2014.003.7073 1950, men taking mail over ice, Beaton

Accession Num: 2014.003.7073

Negative Code: G47-6

Extent:

Document Date: 1950-- - --

Donors: Shirley Oakey

Keywords: 1950s, Northeast (Beaton) Arm, post office/Canada Post, sleigh, and Upper Arrow Lake

Locations: Beaton

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

Notes:
Men packing mail by sleigh over frozen Northeast (Beaton) Arm, Upper Arrow Lake at Beaton, winter 1950. The temperature was -25°F (-32°C). The MV Beaton, which normally carried mail here, was being rebuilt at the Nakusp shipyard.