Meadow Lake Historical Society mailed potential artifact
The Meadow Lake and District Museum and Historical Society received a map of the region in the mail believed to be over 100 years old.
Millie Henderson, historical society member told meadowlakeNOW, a man who the Historical Society has never met from the United Kingdom, mailed the map to the museum after finding the alleged artifact folded up in an old book.
“It is detailed down to where there is good hunting for moose, where there are trees, good soil and he also marked a place which said was his proposed homestead, which was West of his uncles. Both of those homesteads were straight North of the Flying Dust reserve,” she said.
According to Henderson, the map is dated back to 1904 and was reprinted in 1908. She said historical society says they cannot make out the individual’s name who sent the map, whether it is Sharington, Shirling, or Shilling though have plans to contact the man through his return mailing address.
