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Uranium City established to accommodate the elephant hunters flocking to the North

Uranium City established to accommodate the elephant hunters flocking to the North
DNS Academic Education Branch, Northern Saskatchewan Archives
NSA 002 DNS Extension Services Collection
Database ID: 32188

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Repository: Northern Saskatchewan Archives
Fonds/collection: DNS Academic Education Branch
Title of file/item: Uranium City established to accommodate the elephant hunters flocking to the North
File/item reference: NSA 002 DNS Extension Services Collection
Creation dates: 1977
Extent: 3 pages
Scope and content: The three-page article provides a history of the community of Uranium City and its status at the time, and includes 4 photographs and a map. Uranium prospectors in the 1950s were commonly referred to as elephant hunters - the elephant being the big strike. reports on a track and field meet at Pelican Narrows involving participants from six northern communities and includes 11 photographs.
Photographer/author: Gill Gracie
Number of scanned pages: 3