Walking Coyote Saves the Buffalo in Canada Story
Walking Coyote a Pend d Oreille Indian who saved the buffalo herd that became Canada's largest, bought by C A Allard and Michael Pablo, later sold to the government. Canada’s 1907 purchase led to a growing herd of 12 000, with dispersals to Wood Buffalo park and renewed buffalo steaks and pemmican in markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
United States
Montana
Canada
Wainwright Park
Ada
Hdlmonton
Walking Coyote
C. A. Allard
Michael Pablo
Manitoba
Pablo
Wainwright
Wood Buffalo Park
North West Territories
Peace River
Winnipeg
Bevan Family Resettles on Denmani Island
Bevan Mr and Mrs Tom Cessford residents on Denmani Island move to Bevan after long residence. Len Harding visited Valdez Island returning Wednesday. O Harmston left Thursday for a few days in Parksville. Mrs Tom Haddon stayed with Mrs Carter at Minto six days and returned Thursday. Mrs Harold Grant hosted afternoon tea Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Cessford
Denmani Island
Bevan
Len Harding
Valdez Island
O. Harmston
Parksville
Tom Haddon
Carter
Minto
Harold Grant
Mapping Canada's Countryside A Contrast to Frontier Surveying
A Canadian surveyor’s shift from frontier land subdivision to mapping settled countryside. The piece contrasts mobile camps with folding gear and highlights the office staff and drafting team as key to producing usable maps. It notes the role of the Topographical Survey and the value of aerial photos and modern instruments in national development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Topographical Survey
Department of the Interior
Abraham
Fromer
Ottawa
Canadian Roses to Paris Ladies Prompt, Weather Delays Gift
A Canadian gesture of courtesy sent two boxes of roses from the Dale Estate in Brampton to Princess Carolyn de Faucigny Lucinge and the Countess Odon de Lubersac in Paris. The flowers traveled by rail, sea, and air over three thousand miles but arrived December 28 after a British storm delayed airship dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Canadian Pacific Express Company
Dale Estate
Brampton
Ontario
J. B. Maclean
Maclean Publishing Company
Toronto
Carolyn de Faucigny-Lucinge
Paris
Odon de Lubersac
Saint John
Liverpool
Pres Airdrome
Great Britain
Express
Prairie lands sales lead Canadian progress report
The 1927 Prairie land sale totals 489,408 acres for 5,948,967 dollars at an average 16.70 per acre, with prices ranging from 7 to 79. The note lists appointments at CPR terminals, a young traveler from Los Angeles to Glasgow, and a new Banff Rocky Mountain camp site. It cites rising national production in 1923–27, with 1927 overall output about 5.76 billion dollars and agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, power, construction, and manufacturing contributing major shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
Prairis
Dominion
Canada
Financial Post
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Coyote
Cumberland
Star Livery Stable
Alex. Maxwell
Cumberland, B. C
Coast - Okanagan
Armstrong, Enderby
Kelowna
Penticton
Summerland
Vernon
Coast
Vakeniver Island
B. C. Telephone Company
Royston Lumber Co. Limited
Courtenay
E. L. Saunders
City Meat
Music By the
Canary Club Orchestra
Mapping
Vale Te
England
R. F. Angus
C.P.R
Montreal
Angus
Canadian Pacific Railway
R. B. Angus
Vincent Meredith
Bank of Montreal
John Wyllie Barbour
Los Angeles
Glasgow
Chicago
John
California
Rocky Mountains Park
Banff
Tunnel Mountain
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Manitoba Snowshoers’ Association
Quebec
Seymour Hicks
Ellaline Terriss
Betty
Halifax
Victoria
Mr. Hicks
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