Here are detailed file-by-file descriptions of the contents of specific fonds and/or links to scanned documents.
 Irrigation canal, 1927
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indicates that the series includes scanned documents.Series 1 | Project Manager's diaries. -- 1911-1937. -- 15 cm of textual records. -- The series consists of Robert S. Stockton's "log books" as Project Manager for the Western Section of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Irrigation Block. He records his daily activities, including information about his travels, work camps, weather, irrigation structures, and employees. The 1911 volume documents his start with the CPR, and his move to Strathmore, Alberta. |
| M-2273-9 | Project Manager's diaries (Robert Stockton). - - 1911-1912 |
| M-2273-10 | Project Manager's diaries (Robert Stockton). -- 1914-1917 |
| M-2273-11 | Project Manager's diaries (Robert Stockton). -- 1917-1924 |
| M-2273-12 | Project Manager's diaries (Robert Stockton). -- 1924-1930 |
| M-2273-13 | Project Manager's diaries (Robert Stockton). -- 1930-1937 |
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Series 2 | Diaries of Western Section employees. -- 1910-1939. -- 75 cm of textual records. -- The series consists of daily journals of various employees, in which they record their daily activities. Includes the diaries of Ben D. Fessenden, Assistant Canal Superintendent, Strathmore; J.A. French, hydrographer, Strathmore; E. Staves, ditchrider, Langdon; J.H. May, ditchrider, Irricana; John McKay, ditchrider, Strathmore; and miscellaneous journals. |
| M-2273-14 | Assistant Canal Superintendent's diary (Ben D. Fessenden). -- 1910-1913 |
| M-2273-15 | Assistant Canal Superintendent's diary (Ben D. Fessenden). -- 1914-1915 |
| M-2273-16 | Assistant Canal Superintendent's diary (Ben D. Fessenden). -- 1916-1917 |
| M-2273-17 | Assistant Canal Superintendent's diary (Ben D. Fessenden). -- 1918-1919 |
| M-2273-18 | Assistant Canal Superintendent's diary (Ben D. Fessenden). -- 1920-1921 |
| M-2273-19 | Assistant Canal Superintendent's diary (Ben D. Fessenden). -- 1922-1923 |
| M-2273-20 | Assistant Canal Superintendent's diary (Ben D. Fessenden). -- 1924-1925 |
| M-2273-21 | Assistant Canal Superintendent's diary (Ben D. Fessenden). -- 1926-1927 |
| M-2273-22 | Assistant Canal Superintendent's diary (Ben D. Fessenden). -- 1928-1929 |
| M-2273-23 | Assistant Canal Superintendent's diary (Ben D. Fessenden). -- 1931-1931 |
| M-2273-24 | Assistant Canal Superintendent's diary (Ben D. Fessenden). -- 1932-1933 |
| M-2273-25 | Assistant Canal Superintendent's diary (Ben D. Fessenden). -- 1934-1935 |
| M-2273-26 | Hydrographer's diaries (J.A. French). -- 1918-1919 |
| M-2273-27 | Hydrographer's diaries (J.A. French). -- 1920-1921 |
| M-2273-28 | Hydrographer's diaries (J.A. French). -- 1922-1923 |
| M-2273-29 | Hydrographer's diaries (J.A. French). -- 1924-1925 |
| M-2273-30 | Hydrographer's diaries (J.A. French). -- 1926-1927 |
| M-2273-31 | Hydrographer's diaries (J.A. French). -- 1928-1929 |
| M-2273-32 | Hydrographer's diaries (J.A. French). -- 1930-1931 |
| M-2273-33 | Hydrographer's diaries (J.A. French). -- 1932-1934 |
| M-2273-34 | Hydrographer's diaries (J.A. French). -- 1935-1936 |
| M-2273-35 | Langdon ditchrider's diaries (E. Staves). -- 1919-1920 |
| M-2273-36 | Langdon ditchrider's diaries (E. Staves). -- 1921-1922 |
| M-2273-37 | Langdon ditchrider's diaries (E. Staves). -- 1923-1924 |
| M-2273-38 | Langdon ditchrider's diaries (E. Staves). -- 1925-1926 |
| M-2273-39 | Langdon ditchrider's diaries (E. Staves). -- 1927-1928 |
| M-2273-40 | Langdon ditchrider's diaries (E. Staves). -- 1929-1930 |
| M-2273-41 | Langdon ditchrider's diaries (E. Staves). -- 1931-1933 |
| M-2273-42 | Irricana ditchrider's diaries (J.H. May). -- 1924, 1926 |
| M-2273-43 | Irricana ditchrider's diaries (J.H. May). -- 1927-1928 |
| M-2273-44 | Irricana ditchrider's diaries (J.H. May). -- 1930-1932 |
| M-2273-45 | Strathmore ditchrider's diaries (John McKay). -- 1931-1932 |
| M-2273-46 | Miscellaneous diaries. -- 1932, 1936 and 1939. -- Unidentified writers. |
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Series 3 | Correspondence. -- 1907-1935. -- 1 m of textual records. -- The series consists of correspondence primarily about irrigation structures and equipment. The files, which were labelled "Dead Files", had no apparent titles or order. |
| M-2273-47 | Correspondence. -- 1923-1931. -- Primarily Robert Stockton's correspondence regarding bridges, including information on structures and material. |
