2014.003.1763 Curling at Arrowhead, wooden rocks

Accession Num: 2014.003.1763

Negative Code: B42-10/E30-10

Extent:

Document Date: 1903-- - --

Donors: Annie Sendey and Walter Nelson

Creators: John Nelson

Keywords: 1900s, curling, forestry, logging camp, sawmill, and Upper Arrow Lake

Locations: Arrowhead

Physical Description:
2 b/w negatives (35 mm)

Notes:
Group curling outdoors, Arrowhead (not Galena Bay as written on print), ca. 1903. Floating logging camps in centre being stored for winter. Dry kiln at top left next to storage shed for mouldings. Inscription on rear of print: ‘Walter Nelson places this at 1903 or earlier. It may be the 1st curling game in Western Canada. Note the home made rocks & the imported one. Sawmill in Background’.