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Bo Holroyd fonds

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Part Of: Bo Holroyd fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of Bo Holroyd warden journals for 1920 to 1947 (1928 journal missing). Journals present a personal record of work activities as Park Warden and Supervising Warden of Waterton Lakes National Park. Details pertain to patrols, horses, fire control, trail building and maintenance, searc…

Date Range: 1920-1927, 1929-1947

Reference Code: M495

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Textual record; Private record

Part Of: Bo Holroyd fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 495

Sous-Fonds: M 495

Accession Number: 4011

Reference Code: M495

GMD: Textual record; Private record

Date Range: 1920-1927, 1929-1947

Physical Description: 27 v. of textual records

History / Biographical: John Charles (Bo) Holroyd, 1889-1974, was a national park warden and rancher at Waterton Lakes National Park and Twin Butte, Alberta, Canada. Born and raised in Prince Edward Island, Holroyd moved to Pincher Creek, Alberta in 1907. In 1920, following careers in ranching near Pincher Creek and soldiering in France and Belgium, he was appointed to the civil service as a Park warden. He began his twenty-seven year warden career in District #3, Pass Creek, Waterton Lakes National Park. In 1933 he became Supervising Warden of the park and moved to Lower Waterton Lake. He managed the Warden Service in Waterton until his retirement in 1947. For a further twenty-seven years, Holroyd raised livestock.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of Bo Holroyd warden journals for 1920 to 1947 (1928 journal missing). Journals present a personal record of work activities as Park Warden and Supervising Warden of Waterton Lakes National Park. Details pertain to patrols, horses, fire control, trail building and maintenance, search and rescue, fish and wildlife duties, law enforcement, supervision, administration, etc. They contain particularly valuable observations on ungulate populations, wildlife management, game, warden service duties and programs and human activity in the park.

Notes: Bo Holroyd warden journals are the subject of report : The Holroyd journals : chronicles of a park warden, 1919-1947 / Doug Eastcott (Parks Canada, Western Region, Calgary, Alberta, 1977)

Name Access: Holroyd, J. C. (Bo)

Subject Access: Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Government

Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: series description; file list

Creator: Holroyd, J. C. (Bo)

Category: Environment; Exploration, discovery and travel; Government

Biographical Source Notes: J. C. (Jack) Holroyd

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed

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Park warden journals [2/3]

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Part Of: Bo Holroyd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of journals which present Bo Holroyd's personal record of daily work activities as park warden at Waterton Lakes National Park, 1920 to 1929. Significant observations on ungulate populations, game, wildlife management, warden service duties, and programs and human activity in the park…

Date Range: 1930-1939

Reference Code: M495 / 10 to 19

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Diary; Government record; Textual record

10 images 10 Electronic Resources

Part Of: Bo Holroyd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M495

Series: I. Park warden series

Sous-Fonds: M495

Accession Number: 4011

Reference Code: M495 / 10 to 19

GMD: Diary; Government record; Textual record

Date Range: 1930-1939

Physical Description: 13 cm of textual records (10 volumes ; 17 x 21 cm)

History / Biographical: See fonds level description.

Scope & Content: File consists of journals which present Bo Holroyd's personal record of daily work activities as park warden at Waterton Lakes National Park, 1920 to 1929. Significant observations on ungulate populations, game, wildlife management, warden service duties, and programs and human activity in the park are included. File is 2/3

Notes: Blank pages not scanned.

Name Access: Holroyd, Bo

Subject Access: Animals; Bighorn Sheep; Boats; Bridges; Buildings and facilities; Cabins and shelters; Camps; Conservation; Dairies; Ecology; Environment and Nature; Forestry; Parks; Parks Canada; Records; Trail making; Trails; Warden cabins; Wardens; Wildlife

Geographic Access: Waterton; Waterton National Park; Alberta; Canada

Language: English

Conservation: Blank pages not scanned

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF SUBJECTS :; * Correspondence; * Stores inventories; * Fire equipment inventories; * Report preparation; * Horse purchases; * Warden diary review; * Town fire brigade instruction; * Patrols; * Trail and telephone line inspections; * Timber cruising; * Phone line repair; * Financial estimation; * Fire hazard inspection of townsite buildings; * Sending water and milk samples for testing; * Timber cutting operations review; * Timber scaling; * Haying supervision at Park farm; * Phone line construction; * Trail crew supervision; * Inspections of trails, phone lines, cabins with Superintendent; * Horse vaccinations; * Measurement and photographing of cabins and outbuildings; * Shipping hides to National Museum; * Hiring blacksmith; * Court duty; * Wildlife management and control; * Trainee supervision