| M-2273-48 | Correspondence. -- 1929-1934. -- Regarding bridges and canals; includes correspondence with municipal districts. |
| M-2273-49 | Correspondence. -- 1910-1914. -- Regarding bridges over spillway canals. |
| M-2273-50 | Correspondence. -- 1915-1925. -- Regarding bridges over spillway coulees. |
| M-2273-51 | Correspondence. -- 1925-1934. -- Regarding bridges over spillway coulees. |
| M-2273-52 | Correspondence. -- 1922-1933. -- Regarding bankgates and outlet structures on Chestermere and other irrigation projects. |
| M-2273-53 | Circular letters. -- 1933-1935. -- Regarding CPR scholarships at McGill University, CPR hotel system, CPR Employees' Suggestion Bureau, and office holidays. |
| M-2273-54 | Correspondence. -- 1922-1928. -- Regarding cost of concrete structures including Glenrose canal. |
| M-2273-55 | Correspondence. -- 1930. -- Regarding cost of timber on Swastika siphon. |
| M-2273-56 | Correspondence. -- 1911-1934. -- Regarding culverts. Including blueprints and correspondence with municipal districts. |
| M-2273-57 | Concrete construction in alkali soils. -- 1917- 1928. -- Consists of reports, pamphlets, correspondence and blueprints. |
| M-2273-58 | Correspondence. -- 1911-1929. -- Regarding drops on secondary "A" canal. |
| M-2273-59 | Correspondence. -- 1912-1929. -- Regarding drops on secondary "B" canal. |
| M-2273-60 | Correspondence. -- 1912-1923. -- Regarding drops. Includes blueprints. |
| M-2273-61 | Correspondence. -- 1911-1920. -- Regarding district maps. Includes lists of farm units in each district. |
| M-2273-62 | Correspondence. -- 1921-1930. -- Regarding changes in ditch location in different districts. Includes plans. |
| M-2273-63 | Correspondence. -- 1908-1929. -- Regarding drainage. |
| M-2273-64 | Correspondence -- 1911-1934. -- Regarding drag line excavator. |
| M-2273-65 | Correspondence. -- 1911-1933. -- Regarding irrigation methods, devices and equipment. |
| M-2273-66 | Correspondence. -- 1915-1931. -- Regarding delivery gates on unsold land. |
| M-2273-67 | Correspondence. -- 1915-1920. -- Regarding enlargement of ditches. |
| M-2273-68 | Correspondence. -- 1918-1920. -- Regarding excavators. |
| M-2273-69 | Correspondence. -- 1919-1926. -- Regarding excavators. |
| M-2273-70 | Correspondence. -- 1926-1929. -- Regarding excavators. |
| M-2273-71 | Correspondence. -- 1930-1935. -- Regarding excavators. |
| M-2273-72 | Correspondence. -- 1922. -- Regarding treatment of lumber. |
| M-2273-73 | Correspondence. -- 1917-1925. -- Regarding flumes and pipelines. |
| M-2273-74 | Gleichen townsite. -- 1910-1935. -- Consists of agreement between CPR and the town of Gleichen; and correspondence with the Salvation Army Eventide Home for men. |
| M-2273-75 | Correspondence. -- 1911-1927. -- Regarding gates and locking devices. |
| M-2273-76 | Correspondence. -- 1910-1920. -- Regarding headgates and weir in the Bow River. |
| M-2273-77 | Correspondence. -- 1920-1935. -- Regarding headgates and weir in the Bow River. |
| M-2273-78 | Correspondence. -- 1915-1919. -- Regarding hydrography. Includes daily gauge readings. |
| M-2273-79 | Hydrographic records. -- 1911-1929. -- Consists of gauge readings, blueprints, and correspondence. |
| M-2273-80 | Correspondence. -- 1911-1930. -- Regarding hydrography, including structures. |
| M-2273-81 | Correspondence. -- 1922-1930. -- Consists of report regarding carriage losses. |
| M-2273-82 | Insurance and general business. -- 1907- 1926. -- Includes insurance policies. |
| M-2273-83 | Insurance correspondence. -- 1926- 1935 |
| M-2273-84 | Correspondence. -- 1911-1927. -- Regarding irrigation structures such as siphons and drops. |
| M-2273-85 | Correspondence. -- 1909-1913. -- Regarding bridges over canals and ditches. |
| M-2273-86 | Correspondence. -- 1914-1921. -- Regarding bridges over canals and ditches. |
| M-2273-87 | Correspondence. -- 1922-1924. -- Regarding bridges over canals and ditches. |
| M-2273-88 | Correspondence. -- 1924-1925. -- Regarding bridges over canals and ditches. |
| M-2273-89 | Correspondence. -- 1925-1929. -- Regarding bridges over canals and ditches. |
| M-2273-90 | Meteorological records. -- 1912-1922. -- Consists of reports, statistics, and correspondence. |
| M-2273-91 | Meteorological records. -- 1922-1935. -- Consists of reports, statistics, and correspondence. |
| M-2273-92 | Correspondence. -- 1914. -- Consists of Robert Stockton's correspondence regarding results of irrigation. |
