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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of a beaver dam built in the middle of a pond, as viewed en route from Banff to Johnston Canyon. Tall grasses in the foreground line the near edge of a pond. Fallen logs jut into the pond from the lower left corner. The pond stretches across the image on an upward angle from right to left. In the near distance, at center, a beaver dam sits in the water. It is dome-shaped and is constructed of logs and sticks. Tall grasses and a few barren trees line the back edge of the pond in the background. Text from negative sleeve: 2291. Banff trip June 1947. Banff June 29, 1947. Mertie West on balcony. Mountains from the balcony of Bannf [sic] Ho [sic]. Elk by road on drive. Mertie West and our bus at Johnston canyon. 2 films of trout pools on drive. Lake from drive above. Beaver pool on drive. Asst Mgr Waterhouse and Mertie West at bus station Banff. Mertie West in Banff. Hudson Bay Co. store Banff. Goat on house in enclosure on drive. 12 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2291_006 ark:/21198/zz002j396h
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Beaver dams--Canada Lakes & ponds--Canada--Banff National Park Banff National Park (Alta.)
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