Mail sleigh at Wetaskiwin, Alberta.

Joe Cowan, left, devised the sleigh to deliver mail to Westerose, Battle Lake and Yeoford during the bad winter of 1919-1920. Three teams were used to make the 50 mile trip.

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Date 1920-03-10

Creator Unknown

Person(s) or Group(s) Cowan, Joe

Genre Negatives, Photographs

Place Alberta

Subject Cold weather clothing, Frontier and pioneer life, Postal service--Transportation, Sleighs and sledges, Snow, Wetaskiwin, Alberta--Buildings, Wetaskiwin, Alberta--Personalities, Wetaskiwin, Alberta--Postal service, Wetaskiwin, Alberta--Transportation, Winter

Archival Information

Repository Glenbow Archives

Fonds/Collection Samuel Lucas family fonds

Reference code CA ACU GBA F1185-S0002

Link to Finding Aid https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/photographs-203

Unique identifier CU1149694

Legacy Identifier na-579-9

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Attribution "Mail sleigh at Wetaskiwin, Alberta.", 1920-03-10, (CU1149694) by Unknown. Courtesy of Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.