For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Brandon House No. 2 Cairn
Notes
[Cairn reads: "Brandon House No. 2 established on this site 10 A.M. Oct. 7 1828 by Chief Trader Francis Heron of the H.B. Co.; Abandoned 1832; This cairn Dedicated Oct. 7 1928; Erected by The Brandon Rotary Club" (P.E. 23/07/09).]
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Brandon House No. 2 Cairn
Notes
[Cairn reads: "Brandon House No. 2 established on this site 10 A.M. Oct. 7 1828 by Chief Trader Francis Heron of the H.B. Co.; Abandoned 1832; This cairn Dedicated Oct. 7 1928; Erected by The Brandon Rotary Club" (P.E. 23/07/09).]
Stuckey's notes: Where trains ran in four directions a few years ago there are now no tracks. CN trains to Rossburn Substation have running rights on CPR from Gladstone to Neepawa. Inc. Bill McGuire.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Image of the station biffy as historical marker, Hallboro Junction, Manitoba, taken along the CNR line, Rapid City substation.
The International Peace Garden is situated on the international border between Manitoba and North Dakota, adjacent to the Canadian Border Services Boissevain port of entry and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency's Dunseith port of entry. The dedication for the International Peace Garden was held on July 14, 1932. It was estimated that 50,000 people were in attendance on opening day. The park is 9.5-square kilometers or 3.54-square miles.
Custodial History
Pictures were sent to Fred McGuinness in 1970 from E.M. Bergson of Brandon.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows large crowds surrounding a stone cairn draped in American and Union Jack flags. According to the International Peace Garden website, the pictured cairn was built from stones gathered from Manitoba and North Dakota. The crowds gathered for the 1932 dedication of the International Peace Garden.
Notes
The back of the photograph is stamped: Enameloid Velox Print by the Jul 27 1932, Chicago Postal Photo Supplies, Regina, Sask.
The International Peace Garden is situated on the international border between Manitoba and North Dakota, adjacent to the Canadian Border Services Boissevain port of entry and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency's Dunseith port of entry. The dedication for the International Peace Garden was held on July 14, 1932. It was estimated that 50,000 people were in attendance on opening day. The park is 9.5-square kilometers or 3.54-square miles.
Custodial History
Pictures were sent to Fred McGuinness in 1970 from E.M. Bergson of Brandon.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows large crowds surrounding a stone cairn draped in American and Union Jack flags. According to the International Peace Garden website, the pictured cairn was built from stones gathered from Manitoba and North Dakota. The crowds gathered for the 1932 dedication of the International Peace Garden.
Notes
The back of the photograph is stamped: Enameloid Velox Print by the Jul 27 1932, Chicago Postal Photo Supplies, Regina, Sask.
Lake Clementi was Brandon's popular summer resort until the opening of Clear Lake. There were summer cottages all along the south shore, as well as a grocery and confectionery store and a dancehall.
Custodial History
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Scope and Content
Lake Clementi
Notes
[This negative was produced using an image previous published by Bloom Bros., Winnipeg, Canada. P.E. 23/07/09.]
Additional historical information provided by the Fred McGuinness collection (20-2009).
File consists of correspondence, pamphlets and notices for various Brandon University departments/services/events, a membership list of the Brandon University Women's Auxillary, news releases, a Department of Extension report, a draft questionnaire, a detailed account of building structures past/present/future on Brandon University campus, and the listing of artists in the "150 years of Art in Manitoba" exhibit.
Saskatchewan's Fourth Meridian (meridian 110 degrees west of Greenwich) forms the western boundary of the province and is part of the world's longest surveyed straight line.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows two RCMP members in red serge standing next to a monument covered in the Union Jack flag.
Notes
A negative exists for this photo and is stored with the picture.
Saskatchewan's Fourth Meridian (meridian 110 degrees west of Greenwich) forms the western boundary of the province and is part of the world's longest surveyed straight line.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows two RCMP members in red serge standing next to a monument dedicated/marking the Fourth Meridian.
Notes
A negative exists for this photo and is stored with the picture.
Saskatchewan's Fourth Meridian (meridian 110 degrees west of Greenwich) forms the western boundary of the province and is part of the world's longest surveyed straight line.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the platform party at the dedication of the Fourth Meridian monument.
Saskatchewan's Fourth Meridian (meridian 110 degrees west of Greenwich) forms the western boundary of the province and is part of the world's longest surveyed straight line.
Scope and Content
Photograph shows the platform party at the dedication of the Fourth Meridian monument.
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