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10257 A0320 Miscellaneous Collection     A Man Is Standing With A Gun At The Site Of The "Reference Monument" Raised By David Thompson (British) On July 24 (Or 29), 1824, On The Most North Westerly Point Of Lake Of The Woods. The Surveyors Had Great Difficulty In Finding That Spot. This Site Was Designated By Treaty Of Ghent As Key To Boundary Between British North America (Canada) & The American States (Usa). The Site Was Endorsed By The Joint Boundary Commissioners On October 26, 1826. In The Formal Search By The Boundary Commission Of 1872, The Remnants Were Found In A Swamp On October 17, 1872 And The Famous Corner Was Commemorated As Shown Beside The Man. The Bushes At The Site Completely Surround And Tower Over The Man And The Monument Made Of Logs  Boundary Commission ▪ Guns ▪ Monuments ▪ Surveying 1872
16161 A0505 Dr. Francis Mathewson Collection     American Troops At Fort Pembina  Boundary Commission ▪ Forts ▪ Military ▪ Uniforms  
14273 A0443 Brandon Museum Collection   Assiniboine camp and teepees from Boundary Commission Survey, 1872-1874.    Boundary Commission ▪ Camps ▪ Teepees ▪ Tents 1874c
16155 A0505 Dr. Francis Mathewson Collection     Blacksmith Shop, Turtle Mountain  Blacksmiths ▪ Boundary Commission ▪ Houses ▪ Shops  
16147 A0505 Dr. Francis Mathewson Collection     Boundary Commission At Camp, Pembina Mountains  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Camps ▪ Tents  
212 A0007 Archives of Manitoba     Boundary Commission Camp. Red River Carts Seen At Camp  Boundary Commission ▪ Red River Carts ▪ Tents 1872
66814 A2163 Gait Agricultural Collection     Boundary Commission Group: Gregory, Cones, Campbell, Bryan, Banys, Greene, Dolittle, Wilson, And Mcgillian Are Named  Agriculture ▪ Boundary Commission ▪ Personalities ▪ Surveying 1900c
16164 A0505 Dr. Francis Mathewson Collection     Boundary Commission Surveyors At Work  Boundary Commission ▪ Surveying ▪ Trees  
2533 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Boundary Cutting Through Turtle Mountain  Boundary Commission ▪ Landforms ▪ Mountains  
8983 A0279 Miscellaneous Collection     Boundary Marker At Manitoba - Ontario Border  Boundary Commission ▪ Monuments 1930c
12320 A0382 Miscellaneous Collection     Boundary Marker No. 2 Between Usa And Canada.  Boundary Commission ▪ Monuments  
2539 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Boundary Mound, Grand Coteau Station, 289 Miles West Of Red River  Boundary Commission ▪ Monuments 1872c
2538 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Boundary Mound, Grand Coteau Station, 289 Miles West Of Red River. (Close Up)  Boundary Commission ▪ Monuments 1872c
2502 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Boundary Surveyors" Camp (Sgt. Kay'S R.E. Survey Camp, Showing Red River Carts And Tents At North Antler River..The Use Of The Metis Red River Cart (Two-Wheeled Cart) Proved To Be Indispensable For Pulling Heavy Loads Over Difficult Terrain. The Simplicity Of The Cart Was Appreciated By The Government Surveyors Because The Maintenance And Repair Of The Cart Was Done Quickly And Easily Compared With A Four-Wheeled Cart  Boundary Commission ▪ Camps ▪ Red River Carts ▪ Surveying ▪ Tents  
2523 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Break Up Of Ice On Red River At Dufferin, Mb  Boundary Commission ▪ Rivers  
2530 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Bridge Over First Crossing Of Souris River, 170 Miles West Of Red River & 10 Miles North Of Boundary  Boundary Commission ▪ Bridges ▪ Rivers 1874, June
16154 A0505 Dr. Francis Mathewson Collection     Bridge Over Whitemouth River  Boundary Commission ▪ Bridges ▪ Rivers  
2512 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Camp At Dufferin, Mb  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Camps ▪ Tents  
2519 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Canadian Custom House, North Pembina & Hmna Boundary Commission Camp  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Camps ▪ Government Buildings 1872
2569 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Captain Featherstonhaugh'S Re Camp (Astronomical Party), Turtle Mountain On Boundary Line 116 Miles West Of Red River  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Camps  
2549 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Captain William Francis Butler & Sleigh Dog  Boundary Commission ▪ Dogs ▪ Personalities  
2565 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Chippawas, Lake Of The Woods  Boundary Commission  
2554 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Chippewa Indians At Dufferin  Boundary Commission  
2559 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Chippewa Indians  Boundary Commission  
