JACKFISH
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NAME: Jackfish COUNTY: District of Thunder Bay ROADS: 4WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Warm summers, can be VERY cold in winter with winds off Lake Superior. BEST TIME TO VISIT: Use a snowmobile in winter or walk in rest of year |
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Just about all buildings are destroyed but water tower base remains and some houses which are used as summer camps. Lots of "stuff" was left behind including old fishing boats, stoves, furniture and some relics of the fishing trade. Still evidence of the hotel and foundations of some buildings. REMAINS: Still 2 or 3 houses intact. Base of water tower visible. |
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A small community on the north shore of Lake Superior, Jackfish was a watering and coal loading station for the Canadian Pacific Railway. When diesels replaced the steam locomotives in the early 1960's, the trains no longer required the services provided in the town. Submitted by: Les Kruger Only two and a half miles off the busy Trans Canada Highway is Ontario's most spectacularly located ghost town. Jackfish began in the 1870s as a fishing village founded by a group of Scandinavians. During the 1880s, the Canadian Pacific Railway selected its harbor for their coal dock. Jackfish became a railway town. As tourism increased along Lake Superior's north shore, the town became known as the place to stay. Its hotel, the Lakeview, became the social hub of the community hosting dinners, dances, and social events. As the steam locomotive began to pass into oblivion, so did the main reason for the existence of Jackfish. The appearance of the predatory sea lamprey eel was its coup de grace as a fishing village and the beginning of another ghost town. Submitted by Henry Chenoweth. |
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