Photograph depicts the R.C.N. tribal class destroyer entering the Esquimalt Harbour, looking seawards.
Photograph depicts the U.S.S. Cowell, a heavy destroyer in English Bay, Vancouver during the maritime festival.
Photograph depicts the H.M.C.S. Beacon Hill at English Bay in Vancouver during the maritime festival.
Photograph depicts the C.N.R. ship "Prince George" outward bund passing under the Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver.
Photograph depicts the steam tug "Master" with the steam up at Kingcome Navigation Dock in Vancouver.
Photograph depicts the ex C.P.R. "Moyie" sternwheeler, now a museum at Kaslo.
Photograph depicts a ship at Schwartz Bay on Vancouver Island. The ship's name begins with the "Queen of".
Photograph depicts a crane and tugboat docked at an unknown location.
Photograph depicts a fire float at False Creek. It is one of the two operated by the Vancouver Fire Department in Vancouver.
Photograph depicts the mooring on south side of Coal Harbour and 100 yards east of the Bayshore Hotel, looking northwest to north.
Photograph depicts the Vancouver Fire Department fire boat #2 moored at the federal dock beside the immigration building in Vancouver.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of ships in British Columbia.
Photograph depicts the "Nanaimo Chief" at Granville Island, False Creek, Vancouver.
Photograph depicts the tugboat "Gulf Margaret" with a Straits scow leaving the north arm of the Fraser River and entering the main river at New Westminster, travelling upstream. The tug belongs to the Gulf of Georgia Towing Company.
Photograph depicts the ship the "Princess Louise" at Lynn Terminals in Vancouver Harbour.
Photograph depicts the ship the "Princess Louise" under tow at about 7:30 pm, passing Brockton Point in Vancouver Harbour.
Photograph depicts the steam tug "Seaswell" on the Pitts River, between a railway and road bridge. It was formerly owned by Vancouver Tug and used for towing log booms in open sea. It was last used by them in 1960/1961. The towing gear was recently removed but the steam reciprocating engines are still intact.
Photograph depicts the steam tug "Prestige" in Vancouver Harbour. It is disused and passively preserved.
Photograph depicts C.N.R. tug #6 on Okanagan Lake at Kelowna. It just had its annual refit. It was built in 1948 by the Yarrows Ltd. in Victoria.
Photograph depicts Coal Harbour in Vancouver. The view is looking east at the Bayshore Hotel and facing the Harbour Park Development site, newly filled with rock.
Photograph depicts Coal Harbour in Vancouver. The photo is facing land fill with stone on the tidal side. The site is for the first block of the Harbour Park Development Ltd. high rise apartments.
Photograph depicts the Lynn Terminals wharf in Vancouver Harbour. The view is looking east with the Second Narrows bridge in the background. The photo also shows a steam dredger at work.
Photograph depicts the CP rail in the False Creek area in Vancouver. It is between Beatty and Cambie Streets with Smithe St. crossing from left to right in the foreground. The photo includes an insulated box car of the Southern Pacific Railway, #SP 67343, built in 1961. The track at the right is physically usable but is unused.
Photograph depicts a view in a lane on the south side of the 1300 block of Richards St. in Vancouver. It includes a Louisville & Nashville car # L&N 109534, that is "paper loading only", has blue paintwork, and was built in June 1953. The end of the spur is at about Drake St. but it is covered in gravel for the last 25 yards. The car was spotted at the Cascade Imperial Mills Ltd. located at #1205 Richards St. Two-thirds of the block is occupied by the Johnston Terminals, Merchandise Storage Division. The building has 6 rail access doors but only 4 are in use. There is usually at least 1 car spotted along the building.
Photograph depicts Pier #2 in Vancouver at the north end of Columbia St. It shows disconnected trackage on the east side of the pier that was formerly serviced by the CPR. It has not been in use for some years. The switch fittings were made by the Nelson Iron Works in Seattle.
Photograph depicts the CPR grade crossing gates adjacent to the intersection of Alexander and Columbia Streets. The signal (gate control) tower is in the background. The view is looking east.
Photograph depicts the CPR locomotive yards at Drake St. in Vancouver. The disused winch in shack is used for moving cars into the repair shed. There is bushes growing out of the track.
