Waiser - Prince Albert National Park - Indian History (including fur trade)
| Database ID | 32166 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
| Fonds/Collection | Bill Waiser fonds | |
| Series | MG192_SIII | |
| File/Item Reference | MG192_SIII-F3-IndianHis (Box 9) | |
| Date of creation | 19-- | |
| Physical description/extent | 1 file; 1.5 cm | |
| Number of images | 1 | |
| Scope and content | The file contains numerous materials on Aboriginal history in the area of present day Prince Albert National Park. Included are a report entitled "The Historical Geography of Prince Albert National Park: A Literature Review" by Robert C. Scace; a recipe card with handwritten research notes (presumably by Dr. Waiser) discussing environmental changes and their impact on Woods Cree history; a copy of a report from the Hudson's Bay Company sent to Park Officials regarding the history of the Company's post at Red Deer (Waskesiu) Lake and Montreal Lake, SK in the late nineteenth century; a letter, sketch, and copy of an aerial photograph of the Hudson's Bay Company post at Montreal Lake, SK from the Provincial Archives of Manitoba in response to a request by Dr. Waiser; handwritten research notes on recipe cards by Dr. Waiser discussing the fur trade, early residents, graveyards, and related matters within what is now Prince Albert National Park; a copy of a foreward from an unidentified manuscript by an unidentified author (apparently from the National Archives of Canada) discussing the Cree belief in Wee-sa-ka-chack; a copy of excerpts from an unidentified report (197?) discussing fauna (including beaver and fish populations), topographic, and geographic conditions in Prince Albert National Park; a copy of a report entitled "Guide to the Geology of Prince Albert National Park: A Story of Hills, Lakes, and Beaches" Miscellaneous Report #21 Issued by the Geological Survey of Canada Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa. | |
| Copyright holder | Unknown | |
| Copyright expiry date | Public domain | |
| Other terms governing use and reproduction | Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher. | |
| Type | Archival | |
| Primary Media | Textual documents | |
| Specific document types | Reports Correspondence Field notes | |
| Provenance Access Point | Waiser, William Andrew, 1953 - . (historian) | |
| Place | Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada Montreal Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 Canada -- National | |
| Cultural region | Plains Subarctic | |
| Names | Hudson's Bay Company Lang, A.H. Malfair, J.L. Montreal Lake First Nation Parks Canada Prince Albert National Park Provincial Archives of Manitoba Scace, Robert C. Waiser, William Andrew (Bill) | |
| Subject | Government departments -- Indian Affairs Parks -- National Fauna Fishing Wildlife management Indigenous Peoples General Community Histories Culture -- Spirituality Fur Trade Hudson's Bay Company Cree Cree - Plains Cree - Woodland | |
| Date Range(s) | 1970-1979 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/32166
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