Welcome to Chapleau, Ontario Canada

Chapleau's History

The earliest Europeans came for the Hudson Bay Company who established a fur trading post on Big Missinabi Lake in 1777, about 50 miles north of Chapleau.

In 1885 the Canadian Pacific Railway was built through the Chapleau area. The C.P.R. chose this spot as a division point and that is how the town got started.

Chapleau's population has dropped from about 5,000 in the 1950s to the present of 2,350.

Martin Payne's Scale Models from Chapleau's Past Dr. G.E. Young's photo album Dr. Young's Biography The Arthur J. Grout Collection The Vince Crichton Collection Wakami Days The John Futhey Collection Chapleau in the 1950s and early 1960s The George Collins Collection The Bill Pellow Collection P.O.W.s in Sultan during world war II	The Chapleau Museum's Collection of Historical Photos 1939 Chapleau Voters' List supplied by the Chapleau Museum 1949 Chapleau Voters' List supplied by the Chapleau Museum Snapshots of Chapleau's Past by George Evans The Train Wreck at Brunel Old-time photos of Chapleau supplied by various people. Marion C. Seeley's Photo Album depicting 1930s bush flying in Ontario with Canadian Airways Louis Hémon
Below are some interesting external links
History of the Corston Family 1901 Chapleau Census Data St. John's School in Chapleau