Industrial Cathedrals of the North

Headframes dominate the landscape of mining communities in Northeastern Ontario and Northwestern Quebec. Distinctive structures built to house the apparatus at the head of the mine shaft, headframes tower above their surroundings, reminding every resident that without the mine, there would be no reason for their settlement to exist.
For the past several years, photographer Louie Palu and writer Charlie Angus have been documenting historic mining sites in the north. Many of these have since been erased from the landscape.
Co-produced with Prise de parole.

Charlie Angus has served as the NDP Member of Parliament for Timmins-James Bay since June 2004, and the co-author (with Brit Griffin) of "We Lived a Life and Then Some."
Louie Palu is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in numerous books, magazines, catalogues, festivals and exhibitions.