| M-2273-93 | Correspondence. -- 1917-1932. -- Regarding structures. Includes plans. |
| M-2273-94 | Correspondence. -- 1911-1934. -- Regarding rights-of-way. Includes diagram, and report of spillway channels on secondary canal "A". |
| M-2273-95 | Shepard Slough drainage. -- 1907-1931. -- Consists of correspondence with Shepard municipal district. Includes plans. |
| M-2273-96 | Drainage of Stobart Lake and Namaka. -- 1907-1914. -- Consists of correspondence and reports. |
| M-2273-97 | Drainage of Stobart Slough, Namaka Lake and Eagle Lake. -- 1914-1931. -- Consists of correspondence and reports. |
| M-2273-98 | Correspondence. -- 1909-1935. -- Regarding seeds, shrubs and garden supplies. |
| M-2273-99 | Correspondence. -- 1914-1924. -- Regarding Hammerhill spillway. |
| M-2273-100 | Correspondence. -- 1928-1929. -- Regarding 12 Mile Coulee spillway. |
| M-2273-101 | Correspondence. -- 1929-1933. -- Regarding structures. |
| M-2273-102 | Correspondence. -- 1908-1931. -- Regarding spillways, including Salt Lake Spillway. |
| M-2273-103 | Correspondence. -- 1907-1934. -- Regarding drainage of Weed Lake. |
| M-2273-104 | Correspondence. -- 1918-1933. -- Regarding drilling wells for employees' water supply. |
| M-2273-105 | Correspondence. -- 1933-1935. -- Regarding game conservation. |
| M-2273-269 | Correspondence. -- 1912-1927. -- Regarding cost records. |
| M-2273-270 | Correspondence. -- 1912-1932. -- Consists of Robert Stockton's correspondence regarding lands, costs, equipment, etc. |
| M-2273-271 | Correspondence. -- 1917-1919. -- Regarding Strathmore School of Agriculture. Includes letter from Duncan Marshall, and newspaper clippings. |
| M-2273-272 | Robert S. Stockton, A-D letters. -- 1925- 1926. -- Regarding equipment and irrigation structures, staff salaries, etc. |
| M-2273-273 | Robert S. Stockton, E-Z letters. -- 1925- 1926. -- Regarding equipment and irrigation structures, staff salaries, etc. |
| M-2273-274 | Correspondence. -- 1912-1917. -- Consists of Robert Stockton's correspondence regarding irrigation structures, personnel, etc. |
| M-2273-275 | Correspondence. -- 1925-1926. -- Regarding Strathmore School District. Primarily correspondence with J.W. Cope, secretary- treasurer of the school district. |
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Series 4 | Correspondence and later records. -- 1944-1974. -- 19 cm of textual records. -- The series consists of records created after the Western Section of the CPR's Irrigation Block was transferred to the resident farmers in 1944. Includes correspondence about the transfer, Strathmore Farm, livestock, and crops (especially potatoes). Includes some annual reports. |
| M-6678-1 | Western Irrigation District - Formation. -- 1944. -- Consists of correspondence about, and the agreement between, Canadian Pacific Railway and the Western Irrigation District regarding transfer of land. Includes rough draft of the agreement. |
| M-6678-2 | Western Irrigation District - Formation. -- 1944-1947. -- Consists of correspondence regarding the transfer of lands from CPR to Western Irrigation District, and the Imperial Oil Pipeline right-of-way. |
| M-6678-3 | Strathmore Farm. -- 1944-1948. -- Consists of correspondence regarding raising, selling, and grading of potatoes and hay. |
| M-6678-4 | Strathmore Farm. -- 1949-1950. -- Consists of correspondence and inspection reports regarding potatoes. |
| M-6678-5 | Strathmore Farm. -- 1951-1953. -- Consists of correspondence regarding potatoes |
| M-6678-6 | Strathmore Farm. -- 1954-1974. -- Consists of correspondence regarding potatoes, Ringrot disease, and land rentals. |
| M-6678-7 | Livestock. -- 1944-1951. -- Consists of correspondence regarding cattle sales and purchases for the Strathmore farm. |
| M-6678-8 | Livestock. -- 1952-1957. -- Consists of correspondence regarding registration of livestock. |
| M-6678-9 | Livestock. -- 1958-1964. -- Consists of correspondence regarding registration of livestock. |
| M-6678-10 | Livestock. -- 1965-1974. -- Consists of correspondence and reports regarding registration of livestock and an Aberdeen Angus sale. |
| M-6678-11 | Agriculture. -- 1944-1959. -- Consists of correspondence regarding tours of the Western Irrigation District, "mechanical grazing", and amount of irrigable land used for various crops. |
| M-6678-12 | Farm operations. -- 1948-1950, 1964-1973. - - Consists of financial statement for WID farms, and receipts for sales of grain. |
| M-5667 | Western Irrigation District annual reports. -- 1944, 1946-1950, 1953, 1955 |
