Bronze plaque on the monument to Fort Livingstone

Image
Date Issued
1923
Resource Type
Physical Form
Extent
1 photograph: b&w; 10 x 15.2 cm
Coordinates
51.902607, -101.958361
Temporal Subject
Local Identifier
MSS C555/2/8_7_1
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Abstract
Image of a bronze plaque which reads " Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada - Fort Livingstone. First Capital of the North-West Territories 1876-1877. Here Lieutenant Governor Laird and his council were sworn in to office on 27th November, 1876. And here. on 8th March, 1877, was held the first session of the North-West Council" - decoration on plaque includes (clockwise from top left) - a figure of a man in the bush looking towards an object - perhaps a steeple, two men working in an industrial setting, and two crests on the bottom - flowers, wheat, pine branches and pine cones, maple leafs and a crown decorate the border
Continent
Country
Province
Shelf Locator
Morton Manuscripts Collection
Origin Place Name
Saskatchewan
Origin Country
Canada
Language Code
Internal Note
Morton Photographs Box B