Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society
Index of Government and Judicial Records


List of Fonds




G 1

Government of Ontario fonds

1780-1987
37 cm of textual records, photocopies, and microfiche

Administrative history
A collection of records of the Government of Ontario pertaining to Northwestern Ontario including, in particular, records created by the mining recorder. The mining recorder of the Department of Mines recorded the land that was claimed and staked for its mineral value. The person making the claim had to do a certain amount of work (usually 200 days worth), in order to keep it. A patented claim was given once the work has been done, which meant that the person who claimed the land then owned it. (Presently land claims are leased and patented claims are not given). In order to verify work done, the person who claimed the land had various forms to fill out and sometimes the claim would be inspected. Most claims were a quarter of a mile square (40 acres).

Scope and Content
The Government of Ontario Records is a collection of land records, reports of surveys, ledgers, correspondence and maps regarding the development of Ontario, Port Arthur, and Thunder Bay; mining in North Western Ontario; and the Olympic Torch relay through Northwestern Ontario.
Series G 1/3/1. - Land record index microfilm. - 128 microfiche. - ca.1780-1914
Microfilmed computerized land records index by locator and township. Gives names, locations, types of grants, dates of issuance, and archival reference numbers pertaining to the original alienation of lands resulting in deeds or patents. Does not include any reference to conveyances made after the issue of the patent.
Series G 1/3/2. - Report of Survey (photocopy). - 1 cm. - 1871
Report entitled "Town Plot Prince Arthur's Landing, Thunder Bay, Lake Superior," prepared for the Department of Crown Lands, Government of Ontario, and addressed to the commissioner of Crown Lands, by Hugh Wilson, surveyor, 2 Dec. 1871. It contains an introduction and fifty pages of detailed maps of the village site showing the location of houses and the lay of the land.
Series G 1/4/1-6. - Record of mining claims. - 34 cm. - 1906-1912
Ledger containing the following information about mining claims taken out in the Port Arthur district: the home address of licensee, license number, name of claim, locality, boundaries, discovery post, date of discovery, date of staking, date of filing and certificate performance (work done).
1) Claims 1-207, Aug. 1906 to June 1907, 278 p
2) Claims 271 to 555, Oct. 1907 to May 1908, 282 p
3) Claims 561 to 856, May 1908 to Apr. 1909, 295 p
4) Claims 857 to 1155, Apr. 1909 to June 1909, 298 p
5) Claims 1156 to 1452, Nov. 1909 to Apr. 1911, 296 p
6) Claims 1453-1698, Apr. 1911 to Oct. 1912, 245 p
Series G 1/5/1. - Correspondence and maps. - 22 p. - 1987
Correspondence and memoranda maps relating to the running of the Olympic Torch Relay through Northwestern Ontario. Describes the routes taken and the procedures followed in ensuring the event would run smoothly.

Notes
Custodial History: G 1/3/2 was donated by Keith Denis and is filed in the library as well under the number of 971.3 Ont. 1871. G 1/4/1-6 was donated by the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines during the opening of the Drill Core Library, 20 June 1986. G 1/5/1 was donated by Bill Germaniuk.
Originals and Reproductions: The original to G 1/3/1 is located at the Ontario Archives. G 1/5/1 is located at the Regional Thunder Bay Office of Ministry.

