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Category: Letter

Letter from Susie Tweedsmuir

Letter from Susie Tweedsmuir

Citadel Quebec July 5th, 1939 Dear Elsie, I must send you a line to say how enormously I enjoyed being at Metis and to thank you and Mr. […]
Fishing Guide James Coffin’s Letter Expressing Concerns About the State of the Salmon on the Metis River

Fishing Guide James Coffin’s Letter Expressing Concerns About the State of the Salmon on the Metis River

Owning a river meant protecting it. Even though he had left Canada for England in the 1890s, Lord Mount Stephen continued to own and manage the Metis River. […]
Letter from Percy Nobbs of the Province of Quebec Association for the Protection of Fish and Game

Letter from Percy Nobbs of the Province of Quebec Association for the Protection of Fish and Game

Percy Nobbs was a Montreal architect and professor of architecture – best known today for the building on Sherbrooke Street in Montreal that is now the McCord Museum. […]
Letter from Elsie Reford to her Husband Robert Wilson Reford about her Success Fishing on the Metis River

Letter from Elsie Reford to her Husband Robert Wilson Reford about her Success Fishing on the Metis River

Elsie Reford is unusual in the annals of fishing in being a woman and owner of a fishing camp. She was given Estevan Lodge and the fishing rights […]
Invoice for Books on Salmon Fishing of Robert W. Reford

Invoice for Books on Salmon Fishing of Robert W. Reford

Robert W. Reford was a book collector and salmon enthusiast. He loved books and had a library full of rare and interesting volumes. He had many dealers looking […]