Proprietary Mines stamp mill foundations from 1907, with the men of Sheldon-Larder Mines Limited looking on.
The Sheldon property was made up of the old Proprietary Mines claims.

Larder Lake Proprietary Goldfields Mining Company, Shore of Larder Lake - 1907.

Stamp Mill Pier from 1907 on the Proprietary Mine property.
This was the first stamp mill in the Larder Lake area.

Wilson's Trail 1907
The first wagon road into Larder City.
It was mainly a winter road.
Parts of this trail would eventually become Highway 624.

Wilson and Pearl Trading Post 1907
Located on Rocky Shoreline east of the Sand Beach named after Tom Pearl.
Note the cast iron stoves, which weighed over 200 lbs each.
They were portaged by canoe up the Larder River from Wendigo Lake.
A townsite was surveyed at Pearl Beach but never opened.

George Taylor Hardware, Narrows, Larder Lake - 1907

The Collingwood Hotel in Larder Lake in 1908.

Prospectors at the Collingwood Hotel, Larder City - 1908
It was built by J.P. McLaughlin and his partner Guilfoyle in about 1910.
Mrs. Susan Sheldon acquired the hotel and managed it.
J.P. McLaughlin became the first mayor of Timmins.
Guilfoyle would follow the Silver Rush into Elk Lake, and the Gowganda areas.

Prospectors at the Collingwood Hotel 1908.
This Hotel was once owned by the Sheldon Family.
It burned down about 1914.

The Harris-Maxwell Stamp Mill in Larder City.
This picture was taken in 1908.

Cobalt and Larder Lake Gold Mining Company
This picture was taken in 1908.

Sunday Best, Larder City - 1916

Prospectors preparing to go to Rouyn (Noranda) in 1920.
Note the canoe on the truck.

Vaino Karen’s Log House, Larder City - 1923

Larder Lake Fire Department, Lake Front - 1924.
Grainger Hotel in the Background.

Betty Mackay (Peterson) - 1926
The first school in Larder City is in the background.
It opened in 1921; twenty-nine students attended in 1925.
There would subsequently be 3 other public schools built in Larder Lake,
plus a Catholic separate school.

Sunday School Community Hall, Larder City - 1926

Boats for Hire Larder City - 1928.