"REESOR SIDING INCIDENT 1963" - Reesor, Ontario
N 49° 34.319 W 083° 04.723
17U E 349711 N 5493119
A blue plaque next to a monument that recognizes a low moment in Ontario history.
Waymark Code: WMJV3T
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 01/01/2014
Views: 15
This is the site of one of the bloodiest clashes in Canadian labour history. In January 1963, a contract dispute led to a strike by members of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers' Union who cut pulpwood for the paper mill in Kapuskasing. They tried to shut down the mill by blockading pulpwood shipments from independent contractors. Just after midnight on February 11, over 400 strikers arrived at Reesor Siding to dump logs stockpiled by a local woodcutters' cooperative. as they approached the woodpiles, 20 armed woodcutters began shooting. Three of the strikers were killed, another eight wounded. The tragedy prompted the provincial government to intervene and settle the strike by arbitration.
Address or location of plaque: Highway 11 50 km west of Kapuskasing
Physical location of plaque: Other location
"Ontario Plaques" Website for this "Plaque": [Web Link]
Description of any physical remains at site of "Historical Plaque": a monument
This 'Plaque' describes: An 'Event'
Condition of sign: very good
Is this a bilingual sign?: Yes !
What is the second/third language?: French
A web-site for more details.: Not listed
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