G 2

Government of Canada fonds

1871-1967
17.5cm of textual records and 7 reels of microfilm

Administrative history
The following is a description of three Canadian Government institutions relating to this collection that have special bearing on Northwest Ontario.
The Lakehead Harbour Commission was incorporated by an Act of Parliament in 1958 giving commission jurisdiction within harbour limits over harbour front lands, including both non-exempted government and private land. The commission may purchase, expropriate, acquire and hold, lease or sell buildings or land within these limits for the development. improvement, maintenance and protection of the harbour. The commission can also construct and dispose of harbour facilities including railways. The commission controls navigation and can pass by- laws to exercise this control. It is run by five members, three of whom are appointed by the federal government and one each by the Port Arthur and Fort William corporations. See Lakehead Harbour Commissioner's Act, Chapter 34, 1958 and order in council P.C. 1965-900 (?).
The first post office in Port Arthur was established in 1869 on Water Street, with W.D. Blackwood as the first Postmaster. The post office was given its first permanent site in 1892 at the corner of Arthur and Court Streets.
The Department of Indian Affairs, Fort William Agency, later corresponds to the Lakehead District Agency. There were six bands in the agency, the numbers of each receiving from the agency, Treaty payments under the Robinson Treaty. The six bands are Fort William, Red Rock, Nepigon Lake, Pays Platte, Pic, and Long Lake. The local agents of the Department were responsible for keeping these records and submitting them to headquarters in Ottawa. These records constitute an excellent source for understanding the early relationship between the Dominion Government and the local Ojibway bands.

Scope and Content
The Government of Canada fonds consists of manuscripts, censuses, inspector books, employment records, pay lists and letter books regarding the Lakehead Harbour Commission, local populations, ships and boats in the Lakehead region, Post Office employees, and the Department of Indian Affairs.
Series G 2/1/1-2. - Brochure and manuscript. - 4 cm. - 1964, 1966-1967
1) One centennial brochure containing seven booklets and pamphlets. The main title is Lakehead Harbour Commission, Canada's Mid-Continent Seaport. Pamphlet gives details of Lakehead harbours and about the St. Lawrence Seaway.
2) An unpublished manuscript entitled "Grain Elevator Construction and Shipping in the Lakehead Harbour, Since 1883," containing text, specifications and architects drawings of elevators.
Series G 2/2/1-5. - Censuses (microfilm). - 4 reels and one folder. - 1871 to 1891
Censuses of Canada covering the following periods and area:
1) Parts of Algoma District and Essex District as per reverse, 1881.
2) The rest of Algoma District including Prince Arthur's Landing, Fort William and Silver Islet, 1881.
3) Part of the Algoma District including Neebing (Fort William), 1891.
4) The rest of Algoma District including Port Arthur, 1891.
5) District #90, West Algoma, subdistrict f, Kaministiquia, schedules 1-5, and 7-8, 1871 (photocopy).
Series G 2/3/1-5. - Ship inspectors' books. - 12 cm. - 1884-1899
1) Boiler inspector's log book for 1884 containing the quality and dimensions of hull timber and equipment, general qualities of boilers, stays, engines and fittings. Also lists ships names, operators and dates of construction and rebuilding. Fifty ships are described and each are indexed by their names.
2-3) Hull inspector's log books for 1893, and 1899, containing much of the above information but concentrating on a description of the hulls of various ships.
4-5) Engine inspector's log book for 1897-98, containing much of the above details but with a concentration on engines.
Series G 2/4/1. - Employment records (photocopies). - 1.5 cm. - 1892-1947
1) Employment records of all Port Arthur post office employees from 1892 to 1947.
Series G 2/5/1-3. - Pay lists and letter books (microfilm). - 3 reels. - 1895-1918
Microfilm copies of the Fort William Indian Agency's records of its activities in the district.
1) Reel one contains pay lists of the treaty annuities, 1895- 1901. These list for each band, the names of the heads of each household and the number of persons in each family as well as the amount paid to them. Also includes aggregate statistics for each band. Reel one also has the Indian Agent's letter books for 1905-07 containing blotted copies of letters to officials in the Department in Ottawa, discussing administration, financial matters, problems with the Indians, insurance for Indian homes and the cutting of timber and the quantity of rock by the Indians.
2) Reel two: Letter books, 1905-1907 (continued).
Letter books, 1907-1910.
Letter books, 1910-1911.
3) Reel three: Letter books, 1910-1911 (continued).
Letter books, 1915-1918.

Notes
Custodial History: Formerly catalogued into the museum collection, 980.1.423, 985.2.1, 978.56.1, 978.133.1. G 2/4/1 was collected by Lloyd Brown of 844 Red River Road, Apartment #1103, of Thunder Bay. His telephone number is 767-6218.

