The Black River Depot was located on a hillside overlooking Lake Travers (now called Lac Branssat) in Pontiac County, Quebec within timber limits that were owned by the McLachlin Brothers beginning around 1866. Charles Macnamara visited the depot multiple times from 1900-1904 and it is written about extensively in his manuscript, 'Life in the Lumber Camps of the McLachlin Brothers of Arnprior, Ontario.'
McLachlin Bros Black River Limit. Shows waggon road and land between Coulonge and Black rivers. Named lakes are Bryson, Traverse, Antoine, Lynch, Foran, Crooked, and Island. Corner says ""Williams 1937""
Photograph from "Life in the Lumbercamps of McLachlin Brothers Arnprior, Ontario" by Charles Macnamara. Photograph shows two lumberjacks at Black River.
Notes
Photocopies of original available in Reading Room.
A ginkgo tree. This tree was on the property of Neil Robertson – the farm at the end of the entry into town [across now from P.J.’s Restaurant.] The tree was 25 years old at this time.
Photograph from "Life in the Lumbercamps of McLachlin Brothers Arnprior, Ontario" by Charles Macnamara. Photograph shows Mr. McDonald's Shanty at Lake Traverse, Black River.
Notes
Photocopy of the original manuscript is available in the Reading Room.