Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society, 1923

Papers of the Thunder Bay Historical Society, 1923 is the fourteenth annual report of the Thunder Bay Historical Society, covering the society's year 1922–23 and listing its officers for 1923–24. Besides the officers' reports it holds two mining reports by Peter McKellar from the 1870s, a history of the steamer Rescue and a chapter from Henry Youle Hind's account of his 1857 expedition.

Contents

Pages	Item	Author
2	Officers, 1923–24	—
3	Secretary-Treasurer's Report and Financial Statement	M. J. L. Black
4–5	The Little Pic Silver Mine	Peter McKellar
6–10	The Little Pic Copper Mine	Peter McKellar
11–14	The Steamer "Rescue", a Pioneer in Great Lakes Shipping	Capt. James McCannel
15–20	Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857	Henry Youle Hind

Officers for 1923–24

• Honorary presidents: Hon. Sir George E. Foster and Peter McKellar, F.R.G.S.
• Honorary patron and patroness: N. M. W. J. McKenzie and Mrs. N. M. W. J. McKenzie
• President: John King
• Vice-president: Mrs. Peter McKellar
• Secretary-treasurer: Miss M. J. L. Black
• Committee: Captain McCannel, Mrs. G. A. Graham, Mrs. J. M. Sherk, C. W. Jarvis, Major W. J. Hamilton, F. C. Perry and Alex McNaughton
• Auditors: Mrs. C. W. Jarvis and Miss Pamphylon

Secretary-Treasurer's Report

Miss Black reported four regular meetings, all at the president's home. McKellar read "The Little Pic Silver Mine" on 27 October, continuing it on 29 December. On 9 July 1923 Captain McCannel spoke on shipping on the Great Lakes, a paper he asked not to have printed until the next year. On 29 September Alex McNaughton supplied a chapter of Professor Hind's work on the Kaministiquia valley in 1857, and McCannel sent a reading from the log of the Rescue on her first Lake Superior trip in 1858. Paid-up membership was 13. The society mourned Mrs. F. C. Perry, a charter member. McCannel gave it photographs of four of the earliest boats on the Thunder Bay run: the Algoma, the Ploughboy, the Waubuno and the Cumberland.

Financial Statement

From a $5.00 bank balance on 1 October 1922 plus the $100 government grant and $11.00 in fees, receipts totalled $116.00. The fee payers were Mr. J. M. Sherk, Mr. Fred Fregeau, Miss Robin, Captain McCannell, and Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis, Graham, King and McKellar, plus Miss Black. The society paid $5 to affiliate with the Canadian Historical Association and spent money on printing the annual (the printing figure is not legible in the scan), leaving $58.75 in the bank on 1 October 1923.

Papers

• The Little Pic Silver Mine, by Peter McKellar: his 1875 report to Hon. William Cayley and associates on a summer's work on the silver lode at Little Pic.
• The Little Pic Copper Mine, by Peter McKellar: a companion report on the copper lode and a plan for a mill.
• The Steamer Rescue, by Captain McCannel: the first steamer to carry mail from Collingwood to Fort William, with a log of her 1858 trip and an interview with Captain Dick.
• Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857, by Henry Youle Hind: his chapter on the Kaministiquia route, Fort William and the Mission, copied for the society by McNaughton.