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Dr. Joselito Arocena fonds
2016.7 · Fonds · 1988-2019

Fonds consists of the research and professorial records of Dr. Joselito Arocena, a founding faculty member of UNBC. Arocena was an internationally-recognized soil scientist and UNBC’s first Canada Research Chair. His records demonstrate his accomplishments as an academic and researcher, as well as his many and varied interdisciplinary research endeavours. Also included are selections from Arocena’s extensive photographic slide collection which illustrate his teaching, research projects, and personal interests.

Arocena, Joselito
2013.6 · Collection · [before 2020]

The David Davies Railway Collection encompasses all facets of railway history specifically in the province of British Columbia and the Yukon territory. The collection consists of research material accumulated over the course of more than fifty years, and includes monographs, periodicals, articles, clippings, railway timetables, photographs, maps and plans, and excerpts. Material covers public, tourist, and private (industrial) railways, including: CPR, KVR, E&N; CNR, CNoR, GTPR; and PGER, BCR. The collection excludes material regarding streetcar systems and rapid transit, but includes long distance electric interurbans.

House fire
2013.6.36.1.003.021 · Item · [1964?]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a house fire possibly on 1000 Beach Block and Thurlow St. , caused by a wrecking gang.

Entrance to False Creek
2013.6.36.1.003.052 · Item · Aug. 1964
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the entrance to False Creek in Vancouver, B.C. The wooden navigation marker has since been removed. The photo is taken from 1053 Beach Ave.

Entrance to Squamish River
2013.6.36.1.003.089 · Item · Sept. 1965
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the entrance to the Squamish River at Squamish, looking upstream. The pier on the left belongs to the original logging railway, circa 1909-1925.

2013.6.36.1.003.094 · Item · Apr. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Hospital Cottage on Main St. in Sechelt, B.C. which also appears to have been home to the Magistrates and Small Debts Court at one point. A large central hospital for the whole of the Sechelt Peninsula was opened in 1965 at Sechelt.

2013.6.36.1.004.37 · Item · [July 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a steam crane in the yard of the Lions Gate Lumber Co. at the foot of Lloyd St. in North Vancouver. The crane was made by the Brown Hoisting Machinery Co. in Cleveland, Ohio and is undated. It has a 20 ton capacity, is well maintained, and freshly painted.

2013.6.36.1.004.39 · Item · Apr. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a steam crane in a lumber yard on the north side of Porpoise Bay in Sechelt on the Sechelt Peninsula. The steam crane has been converted to diesel and was made by the Brown Hoisting Co. from Cleveland, Ohio. It lifts 21 tons at a 12ft radius and 5 tons at 35ft radius, and is in daily use. The 200 yards of rail track form a "Y" with the bottom piece onto the wharf.

Small coal drift mine
2013.6.36.1.005.02 · Item · Aug. 1964
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a small coal drift mine which worked perhaps 6 months prior to the picture being taken. Timber lands # 8, Cranberry, about 17 miles south of Nanaimo.