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Photograph depicts a lake steamer called "Proctor" which ran from the CPR rail terminal to Trout Lake City.

Photograph depicts the only surviving building in the ghost town of Gerard. Its survival was due to the ownership and periodic use of the B.C. Government Fisheries Department.

Photograph depicts an abandoned house in a semi-host town viallage that dated back to 1895-1900. It was coverd with hop flowers which was typical for most of the deserted homes in the area. Village had 20 buildings standings of which 12 were occupied.

Photograph depicts Windsor Hotel, the only survivor of about 5 hotels that were in the area.

Photograph depicts the one and only service station that was in Trout Lake City. It had manual pumps as there was no distributed electricity in the village.

Photograph depicts an original trappers cabin on Staubert Lake.

Photograph depicts a trappeers cabin on the northend of Trout Lake and Trout Lake City. It was maintained in good condition by present owners who valued its age.

Photograph depicts a working undershot water wheel on Lardeau Creek River. It was the only water wheel seen in B.C. between 1963 and 1970. It was designed to drive an electricity generating set, but it was not coupelled to the set at the time.

Photograph depicts the same person who owned the service station building electric generator house in Trout Lake. He also built an undershot water wheel that was driven by Lardeau Creek.

Photograph depicts a grader that was working on removing a sharp bend and widening Galena Bay Road.

Photograph taken in Trout Lake City which had no electricity, so the pumps displayed were hand worked. The car belonged to the Davies family. It was a 1953 Vauxhall Velox.

Photograph depicts the remains of a sawmill located at the north end of Trout Lake. Stone work in the foreground was built upon a log raft and had heavy machinery secured to its top.