Akamina Highway
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- Date Range
- [1925]
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20151083457
- Physical Description
- Black and white photograph
- Scope and Content
- View of a man walking along the Akamina Highway. The route is unpaved and there are no guard rails on the canyon side of the road. The road was open to cars the summer of 1926 but wasn't completed until 1928.
- Date Range
- [1925]
- 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
- View of a man walking along the Akamina Highway. The route is unpaved and there are no guard rails on the canyon side of the road. The road was open to cars the summer of 1926 but wasn't completed until 1928.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 20151083457
- Collection
- Archive
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