Fonds / Collection

Hunter

Description Level

Item

Material Type

graphic material

Fonds Number

048-98

Item Number

6

Accession Number

2000.4

Date

2000-2000

Physical Description

11" x 14" photograph

Physical Condition

Very Good

History / Biographical

Collected and catalogued by Jean Bridge

from Elsie Hunter's family photos

Name Access

Elsie Hunter

Subject Access

CNR

Scope and Content

#2 CNR crew building railroad grade between Red Deer and Sylvan Lake

Eleven men and their outfits - some horses and some mules

In the background is the back end of a wagon on the muddy grade

Work - equipment - land / road construction

Notes

In 1911, the Canadian Northern Western Railway, later CNR, chose Sylvan Lake for one of its future stations

When built, the station was situated across from 46th Street, where the Railside Plaza is today

The above photo, taken in 1916, gives a fascinating glimpse into the early 1900s

Note the men's boots and pants (called plus-fours), also the cream cans, hay wagon and the horse and buggy

CNWR construction began in 1911 between Red Deer and Sylvan Lake

This was a very wet year and the roads were almost impassable for the "2300 teams and more than that number of men at work west of Red Deer." (Reflections of Sylvan Lake)

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