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Tree Nursery (P.F.R.A.)

The series will consists of archival materials pertaining to the federal Tree Nursery. See the Tree Nursery Fonds (TNF) for a comprehensive collection of documents and photos in the form of over 7m of textual documents in 3-ring binders and a slide cabinet which contains duplicate slides produced by Tree Nursery staff over many years.

Government of Canada

Agriculture Collection

  • AGC
  • Collection
  • 1882 - 2020

The collection consists of various documents and photos about Indian Head's agricultural heritage, including the Bell Farm, the federal Tree Nursery and the federal Experimental Farm. The Agriculture Collection includes materials related agriculture and includes, especially, series pertaining to three major agricultural developments in Indian Head 1) The Bell Farm (Qu'Appelle Valley Farming Company) which was a huge farming venture of 57,000 acres promoted by Major William Robert Bell in 1881-1882 to Eastern Canadian and American shareholders. The venture finally failed and Major Bell left Indian Head in 1895. 2) The federal Experimental Farm which was established in 1887 under the superintendency of Angus MacKay and continues to conduct research as Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Indian Head Research Farm . 3) The federal Tree Nursery (PFRA) resulted from the promotion of trees and shrubs for shelter by Angus MacKay , the superintendent of the Experimental Farm . Established as a separate federal government station in 1901 under the superintendency of Norman Ross, it provided trees and shrubs for farmers throughout the prairies until its closure in 2014.

Official Programme - Home Guard Patriotic Day (Aug 12, 1915)

Official Programme - Home Guard Patriotic Day (Aug 12, 1915)

Program for Home Guard celebration/fund-raiser on Aug.12, 1915. It involved a parade, starting at the Armory, a march past the Lt-Gov, games a musical ride by the Royal Northwest Mounted Police (RNWMP) and entertainment and dance in the Auditorium.

Home Guard

Battle of Otterloo and Bell Farm printouts - historical excerpts

Battle of Otterloo and Bell Farm printouts - historical excerpts

Contains about 25 pages with: information about: the Battle of Otterloo (Netherlands) on April 16/17, 1945; the 1th Canadian Light Horse; an excerpt of writing by Governor-General The Marquis of Lorne, about the Bell Farm; excerpts (1884-1896) from the Vidette about Major Bell and the Bell Farm selected by Marg Hryniuk in 2009; biography of Major Bell from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.

Goddard, Gordon

Indian Head, Sask., View from Exp. Farm

Indian Head, Sask., View from Exp. Farm

Photograph of the Indian Head taken from the top of the Experimental Farm's barn. View is toward the southwest. There are people strolling and picnic-ing in the foreground with the superintendent's residence and 10 grain elevators.

Valentine & Sons Publ. Co.

If these places could talk

If these places could talk

Photographs and text about early Saskatchewan (various towns/events. The cover features a photograph of a First Nations tipi encampment near Indian Head

Bradley, Crista

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