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Mirrors
of Stone delves into the many ethnic cultures
that thrived in the mining areas of Northern
Ontario from the 1920s to the 1960s.
The stormy history of hardrock mining camps has
never fit into the comfortable clichés by
which Canada “tells its story.” Angus
unearths the dark sides of this history—the
wild tales of bootleggers, mobsters, and
prostitution rings—and in so doing opens up
new ways of seeing Ontario’s history and
culture.
This is Angus’ third work on the economic and
cultural history of Northern Ontario, and the
second collaboration between Angus and Louie Palu.
We Lived a Life and Then Some (BTL, 1996)
tells the marvelous story of Cobalt, Ontario, and
Industrial Cathedrals of the North (BTL,
1999) portrays in images and words the ghostly
mining structures now largely abandoned in the
north.
Charlie
Angus is the editor of HighGrader
magazine in Cobalt, Ontario. He also fronts the
folk-rock band Grievous Angels.
Louie Palu is an award-winning documentary
photographer and one of Canada's leading mining
photographers.
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