Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern Railway tunnel along Anderson Lake. The current railway mileage for the location is 125.6 (historical mileage point would have differed). The location is 3.7 miles north of D'Arcy, near the southern end of Anderson Lake. This photograph was likely taken from vantage point of the summer-only Highline Road.
Photograph depicts a view of mountains, described as the head of Cayoosh Creek near Lillooet, BC.
Photograph depicts a horseback rider crossing Cayoosh Creek at a log bridge near Lillooet.
Photograph depicts the "Big Slide" at Lillooet. Also visible are a horse-drawn cart and the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a view of "The Captain" mountain near Lillooet, BC.
Photograph depicts a a mule deer hunting kill in Lillooet, BC.
Photograph depicts a pile of hunting trophies in Lillooet, B.C. Visible are what appear to be mule deer antlers, big horn sheep horns, and mountain goat pelts and horns.
Photograph depicts "Kelly's Lake" (now known as Kelly Lake) in Clinton, as well as the Pacific Great Eastern Railway line along the lake.
Photograph depicts the Cariboo Road near Clinton, B.C.
Photograph depicts two children in a row boat on an unknown lake in BC. Buildings can be seen along the shore in the background.
Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern Railway wooden trestle in Cheakamus Canyon.
Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern Railway wooden trestle in Cheakamus Canyon.
Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern Railway wooden trestle in Cheakamus Canyon.
Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern Railway wooden trestle in Cheakamus Canyon.
Photograph depicts a view of a river, possibly the Fraser River, canyon, mountains, and scrub land.
Photograph depicts the "MV Ballena" docked at a wharf. The Ballena was a passenger ferry built in 1892 by the Albion Iron Works Company of Victoria and originally named the Joan. This ship was sold to the Terminal Steam Navigation Company in 1914 and renamed the Ballena. It was later acquired by the Union Steamship Company in 1920 but burned at the Union dock in November of that year.
Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern Railway train on the original dock at Squamish (Newport); the vessel in the distance behind the warehouse is quite likely the "MV Ballena", the subject of photograph 2020.08.01.
The equipment shown in this photograph is: Locomotive 51 or 52, built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1913; caboose C-1, built by National Steel Car, Hamilton, Ontario in 1914; baggage-mail car 51 or 52; passenger coach 2, 3 or 4; and an unknown flat car outfitted as a sightseeing car with canopy. The time-frame for the photograph is between June 8, 1915 (when baggage-mail cars 51 & 52 arrived at Newport Dock) and some time in 1918 (when caboose C-1 was re-numbered to 1801).
Additional information on baggage-mail cars 51 & 52 and coaches 2, 3 & 4:
Baggage and mail cars 51 and 52 were purchased from E.H. Wilson & Co. of Philadelphia at a total cost of $2806.74 each. They were received on line June 4, 1915 and were barged to Newport on June 8. These cars had a length of 64 ft. over buffers, an inside length of 60 ft. and an inside width of 9 ft. 2½ in. and rode on 6-wheel trucks. Although not confirmed, these cars are believed to be of Pennsylvania Railroad heritage with PRR Class MM baggage and mail cars being the most likely candidates. Certainly, all the other cars purchased from E.H. Wilson & Co. were ex-Pennsylvania and the gasoline lighting system with which these cars were delivered was used extensively by the PRR.
Coaches 2, 3, & 4 are former Pennsylvania Railroad Class “PK” closed vestibule coaches #s 3077, 3080, & 3092 which were received on June 10, 1914 after being purchased from E.H. Wilson & Co. for $3859.11, $3858.87 & $3858.87 respectively. They were built by the PRR in 1905, 3070 and 3088 at Altoona Car Shops and 3092 at the Wilmington, Delaware shops of subsidiary Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. All had been assigned to P.B. & W. service. The Official Railway Equipment Register lists these cars as 62 ft. long with a capacity of 60 passengers.
Photograph depicts a couple in a row boat (likely the same couple depicted in image 2020.08.59) near Alta Lake shore docks and buildings. A rail line and a railway water tower are visible in the background. The water tank is a typical PGE 25,000 gallon water tank. The station would be a little over 400 feet south of the tank and is hidden by the stand of trees.
Photograph depicts a railway water tower, a small building, and a rail line along a lake shore. This is a close-up of the area depicted in image 2020.08.84. The water tank is a typical PGE 25,000 gallon water tank. The station would be a little over 400 feet south of the tank.
