Accession Num: 2014.003.3234
Negative Code: C35-3
Extent:
Document Date: 1915-- - --
Donors: Mary Spedding
Creators: Ernest Bill
Keywords: 1910s, 54th Kootenay Battalion, Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway wharf (Nakusp), Nakusp & Slocan Railway, postcard, Saddle Mountain, SS Bonnington, sternwheelers, Upper Arrow Lake, and World War I
Locations: Nakusp
Physical Description:
1 b/w negative (35 mm)
Notes:
Negative of Ernest Bill postcard showing crowd on Canadian Pacific Railway wharf, Nakusp, saluting Bonnington carrying 54th Kootenay Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Forces men embarking to fight in World War I, Nakusp, 1915. Troops on boat from left are Chris Love, Bert Herridge, Frank Rushton, George Craft, Mole. Nellie Johnson & mother Kate Johnson 2nd from bottom left. Bill Wagstaff and Annie. Lamerton with backs to camera at centre.