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North American Boundary Commission album [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

File

Date:

1872-1875.

Reference:

R2171-2-8-E, Box number: A 0060

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

156667

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D.M. Beach Old & Rare Books Collection

North American Boundary Commission album
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File includes:

89 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1872-1875.

Place of creation:

Canada

Added country of publication:

United States

Extent:

1 album (89 photographs) : b&w.

Language of material:

English

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This album contains photographs taken during the expedition of the North American Boundary Commission from 1872 to 1875. The engineers were accompanied by a group of 30 Métis men employed as scouts and were known as the "49th Rangers". Their services as guides, interpreters, and mediators allowed the boundary commissioners to travel the First Nation territories between the Lake of the Woods and Rocky Mountains peacefully.

Included in the album are views from Fort Garry West to the Rocky Mountains. There were a total of 256 photographs taken during the Boundary Commission's existence, of which this is only a selection. Note that 10 of the photographs should be viewed as pairs, that is, two photographs are paired as panoramas.

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North American Boundary Commission (1872-1876)

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Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marquess of, 1826-1902

Finding aid:

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Graphic photo (Paper) A complete list of all of the items in this album is located in the NPC Accession file 1973-011. (99: Closed pending processing)

Graphic photo (Electronic) Finding aid is an item level list of the 89 b&w photographs in this album. (90: Open)

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General note:

Library and Archives Canada recognizes the need for consultation with Indigenous communities and/or organizations in order to respectfully preserve and facilitate access to documentary heritage. Certain images within the digital item associated with this record are currently not available.

Custodial history:

Acquired by an English dealer from an unknown source, but the original provenance is stated to be the estate of the Earl of Dufferin and Clandeboye.

Related material:

Other copies of these prints are located in the Canadian Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys collection (accession no.1958-206); the North American Boundary Commission collection (accession no. 1974-066), and the Thomas Millman collection (accession no. 1975-122).

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Private
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [BEACH, D. M. 1973-011]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A 0060 File number 2

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: D.M. Beach Old & Rare Books Collection / Library and Archives Canada / e011308319
Copyright: Expired.
Restrictions on use: nil.

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Date modified:: 2024-05-10