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Series 5 | Land records. -- 1912-1950. -- 32 cm of textual records. -- The series consists of records dealing with land matters, including schedules of water deliveries, correspondence regarding soil classifications, lists of contract lands, land classifications, and leases correspondence. |
| M-2273-106 | Schedules of deliveries for districts in the Western Section. -- 1915. -- The schedules give the land location description, cost, and acres gained. |
| M-2273-107 | Namaka soil classification. -- 1918- 1922 |
| M-2273-108 | Strathmore soil classification. -- 1917- 1920 |
| M-2273-109 | Cairnhill soil classification. -- 1917- 1919 |
| M-2273-110 | Gleichen soil classification. -- 1917- 1919 |
| M-2273-111 | Strangmuir soil classification. -- 1916- 1919 |
| M-2273-112 | Elwood soil classification. -- 1917- 1920 |
| M-2273-113 | Mewasin soil classification. -- 1917- 1920 |
| M-2273-114 | Langdon soil classification. -- 1917- 1920 |
| M-2273-115 | Strathmead soil classification. -- 1917- 1920 |
| M-2273-116 | Carseland soil classification. -- 1917- 1920 |
| M-2273-117 | Cluny soil classification. -- 1917- 1920 |
| M-2273-118 | Dalroy soil classification. -- 1916- 1919 |
| M-2273-119 | Inverlake soil classification. -- 1917- 1920 |
| M-2273-120 | Cheadle soil classification. -- 1916- 1920 |
| M-2273-121 | Unsold lands - soil classification. -- 1916- 1919 |
| M-2273-122 | Crowfoot soil classification. -- 1917- 1919 |
| M-2273-123 | Glenrose soil classification. -- 1917- 1925 |
| M-2273-124 | Craigantler soil classification. -- 1917- 1920 |
| M-2273-125 | Irricana soil classification. -- 1918- 1925 |
| M-2273-126 | Rockyford soil classification. -- 1917- 1922 |
| M-2273-127 | Craigdhu soil classification. -- 1917- 1920 |
| M-2273-128 | Swastika soil classification. -- 1917- 1920 |
| M-2273-129 | Winona soil classification. -- 1916- 1924 |
| M-2273-130 | Carleton soil classification. -- 1917- 1919 |
| M-2273-131 | Keoma soil classification. -- 1917- 1919 |
| M-2273-132 | Crossfield soil classification. -- 1917- 1919 |
| M-2273-133 | Lists of new farm contract lands. -- 1925. -- Includes locations. |
| M-2273-134 | Land classification. -- 1923-1925. -- Consists of correspondence, list showing lands required for proposed diversion of Rosebud River, and list of townsite holdings. |
| M-2273-vol.10 | Land classification register. -- n.d. -- Consists of legal descriptions of old and new classification, and total area. |
| M-2273-135 | Samples of land sales and contract cancellations. -- 1925-1932 |
| M-2273-136 | Samples of land sales and contract cancellations. -- 1926 |
| M-2273-137 | Samples of land sales and contract cancellations. -- 1927-1928 |
| M-2273-138 | Samples of land sales and contract cancellations. -- 1928-1930 |
| M-2273-139 | Samples of land sales and contract cancellations. -- 1930-1933 |
| M-2273-140 | Samples of land sales and contract cancellations. -- 1933-1935 |
| M-2273-141 | Samples of land sales and contract cancellations. -- 1937-1941 |
| M-2273-142 | Calgary Gun Club lease. -- 1923- 1944 |
| M-2273-143 | Gleichen townsite water rights lease. -- 1924-1943 |
| M-2273-144 | J.A. McCullough - Chestermere Lake lease. -- 1925 |
| M-2273-145 | G.M. McElroy lease. -- 1926- 1944 |
| M-2273-146 | Colonel Walker Golf Club lease. -- 1930- 1943 |
| M-2273-147 | William F. Damen lease. -- 1934- 1944 |
| M-2273-148 | Concrete Products and Supplies lease. -- 1935-1944 |
| M-2273-149 | Calgary Yacht Club lease. -- 1938 |
| M-2273-150 | F.G. Shaver lease. -- 1938-1944 |
| M-2273-151 | George A. McBean lease. -- 1944 |
| M-2273-152 | Land classification lists. -- n.d. |
| M-2273-153 | Legal papers samples. -- 1912-1950. -- Consists of leases, applications for permission to fill in ditches, transfers of land, and final water agreements. |
| M-2273-154 | Land contracts samples. -- Consists of applications to purchase irrigable land, crop payment contracts, and applications to purchase town lots. |
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Series 6 | Project Manager's monthly reports. -- 1912-1935. -- 27 cm of textual records. -- The series consists of Robert Stockton's monthly reports to A.S. Dawson as Project Manager of the Western Section. The reports include information about state of the irrigation works, canal districts, staff, transportation, buildings, telephone system, meteorology, agriculture, maintenance and renewals, surveys and engineering, and hydrography. |
