Fred Demers Freight and Mail Service, Dane to Larder Lake - 1930.

Going Fishing Spoon Bay, Larder Lake - 1931

Cochrane Street, Larder City - 1935
This was the south part of the main street. It was renamed 'Godfrey St', in 1936, thanks to John Godfrey of the Securities Commission, who restarted the failed Canadian Associated Goldfields and the Crown Reserve Mine under the name 'Omega'.

Larder Train Station - 1935
This large building served the Larder Lake area when it opened in 1923.
It closed in 1967 due to lack of business.
It was bulldozed and burned in March 1970.
A battery electric car would be used to bring prospectors to the Larder Lake area in the 1920's.

Larder Lake's Second School, Raven Park Road - 1935. School closed 1937.
L-R: Elwood Sheldon, Mamie Sheldon, Alethea Sheldon, Mrs. Selek (Teacher), Fred Sheldon and Eva Sheldon

Railway Section Gang; worked out of Larder Lake Station about 1935.
Who are they?

Miners Shift Change, Godfrey St., Larder Lake - 1936

Omega Miners, McVittie Township - 1936

Godfrey Street, Larder Lake, Looking North - 1936

Underground Martin Bird Mine, Hearst Township - 1936 (l: Russ Woodall)

Larder City Firehall - 1936
Located at the foot of Godfrey St., at the lake.
This was the first serious attempt to have fire protection for the main part of Larder City.
It has been suggested that the very wide Godfrey Street was made that way so a fire was less likely to spread across the wide street.
The fire station moved to Commissioner Street in the early 1950's.

Martinbird Mine, Hearst Twp. - 1936
High grade gold was found on the surface in the winter of 1934.
Although there were 2 exploration shafts put down on the property,
no quantity of gold ore was outlined and it closed in 1939 due to lack of funding.

Larder Lake’s First Motorized Fire Truck - 1937

Larder Lake United Church and Manse - 1937
Located on the highest piece of land on Larder Lake,
$3,000.00 was raised to build a church and manse.
There was an active congregation until 2001.
The building was purchased by the Wesleyan Church and is still active today.

Godfrey Street, Larder Lake - 1937.

Grainger Hotel - 1938
This hotel was built in the fall of 1938.
Previously a three-story hotel building had occupied the site and it had burned to the ground the previous January.
The structure was renamed Lakeshore Hotel.
John H. Grainger was the Mayor of Larder Lake for many years and he brought a mining shack town into the modern era.

Canadian Associated Goldfields Shaft Left, Crown Reserve Shaft Right.

Godfrey Street, Larder Lake - 1939

Raven River Mine, Larder Lake - 1940
Formerly the Harris-Maxwell, staked in 1907, this mine was located at Raven Beach, on Larder Lake.
The first gold brick was poured in Dec 1937.
There were 70 men employed at its peak.
The mine closed in August 1939; about $260,000.00 in gold was produced between 1937 and 1939.
Generations of Larder Lake kids jump off the rock cliff at the old mine location.

Omega Mine, McVittie Twp - 1940
This mine was the result of the amalgamation of 2 of old rivals,
the Canadian Associated Goldfields and the Crown Reserve.
The first gold brick was poured in March 1936.
The mine closed in May 1947.
Most of the equipment was removed by 1949.

First War Vets Parade Larder Lake, Granger Hotel - 1940.

Godfrey Street, Larder Lake, Looking South - 1940
(Note Wooden Sidewalks).

Godfrey Street, Larder Lake, Looking North - 1940

Larder Lake Looking South - 1942

Barney’s, Pommier Jewelers and the Moderne Shoppe, Godfrey St. - 1942

Beach Scene - 1945
L-R: Lee Johnston, Kay Clark, Eileen Hill, Leslie Pirie, Joan Atkinson, Mrs. Dorothy Seymour and Joan Wyse.

Theatre Building, Larder Lake, Corner Government Rd. and Godfrey St. -1946.

Snow Storm, 4th Ave., Larder Lake 1947.

Leaven Brothers Airport, Larder Lake - 1948
Located at the foot of 9th Ave., the airport opened in 1938 and closed in 1952.
Pilots were trained there in 1945 for private floatplane operations.
Charter work was their main source of income.
Founded in 1938, 60 pilots would be trained here who would later serve in the RCAF, WWII.
This is the site of the present day Marina.