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1879 British Columbia

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File

Date:

1879

Reference:

R214-3011-4-E, RG45, Box number: 05120/X2

Type of material:

Photographs

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5736080

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Natural Resources Canada fonds

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Geological Survey of Canada Photographs

1879 British Columbia
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Date(s):

1879

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 album (60 photographs) : albumen prints

Language of material:

English

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File consists of an album of photographs taken on George M. Dawson's 1879 expedition of the Geological Survey of Canada to western Canada. The expedition's purpose was to look for a route for the Canadian Pacific Railway, as well as coal. Photographs include prints from GSC negatives 304 to 357, which depict Indigenous people and surveyor's camps. Locations are from east British Columbia to central Alberta, including: MacLeod Lake, Pine River, Smokey River, Athabasca River, Assiniboine Valley, Fort MacLeod, Fort Saskatchewan, and Fort Ellice.

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Photographer: Dawson, George M., 1849-1901

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For other information related to this expedition please see also: field notebooks in RG45, Volume 134, Files 2806 (Reel C-4843), 2807 (with McConnell) (Reel C-4843), 2808 (Reel C-4843), 2809 (Reel C-4843), 2810 (Reel C-4843), 2811 (Reel C-4843) and 3045 (Reel C-4844), Finding Aid 45-6 ; GSC Annual Reports.

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Government

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RG45

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1970-088
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