G 3

City of Fort William fonds

1905-1969
70 cm of textual records

Administrative history
Each of the following paragraphs describes the person or organization that produced series in the City of Fort William fonds
The City Engineering Department of the City of Fort William was headed by City Engineer H. Sydney Hancock Jr. who was Waterworks engineer from February 1906 to February 1911. He was in charge of the construction of the Loch Lomond Water Supply system. Fort William's water supply was contaminated in 1906 leading to a typhoid epidemic. The City Council's response was to construct a tunnel under the Kam River to bring pure water to Fort William from Loch Lomond. Tunnels were drilled through Mount McKay to the Loch at a final cost of $500,000. The system was completed in 1909-10. Refers to series G 3/3/1-3.
Series G 3/7/1 is a series that was produced by the Fort William and District Health Unit. The unit was originally formed as a part of the Fort William city administration, probably in the 1940s. The Municipal Health Officer was the chief executive officer of the unit. In 1968, the Fort William and Port Arthur District Health Units amalgamated to become the District Health Unit. The current Unit is an autonomous body.

Custodial history
G 3/5/1-8 is a series of papers compiled possibly by G.B. Macgillivray and possibly by Alexander McNaughton, city clerk of Fort William. They were found in the house of James Murphy (related to Macgillivray), when it was sold in 1986. Various producers include McNaughton; Mayors H. Murphy, C.M. Ross, A.H. Dennis, N. Edmeston, J.E. Crawford, B.C. Hardiman and E.G. Murphy. It is possible that the papers were originally kept by either the City Clerk's Office or the Mayor's Office but were removed from the City Hall in about 1950. Series G 3/5/1-8 and G 3/6/1-12 were donated by Roy Piovesana who obtained it when the Murphy mansion was sold. Series G 3/8/1 was donated by Mayor Jack Masters in 1988.

