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Archibald, George D.
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Dates of existence
1884-1947
History
George D. Archibald was born in Truro, NS in 1884, where he graduated from King's College, in Windsor, N.S. He Married Janie MacKenzie in 1911, and came to Saskatoon in 1914. He died in 1947.
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Saskatoon
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Archibald was an engineer, working in various capacities in Manitoba and eastern Canada before being hired as the Saskatoon City Engineer in 1914, later including responsibility for the Waterworks, building inspection and the Saskatoon Municipal Street Railway (transit system). In 1943 he was seconded to the Canadian government to work on the Skeena Highway, from Terrace Bay to Prince Rupert, BC.
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Nov 24, 2022
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CoS Archives 1031-187. -- McIvor Weir, Harold. -- City of Saskatoon Engineering Department Historical Treatise, 1963.