Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1881-1985, predominant 1881-1930 (Production)
Niveau de description
fonds
Étendue matérielle et support
17.15 m of textual records.
127 plans
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was incorporated in 1881 to build a rail line to the Pacific coast. Land for the right-of-way for the main line and branch lines was purchased from thousands of individuals in the Canadian West. The land office was originally located in Winnipeg, Manitoba but moved to Calgary, Alberta about 1912. Responsibility for land sales was transferred to Marathon Realty in 1962. Marathon was sold in 1996 but these legacy records were left in the hands of the CPR.
Dépôt
Histoire archivistique
These records were salvaged by Jim Scott and Scott Jolliffe from CPR offices in Calgary when they were scheduled for destruction by the company about 2003. About 2006 they were given to Doug Phillips of Calgary.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Gift of Doug Phillips, 2014.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
The fonds consists of 3400 case files of land transactions relating to the building of branch lines across the Canadian West, particularly in Manitoba. Also consists of plans of railway stations and their grounds; "title record" plans recording the names of individual land owners throughout the west; ledgers of townsite land sales, primarily in Alberta and British Columbia; and ledgers of land leases in western Canadian communities, including Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
No restrictions on access.
Conditions de reproduction
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
The material is in English.
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Instruments de recherche
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Unités de description associées
Zone des notes
Note
Title based on contents of records.
Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)
Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Sujets
Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
Mots-clés - Genre
Zone du contrôle de la description
Identifiant de la description
Identifiant du service d'archives
Règles et/ou conventions utilisées
Statut
Niveau de détail
Dates de production, de révision, de suppression
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