Scope and Content
The City of Fort William Records is a collection of reports, publications, correspondence, statistical tables, journals, and summaries, having to do with Fort William businesses, city planning, city council, mayors, city development, police and fire departments, history of medical care as well as Fort William and Thunder Bay statistics.
Series G 3/1/1. - Reports. - 3 cm. - 1969
"Downtown Urban Renewal Scheme Draft, Final Report", 1969.
Series G 3/2/1. - Publications. - 1 cm. - 1967
A book entitled "Electricity and Fort William", by A.W.H. Tabor, published by Hydro Electric Commission of Fort William, 1967.
Series G 3/3/1-3. - Correspondence. - 27 cm. - 1906-1910
1) Correspondence of Loch Lomond Water Supply Project primarily to City Council and to the commission established to oversee the construction. Contains letters referring to the actual construction from contractors and businesses as well as plans and payrolls, 1906-1910. 207 pages, arrange chronologically. Labelled section one by original compilers.
2) Correspondence of City engineer, H. Sydney Hancock concerning sections 2 and 4 of the Loch Lomond project, January 1907 to September 1909. Included are costs; payrolls; statements of problems encountered; insurance; pamphlets on Gate Valve, Sluice Gate and Sluice Valve; three blueprints on machinery and barrier fence and letters regarding benefits for relatives of injured or killed workers. Arranged chronologically. 478 pages.
3) Correspondence of Loch Lomond Project, Section 3, 1906-1919. Contains letters relating to compensation claims of killed and injured workers, accident report, blueprints, plans, monthly reports, allocation sheets and insurance forms.
Series G 3/4/1. - Correspondence. - 7 cm. - 1905-1908
1) Correspondence of the Board of Water, Light, Telephone Commission of Fort William concerning problems with water pipes, telephone exchange system and miscellaneous details. Includes payroll for Water Department, bills and receipts, insurance forms, and information regarding the Electric Light Company and Tandem Compound Corliss Engine (?). 1905-1908, Arranged chronologically.
Series G 3/4/18. - Personal correspondence files. - 12 cm. - 1916-1942
Personal correspondence files of mayors of Fort William from 1916-1949 including files relating to various pulp and paper industries and road and highway construction, as well as regular civic affairs.
1) Mayor H. Murphy, 1916-1919, 1921
2) Mayor H. Murphy, 1920
3) Mayor A.H. Dennis, 1921-1922
4) Mayor N. Edmeston (?), 1925
5) Mayor J.E. Crawford, 1926-1929
6) Mayor E.G. Murphy, 1931-1932
7) Mayor B.C. Hardiman, 1937
8) Mayor C.M. Ross, 1938-1942
Series G 3/6/112. - Correspondence files. - 13 cm. - 1919-1949
Correspondence files of Fort William municipal government, its mayors, and city clerks department.
1) Correspondence and reports regarding the proposed construction of the Great Lakes Paper Company Mill at Thunder Bay including the debate over its location and the legal dispute with Ontario Hydro over purchase of power, 1919-1920.
2) Correspondence regarding the preposed construction of the Great Lakes Paper Company mill at Bare Point, 1919.
3) Correspondence regarding timber limits of the Great Lakes Paper company as they apply to its Fort William/Neebing mill site, 1926. Also contains 1923 Orders in Council regarding the same.
4) Records relating to the establishment of the Fort William Paper Company Mill at Fort William, 1920-1923.
5) City clerks department correspondence regarding roads and highway construction, 1921-1943. Also contains maps.
6) Correspondence regarding the construction of the Trans-Canada Highway, 1928-1931. Also contains correspondence of Chambers of Commerce and Mayors Murphy and Darrell. As well as photographs of ceremonies.
7) Correspondence regarding construction of roads and highways and the use of such for direct and indirect unemployment relief purposes. Also includes letters from the Department of Indian Affairs regarding roads on Indian reserve at Fort William, 1928-1938.
8) Correspondence of city clerks department regarding highway construction, containing local by-laws and briefs, 1932-1949.
9) Correspondence regarding construction of Trans-Canada highway from city clerks department, Fort William Industrial Commission, and Fort William Chamber of Commerce, 1928-1930, 1937-1938, 1940.
10) Correspondence and speeches regarding the 50th anniversary of the first CPR transcontinental train, 1939.
11) Minutes of Fort William City Council, January 1931-January 1932.
12) Correspondence of city clerks department regarding erection of post office building and postal service in Fort William, 1932, 1947-1948.
Series G 3/7/1. - Statistical tables (photocopy). - 1.8 cm. - 1950-1968
1) Statistical information on the Thunder Bay District for the years 1950-1968. Includes statistics and summaries on mortality rate, schools, population and chronic diseases.
Series G 3/7/2. - Miscellaneous (photocopy). - 6 leaves. - 1770-1854, 1870-1908
1) Historical summary of the history of hospital work in Fort William (1870-1908) written by Christina J. Banks, the First Lady Superintendent of McKellar Hospital in 1908.
2) Summary of the career of Dr. Henry Munro (1770-1854), believed by the author to be the earliest doctor in the Lakehead area. Written by M.R. Warren in 1962.
Series G 3/8/1. - Disbursement journal. - 4 cm. - 1917-1919
Bound volume containing the disbursements made by the fire department of the City of Fort William from 1917-1919 for all goods relating to the running of the department including salaries and supplies. Also contains a roster of the department for 1917 showing names of firemen and their dates of joining and registration as well as a single letter giving expenditure estimates for the department for 1918.

Notes
Formerly catalogued into the museum collection, 985.2.1; 981.1.156-59; 972.120.1.