Photograph depicts a man and a woman in a row boat on Alta Lake.
Photograph depicts Pacific Great Eastern Railway #52 locomotive with railway workers posed on the locomotive for a posed portrait.
More information about the locomotive:
Pacific Great Eastern #52 locomotive was built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1913 and delivered to the PGE in November of that year together with a second identical locomotive, Pacific Great Eastern #51. They were relatively light road locomotives of the Consolidation type (2-8-0 wheel arrangement) and, prior to dieselization of the railway in the late 1940s - early 1950s, were the only Montreal-built locomotives the railway owned. All subsequent steam locomotives built new for the Railway came from the Canadian Locomotive Company in Kingston, Ontario. There were also two earlier second-hand locomotives which the PGE acquired when it took over the Howe Sound & Northern Railway (previously the Howe Sound, Pemberton Valley & Northern Railway) and two additional steam locomotive purchased second-hand from the U.S.
Photograph depicts a view of Mt. Garibaldi, possibly from Brackendale.
Photograph depicts the Cheakamus River at "18 mile", as seen from the railway grade.
Photograph depicts the Mamquam River near Squamish.
Photograph depicts the Upper Canyon, Cheakamus River. The photograph was likely taken from the railway grade at approximately "20 mile", looking north.
Caption provided on "real photo" postcard states: "Cheakamus River from bridge". However, this photograph may depict the Cheekye River, as seen from the railway bridge, looking southwest.
Photograph depicts the Upper Cheakamus Canyon, likely taken from above the railway grade at about "19 mile" looking north.
Photograph depicts the waterfall Brandywine Falls.
Photograph depicts hunters with their kill in front of the Cheakamus Road House. The man second from left is believed to be Dutch Charlie and the hunters believed to be mostly from Vancouver.
Photograph depicts the unloading of logs from rail cars into the Mamquam River Blind Channel in Squamish (then Newport). The valley bottom around Squamish was logged from Mamquam River north to across the Cheakamus River before the construction of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway.
Photograph depicts three men sitting on large logs on a logging truck. The men are believed to be, from left to right: unknown, Al Lassmann, Jack Phelps.
Photograph depicts a view of Squamish, which was named Newport between 1911-1914. This photograph was taken from the Squamish Smoke Bluffs, looking south. Mamquam River blind channel visible in foreground.
Photograph depicts a stagecoach road near Newport (Squamish).
Photograph depicts Shannon Falls near Squamish, which was formerly named Fairy Falls.
Photograph depicts the stagecoach road between Squamish (Newport) and Brackendale.
Photograph depicts the east end of Seton Lake near Lillooet.
Photograph depicts the steam-operated sawmill at Seton Lake and a fish weir at the mouth of the creek. The railway grade alongside the lake, constructed circa 1914-1915, is visible in the background. The Seton Lake fish hatchery, which built and used the fish weir, ceased operations in 1915, dating this photograph sometime around 1914 or 1915.
Photograph depicts the steam-operated Durban & Sons sawmill at the east end of Seton Lake. This photograph was taken before the PGE railway grade was built alongside the lake circa 1914-1915.
Photograph depicts a group of men, women, and children on the dock at the east end of Seton Lake. Two boats are docked, awaiting passengers. Another group of people are seated in a third boat on the far side of the dock. In the background, the PGE railway grade is visible, dating this photograph on or after 1915. The Seton Lake sawmill is also visible in the background.
Photograph depicts a view of the east end of Seton Lake. The Seton Lake sawmill and Seton Lake fish hatchery are visible in the foreground. The PGE railway grade alongside the lake has not yet been constructed, dating this photograph at or before 1914.
Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern Railway bridge when the railway operated on the east side of the Fraser River. The new grade being cut on the west side toward the site of the railway bridge is visible.
Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern Railway bridge under construction on the original route at Lillooet, which was active 1915 to 1931. Including its approach spans, the bridge was 2,630 ft. long, almost exactly half a mile. The mileage on the PGE's original mileage system was 120.6.
Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern Railway bridge under construction on the original route at Lillooet, which was active 1915 to 1931. Including its approach spans, the bridge was 2,630 ft. long, almost exactly half a mile. The mileage on the PGE's original mileage system was 120.6.
Photograph depicts a view of fog over the Fraser River in the Lillooet area.
Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern Railway bridge when the railway operated on the east side of the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts the Copeland ranch on a bench of the Fraser River in Lillooet, BC.