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[Bookplate for C. A. Walkinshaw]

In black ink, an architectural border surrounds an image of a stylized Greco-roman figure sitting on a seat, reading a book, with others at his feet. There is also a bird and scroll imposed on the white space within the side of the seat.

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The identity of C.A. Walkinshaw is unknown but it is possible that this bookplate belonged to the first forest ranger stationed in Turtle Mountain, Manitoba. Forest ranger C.A. Walkinshaw lived in Boissevain, MB, and worked in the timber reserve planting trees, managing the timber, building roads and trails, communicating with local residents, and monitoring and putting out forest fires. Reports from C.A. Walkinshaw can be found in the annual reports of the Superintendent of Forestry in the early part of the 20th century.
References:
1) Dominion of Canada. Department of the Interior. Report of the Superintendent of Forestry: Part X., Annual Report, 1904. Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1905. Dominion of Canada. Department of the Interior. Report of the Superintendent of Forestry: Part X, Annual Report, 1905. Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1906.
2) Dominion of Canada. Department of the Interior. Part IX, Forestry, Report of the Superintendent of Forestry. Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1907.
3) Dominion of Canada. Department of the Interior. Part IX Forestry Report of the Superintendent of Forestry. Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1908. Place, Steven. 'President's Message.' Keywords 36:1 [The Manitoba Historical Society] (2003).

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