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Hotel in Keremeos
2013.6.36.1.075.03 · Item · [July 1967]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts an old hotel in the center of Keremeos. It once had been a thriving staging post. The village now only contained 2 building which included this hotel and a dance hall that had been converted to a barn.

Stave Falls School
2013.6.36.1.076.13 · Item · [June 1968]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Stave Falls School, a type of rural school that was falling into disuse. This one was still in use and cared for.

CPR wharf building
2013.6.36.1.077.08 · Item · [22 July 1968]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CPR wharf building at Okanagan Landing, Okanagan Lake. It was presumably used as a covered slipway and as a store. It was was now boarded up and the rail track between Vernon and Okanagan Landing was removed in 1940.

2013.6.36.1.074.11 · Item · Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts an Indian Roman Catholic church at the mouth of Anderson Lake. No services were held anymore. It was externally restored in 1968 by the white people of the village, while the Natives did the interior. Unfortunatley, there was no work done on the interior as of the date the photograph was captured.

2013.6.36.1.072.06 · Item · [July 1969]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Moha "ghost" vilage, 20 miles west of Lillooet, at the fork of Bridge and Yalako Rivers. It used to be a gold mining village. About 8 houses/cabins were left standing, but none were occupied. Displayed is one that had 2 ft. thick walss to waist height, as shown.

St. Ann's Academy, Victoria
2013.6.36.1.073.05 · Item · Oct. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts St. Ann's Academy, a girls boarding school that was close to the centre of Victoria. In the corner of the property, nuns had established the first school in B.C. in 1853.

West Summerland CPR station
2013.6.36.1.022.14 · Item · 2 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the West Summerland CPR station in the Okanagan. The station often was used but not permanently manned. It was located at mile 9.5 from Penticton. The view is looking south.

2013.6.36.1.024.06 · Item · 1 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR line at Arawana, 5 miles northeast of Penticton and at mile 125.7 on the Carmi Subdivision. The photo shows the ruins of the station house and Okanagan Lake in the background. The passing loop in the foreground has been disconnected and partially dismantled. The rear track was used once or twice weekly by the way freight train between Penticton and Midway. The view is looking west.

Trout Lake Esso Service
2013.6.36.1.076.10 · Item · 9 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

Lordeau Hotel
2013.6.36.1.076.11 · Item · Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken in the ghost town of Ferguson. About 8 deserted buildings remained, of which two appeared to be used as summer cabins. This building was the Lardeau Hotel.

Old mine buildings
2013.6.36.1.077.01 · Item · 13 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts one of various old lead and zinc mine buildings. Behind this building, on the foreshore, were a few men working on the reclamation of tailings and waste from the mine that was dumped in Kootenay Lake.

2013.6.36.1.077.05 · Item · 2 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Pioneer Sash and Door Company Ltd. Davies suggests that it may have been the same as S.C. Smith Ltd., which commenced operating in Vernon in 1883. In the early days, products were verandah posters, balusters, and fancy trim. Most products were sent to the U.S. Most of the fancy trim in early north Okanagan homes came from this plant. In 1972, its main output was cedar panelling for Florida.

Undershot water wheel
2013.6.36.1.079.11 · Item · 5 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

CPR line at Boundary Falls
2013.6.36.1.028.02 · Item · 14 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR line at Boundary Falls, which is at mile 121 from Nelson on the Boundary Subdivision. The view is looking west and it shows the former flag stop shelter.

2013.6.36.1.018.01 · Item · [2 Sept. 1970]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the joint CPR and CN depot at Vernon. The depot office had three employees working inside. Vernon is at mile 46.2 from Sicamous, on the Okanagan Subdivision of the CPR. It has daily way freight.

Midway CPR depot
2013.6.36.1.028.01 · Item · 17 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Midway CPR depot located at the eastern terminus of Kettle Valley Railway. It was a subdivisional point with way freights originating at Nelson and Penticton, and running west and east respectively to Midway. There are two to 3 freights weekly from Nelson and 1 to 2 from Penticton. It lost its agency in June 1969 and all small freight [

CPR line at Greenwood
2013.6.36.1.028.03 · Item · 17 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the CPR line at Greenwood. There is no representative of the CPR in Greenwood now and the agency expired in June 1969. There appears to be 2 to 3 way freights per week from Nelson to Midway. The view is looking north and shows the depot house.