Gallery
The work
and the members.
Sheet metal fabrication, HVAC, architectural cladding, welding and roofing built by Local 397 members across Northwestern Ontario — from mining and pulp & paper sites to courthouses and community facilities. We’re gathering member and jobsite photography — check back as the gallery fills in.
Notable projects
Work members are proud of.
A few of the jobs Local 397 members have put their hands to across Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario.
Fort Frances · ~20 members
New Gold — Rainy River
New Gold's mine outside Fort Frances ramped up, with around 20 Local 397 members anticipated on the project.
Industrial fabrication
Resolute Forest Products — new generation plant
Local 397 members fabricated work for Resolute Forest Products' new generation plant, including a 65-inch elbow.
2009 · 4 months
Fort Frances Youth Justice Facility
Members worked four months on the 2009 remodel of the Fort Frances Youth Justice facility, getting the centre ready for the fall.
6 months · 20+ members
Factory Tubing & Roof
Members fabricated all of the tubing and roofing for a Thunder Bay factory — a six-month job with over twenty members, and some of the best sheet metal work Thunder Bay has seen.
Institutional
Thunder Bay Court House
Members were proud to take part in building Thunder Bay's new courthouse — once complete, one of the city's most admirable buildings in both architecture and scale.
Have photos?
Members — send us your jobsite shots.
Got a great photo of a shop fab, a tricky duct run, a clean cladding job, a flat-roofing crew or the team on a resource site? We’d love to feature it. Local 397 members also compete at Skills Canada Ontario, and we keep our competition galleries up to date. The images above are placeholders until member photography lands.
Send photos to the hall