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Photograph depicts the CPR Faulder depot on the Kettle Valley Railway. It is located at mile 15.5 from Penticton, on the Princeton Subdivision.

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 Princeton depot. The view is looking east.

Photograph depicts the CPR Kettle Valley Railway line at Osprey Lake, approximately 38.8 miles from Penticton, at the summit between Penticton and Princeton. The passing line was removed between 1956 and 1966. A small spur holding 5 cars remains and it was used to store a heavy crane to replace bridge members. The elevation at this point is 3, 606 ft.

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.

Photograph depicts Myra depot on the CPR Kettle Valley line. The depot is at mile 83.8 and is only 8 miles from Kelowna but 2800 ft. above it. Trevor Davies, aged 8 3/4, is in the foreground.

Photograph depicts a one roomed school that was seemingly still in use.

Photograph depicts St. John the Divine church, built in 1914 at Hubert which is now a ghost town. Moved to this location in the open country in 1928.

Photograph depicts the CPR depot at Chase, which is no longer in use.

Photograph depicts the McCulloch CPR depot located at mile 76.7 on the Carmi Subdivision, which is about 27 miles northeast of Penticton. The rear building is the passenger depot, which was painted blue inside. The view is looking north.

Photograph depicts a booster telegraph relay station at Carmi. Carmi is located at mile 46.6 on the CPR line on the Carmi Subdivision. This is the only surviving telegraph pole between Penticton and Beaverdell. The view is looking east.

Photograph depicts the Carmi Depot located at mile 46.6 on the CPR line in the Carmi Subdivision. This is the only surviving building at the depot. The layout here consisted of 4 passing/storage tracks and 1 short siding. The view is looking north and upgrade.

Photograph depicts the CPR depot at Salmon Arm. It is occupied and in use. The view is looking east.

Photograph taken at Carmi, an old village between Rock Creek and Kelowna. Visible is an old hotel that was up for sale.

Photograph depicts a disused rural school in the village of Cormi.

Photograph depicts a barn of the Glenwalker Ranch. Built in 1890-1910.

Photograph depicts a section shanty at the CPR McCulloch depot located at mile 76.6 on the Carmi Subdivision. The rail here is Canada Algoma, 85 lbs. and dated to 1940. The view is looking southeast, with Hydraulic Lake in the background.

Photograph depicts the CPR depot at Chute Lake, on the Carmi Subdivision. It is located at mile 106.5 and 13.5 miles north of Penticton. The photo shows the passing track and the base of a former water tower is just behind the camera at the left. The rail here is dated 1942.

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?].

Photograph depicts Glenwalker Ranch. Visible are details of the log construction of a barn that was built between 1890 and 1910.

Photograph depicts a school room or church on the road between Louis Creek and Adams Lake.

Photograph depicts the disused CPR Kettle Valley Railway line in Penticton. The trackage leads from the lakefront to the main yards. All the track was removed by July 1981. The view is looking northeast to the lake and the Incola Hotel.

Photograph depicts the Chute depot at mile 106.5 on the CPR line in the Carmi Subdivision. It is a totally isolated location, but not reachable by road. The photo shows the only surviving large building. The rail here is dated 1942.

Photograph depicts the McCulloch CPR depot at mile 76.6 on the Carmi Subdivision. The depot was painted blue inside. The last passenger train was seen 17 January 1964 and the last freight train on the 19 May 1973.

Photograph depicts the McCulloch CPR depot located at mile 76.7 on the Carmi Subdivision, which is about 27 miles northeast of Penticton. The building on the right is the passenger depot, which was last officially used in January 1964. The view is looking south on the downgrade.

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.

Photograph depicts a cattle barn of the Douglas Lake Ranch.

Photograph depicts an RCAF Langer that was erected in 1942 as part of a flying boat base to counter possible Japanese sea and activities. It was used subsequently as whaling station premises.

Photograph depicts a church on River Road, Whonnock, Maple Ridge.

Photograph depicts Golly's Grocery that was closed and slightly vandalised.

Photograph depicts a mine building at the copper mine in Britannia Beach. The mine was still in use and well maintained.

Photograph depicts small buildings sited on the north side of the tracks and just west of the Mission City CPR depot. They are all in use and well cared for.

Photograph depicts the CPR Mission Bridge on the Huntingdon branch. The photo was taken from the open swing span looking downstream, with a tug and derrick (Fraser River Pile Driving Co.) fast disappearing downstream. The new road bridge in the background is about to be opened in late June 1973.

Photograph depicts the CPR Mission Bride on the Huntingdon branch. The photo was taken from the open swing, and shows a tug and derrick passing swiftly downstream in the north channel of the opening. The span opens about every 2 or 3 days for river traffic.

Photograph depicts the CPR Mission Bridge on the Huntingdon branch. The span opened to allow downstream passage of a tug and derrick, which passed at about 6 to 8 knots because of the freshet. Tow started at federal wharf at Mission City. The span opens for river traffic every 2 or 3 days. The view is looking east and upstream.

Photograph depicts the CPR Mission Bridge on the Huntingdon branch. The swing span is in an open position and the view is looking west and downstream. A new road bridge to be opened within the month is in the background. The bridge cabin holds a gas engine that turns the span in about 60 seconds.

Photograph depicts a house on the southern edge of Chinatown.

Photograph depicts a Public Weigh Scale that was operated in Vancouver, on Main Street, opposite the CN Depot.

Photograph depicts a derelict barn displaying frame construction.

Photograph depicts a log cabin with a sod roof that was used as a cow shelter on Dot Ranch. The ranch was probably built by pioneers pior to 1900.

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 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 CPR line at Brookmere, 30 miles south of Merritt (now mile 108.7 on the Princeton Subdivision). Summit point is at 3200 ft. between Spences Bridge, Hope, and Princeton. The Kettle Valley Railway carved out a railway town in the wilderness in 1914/1915 to hold about 300 people. The men were train crews and track a gangs, particularly for the troublesome Coquihalla route. The photo includes the boarded up depot and the view is looking north.

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.

Photograph depicts the CPR depot at Merritt. When the Spences Bridge to Merritt branch line was first built its principal traffic was coal taken from the mines on the south edge of the city. As late as 1923 Middlesborough Mine produced 75,862 tons/year.

Photograph depicts a house that had just been repainted on the north side of Pender Street.

Photograph depicts one of the few remaining inhabioted and well kept houses that still survived in the very heart of downtown Vancouver.

Photograph depicts the only store in the small, derelict village of about 12-15 houses of which only one is occupied.

Photograph depicts a small barn that had just been built within the last 12 months.

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. It is 41.7 miles from Vancouver and 2, 839.6 miles from Montreal.