Photo was taken on the townsite here [Fort Walsh] about 100 yards north of the Fort while the latter was still occupied by the Force in 1878. The buildings in the foreground are the warehouse, store, and living quarters of the trading firm T.C. Power and Brother of Fort Benton, Montana. The manager…
Compiled by Inspector I.C. Shank. Isreal Shank was born in Athabasca in 1911, the eldest of 15 children born to Eddie Jedeon Shank and Rosana Goulet. He attended the Olds School of Agriculture from 1928-1930 and worked at the Dominion Experimental Sub-station, Beaverlodge. He joined the RCMP in 1934 and retired in 1969 as a Chief-Superintendent. Mr. Shank died in 2006.
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Photo was taken on the townsite here [Fort Walsh] about 100 yards north of the Fort while the latter was still occupied by the Force in 1878. The buildings in the foreground are the warehouse, store, and living quarters of the trading firm T.C. Power and Brother of Fort Benton, Montana. The manager, Mr. Horace Greeley (standing in the doorway), passed away in Maple Creek some few years ago. Part of the Hotel shows on the extreme left. Another trading company, I.G. Baker & Co., was located east of these buildings. Photo taken in 1878 by a photographer named Anderton located here. Photo shows hunters setting out in the spring for their hunting camps.
Compiled by Inspector I.C. Shank. Isreal Shank was born in Athabasca in 1911, the eldest of 15 children born to Eddie Jedeon Shank and Rosana Goulet. He attended the Olds School of Agriculture from 1928-1930 and worked at the Dominion Experimental Sub-station, Beaverlodge. He joined the RCMP in 1934 and retired in 1969 as a Chief-Superintendent. Mr. Shank died in 2006.
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Photographic copy of a postcard obtained from a resident of the Medicine Hat area.
Headquarters of the Force from 1878-1882. Reproduced by S/Sgt. Reckitt from a pencil drawing originally made by a civilian 'trualy' prisoner, undergoing imprisonment in the Guard Room at Fort Walsh.
Compiled by Inspector I.C. Shank. Isreal Shank was born in Athabasca in 1911, the eldest of 15 children born to Eddie Jedeon Shank and Rosana Goulet. He attended the Olds School of Agriculture from 1928-1930 and worked at the Dominion Experimental Sub-station, Beaverlodge. He joined the RCMP in 1934 and retired in 1969 as a Chief-Superintendent. Mr. Shank died in 2006.
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Headquarters of the Force from 1878-1882. Reproduced by S/Sgt. Reckitt from a pencil drawing originally made by a civilian 'trualy' prisoner, undergoing imprisonment in the Guard Room at Fort Walsh.
Photo taken between 1874 and 1890.
Standing back row, left to right:
Sir Cecil Denny, Jerry Potts.
Sitting center row:
Sgt. Genreaux (?), Sgt. Chris Hilliard, Sgt. Cotter.
Sitting front row:
Mike Oka (B.I.), Bald Eagle (B.I.).
Compiled by Inspector I.C. Shank. Isreal Shank was born in Athabasca in 1911, the eldest of 15 children born to Eddie Jedeon Shank and Rosana Goulet. He attended the Olds School of Agriculture from 1928-1930 and worked at the Dominion Experimental Sub-station, Beaverlodge. He joined the RCMP in 1934 and retired in 1969 as a Chief-Superintendent. Mr. Shank died in 2006.
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Photo taken between 1874 and 1890.
Standing back row, left to right:
Sir Cecil Denny, Jerry Potts.
Sitting center row:
Sgt. Genreaux (?), Sgt. Chris Hilliard, Sgt. Cotter.
Sitting front row:
Mike Oka (B.I.), Bald Eagle (B.I.).
Compiled by Inspector I.C. Shank. Isreal Shank was born in Athabasca in 1911, the eldest of 15 children born to Eddie Jedeon Shank and Rosana Goulet. He attended the Olds School of Agriculture from 1928-1930 and worked at the Dominion Experimental Sub-station, Beaverlodge. He joined the RCMP in 1934 and retired in 1969 as a Chief-Superintendent. Mr. Shank died in 2006.
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Caption reads:
Camp of the North-West Mounted Police at Riviere Courte - After a sketch by our special artist
- 1874
Compiled by Inspector I.C. Shank. Isreal Shank was born in Athabasca in 1911, the eldest of 15 children born to Eddie Jedeon Shank and Rosana Goulet. He attended the Olds School of Agriculture from 1928-1930 and worked at the Dominion Experimental Sub-station, Beaverlodge. He joined the RCMP in 1934 and retired in 1969 as a Chief-Superintendent. Mr. Shank died in 2006.
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Camp of the N.W. Mounted Police at Riviere Courte -after a sketch by our special artist with the expedition.