La Loche 1958 Robbie Fontaine's House
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| "La Loche Road Project 1958. Hauling the Bombardier motor south for repair." (photo by Don Neely submitted by Craig Neely). |
La Loche 1958 -- William Boucher and his dog team in the foreground in front of the Robbie Fontaine house . Robbie Fontaine may be the man in the red-black shirt. The house would have been where the GDI building is now located. The dog team is on what is now La Loche Avenue. The dog teams are going to a bombardier (snow-bug) that broke down during the building of the La Loche to Buffalo Narrows road with tools and a passenger who might be Conservation Officer Harold Thompson'
About thirty men from La Loche helped in the project. Mathias Herman, Pierre Gun Janvier and Michel Montgrand helped as guides along the way, Martial Montgrand and Sammy Herman did a very good job of cooking for the men. The snow bug which carried the men to and from work was driven by Norman Tinker of Buffalo Narrows. Other men helping in the work were Robbie Fontaine, Jules Montgrand, Pierre Marie Sylvestre and many others too numerous to list here. The men worked very hard and can be proud of the road they made. It is hoped that some day it will be cleared all the way to Buffalo Narrows and built better so that cars and trucks will be able to drive all the way to La Loche. (The Great Portage -- 1958 -- La Loche newsletter for Jan.- Feb.- Mar, page 4 -- (author Don Neely) (text may have been slightly altered from the original (corrected spelling)) http://
The building is Robbie Fontaine's house which was located across the "street" (now La Loche Avenue) from the DNR compound.; The old RCMP detachment was built at that location which is now the Gabriel Dumont Institute (GDI).
About thirty men from La Loche helped in the project. Mathias Herman, Pierre Gun Janvier and Michel Montgrand helped as guides along the way, Martial Montgrand and Sammy Herman did a very good job of cooking for the men. The snow bug which carried the men to and from work was driven by Norman Tinker of Buffalo Narrows. Other men helping in the work were Robbie Fontaine, Jules Montgrand, Pierre Marie Sylvestre and many others too numerous to list here. The men worked very hard and can be proud of the road they made. It is hoped that some day it will be cleared all the way to Buffalo Narrows and built better so that cars and trucks will be able to drive all the way to La Loche. (The Great Portage -- 1958 -- La Loche newsletter for Jan.- Feb.- Mar, page 4 -- (author Don Neely) (text may have been slightly altered from the original (corrected spelling)) http://
The building is Robbie Fontaine's house which was located across the "street" (now La Loche Avenue) from the DNR compound.; The old RCMP detachment was built at that location which is now the Gabriel Dumont Institute (GDI).
