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North Western Coal and Navigation Company Lumber Camp on Timber Limit 80

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Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
between 1887 and 1890
Description Level
Item
Accession No.
19811011018
Physical Description
11.8 x 19.7 cm Black and white photograph
Scope and Content
Caption beneath photograph lumber camp on timber limit 80, Rocky Mountains. Photograph of three log buildings. C. A. Magrath is on the right near the horses. He writes that the Galt Lumber Camp No. 72 is all that remains of the Galt lumber camp. The logs were cut and floated down small stream, …
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Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
between 1887 and 1890
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
11.8 x 19.7 cm Black and white photograph
Physical Condition
Excellent
History Biographical
Copy 1 located in Photo Album P19811011018. C 2 is in Album P19811012000.
Acquisition Source
Magrath Bolton
Scope and Content
Caption beneath photograph lumber camp on timber limit 80, Rocky Mountains. Photograph of three log buildings. C. A. Magrath is on the right near the horses. He writes that the Galt Lumber Camp No. 72 is all that remains of the Galt lumber camp. The logs were cut and floated down small stream, a tributary of the Old Man River to Lethbridge where they were manufactured into marketable lumber. It was located about 15 miles from the entrance to the mountains in a wooded valley hemmed in by mountains.
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19811011018
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