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Site of first trainway in BC
2013.6.36.1.059.23 · Item · 5 Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the site of the first tramway in BC that ran between Anderson Lake and Seton Lake for 1 1/4 miles and was built in 1861. It lasted for 2 years and used wooden rails. The visible piece of track bed was 70 paces southwest of the PGE depot in Seton Portage. Parts of it had been obliterated by bulldozing that took place in the centre of the village.

Site of first trainway in BC
2013.6.36.1.059.24 · Item · 5 Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the site of the first tramway in B.C., that ran between Anderson Lake and Seton Lake for 1 1/4 miles and was built in 1861. It is located 70 paces southwest of what is now the PGE Seton Portage depot. It was opened for trafic in July 1861 and had lasted for two years.