The Legend of Caroline Maben Flower: Lady Prospector of the Porcupine

Archive

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Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

Name/Title

The Legend of Caroline Maben Flower: Lady Prospector of the Porcupine

Entry/Object ID

2021.1231.01

Tags

Prospecting History, Mining History, Mining Industry, Porcupine, Ontario, Cobalt, Ontario, Biographies, Gold Mining, Silver Mining

Scope and Content

Book describing the life and legacy of Caroline Maben Flower, who was a female prospector in the Porcupine area.

Context

The book provides all information possible about Caroline's life and how she moved from New York to Rural Northern Ontario to take part in the gold rush in 1906. Caroline Maben Flower was born in 1896 in Minnesota. She grew up to become a high class lady, studying piano in Berlin in order to become a socialite later in life. By 1906 she decided to move to rural Northern Ontario for health reasons. Instead she decided to join the gold prospecting camps in Colbalt and later Porcupine. During her time there she became known as "The Lady Prospector of the Porcupine" and made a name and reputation for herself as a famed prospector.

Collection

Mining History, District of Cochrane Collection

Cataloged By

Kat Bezaire

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Biography

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

One on One Printing

Date(s) of Creation

circa 2000

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

The Legend of Caroline Maben Flower: Lady Prospector of the Porcupine

Description

Book describing the life and legacy of Caroline Maben Flower, who was a female prospector in the Porcupine area.

Creator

Maggie Wilson

Date(s) of Creation

2021

Subjects

History, Prospecting, Gold, Gold mining, Mining, Silver

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Temiskaming Shores, Ontario

District

Temiskaming, Ontario

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Item Number (Assigned from FileMaker)

Other Number

32969

Number Type

ISBN Number

Other Number

9781777702809

Dimensions

Width

6 in

Length

9 in

Location

Location

Wall

Mining History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

February 3, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Date Examined

Feb 3, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, plastic, binding

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Mining History

Notes

The book was purchased by the museum on October 1, 2021

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Originally cataloged on October 4, 2021 by Kat Bezaire, re-cataloged on February 3, 2022 by Kat Bezaire

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

February 3, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

February 3, 2022