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Tom Wilson, the guide discoverer of Lake Louise [unknown]

Description

Inscribed : "Famous guide used by Major Rogers in the Kicking Horse surveys, a former Mountie who was the first white man to discover many of the beauty spots along the route of the C.P.R. including Lake Louise on 24 Aug. 1882", mounted on card.

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Title
Tom Wilson, the guide discoverer of Lake Louise
Creator
[unknown]
Date Created
1931-08-21
Description
Inscribed : "Famous guide used by Major Rogers in the Kicking Horse surveys, a former Mountie who was the first white man to discover many of the beauty spots along the route of the C.P.R. including Lake Louise on 24 Aug. 1882", mounted on card.
Subject
Guides & scouts
Genre
Photographs
Type
Still Image
File Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
CC-PH-03177; CC_PH_03177
Collection
Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. The Chung Collection. CC_PH_03177
Date Available
2015-11
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/
DOI
10.14288/1.0217277
Category
Canadian Pacific Railway
RBSCLocation
Box 20
Aggregated Source Repository
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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/