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Photograph depicts the fire hall at Lillooet, including an old hand drawn hose reel carrier.

Photograph depicts a wooden pipeline carrying irrigation water in the Similkameen Valley, near Ashnola and Keremeos.

Photograph depicts a boundary post between the U.S. and Canada, on the Canadian side about 2 miles east of Huntingdon in the Fraser Valley.

Photograph depicts a steam or motor hauled road lumber wagon. It was found near the beach in Kelowna, BC

Photograph depicts a wooden pipeline carrying irrigation water, about to be carried across the Similkameen River by being slung underneath a truss bridge. The pipeline is near Ashnola, west of Keremeos.

Photograph depicts a First Nations dugout canoe at Lillooet, BCIt is about 10 ft. long.

Photograph depicts a Cariboo Freight Wagon exhibited at Cache Creek, BCThe owner is H.Collins from Cache Creek.

Photograph depicts two horse drawn freight wagons exhibited at Cache Creek, about 100 yards south of road junction, on the west side of Spences Bridge road.

Photograph depicts the Hedley Gold Mine, 26 miles east of Princeton. Crusher workings.

Photograph depicts a Sawyer Massey traction engine in Nanton, Alberta. The device parallel and topside of the boiler to heat feed water. The water tank is small so it must have had a water cart in constant attendance.

Photograph depicts a rear view of 4 of the 6 traction engines in Nanton, Alberta. The left engine was built by Reeves and Co. in Columbus, Indiana, U.S. Its identification is #4438, it has 2 cylinder simple, and a roof. The next engine was built by Waterloo Mfg. Co. Ltd. in Waterloo, Ontario and has a single cylinder. The third engine was built by Sawyer Massey. The engine on the right side is a Gaar Scott, built in 1913, and has 25 horsepower on the drawbar and 75 horsepower on the belt.

Photograph depicts a traction engine built by Sawyer Massey in Hamilton, Ontario. It has a single cylinder and large fire box for burning wood or straw. The engine is located in Nanton, Alberta.

Photograph depicts a Sawyer Massey steam engine in Nanton, Alberta. It was built in Hamilton, Ontario. It has a single cylinder and large fire box for burning wood or straw.

Photograph depicts traction engines owned by Jack Burrows in Nanton, Alberta. There are six in this photo, all of which appear could be steamed, another two in derelict condition, and one in the village in working order. Running from front to rear in the photo: 1) Reeves with roof, U.S. 2) Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 3) Massey, Canada 4) Gaar Scott with roof, U.S. 5) Massey, Hamilton, Canada 6) Gaar Scott, U.S.

Photograph depicts the rear view of the Gaar Scott traction engine parked at Texcoc Station in Nanton, Alberta. The rear wheels have a 2'9" tread. It was used on farms for haulage, threshing, chaff cutting etc., but not plowing.

Photograph depicts one of three fire hydrants in the former Chinatown in Nanaimo, BC Chinatown was destroyed by a fire in 1955. The hydrant as cast initials, "T.C.I.W."

Photograph depicts a steam box for bending ships' timbers. It is located at River Road in north Surrey, opposite Annacis Island.

Photograph depicts a Gaar Scott traction engine in working order, steamed twice a year at least. It was built by the M. Rumely Co. in Richmond, Indiana, U.S. The engine is a #16541, has 25 horse power, and 2 cylinders. It was photographed at Texaco Station in Nanton, Alberta. It was owned by Jack burrows of Nanton.

Photograph depicts one of the three remaining fire hydrants on location of the former Chinatown in Nanaimo, BCIt was provided and installed by the Chinese and not the city of Nanaimo. The hydrant had no identification marks.

Photograph depicts stoves taken from railway equipment at the C.N. Port Mann repair shops. Left and middle stove are of the same design.

Photograph depicts a notice found on old North Vancouver Ferry #3, moored as a tender at Western Fish Boat Works, Queensborough, Lulu Island. It was signed by the Corporation of North Vancouver.

Photograph depicts a homemade wheel barrow with a leather covered wheel. It was outside an old timer's shed at Porpoise Bay, Sechelt village, on the Sechelt Peninsula.

