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Headlocks at the Lakehead : wrestling in Fort William and Port Arthur, 1913-1933 / by Charles Nathan Hatton.
(2007)"In the Northern Ontario communities o f Fort William and Port Arthur, collectively known as the Lakehead, wrestling emerged as one of the most popular spectator sports in the region by 1913 and remained so for the next ... -
Health care in 19th century Upper Canada/Ontario : adaptation of a British model
(1989)After having completed relevant coursework in health care in Britain and while researching late 19th century health care in Port Arthur, I became fascinated by the surprisingly advanced level of such services in Port ... -
Hell with the future, let's get on with the past" : rivalry and revitalization in the Lakehead's central business districts, 1947-1980 / by John A. MacPhail.
(2000)“Would you tell me please, which way I ought to go from here?” asked Alice. “That depends a great deal on where you want to get to,” said the cat. Lewis Carroll’s, Alice in Wonderland, 1865. Victoriaville Centre was ... -
Hemlines and hairdos : body management for the feminine ideal in the Canadian Women's Army Corps
(1999)The onslaught of World War II (WWII) brought with it an unprecedented mobilization of the female population in both Allied and Axis countries, as well as a rapid "masculinizatlon " of women's roles. In the absence of ... -
"I was a good girl when he married me" : issues of respectability and gender in a Northern Ontario murder trial / by Cheryl Elizabeth Shaw.
(2007)At the heart of this thesis is a trial, R. v. Clara Irene St. Cyr. In 1948 Clara was a thirty-two year old mother of six. Bom in St. Lucie, Quebec but raised in Gogama, Ontario, she was eighteen when she met Jerome “Jerry” ... -
Impact of the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway on the cities of Port Arthur and Fort William, 1959-1969
(1993)By its very nature, the St. Lawrence Seaway project, completed in 1959, can be seen as the last of the great Canadian mega-projects. An international venture, involving the expense of millions of dollars and employment ... -
Irish-Catholic journalists and the new nationality in Canada: 1857-1870
(1984)This study examines the growth of the concept of a ’’New Nationality" as it became the ideology of a nation, and the means by which an ethnic group was "Canadianized". The main sources are the articles and speeches of ... -
The Italian community in Fort William's East End in the early twentieth century
(1977)By the turn of the twentieth century in the midst of almost every significant urban centre of Canada and the United States, there existed a so-called "Little Italy" or "Italian Colony". These were sections of cities or ... -
Laurier and the Liberal Party, 1916-1919.
(1969)This thesis is an analysis of Laurier's leadership of the Liberal Party during the years 1916-1919. -
"Let us all be optimistic from now on" : Oscar Styffe Limited 1927-1945, the middleman of Northwestern Ontario and the pulp and paper trade
(1994)In the 1930's and 1940's, one way for pulp and paper firms to acquire supplies of pulpwood from the forests of Northwestern Ontario was through pulpwood dealers or middlemen. An analysis of one of these timber dealers, ... -
"A matter of principal": female involvement in politics and labour at the Lakehead, 1903-1918
(2017)"A Matter of Principal" : Female Involvement in Politics and Labour at the Lakehead, 1903-1918” is an analysis of the role women played in the social, political, and labouring sphere at the Canadian Lakehead (comprised ... -
Municipal ownership town : the organization and regulation of urban services in Port Arthur, 1875-1914
(1994)Municipal enterprise was an innovation born of necessity in the hinterland regions of Europe and North America. In an era of rapid industrial and population growth, urban governments struggled during the late Victorian ... -
Northern lights : a history of Thunder Bay Hydro / by David Leo Black.
(1994)Electricity has played an important role in the economic and social development of Ontario cities, and Port Arthur and Fort William located at the head of the Great Lakes are no exception to this rule. Industrial development ... -
Northwestern Ontario gold mining, 1880-1902 : the gold boom that didn't pan out
(1996)In 1878, gold was discovered south of Rat Portage on an island in the Lake of the Woods. After a brief flurry of development, excitement waned and Rainy River District mining progressed slowly and fitfully for more than ... -
"Omens of good and evidences of evil" : gender and respectability in the Thunder Bay Sentinel, 1875-1895
(2001)An exploration of late-Victorian ideals of masculinity and femininity, as well as masculine-feminine social and economic roles, through the pages of the Thunder Bay Sentinel (a weekly newspaper, Port Arthur, Ontario, ... -
R.B. Bennett and the charge of one-man government : an analysis of his relationship with potential rivals
(1974)The purpose of this paper is to study R.B. Bennett's style of government from 1930-1935, a period in which Bennett has been labelled the Prime Minister of a "one-man government". An attempt will be made to assess the ... -
Race, Englishness and the media: depictions of urban rioting in England, 1980-81
(2014)"Race, Englishness and the Media is an examination of racialised depictions of the urban riots which broke out in England's major cities in the early 1980s. The analysis focuses on two major English newspapers, the Times ... -
Re-civilizing the land : conservation and postwar reconstruction in Ontario, 1939-1961
(2001)Includes such topics as land use, flooding, rural landscape, fishing, agriculture, family farms, watershed conservation, river basins, flood control, reforestation, woodlot management, underground water supplies, wildlife ... -
Reel history : film production at the Lakehead, 1911-1931
(2003)During the early twentieth century the former cities of Fort William and Port Arthur were home to a burgeoning film industry both regional and foreign in nature. Between 1911 and 1931 the twin cities enjoyed a romance ...