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JAMES E. ISBESTER P.ENG. P.O. Box 38 Arnprior. Ontario k7s 3h2 Page 2. 5. Recruiting the services of a cousin of mine, Ian David Isbester who is a Colonel in the Canadian Array, both he and I have carried out researches into the first ' Riel Rebellion. Nowhere can we find any references to troops ever having been landed in the area of what is now the Town of Schreiber. All troops were landed at Prince Arthur's Landing, later to be named Port Arthur. An examination of the Nominal Roll listing the names of those troops who participated in the first Riel Rebellion shows no such name as Isbester of any rank 6. Inquiries to the Town of Schreiber as to the source of the statement in the booklet regarding a Colonel Isbester landing troops at Schreiber Beach has resulted in the Mayor advising that he was unaware of the source nor could he advise as to who had authored the booklet. 7. On the other hand there is a considerable amount of evidence, both actual and circumstantial, which strongly suggests that the name Isbester's Landing originated with a James Isbester, a railway construction contractor who built a section of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the area of present day Schreiber. 8. Referred to as "C" is a photocopy of a photograph which shows the sign erected by the Department of Highways at Schreiber'. The sign stood outside the Schreiber Municipal Building which can be seen in the background to the right of the sign. The photograph was taken by myself in the winter of 1946. At that time I was Senior Field Engineer for LongLac Pulp and Paper Company, a subsidiary company of Kimberly Clark Corporation, who were carrying out site investigations prior to the construction of the pulp mill and townsite which they were proposing to build and which they would later construct, and which would become the present day Terrace Bay. The present day bronze plaque erected by the Ontario Monuments Board stands on the site where the sign shown in this photograph once stood. 9. As well as "C" above there are several other items of interest which strongly support the reasoning that Isbester's Landing took its name from the C.P.R, construction contractor James Isbester who had made his home at Port Arthur while his C.P.R, construction contract was under way. Copies of such items of interest accompany this letter as follows: James Isbester Exhibit Number One, Volume 1 James Isbester Exhibit Number Two, Volume 1 James Isbester Exhibit Number Nine, Volume 1 James Isbester Exhibit Number Fifteen, Volume 1 James Isbester Exhibit Number One, Volume 3