2014.003.5997 54th departure, Nakusp

Accession Num: 2014.003.5997

Negative Code: G10-8A

Extent:

Document Date: 1915-- - --

Donors: Estate of Fred Vipond

Keywords: 1910s, 54th Kootenay Battalion, Canadian Pacific Railway wharf (Nakusp), canoe, First Nations, SS Bonnington, sternwheelers, sturgeon-nosed canoe, Upper Arrow Lake, and World War I

Physical Description:
1 b/w negative (35 mm)

Notes:
Crowd on Canadian Pacific Railway wharf, Nakusp, saluting SS Bonnington carrying 54th Kootenay Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Forces men embarking to fight in World War I, 1915. Sinixt-style sturgeon-nosed canoe between Bonnington and wharf.

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