Image depicts what is possibly Atlin Road. Numerous mountains are visible in the distance.
Image depicts a boat named "the Tarahne," which is located in Atlin, B.C. Atlin Lake and Mountain are visible in the background.
Image depicts a boat named "the Tarahne," which is located in Atlin, B.C. Atlin Lake and Mountain are visible in the background.
Image depicts old machinery, at the Atlin Museum in Atlin, B.C.
Image depicts an old boat on the shore of Atlin Lake.
Image depicts numerous old buildings on a main street in Atlin, B.C.
Photograph depicts a boom tug called "Atlas Captain" that was brought in for refitting, adjacent to a smalll boat repair yard. It was loaded on a CN gondola car and then removed by a derrick crane.
Postcard depicts the summit of the Selkirk Range. Board in the right foreground says "Rogers Pass 1 Mile."
Photograph taken on the CNR Okanagan Branch, Mile 21, east of a tunnel near Monte Creek. Dated 1938. Captured at the base of a deep embankment that may have resulted from a washout.
Postcard depicts Albert Canyon.
Collection consists of 5 booklets concerned with different aspects of safe railroad operations. Dated from 1950 to 1957, the booklets cover a range of subjects including derailments, loading material dangerous material, and other loading instructions.
Association of American RailroadsImage depicts Ash Street and Patricia Boulevard in Prince George, B.C.
Postcard featuring a photograph of a photograph of the arrival of the first stage coach at the Hotel Northern in South Fort George, BC on 19 October 1911. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph reads: “Arrival of first stage at So. Ft. George B.C. Oct. 19, 1911. 28” Printed caption on the recto of the postcard reads: “First stage coach Prince George, B.C.” Handwritten annotation in pen on verso of postcard reads: “Mrs. C. Morris, Box 925, Penticton, BC. Thurs. 6pm, Dear Mother. Arr. Safely, good trip (bad pen!) Lovely weather. Hope all are well. Bia (?) Mary & Ed”
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the arrival of the railway in Fort George. Includes material on railway development and building of the railway in Fort George.
Photograph depicts the ferry from Campbell River approaching the Quathiaski Cove slip on Quadra Island.
Image depicts another train on the White Pass railway along a forested mountain side.
Street view of Third Avenue in Prince Rupert. Many vehicles are parked along the wooden sidewalk. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Third Ave. Prince Rupert. B.C."
Collection of four photographs of the Prince Rupert dry dock. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Dry Dock and Ship Building Plant, Prince Rupert BC."
Photograph depicts the annual Bath-Tub Race that took place in Nanaimo. Visible is a competitor preparing for the start. There were 106 entries in that year.
Photograph depicts the annual Bath-Tub Race that took place in Nanaimo. Visible are rescue and patrol boats that were about to set out.
Photograph depicts a view of Anderson Lake at D'Arcy looking northeast. The Pacific Great Eastern Railway line is visible, including a small railway trestle.
Image depicts a vehicle on a bridge somewhere near Anderson Lake in the Seton Portage area.
Image depicts a view of Anderson Lake near Seton Portage, B.C. A vehicle on a mountain road is also visible.
Photograph depicts an old anchor that had been fished out of Coal Habour, Vancouver. One flulke was bent in towards the shank. Image captured outside the office of Kanata Marine Ways Ltd. (1965).
Film begins with recording of geese flying in sky as introduction. Then there is footage of community life in the general store, believed to be "Christensen's General Store," including a man lighting a pipe, children buying snacks and families buying groceries. Afterwards there is filming of the Anahim Stampede, depicting wild cow riding, bronco riding and the spectators.
The second portion of the film begins with the title slide "Caribou Return" and in consists of clips of ducks on a lake, scenery of trees and the lake, men packing up horses as they prepare for a journey into the high country. They travel as a pack train up into the mountains and eventually set up camp. There is footage of the men cooking, and also various shots of wildlife including a white grouse, herd of caribou, moose wandering through the snow, and a porcupine. The hunting party eventually kills a bull moose and there is footage of them examining the kill and loading the pack train with meat.
The third portion of the film begins with two young girls playing in a boat and then playing in a garden, and then a young boy pulling his sister in a wagon. There is a family barbeque and more footage of children playing and going fishing in a lack. The film ends with a recording of a grouse or pheasant in a bush.
Locations believed to be filmed in on this reel include Gitcha Mountains, Ulkatcho Mountains, Holt Homestead, Lassard Lake, Rainbow Mountains or Tweedsmuir Provincial Park.