G 4

Government of Port Arthur fonds

1878-1969
25 cm of textual records and 600 feet of film

Scope and Content
The Government of Port Arthur Records is a collection of reports, film, scrapbooks, and ledgers regarding the municipal government of Port Arthur, the fire department, city construction and development.
Series G 4/1/1-2. - Reports. - 5 cm. - 1968
1) Report entitled "Lakehead Renewal Study", prepared for the cities of Port Arthur and Fort William as well as the municipalities of Neebing, Paipoonge, and Shuniah by Lakehead Renewal Authority 1964, abridged edition, 81 pages, 2 copies.
2) Report entitled "Port Arthur, An Economic and Financial Survey", prepared by Wood Gundy Limited, 1968 (16 p).
Series G 4/2/1. - Film. - ca.600 ft of film on one reel. - ca. 1960s
16mm black and white film entitled "Urban Renewal Workprint" concerning Port Arthur's urban renewal scheme during the 1960s.
Series G 4/3/1. - Scrapbook. - 10 cm. - 1878-1969
A scrapbook of clippings and documents (1878-1969), 111 photos (which are numbered and identified in photo catalogue, 986.19.1-111), invitations, programmes, membership nomination forms 1904-1906, letter from 1878 regarding Prince Arthur's Landing Rescue Hook and Ladder Company and payroll (1893), all relating to the members , equipment and activities of the Port Arthur Fire Department. Each item is glued onto paper, Bristol board or matte board and bound loosely in an album.
Series G 4/4/1-2. - Ledger. - 10 cm. - 1898-1903
A general accounting ledger of the town of Port Arthur from 1898 to 1903 containing the revenues and expenditures of the town in every category. It is a single volume indexed alphabetically in separate volume. Contains such headings as sidewalk, sewer, and local improvement costs, administration of justice, care for indigent, police and fire department expenses and salaries, arrears of taxes(?), insurance costs, debenture payments, general revenue, streetcar expenditures, school expenses, capitol account, electric light accounts, licences, lock up expenses, fines in magistrates court, non resident tax levies, park fund and hospital expenses.

Notes
Formerly catalogued into the museum collection, 985.2.1; 985.29.1; 986.19.1-111; 972.76.2-3.

G 5

City of Thunder Bay fonds

1969-1981
147 p of textual records

Administrative history
The city of Thunder Bay was incorporated in 1970, made of the former cities of Fort William and Port Arthur as well as the townships of Neebing, McIntyre and part of McGregor.

Scope and Content
The City of Thunder Bay records is a collection of reports and publications regarding city transportation, population, employment, development, and business.
Series G 5/1/1-3. - Reports. - 129 p. - 1969-1981
1) Report entitled "Review of Organization for promotion of Tourism and industrial development in Thunder Bay, 1970", probably by Woods, Gordon and Company, (41 p).
2) Thunder Bay Urban Transportation Study, Population and Employment Projections", prepared by Read, Voorhees, and Associates, Limited, July 1969, (41 p).
3) Report entitled "Restoration of the CN Station, Prince Arthur's Landing, Thunder Bay", by Fraser and Browne, architects, October 1981, 47 p (photocopy).
Series G 5/2/1. - Publications. - 26 p. - 1971-1972
A magazine entitled "City of Thunder Bay", published by the Development Bureau of the Corporation. Reprinted from the Dec. 1971 issue of Trade and Commerce Magazine, revised 1972.

Notes
Formerly catalogued into the museum collection, 985.2.1

G 6

Thunder Bay Jail fonds

1882-1977
5 cm of textual records and publications

Administrative history
Jailer Thomas Penfold of the Port Arthur Jail, was appointed license inspector for Port Arthur on June 16, 1873 at $20 per annum and was jailer at least until 1882. Mrs. Thomas Penfold arrived in Port Arthur in 1879.

Scope and Content:
Series G 6/1/1-8. - Miscellaneous. - 5 cm. - 1882-1977
1) Gaol(?) punishment book, 1882-1945.
2) Letter, Inspector R.W.B. Smith to Thomas Penfold, gaoler, Port Arthur, 1910.
3) 12 posters "Instructions regarding the care and custody of condemned prisoners", no date.
4) Book: Rules and Regulations for employees of common and district gaols, 1922.
5) Book: Regulations for Guidance of Gaol employees (2 copies), 1950.
6) Book: Powers and Duties of Justices of the Peace, Ontario, 1926.
7) Two booklets: Information regarding Jails and Detention Centres, 1975, 1977.
8) Two booklets: Rules for the Guidance of Prisoners, Ontario, no date.

