Fort Vancouver
Historic Furnishings Report: Bakery
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PLATES
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Plate I. Contents of a cache of 1853
left by Captain Henry Kellett, R. N., on Dealy Island, Northwest
Passage. The biscuit, stamped with the royal broad arrow, matches
exactly the description of those turned out for the Royal Navy in 1851
by the victualing office at Weovil in the south of England. Although
stamped out by machine, this biscuit undoubtedly resembles in size and
general appearance the former round biscuits produced by hand stamping
prior to the mechanization of the industry. (Photograph courtesy of
Mr. Wayne Colwell, Curator, Canadian National Historic Sites
Service.)
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Plate II. "Old bake oven" in one of the
bastions at Lower Fort Garry, Manitoba, in 1935. Unfortunately
additional data concerning this photograph are not available.
(Courtesy of Library, Hudson's Bay Company, Winnipeg; reproduced with
permission of the Hudson's Bay Company.)
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Plate III. Reconstructed H.B.C. bake
ovens in Northwest Bastion, Lower Fort Garry, originally built c.
1846-1848. The doors to these ovens are only 24 inches above the floor.
One chimney serves both ovens. (National Park Service photograph by
A. L. Koue, September, 1967.)
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Plate IV. Oven entrance details,
Northwest Bastion, Lower Fort Garry. The vaulted ceiling of the baking
chamber is 3'3" high at the top of the arch. (National Park Service
photograph by A. L. Koue, September, 1967.)
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Last Updated: 28-Nov-2005
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