ON0090 LARDER CITY - COLLINGWOOD HOTEL

Unposted, this is one in a set of 5 postcards from "Larder City: New Ontario", now Larder Lake, ON. The only card dated was July, 1907. (The uncommon Aristo stamp box on these cards is known to have been in use between 1906 and 1913.)

A large group of men assembled in front of the Collingwood Hotel, McLaughlin & Guilfoyle General Merchants, and Canada Mines Limited buildings. Possible that the fellow in white at the hotel door is the proprietor? (Don't miss the gent leaning out of the second floor window.)

Larder Lake is in the Timiskaming District of Ontario, about 40 km north of Cobalt. Traces of gold were discovered at the northern end of Larder Lake in 1906. By 1907, 40 mining companies had started up in the area and three thousand men headed there looking for work. A large mining camp was established and euphemistically named “Larder City”. Sadly, no significant gold was discovered and most of the works and the town were abandoned by 1911. Oddly enough, in 1936, further exploration led to the discovery of a large gold deposit on Larder Lake, several successful mines were established, and over time, 13 million ounces of gold were produced in the area.