Notes
Formerly catalogued into the museum collection, 979.1.53a-57b.

G 7

Thunder Bay District Liquor Licence Inspector's fonds

1887-1917
28 cm of textual records

Administrative history
The Liquor Licence District of Port Arthur is a subdivision of the Licence District of Thunder Bay, and was created by an Order in Council approved by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario on 21 Apr. 1894. The Port Arthur Licence District included all the land lying north and east of the boundary line between Fort William and Port Arthur, and north and east of the boundary line between the townships of McIntyre and Neebing continued westerly; and all of the islands lying north of the boundary line continued easterly from the water's edge.
The Fort William Licence District is comprised of the remaining land south of the boundary lines and all island lying south of the said boundary lines easterly of the water's edge.

Scope and Content
Series G 7/1/1-4. - Records. - 13 cm. - 1887-1917
The items in this collection are records of applications for liquor licence, fines levied by the Inspector and minutes of meetings of the District officials.
1) Letter book of the liquor inspector for the Licence District of Port Arthur, 1899-1916 (923 p).
2) Minute Book of the Port Arthur Liquor Licence Commission, 1887-1917 (426 p).
3) Bound volume recording applications for liquor licences made to the District of Port Arthur between 1887 and 1909 (mainly for the town of Port Arthur and township of Neebing).
4) Bound volume recording licence fees and fines paid to the Port Arthur and Fort William Licence District, and also recording disbursements made by the two commissions, 1888-1916.
Series G 7/2/1. - Records. - 15 cm. - 1894-1917
1) Minute book of the Fort William Liquor Licence Commission, 1894-1915 (246 p).
2) Bound volume recording applications for liquor licences made to the Licence District of Fort William, 1894-1906 (Fort William; Neebing).
3) Ibid., 1906-1917 (Fort William, Stanley, Sturgeon Lake, Paipoonge).
4)Bound volume regarding licence fees and fines paid to the Licence District of Fort William, 1905-1917.
5) Duplicate of #4, for years 1905-1907.
6) Bound volume of Prosecution and Fine book regarding liquor offences for Fort William District-1894-1895. Includes defendants name, judges name, verdict and sentence.
7)Ibid., 1911-1913.

Notes
Formerly catalogued into the museum collection, 977.1.191-201.

G 8

Municipality of Neebing fonds

1892-1923
10 cm of textual records

Administrative history
The municipality of Neebing was incorporated by 44 Victoria, c.43 (Mar. 1881). Originally composed of townships of Blake, Crooks, Pardee, Paipoonge, Neebing, Neebing Additional (later township of Fort William), adjoining Islands, each constituting one ward. Neebing Additional (also known as McKellar Ward) withdrew in 1892 as did part of Neebing township. In 1904, Paipoonge withdrew. Neebing township became a part of the City of Thunder Bay in 1970.

Scope and Content
Series G 8/1/1-3. - Minute books. - 10 cm. - 1892-1923
Three minute books of the council of the Municipality of Neebing. Meetings appear to have been held approximately every two to three weeks. Contains some financial accounts but most entries in the first two books are resolutions.
1) 15 July 1892-26 Jan. 1901, 256 p
2) 4 May 1901-2 July 1904, 123 p
3) 11 Jan. 1915-26 Nov. 1923, 450 p

Notes
Formerly catalogued into the museum collection, 973.9.20 a-c.

G 9

Municipality of Shuniah fonds

1873-1891
24 p of textual records, 2 reels of microfilm

Administrative history
The township of Shuniah was incorporated as a municipality on 29 Mar. 1873 (36 vic., c.50). It was the first incorporated jurisdiction in the District of Thunder Bay. Contained Townships of Pardee, Crooks, Blake, Paipoonge, McIntyre, Neebing, McGregor, McTavish and Sibley (including area later to become the towns of Prince Arthur's Landing and Fort William). It also includes some islands south west from Black Bay. Prince Arthur's Landing was the town seat. Sibley and McTavish withdrew from Municipality in 1874 (37 vic, c.17) but were later united in 1915 by the Ontario Municipal Board. Township of Neebing withdrew in 1881 and Paipoonge in 1904. Prince Arthur's Landing was made a village in 1872 and was incorporated as the town of Port Arthur in 1884 (by Ontario Statutes c.70). Present Municipality of Shuniah is made up mainly of McTavish and McGregor Townships and surrounding mining locations. See F. Brent Scollie, "The Population of Thunder Bay, 1884-1904", Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society Papers and Records, VII (1979), 21-29.

