Caption
Tom pioneered muskrat rehabilitation on an island leased from the Manitoba Government and his methods were so successful that they were adopted by the Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Federal Governments.
Release Date
January 15, 1957
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Photographers
Harrington, RichardCollection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
Tom Lamb of The Pas, Manitoba has created an empire with his amazing energy, enthusiasm and ingenuity. He has crowded a dozen careers into his 58 years, and developed much of Canada's north country.
Date
December 1, 1956
Accession Number
LAC-NFB79057
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176401
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
From freighting river and air cargo to constructing houses and airstrips or bulldozing a road out of the wilderness is all part of the day's work to Lamb whose six sons help him in his various projects.
Date
December 1, 1956
Accession Number
LAC-NFB79058
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176402
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
The Lambs also carry freight and passengers by barge and cruiser between The Pas and Moose Lake. Part of this cargo is for the trading post and the rest is destined for Tom's latest project, his cattle ranch. Despite low land and hordes of mosquitoes, the herd has done so well that his pioneer farming has stirred up official interest in Manitoba's millions of acres of muskrat marsh as potential meadowland.
Date
December 1, 1956
Accession Number
LAC-NFB79059
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176403
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Tom Lamb's father began the family pioneering tradition when he started a trading post at Moose Lake in 1900 which Tom still runs. The growth of his other enterprises however, made it difficult to direct them from the post and Tom moved his headquarters to The Pas, a thriving town 50 miles to the east that expects to grow with the mining boom in northern Manitoba.
Date
December 1, 1956
Accession Number
LAC-NFB79060
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176404
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Hiring his first plane in the early thirties to fly frozen fish to the railway, Lamb now owns a fleet of 9 aircraft that are well known to every prospector and trapper in Manitoba and the District of Keewatin.
Date
December 1, 1956
Accession Number
LAC-NFB79061
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176405
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory # 89: Tom Lamb of The Pas: Commercial Empire Builder
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
January 15, 1957
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
