Mr. Crichton's splendid collection of historical photographs is presented here to the people of Chapleau and other interested persons with the generous permission and cooperation of Mr. Crichton's son, Dr. Vincent J. Crichton.
Mr. Crichton has given his hometown a legacy of several hundred photographs that document Chapleau's past, its surroundings and its people. The item numbers in this index correspond to the numbers that Mr. Crichton assigned to the photos. Included with the pictures are Mr. Crichton's comments.
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| 1-2 | 2 hunting parties 1924-25, Brunette, Dexter, Read, Allen, Retty, Doolan, LaFrance, Gagnon |
| 3-4 | 2 groups circa 1919, Young, Phillips, Morrison, Edwards, Unknown, Erickson, Schroeder, Campbell, Connaughton, Carmichael, Corston, Campbell, Erickson, Phillips |
| 5-6 | Chapleau men 1914, Thompson, Clarke, Jordan, Collinson |
| 7-8 | 2 men circa 1929, 2 ladies 1913, Sommers, Jacobs, Keenan, Fraser, Lott |
| 9-10 | Fishing at Loon Lake 1919, kids early 1920s, Blackburn, Barnes, Schroeder, Young |
| 11-12 | Chapleau men, 1911 & 1924, Dexter, Rathwell, Collinson, Thompson, Scovil |
| 13-14 | Lorne Nicholson 1915 or 16, Dominion Day 1933 |
| 15-16 | Dr. Wilkinson and family mid 1920s, Band Stand |
| 17-18 X | Band stand again, Boy Scouts 1927 |
| 19 | Fire trucks 1920s - 1980 |
| 20-21 | Vince Crichton and Raoul Bernier spring 1926, Dr. Sheahan late 1920s |
| 22 | Town Band about 1920 or 21. McKee, Leclair, Payette, Dexter, Ryan, Jordan, Lonergan |
| 23 | Orange Picnic Grounds, about 1915. Bowles, Gibson, Pellow, Stone, Vice, Downey, Stokes, Roberts |
| 24-25 | Boat and a group about 1913. Biarden (Biardon?), Snowden, Dafoe, Cuppage, Bowles, Roberts |
| 27 | Mr. Mark Bowles, a pioneer of Chapleau. Picture taken possibly early 1930s. The Bowles home is located at 46 Lorne Street North, corner of Lorne and Pine. |
| 28-29 | Ladies 1914 and hunting party. Hogg, LaMotte, Dexter, Gagnon |
| 30-31 | Two young men about 1914 and two more in spring 1926. Nicholson, Crichton, Bernier |
| 32-33 X | First camp on Mulligan's Bay 1913. Clown band late 1930s. Morris, Shilladay, Kelland |
| 34-35 | William McLeod's trading store in 1920s. Dominion Day 1927 |
| 36-37 | Two youths 1910 or prior. Two fishermen 1916. Dexter, Keenan, McMitchell |
| 38-39 | July 1st celebrations 1930 and 1927. Waboose, Memegos, Vincent, Quakegesic |
| 42-43 | Dominion Day and 2 firemen 1934. Gagnon, Serre, Dexter. |
| 44-45 | Three young people 1914 and group with dead bears 1917 or 18. Dexter, Ryan, Lamotte, Pirie, Barty, Green |
| 46-47 | Orange Picnic 1913 or 14 and cooks at Chapleau highway construction camp 1935. Dexter, Pelton, Rathwell, Mulligan, Hogg, Lamotte. |
| 48-49 X | Armistice Day 1934. Waywhite, McDonald, Woodard, Chapple, Jordan, Wolfe, Serre, Simpson, Collins, Quelch, Jones, Comte, Fife, Morrison, Banks |
| 50-51 | W. Hartley with deer about 1920 and C.P.R. shop staff about 1911. |
| 52-53 | Cree Ladies and children about 1920. Grave marker, Jonah |
| 54-55 | Landsdowne Street about 1920, Birch Street Chapleau 1910 or ealier |
| 56 | Methodist (later United) Church parsonage, very early 1900s |
| 57 | Tom Godfrey and his boat, about 1923. |
| 58-59 | Dominion Day 1927 and view of town from the old wooden bridge 19?? Copping |
| 60-61 | Main Street 19?? and Dominion Day 1927. McCoon, Dumontelle |
| 62-63 | Wifred Muske early 1930s. Dr. Wilkinson early 1920s |
