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Edward Grafton Shannon fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1943.

Reference:

R1724-0-X-E, MG30-C45

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

104014

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Edward Grafton Shannon fonds
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Date(s):

1943.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

0.5 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of a typescript carbon, 20 March 1943, narrating a 1912 trip by dog team from Le Pas, Man., to Lac du Brochet, Sask., in the company of Mr. Simpson, a district manager of the Hudson's Bay Company. Also included is an account of the Arctic caribou.

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Shannon, Edward Grafton, b. 1871

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Shannon, Edward Grafton, b. 1871 : Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Grafton Shannon, public servant and banker, was born in 1871 at Halifax, N.S., and received his education in Halifax from Fort Massey Academy and Dalhousie University. He served with the Halifax Banking Company and the Canadian Bank of Commerce for many years, and was branch manager from 1905 until 1913. He had a military career which was distinguished by his rise of rank and his service medals, which included the Star, 1914-1915. He served his local community of London, Ont., through his involvement with such organizations as the Old Age Pension Board, Boy Scouts' Association, and London Male Choir.

See also: The Canadian Who's Who, 1938-1939.

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General note:

Received in 1960 from Mrs. J.O. McCutcheon, Lieutenant-Colonel Shannon's daughter, of London, Ont.
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Dogsledding - Canada, Western, 1912

Le Pas (Man.) - Description, 1912

Lac du Brochet (Sask.) - Description, 1912

Caribou - Arctic regions, 1912
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Private

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MG30-C45
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Volume [MG30 C 45] 1

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