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1196 : Calgary, Alberta, and the Canadian North West Valuable information for intending settlers: Report of Lt.-Col. Barwis, of Arthabaskaville, Quebec, and a delegation of practical farmers from the district of Arthabaska, province of Quebec, who visited the North West, and the vicinity of Calgary in particular, in the summer of 1884 . [1885].
Barwis, Thomas Shepard (1826?-1911.)
1826?-1911. Lieutenant-colonel of 55th Megantic Rifles of Arthabaskaville, Quebec; visited Calgary, 1884; son settled in Calgary, where he became a business owner (Souvenir of Alberta).