Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ticket 1914

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway train ticket, June 30, 1914

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway train ticket, June 30, 1914


Grand Trunk Pacific Railway train ticket, June 30, 1914. Detail: Jasper to Tete Jaune

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway train ticket, June 30, 1914. Detail: Jasper to Tete Jaune

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GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY
Train Ticket — Not Transferrable — Edmonton to Tete Jaune
Ticket 223531 Form D18
Punched: June 30 1914, Albreda to Tete Jaune, 30 cents

This Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ticket was discovered among the possessions of Wilfred D. Jowett, son of William A. Jowett, a magistrate at Tête Jaune Cache in the 1913 – 1915 era. From Community Stories, Valemount & Area Museum.

On this ticket “Jasper House” is not the current town of Jasper, but a location near the site of fur-trading post. The name “Fitzhugh” was changed to “Jasper” in 1913 when the GTP built its divisional point there.

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