Lumber Baron’s House

The Lumber Baron’s House

The Lumber Baron’s House is located in Haileybury Ontario along the shores of beautiful Lake Temiskaming. The lumber industry started in mid 1800’s when J.R. Booth, one of the richest man in Canada had the logging rights all around the lake. This was before any pioneer settled in the area at the end of the century. The great white pines we’re harvested and squared in order to attach them together to float as rafts all the way to Quebec City to be shipped in London.

In 1903, while the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario railway was being built through Cobalt some of the richest silver mines in the world we’re discovered. News of the discovery spread like wild fires and thousand of people arrived to find prosperity.