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1910-1920 - Slide Show

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R-A24663-23

Item Date
1927

By 1927 the abandoned site at La Colle Falls had become a curiosity to people in the area.

"Economic hard times during World War I caused La Colle Falls to be abandoned. Rather than wealth and prosperity for Prince Albert, the abandoned project meant bankruptcy for the city. The half completed dam became a curiosity for tourists."

Document Details
Reference Number:	R-A24663-23
Media Type:	photograph
Keywords:	La Colle Falls; North Saskatchewan River; Prince Albert; Dams;

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Preview	Ref Number	Type	Title
	R-A1796-2		01 - Building La Colle Falls hydroelectric power dam. The view is from the south bank.

	R-A24663-23		02 - By 1927 the abandoned site at La Colle Falls had become a curiosity to people in the area.

	R-A20350		03 - Eager Saskatchewan recruits eating a meal during training.

	R-B7116		04 - "The ""Red Saskatchewanians"" on the front line at Passchendale."

	R-B8132		05 - The Home Front in Saskatchewan also saw Boy Scouts encouraging people to buy Victory Bonds.

	R-A19417		06 - The federal Department of Agriculture placed this article in The Saskatchewan Farmer to encourage farmers to grow more g

	R-B10109		07 - Under the leadership of Premier Scott, Saskatchewan was the first province to declare prohibition as a government policy

	R-A7537		08 - The Robsart Provincial Police station.

	R-A1890-2		09 - "An advertisement for Cutter's Respiratory vaccine, sold as a preventive measure against Spanish Flu in 1918."

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