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[Lower Fort Garry, Man.] [graphic material] / Designed by Rolf Harder

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Item (Accession level)

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Accession number: 1990-033, 1990-033 CPA

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2254550

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Canada Post Corporation philatelic collection

[Lower Fort Garry, Man.]
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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 watercolour : approved model, gouache on paper ; 154 x 308 mm
41Support 18.1 x 33.6 cm

Language of material:

English

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General note:

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Lower Fort Garry was built in 1830 by the Hudson's Bay Company on the western bank of the Red River, 32 km (20 mi) north of the original Fort Garry (often called Upper Fort Garry). The upper fort is now in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Lower Fort Garry site was chosen because of its high ground and location below the St. Andrew's Rapids, eliminating the need for a portage of heavy fur packs and York boats.
The Lower Fort's main purpose was to supply the Red River settlement and the surrounding Anishinaabe, Cree, Métis, and European (mostly Orkney Scot) populations. The fort traded manufactured goods to the farmers and hunters for food that would provision the Company's northern treks. In 1870, when the Red River Rebellion (Red River Resistance) broke out, Louis Riel occupied Upper Fort Garry, and the Québec Rifles took the lower fort. On August 3, 1871, Treaty No. 1 was signed between the federal government and seven chiefs of the Ojibway (Saulteaux) and Swampy Cree First Nations at Lower Fort Garry.

Source of title:

issued stamp

Physical description note:

Paper laid onto illustration board, Black paper overlay hinged with glue to illustration board. Acetate overlay hinged with scotch tape to illustration board. Size when overlaid and mounted: 25.6 x 38.3 cm. Register lines on small pieces of acetate, laid onto acetate overlay and illustration board. Acetate overlay shows lines of design, but not typographic layout.

Philatelic note:

Design

Physical medium:

Support 18.1 x 33.6 cm

Link to related resource:

Stamp creator(s) http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=&s2=&s3=(30.ISN.)&l=20&Sect4=AND&Sect1=IMAGE&Sect2=THESOFF&Sect5=BIPHPEN&Sect6=HITOFF&d=BIPH&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02015502_e.html&r=1&f=G
Stamp information: http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=(001050.A050.)&l=20&d=POST&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02011702_e.html&r=1&f=G&Sect1=STMP

Source:

Government

Related control no.:

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1990-033 DAP
90-002

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1990-033
1990-033 CPA
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Item no. assigned by LAC [1990-033 1050]

[Consultation 90 Open]

2000875143 Item no. assigned by LAC 6

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada; Copyright: Canada Post Corporation

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