"Indian trader supply trails in Montana and Southern Alberta"
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- Material Type
- Map
- Accession No.
- 19735201010
- Physical Description
- 1 map : ms., col. ; 34 x 21 cm and 1 map : photocopy ; 28 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- Boundaries: Helena to Medicine Hat and Fort Macleod to Fort Benton Shows locations of: Fort Macleod (1874), Ft. Kipp, Slide-out, Stand-off, Whoop-up, Lethbridge (1885), Medicine Hat (1882), Cut Bank, Fort Benton, Great Falls (1883), Helena, Nor. Pac. Ry. Waterways in Southern Alberta that are show…
- Material Type
- Map
- Physical Description
- 1 map : ms., col. ; 34 x 21 cm and 1 map : photocopy ; 28 x 22 cm
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Acquisition Source
- Magrath Bolton
- Scope and Content
- Boundaries: Helena to Medicine Hat and Fort Macleod to Fort Benton Shows locations of: Fort Macleod (1874), Ft. Kipp, Slide-out, Stand-off, Whoop-up, Lethbridge (1885), Medicine Hat (1882), Cut Bank, Fort Benton, Great Falls (1883), Helena, Nor. Pac. Ry. Waterways in Southern Alberta that are shown include: Willow C., Trout C., Old Man R., Waterton R., Belly R., St. Mary R., Lit. Bow R., Bow R., S. Saskatchewan R., Seven Persons C., Chin Coulee, Etzi-kom Coulee, Pak-oghkee Lake. Waterways in Northern Montana that are shown include: Milk R., Cut Bank Cr., Two Medicine R., Marias R., Muddy Cr., Teton Cr and Missouri R. Trails indicated by dashed line.
- Notes
- Explanatory notes on the bottom of the map include: "Note: Supplies for Indian traders operating in Montana and what is now Southern Alberta came up the Missouri river to Fort Benton thence by trail to different trading posts. Ft. Macleod supplies also came by Ft. Benton until Galt line (now C.P.R.) was constructed in 1885 from Medicine Hat to Lethbridge. Previous to 1884 when the C.P.R. reached Ft. Calgary, the only rail construction was via Gt. Northern Ry. at Helena, and was the route taken by the Marquis of Lorne, Governor-General, when returning east after driving across country in 1881 from Winnipeg to Battleford and on to Ft. Macleod." "Note: Trading Posts - Whoop-up, etc. indicate traders experiences with Indians after being supplied with whiskey." There are pencilled-in arrows along some waterways.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 19735201010
- Collection
- Archive
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