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Former KVR line in Greenwood
2013.6.36.1.099.02 · Item · Aug.1997
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a road widening that exposed a concrete rail over/road under a bridge that was originally part of an embankment. Portals were dated 1912 (this side) and 1913 (other side). It was believed that the gap was originally spanned by a wood trestle and then upgraded for an opening of the KVR to the west.

2013.6.36.1.031.06 · Item · 10 Sept. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts Lardeau's former depot - Gerrard Railway (CPR) and agents office at the CPR ferry ship in Lardeau. It was last used as such around 1966/67. In the weeds of the foreground, is a disused grain spur which connects to the trackage of the wharf. Rails on this spur are dated 1905.

Former roundhouse
2013.6.36.1.094.06 · Item · Apr. 1991
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CN roundhouse that was built in 1929 at the Kamloops Junction. It was demolished in November, 1993. The prime reason for its demolition was not wanting to pay local taxes on a building rarely used for anything except for motor vehicles, general temporary storage, etc.

2013.6.36.1.005.58 · Item · [June 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts former tram tracks in Vancouver, BCPhotograph taken from the intersection of Fir St. and a piece (in the left hand of photo) leading to First Ave., with the B.C. Electric Railway behind.

2000.1.1.2.03.04 · Item · 4 July 1964
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "FORMING FOOTING RETAINING WALL JULY 4/64." Photograph depicts construction workers
standing in forms for cement laid against mountain wall on high elevation of construction site. A retaining structure made with wood planks and rebar separates mountainside dirt from cement forms. A front end loader can be seen in midground, near unidentified building. Mountain range in background.

Fort Fraser
2004.5.1.84 · Item · ca. 1914
Part of Fort Fraser historical photograph collection

Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "73. Looking N.E. from the corner of Alexandria St. and Railroad Ave." Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.

Fort Fraser Drug Co
2004.5.1.83 · Item · ca. 1914
Part of Fort Fraser historical photograph collection

Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "77. Fort Fraser Drug Co." Photograph depicts a man working on the wheel of a two-horse driven carriage as it is parked in front of the Fort Fraser Drug Co. Main sign on this building reads: "The Fort Fraser Drug Co., Drugs & Stationary" Smaller sign reads: "Cigars, Tobacco, Chocolate, Magazines, Photographic Supplies". Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.

2004.5.1.46 · Item · ca. 1914
Part of Fort Fraser historical photograph collection

Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "64. Fort Fraser Hotel and outbuildings." Photograph depicts a cleared tract of land in fore and mid ground and the Fort Fraser Hotel and its outbuildings in the background. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.

Fort Fraser landscape
2004.5.1.39 · Item · ca. 1914
Part of Fort Fraser historical photograph collection

Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "28. Pretty view along the Nechac[k]o looking South-west." Photograph depicts a dirt road winding through a brush landscape in midground and cleared farmland and buildings in background. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.

Fort Fraser Sawmill
2004.5.1.21 · Item · ca. 1914
Part of Fort Fraser historical photograph collection

Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "27. Fort Fraser Sawmill." Photograph depicts men standing outside the Fort Fraser Sawmill. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.

Fort Fraser Townsite
2004.5.1.01 · Item · ca. 1914
Part of Fort Fraser historical photograph collection

Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "22. Looking North from Block 177 Fort Fraser Townsite. View of Hotel, Bank and various other buildings, also railroad grading." Photographer is noted as the Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.

Fort Fraser vegetable garden
2004.5.1.31 · Item · ca. 1914
Part of Fort Fraser historical photograph collection

Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "20. Vegetable Garden growing every kind of vegetable near Ft. Fraser." Photograph depicts rows within a vegetable garden. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.

2009.5.3.28 · Item · [ca. 1912]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts the early settlement of Fort George. The buildings to the left of the fence are believed to be owned by the Hudson's Bay Company. The land to the right of the fence belonged to the Fort George Reserve, the home of today's Lheidli T'enneh Band who relocated to a reserve at Shelley when this reserve was sold in 1912. Handwritten annotation on verso and recto of this photograph reads: "Fort George from opposite side of Fraser River".

2002.7.1.58 · Item · 13 Nov. 1914
Part of H.G.T. (Harry) Perry fonds

Fire at the Fort George Hotel devastated the entire block. Harry Perry's Tailor shop was right across the street from the fire. Handwritten annotations on recto: "Fort George Hotel Fire; Nov. 13, 1914"

Fort George Park
2012.13.1.3.113 · Item · 12 Oct. 1989
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the Fort George Par, which was renamed Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park in 2015. Map coordinates 53°54'30.2"N 122°43'57.4"W