- CA GPR 0178-0178.01-0178.01.27
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- 1905
Part of Jim Somerville fonds
Hudson's Bay Company Trading Post at Grouard as seen by Henry Selby's 1905 survey crew.
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Part of Jim Somerville fonds
Hudson's Bay Company Trading Post at Grouard as seen by Henry Selby's 1905 survey crew.
Part of Jim Somerville fonds
Jim and Eva Somerville in Vancouver in 1968.
Part of Jim Somerville fonds
Jim Somerville and a friend pose for a formal photograph.
The Jim Somerville collection follows his career as a surveyor in the Peace region, and his life as a homesteader. The first series of photographs is from Henry Selby's 1905 survey of the 20th base line west of the fifth meridian. The photographs show the environment of the area east of the Smoky River, the activities of his survey crew, and the life of a surveyor. There are also several photographs of buildings in Grouard and Stopping Places in the area. From 1909 to 1911 Jim Somerville worked as a packer in Walter McFarlane's survey crew. The photographs from this series show the environment of the land which was surveyed and the life of the surveyors at work. The regions which were covered stretch from Edmonton to Fort St. John, B.C. The last series of photographs show Jim's life as a homesteader in southern Alberta and the Peace Country.
An accrual of paper records include a Riley & McCormick cowboy equipment catalogue (1925); 6 small booklets recording activities and purchases (1912-1948), bank account (1926-1944), and a diary (1927); land tax documents(1920-1932),a notice of caveat (1949); gasoline ration coupons (1943), correspondence concerning the Buffalo Lakes Swine Improvement Association and a letter from J.B. Oliver; 4 personal cards, 2 pages of accounts with R.G. Maclean, assorted financial records (1913-1948), and a Buffalo Lakes newspaper article
Somerville, James
Part of Jim Somerville fonds
Jim Somerville's shack at Viking where he lived from 1904 to 1910.
Part of Jim Somerville fonds
Lake at McLennon, taken during Henry Selby's 1905 survey of land west of the fifth meridian.
Part of Jim Somerville fonds
Larry Maney, a member of Henry Selby's 1905 survey crew, in front of the Bredin and Cornwall warehouse at Grouard.
Part of Jim Somerville fonds
Jim Somerville leaving Edmonton to homestead in the Buffalo Lakes area near Grande Prairie in March, 1911.
Part of Jim Somerville fonds
Bert Shaw, Jim Somverville, and Larry Maney at the Little Smoky River. Taken during Henry Selby's 1905 survey west of the fifth meridian.
Part of Jim Somerville fonds
The Little Smoky River, taken during Henry Selby's 1905 survey of land west of the fifth meridian.