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| Title | George Shank (Born 1854) |
| Subject | Personal History; Gold Rush; NWMP; RCMP; Carpentry; Trapping; Homesteading; Freighting; Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
| Description | Mr. Isreal Shank talks of his grandfather, George Shank, in this letter. He tells stories that he heard as a boy about his grandfather's life from his birth in Quebec, his life in Minnesota, and his eventual settlement in Athabasca and Brooks. Mr. George had a homestead in Athabasca. He also worked in freighting as a tracker. Many details of early freighting and homesteading life are given in this letter. |
| Physical Description | 3 pages |
| Date | 1/15/1982 |
| Accession Number | 85.112 |
| Language | en |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Type | text |
| Collection | Alice B. Donahue Library & Archives |
| Repository | Alice B. Donahue Library & Archives |
| Use Conditions | Subject to The Copyright Act. For more information or requests to use this image, contact atharchives@athabascalibrary.ab.ca |
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