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Depression opens up the district.

2

Dominion Day 1933
1933
Scott Street

3

Tennis Club
1932
Beside the Court House
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4

Popular recreation included playing tennis at the court located beside the Court House.

5

Lawn Bowling club beside the Court House
1 January 1920
Church Street, Fort Frances

6

Grand Opening Town Market
1933
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A town market opened in 1933. With over one hundred farmers participating, the opening led to "many surprises in the size and quality of the fruit and vegetables grown in the disrict."

8

July 1st Celebration, Opening of Heenahan Highway
1936
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The construction of the Kenora highway was undertaken as a depression project, providing relief work. Completed in 1936, it opened up the area to the North and was known as the Heenan Highway.

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Kenora Highway in the Making 1936
1936
Kenora Highway

11

Peace Plaque Ceremony (Kiwanis)
1936
International Bridge, Fort Frances
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By the end of the 1930's the community entered out of the great depression.