Canadian Landscape Tokens

Name/Title

Canadian Landscape Tokens

Entry/Object ID

2014.058.002 a-e

Description

Canadian Landscape Tokens. A) Banff. Front of quarter-sized aluminium has colour image of Lake Louise. Back reads: "BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALTA./ Lake/ Louise,/ Banff National Park, is renowned for/ its magnificent scenery./ [small image of maple leaf on each side]/ Le Lac Louise,/ Parc de Banff,/ est renommé/ pour ses superbes/ paysages. PARC NATIONAL DE BANFF, ALB." In black on aluminium. B) Banff token duplicate. C) Saskatchewan. Front of quarter-sized aluminium token has colour image of grain fields and three red grain elevators. Back reads: "GRAIN FIELDS, BROOKSBY, SASKA./ More than/ 18,000,000 acres/ or Saskatchewan/ are covered with/ fields like these./ [small image of maple leaf on each side]/ Plus de 18,000,000/ d'acres de la Saskatchewan/ sont couverts de/ champs comme/ ceux ci./ CHAMPS DE BLÉ, BROOKSBY, SASK." In black on aluminium. D) Labrador. Front of quarter-sized aluminium token has colour image of Churchill Falls. Back reads: "CHURCHILL FALLS, LABRADOR/ Churchill Falls/ (245 feet) is the/ greatest of/ many falls on the Churchill River./ [small image of maple leaf on each side]/ Les chutes Churchill,/ de 245 pieds,/ sont une des plus/ grandes de la riviere/ Churchill./ CHUTES CHURCHILL, AU LABRADOR." In black on aluminium. E) Northwest Territories. Front of quarter-sized aluminium token has colour image of the Mackenzie River. Back reads: "MACKENZIE RIVER, N.W.T./ The/ Mackenzie River/ (2,635 miles long)/ is one of the world's/ largest rivers./ [small image of maple leaf on each side]/ La fleuve Mackenzie/ (2,635 miles)/ est l'un des plus/ longes au/ monde./ FLEUVE MACKENZIE, T.N.-Q." In black on alumninum.

Acquisition

Notes

Accession Date: 26-Oct-14

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Token

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

souvenir token

Created By

Silver, Christie

Create Date

July 5, 2016

Update Date

June 16, 2026