Her love of Capreol’s rich history led to her involvement with volunteer efforts that eventually led to the birth of the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum & Heritage Centre
When a staff member at the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum & Heritage Centre learned the maker's plate for Engine 6077 was selling on the internet for more than $2,500, he called Capreol's foremost historian.Eileen Thompson explained that when Cody Cacciotti, who is now the museum board president, contacted her, they went to Prescott's Park to inspect the "Bullet-Nosed Betty" steam engine and discovered the maker's plate was indeed missing. It had been sawed off.
She has greeted many people at the railroad museum — folks with an interest in trains or with connections to Capreol come from all over the world — and answers questions about the town's history. Originally from Trout Creek, she became an active volunteer in her adopted community with Trinity United Church and the Women's Institute, and later the Capreol Heritage Committee, which became NORMHC in 1993.
"I became involved with the heritage committee in the 1980s and that is why the name includes heritage centre. I had already started a collection of photos, newspaper clippings, certificates, and anything pertaining to this town. In 1993, Thompson contributed much of the material for the community's 75th anniversary book, published by the Capreol Library board.Thousands of people came to Capreol's reunion, an event she worked on, but unfortunately spent most of it in the church basement visitor drop-in centre serving tea and coffee.
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