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    Title

    Miss Gordon in her Garden

    Subject

    Miss Gordon, in her garden 'near Fort McMurray'

    Description

    Miss Christine Gordon poses in her garden near Fort McMurray, Alberta. She acted as postmistress for the community until the Hudson's Bay Company took over administering the mail. Miriam Green Ellis visited with Miss Gordon to follow up on her doings since Agnes Deans Cameron's visit, recounted in Cameron's 1909 book The New North.

    Creator

    Miriam Green Ellis

    Identifier

    p101

    Original Format

    photographic print

    Citation

    Miriam Green Ellis, “Miss Gordon in her Garden,” Bruce Peel Special Collections Library Online Exhibits, accessed May 10, 2025, https://omeka.library.ualberta.ca/items/show/498.