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The Pontiac Archives is home to thousands of photos filed away in hundreds of folders and binders. Although some are actually printed photos, much of the collection is from newspaper clippings from The Equity.

Below you will find our collection of more than 400 individual photos, dated up until the 1970s.

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Sheenboro

Frank Morris Sr. at Fort William

Downey Barnraising

Clydesdale

Big Mike Sullivan and Alex Downey

Baseball Player

Sheen Parish 1873

Norway Bay Flood 1951

Shawville High School, 1932

Shawville High School, 1932

Shawville High School, 1956

Shawville High School, 1956

Shawville High School, 1957

Shawville High School, 1957

Shawville High School, 1962

Shawville High School, 1962

Shawville High School, 1963

Shawville High School, 1963

Shawville High School, 1964

Shawville High School, 1964

Shawville High School, 1965

Shawville High School, 1965

Shawville Highschool 1967

Shawville High School, 1967

Shawville Hockey Club, 1908

Shawville Hockey Club, 1908

Shawville High School, 1954

Shawville High School, 1954

Shawville High School, 1958

Shawville High School, 1958

Shawville High School, 1959

Shawville High School, 1959

Shawville High School 1960

Shawville High School, 1960

Shawville High School, 1961

Shawville High School, 1961

Shawville High School, 1968

Shawville High School, 1968

Shawville Town Photo, 1973

Shawville Town Portrait, 1973

Bryson cart races

Bryson Cart Racing

Dagg Family Portrait

St. George’s Anglican Church Confirmation. Front row: Olive Manwell, Romana Mallette, Eileen Armstrong, Edna Mallette, Eva Mallette, and Edith Madoar. Back row: Pastor White, Wilfred McCallum, Eddie Vaughan, Keith Manwell, Howard Brinksworth, unknown, Elsie Gibbons.

Church Confirmation, 1944

St. George’s Anglican Church Confirmation. Olive Manwell, Mona Malette, Eileen Armstrong, Rev. White, Edna Malette, Eva Malette, and Edith Madoar.

St. George’s Anglican Church, 1944

Dagg Family Portrait

Prince Arthur Ferry

Shawville Schoo, Grade 6

Shawville School, Grade 6

Chutes on the Coulonge River

Driving to the Fair

On the Rink

Hockey in front of the Stone House

CN Rail Train at Portage

Construction of the C.N.R. bridge at Portage du Fort.

CN Rail Bridge

Portage Bay

Out for a Walk

View of Main Street going towards the river. First building on the left side is the residence of Capt. Toner. This is the horse and wagon that carried the mail to Portage du Fort. This picture was taken before the fire of 1914.

Carrying the Mail

View of the little bridge to Limerick Island from the river shore. Derelict Amy Grist mill on the right.

Bridge to Limerick Island

Car in 1915

Horse and Buggy

View from the Catholic Steeple

Hiram Robinson

Home on Mill Street

Shoe Store

Public School on Church Street

Sleighing in Portage

View from Habour Square

View of the Portage Hotel from dock.

L.P. (Paul) Tanguay posing in front of his store on Mill Street.

L.P. Tanguay

Portage Baseball Team – 1914

Portage du Fort Baseball Team – 1913

Portage Train Station

Portage Train Station

T.E. Richardson’s Store

After the 1914 Fire, from Church Street

Remains after 1914 Fire

After the fire of May 18, 1914. This is on Main Street near Nelson.

After the 1914 Fire

Keith Manwell, in truck, beside the Canadian Dolomite Company storage building at the quarry. This building was moved to the RA Sports Park and is still being used.

White Grit Company, Ottawa

Burt McCallum and Harold Manwell in front of the Canadian Dolomite Company building at the quarry.

Canadian Dolomite Company

Portage du Fort Baseball Team, 1907 - From top: A. McCallum, J.J. Coyne, Len Coyne, John Dagg, Tom Cameron, John Coyne, J.A. Dagg, W. Ross, P. Kennedy, P. Kennedy, C. Dolan (Mascot), and Geo. Dagg.

Portage Baseball Team, 1907

Fire in Portage-du-Fort, May 1914

Class of 1947

On the School Steps

Portage-du-Fort School

Woman’s Broomball Team, 1964-65

Beginning Construction of Dam, October 1948

Widefield Photo of Dam Construction, 1948

Dam Construction in Portage

Construction of Hydro Dam at Chenaux (1948-51).

Construction of the Dam to Limerick Island

Mill Street, 1947

Upper End of Mill Street

View of the Ottawa River channel from the Lakeside Hotel roof on Main Street.

View of the Ottawa River from the Lakeside Hotel

Old Portage du Fort wharf by the Hotel.

The Old Warf

Looking at Tucker’s store and up Mill Street from the roof of the Lakeside Hotel on Main Street.

From the Roof of the Lakeside Hotel

Looking Down Mill Street

Chenaux Dam Construction in the 1950s

Chenaux Dam

Chenaux Damn Construction (1948-1951)

Chenaux Hydro dam construction (1948-51).

Chenaux Dam Construction at Portage

Chenaux Dam Construction

Roman Catholic School

Portage-du-Fort and Bridge to Limerick Island

Bridge from Limerick Island to Ontario

One of the first rinks at Portage du Fort. This rink was on Beckett Street. Hockey players, from the left are, Alton McCorriston, Ernie McCallum, Wayne Dagg and Joe Cameron.

Hockey in Portage

Bruno the bear who was an attraction at the Maple Leaf Inn

Bruno the Bear

Maple Leaf Inn in Portage

Ramp to the hopper at the quarry.

Heading to the Quarry

Norma McCorriston, Barbara Cameron, Loretta Delorme, Kay Shannon, Freda Ladouceur, Gloria and Joan Geroux, Carol and Lois Murdoch, Ethel Delorme, Florence Toner. Boys Kenny Murdoch, Willie Toner, Boadan Dienutuk. Mark Stanton, Alfred Farrell, Dave Malette, and Emerson McCallum.

School Photo Day in Portage

Picture taken on Craig Street facing Mill Street. Jenny (Farrell) Tanguay and her son Ovide. Note between the people the building in the back shows the “Bank of Nova Scotia”.

Craig Street facing Mill Street

Shoreline of Portage du Fort, below bridge, during wintertime.

Shoreline of Portage-du-Fort

Chateau Pontiac, Village Steak House, when it was owned by Terry Murdock.

Chateau Pontiac, Village Steak House

ICO Boats

Portage 100th anniversary parade in 1963. Top left: Betty Sparling, Viola & Clinton Sparling, and Harold Manwell. Top right: Emerson McCallum, Ronald Essiambre, and David Malette. Bottom right: Centennial Queen, Paulette Guindon, and her princesses Leona Brisbois and Roberta Thompson. Driver Jerome Tanguay.

Centennial Parade, 1963

Train Wreck in 1963

Train wreck at Portage du Fort in 1963.

Train Wreck in Portage-du-Fort, 1963

Construction of the Chenaux Hydro Dam at Portage du Fort. (1948-51)

Construction of the Portage Dam

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