Postcard Quebec TEMISKAMING MILL SITE Vintage 1919 OLD

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Postcard - Temiskaming, Quebec, Canada - Mill Site - Vintage 1919 - Real Black & White Photo - Used Vintage, real black & white photo postcard entitled, "Mill Site, Temiskaming, Quebec (Canada)." Postmarked June 16th 1919 from Temiskaming ( spelled "Timiskaming" on the cancel), Quebec, Canada and sent to an addressee in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada. The town and lake have had several different spellings! Temiskaming (also: Temiscaming) is a town located at the south end of Lake Temiscamingue on the upper Ottawa River in western Quebec. Established in 1917, by the Riordon Pulp & Paper Company, who built the Kipawa Mills, the town was originally named Kipawa. In 1921, it was renamed and the mill was bought by the Canadian Paper Company in 1925. In 1972, the company closed the mill and employees formed Tembec to take over the mill's operation. Classic North American postcard; great collectible with potential for appreciation .