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Getting asphalt from Fort McMurray tar sands, Alberta.
Getting asphalt from Fort McMurray tar sands, Alberta.
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Getting asphalt from Fort McMurray tar sands, Alberta.

First shipment. Taken on scow that was tracked up the Athabasca River for 240 miles. Sidney Ells and party hauled the barge. 
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Date 1914 
Creator Unknown
Genre Negatives, Photographs
Place Alberta
Subject Athabasca River, Alberta--Transportation, Fort McMurray, Alberta--Industry, Oil sands, Petroleum industry and trade--Employees, Scows
Archival Information
Repository Glenbow Archives
Fonds/Collection Charles James Stewart fonds
Reference code CA ACU GBA F1749 
Link to Finding Aid https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/charles-james-stewart-fonds
Unique identifier CU1154016 
Legacy Identifier na-711-187 
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Usage Rights Commercial, Education, Exhibition, Instruction, Private study, Publication, Remix and adapt, Research
Conditions of Use https://libanswers.ucalgary.ca/faq/199047 
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Attribution "Getting asphalt from Fort McMurray tar sands, Alberta.", 1914, (CU1154016) by Unknown. Courtesy of Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.