Photograph depicts one of the entries in the Nanaimo-Vancouver Bath Tub Race. Thre were 2112 entires and there was 32 mile crossing. Only 46 reached the finish line, of which this was one.
Photograph depicts the last lighthouse on the mainlain about a mile south of Ucuelet. It was believed to be the Amphitrite Point Light House.
Subseries contains material created by two American transportation companies: the Southern Pacific Company and the Guilford Transportation Industries Rail Division. Includes time tables and instructions.
Photograph depicts a railway water tower, a small building, and a rail line along a lake shore. This is a close-up of the area depicted in image 2020.08.84. The water tank is a typical PGE 25,000 gallon water tank. The station would be a little over 400 feet south of the tank.
Photograph depicts a couple in a row boat (likely the same couple depicted in image 2020.08.59) near Alta Lake shore docks and buildings. A rail line and a railway water tower are visible in the background. The water tank is a typical PGE 25,000 gallon water tank. The station would be a little over 400 feet south of the tank and is hidden by the stand of trees.
Postcard depicts an area along the Thompson River, towards the Fraser Canyon. Looking left, downstream. Westbound CPR freight is visible. Short train by any standards in the 1980s and 1990s.
Photo depict a disused concentrator of the Granby Mining Company Ltd. Located 5 miles southwest of Princeton and 8 miles east of Copper Mountain ore workings, which are also largely disused. The building of the concentrator commenced in 1917 and the first ore was reduced in October, 1920. Ore cars from workings via the CPR spur entered the snow shed that is visible on the left. Rail track was lifted in 1957.
Photograph depicts the Alexandra Bridge in the Fraser Canyon. It is closed to wheeled traffic and has a grid iron deck. Photo looks east.
Photograph depicts the Alexandra Bridge in the Fraser Canyon. It is closed to traffic but is possible to drive a vehicle across but the road is blocked on the east bank. The bridge is in good condition. Photo looks east.
Photograph depicts the Alexandra Bridge in the Fraser Canyon. The view is looking northeast and depicts the Fraser River running downstream to the right of the photo. There is First Nations salmon net pole in the bottom left-hand corner.
Photograph depicts the Alexandra Bridge in the Fraser Canyon, about 20 miles north of Hope. Photo looks to east bank.
Photograph depicts Alexandra Bridge that crossed the Fraser Canyon.
Photograph depicts the Albion Ferry on the Fraser River, as it approaches a ferry slip at Fort Langley.
Photograph depicts a water tank car used for fighting line side fires. Propery of Alberni Pacific tourist railway. Sat in a yard in Port Alberni. Formerly owned by Crown Zellerbach of Ladysmith.
Photograph depicts a train commencing its trip in its yard, not at the station, in Port Alberni. Locomotive at the lower/city end (ie formation at the end of the last trip). It, at the time, needed to get to the head-end, so it took the siding.
Photograph depicts an Alberni Pacific tourist railway train.
Photograph depicts an Alberni Pacific Railway locomotive about to uncouple and run around its train. A sawmill station was behind the camera.
Photograph depicts an Alberni Pacific Railway train that was very close the McLean sawmill (opened in 1926, closed in 1965).
Photograph depicts the Pacific Rails Convention of Victoria on a field trip to Port Alberni. Travelling on the Alberni Pacific Railway to visit a steam-driven sawmill at its outer terminal. Chartered trip for convention members (one coach/bus load) as the line was not yet open for the tourist season.
Photograph depicts an Alberni Pacific Railway train travelling on Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway track, not used since 2002 and was now at the beginning of a connecting spur to a steam sawmill museum. It was built in 2000, but commenced in the 2001 summer season.
Photograph depicts a tourist train Port Alberni. Its rebuilt water tank had not been used because of WCB harness regulations. Had to fill up from a stand-pipe and hose.
Photograph depicts a tourist train departng on a sawmill spir with the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway main line on the rear.
Photograph depicts the former Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway station in Port Alberni. A returning tourist train is also visible. The station opened on December 20, 1911 and was closed to passengers in 1957. It was used for truck and rail freight until 1988, and then officially closed. The city of Port Alberni purchased it in 1990 and restored it to its original condition.
Photograph depicts a tourist train on Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway track en route to a steam sawmill.
Photograph depicts an Alberni Pacific tourist train of 3 cars derparting. Each car was a modified caboose.