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Date
1811
Material
metal; glass; wood
Catalogue Number
104.08.1006 a,b
Description
Two musket balls matted and framed with inscription. Frame is 15.5x23.2, behind glass.Inscription reads “Musket Balls lost by David Thompson at Athabaska (sic) Pass on January 13th, 1811, and discovered by The Interprovincial Boundary Survey July 1921. Presented by R.W. Cautley The Leader of the S…
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Title
Musket Ball
Date
1811
Material
metal; glass; wood
Description
Two musket balls matted and framed with inscription. Frame is 15.5x23.2, behind glass.Inscription reads “Musket Balls lost by David Thompson at Athabaska (sic) Pass on January 13th, 1811, and discovered by The Interprovincial Boundary Survey July 1921. Presented by R.W. Cautley The Leader of the Survey Party.Note In frame Musket was originally spelled Muske1 and then a bar put through to make it look like a t.
Subject
exploration
surveying
David Thompson
R.W.Cautley
Athabasca Pass
Credit
Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1973
Catalogue Number
104.08.1006 a,b
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Date
prior to 1930
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
112.03.1022
Description
A small piece of copper ore, greenish in colour. Removed from mine shaft.
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Title
Copper Ore
Date
prior to 1930
Material
metal
Description
A small piece of copper ore, greenish in colour. Removed from mine shaft.
Subject
Bill Peyto
exploration
mining
Credit
Gift of Ted J. Hart, Banff, 1994
Catalogue Number
112.03.1022
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Date
prior to 1930
Material
glass
Catalogue Number
110.01.1040
Description
Narrow bottle, green tinge. Removed from garbage pit near old cabin (fallen in) adjacent to mine shafts.
Title
Glass Bottle
Date
prior to 1930
Material
glass
Dimensions
15.5 cm
Description
Narrow bottle, green tinge. Removed from garbage pit near old cabin (fallen in) adjacent to mine shafts.
Subject
Bill Peyto
exploration
mining
Credit
Gift of Ted J. Hart, Banff, 1994
Catalogue Number
110.01.1040
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Date
1811 – 1920
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
104.08.1003
Description
Irregularly shaped round ball.
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Title
Musket Ball
Date
1811 – 1920
Material
metal
Description
Irregularly shaped round ball.
Subject
Canadian Rockies
David Thompson
exploration
surveying
Credit
Gift of anonymous, 1971
Catalogue Number
104.08.1003
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Date
1914 – 1959
Material
wood; metal, copper
Catalogue Number
104.44.1006
Description
Weathered, squared post, pointed one end, traces of yellow paint. "XXX" incised in face of post, "XXIX" incised in back. Post placed at northeast corner of Lot 30, Block 7, Villa lot section Banff, Ab by C.M. Walker, D.L.S. in 1914. Replaced by a Canada Lands survey standard post in 1959 by M. W…
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Title
Survey Marker
Date
1914 – 1959
Material
wood; metal, copper
Dimensions
4.5 x 4.3 x 43.2 cm
Description
Weathered, squared post, pointed one end, traces of yellow paint. "XXX" incised in face of post, "XXIX" incised in back. Post placed at northeast corner of Lot 30, Block 7, Villa lot section Banff, Ab by C.M. Walker, D.L.S. in 1914. Replaced by a Canada Lands survey standard post in 1959 by M. Wuhr, D.L.S., A.L.S.
Subject
exploration
surveying
Banff National Park
Credit
Gift of National Museum of Science and Technology, Ottawa, 1995
Catalogue Number
104.44.1006
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