| 64-65 | Motor boat 1906 or 07. Main Street about 1913-14. Dexter, Hicks |
| 66-67 | Chapleau 1913 and pump house 1935. Whitney, Dexter. |
| 68-69 | Kebsquasheshing Golf Club 19??. Town gang working on water main. Swanson, Scott, Potts, Serre |
| 70-71 | Town gang 1934 and baseball team 1916. McGoldrick, Coreau, Tremblay, Delaurier, McAdam, Levesque, Dexter, Schroeder, Godfrey, White, Morrison, Matheson, Gascon, Guthrie. |
| 72 | W.C. Guthrie's "Pet Dwarfs" in 1916. Young Elephants, Guthrie, Nicholson, St. Amand, Killins, McMullen |
| 74-75 | Fishing party 1912 and Jack Whittner the barber 1916. Collinson, Keenan, Brownlee |
| 76 | Group at the rapids 1911 or 12. Godfrey |
| 77 | Birch (Main) Street about 1906. Dewey, Sampson, McEwen, Brownlee, Morin, Ross, Smith & Chapple |
| 78-79 | At Mulligan's Bay about 1930 and skiing group about 1930. Muske, Payette, Godfrey, Lyness, McAdam, Crichton, Haig, Mooney |
| 80 | Wedding of Amy Pitts and Len Green 1924. Lyness, Nixon, Langworthy, Ryan, Nicholson, Hands, Blodgett, Clark, Brinn, Whybray, Fadden, Muske, Wedge |
| 81 | The old C.P.R. Station in 1924 |
| 82-83 | St. John's Anglican Church about 1919. Brunswick House on Big Missinaibi Lake in 1936 |
| 84-85 | Old Bark Lake headquarters of Ontario Forestry Branch. Group of men late 1920s or 1930. Kinney, Godfrey, Prewer |
| 86 X | Anglican Synod early 1930s. Chapple |
| 87 | Birds eye view of Chapleau about 1912. |
| 88 | Another birds eye view of Chapleau about 1912 |
| 89 | Birch Street Chapleau before 1913 |
| 90-91 | Chapleau houses on Pine Street before 1913. C.P.R. yard and shops in early 1900s |
| 92-93 | New C.P.R. station built prior to 1910. Richard Simard and grandaughter Irene 1950 |
| 94-95 | Picnic at Chapleau 1910-12. Curling team 1928. Matheson, Godfrey, Hogg, Nicholson. |
| 96-97 | Gasoline motor boats 19??. Indian group in the 1920s. Godfrey, Prewer, missionary. |
| 98-99 | Corinne Therriault 1921-22. Bush fire 1948. Paquette. |
| 100-101 | Chapleau west side of tracks 1913 or earlier. 8-End Curling Club 19??. Therriault, Crichton, Morris, Raciot, Vale, Pellow, Merrifield, Evans |
| 102-103 | Group about 1928. Grey Owl (Archie Belaney) and Anahero, about 1920. Crichton, Leethorn, Scotty ?, Watson, Fraser. |
| 104-105 | Lochalsh station about 1935. Hudson Bay post New Brunswick House 1935. Crichton. |
| 106-107 X | New Brunswick House store 1944. Softball game 1933. Crichton. |
| 108-109 | Same softball game 1933. Young ladies about 1934. Vezina, Bamford, Wilson, Robinson, Curry, Stedman |
| 110-111 | Backyard scene about 1919. Ontario Forestry Branch at Bark Lake in very early 1920s. Crichton, Smith |
| 112-113 X | New Ontario Forestry Branch on Bark Lake after 1930. Department of Lands and Forests at Biscotasing 1949. |
| 114-115 | Lands and Forests at Biscotasing 1949. Staff of Lands and Forests at Biscotasing 1949. Marsdon, Punstel, Doyke, Phillips, Espaniel, Kohls, O'Donnel, Daley, Billings, Commanda. |
| 116-117 X | House in Biscotasing. Towing Barrels at Biscotasing 1949. Espaniel. |
| 118-119 X | Inside warehouse and workshop in Biscotasing. Provincial Air service with Noreseman in Biscotasing 1949. Kokls, Kokles, Punstel, Commanda. |
| 120-121 X | Provincial Air Service in Biscotasing (same as No. 119) 1949. The first bridge accross railroad track in Chapleau about 1922. Water storage tank. |
| 122-123 | Class of young ladies in 1926. Lumber mill in Biscotasing 1926. Ashdown. |
