Fort McMurray Alberta Canada Souvenir Teaspoon Tea Spoon Moose 3-13/16" long

Fort McMurray Alberta Canada Souvenir Teaspoon Tea Spoon 3-13/16" long

I acquired this spoon from an estate sale.

The spoon is topped with a Moose sitting in a canoe with a paddle across his lap and a fishing rod and a rifle in front of him. The bowl of the spoon is engraved "Fort McMurray". There are no manufacture's markings on the spoon.

The spoon measures 3-13/16 inches (9.7 cm) long X 13/16 inch (2 cm) wide (At the widest part of the spoon bowl) and weighs 10 gr.
The spoon is in good condition with a few light scratches. (See pictures).

From the Wikipedia:

Fort McMurray:

Fort McMurray, once named McMurray, is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality (R.M.) of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. Formerly a city, it became an urban service area when it amalgamated with Improvement District No. 143 on April 1, 1995 to create the Municipality of Wood Buffalo (renamed the R.M. of Wood Buffalo on August 14, 1996). Despite its current official designation of urban service area, many locals, politicians and the media still refer to Fort McMurray as a city. Fort McMurray was known as McMurray between 1947 and 1962.

Before the arrival of Europeans in the late 18th Century, the Cree were the dominant First Nations people in the Fort McMurray area. The Athabasca Oil Sands were known to the locals and the surface deposits were used to waterproof their canoes. In 1778 the first European explorer, Peter Pond, came to the region in search of furs, as the European demand for this commodity at the time was strong. Pond explored the region further south along the Athabasca River and the Clearwater River, but chose to set up a trading post much farther north by the Athabasca River near Lake Athabasca. However, his post closed in 1788 in favour of Fort Chipewyan, now the oldest continuous settlement in Alberta.

In 1790, the explorer Alexander MacKenzie made the first recorded description of the oil sands. By that time, trading between the explorers and the Cree was already occurring at the confluence of the Clearwater and Athabasca Rivers. The Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company were in fierce competition in this region. Fort McMurray was established there as a Hudson's Bay Company post by 1870, and continued to operate as a transportation stopover in the decades afterwards. The Alberta and Great Waterways Railway arrived in 1915 complementing existing steamboat service.

The spoon is stored in a baggie and will be shipped in the baggie, in a padded envelope.

Of course, as always, I combine shipping and all stated postage includes free insurance.

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