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Byng Inlet

Byng Inlet Saw Mill

Available Images: Full Size
Accession Number: AIII51
Category: Lumbering; Byng Inlet
Description: The burner remains standing after the fire. Men, presumably surveying the damage, stand on top. The mill was one of the largest on Georgian Bay. After it burnt down, the people who had worked there moved away in search of other work. The area was soon deserted.
Date: c.1913-1920
Source: PSPL
Physical Attributes: 11.5cm x 9cm; b/w photograph
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Keywords: lumber; mill; sawmill; logging; operations; saw; wood; cut; process; dress; finished; Byng Inlet; Georgian Bay; company; logs; plank; timber; business; industry; commerce; fire; destroy; burn; blaze; work; town; abandoned; desert; ghost;
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