The Blind River Rotary Club is planning on a $4,000 project involving the creation of interpretive panels at the Timber Village Museum.
Councillor Steven Wells said the panels will depict historic events such as the fur trade and lumbering in Blind River and area. Council approved the plan at its meeting Monday evening.
The museum underwent a revamping of its heritage displays in 2017. The work involved the heritage gallery and was aimed at reworking exhibits to better tell Blind River’s history.
Council received a report about the plan from the museum’s manager/curator at its meetings.
The report stated the Rotary Club plan is to create and install 15 interpretive panels with themes and topics on pre-fur trade history, fur trade, natural history, seasonal logging practices, logging camp life, McFadden Mill, transportation, the Mississagi forest fire, railway, entertainment, pioneer lifestyle and agriculture, medical services, downtown merchants, policing and mining.
Work between museum staff and Rotary representatives will determine topics for display. That work will include written information on the topics. The report said the museum will also work closely with representatives of Mississauga First Nation to ensure information on native life appearing on the panels is accurate.
The club is applying for a Rotary District grant for the funding dedicated to the museum project. The application is due by mid-October to the Rotary Foundation.
The panels are expected to be printed in December next year and hung at the museum in February 2020, Mayor Sue Jensen said.