Ceremony: Alberta Honours Its Coal Pioneers
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 18 July 1928
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 19891046030
- Physical Description
- Black and white photograph
- Scope and Content
- Judge F. N. Howay, chairman of the National Sites and Monuments Board addresses the crowd at a ceremony held in Galt Gardens to unveil a cairn honouring Alberta's coal mining pioneers, including Nicholas Sheran.
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 18 July 1928
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- Black and white photograph
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- History Biographical
- Nicholas Sheran opened the first commercial mine in Alberta in 1874, at the future site of Lethbridge.
- Acquisition Source
- Chinook Club
- Scope and Content
- Judge F. N. Howay, chairman of the National Sites and Monuments Board addresses the crowd at a ceremony held in Galt Gardens to unveil a cairn honouring Alberta's coal mining pioneers, including Nicholas Sheran.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 19891046030
- Collection
- Archive
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