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Archival description
2012.13.2.15.22 · File · 1979-2010
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists notes and reproductions relating to the Dunster station and Mcbride station. Includes: "Re: Dunster Station - Grants, etc". typescript letter from Derek Trimmer, Heritage Advisory Committee, to Karen Craigue, Dunster Community Association (21 Apr. 1988) and "Proposal for the Acquisition, Restoration and use of the Dunster C.N.R. Station" typescript document prepared by Heritage Committee of Dunster Community Association (Feb. 1986). Also includes a photograph depicting the Dunster station (1980?).

Documents
2000.8.2.1 · File · 1917, 1930
Part of Ferry family fonds

File consists of three booklets relating to Mr. Carney Ferry.

2000.1.1.2.05 · File · March - December 1970
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

File contains photographs documenting the construction of Cassiar's new mill building. Photos depict early excavation, foundations, framework, construction of all seven stories, sheeting, siding, and roof tarring. Also included are photos depicting the large model of the mill, as well as construction work done on the tramline. Photos taken inside the mill depict flooring work, and milling machinery including feed chutes, screens, fans, wheelabrators, control panels, electrical panels, conveyor systems, vacuum systems, and the fan-driven air system that transported the fiber. Many photos depict construction workers, building supplies, worksites, and equipment including cranes, bulldozers, tractors, hauling trucks and trailer flatbeds. Some photos depict aerial views from the new mill and feature the plantsite, tramline, mine road, mountains, and valley.

Columbia Coast Mission Ship
2007.17.4 · File · [ca.1930] , [ca. 1960]
Part of James Joseph Claxton Photograph Collection

This file consists of 32 photographs pertaining to the Yukon steamship Tutshi, ca. 1936 and J.J. Claxton’s time aboard the Columbia Cost Mission Ship M.S. Columbia III, ca. 1960. General subject areas identified in these photographs include: individuals and communities visited by the Columbia III; families involved in receipt of pastoral services such as marriages and baptisms; as well as medical care.

Collins Overland Telegraph
2000.23.1.027 · File · 1974-1982
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of collected research materials regarding Perry McDonough Collins and the Collins Overland Telegraph. Collins was the visionary behind the Russian-American Telegraph of 1865-1867. The failed venture aimed to connect America to Europe by telegraph via the Bering Strait. Materials include newspaper clippings, a book, as well as reproductions of articles, correspondence, and archival material. Highlights include:

  • D.A. McGregor, "Through B.C. to Bering Sea-A Dream that Failed" from The Province, 1953 (article reproduction)
  • John B. Daniell, "The Collins Overland Telegraph" from the Northwest Digest, 1960 (article reproduction)
  • Illustration from Provincial Archives of British Columbia, "Williams Creek from the canyon To middle town (Barkerville)" from a painting by Frederick Whymper, [186?] (print photograph reproduction)
  • Reproduction of Corday MacKay, "The Collins Overland Telegraph", 1866 (article reproduction)
  • Hon. Homer D. Angell, "Congressional Record: Proceeding and Debates of the 78th Congress, First Session", 1943 (reproduction)
  • Article entitled "Collin's Overland Telegraph" by Kathleen Fitzgerald in "The History of the Canadian West" collector's no. 1, 1982 (magazine issue)
  • Willard E. Ireland, "The Collins Overland Telegraph", 1866 (article reproduction)
CNR Branch - Okanagan
2013.6.36.1.043 · File · 1966-1984
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of the Canadian National Railway branch in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia.