Cameron Falls
Cameron Falls is a waterfall and former Ontario Hydro construction camp on the Nipigon River, about a mile and a half from the Canadian National main line.[1]
In spring 1920 the camp housed about 1,200 workers in bunkhouses and dining halls, with a temporary powerhouse, hospital, commissary and a recreation hall called Monte Carlo.[2] The company at first discouraged families but built a few houses, then a dozen more; by mid-1920 there were 32 women in camp and a one-room school was built at the urging of superintendent Major Frank Lynn.[3] Eva Beckett and her husband Russell lived there from April 1920.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eva Beckett, "A Bride Goes to Cameron Falls", Papers and Records, vol. III (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 1975), p. 1. Archived: datum.locker.
- ↑ Eva Beckett, "A Bride Goes to Cameron Falls", Papers and Records, vol. III (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 1975), p. 2. Archived: datum.locker.
- ↑ Eva Beckett, "A Bride Goes to Cameron Falls", Papers and Records, vol. III (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 1975), pp. 2–4. Archived: datum.locker.