Borden Bridge and Fort Battleford National Historic Site
- 64-330-01 to 64-330-12
- Item
- 1964
Part of Photographic Services Still Photography Records series
Views of the Borden Bridge located near Borden, and Fort Battleford National Historic Site, located at Battleford. 01 to 02: The Jim Sinclair family of Edmonton, Alberta enjoy lunch at the picnic site near the Borden Bridge. 03: View of the Borden Bridge from high ground at the southeast end of the bridge. 04, 07: Exterior views of the Commanding Officer's residence (left) and Officers' Quarters at the Fort Battleford National Historic Site. A nine-pound field gun stands in the foreground. 05: Children examine the nine-pound field gun. The Fort was established as a North-West Mounted Police fort in 1876. 06: Exterior view of the Commanding Officer's residence (left), built in 1877, and the Officers Quarters (right), built in 1886. 08: Visitors Miss Elizabeth Blight of Regina (left) and Miss Jean Wilson of Edmonton, Alberta examine the nine-pound field gun. 09: Elizabeth Blight examines an Adams revolver on display in the Commanding Officer's residence. 10: Jean Wilson and Elizabeth Blight examine an 1861 .44 calibre Remington cap and ball pistol, part of a collection of firearms on display in the Commanding Officer's residence. 11: Wilson and Blight examine a 1876 45.75 Winchester rifle, part of a collection of firearms on display in the Commanding Officer's residence. 12: Blight and Wilson try on a pair of gauntlets which formed part of the original North-West Mounted Police officer's uniform.
Hill, Alan