19579 A0633 Nora Hiam Collection     Col. Samuel Lawrence Bedson, Wearing Masonic Regalia (1842 -1891). Born In England, February 3, 1842. Married Twice; In 1873 To Jemima A. Murray, Daughter Of Chief Factor A.H. Murray, And They Had 4 Children; In 1890 To A Daughter Of Chief Factor Mctavish. Bedson Came To Canada As A Non-Commissioned Officer With The 16th Regiment. On The Regiment Being Recalled He Remained In Montreal. In 1870 He Came West With The Wolseley Expedition. When Wolseley Returned East Bedson Remained In Charge Of Prisoners At Lower Fort Garry. In May 1871, He Was Appointed Warden Of The Manitoba Penitentiary, Which Was Located At Lower Fort Garry Until 1876, And From That Date At Stony Mountain. In 1885 He Was In Charge Of The Transport Service For The North West Rebellion. He Was An Avid Sportsman. In February I891 He Went To Ottawa As An Adc To The Governor-General And To Serve On The Alaska Boundary Commission. He Died Suddenly In July 17, 1891, And Was Buried In The St. John'S Cathedral Cemetery  Boundary Commission ▪ Costumes ▪ Jails ▪ Military ▪ Personalities  
2541 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Commissioner & Interpreter  Boundary Commission ▪ Wagons 1873
2547 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Cookhouse At Turtle Mountain Depot  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Cookhouses 1873
2520 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Corral At Dufferin, Mb. With Boundary Expedition Horses  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Corrals ▪ Horses  
16152 A0505 Dr. Francis Mathewson Collection     Covered Wagon Train Winding Through Turtle Mountains  Boundary Commission ▪ Wagons  
16149 A0505 Dr. Francis Mathewson Collection     Cutting Trees At Boundary Of Canada & Usa  Boundary Commission ▪ Trees  
2518 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Dufferin, Mb, Spring Of 1873  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings 1873
2511 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Dufferin, Mb. In Spring Of 1873  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings 1873
2514 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     First Boat Of Season, Dufferin, Mb. In Spring Of 1873  Boats ▪ Boundary Commission 1873
10202 A0319 R.C.M.P. Collection     Fort Dufferin, Mb. In 1872, The British North American Boundary Commission Had It'S Headquarters And Main Supply Depot On West Bank Of Red River, Just North Of International Border. It Was Designated Fort Dufferin In Honour Of Canada'S Governor-General, The Earl Of Dufferin. Here On July 8th, 1874, The Nwmp Began Its Epic March To The Foothills Of The Rocky Mountains  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Forts ▪ RCMP 1873
2570 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Fort Garry At Junction Of Red & Assiniboine River  Boats ▪ Boundary Commission ▪ Upper Fort Garry  
2525 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Fort Pembina, Red River, Dakota Territory  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Forts  
2540 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     From A Drawing Of The Boundary Post Between United States And Ruperts Land At Pembina, Red River  Boundary Commission ▪ Dogs ▪ Monuments ▪ Posts ▪ Red River Carts ▪ Teepees 1824c
673 A0023 Archives of Manitoba     From A Sketch By Henri Julien, Crossing The Dirt Hills By The Nwmp Force Left Boundary Commission Road And Began Ascent Of Dirt Hills  Boundary Commission ▪ RCMP ▪ Roads 1876, August 6
2555 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Group At North West Angle, Lake Of The Woods. Surveyor East'S Party  Boundary Commission  
2545 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Group of HMNA Boundary Commission. Some of party ordered out in Spring of 1873 under Captain Featherstonhaugh R18 to check aboriginal war party from Missouri moving to cut off a British supply train.  Boundary Commission ▪ Military 1873
2537 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Group Of Volunteer Officers, United States  Boundary Commission 1872c
2536 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Group Of Volunteer Officers, Winnipeg  Boundary Commission 1872c
2535 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     High Water On Red River Near Dufferin, Mb., In The Spring Of 1873  Boundary Commission ▪ Floods ▪ Rivers 1873
2510 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Hmna Boundary Commission Camp At Turtle Mountain Depot  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Camps ▪ Tents  
2513 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Hmna Boundary Commission Camp At Turtle Mountain Depot  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Camps ▪ Stations ▪ Tents  
2557 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Hmna Boundary Commission Depot At Turtle Mountain,119 Miles West Of Red River & 5 Miles North Of Boundary  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings  
2517 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Hmna Boundary Commission Depot, Souris River, Wood End, 2 Miles North Of Boundary, & 262 Miles West Of Red River  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Tents  
2524 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Hmna Commission Depot At Pembina Hills, 38 Miles West Of Red River And 6 1/2 Miles North Of Boundary  Boundary Commission ▪ Stations ▪ Surveying  
