCook Shanty\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBunk House\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOffice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eStorehouse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOffice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e1. J.M. Charton 2. Dr. J.A. Hoobie 3. Miles Neault 4. E. pillar--- 5. --- (5 men outside log cabin)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBarns at Monroe (horses in field)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFloating log bridge – Spanish R.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLake Pogamissing ISLAND Home of Chief Louis Spaniel Ojibway Chief (Espagnol\/Espaniol, view of log cabin from lake)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBunk House\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eCookery\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eSupt’s Shack\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eJ.M.C’s shack (J.M. Charton)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eL. Pogamassing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eL. Pogamassing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGibson’s Camp (log cabin)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTote Road- Looking N.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoi Charlton Geo. Allen (2 men outside log cabin)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(53, 104, 182);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e(interior photos of cabins)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e(ladies on sleigh with g*ns and deer)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eAll album pages with photos. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eBinding bit loose\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e12 x 16 x 5 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eAnyone travelling west on the Budd Car out of Sudbury follows the historic route of the first transcontinental line that was built across Canada in the 1880’s. Dotted along the line are many stops, small villages and towns that were created to service the railway: most were sidings for passing on the single tracked rail line or to lodge section gangs that serviced the road bed and rails. Occasionally, larger service centres, such as Cartier and Chapleau, were built as major rail depots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eHowever, some stops were created after the rail line was built in the 1880’s due to demand unforeseen at that time. \u003cstrong\u003eOne such place is Sheahan, our stop to access Lake Pogamasing. \u003c\/strong\u003eAs the Budd Car approaches the Sheahan stop, a traveller today sees nothing of the siding or former village that existed 75 years ago. At the station, if you glance out the window on the east side of the car, you might notice a vacant field surrounded by a stockade of scruffy jack pines. It would be hard to imagine that in the 1930’s there was a small village of 20 or so buildings belonging to the W. B. Plaunt Lumber Company. However, Plaunt was not the first company to construct buildings and operate from this CPR stop.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eThe stop at Sheahan has undergone two previous name changes, all reflective of its railway past. \u003cstrong\u003eThe first was called Munro Siding, named after J. W. Munro, a lumberman who needed a siding to unload his supplies into warehouses. Munro logged the area from 1891 to the turn of the century. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe subsequent companies that came after – \u003cstrong\u003eCharltons \u003c\/strong\u003eand Cleveland-Sarnia – added to these buildings as they needed to supply larger logging operations inland.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eAccording to CPR records the siding name changed to Wye in 1917. The reason for this was to reflect the change from a siding to a ‘Y’, which is a railway term indicating that the siding added another arm to to the siding that now forms a triangle. This allowed an engine to reverse its direction so it could return from where it came. It’s difficult to know why the change was needed other than the railway wanted some cars or an extra engine to return to Cartier or Sudbury, rather than continue to Chapleau. However, Donald Warren, a CPR engineer, wrote in a comment following this post that the Y may have been built to deal with the Stralak hill, and once the freight had past it, the extra engine could enter the Y and return to its origin, probably in Cartier.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eAfter White and Plaunt (at that time Ed White was a partner of Plaunt) decided on the site at Wye, they built a sawmill alongside the Spanish River to mill jack pine they drove down from the headwaters (Duke lake) of the east branch of the Spanish River . 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