| 124-125 | General Store at Biscotasing in early 1930s. Bill (C.A.) Pellow on his dog cart delivering laundry in Chapleau about 1910 |
| 126-127 | Lodge 11 Ontario game and Fisheries cabin on Missinaibi Lake about 1926. Ontario Game and Fisheries cabin north end of Missinaibi Lake 1935. Jardine, Crichton, McGoldrick |
| 128-129 X | At Como Lake 1935. Picard, Sauve, McCall. |
| 130-131 | Old boat at New Brunswick House about 1949. Cabin at north end of Robinson Lake about 1929. Hemphill, Crichton |
| 132-133 | The village of Franz about 1940. Grand Trunk engine in Devon 1924. Bourgon, Levesque, Lepine. |
| 134-135 | Last day at work for Fred J. Morris 1953. Tom Godfrey and his son Kenneth 1928-29. Whybray, Coulter, Nixon, Card, Morris, Leigh, Reid. |
| 136-137 | Working horses building the Chapleau Highway 1928 or 29. Rock drilling by hand 1928-29. Fox. |
| 138-139 | Working on the Chapleau Highway 1928-29 |
| 140-141 | Horses pulling rocks on Chapleau highway. Only grader in use then 1928-29. Godfrey. |
| 142-143 | Model T Ford and working horses. Model T and young ladies 1928-29. Godfrey, Allard, Vezina. |
| 144-145 | Classy cars on the Chapleau highway 1928-29. Model T, Overland. |
| 146-147 | Chapleau Band early 1920s and latter part of 1920s. Payette, Leclerc, Godfrey, McKee, Jordan, Lemieux, Perpete, Bridgen, St. Amand, Dickie, Mascoe, Lonergan, Coleman, Dexter, Brunette, Cuffredia, Petroskey, Fawcett, Levitt, Stevens |
| 148 | Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen's picnic 1919. Hendersn, Kinney, Lauder, Stanley, Hopper, Morris, Chrichton, Young, Schroeder, Evans. |
| 149-150 | View of C.P.R. track towards old bridge and water tower late 1940s. Old time residents of Chapleau about 1910-11. McMullen, Nicholson, Godfrey. |
| 151-152 | Young men of Chapleau 1910-12 and in late 1920s. Morris, Morin, Sheppard, Godfrey, Goldstien, Westerman, Leigh |
| 153-154 X | Laberge lumber camp 1919. Softball game 1933. Crichton, Reid, Crowhurst, Burrows, Shoup. |
| 155-156 | Picnic on Chapleau River about 1911. Young men on steps of poolroom about 1912. Godfrey |
| 157-158 | Motor boat on Chapleau River in early 1900s. Train crew on engine about 1919. Godfrey, Holden, Pellow. |
| 159-160 | Woman on railway tracks. Who is it? Forks Hunt Club about 1920. Godfrey, Edwards, McKee. |
| 161-162 | Elois (Dada) Lemieux with his delivery wagon 1924. Collins & Matters Departmental Store 1935. |
| 164 X | Chapleau from a rooftop early 1920s. |
| 165 | Lorne Street Chapleau 1926 |
| 163-167 | Robert (Bob) Lemieux with his team of horses 1937-7 and picture of Robert Holding. Lacroix |
| 166 | Birch Street Chapleau 1928. |
| 168-169 | The old power house 1922. Hangar of Eclipse Airways about 1933. Scott, Evans. |
| 170 | An aircraft belonging to Austin Airways about 1933. |
| 171 | Comment by Hugh K: I have not yet found this photo but will include it when I do. Mr. Crichton describes a photo of an aircraft of Eclipse Airways as bearing this number. |
| 172-173 | The C.P.R. station 1922-23. Austin and Nicholson lumber mill at Dalton 1937. Austin boys in boats. |
| 174-175 | Dalton mill of Austin & Nicholson Lumber Company about 1937. Old flying boat perhaps late 1930s. |
| 176 | The same flying boat as No. 175. |
| 177 | Class of public school students 1921. Robinson, Madge, McVey, Midkiff, McAdam, Stewart, Moore, Young, Corston, Harris, Crichton, Pellow, Clifton, Nixon, Wrangham, Umpherson, White, Schroeder, Cachagee, Potts, Bolduc, Trott, Thompson, Robinson |
