Folks
would bond together and develop life long friendships. Jacque St. Paul
would spend many hours with the Dupont's. Christmas would always include
him. He had his cabin out towards the forestry point.
Jacque
St. Paul's cabin
When
Gus would venture over for a visit everyone would be offered a plate of
beans from the crock pot that was always simmering on the wood stove. The
same pot continued to simmer from time and memorial.. hygiene was not the
flavour of the day.
It
didn't matter, Jacque was famous for his beans. One could always look forward
to a meal of his whistle berries. From under a board in the floor, Jacque
would produce a bottle from which he and Gus would have a swig and sit
back to talk about the latest of the mining finds in the area. (Gus was
the manager of the the Hayden Stone and Co. Ltd. claims)
Funeral
for Jacque St Paul circa 1971
Nothing
sat still. Joe had been a partner in the Dupont-Hodgson Gold Mine Ltd although
the Howey was the big find at the time.
Families
were pouring in from all over the world. Your neighbours would be Finlanders,
Norwegians or Germans. They came from far and wide. It became a community
of so many tongues and one had to be tolerant of other peoples and cultures
as here was multiculturalism taking place before the term was ever invented.
Not
only was the mining industry offering jobs but also so many other opportunities
were abound. A new business would spring up for every need the miner had.
 
Red
Lake 1926-1927
Red
Lake 1930
This
would be one of the first times that aircraft would be used in a gold rush.
March 1926 Harold Farrington would fly to Red Lake with his cargo of airmail.
Howey Bay was about to become one of the busiest landing strips in the
world and would continue to be the roadway to the north for years to come.
 
Harold
Farrington and First passenger planes
 
Norseman(
Noorduyn) monument. History of Air Travel to Red Lake (Norseman
Capital of the World)
Howey
Gold Mine 1930
The
Howey Mine would be the first one of many mines in the area. The first
gold brick would be poured May 14, 1930.
The
Great
Depression may have been in full swing in the outside world but life
was still hopping in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.
While
the first gold brick was being poured that spring the whole community and
area of 500 souls would hold their breath as a horrifying forest fire would
come dangerously close to their homes. This was one of the hazards of living
in the heart of the bush land. This is ever a constant threat, even still
today.
 
 
 
Forest
Fires and the aftermath
....please read further
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