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charlene · 07-15-2007, 06:48 AM

I've never heard that he worked the mines but the mining industry is a part of a few songs of his. CRT and Mother of Miners Child come to mind. There was a lot of mining (still is) being done in Ontario north about 500 miles of Toronto - gold/silver..Timmins, Sudbury, Sault Ste.Marie and north of Superior to Pickle Lake as well.
It was a large part of the Northern Ontario job market along with forestry and from the CBC show that was aired back in the late 60's I think Lightfoot seemed to be a concerned sort of person regarding the earth etc. and spoke about the highway being built at the cost of the land as it was widened north of Toronto. So I think he'd be pretty aware of the industries that came from the land that he loved in North Ontario.

07-15-2007, 06:48 AM	#3
charlene Moderator Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 16,001	I've never heard that he worked the mines but the mining industry is a part of a few songs of his. CRT and Mother of Miners Child come to mind. There was a lot of mining (still is) being done in Ontario north about 500 miles of Toronto - gold/silver..Timmins, Sudbury, Sault Ste.Marie and north of Superior to Pickle Lake as well. It was a large part of the Northern Ontario job market along with forestry and from the CBC show that was aired back in the late 60's I think Lightfoot seemed to be a concerned sort of person regarding the earth etc. and spoke about the highway being built at the cost of the land as it was widened north of Toronto. So I think he'd be pretty aware of the industries that came from the land that he loved in North Ontario.