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Interviews conducted in 1988 as part of a Summer Employment Program. Residents of Thunder Bay talk about a variety of topics related to the history of Northwestern Ontario : pioneer life, Prisoner of War camps in World War II, child molestation, the Children's Aid Society, teaching, the French language, medicine, shipping, shipbuilding, grain inspection, railroads, the Great Depression, the lumber trade, labour unions, the retail trade, urban development, real estate, and politics. They refer to Thunder Bay, Hurkett, Silver Islet, South Gillies, Hymers, and Ignace, Ontario, and Medicine Hat, Alberta. English. Open. Detailed inventory. |