2560 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Ice Cutting Party Hmna Boundary Commission Red River Below Dufferin  Boundary Commission ▪ Ice ▪ Rivers  
16148 A0505 Dr. Francis Mathewson Collection     La Roche Perce  Boundary Commission ▪ Rocks  
2526 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     La Roche Percee, 5 Miles North Of Boundary Line & 253 Miles West Of Red River  Boundary Commission  
18421 A0585 Institute of Arctic Research Collection     La Roche Percee, Mouse River. Plate In Us Govt. Report  Boundary Commission ▪ Environment 1878
16151 A0505 Dr. Francis Mathewson Collection     Large Group Of Royal Engineers, Boundary Commission  Boundary Commission ▪ Military ▪ Surveying  
16153 A0505 Dr. Francis Mathewson Collection   Log house, teepee, and canoes at the Northwest Angle, Minnesota.    Boats ▪ Boundary Commission ▪ Canoes ▪ Houses ▪ Teepees ▪ Tents  
66799 A2162 Gait Agricultural Collection     Mapping The 49th Parallel Using About 80 Ox Carts Of The Boundary Commission; Seen Leaving The Long River Depot, West Of Fort Dufferin In 1873  Agriculture ▪ Boundary Commission ▪ Carts ▪ Freighting ▪ Horses ▪ Oxen ▪ Prairies 1873
2509 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Mapping The 49th Parallel. Ox Carts Of The Boundary Commission Leaving The Long River Depot, 81 Miles West Of The Red River And Fort Dufferin, And 9 Miles North Of The Boundary In 1873  Boundary Commission ▪ Oxen ▪ Stations ▪ Surveying  
16160 A0505 Dr. Francis Mathewson Collection     Members Of Boundary Commission At Wood Mountain Depot. A Man Shoes A Horse On Left Of Photo  Boundary Commission ▪ Horses  
2556 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Metis Guide, Marion  Boundary Commission ▪ Metis ▪ Personalities  
1843 A0061 Archives of Manitoba     Metis Men Meeting With First Nation (Indians) On Plains With Tents In Background. (Possibly The 1873 Boundary Commission)  Boundary Commission ▪ Metis ▪ Tents ▪ Women 1873c
2568 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Officer Of Public Works Department In St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Mb  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Houses  
2506 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Old Custom House On Saskatchewan Road  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Government Buildings  
2515 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Ox Train & Horse Train At Deadhorse Creek, 53 Miles West Of Red River & 8 Miles North Of Boundary  Boundary Commission ▪ Horses ▪ Oxen  
66813 A2163 Gait Agricultural Collection     Personnel of the British North American Boundary Commission 1873-1874. During 1873 and 1874 an Anglo-American commission surveyed and marked the boundary between Canada and the United States from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains. The trails and the supply depots established by the boundary commission were used by the NWMP on the first part of their trek westward in the summer of 1874. Among the personnel shown are: Captain D.R. Comeron (seated 3rd from the left) the British Commissioner; L.W. Herchmer (standing 4th from the Left) the Commissions Commissionary who was later commissioner of the NWMP from 1886-1900; and G.M. Dawson (standing 6th from the left) who in spite of a physical deformity was to become one of Canada's outstanding geologists and explorers.  Agriculture ▪ Boundary Commission ▪ Exploration ▪ Personalities ▪ RCMP ▪ Surveying 1900c
2532 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Photographers At Badger Creek, 96 Miles West Of Red River & 8 Miles North Of The Boundary  Boundary Commission ▪ Photography ▪ Tents 1873c
2507 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Pony & Sled  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Houses  
2543 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Re Detachment Hmna Boundary Commission  Boundary Commission ▪ Military 1873
2553 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Red Lake Chippewas  Boundary Commission  
2566 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Red River Cart In Front Of House  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Houses ▪ Red River Carts  
2544 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Red River Chippewas At Dufferin  Boundary Commission 1873
2504 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Red River Transportation Co. Steamer “Dacota”  Boats ▪ Boundary Commission ▪ Steamboats ▪ Transportation  
2503 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Red River Transportation Co. Steamer “Selkirk”  Boats ▪ Boundary Commission ▪ Steamboats ▪ Transportation  
2505 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Red River Transportation Co. Steamer “Selkirk”  Boats ▪ Boundary Commission ▪ Steamboats ▪ Transportation  
2561 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Red River Transportation Company Steamer “Selkirk”  Boats ▪ Boundary Commission ▪ Steamboats ▪ Transportation  
2562 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Red River Transportation Company Steamer “Selkirk”  Boats ▪ Boundary Commission ▪ Steamboats ▪ Transportation  
