• Stan's Monarchs Softball, about 1949-51. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. Women's softball team sponsored by Stan Scales, owner of Stan's Taxi. Exact year is unknown. Surnames: Carpenter, Carragher, Chomyshyn, Curry, Davidson, Icton, McIntyre, Phillips, Scales, Smith.
• Possibly the Steep Rockettes, 1949 or 1950. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this colour photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. Eight players plus coaches Jim Magee & unknown, in a photo taken at Steep Rock. One player and one coach are unidentified. Surnames and maiden names so far: Baron, Beaver, Boyd, Davies, Gauthier, Habinski, Hall, Hogan, King, Moore, Rush.
• Macmen Softball Team, 1951. Thanks to Susan Bryk for this clipping from the Atikokan Progress. The photo was submitted to the Progress by Vi. Eyton. Surnames: Broski, Carpenter, Chomyshyn, Hamilton, Hebditch, Klepak, Larson, Maki, McIntyre, Nixon, Oliver, Savage, Spence, Sponarski, Stus.
• Macmen Fastball Team (Nationals), 1951 Photo showing 11 players. Surnames: Carpenter, Chomyshyn, Cooper, Hamilton, Kutzy, Larson, McIntyre, Oliver, Stus, Webster.
• Wire Benders Baseball Team, 1952. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. Surnames: Carleton, Hamilton, Hudey, Lazurko, Lewicki, Mathison, Moffatt, Murphy, Peach, Peacosh, Pyper, Tait.
• Bay Flyers Ladies Softball, 1954. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. Thirteen players plus coach Jerry Tait. Everyone is identified. Surnames: Cameron, Dupas, Georgeson, Gordon, Hanna, Keller, Kostachuk, Pinette, Rempel, Tait, Tremblay, Van Dillon.
• 1954 Loons. Thanks to Ken Cox for this group photo of 13 players plus bat-boy. Surnames: Bodnar, Boileau, Cook, Cox, Danylchuk, Geurts, Girard, Glowa, McLeod, Rousseau, Ursel.
• Presentation of Jackets to the Loons, 1954. Thanks to Ken Cox for this photo. Surnames so far: Baker, Bodnar, Cox, Geurts, Glowa, Rousseau.
• Bay Flyers Ladies Softball, 1955. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. Nine players plus coach Malcolm McNeil. All but one are identified. Player surnames so far: Carpenter, Cenerini, Deitner, Goode, McIntyre, Patterson, Rempel, Stus, Tremblay.
• Knights of Columbus Little League, 1955. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. Photo shows 18 players plus two coaches, Bob Cox, Sr. & Fern Fortin. Players' surnames: Ayers, Benedict, Beyak, Childerhouse, Cox, Fortin, Gaborieau, Hallick, Jensen, Lawrence, Peacosh, Reid, Rostie, Swanson, Thornsteinson.
• Ladies Softball Team, mid-1950's. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. Nine players plus coaches Jerry Tait & Ken Moffatt. All but one are identified. Player surnames so far: Beyak, Cenerini, Gauthier, Gienow, Gordon, Habinski, Rempel, Tremblay.
• Legion Ladies Softball Team, 1950's? Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. Eleven players plus coach Joe Alexa. Several are unidentified or uncertain. Player surnames so far: Alexa, Broski, Campbell, Davidson, Fairbairn, Garrioch, Lesack, Phillips, Russell, Strachan.
• Indians Men's Baseball Team, late 1950's. Exact year is unknown, but must be 1956 or later. Thanks to Connie Odo Howie for posting this on Facebook. Three players are unidentified – can you name them? Surnames so far: Bailey, Bodnar, Broski, Habinski, Good, Koroscil, Odo, Murphy, Skogberg, Walberg.
• 1959 Braves (Hardball). Group photo of 13 players plus coach Hino Pringnitz. Two players have faces hidden. Surnames identified: Ash, Barker, Bastedo, Faykes, Leif, Lesack, Malito, Pringnitz, Russell, Strand, Summers.
• 1959 Cowboys (Liniment League). Team group photo. Surnames: Abstreiter, Benjamin, Bombay, Carruthers, Coulombe, Hyatt, Loughery, Marchuk, McMillen, Moore, Rookes, Thompson, Witherspoon.
