Along the Shore Line

Last Spike Framed Photograph & Letter

Description
Media Type
Object
Image
Description
Frame includes a letter to Mr. Sparkes and a photograph of the "old timers" who attended the 50th anniversary of the last spike on May 16, 1885.
Text reads:

"Primus William "Will" Stewart Parkes
Canadian Pacific Railway
Bridge and Building Foreman
Schreiber Division"

Date Of Event
16 May 1885
Dimensions
Width: 20.5 in
Height: 16.5 in
Subject(s)
Commemoration
Railroad employees
Railroads
Corporate Name(s)
Canadian Pacific Railway
Local identifier
M0148
Geographic Coverage
  • Schreiber
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 48.81252 Longitude: -87.26458
Contact
Schreiber Heritage & Tourism Committee
Email:r.gionet@sympatico.ca
Agency street/mail address:

Winnipeg Street

P.O. Box 368

Schreiber, ON P0T 2S0

1-807-824-2419

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