Carmen Storey
"The Lime Kiln"

The banner depicts the lime kiln on Hall Bay of Red Lake.  The kiln was built circa 1938 and produced lime on an experimental basis from rock quarried nearby.   The kiln has not been used since about 1940 and has slowly deteriorated over the years.  The image shows the kiln as seen from a boat just offshore.  The water is very shallow and rocks and logs are clearly visible.  On the land the site is becoming overgrown with deciduous and coniferous trees, the foreground is a grassy clearing leading back from the water to dense mass of small poplar and other shrubbery.  Mature trees mark the end of the cleared area behind the Kiln.  All the buildings and structures on the site except the kiln have collapsed and rotted away.

This is a unique structure that forms a significant part of our mining heritage.  The site is a peaceful quiet place to reflect on the varied and colorful history of this region.

I have been to this site many times and took the photograph that the banner was painted from in 2005.