Material Type

Photograph

Date Range

27 May 1947

Description Level

Item

Physical Description

Black and white photograph

Physical Condition

Excellent

Scope and Content

First tasks associated with construction of the two cairns along the Chief Mountain Highway was to find suitable locations. The cairns were erected about 150 yards south and north of the customs offices. The Canadian cairn was on the east side of the highway; the U.S. cairn on the west side. Included in the initial work were P. Matson of Yellowstone National Park; J. Emmert, superintendent of Glacier National Park; Ven. Archdeacon and Rotarian Samuel H. Middleton of Cardston, shown here placing a stake; H. DeVeber, superintendent of Waterton Lakes National Park and I. Stinson, resident engineer of Waterton.

Notes

These photographs are part of file 20021071073. The file contains photographs, construction plans and print material from the project to build cairns to mark the Canadian and American sections of the park. The file is in the manuscript section.

Access Restrictions

Public Access

Accession No.

20021071073-002

Collection

Archive

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