Canada Collection (#52)

Gravelbourg, 1911
Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada 1911

Bobby Leach and his barrel - Niagara Falls
British former stuntman Bobby Leach (1858 - 1926) and his barrel, in which he survived passage over Niagara Falls, Canada, at severe detriment to his future health

Poster advertising White Star to USA and Canada
Poster advertising White Star to the USA and Canada. The call of the sea

Duke of Connaught opening Canadian Parliament
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942), Governor General of Canada, opening the Canadian Parliament. General scene showing the arrival of the Duke

Niagara Peninsula - Peaches for export
Canada - province of Ontario - The Niagara Peninsula - a microclimate, where a wide variety of fruit and vegetables (which could not be grown in any other area of Canada) are grown

Poster advertising the Hamburg America Line
Poster advertising Hamburg America Line departures to Canada, showing a cornfield being harvested

France - Awaiting transport to the New World
A large crowd of emigrants (likely to be Basque Breton fisherfolk) await their passage to the New World at Fecamp, possibly heading to Miquelon or Quebec

Banff Hotel - from Bow River, Alberta, Canada
The Canadian Pacific Railways Banff Springs Hotel at Banff, Alberta viewed from the Bow River, Canada

Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, Alberta, Canada
The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel is a former railway hotel constructed in Scottish Baronial style, located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
British (rear) and French (foreground) warships in the harbour at Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada

Hotel Chateau Lake Lousie, Canada
Hotel Chateau Lake Louise, Canada - a ski resort Hotel in Alberta, Canada

Elk Falls, Britsh Columbia, Canada
Elk Falls, near Courtenay, Britsh Columbia, Canada

Port Sandfield, Muskoka Lakes, Canada
Port Sandfield, Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada - a famous Canadian summer resort

Winter Bathing, Banff, Canada
Winter Bathing in the Hot Springs at Banff, Alberta, Canada

Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
Bala, Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada

Pereau River and Blomidon, Nova Scotia, Canada

Franco-British Exhibition - Canadian Pavilion
The Canadian Pavilion at the Franco-British Exhibition at White City in London, 1908. This section appears to contain stands devoted to transport, namely canoes and carriages

Summer Afternoon in Muskoka, Canada
Children playing at the waters edge of one of the Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada on a summer afternoon

Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada
Cargo steamers await the opening of Navigation at Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada. The name of two cities on the Saint Marys River

Steamer on Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada
Large steamer Sagamo approaching Elgin House, Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada

The Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Canada - Regal Comfort at Moderate Rates - the largest Hotel in the British Empire ! Openined in 1929 - another Canadian Pacific Hotel, now owned by Fairmont

Allan Gardens and Sherbourne Street, Toronto, Canada

Canada - Ontario - Hunting trip
Ontario - Highlands - Canadian man and his dogs heads off derrhunting on one of the more improbably rafts one could imagine

Spiral Tunnels, British Columbia, Canada
Lower portal of Number Two tunnel, Spiral Tunnels, Field, British Columbia, Canada. The locomotive is passing under the train it is pulling! The tunnel opened in 1909

Monteith House, Muskoka Lakes, Canada
Monteith House, Lake Rousseau, Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada

Royal Muskoka Hotel, Canada
Royal Muskoka Hotel, Ontario, Canada

Red Star Line Poster, Southampton to Canada via Cherbourg showing a woman picking apples

Star Line to Canada Poster
Red Star Line and White Star Line shipping from Southampton to Canada Poster showing a man farming in Canada

Sir Robert Laird Borden / Stamp
Sir ROBERT LAIRD BORDEN (1854 - 1937) Canadian lawyer and politician, serving as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from 10 October 1911 to 10 July 1920

Major General Julian Byng / Stamp
(Major General) Field Marshal JULIAN HEDWORTH GEORGE BYNG, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862 - 1935) Prominent British Army officer who served as Governor General of Canada

Red Star Line to Canada poster
Poster produced by the Red Star Line shipping company promoting its service from Southampton in Britain to Canada via Cherbourg

Church at Perce, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada
This is the charming little Church at Perce, very close to Gaspe, a town which sits at the tip of the Gaspe Peninsula in eastern Quebec, Canada

Village of Petit Cap, Quebec, Canada
Petit Cap a fishing village on the Gasp Peninsula in Quebec, Canada

Camborne, Ontario, Canada - settled by United Empire Loyalists and immigrants primarily from the United Kingdom in the early- and mid 19th century. Established as a rural, agricultural community

Canadian Politician - John G. Farmer

Alma, Quebec, Canada - General View
The present city of Alma was born in 1962 from the merging of four villages: Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d Alma

La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada
Municipality of La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada

Fire in Winnipeg, Canada. The Bulman Block fire of October 11th 1904 destroyed the building backing onto the Duffin block (Birt Saddlery)

Oldest house at Cap-Sante, Quebec, Canada
The oldest house at Cap-Sante, built in 1696, only 17 years after the town was first settled

Banff Springs - Canada. The Dominion Express Company was acquired by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1882. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company itself was incorporated in 1881

Quebec, Canada - Matane
Quebec, Canada - General view of the town of Matane. The town is on the Gasp Peninsula on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Matane River

Alberta, Canada - The Edmonton to Strathcona Ferry
Alberta, Canada - The Edmonton to Strathcona Cable Ferry - bearing a horse and cart and a large amount of cut timber

Upton, Quebec, Canada
Rue St Helene in the northern part of Upton, Quebec, Canada

Winnipeg Exhibition - Governor General of Canada
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942) and Princess Patricia of Connaught (1886 - 1974) at Industrial Exhibition in Winnipeg in 1912

Quebec, Canada - Fisherman and Boy. The older fisherman has a large net (seemingly in need of repair) across his knees

Great Trunk Railway Station, Guelph, Canada
GTR Station, Guelph, Canada. GTR stands for Grand Trunk Railway, a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American states of Connecticut, Maine

St Johns Newfoundalnd - Harbour and City
The Harbour and city - view of St John s, Newfoundland

CPR Station - Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Railway Station - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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