• 1959 Dodgers (Hardball). Group photo of 13 players plus two coaches. Two players have faces hidden and two players and a coach are unidentified. Surnames identified: Alexa, Blair, Crawford, Leland, Lesack, Lusignan, Nault, O'Flaherty, Sicinski, Sutton.
• 1959? Loons. Team group photo. Date is somewhere between 1958-61. Surnames: Bodnar, Cox, Fitzgerald, Glowa, Gushulak, Hadley, Mathison, McAuley, Peacosh, Riddell, Tribe, Zajac.
• 1959 Mathieus. Team group photo. Surnames: Bodnar, Broski, Fay, Girard, Gushulak, Hamilton, Mathison, McMullen, Rousseau, Skogberg, Tait, Teschke, Walberg, Whitman, Wynne.
• 1959 Red Sox (Hardball). Group photo of 13 players plus coach Stan Kozachenko. Players' Surnames: Bryk, Calder, Campbell, Davidson, Douglas, Duhamel, Ekstrom, Gavin, Graham, Love, McLean, Miller, Thornsteinson.
• 1959 Smoke Eaters (Liniment League). Team group photo. All but one are identified. Surnames so far: Cain, English, Labossiere, Marr, O'Donnell, O'Neill, Sirett, Waldie, Waren or Warren, Young.
• 1959 Yankees (Hardball). Thanks to Myra (Wiebe) Baloun for this team group photo with coaches Bob Cox, Sr. and Carl Ringius. One player unidentified. Surnames so far: Baechler, Barnhart, Connolly, Cox, Griffiths, Gushulak, Kopechanski, Munn, Nault, Rahal, Ringius, Wiebe.
• July 1959 : Sports Photos from the Steep Rock Echo. Thirteen photos, mostly of local baseball teams. Surnames include: Albrecht, Allan, Bainbridge, Beyak, Bottenfield, Brown, Bruce, Cain, Cairnes, Campbell, Carleton, Carpenter, Chambers, Chubey, Clement, Cooper, Devisscher, Donaldson, Dunn, Fay, Flatt, Gabbs, Garrioch, Girard, Goodfellow, Hamilton, Hudey, Huntley, Ibey, Kolton, Koroscil, Legros, Lewicki, MacDonald, Maki, Markle, Munn, Ostrum, Pare, Polischuk, Pringnitz, Pyper, Ripplinger, Rosnow, Rousseau, Rundle, Slater, Teschke, Thompson, Timmons, Walker, Whitman, Youd.
• Home Plate at the Ballpark, 1962. Thanks to Susan Bryk for this clipping from an early Atikokan Progress, showing Bill Hrychuk, Gerry Tait & Art Teschke at home plate at the White Street ball park.
• Legion Lumberettes, 1960's. Thanks to Susan Bryk and Nancy Zabirka for this team photo. Surnames: Brown, Mullner, Shannon, Vinkle, Zabirka.
• Rockton Jets, Fastball Team, 1973. Thanks to Susan Bryk and Rod Blahy for this photo of the team with their sponsor, Mr. Sam Blahy. One player is unidentified. Surnames: Brown, Campbell, Czapla, Griffiths, Johnson, Kennedy, Laquerre, Main, McCallum, O'Neill, Ogden, Olchowecki.
• Rockton Smokies, Fastball Team, 1976. Thanks to Susan Bryk and Rod Blahy for this photo of the team with their sponsor, Mr. Sam Blahy. Surnames: Bingham, Bragg, Brown, Bryk, Lind, McLeod, Ogden, Olchowecki, Russell, Urbanowicz.