Photograph depicts a disused CPR roundhouse at the Port Coquitlam yards. The house had 8 stalls and may be used for other purposes, but not for locomotives.
Photograph depicts the CPR False Creek yards in Vancouver. Turning the "Canadian" on the loop. An observation car is in the foreground. The view is looking southwest.
Photograph depicts Hamilton St. in Vancouver. The photo was taken at the back of 1250 Homer St, but is actually on Hamilton St., looking east. The left-hand line is in regular use, but the siding on the right hand side is not.
Photograph depicts the CPR roundhouse and turntable at the False Creek yards in Vancouver. The locomotive #1410 is in clean external condition.
Photograph depicts the CPR False Creek yards in Vancouver. It The scale test car in the photo is #420927 and is one of the few 4 wheeled cars on the North American railways.
Photograph depicts the Hatzic Meadows crossing, east of Mission City in the Fraser Valley. It shows the westbound C.P. rail express running at 50-60 mph.
Photograph depicts the CPR at North Bend in the Fraser Canyon. The yard is obscured by the trees to the right of the hut to the right of the train set. The view is looking north.
Photograph depicts a car at the Revelstoke yards. It was built in 1948 for newsprint only and painted green
Photograph depicts CPR service auxiliary car #411642 at Revelstoke. There was no builders plate but it was painted in February 1970. Its weight let is 165, 700 lbs.
Photograph depicts a partial view of the CPR roundhouse at Revelstoke. The machine shop roof is in the left rear and the boiler house chimney is in the right rear. The view is looking south.
Photograph depicts the CPR line at Revelstoke. It shows the termination of a spur running southwest through the city for about 1/2 mile from the main line to the cliff edge, below which runs the Columbia River. It may originally have been built to service the original town of Revelstoke which lay below, close to the sternwheeler's landing.
Photograph depicts the Mission City CPR depot located at mile 87.3 from North Bend in Cascade Substation. It was built in 1902 and add onto in 1909. It has living quarters on the 2nd floor that are still in use, which is quite rare for BC in 1973.
Photograph depicts a CPR storehouse at Mission City. It was marked as "Petroleum Store" but in fact was holding speeders and miscellaneous track equipment. It was sited on the north side of the track at the extreme east end of the depot platform.
Photograph depicts the CPR depot at Salmon Arm. It is occupied and in use. The view is looking east.
Photograph depicts a tank car being pumped on the north side of the main line track, about 1/4 mile west of the Salmon Arm CPR depot. The view is looking east.
Photograph depicts old CPR boxcar #42018 at Savona, on the west end of Kamloops Lake. It was built in July 1922 and is now in work service. It has steel ends and frame but wooden sides.
Photograph depicts old CPR passenger car at Salmon Arm. The car is now in work service as #41645 and is used for storage.
Photograph depicts an old wooden CPR caboose, formerly #436919, at Kamloops. It was built in 1928 and has sat unmoved for 2 or 3 years. By 1981 it had disappeared.
Photograph depicts a lumber mill for Evans Wood Products Ltd. In Savona. It shows filling chip cars that are taken to Weyerhaeuser Pulp Mill in Kamloops, 25 miles to the east. And loading, the cars run down grade to the spur end. The total capacity of the spur is about 6 cars.
Photograph depicts the CPR at the Huntingdon/Sumas border (BC/Washington State border). A Mission way freight train is standing at about 5 pm, ready to return to Mission. The photo shows CP caboose #436733, built in 1920 out of wood. The border is about 10 ft. behind the camera.
Photograph depicts the joint CPR and CN depot at Vernon. The depot office had three employees working inside. Vernon is at mile 46.2 from Sicamous, on the Okanagan Subdivision of the CPR. It has daily way freight.
Photograph depicts the CPR depot at Armstrong. It is located about mile 32 from Sicamous on the Okanagan Subdivision. The view is looking south.
Photograph depicts the CPR line near Merritt. The way freight from Spences Bridge to Merritt is about 1 west of Dot, which is mile 20.3 from Spences Bridge. It is a 20 car train. The view is looking east.