2014.018.1313 Edgewood met the last trip of the SS Minto

Accession Num: 2014.018.1313

Negative Code: S020-2

Extent:

Document Date: 1954-04-24 - --

Donors: Denis Stanley

Keywords: 1950s, boathouse, Edgewood Days, Edgewood wharf (original), SS Minto, SS Minto final sailing (1954), sternwheelers, and Upper Arrow Lake

Locations: Edgewood

Physical Description:
1 b/w negative (15.2 cm x 12.6 cm)

Notes:
Farewell signs on side of boathouse at Edgewood lamenting final run of SS Minto on Arrow Lakes, 24 April 1954: 'We want a road out from the land that God (CPR) forgot' and 'Goodbye old girl. Gone but not forgotten. Tho absent - ever dear.' Caption from Arrow Lakes News: 'Edgewood met the last trip of the SS Minto on April 24, 1954 with these signs. Notice the cargo waiting to be picked up. Revelstoke Lite beer bottles and regular Revelstoke Lager bottles along with beer kegs from the old Edgewood Hotel and Legion.'

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