Power Raft
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- Date Range
- ca 1921
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20151083020
- Physical Description
- Black and white photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the maiden voyage of a homemade power raft intended for use on Waterton Lake. Large logs provided the base on which milled lumber was attached. Four men are aboard and the raft is running at full speed.
- Date Range
- ca 1921
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- Harwood Family
- Physical Description
- Black and white photograph
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- History Biographical
- Arthur "Pop" Harwood came to Waterton Lakes National Park circa 1914 where he was employed in a variety of jobs before becoming the postmaster, a position he held until the 1950s. He had one son, Stephen, who was an avid photographer and outdoorsman who became a mechanic with the park, married and raised one son, Marvin. See fond description for more detail.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the maiden voyage of a homemade power raft intended for use on Waterton Lake. Large logs provided the base on which milled lumber was attached. Four men are aboard and the raft is running at full speed.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 20151083020
- Collection
- Archive
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