Photograph is looking east and shows a truck and bulldozer excavating in preparation for the construction of the QEII Music Building. The A.E. McKenzie Building and Education Building are in the background.
Photograph shows L to R: Gordon MacPherson (Dean of Music), Robert Clement (Lawyer, Smart Estate), and President John Mallea at the entrance of the QEII Music Building.
According to Stuckey and Bain (1996), “The Brandon, Saskatchewan & Hudson’s Bay Railway was built and operated as a totally owned subsidiary of the Great Northern Railway. Construction commenced in late 1905 and by the end of 1905, less than a mile of track had been laid north of the boundary at St. John. In 1906, the remaining 68.6 miles to Brandon were laid and service commenced that year. During the Depression of the 1930s, traffic declined significantly and the entire branch was abandoned in 1936. Over much of the branch’s length, the ties and rails were laid on the prairie without ballast and today little remains of the line apart from traces where there were cuts and bridges.” (p. 18)
Stuckey, L. A., & Bain, D. M. (1996). The Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways in Canada. Calgary, Alberta: British Railway Modellers of North America.
Custodial History
For custodial history see the collection level description of the Lawrence Stuckey collection.
Scope and Content
Great Northern (Brandon, Saskatchewan and Hudson's Bay) Railway construction camp near Bunclody, Manitoba.
Notes
From the collection of Gilford Copeland of Bunclody, Manitoba
A review and appraisal of agricultural production, structure and international agricultural trade in six countries of Eastern Europe : Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland
File consists of the BU Music Students Association constitution, applications for BUSU grants, correspondence, memos, council member lists, membership lists and financial information.
Storage Location
RG 6 Brandon University fonds
Series 14: Brandon University Students Union
14.4 BUSU clubs
Box 1
Photograph is looking north from in front of Darrach Hall and shows the parking lots in the foreground and the QEII Music Building in the background during winter.
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