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Nipissing Central Trolley car1928
New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada
Credits:George Dukovac
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When the railway line was being built, by accident, silver was discovered near Cobalt, Ontario (just a few miles up the track) from New Liskeard. Within a very short time, the "boom" was on and prospectors and miners converged on Cobalt in great numbers. Many of these miners travelled frequently to New Liskeard to buy goods and one of the benefits from this frequent traffic between towns was the construction of an electric streetcar the Nipissing Central Trolley.55
Tom McCamus1904
New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Dymond Centennial Committee
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The trolley was not the only "modern convenience" that New Liskeard citizens enjoyed. June 1906 brought electricity courtesy of Kalil Farah who built the earliest generative stations in the area. The first was a steam-driven plant on the Wabi River. He then built one at Chester Falls (now Pete's Dam) and one further north in Charlton.Don McKelvie wrote " The story is told that in 1905 Tom McCamus was running the office of their lumber mill and Angus McKelvie was in charge of the outside operations. One day McCamus said to McKelvie "before we ruin our lungs yelling to each other, let's put in a telephone system which might as well serve the town as well". So was born the Temiskaming Telephone Company which later became Northern Telephone Limited covering most of northeastern Ontario and all of northwestern Quebec?"
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The Lady Minto Hospital1900
New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Temiskaming Shores Public Library Archives
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The very first "hospital" in New Liskeard was actually the home of George W. Roach whose large house on Wellington Street was pressed into service in 1904 during a typhoid epidemic.In 1907, the Lady Minto Hospital was built on a hill overlooking the town. The land was donated by the McCamus and McKelvie Company. Funds to construct the building ($20,000) were received from the Lady Minto Foundation.
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Doctors on staff at the Lady Minto Hospital1910
New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Agricultural Temiskaming, 1910
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The hospital had two storeys for patient's use and the third storey was a nurses' residence. At the time of its construction, the Lady Minto was the only hospital from North Bay to the north pole. This hospital served the people of New Liskeard well until a newer one was built in the 1950's.61
A view of the Canada House Hotel1900
New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Little Claybelt Homesteader's Museum
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The growing town had its share of luxury accommodations for visitors as seen in the pictures of the Canada House Hotel, the Grand Union Hotel, and the Windsor Hotel.63
The Windsor Hotel1900
New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Harold and Elizabeth Hie
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Stables and shed1900
New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Harold and Elizabeth Hie
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The Grand Union Hotel1905
New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Harold and Elizabeth Hie
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The Grand Union Hotel is the only one left in New Liskeard. The Windsor Hotel burned and the grand Canada House Hotel went out of business. When built, the Canada House had been strategically located near the Wabi River to provide accommodation for steamboat passengers. After the train service began in 1905, and steamboat service started to decline, travellers used the other two hotels which were closer to the train station. |
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