Photograph depicts former tram tracks in Vancouver, BCPhotograph taken from the intersection of Fir St. and a piece (in the left hand of photo) leading to First Ave., with the B.C. Electric Railway behind.

Photograph depicts the site of former single tram tracks going east up Frances St., near Commercial Dr., in east Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts former tram tracks still intact at east Georgia St. and Campbell Ave. in the east end of Vancouver, BCThe tracks continued forward and crossed the low ground on a trestle.

Photograph depicts former tram tracks at the north end of Fu St. on the south side of False Creek in Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts former tram tracks, looking north from the intersection at Campbell Ave and east Georgia St. in Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts former tram tracks down east Georgia St. in east Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts a horse drawn wagon at Kingbaker Creek on the southeast end of Mara Lake, south of Sicamous on highway 97A.

Photograph depicts gas pumps and buckboard at Kingsbaker Creek, at the southeast end of Mara Lake on Highway 97A, about 10 miles south of Sicamous.

Photograph depicts an old hotel sightseeing bus built prior to 1923. It is located at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum.

Photograph depicts a truck at the Teepoortens Truck and Equipment Rentals Ltd., located at 950 West 6th Ave. in Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts one of the few surviving hand operated gas pumps, halfway between Campbell River and Kelsey Bay, BCWithin three months this gas station will have electricity.

Photograph depicts an old gas station at 1603 West 3rd Ave. and Fir St. in Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts an old truck in daily use on East Hastings St. in Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts a derelict early type of gas station on the south outskirts of Nanaimo on the old coast road.

Photograph depicts the Shaughnessy Golf Course abandoned but still played upon. There is an excavator working on drainage for a subdivision in the middle distance. The view is looking southwest from the corner of the course at Oak and 33rd Ave. in Vancouver, BC

Photograph depicts Stan Rowebotham and Ted Izzard in front of the disused club house of the abandoned Shaughnessy Golf Course.

Photograph depicts Shaughnessy Golf Course after its closure but before its destruction. The view is looking east from the clubhouse at the first tee and fairway.

Photograph depicts the one and only gun emplacement in the upper fort of Belmont Park Fort protecting Esquimalt Harbour.

Photograph depicts one of the 2 gun emplacements in the lower fort of Belmont Park Fort protecting Esquimalt Harbour.

Photograph depicts the entrance to the magazine feeding gun emplacement in the lower fort of Belmont Park Fort in Esquimalt Harbour.

Photograph depicts Belmont Park Fort on the west side of Esquimalt Harbour. It was built by the British Royal Engineers in 1895 to protect the naval base. Photo shows the lower fort with 2 gun emplacements.

Photograph depicts a Rumely oil tractor #1237 , type M, RPM 640. At sea level develops 35 Brake H.P. and 20 drawbar H.P. It was made by Advance Rumely Co. Inc. at Battle Creek, Michigan. The tractor is located at High River, Alberta, 40 miles south of Calgary.

Photograph depicts the mine buildings of the mine at Coal Creek that closed in 1959. The newer buildings date to circa 1930. Much of the standard gauge trackage of Morrissey, Fernie, and Michel railway (subsidiary of the Great Northern Railway) in mine area remains. The track between Coal Creek and Fernie has not been lifted.

Photograph depicts a grave in the churchyard of Murray Church in Nicola, near Merritt. The church was built in 1876, which makes it one of the oldest churches in the interior of B.C. The gravestone shows a death in 1882, of a son aged 14.

Photograph depicts an abandoned coal mine in Coal Creek, 5 miles east of Fernie, BCThe entrance to the mine is unusual and is 2/3rds up the mountainside. The mine was closed in 1959. Flat ground in foreground is littered with at least 100 mine tubs of approximately 3'0' gauge.

Photograph depicts a graveyard at a church in Nicola, 7 miles northeast of Merritt. The church was built in 1876, and the cast iron gravestone is unusual.

Photograph depicts a traction engine at a ranch on Nicola Lake, near Merritt. The engine was made by Nichols-Shepard Co. at Battle Creek, Michigan and named the "Red River Special." It is undated and has 2 cylinders, side tanks, 16-10 horse power, wood burner, firebox 5 ft. long.

Photograph depicts a C.P.R. steam driven tracked crane at Revelstoke, BCIt was only marked "C.P. Service E.I."