Museum of Northern History

Mirrors of Stone delves into the many ethnic cultures that thrived in the mining areas of Northern Ontario from the 1920s to the 1960s. The stormy history of hardrock mining camps has never fit into the comfortable cliches by which Canada ?tells its story.? Angus unearths the dark sides of this history??the wild tales of bootleggers, mobsters, and prostitution rings? and in so doing opens up new ways of seeing Ontario?s history and culture.

Headframes dominate the landscape of mining communities in Northeastern Ontario and Northwestern Quebec. Distinctive structures built to house the apparatus at the head of the mine shaft, headframes tower above their surroundings, reminding every resident that without the mine, there would be no reason for their settlement to exist.