page_title: Charlton and Dack
section_title: Charlton-Englehart Electric Light & Power Company
hierarchical_section_title: Charlton and Dack / History / Charlton-Englehart Electric Light & Power Company
caption_attribution_description: Historic power house in Charlton (municipality Charlton and Dack), Ontario, Canada
context_page_description: Charlton and Dack is a municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Timiskaming District. Its population in 2016 was 686.
  The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 2003 by amalgamating the former village of Charlton with the former township of Dack.
  Charlton and Dack is a small community located in North Eastern Ontario along Highway #11. The Municipality is covered from one end to the other with rolling hills and thousands of trees. Only a thirty-minute drive to either Temiskaming Shores or Kirkland Lake this secluded municipality is close to major amenities. The Municipality is along the shoreline of Long Lake. The residents of Charlton and Dack enjoy a quiet, relaxed lifestyle that is based upon community and friendship.
  Hunters, anglers and families have come to the area for years. Charlton and Dack is home to Moose Haven Lodge, Rosepoint Lodge and Trailer Park, Timberline Lodge, Tamarac Lodge and Jamieson Cottages and Camping.
  In the winter, snowmobile trails are an attraction for locals and visitors. In addition, many enjoy ice fishing or cross-country skiing.
context_section_description: An immigrant from Syria, by the name of "Big Pete" Farah ended up in the New Liskeard area around 1900. He was an ambitious businessman, who did a lot for the area. He built the Canada Hotel, made claims to minerals in Cobalt and grew to be a very rich man. He supplied New Liskeard with their first hydro site, what is today called Pete's Dam. It was not long before "Big Pete" came to Charlton and bought Stephen Ryan's water powered sawmill, including its power reserve at the falls.  A few years later he sold all of his equipment and converted his business into a hydro company. He literally lit Charlton up with this conversion and by 1911, hydro was reaching as far as Englehart. He made plans to build an even bigger powerhouse, which he completed in 1914. A power line to the Tough-Oakes Mine in Kirkland Lake from Charlton carried 33,000 volts on a 26-mile (42 km) transmission line. In 1917, Farah sold his powerhouse to the Northern Ontario Light & Power Company.
caption: The Charlton Power House was built in 1914 and provided hydro-electric power to Charlton and Englehart. It was the one of the buildings in Charlton to survive the Great Fire of 1922 along with the station masters house, sheltering many persons during that event. From 1944 to 1963 it was used as a gristmill.
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