REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL TRACT OF LAND ON THE UPPER REACHES OF THE KOOTENAY RIVER (Signed) by Clark, John William - 1929

n.p.: Privately Printed, 1929. Manuscript. Hardcover. Collectible Very Good. Original typewritten and bound manuscript submitted by Clark to The Honourable T. P. Burden, Minister of Lands, British Columbia. Gilt-stamped quarto cloth. Seven (7) one side pps of text plus eleven (11) card stock leaves with two original slightly sepia photographs, about 3 5/*" x 5 7/8" each on each leaf-- one side. Plus, after the ffep, Photostat of map, stamped on verso "Dept. of Lands / Survey Branch / May 28 1929," of district under consideration. This manuscript is a description of the lands under consideration with a primary view to agricultural use. Clark signed the text. Photos are of Canal Flats lumber mill, mouth of White River, Palliser Meadows, breaking camp at Palliser Meadows, photo of Mr. Ed. Holm breaking camp, park views, Iron Gate on the Banff-Windermere hwy near Sinclair Pass, park ranger's cabin at Sinclair Pass with pack train, end of ride at ranger's cabin with four men (John Lethbridge of CPR, Calgary, Harry Burns of Canal Flats Mill, Mr. Biker, Ass't Dist Engineer at Golden, & Ed Home of Cranbrook, Invermere in the Columbia Valley (distance view), Sinclair Canyon, model of Ft. Thompson near Invermere, Golden, and provincial highway near Golden. Accompanying this manuscript is a facsimile of first two pps of an article in BC Studies (Summer/Autumn 2004 on Clark by James Murton. Vg condition of course in only original one copy.