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2013.6.36.1.034.25 · Item · 15 Aug. 1975
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at the Parksville depot. Image captures a speeder departing for Alberni, or at some point on that branch. In 1975, it was on the main line as a result of the closure of the main line to Courtenay issued on 30 June 1975.

2013.6.36.1.034.23 · Item · [23 June 1972]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken at the Qualicum Beach depot which was not in use at the time the photograph was captured. It was occupied by a retired CPR employee and his wife for rent free in exchange for protection of tele-communication equipment against vandalism. The depot used to be quite busy in the summers of the 1920's with tourists.

2013.6.36.1.033.46 · Item · 29 Aug. 1985
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photo is taken at the Shawnigan station on mile 27.8. Passenger trains run daily (about 2 or 3 Budd cars). Heading northbound at 9:08 a.m. and southbound at 16:48 p.m. There are also two freights as well. The rails are Algoma, weighing 80 Ibs. Dated 1914 and 1920.

2009.21.34 · Item · [ca.1932]
Part of Thomas Crosby Mission Ship Photograph Collection

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "In the foreground is the boiling tanks for the ooligans. A fire is lit in the tanks then big stones heated red hot. When the water becomes boiling hot then the ooligans are shoveled in & left over night. During the night, skin & bones settle to bottom & fat comes to the top. Then with a board the width of the tank, pails hung on a spout at the end of the tank, and fat is scraped into the pails and used for butter. In the background is the smokehouse."

Europe Hotel
2012.13.1.7.178 · Item · Dec. 1999
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the Europe Hotel in Prince George prior to its demolition in the 1980s; however, the slide itself was only made in 1999 and the date of the photo is otherwise unknown, but most likely around 1979.

2012.13.1.121.07 · Item · July 1970
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts an atmometer. According to the slide, it is being used for measuring the rate of water evaporation "from carborundum stone." The location is uncertain.

Evaporation Pan
2012.13.1.121.10 · Item · July 1970
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts an evaporation pan for water evaporation measurements. The location is uncertain.

2013.6.36.1.020.06 · Item · 15 Oct. 1972
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the ex CPR Coquihalla Line of the Kettle Valley Railway. The view is looking northeast, between Iago and Romeo depots at about mile 29 from Brookmere. There was a rock fall at the west portal in 1971. The line closed abruptly on 23 November 1959, after a massive washout near Jessica. The grade at this point is 1 in 49.

Ex CPR Glenwalker depot
2013.6.36.1.021.15 · Item · [May 1979]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the ex CPR Glenwalker station on the Merritt Subdivision. It is located at mile 49.2 from Spences Bridge and used to consist of a passing loop, spur, and section house. The sign is located in the yard of a ranch belonging to the Glenwalker Cattle Co. Ltd.

Examining a Rock
2012.13.1.91.38 · Item · 1979
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a group of individuals who appear to be examining a rock. It is possibly part of an educational trip.

Examining Rocks
2012.13.1.93.21 · Item · 1978
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts three unidentified individuals examining rocks near a set of railway tracks at an uncertain location in the Peace River Region.