vtownhistory.org : LOCAL HISTORY KEARNS & VIRGINIATOWN, ONTARIO
Virginiatown Ontario : Capitol Hotel, 1953
Thanks to
for this photo.
He says: " The picture was taken at the entrance to the Capitol Hotel in Virginiatown. The building was situated on Connell Ave.
It was a boarding house with bedrooms upstairs and a large dining room and kitchen on the main floor.
It was occupied by single men working at the Kerr Addison Mine. "
Far left is Matt's mother, Ella Reimer; seated next right in the white shirt is Lembit Soon, seated next right is Matt Reimer; standing behind Matt is his sister "Blossom";
standing next right are the Soon's -- Henry and Anna; standing next to Matt's sister is August Molder.
Matt says: " We all came to Canada two years earlier on the same converted freighter along with about 150 others
to work in Northern Ontario. "