APPENDIX F CXXXIII 



Alberta. 



From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, and Mrs. Arthur 

 Murphy ("Janey Canuck"), we received appreciative letters, — the 

 latter is anxious to "secure the preservation of the Hudson's Bay 

 Fort at Edmonton, which is rapidly falling into ruins"; also drawing 

 attention "to a blockhouse built by the 65th Regiment of Montreal 

 at Millet, Alta., time of the Riel rebellion." 



British Columbia. 



Charles Mair, western pioneer and poet, writing from Fort 

 Steele, B.C. : — "With so many calls for Canadian and Imperial patriotic 

 purposes. . .decides, — this is a patriotic association which calls for 

 every Canadian's support. I may be able to indicate hereafter one 

 or two points of interest in this valley, sites knit to primitive history." 



Miss Agnes C. Laut, author of "The Pathfinders" and "Conquest 

 of the Great North West," is a valuable ally, for she says — "You have 

 my interest indeed in the good cause you are forwarding . . . tell 

 me exactly what I can do for you . . . the West is woefully destitute 

 in pride of age and place, and the places worthy of memory are legion." 



From Vancouver, Miss Isabel A. R. McLean, evinces great in- 

 terest in the "valuable work" of our Association which, "when the 

 stress ofjv^ar is over, will find heartier response." Drawing attention 

 . . ."While on a trip through Columbia Valley last summer, the site 

 was pointed out of David Thompson's fur-trading post overlooking 

 Windermere Lake, the stones where he built his fireplace still there 

 and corners of his stoutly built log house — one of Canada's greatest 

 map makers, and first to journey to the mouth of the Columbia 

 river — ^thought then some Society should mark the spot." (It is now 

 on our list.) 



Mr. E. O. S. Scholefield, the Provincial Librarian at Victoria, in 

 his application for membership asks if he is eligible, not being a member 

 of The Royal Society — adding — "As far as British Columbia is con- 

 cerned, there is a great deal to do with regard to the preservation 

 of the sites of historic scenes and spots." 



Sufficient has been quoted to shew awakened interest, intelligent 

 grasp and something definite done; but this is only, as it were, the 

 first leaf turned, in volumes yet to come. 



We have taken you across the continent from Halifax to Vancou- 

 ver, where in Stanley Park from that three-cornered piece of land 

 (now fenced off) on Siwash Rock, the ashes of our Indian Princess 

 poet were, (in fulfilment of her request) thrown to the waters. 



