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| Tug on the waterway. | Red Lake's first airport. The airstrip was bulldozed out of the bush near Cochenour. | Young children line up for their classes. |
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| After Highway 105 opened in 1948, a whole new world of opportunity awaited this northern region. | The gold rush has begun and the race is on to get to the gold fields. | Sports Day at the Red Lake School in 1934. |
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| The construction of the dam in Ear Falls. | A former gold mine in the Red Lake area. | The need for aviation exploded during the gold rush. Pilots were needed year-round for transporting supplies and prospectors to the remote gold fields. |
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| By the mid '30s, the bush plane dominated travel and in the summer of 1936, Red Lake, Gold Pines and Hudson became the busiest airports in the world. | An old view of Gold Pines. This was a location along the Heritage Waterway that was halfway between Red Lake and Hudson. Before highway 105 opened, this was a regularly travelled waterway. | Mining pioneer Charlie Peterson with a 54 lb. lake trout caught at Trout Lake in 1953. |
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| This site served as the first financial institution in the area. | Young pilots aboard a flying boat at Gold Pines near Ear Falls in the mid '20s. | Fairwind was known in this region as one of the most powerful healers. His dream dance drum was believed to guide the deceased into the next life. |
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| Norseman Aircraft on Skis, parked on Howey Bay, Red Lake | Beautiful lady, beautiful trout! | Deer Lake Girls,. Photo Credit: Red Lake Hertage Centre |
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| Pet Caribou | Primitive dwellings were constructed for workers in the mines. | Tents line Forestry Point. |
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| The fleet at Gold Pines in 1926. | ||
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