Fort Edmonton, 1861
NA-1406-111

Charles de Volpi's Illustrated Newspapers collection
(Sketches published in Canadian Illustrated News, Harper's Weekly and other newspapers from 1854 to 1888)

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Table of Contents

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Series 1	General topics by folder
Series 2	Alberta-related sketches
Series 3	Canadian Pacific Railway sketches
Series 4	Hudson's Bay Company sketches
Series 5	Photographs of the sketches. -- 1856-1888

Inventory

Series 1	General topics by folder
PB-540, folder 1	Riel Rebellion / Red River Insurrection, 1870 (numbers PB-540-1 to PB-540-16)
PB-540, folder 2	Manitoba (numbers PB-540-17 to PB-540-59)
PB-540, folder 3	Manitoba (numbers PB-540-60 to PB-540-116)
PB-540, folder 4	Manitoba (not numbered)
PB-540, folder 5	North-West Mounted Police : Six Months in the Wilds of the North-West, 1875 (numbers PB-540-117 to PB-540-138)
PB-540, folder 6	Miscellaneous (numbers PB-540-139 to PB-540-203)
PB-540, folder 7	Miscellaneous (numbers PB-540-204 to PB-540-267)
PB-540, folder 8	Miscellaneous (not numbered)
PB-540, folder 9	Miscellaneous (not numbered)
PB-540, folder 10	Illustrations of the North-West Territories (numbers PB-540-268 to PB-540-301)
PB-540, folder 11	Illustrations of the North-West Territories (numbers PB-540-302 to PB-540-393)
PB-540, folder 12	To the Great North-West with the Marquis of Lorne, 1881 (not numbered)
PB-540, folder 13	Lake Neepigon [Lake Nipigon] and its scenery / Eastern Canada (numbers PB-540-394 to PB-540-418)
PB-540, folder 14	North-West Mounted Police Expedition to Manitoba, 1874 (numbers PB-540-419 to PB-540-432)
PB-540, folder 15	North-West Mounted Police : In the North-West with the Mounted Police, 1881-1882 (numbers PB-540-433 to PB-540-485)
PB-540, folder 16	Views of the West (numbers PB-540-486 to PB-540-593)
PB-540, folder 17	British Columbia (numbers PB-540-594 to PB-540-686)
PB-540, folder 18	British Columbia (not numbered)
PB-540, folder 19	Visit of the Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne to British Columbia, 1882-1883 (not numbered)
PB-540, folder 20	Riel Rebellion, 1885 (numbers PB-540-687 to PB-540-718)
PB-540, folder 21	Riel Rebellion, 1885 (not numbered)
PB-540, folder 22	Indians [First Nations] of North America (numbers PB-540-719 to PB-540-729)
PB-540, folder 23	Red River Expedition, 1870 (numbers PB-540-780 to PB-540-804)
PB-540, folder 24	Photocopies of illustrations with appraised values.
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Series 2	Alberta-related sketches
Banff	Folder 6 : PB-540-159 Folder 11 : PB-540-386
Blackfoot Crossing	Folder 11 : PB-540-368a Folder 12 : not numbered (page 13, picture 7)
Bow River	Folder 7 : PB-540-209 Folder 9 : not numbered Folder 11 : PB-540-(349, 352, 365, 368b and 371)
Calgary (see also Fort Calgary)	Folder 9 : not numbered Folder 11 : PB-540-(349, 369, 370 and 385) Folder 16 : PB-540-593
Catholic Mission on Bow River	Folder 15 : PB-540-483
Cochrane Ranch	Folder 11 : PB-540-(365, 366 and 367)
Fort Brisebois	Folder 10 : PB-540-297
Fort Calgary (see also Calgary)	Folder 8 : not numbered Folder 15 : PB-540-(460, 467 and 471)
Fort Edmonton	Folder 7 : PB-540-225 Folder 11 : PB-540-347 Folder 16 : PB-540-529
Fort Kipp	Folder 15 : PB-540-529
Fort Macleod	Folder 10 : PB-540-293 Folder 11 : PB-540-353 Folder 12 : not numbered (page 15, picture 2) Folder 15 : PB-540-(437, 438 and 474)
High River	Folder 11 : PB-540-368b Folder 15 : PB-540-439
Lake Louise	Folder 18 : not numbered
Medicine Hat	Folder 6 : PB-540-192
Morleyville / Methodist Mission	Folder 11 : PB-540-371 Folder 15 : PB-540-452
Old Man River	Folder 12 : not numbered (page 15, picture 2)
Red Deer River	Folder 11 : PB-540-(350 and 351)
Rocky Mountains	Folder 6 : PB-540-(159 and 162) Folder 7 : PB-540-(208 and 209) Folder 9 : not numbered Folder 11 : PB-540-365 Folder 15 : PB-540-476
St Albert Mission	Folder 11 : PB-540-315
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Series 3	Canadian Pacific Railway sketches
CPR sketches	Folder 6 : PB-540-(159 and 161) Folder 8 : not numbered Folder 9 : not numbered Folder 11 : PB-540-(354, 362, 384, 385 and 386) Folder 16 : PB-540-(580, 592 and 593) Folder 17 : PB-540-(678, 679 and 680) Folder 19 : not numbered
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Series 4	Hudson's Bay Company sketches
HBC sketches	Folder 1 : PB-540-15 Folder 2 : PB-540-28 Folder 3 : PB-540-93 Folder 6 : PB-540-(187 and 188) Folder 8 : not numbered Folder 9 : not numbered Folder 10 : PB-540-(269, 270, 275, 276, 288, 289, 294 and 296) Folder 11 : PB-540-314 Folder 16 : PB-540-(493, 494, 531, 532, 533, 534 and 535)
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Series 5 NA-1406	Photographs of the sketches. -- 1856-1888. -- 165 photographs Many of the sketches have been scanned. View now.