2528 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Road To Red River At Dufferin, Mb  Boundary Commission ▪ Roads  
2527 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Road To Red River At Dufferin, Mb  Boundary Commission ▪ Roads 1873c
2521 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Scene At Dufferin, Mb  Boundary Commission  
2534 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Scene At Dufferin, Mb  Boundary Commission  
2550 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Sgt. Kay'S R. E. Survey Camp On North Antler River  Boundary Commission ▪ Tents  
2558 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Sioux Camp, Turtle Mountain  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Camps ▪ Teepees ▪ Tents  
16150 A0505 Dr. Francis Mathewson Collection     Sioux Indians At Turtle Mountains  Boundary Commission ▪ Children ▪ Costumes ▪ Women  
9921 A0310 R.C.M.P. Collection     Sketch Of Dufferin, Mb. Dufferin Was Built As A Depot For The International Boundary Survey & Was Located South Of Winnipeg. It Was Here That The Mounted Police Congregated In 1874 For Their March West  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Posts ▪ RCMP ▪ Surveying 1874
2508 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Smith'S Shop & Cookhouse At Dufferin, Mb  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Cookhouses ▪ Shops  
18021 A0571 Institute of Arctic Research Collection     Snow (Power) Toboggans Are Used During Camp Moves To Transport Tents, Equipment And Personal Gear As Well As Men From Camp To Boundary To Carry On Survey On Nwt Boundary  Boundary Commission ▪ Surveying ▪ Toboggans ▪ Transportation 1958, February
2531 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Souris River, Mb  Boundary Commission ▪ Rivers  
66815 A2163 Gait Agricultural Collection     South Boundary Survey Group: Lt. Galway (Front Row, Left), Millman, And Borgan Are Identified  Agriculture ▪ Boundary Commission ▪ Personalities ▪ Surveying 1900c
2551 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Survey Men Crossing The Souris River, 170 Miles West Of Red River & 10 Miles North Of Boundary. One Man Watches From The Shore As Another Man Drives A Red River Cart Through The Shallow Part Of The River. In Deeper Waters The Wheels Would Be Removed And Tied Under The Cart To Convert To A Makeshift Raft For Crossing A River  Boundary Commission ▪ Costumes ▪ Horses ▪ Rafts ▪ Red River Carts ▪ Surveying  
2529 A0081 Archives of Manitoba   Teepees on one of the islands on Lake of the Woods.    Boundary Commission ▪ Teepees ▪ Tents  
2546 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     The 49th Rangers Of 1872 Posing In Front Of A Building. William Hallet Had Been Asked To Form A Group Of Armed Metis Scouts To Act As Escorts For The Canadian Boundary Commission Surveyors In The Survey Of The 49th Parallel From Lake Of The Woods To The Rockies. The Metis Scouts Were Employed In Various Activities As Well As Acting As Armed Escorts. They Were Armed With Repeating Spencer Carbines (Seen In Photo), Which Made Them Better Equipped Than The Canadian Militia Of The Day. They Were Scotch, English, & French Metis Plainsmen Under The Late Wm. Hallett. Henry Hallett Is Standing In The Left Corner Of Photo  Boundary Commission ▪ Costumes ▪ English ▪ French ▪ Guns ▪ Metis ▪ Personalities ▪ Scots 1873
1825 A0060 Archives of Manitoba   The corpse of a Crow man on the prairie after a skirmish.    Boundary Commission ▪ Prairies 1872
16162 A0505 Dr. Francis Mathewson Collection     Three Men On Beaver Dam Bridge  Boundary Commission ▪ Bridges  
2516 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     Trader Mcpherson'S House, North West Angle, Lake Of The Woods, On  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Canoes ▪ Houses ▪ Teepees  
2567 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Trader Mcpherson'S House, North West Angle, Lake Of The Woods  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Houses  
19733 A0640 Boissevain and Morton District Library Collection     Turtle Mountain Boundary Survey. First Row Of Sections Surveyed In 1875. (L- R): Billy King, Clint Wiess, Shaws, Jimmie Bernie, Ernest Goodall, And Jack Bundgast  Boundary Commission ▪ Personalities ▪ Surveying 1875
2501 A0081 Archives of Manitoba     United States Boundary Commission Camp At 49th Parallel, Red River  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings 1872
2552 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     United States Commission Ambulance. Departure Of Commissioners From North West Angle, Lake Of The Woods  Ambulances ▪ Boundary Commission ▪ Horses  
2542 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     United States Soldiers, 20th Infantry, Fort Pembina, Pembina Garrison  Boundary Commission ▪ Military 1873
16159 A0505 Dr. Francis Mathewson Collection     Usa Custom House In Deep Snow  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Houses  
2548 A0082 Archives of Manitoba     Volunteer Camp, Winnipeg  Boundary Commission ▪ Buildings ▪ Camps 1872