Thomas McKay - Portrait.

 
Database ID24210
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections
Fonds/CollectionMorton Manuscripts Collection
SeriesC550
File/Item ReferenceC550-1-24.1-Thomas (Box 36)
Date of creation1882
Physical description/extent1 photograph; b&w; 9 x 15 cm
Number of images1
Historical notePrince Albert's municipal history began in 1885, with the election of the Honourable Thomas McKay as mayor; it was also the year that the community was incorporated as a town.
Scope and contentThomas McKay in 1882. McKay was an English Metis (Countryborn) actively opposed to Riel in the Northwest Resistance.
Copyright holderPublic domain
Copyright expiry datePublic domain
Other terms governing use and reproductionResponsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher.
TypeArchival
Primary MediaPhotographs
Provenance Access PointMorton, A.S.
Other notesTaken from Forty Years in the North-West by W.J. Carter, p. 117.
PlacePrince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada
Treaty boundariesTreaty 6
Cultural regionPlains
NamesMcKay, Thomas, 1849-1924 (Mayor, MLA)
SubjectNorthwest Resistance
People -- Portraits
Metis
Date Range(s)1880-1889
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