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2011.3.3.3 · Item · [ca. 1910]
Part of North Coast & Central BC Postcard Collection

Printed captions below images on recto read: “Souvenir of Prince Rupert BC; Prince Rupert June 1st, 1909; Prince Rupert Sept 1st, 1913; Public School; Water Front; City Hall; Haye Cove; Margaeto Fleet; Harbour Scene; SS Prince Marquitta at Prince Georg; Sunrise Prince Rupert Harbour; General Hospital; Gold Storage Place; Prince Rupert from Summit”.

Coffer dam
2000.13.1.67 · Item · [between 1962 and 1967].
Part of Ray Williston fonds

Item is a photograph of the coffer dam built to isolate the construction site for the W.A.C. Bennett Dam.

2013.6.36.1.003.061 · Item · [July 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a general view of Coal Harbour in Vancouver, looking southeast and taken from Royal Vancouver Yacht Club premises. Photo shows the Bayshore Hotel on the extreme left.

2013.6.36.1.003.062 · Item · [July 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a general view of Coal Harbour in Vancouver, looking southeast and south with Marine Building (downtown) on extreme left and Stanley Park (unseen) at extreme right.

2013.6.36.1.009.49 · Item · Mar. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Canadian National Railway (CN) track crew sheds on Lulu Island at the south end of the Fraser St. road-vehicle bridge, near the intersection of #5 Rd. and Vulcan Way. The track is well used. The view is looking west.

2013.6.36.1.009.12 · Item · Oct. 1965
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Canadian National Railway (CN) station at Clearwater, on the mainline between Kamloops and Tete Juane Cache Junction, about 75 miles north of Kamloops. The main trade is lumber. The view is looking south.

CNR bascule bridge
2013.6.36.1.156.01 · Item · Apr. 1993
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CNR bascule bridge across the upper waters of Victoria Harbour. The rest of the trackage had been removed, except for the bridge itself.

CN Train Yard
2012.13.1.3.121 · Item · 12 Oct. 1989
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a number of trains in the CNR train yard taken from River Road in Prince George, B.C. Map coordinates 53°54'51.5"N 122°43'29.6"W

2012.13.2.15.18.01 · Item · 2001
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

The photograph depicts the CN rail yard focusing on Garage 12 of the roundhouse and a CN train engine next to the building. Reproduction of photograph from 1984.

CN locomotive 2693
2012.13.1.135.3.06 · Item · 2011
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Photograph depicts a CN locomotive numbered 2693 with trees along both sides of the railway tracks.

2009.7.1.093 · Item · [ca. 1876 - ca. 1900]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of a line of houses. Blanketed canoes sit on beach in right foreground; forest in background.

Handwritten annotations on verso read: “Haida Encampment [crossed through with line]"; "Skidegate Queen Charlottes Islands / To illustrate Introduction / Introduction Trophies from a Song [Trail?] Page 1 Heading."

2009.7.1.036 · Item · [between 1874 and 1901]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Large church stands behind white fence, unidentified man visible on front steps. Photograph depicts the first church built in Metlakatla, which was burned in a fire in 1901, and replaced in 1903.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "With love, from your two old friends JH [& AM Keen?]".

Clinton Creek Operations
2000.1.1.3.20 · File · 1961 - [ca.1975]
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd opened a second mine in 1967 at what became the one-industry town of Clinton Creek, Y.T. File contains photographs depicting different areas of operations at Clinton Creek. Locations include the mine, plant, town, tailings pile, main office, the 40 Mile River, and surrounding area. Town photos depict the grocery store, cafeteria, medical clinic, school, auditorium residential area, Connell Street and power house. File also includes aerial photographs and images depicting forest fighting, photographers capturing the tailings pile, asbestos samples, mining machinery, staff offices, and operations in the mill, lab, and garage.

Additional photographs integrated into file depict Clinton Creek's surrounding area, and three slides of a tailing pile explosion believed to be Clinton Creek.