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Wrinch Memorial Hospital
2013.6.36.1.073.07 · Pièce · [8 June 1980]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Wrinch Memorial Hospital. It held 54 beds and was founded by Dr. Winch for the benefit of the local First Nations population.

Windsor Hotel at Fort Steele
2013.6.36.1.002.070 · Pièce · Oct. 1965
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Windsor Hotel at Fort Steele, 10 miles northeast of Cranbrook. It was built in 1895 by Robert D. Mather and originally was called Dalgarno House. It is being renovated as a village museum.

Wharf at Lang Bay, B.C.
2013.6.36.1.002.122 · Pièce · Apr. 1966
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a wharf at Lang Bay, 14 miles southeast of Powell River. In fair repair, now used only by an oil company to pump in oil to a storage depot behind the camera.

Westbridge CPR depot
2013.6.36.1.027.14 · Pièce · [July 1966]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Westbridge CPR depot on the Kettle Valley Line. It is located about 11 miles north of Rock Creek and at about mile 123.3 east of Penticton. The depot house is disused and the sidings contained no cars, so there appears to be no local traffic.

West Summerland CPR station
2013.6.36.1.022.14 · Pièce · 2 Sept. 1970
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the West Summerland CPR station in the Okanagan. The station often was used but not permanently manned. It was located at mile 9.5 from Penticton. The view is looking south.

Water wheel on Lordeau Creek River
2013.6.36.1.079.05 · Pièce · [9 Sept. 1970]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a working undershot water wheel on Lardeau Creek River. It was the only water wheel seen in B.C. between 1963 and 1970. It was designed to drive an electricity generating set, but it was not coupelled to the set at the time.

2013.6.36.1.021.05 · Pièce · [24 May 1973]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts an abandoned water tower on CPR line at Brookmere, 30 miles south of Merritt. The trackage on the right has had the spikes removed but the yard consists of a mixture of completely removed, partially removed, and completely undisturbed track. An elderly couple and 2 elderly bachelors are the only year-round remaining inhabitants.

Water tower at Cranbrook
2013.6.36.1.028.37 · Pièce · 18 Aug. 1983
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a surviving but disused water tower at Cranbrook. Cranbrook is located at mile 0 on the CPR line of the Nelson Subdivision.

Washroom at CPR McCulloch depot
2013.6.36.1.026.08 · Pièce · [22 June 1979]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the washrooms on the west side of the line, about a quarter mile from the McCulloch CPR depot building. The depot is located at mile 76.6 on the Carmi Subdivision.

2013.6.36.1.003.101 · Pièce · [May 1966]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a view of the Fraser River from the Albion Ferry from Haney to Fort Langley. The ferry is approaching the south bank of Fort Langley. Gulls sat on logs floating downstream; too heavy to rise after eating candlefish.

Union Bay post office
2013.6.36.1.073.04 · Pièce · [July 1982]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the post office in Union Bay. It was a "Heritage" building and internally restored. Believed to have been built in 1908.

Undershot water wheel
2013.6.36.1.079.11 · Pièce · 5 Sept. 1970
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the same person who owned the service station building electric generator house in Trout Lake. He also built an undershot water wheel that was driven by Lardeau Creek.

Two grain elevators at Creston
2013.6.36.1.028.09 · Pièce · Aug. 1983
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts two grain elevators at Creston, BC. The Creston CPR yard lies behind the camera. The line is on a downgrade away from the camera, starting its descent to the valley bottom for Kootenay Lake. The grain elevators are a rare sight in BC.

Trout Lake Esso Service
2013.6.36.1.076.10 · Pièce · 9 Sept. 1970
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the one and only service station that was in Trout Lake City. It had manual pumps as there was no distributed electricity in the village.

2013.6.36.1.077.06 · Pièce · 16 Sept. 1970
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Transformer Sub-Station of West Kootenay Power and Light Company, which is the only private power distribution company left in B.C. at the time. In was built in 1905 and was in operation by 1906. There were identical buildings made in Grand Forks and Phoenix, but they were demolished at the latter place.

Track shed along CPR line
2013.6.36.1.027.01 · Pièce · [23 June 1979]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a track shed about 1 mile south of Beaverdell or at about mile 43.25 on the CPR line in the Carmi Subdivision. Despite the open doors and ease of access, it was the only hut on the line found to contain track materials and correspondence. It retained 50 memos addressed to the Section Foreman [at Beaverdell?].

Tool house on Windermere Subdivision
2013.6.36.1.152.02 · Pièce · Sept. 2000
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a tool house in Wasa, at the CPR Windermere Subdivision. Before 1970, the station had siding for 37 cars. Now it had two sidings for a total of 150 cars. Note the old box car with old lettering that was presumably on non-reserve service.

Tofino Airport
2013.6.36.1.077.11 · Pièce · [20 June 1972]
Fait partie de David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Tofino Airport. It was a former wartime RCAF base built in 1942 for anti-Japanese air patrols. It was now a D.O.T controlled airport.