OHP - "KAGAWONG MILL -1925-"
Posted by: 
bwmick
N 45° 54.559 W 082° 15.456
17T E 402462 N 5084740
A spot near a very nice beach and a very good chocolate shop.
Waymark Code: WMKKT
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 08/09/2006
Views: 41
A brief history of a big piece of Manitoulin history.
This building is a monument to two major Ontario resource industries. Built to process local spruce into pulp, it diverted water-power from the Kagawong River to drive its heavy machinery. Wet pulp was baled and shipped to Michigan to make Sears-Roebuck catalogues. The pulp mill closed with the onset of the Depression, but re-opened in 1932 as a hydro-electric plant. Until 1949 it was the sole source of electric power for Manitoulin Island. Ontario Hydro operated the plant from 1946 until an increasing supply of electricity from the mainland led to its closing in 1961. Thirty years later, local volunteers restored the building for community use.
Address or location of plaque: turn right off Labarre road past the chocolate shop
Physical location of plaque: Village
"Ontario Plaques" Website for this "Plaque": [Web Link]
Description of any physical remains at site of "Historical Plaque": Building that housed the mill and hydro generating sation as well as some of the generating equipment is on display.
This 'Plaque' describes: A 'Structure'
Condition of sign: very good
Is this a bilingual sign?: No !
A web-site for more details.: Not listed
What is the second/third language?: Not listed
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