• Ladies' Fastball Association Reunion, 2017. Thanks to Susan Bryk for these five photos taken at the reunion, held the weekend of August 4-6, 2017. Surnames (includes married names): Abate, Abbott, Anderson, Angus, Armstrong, Bang, Barnard, Barr, Blacksher, Bourque, Broski, Bryk, Calder, Carpenter, Carragher, Cenerini, Chumway, Clare, Coulson, Cox, Cunningham, DeGagne, Demuriak, Desrochers, Dolph, Douglass, Dunnigan, Ewald, Fairbairn, Ferguson, Fredrickson, Garrioch, George, Hannon, Higgelke, Hill, Jewell, Johnson, Kaus, Kempf, Kitzul, Kolton, Kora, Kowal, Kutzy, Labossiere, Lemieux, MacIver, Marchuk, McIntyre, McMahon, McRitchie-Alexiuk, Meany, Mercer, Mitchell, Mosbeck, Munro, Muzyka, Neely, Olson, Parker, Patterson, Pettypiece, Poirier, Reid, Rheault, Risi, Robertson, Russell, Schmautz, Shakespeare, Smitsnuk, Snider, Starr, Stevenson, Stinson, Strachan, Stus, Thompson, Tribe, Warren, Wensley, Wilson, Zachariah.

• Boys' Football Team, about 1956. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. This might be a school football team but there is no information with the photo. It shows eight players plus coach, Frank Markovich. Surnames: Carriere, Girard, McCarthy, McKay, McRorie, O'Donnell, Rolling, Sheehan.

• Maple Leafs Hockey Team, 1950-51. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. The photo shows 8 midget or junior midget players, one of which is unidentified. Surnames: Bennet, Crookes, Haig, Landry, Magee, Reid, Slewidge.
• Hockey League, 1950-51. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. Along with league president Jim Magee, coach Stillman (Ken) Kennedy and recreation director Ted Hebditch, the photo shows 29 junior players, all identified. Surnames: Bain, Bennet, Bone, Cox, Crookes, Cullen, Dixon, Eyton, Fay, Fitzgerald, Fotheringham, Girard, Haig, Hancock, Kennedy, Landry, Leeson, Magee, McCarthy, McRorie, Nelson, Redshaw, Reid, Sheehan, Slewidge, Werner.
• Atikokan Allstar Bantam Flyers, 1952. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. This photo of 15 players and four coaches was taken in the Fort Frances arena. They tied and lost games so were out of the competition. Surnames: Benedict, Coolidge, Dickison, Fay, Fitzgerald, Fraser, Girard, Hancock, Kennedy, Magee, McCarthy, McIntosh, McRorie, Munn, Poppe, Rollin, Sheehan.
• Legion Intermediate Hockey Team, 1952. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. This photo of 15 players and two coaches was taken in the Fort Frances arena. They played and won three games against the Fort Frances Mandos, March 1952. Surnames: Bombay, Carpenter, Carr, Chomyshyn, Dumonski, Hanson, Hill, Larson, McDougall, McIntosh, McIntyre, McKay, Melnyk, Rolling, Stus, Warren.
• Legion Intermediate Champions, 1952-53. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. This photo is of 15 players and two coaches. Surnames: Bates, Bodnar, Bone, Carpenter, Chomyshyn, Demeriak, Hancharek, Henderson, MacPherson, McIntosh, McIntyre, Moffatt, Osborne, Rolling, Rousseau, Stacknik, Tribe.
• Atikokan Midget Monarchs, 1952. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. This photo is of 14 players plus their coach, Cliff McIntosh. Surnames: Barnhart, Bone, Beggs, Cenerini, Draper, Ek, Fraser, Jameus, Lewicki, McIntosh, Melong, Milwater, Pressey, Sheehan.
• McLeod Construction Boys' Hockey, about 1955. Thanks to Shirley Alexa for posting this photo on Facebook. Shown are 12 players; all but one are identified. Surnames: Alexa, Bryk, Connolly, Gabbs, Girard, Kurki, O'Neil, Pearson, Sicinsk, Waldie, Zuefle.
• Allstar Hockey Team, about 1956. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. The photo shows 11 players plus coach, Bill Polischuk. Teams represented are: Crees, Monarchs & Reid's Rockets (two players have no insignia). Two players are unidentified. Surnames: Carlson, Fay, Kervin, McCauley, McKay, Nelson, Sheehan, Stertz, Werner.
• Boys' Hockey Team, about 1956. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. There is no team name on the uniforms. The photo shows 12 players plus coach, Don Henderson. One player is unidentified. Surnames so far: Berry, Childerhose, Croswell, Gabbs, Gaborieau, Hamel, Mullner, Phair, Swanson, Young, Zack.
