Edgar Dewdney photographic album "Rocky Mountain Scenery : Artistic and Geological." Photographer: Topley Studios (Ottawa). Includes early Banff townsite and surrounding area: Pilot Mountain, Lake Minnewanka, Mount Peechee, Sawback Range, also Ghost River Canyon region, Hoodoos, Crowsnest Mounta…
Edgar Dewdney was born in Devonshire, England and came to Canada in 1859. He was a surveyor and civil engineer. Became a member of the British Columbia Assembly, 1869-1872, sat in the House of Commons as a Conservative member, 1872-1879 and 1888-1892. Dewdney also served as an Indian Affairs Commissioner for Manitoba and the Northwest Territories from 1879 to 1888, was Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territories,1881 to1892 and Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia from 1892 to 1897.
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Edgar Dewdney photographic album "Rocky Mountain Scenery : Artistic and Geological." Photographer: Topley Studios (Ottawa). Includes early Banff townsite and surrounding area: Pilot Mountain, Lake Minnewanka, Mount Peechee, Sawback Range, also Ghost River Canyon region, Hoodoos, Crowsnest Mountain and Crowsnest Pass region. -- Gift of Yantara Loretta Walker, 2000.
