Writing-on-Stone Detachment, 1910
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 20061045085
- Physical Description
- 1 black and white photograph
- Scope and Content
- Writing-on-Stone Detachment was built in 1889, abandoned in 1916, later destroyed by fire of unknown origin. Photo taken 1910.
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- Isreal C. Shank
- Physical Description
- 1 black and white photograph
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- History Biographical
- Compiled by Inspector I.C. Shank. Isreal Shank was born in Athabasca in 1911, the eldest of 15 children born to Eddie Jedeon Shank and Rosana Goulet. He attended the Olds School of Agriculture from 1928-1930 and worked at the Dominion Experimental Sub-station, Beaverlodge. He joined the RCMP in 1934 and retired in 1969 as a Chief-Superintendent. Mr. Shank died in 2006.
- Acquisition Source
- Barber, Ronald J. -Lethbridge, Alta.
- Scope and Content
- Writing-on-Stone Detachment was built in 1889, abandoned in 1916, later destroyed by fire of unknown origin. Photo taken 1910.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 20061045085
- Collection
- Archive
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