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Picturesque Silverland [Ontario Travel and Mining Album]

Creator Canadian photographer

Date1922-1935

Mediumalbum: 22 gelatin silver prints on 38 pages in a tan cloth album

DimensionsAlbum: 15 x 19.3 x 0.8 cm (5 7/8 x 7 5/8 x 5/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Max Dean, 2016

Category

Photographs
mining
landscape
Ontario

Object number2016/274

ProvenanceA photographic album compiled by Matthew F. Fairlie documenting a trip to New Liskeard and surrounding areas, which he referred to as "Picturesque Silverland." New Liskeard is located on the northwestern end of Lake Temiskaming and merged with the town of Haileybury in 2004 to create, which is nown known as, the city of Temiskaming Shores. The photographs in the album document various town sites, landscapes, and mining communities throughout Northern Ontario. The photographs of mining sites include: Foster Silver Mine, located in Cobalt, Ontario and Ashley Gold Mines Ltd., a mining company which operated out of Matachewan, Ontario. Also included in the album are photographs depicting the town of Haileybury before and after the Great Fire of 1922. According to handwritten captions by Matthew F. Fairlie, the photographs depict the following scenes: "Canada House," The Main Street of New Liskeard, Haileybury train station, Ferguson Avenue, Haileybury, Haileybury's mascot, a small pony, and The Old Misson Resort in Cobalt, Ontario.

LocationNot currently on display

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