| M-2273-155 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1912 |
| M-2273-156 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1913 |
| M-2273-157 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1914 |
| M-2273-158 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1915 |
| M-2273-159 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1916 |
| M-2273-160 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1917 |
| M-2273-161 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1918 |
| M-2273-162 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1919 |
| M-2273-163 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1920 |
| M-2273-164 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1921 |
| M-2273-165 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1922 |
| M-2273-166 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1923 |
| M-2273-167 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1924 |
| M-2273-168 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1925 |
| M-2273-169 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1926 |
| M-2273-170 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1927 |
| M-2273-171 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1928 |
| M-2273-172 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1929 |
| M-2273-173 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1930 |
| M-2273-174 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1931 |
| M-2273-175 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1932 |
| M-2273-176 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1933 |
| M-2273-177 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1934 |
| M-2273-178 | Project Manager's monthly reports (Robert Stockton). -- 1935 |
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Series 7 | Telephones and electrical equipment reports. -- 1917, 1926-1936. -- 10 cm of textual records. -- The series consists of annual and monthly reports regarding the physical extent of the plant, station service, equipment, construction, maintenance, operations, distribution, and CPR supply farm. |
| M-2273-179 | Annual report of telephone system. -- 1917 |
| M-2273-180 | Monthly and annual reports of telephones and electrical equipment division. -- 1926 |
| M-2273-181 | Monthly and annual reports of telephones and electrical equipment division. -- 1927 |
| M-2273-182 | Monthly and annual reports of telephones and electrical equipment division. -- 1928 |
| M-2273-183 | Monthly and annual reports of telephones and electrical equipment division. -- 1929 |
| M-2273-184 | Monthly and annual reports of telephones and electrical equipment division. -- 1930 |
| M-2273-185 | Monthly and annual reports of telephones and electrical equipment division. -- 1931 |
| M-2273-186 | Monthly and annual reports of telephones and electrical equipment division. -- 1932 |
| M-2273-187 | Monthly and annual reports of telephones and electrical equipment division. -- 1933 |
| M-2273-188 | Monthly and annual reports of telephones and electrical equipment division. -- 1934 |
| M-2273-189 | Monthly and annual reports of telephones and electrical equipment division. -- 1935 |
| M-2273-190 | Telephones and electrical equipment division. -- 1933-1936. -- Consists of monthly report for January 1936, circular letter, and diagrams of Medicine Hat - Calgary trunk telephone circuit. |
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Series 8 | Superintendent of Canals and Water-masters' reports. -- 1910-1944. -- 1 m of textual records. -- The series consists of monthly and annual reports giving details of operations. |
| M-2273-191 | Secondary "A" canal (F.D. McNaughton). - - 1911 |
| M-2273-192 | Main and secondary "B" canals (G.H. Patrick). -- 1911 |
| M-2273-193 | Secondary "C" canal (Robert Heard). -- 1911 |
| M-2273-194 | Secondary "A" canal (F.D. McNaughton). - - 1912 |
| M-2273-195 | Main and secondary "B" canals (G.H. Patrick). -- 1912 |
| M-2273-196 | Secondary "C" canal (T.E. Robinson). -- 1912 |
| M-2273-197 | Secondary "A" canal (F.D. McNaughton). - - 1913 |
| M-2273-198 | Main and secondary "B" canals (G.H. Patrick). -- 1913 |
| M-2273-199 | Secondary "C" canal (T.E. Robinson). -- 1913 |
| M-2273-200 | Secondary "A" canal (E.N. Ridley). -- 1914 |
| M-2273-201 | Secondary "B" canal (G.H. Patrick). -- 1914 |
| M-2273-202 | Secondary "C" canal (T.E. Robinson). -- 1914 |
| M-2273-203 | Secondary "A" and east part of "B" canal (E.N. Ridley). -- 1915 |
