Red Lake

History

File:Red Lake Main Street 1936 (page 1 crop).jpg|alt=Picture of Downtown Red Lake in 1936|Red Lake downtown 1936. Red Lake Cafe( later Lakeview Bakery & Cafe), Mason-Goodison Block, McCuaig's Hotel & Red Lake Supply Store visible File:Aerial View Red Lake 1936.jpg|Aerial view Red Lake 1936. Log boom McDougall's Sawmill bottom right. File:Red Lake Post Office 1927 William Brown Post Master.jpg|Red Lake Post Office 1927 William Brown Postmaster & Justice of Peace According to archeological surveys in the area, it is proposed that First Nations people have inhabited the Red Lake area for 2,000 years. The first people to live on the land were members of the Sioux and Cree tribes. Ojibwe people began to inhabit the area approximately 200–300 years ago, effectively becoming the predominant people at the time. In 1790, the Hudson's Bay Company established a trading post at Red Lake as an outpost of Osnaburgh House. The post, also known as Lake Rouge, Red Paint Lake, or Asa-tena-a-sat, operated periodically until 1806. In 1815, it was reopened and became the seat of HBC's Red Lake District, but in 1822, it closed again. In 1897, the R.J. Gilbert expedition discovered gold and staked eight claims. These claims were surveyed by James Tyrrell, brother of Joseph Tyrrell, as well as a rock sample from an shaft assayed 0.6 ounces gold per ton. However, the remoteness of the site precluded further exploration until 1922. A report by Department of Mines geologist and former head of geology at Queen's University Dr. Everend Lester Bruce indicated gold-bearing quartz was to be found in the greenstone around the lake. Fred Carroll then staked what would become the Cochenour-Willans Mine, and Herbert Tyrell staked what would become McMarmac Mine to the north of the Cochenour…