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Photo taken in Kenora Northern Western Ontario. Crowd along train track, Prince of Wales talking with dignitaries on track behind his stopped train. After the inauguration of Union Station in Toronto, the Prince was on his way to his ranch in Alberta.
The Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII, became famous for abdicating in 1936 in order to marry Wallis Simpson.
Postmarked ‘KENORA SEP 20 27’, mailed to Sweden. Mention in message of 'Prince of Wales".
Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, HRH Prince of Wales from 1910 to 1936, HM King Edward VIII from 20 January to 11 December 1936, HRH The Duke of Windsor from 1936 to 1972 (born 23 June 1894 in White Lodge Richmond, Surrey, England; died 28 May 1972 in Paris, France). Edward toured Canada on several occasions and purchased a ranch in Alberta. He is best known for abdicating the crown and marrying American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
Visit to Canada in 1927 of The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) and Prince George (later Duke of Kent).