| M-2273-204 | Main and secondary "B" canals (G.H.Patrick). -- 1915 |
| M-2273-205 | Secondary "B" and "C" canals (T.E. Robinson). -- January-February 1915 |
| M-2273-206 | Secondary "A" canal (E.N. Ridley). -- 1916 |
| M-2273-207 | Main canal and seconday "B" and "C" canals (G.H. Patrick). -- 1916 |
| M-2273-208 | Secondary "A" and part "B" canals (E.N. Ridley). -- 1917 |
| M-2273-209 | Main and secondary "C" canals (G.H. Patrick). -- 1917 |
| M-2273-210 | Southern division (E.N. Ridley). -- 1918 |
| M-2273-211 | Northen division (G.H. Patrick). -- 1918 |
| M-2273-212 | Southern division (E.N.Ridley). -- 1919 |
| M-2273-213 | Northern division (G.H. Patrick). -- 1919 |
| M-2273-214 | Southern division report. -- 1920 |
| M-2273-215 | Southern division reports. -- 1921 |
| M-2273-216 | Southern division reports. -- 1922 |
| M-2273-217 | Southern division reports. -- 1923 |
| M-2273-218 | Southern division reports. -- 1924 |
| M-2273-219 | Northern division report. -- 1924 |
| M-2273-220 | Southern division reports. -- 1925 |
| M-2273-221 | Southern division reports. -- 1926 |
| M-2273-222 | Northern division report. -- 1926 |
| M-2273-223 | Southern division reports. -- 1927 |
| M-2273-224 | Southern division reports. -- 1928 |
| M-2273-225 | Southern division reports. -- 1929 |
| M-2273-226 | Southern division reports. -- 1930 |
| M-2273-227 | Northern division reports. -- 1930 |
| M-2273-228 | Southern division reports. -- 1931 |
| M-2273-229 | Northern division reports. -- 1931 |
| M-2273-230 | Southern division reports. -- 1932 |
| M-2273-231 | Northern division reports. -- 1932 |
| M-2273-232 | Southern division reports. -- 1933 |
| M-2273-233 | Northern division reports. -- 1933 |
| M-2273-234 | Southern division reports. -- 1934 |
| M-2273-235 | Southern division reports. -- 1935 |
| M-2273-236 | Southern division reports. -- 1936 |
| M-2273-237 | Southern division reports. -- 1937 |
| M-2273-238 | Southern division reports. -- 1938 |
| M-2273-239 | Southern division reports. -- 1939 |
| M-2273-240 | Southern division reports. -- 1940 |
| M-2273-241 | Southern division reports. -- 1941 |
| M-2273-242 | Southern division reports. -- 1942 |
| M-2273-243 | Southern division reports. -- 1943 |
| M-2273-244 | Southern division reports. -- 1944 |
| M-2273-245 | Canal superintendents' miscellaneous reports. -- 1911-1915. -- Consists of record of work done at Cairnhill, cost of farming reports, reports on construction of canal "A"and crop reports. |
| M-2273-246 | Water-master's daily record books. -- 1918- 1942. -- Consists of information regarding gauge height. Includes remarks. |
| M-2273-247 | CPR engineering branch annual report. -- 1913. -- Consists of information regarding staff, Bull River Dam, description of irrigation blocks, contracts, Lethbridge irrigation section, and statements of expenditure. |
| M-2273-248 | Gleichen ditchrider's report (W. Gilbert). - - July 1910. - Regarding canals. |
| M-2273-249 | Miscellaneous monthly reports. -- 1919. -- Consists of engineering branch and hydrographer's reports. |
| M-2273-250 | Land contracts monthly reports. -- 1924. -- Consists of contracts cancelled and adjustments for western, eastern and Lethbridge districts. |
| M-2273-251 | Hydrographer's monthly report - Eastern section. -- February 1924. -- Includes information regarding heat units. |
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Series 9 | Engineering branch inventories and statements of costs. -- 1912-1922, 1940- 1941. -- 25 cm of textual records. -- The series consists of reports documenting materials and equipment, appropriations and expenditures. |
| M-2273-252 | Engineering branch inventory and statement of costs. -- 1912 |
| M-2273-253 | Engineering branch inventory and statement of costs. -- 1913 |
| M-2273-254 | Engineering branch inventory and statement of costs. -- 1914 |
| M-2273-255 | Engineering branch inventory. -- 1915 |
| M-2273-256 | Engineering branch inventory and statement of costs. -- 1916 |
| M-2273-257 | Engineering branch inventory and statement of costs. -- 1917 |
| M-2273-258 | Engineering branch inventory and statement of costs. -- 1918 |
| M-2273-259 | Engineering branch inventory and statement of costs. -- 1919 |
| M-2273-260 | Engineering branch inventory and statement of costs. -- 1920 |
| M-2273-261 | Engineering branch inventory and statement of costs. -- 1921-1922 |
| M-2273-262 | Summaries of appropriations, southern division. -- 1940-1941 |
