Item 2009.5.1.69 - Hagwilget Bridge Crosses Bulkley River

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Hagwilget Bridge Crosses Bulkley River

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2009.5.1.69

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  • [ca. 1900] (Creation)

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1 photograph : b&w ; 9.1 x 11.4 cm

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(1874-1921)

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(20 June 1878 – 3 February 1972)

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Photograph depicts bridge built with wooden planks and poles, braced from below, with triangles built into its frame. The bridge crosses Hagwilget Canyon on the Bulkley River, five kilometres from its confluence with the Skeena River. This is one of the many bridge structures that have crossed this location since at least 1859.

Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "old bridge at the Bulkley River."

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      Northern BC Archives & Special Collections

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      .Tiff & .Jpg

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      Personal or academic use of photographic materials is welcomed under the standard fair use and educational use clauses of Canadian Copyright Law. Commercial use is, however, forbidden without the express permission of the copyright holder. For information on obtaining written permission from the copyright holder, please contact the Northern B.C. Archives and Special Collections.

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      Item is part of the Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection. See also items 2009.5.1.70 - 2009.5.1.73.

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      Sources

      Tom Parkin, "BC Bridges: Suspenseful Links to Past" in the "Islander Magazine", 14 February 1993.

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