• Crees Hockey Team, about 1956. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. The photo shows 13 players plus coach, Doug Baxter. Surnames: Cain, Cenerini, Fay, Fitzgerald, Haarala, Kennedy, Lambert, Lister, Moen, Pyper, Reid, Sheehan, Waranuk.
• Monarchs Hockey Team, about 1956. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. The photo shows 11 players plus coach, Ed Lafontaine. Four players are unidentified. Surnames so far: Benedict, Georgeson, Hogan, Provost, Pyper, Reid, Werner.
• Powell Cats at hockey practice, about 1956. Thanks to Alain Jeansonne for this photo which was taken at the Dunbar Heights rink. Fern Fortin was the coach. All players are identified. Surnames: Bannister, Beyak, Fortin, Girard, Goodfellow, Hamel, Jeansonne, Jenson, Rolling, Rostie, Sutton, Swanson, Thorsteinson.
• Sioux Hockey Team, about 1956. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. The photo shows 11 players plus coach, Sam Arbuckle. Surnames: Bates, Benedict, Coulombe, Cox, Girard, Lambert, Mathison, McLeod, Munn, Nelson, O'Donnell.
• Caland Comets, late 1950's. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. The photo shows 12 players, all identified. Surnames: Beyak, Bottenfield, Gaborieau, Haarala, Mason, McIntosh, McLeod, Mullner, Perron, Russell, Vinkle, Youn.
• Iron City Cleaners & Flyers Allstars(?), late 1950's. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. The photo shows 9 players. Surnames: Beyak, Bird, Bunt, Georgeson, Lemay, McLeod, McRorie, Provost, Thorson.
• Hockey Team, about 1959. Thanks to Susan Bryk for scanning this photo from the collection of the Atikokan Centennial Museum. The photo shows 9 players plus coach Don Mathison. No team name on their sweaters. Surnames: Bryk, Campbell, Cox, Girard, Knutsen, Kopechanski, Shields, Swanson, Wenstrom.
• Aurora's Boys' Hockey, 1961. Thanks to Maurice Porcheron for this photo of 18 players plus unidentified coach. Photo was taken at the Dunbar Heights rink. Only three players are identified so far: Larry Ogden, Maurice Porcheron & Bruce Wenstrom.
• ARPC Hockey Team, about 1961. Thanks to Myra (Wiebe) Baloun for this photo of 10 players and two coaches – Herb Summers and Garnet Hunter. Player surnames: Kopechanski, Rahal, Ringius, Sicinski, Stewart, Strand, Summers, Swanson, Thorsteinson, Wiebe.
• Lions Hockey Team, 1970-71. Shown are 15 players plus Lions representative Mr. Wally Hannon. Surnames: Campbell, Carlson, Clarke, Clement, Gagne, Groulx, Kolton, McRae, Meany, Pochailo, Robertson, Sampson, Warren.
• Lions Bantam B Playoff Champs, 1970-71. Thanks to John Stewart for this photo of 13 players plus coach Mr. Al Earis. Surnames: Busch, Curtis, Danco, Earis, Fraser, Gadd, Geurts, Meilleur, Miller, Olson, Simmons, Stewart, Venn.
• Lions Hockey Team, 1972-73. Thanks to Pat Ribotto for this photo of 15 players plus their coach, Mr. Chris Thorp. Surnames: Botel, Carlson, Cryderman, Doumani, Ferraro, Gagne, Kolton, Miller, Milley, Olson, Ribotto, Sequin, Towle, Woods, Zygmont.
• Blackwood Hodge Hockey Team, 1973-74 Thanks to Susan Bryk and Ed Huber for this photo of seven players plus their coach, Mr. Leon Gagne. Four are unidentified. Surnames so far: Gagne, Huber, Milley.
• Kiwanis Boys' Hockey, mid-1970's. Thanks to David Busch for posting this photo on Facebook and to Nancy Moffatt Myers and Susan Bryk for the names. Shown are 14 players plus the two coaches, Jerry Duhamel and Bruce Hadley. Players' surnames: Busch, Cox, Desaulniers, Drewek, Garrioch, Hadley, Hickerson, Hummel, MacIver, Mrakic, Ribey, Thorp, Veran.

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