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Series 10 | Meteorological records. -- 1911-1942. -- 6 cm of textual records. -- The series consists of weather information regarding the amount of rain, and snow, etc. |
| M-2273-263 | Meteorological registers, Strathmore. -- 1914-1928 |
| M-2273-264 | Meteorological registers, Strathmore. -- 1929-1942 |
| M-2273-265 | Miscellaneous meteorological papers. -- 1915-1941. -- Consists of information and charts regarding weather in the Western Section. |
| M-2273-266 | Meteorological charts, statistics, graphs. -- 1911-1920. -- Includes a survey and comparison of the three prairie provinces, and a graph regarding weather and crop production. |
| M-2273-267 | Meteorological pamphlets. -- Regarding rain gauge, and measuring and recording rain and snow. |
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Series 11 | Financial records. -- 1908-1939. -- 36 cm of textual records. -- The series consists of freight accounts, rent books for properties, salaries records, and general account books. |
| M-2273-vol.1 | Freight accounts. -- 1913-1920. -- Includes descriptions, cost, date shipped and received, where used, etc. |
| M-2273-vol.2 | Freight accounts. -- 1920-1927. -- Includes descriptions, cost, date shipped and received, where used, etc. |
| M-2273-vol.3 | Cash book. -- 1925-1939 |
| M-2273-vol.4 | CPR Engineering branch - Electric light and power statements. -- 1927-1929. -- Consists of information on consumption rate, amount and remarks. |
| M-2273-vol.5 | Rent book. -- 1929-1932. -- Consists of house rent roll, private garage rent roll, clubhouse room rent, electric light and power deductions, telephone tolls deduction, stock purchase deductions, and doctor deductions. |
| M-2273-vol.6 | Rent book. -- 1933-1936. -- Consists of house rent roll, private garage rent roll, clubhouse room rent, electric light and power deductions, telephone tolls deduction, stock purchase deductions, and doctor deductions. |
| M-2273-vol.7 | Record of salaries and other expenses. -- n.d. |
| M-2273-vol.8 | Record of salaries and other expenses. -- n.d. |
| M-2273-vol.9 | Account book. -- 1908-1909. -- Includes names, irrigation district, and costs. |
| M-2273-vol.12 | Account book. -- 1917-1918 |
| M-2273-vol.13 | Account book. -- 1919-1920 |
| M-2273-vol.14 | Account book. -- 1920-1923 |
| M-2273-vol.15 | Account book. -- 1920-1921 |
| M-2273-vol.16 | Account book. -- 1921-1922 |
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Series 12 | Plans, specifications and contracts for irrigation structures. -- 1905-1933. -- 80 plans. -- 2 cm of textual records. -- The series consists of plans for houses, barns and other buildings, irrigation structures, and irrigation-related tools. Includes some specifications and contracts. |
| M-2273-os1 | Houses and barns. -- 1911-1923. -- 18 architectural plans. -- Consists of plans of the Superintendent's house, Strathmore; office, barn and cottage at headquarters, Strathmore; ready-made farm houses; water-masters quarters and barn; and additions to the Strathmore garage. |
| M-2273-os2 | Ditchriders buildings, water tanks and camp cook car. -- 1910-1925. -- 14 architectural plans. -- Consists of plans for ditchriders houses, barns and outhouse (1910-1925); plans for water tanks (1913); and plans for a camp cook car (1921). |
| M-2273-os3 | Irrigation structures - Flumes, weirs and truss bridge. -- 1912-1931. -- 11 plans |
| M-2273-os4 | Irrigation structures - Drops. -- 1905-1933. - - 13 plans |
| M-2273-os5 | Irrigation structures - Gates. -- 1910-1926. - - 20 plans |
| M-2273-302 | Irrigation tools. -- 1916. -- 4 plans. -- Consists of plans of a corrugator, plank leveller, Sunnyside furrow ditcher, and standard gauge rod. |
| M-2273-276 | CPR buildings. -- 1911-1924. -- Consists of bills of materials, specifications of work to be done, and agreements with contractors related to buildings such as ditchriders' houses. |
| M-2273-277 | CPR engineering branch building contracts. -- 1923 |
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Series 13 | Photographs. -- [ca. 1910], 1911-1939. -- 637 photographs. -- The series consists of extensive photographs of the development of irrigation in the Western Section, a promotional album, and views of the construction of the Bassano Dam. |
| NB-39 | Western Section irrigation development. -- 1911-
1939. -- 609 negatives. -- Consists of views of irrigation structures, headquarters, Strathmore
demonstration farm, canals, bridges, crops, livestock, and equipment related to the irrigation
project.
