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Loading for the North
2006.20.12.3 · Item · [ca. 1940]
Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts five men in uniform loading supplies onto a military plane with the number "7632" on its side. Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "LOADING FOR THE NORTH." It is believed this photograph was taken at the military base in Whitehorse, YT.

Royal Canadian Air Force
2006.20.9.24 · Item · [ca. 1897 - 1960]
Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

View of a scow loaded with provisions and several people passing through rapids of the Grand Canyon. Printed annotation on recto reads: “A scow loaded with provisions passing through the Grand Canyon on it’s way to Fort George.” Handwritten annotation in pencil on recto reads: “Nearly Bumped, Nachaco River” Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “My address will be Fort George BC. Dear Mrs. Cooper, I am up in the wild part of BC now where men horses and everything get drowned every day, sometimes automobiles get drowned also. This is the way we travel up where I am now. I saw a boat upside down in this Canyon it had a bundle of blankets tied on it and one oar was dancing in the whirlpool. This made my hair stand straight up and down.”

Llama in Kaleden, BC
2020.4.8.1.0020 · Item · May 1968
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

Slide depicts a close up of a llama eating hay. The photograph was taken in Kaleden, BC. Original slide index description: "Llama, Kaleden."

Livingston Springs
2012.13.1.4.25 · Item · 16 Mar. 1988
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts numerous fallen trees and two unknown individuals somewhere in the Crooked River Provincial Park, near the Livingston Springs.

Livingston Springs
2012.13.1.4.26 · Item · 16 Mar. 1988
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the Livingston Springs in the Crooked River Provincial Park, with an unknown individual present.

Lion in Kaleden, BC
2020.4.8.1.0019 · Item · May 1968
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

Slide depicts a close up of a lion lying on wood shavings in an enclosed area. The photograph was taken in Kaleden, BC. Original slide index description: "lion, Kaleden."

2013.6.36.1.016.40 · Item · Oct. 1985
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a line of cabooses on the caboose track at Revelstoke. There are rumours that the vehicles are to become obsolete by replacing them with a monitoring device attached to the last car of a train.