Postcard depicts Kicking Horse Canyon in the Canadian Rockies.
Postcard depicts Kicking Horse Canyon.
Postcard depicts Kicking Horse Canyon.
Postcard depicts lower Kicking Horse Canyon, on the CPR line.
File consists of postcards collected by David Davies of Rogers Pass and Glacier, BC.
Postcard depicts Glacier House and Great Glacier House built in 1886 as one of three similar hotels, the other two being Mt. Stephen House in Field, and Fraser Canyon Hotel in North Bend. Business fell off rapidly in 1916 when tracks were relocated into a new tunnel. Buildings were demolished in 1930.
Postcard depicts a train oustide a snowshed in Glacier, BC. It was thought the view was looking south with Glacier Hotel in the middle distance at the head of the 180 degree loop. Outside trackage was built alongside sheds in the summit area of Rogers Pass.
Postcard depicts the entrance to the east end of the Connaught Tunnel.
Postcard depicts Illecillewaet Glacier from the Railway. "One of the chief attractions for tourists is the Illecillewaet Glacier, and, while not the largest in the Canadian Rockies, it is the most accessible and in every way representative of these most interesting natural phenomena. A trip across its face leaves a lasting impression on one's memory. The Illecillewaet River takes its rise from the great glacier of the Selkirks."
Postcard depicts the crossing of "The Loop."
Postcard depicts the CPR station at Albert Canyon, BC, circa 1900.
Postcard depicts the east portal of the Connaught Tunnel and Mount Macdonald.
Postcard depicts Sicamous Station and Hotel, circa 1910. "Sicamous became a favorite statring point for fishermen to the Shuswap Lake and junction for the fruit growing Okanagan Valley. The first station in Sicamous, built in 1890, burned down in 1900. A new one was built, modernized in 1908, and torn down in the 1960s."
Postcard depicts Main Street (Victoria West) Kamloops in 1910.
Postcard depicts the Thompson River, 6 miles north of Spences Bridge, on the Okanagan Trail.
Postcard depicts the CPR crossing Skuzzy River, Fraser Canyon, BC
Postcard depicts Fraser River Canyon, near North Bend, BC
Postcard depicts the Four Tunnels on the CPR line through the Rocky Mountains.
Postcard depicts the Four Tunnels over Fraser River, BC
Postcard depicts Fraser Canyon in the Canadian Rockies.
Postcard depicts Fraser River in the Canadian Rockies.
Postcard depicts totem poles at Wapla Lake Camp. The lake was the headwaters of the Kicking Horse River.
Postcard depicts the first crossing of the Kicking Horse.
Postcard depicts Mount Field from a CPR hotel in Field, Canadian Rocky Mountains.
Postcard depicts Kicking Horse Canyon, Field, A.B.. on the CPR line.
The David Davies Railway Collection encompasses all facets of railway history specifically in the province of British Columbia and the Yukon territory. The collection consists of research material accumulated over the course of more than fifty years, and includes monographs, periodicals, articles, clippings, railway timetables, photographs, maps and plans, and excerpts. Material covers public, tourist, and private (industrial) railways, including: CPR, KVR, E&N; CNR, CNoR, GTPR; and PGER, BCR. The collection excludes material regarding streetcar systems and rapid transit, but includes long distance electric interurbans.
Series consists of graphic material depicting railways in British Columbia. Includes prints, negatives, and postcards.
Postcard depicts a snow slide scene, west of Calgary in the Canadian Rockies with a snow plow clearing the railroad of an avalanche. Three-colour process.
Postcard depicts a passenger train near Field, BC
File consists of postcards collected by David Davies of Kicking Horse Canyon in British Columbia.
Postcard depicts Kicking Horse Pass, Golden B.C.
Postcard depicts Stoney Creek Bridge in the Selkirk Mountains of B.C.
Postcard depicts Stoney Creek Bridge in the Selkirk Mountains of B.C.
Postcard depicts Stoney Creek Bridge.
Postcard depicts Stoney Creek Bridge in the Canadian Rockies.
Postcard depicts Albert Canyon.
Postcard depicts the summit of the Selkirk Range. Board in the right foreground says "Rogers Pass 1 Mile."
Postcard depicts engine #154 on Mountain Creek Bridge in 1885. Bridge-164 ft, in height, 1086 ft. in length.
Postcard depicts the Rogers Pass CPR station. A snowslide wiped out the station on January 9, 1899.
Postcard depicts a train entering the Connaught Tunnel and Ross Peak.
Postcard depicts Illecillewaet Valley. Taken adjacent to snowsheds and the second crossing of the Illecillewaet River. It had the appearance of being the location for a safety switch and spur to divert a runaway train that had come down the "Loop" from Glacier Station.
Postcard depicts Illecillewaet Valley and Loop from Observation Point, Glacier B.C., on the CPR line.
Postcard depicts "The Last Spike." On November 7, 1885, "a plain iron spike was driven by Donald Alexander Smith, welding east to west."
Postcard depicts Mt, Begbie with railway and traffic bridges.
Postcard depicts Sicamous Hotel. Original built in 1898, but belived to have been burned down in 1908.
Postcard depicts Cantilever Bridge near Cisco, BC
Postcard depicts Vancouver's "Old 374" crossing the Spuzzum River, Fraser Canyon, BC
Postcard depicts Fraser River Canyon, showing Cariboo Highway, CPR and CNR Railways, British Columbia, Canada.
Postcard depicts a tunnel near Field, BC
Postcard depicts Mt. Field and Kicking Horse River near Yoho National Park.