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    December 5, 1949 created quite a stir for Marathonians, when the CPR showed off the new General Motors Diesel Ltd. locomotives that would shortly be replacing the old steam locomotives. That day, num

    The Government of Ontario was proceeding with work on Highway 17 in 1949. By 1950, it was decided that the route would include Marathon, Ontario, on the Trans Canada Highway. The construction was to

    The CPR tracks often defined the boundaries of many communities in Northwestern Ontario. In Marathon, the rail line formed the eastern most boundary from 1944 until about 1954, when new subdivisions

    An unidentified employee beside a switching diesel which was used to move box cars full of pulp bales and tanker cars from the CPR mainline, down to the mill yard. The first switching locomotive that

    Originally, water for the town had to be drawn from the lake. It needed to be heavily chlorinated. Later water from an artesian well, behind the town was found to be clean, safe and provided a suffic

    One of Agnes Macphail's regular postcards to her sister, Gertha Reany (nee McPhail)

    Postcard to Gertha (nee McPhail) and Merd Reany from Agnes Macphail in Glasgow, Scotland

    Postcard from Agnes Macphail to her sister, Gertha reany (nee McPhail)

    Postcard from Agnes Macphail to her sister Gertha Reany (nee McPhail) from Scotland

    Agnes Macphail's comments on the Abstract of Ship's Log about her return voyage from Liverpool to Montreal on the S.S. “Empress of Canada” from her 1952 scrapbook.

    Agnes Macphail's introduction to her 1952 Scrapbook, listing her reasons for making the trip to Scotland and Ireland.

    Cover states: The K.P. Telescope “printed by and for the men in Kingston Penitentiary”

    Menu is likely from Canadian Pacific Steamships Limited, S.S. “Empress of Canada,” Captain J.P. Dobson D.S.C., D.D., R.N.R.

    Agnes Macphail's introductory page to her 1952 Scrapbook, which includes a picture postcard of the Canadian Pacific ship, the Empress of France. Agnes Macphail sailed to Britain from Montreal with he

    Excerpt from an article about Agnes Macphail, with pages containing editorial remarks by Lilly Bailey, Agnes Macphail's sister.

    Agnes Macphail with parcels, on the street in Kirkcaldy. The photograph is from her 1952 Scrapbook.

    Agnes Macphail on the steps of the Clenendey Hotel in Scotland. The photo is part of her 1952 Scrapbook.

    Inscription on a photocopied version of this image says: "1953 Agnes Macphail just a while before she died. Taking her home from hospital"; "far left Gertha Reany, Jean Clunas, Agnes, Sandy Macphail

    Agnes Macphail's comment on a page of her 1952 scrapbook with two postcards of Scotland, titled: "Castle and Princes Street Edinburgh" with the MacGregor crest and family tartan background; and, "Edi

    Agnes Macphail's commentary about the last time spent before departing for Canada. Two postcards show the Houses of Parliamant, London, England and the Tower Bridge, London, England. Part of her 1952