The Algoma Commercial Company Limited attempted to develop a community at Searchmont as an incentive to settlers. They hoped to induce newcomers to relocate along the Algoma Central Railway in accordance with their agreement with the provincial government. Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Museum.

Edward Stewart, one of the partners in the International Lumber Company, built this home on Upton Road. Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Museum.

The International Hotel, which was owned by the Algoma Commercial Company, stood at the corner of Queen and Bruce Streets until it was destroyed by a fire in 1917. Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Public Library.

Logs piled along the shore of the Goulais River.
Photograph: Sault Ste. Marie Museum.