Scope and Content
The municipality of Shuniah records is a collection of Council minutes and an account book concerning the activities of the Council between the years 1873 and 1891.
Series G 9/1/1-2. - Council meetings. - 2 reels of microfilm. - 1873-1890
Minutes of the Council of the Municipality of Shuniah, from its incorporation to 1890.
1) 1873-1881.
2) 1881-1890.
Series G 9/2/1. - Account book. - 24 p. - 1891
Account book containing lists of lands sold for back taxes in the Townships of McIntyre and McGregor in the Municipality of Shuniah between Sept. and Oct. 1891.

Notes
Custodial History: Donated by Edward Williams in the name of Dr. Isabel Mackey Kelly. See A 37.

G 10

Port Arthur Electric Light Collection

1883-1901, 1906
1 cm of textual records

Administrative history
The producer of this series was Joe Winterburn. He collected and compiled the series in 1979 as part of a research project conducted for the purposes of a publication and a display at the Thunder Bay Museum.

Scope and Content
Series G 10/1/1. - Newspaper clippings, manuscript
Newspaper clippings relating to the establishment and early history of the Port Arthur electric light system. Contains manuscript on "The Woodside Generator" by J.D. Winterburn, 1979, and indexed book of clippings relating to the establishment of Woodside Foundry and the electric light system 1883-1901. Also one file of loose clippings covering the years 1894-95 and 1906.



G 11

Province of Canada fonds

1864
1 leaf

Administrative history
This series was produced by the Provincial Secretary's office, William McDougall. William McDougall was provincial secretary for Lord Monck in 1864. As minister of public works in J.A. Macdonald's government (1867), McDougall introduced the resolution that led the the purchase of Rupert's Land. He was appointed first Lieutenant-Governor of the North West Territories in 1869.

Scope and Content
Series G 11/1/1. - Reward poster. - 1 leaf. - 1864
Notice offering a reward of one hundred dollars to anyone who could bring "a dangerous Indian Lunatic" in the vicinity of Fort William to the judicial authorities at Sault Ste. Marie.

Notes
Formerly catalogued into the museum collection, 972.122.53.

J 1

Prevost Trial Records

1898-1899
4 cm of textual records

Administrative history
The Chief Justice Amour presided over the case of Queen versus Oliver Prevost, charged with first degree murder. The trial occurred in Port Arthur. The Crown Council consisted of Mr. Johnstone and Mr. T.A. Gorham, and the Defendant's council was Mr. J. McKay. Prevost was found guilty and eventually became the first man to be hanged in Port Arthur. The clerk was James Meek.

Scope and Content
The Prevost Trial Records is a collection of case files and transcripts regarding the trial of Oliver Prevost.
Series J 1/1/1-2. - Case files (photocopy). - 1 cm. - 1898-1899
1) Assize clerks case files including letters and telegrams, indictments from grand jury (2), Attorney General's fiat, memos, one report of final verdicts and sentences and the jury's verdict.
2) Certificate of gaol surgeon and those present at the execution. Copy of verdict of coroner's jury.
Series J 1/2/1. - Transcript (photocopy). - 3 cm. - Dec. 1898
Transcript of the evidence given in the trial of Oliver Prevost for murder.

Notes
Formerly catalogued into the museum collection, 980.1.144 e-t.
Originals and Reproductions: J 1/1/1 is located at Ontario Archives, RG 22. J 1/1/2 is located at National Archives of Canada., RG 13, G1 Volume 1438. J 1/2/1 is located at NAC RG 13, C1, Volume 1438.

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