Probably the peak of the sawmilling industry in Brandon was "The Big Drive" in 1910, when 125 drivers brought 5 million board feet of timber down the Assiniboine to Hanbury's Mill.
Most of these logs were cut in the Riding Mountains in winter and floated down the Little Saskatchewan and Birdtail Rivers to the Assiniboine.
Custodial History
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Scope and Content
Logs, destined for Hanbury Manufacturing Co., in the Assiniboine River
Notes
Looking north from 3rd Street.
[This negative was produced using a previously published image (P.E.).]
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder of the Stuckey materials.
Storage Location
Lawrence Stuckey collection
Arrangement
[Two original negatives C.P. in Manitoba volume 1. Mr. Stuckey put two negatives in same envelope. We have separated them and numbered them (10a) and (10b).
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder of the Stuckey materials.
Storage Location
Lawrence Stuckey collection
Arrangement
[Two original negatives C.P. in Manitoba volume 1. Mr. Stuckey put two negatives in same envelope. We have separated them and numbered them (10a) and (10b).
Stuckey's notes: Extra 3001-8617 changing crews. Showing all that remains of pre-1911 station. Present yard office on west end was part of extension and rebuild of 1904. Remainder of old station, east end, removed in 1960's to build present crew hostel (bunkhouse).
Scope and Content
Photograph is looking east northeast at the CPR Station. Includes: the parking lot, a train, all that remains of the pre-1911 station and part of the CPR Station.
Notes
Corresponds with negative 1-2002.3.9.P24(2).
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
Photo shows all that remains of the pre-1911 station. The east side was removed in 1960s to build a crew hostel (bunkhouse). This yard office on the west side was part of an extension and rebuild in 1904.
Custodial History
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Scope and Content
West side of Canadian Pacific Railway Station
Notes
[Westbound train] Extra 3001 - 8617 has stopped to change crews
[Mr. Stuckey numbered two envelopes P24. We have kept the same number but designated the first envelope P24(1) and the second envelope P24(2).]
The Strome & White Co. General Store (L. foreground; built 1902) became Brandon Hardware & Brandon Hardware block, later Ashdowns; The final tenant was Stylerite Hardware with two floors of residential suites. It was destroyed by fire March 27, 1983
Custodial History
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Scope and Content
View of Rosser Avenue, looking east from Seventh Street
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
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Scope and Content
View of Canadian Pacific (foreground) and Great Northern (background) railway yards, as well as Great Northern station in Brandon, Manitoba.
Notes
Shows a 500 series F-1 class 2-8-0 engine switching
Published in Canadian Rail, August 1975
Buildings that are visible in this photo, but now gone (1987), include Codvilles, Western Grocers (Burbridge Saddlery), John E. Smith Block, Federal building, City Hall, and the Prince Edward Hotel [Fred McGuinness collection (20-2009)].
[This copy negative was produced using a previously published image. P.E. 30/07/09]
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
Canadian Pacific (left) and Great Northern (right) railway stations and yards in Brandon, Manitoba.
Notes
[This negative appears to have been produced using a previously published image. P.E. 30/07/09]
Stuckey's notes: Including Fraser Building, Brandon Brewery, EBD. through freight on mainline. Brandon Brewery (L. background) built 1905, razed 1939. Copy from postcard.
Scope and Content
Photograph is looking west along the CPR tracks.
Notes
Corresponds with negative 1-2002.3.9.P7.
Repro Restriction
The McKee Archives is the copyright holder for the Stuckey materials.
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