Andy Thomson, Author: Pogamasing, The Story of a Northern Lake

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A history of Lake Pogamasing, in the Spanish River Provincial Park, in the Sudbury District of Northern Ontario: the role of Louis Espagnol (Espaniel), a chief of the Spanish River First Nation (Sagamok) and manager of the Hudson’s Bay Company post on Pog, the impact of the Canadian Pacific Railway on the fur trade north of Georgian Bay, the lumber operation of W. B. Plaunt during the Depression, opening of fishing camps and lodges after WW II and how the Budd car and dukws get us to our camps. Written by Andy Thomson