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Russian immigrants arriving in Wetaskiwin, Alberta.
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1 photograph : b&w
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A group of 118 Russian immigrants standing in front the train that brought them to Wetaskiwin, Alberta. According to the book "Freeway West," published by the Falun Historical Society, these settlers "were taken out to the district south-west of Pigeon Lake where a community camp had been erected by the colonization department of the C.P.R." (23). More specifically the Wetaskiwin Times of June 26, 1924 describes the camp as being "situated on the Battle River southwest of Westerose." The newspaper also notes that the Russian party was brought over from Harbin, China by Colonel Dmohovsky, and that five to six hundred more people were waiting for passage to Canada in China and Manchuria. Since many White Russians sought refuge in Harbin after 1917, the people in this photo probably belong to that group. The assigned negative number is N5106 [P20963, P30124].<br><br>