North Star (1984) Plumbing Heating Sheet Metal — Plumbing, HVAC & Sheet Metal in Kirkland Lake, ON — Legacy Since 1930
North Star (1984) Plumbing Heating Sheet Metal is a Kirkland Lake mechanical contractor whose service history in the community traces back to 1930 — when Fred Acton opened the original North Star Sheet Metal at 22 McCamus Avenue. In 1984, Leo Benoit and partners acquired the business, shifted its focus to residential and commercial plumbing and HVAC, and centralized operations within Kirkland Lake; the legal entity has carried the “(1984)” designation ever since. Today the shop is at 60 Prospect Avenue (Box 756), Kirkland Lake, ON P2N 3K1, phone 705-567-9236, and is owned by Kyle Sayer and David Benoit.
At 95+ years of continuous service to Kirkland Lake, North Star is this directory’s oldest continuously-operating firm — displacing Hoggarth Interiors (1944) in the same town and Pat Noble Lumber (1949) on Manitoulin Island.
Services
- Plumbing — residential and commercial installations, service, and repair
- Heating — furnace, boiler, in-floor, and mechanical systems
- Cooling — air-conditioning installation and service
- Refrigeration mechanical services
- Custom sheet metal fabrication — the shop’s original 1930 trade, still in-house
- Gas-tech services for fuel-burning equipment
- New-construction rough-in and service for residential and commercial builds
Service area
Kirkland Lake, Ontario and surrounding Timiskaming District — including Larder Lake, Swastika, Virginiatown, Englehart, and the Highway 11 corridor. The shop’s multigenerational Kirkland Lake presence makes it a natural first call for older central-Kirkland housing stock with legacy mechanical systems.
Why it’s on home.renovation.reviews
Mechanical trades are rare on this directory relative to GCs and envelope specialists, and a plumbing/HVAC/sheet-metal shop with 95+ years of continuous community presence, multiple generations of licensed tradespeople under one roof, and in-house sheet-metal fabrication is the kind of anchor that reasonably qualifies as a Kirkland Lake civic institution. North Star also opens the directory’s first full-scope plumbing + HVAC + sheet-metal anchor, joining earlier plumbing-only and HVAC-only listings (Ferguson Plumbing Heating & Electrical in Goderich; MCS Plumbing in Georgina) in a broader mechanical lane.
Related listings
- Hoggarth Interiors Ltd — Kirkland Lake decorating centre since 1944 — same-town long-tenure peer; directory’s second-oldest continuously-operating firm after North Star.
- Con-Pro Industries Canada Ltd — Kirkland Lake commercial / industrial / petroleum contractor since 1969 — same-town long-tenure peer.
- Ferguson Plumbing Heating & Electrical — Goderich 24/7 plumbing + HVAC + electrical — cross-region mechanical / plumbing peer (Huron County counterpart).
- MCS Plumbing — Georgina licensed plumbing + 24h emergency — cross-region plumbing peer.
- Pat Noble Lumber & Building Supplies Ltd — Manitoulin Island materials anchor since 1949 — directory’s third-oldest continuously-operating firm; natural historical pair with North Star’s 1930 origin and Hoggarth’s 1944 founding.
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