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Photograph depicts Sirdar station belonging to the C.P.R. It is at the south end of Kootenay Lake and 11 miles north of Creston. There is a little used turntable behind the depot. The view is looking south.

Photograph depicts Koksilah depot of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway on Vancouver Island. It is 2 miles south of Duncan and the view is looking north.

Photograph depicts a two bay locomotive shed of the round-house style at Alberni on Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. depot at Duncan on Vancouver Island, with a view looking northeast.

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. depot at Kimberley. It is in the center of the town, looking up towards the Kimberley mine which is 1 mile away. The last passenger service (1 coach) between Kimberley and Cranbrook ran about 1955.

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. Pritchard depot, 25 miles east of Kamloops. The passenger turnstile is unusual though found elsewhere in this area. The depot is long unused for passengers and is now used by a permanent way gang.

Photograph depicts a water tower beside a rail line.

Photograph depicts a full but unused water tank at Duncan Station on the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway on Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts a turntable outside a disused roundhouse at the C.P.R. yards in Coquitlam. The turntable is still in use.

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. summit of the southern transcontinental C.P. line at Crowsnest Pass on the Alberta-B.C. border. The roundhouse is disused. Four men are working on the turntable; it is unclear whether they are rebuilding its eastern face or demolishing it by breaking down one wall to get at the table. The site is 4,453 ft. above sea level and the view is looking south.

Photograph depicts the B.C. Electric Railway depot at Huntingdon and Sumas, about 20 ft from the U.S.-Canadian border. The view is looking southeast.

Photograph depicts the electricity station at Coghlan on the B.C. Electric Railway, which is 9 rail miles east of Langley in the Fraser Valley. The view is looking east.

Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) Kamloops Junction depot, facing east. The single line spur to Kamloops is about two miles long.

Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) freight depot at Penticton, with a motor/rail tractor in the photo.

Photograph depicts the Sumas depot of the Northern Pacific Railway in the U.S. The Canadian border is at the grade crossing in the middle distance.

Photograph depicts the Provincial Government Mine Rescue Station established in 1913 in Nanaimo, B.C. It is in the south side of the city.

Photograph depicts a Lutheran Church on River Rd. in north Surrey, opposite from Annacis Island.

Photograph depicts an old building at 119 Water St. in Vancouver, B.C.

Photograph depicts the headquarters and general offices of the National Harbours Board in Vancouver, B.C., located at the foot of Dunlery St.

Photograph depicts a home at 1310 Comox St. in Vancouver, B.C. View is of the east side of the house, facing Jervis St.

Photograph depicts the post office, store, and gas pump in Clayburn, north of Abbotsford, B.C.

Photograph depicts the Buckingham Apartments at 925 Cardero St.and Barclay St. in Vancouver, B.C.

Photograph depicts a girls' school, Strathcona Lodge, at Shawnigan Lake.

Photograph depicts an abandoned church at Extension, B.C., west of Nanaimo.

Photograph depicts a former store on main street in Pitt Meadows in the Fraser Valley.

Photograph depicts a former service station on the main street of Pitt Meadows in the Fraser Valley.

Photograph depicts the catholic church at Cobble Hill on Shawnigan Lake.

Photograph depicts a west end fire hall in Vancouver on Nelson and Nicola St.

Photograph depicts a church on a reservation at Mosquito Creek in North Vancouver, B.C.

Photograph depicts the fire hall in Moyie, 20 miles south of Cranbrook. When the photo was taken there were 2 hose reel carts inside, a hose, and huge log stove under the hose drying tower (partially seen through window). Moyie was a prosperous village about 1900-1910.

Photograph depicts a courthouse at Revelstoke, B.C. that was built in 1912-1913.

Photograph depicts a possibly derelict hotel in Slocan City, 25 miles northwest of Nelson. Slocan City was once famous for its silver, lead etc. mines.

Photograph depicts an abandoned log cabin in the Kettle Valley between Rock Creek and Westbridge, on the east side of the road approximately 5 miles from Rock Creek.

Photograph depicts a derelict shop on what was the Main St. of Slocan City.

Photograph depicts one of the earlier brick buildings beside the river, sited opposite the sternwheeler landing pier. It is called Commercial Block and was built in 1897.

Photograph depicts the Buckingham Apartments at 925 Cardero St. in Vancouver, B.C. after a snowfall. The view is looking south and depicts Barclay St. crossing in the foreground.

Photograph depicts the Sun Building at the intersection of Beatty and West Pender St. in Vancouver, B.C. The photo was taken after the Pacific Press Ltd. Vacated the building on December 26, 1965, and the "Sun" neon sign on the tower was removed. The view is looking west from West Pender St.

Photograph depicts a shop on the north side of Main St. in Cumberland on Vancouver, Island.

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.

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 depot at Salmon Arm. It is occupied and in use. The view is looking east.

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 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.

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 derelict CPR depot at Hope, part of the former Kettle Valley line. A spur of about 3 miles still exists between the Odlum junction with the main line on the north side of the Fraser River and this depot, and continues southeast to a point near the CNR. It is not abandoned, but little used. The Hope yard has a 47 car capacity.

Photograph depicts the interior of a snow shed at about mile 29.0 using CPR mileages commencing at Brookmere, which is 4 miles east of Brookmere. It is on the ex CPR Coquihalla Line from Hope to Brodie Junction.

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 the CPR Osoyoos station and the arrival of the daily (except Sunday) way freight train from Penticton. The depot is at about mile 36.1.