These images have been scanned and are available on Glenbow's website. To view all 609
photographs now, in date order, ORTo search these photographs by subjects, names of people, or dates, click here to go the Archives Photographs search screen. Enter Western Irrigation Districtin the 'Photographer/Illustrator' box to limit your findings to WID images, then refine your search by entering search terms in the other boxes on the screen. Several examples are given below:
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| PD-43-vol.1 | "Views in the Irrigation Block, Bow River Valley, Southern Alberta, Canada". -- [ca. 1910]. -- 1 album : 24 photographs. -- Consists of a promotional album with photographs of Calgary, the demonstration farm at Strathmore, canals, crops grown under irrigation (apples, vegetables, rye, barley, wheat), and livestock (cattle, horses, sheep). |
| PB-213 | Construction of Bassano Dam. -- [ca. 1909- 1913]. -- 4 photographs (very large) |
| NOTE | Call numbers PD 197, PA-1209, and NA-2179 are copies of the images in NB-39. |
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Series 14 | Miscellany. -- 1907-1948, 1962-1965. -- 38 cm of textual records. -- The series contains a short history of the Western Section, miscellaneous correspondence, reports, mailing lists, discharge tables, inventories of equipment and supplies, maps, posters, sample forms, a scrapbook, and newspaper clippings. The records deal primarily with irrigation in the Western Section. |
| M-6678-14 | "History of the Western Irrigation District up to 1922" by Robert S. Stockton. -- [ca. 1923]. -- The history includes maps and photographs. A photocopy is available in M 6335. |
| M-2273-268 | Babcock vs CPR. -- 1910-1914. -- Consists of correspondence, crop census reports, requests for water delivery, water delivery records, and extracts from ditchrider's reports related to this case. |
| M-2273-278 | Stobart Lake drain report. -- 1914. -- Includes statistics. |
| M-2273-279 | Western Section - Convention report. -- 1916. -- Regarding relations with farmers. Includes addresses and speeches. |
| M-2273-280 | Miscellaneous speeches and reports. -- 1916-1948. -- Regarding Winona district, Fort Peck dam, growing registered and certified seed grain, colonizing new irrigation projects, post-war development of Alberta's water resources. |
| M-2273-281 | Lists of farm contracts and water deliveries. -- 1912 |
| M-2273-282 | Mailing lists of farmers and landowners. -- 1915-1932 |
| M-2273-283 | Mailing lists of resident farmers, northern division. -- 1923 |
| M-2273-284 | List of permanent employees, western section. -- 1926-1929 |
| M-2273-285 | Hydrographic surveys, rating tables and graphs. -- 1914-1921 |
| M-2273-286 | Discharge tables. -- 1921 |
| M-2273-287 | Discharge tables. -- 1921-1922 |
| M-2273-288 | Discharge tables. -- 1926-1938 |
| M-2273-289 | Discharge tables. -- 1934-1937 |
| M-2273-290 | Instructions to foremen, eastern section. -- 1923. -- Consists of instructions related to setting up camp, work production, health, etc. |
| M-2273-291 | Engineering branch report. -- 1931. -- Consists of specifications for making and placing Portland cement concrete. |
| M-2273-292 | Questionnaire. -- 1942. -- Regarding the value of irrigation to the farmers of the Bow Valley municipal district. |
| M-2273-293 | B. Russell memorandum. -- 1943. -- Regarding water development projects within the PFRA boundaries in Alberta. |
| M-2273-294 | Record of main structures on secondary "A" canal and district, southern division. -- n.d. |
| M-2273-295 | Chestermere Lake. -- 1962-1965. -- Consists of correspondence, and lists of land owners and lots rented. |
| M-2273-296 | CPR Irrigation Department inventory, Calgary. -- 1910. -- Consists of cost records of all supplies and equipment. |
| M-2273-297 | CPR Irrigation Department inventory, Strathmore. -- 1911. -- Consists of cost records of all equipment and supplies of the Operation and Maintenance Branch. |
| M-2273-298 | CPR Irrigation Department inventory, Strathmore. -- 1915. -- Consists of cost records of all equipment and supplies of the Operation and Maintenance Branch. |
| M-2273-299 | CPR Irrigation Department car expenses. -- 1917. -- Includes list of parts and costs. |
| M-2273-300 | CPR Irrigation Department inventory, Strathmore. -- 1923. -- Consists of a record of material and supplies on hand. |
| M-2273-300a | Schedules of an agreement between CPR and Province of Alberta. -- 1910 |
| M-2273-301 | Maps and chart. -- 1907-1943. -- Consists of maps of irrigation districts with canals and ditches (1908); irrigable and non-irrigable land (1907); Huntley drainage system project, Montana; map of distribution of water in the Lethbridge section; map of Taber, Raymond and Magrath irrigation districts; and chart of main "A" canal at Ogden. |
| M-6678-13 | Maps of Strathmore Farm. -- 1925-1942. -- Primarily photocopies. Includes plan of orchard plots. |
| M-2273-303 | Samples of CPR employee transportation passes. -- 1916-1929 |
| M-2273-304 | Samples of requests to deliver or stop delivery of water. -- 1924-1940 |
| M-2273-305 | Samples of gauge-reading cards. -- 1938- 1940 |
| M-2273-306 | Samples of employee service and time reports. -- 1948 |
| M-2273-307 | Sample forms of various agreements. -- 1919 and n.d. -- Includes interim water agreement, final water agreement, and permit for erection of bridge. |
| M-2273-308 | Samples of applications for canning sugar. - - 1943 |
| M-2273-309 | Circulars from R.S. Stockton. -- 1911. -- Consists of circular to water users, and circular regarding duties of employees. |
| M-2273-310 | Circulars from R.S. Stockton. -- 1912-1914. -- Consists of circular regarding the 1914 alfalfa campaign, and circular to employees. |
| M-2273-311 | Broadsides and broadsheets. -- n.d. -- Regarding irrigation equipment. |
| M-2273-312 | Posters and pamphlet. -- 1947. -- Regarding irrigation and wheat, Alberta Percheron Club, and instructions to ditchriders. |
| M-2273-313 | Newspaper clippings. -- 1936-1944. -- Consists of clippings about the Lethbridge Northern report, and professional engineers. |
| M-2273-vol.11 | Irrigation scrapbook. -- 1914-1920. -- Consists of scrapbook of maps, charts, and statistics. Includes a table of contents. |
