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Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo speaks with unidentified woman in background. Photograph taken during Michaëlle Jean’s visit to Government House, Victoria, B.C.; see also items 2009.6.1.616 - 2009.6.1.625.

Photograph taken during Michaëlle Jean’s visit to Government House, Victoria, B.C.; see also items 2009.6.1.616 - 2009.6.1.625.

Photograph depicts Rex and Grace Boice sitting hand in hand and side by side in lawn chairs on patio. Flowers and hedges in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "April 1993 Arizona. Rex died May 1, 1993 at home in Haliburton (heart attack). We celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary in March /93. We had a good Marriage! I miss him very much."

Image depicts a clearing through the woods, possibly an abandoned grade for the BCR. It is possibly located on Iron Road South, near Woodpecker B.C.

Image depicts a clearing through the woods, possibly an abandoned grade for the BCR. It is possibly located on Iron Road South, near Woodpecker B.C.

Photograph depicts a group portrait of the grade 12 French class at a Granisle school.

Item is a photograph of the grade 8 class at Princeton Junior High School taken in May of 1941 with their teacher Ray Williston.

Photograph depicts a C.P.R. grade crossing warning device at Haney.

Photograph depicts a recently constructed grade that ran parallel to the BC Hydro Railway and led to a new super post. A CPR ballast train is visble on the track. Ownership of the line was vested in the BC government.

Photograph depicts the grade of a former railway between Kaslo and New Denver, just on the east side of the summit at Retallack.

Photograph depicts a grader at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum

Photograph depicts a grader that was working on removing a sharp bend and widening Galena Bay Road.

Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "40. Grading at Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts a steam train engine pushing three cargo cars along a train track. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation

Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "11. Grading at Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts railway construction workers loading dirt and rocks from the track being laid, into cargo cars attached to a steam train engine. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation

Photograph depicts graduates speaking from the podium at the Queen Charlotte Secondary School graduation ceremony in Queen Charlotte City.

Photograph depicts graduates speaking from the podium at the Queen Charlotte Secondary School graduation ceremony in Queen Charlotte City.

Photograph depicts a table of seated graduates by a drum set at the Queen Charlotte Secondary School graduation ceremony in Queen Charlotte City.

Photograph depicts a table of seated graduates at the Queen Charlotte Secondary School graduation ceremony in Queen Charlotte City.

Item is a photograph of Mr. Williston with students in formal attire at what appears to be a graduation dance.

Image depicts a grain elevator in Prince Rupert, B.C.

Image depicts a large vessel docked at a grain elevator and two smaller boats at a dock in the foreground somewhere in Prince Rupert, B.C.

Photograph depicts a grain elevator at Prince Rupert, BC. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "elevator at Rupert Oct. 1926".

Photograph depicts the a grain elevator at Wynndel, located at mile 73.8 on the CPR line on the Nelson Subdivision. It is between Creston at mile 67.2 and Kootenay Landing at mile 83.1. Grain elevators are rare in BC and this one belongs to the United Grain Growers. The view is looking east.

Photograph depicts grain thresher for barley. It was driven by a case traction engine.

Postcard image of Grand Canyon, Fort George

Photograph depicts an unidentified person seated on rocks in foreground. River crosses midground, cliffs and trees on opposite shore in background. Unidentified structures believed to be buildings can be seen on opposite shore. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Grand Canyon. fraser R."

River in foreground, trees and cliffs in background.

River in foreground, trees on shore in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Grand Canyon Fraser R."

River in foreground, trees and rocky shore in background.

Photograph depicts the Grand Central Hotel at the intersection of Marpole Ave and Hudson St. in south Vancouver. The hotel was built in 1912 by J.J. Graver and run from 1913-1915. It re-opened in 1920 as a home for incurables (veterans). In 1937 it became the provincial infirmary and closed in May 1965.

Photograph depicts the Grand Forks CPR depot, located at mile 94.8 on the Boundary Subdivision, which runs from Nelson to Midway (127 miles). It was originally built by the Columbia & Western Railway in 1899. IT has not seen a passenger train in years but it is still in use for administrative purposes.

Item is a photograph of Ray Williston planting a dogwood tree at the Museum’s grand opening on May 17, 1969. Behind Mr. Williston is NDP Leader Robert Strachan standing beside Premier W.A.C. Bennett. On the extreme left is Mr. George Wellbourn who donated all the equipment to the museum.

Image depicts the Fraser River and the Grand Trunk Pacific Bridge from Cottonwood Island Park.

Photograph depicts a Grand Trunk Pacific flatbed train car carrying logs. One man is standing on top of the logs, while four more pose in front of the car on the tracks. Water tower visible in background.

Photograph depicts Grand Trunk Pacific locomotive 624 and equipment at a railyard.

Photograph depicts what appears to be two trains and a long building on high level of river bank. Fraser river in foreground, forest trees on shore in background.

Photograph depicts a train and long building on high level of river bank. Fraser river in foreground, forest trees on shore in background.

Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.

Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.

Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "G.T.P. 1st Passenger Train From Prince Rupert. Mile 45. June. 14th 1911. Copyright. F. Button. PHOTO. Pr. Rupert. No. 240." Photograph depicts three men (two sitting on chairs) on caboose of train. Power poles run parallel to tracks, which curve to the right of the image. Train tracks in foreground, forest and mountain in background.

Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.

Photograph depicts construction of a Grand Trunk Pacific Railway trestle by Bostrom & Green Contractors near Fort Fraser, BC.

Photograph depicts several men on a long scow loaded with supplies amidst swirling deep river water.

Photograph depicts several men on the river's edge pulling on a long rope attached to a large scow downstream.

Photograph depicts a long scow on the river's edge, supplies are being loaded. There is a smoke rising from the wood stove at the center of the scow. Several men are assisting.

Photograph depicts a Grand Trunk Pacific track laying machine near John Brown creek. [55th parallel]

Front view of several men working on Grand Trunk Pacific train 218 in the winter. Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso of postcard reads: “Prince George, B.C., Dec. 1921 yard & main line.”

The group poses in front of a wood door, ivy on either side.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "The family at Kincolith - Summer House, 1916 / Back Row L-R: Art Macdonald, Bill Collison, Reg Collison, Jack [John] Macdonald / Front L-R: Katie Collison with Don Collison, Marion Collison, Joyce Collison, Muriel (Mimi) Collison with Colin Macdonald, Hugh Macdonald".

The group poses in front of a wood door, ivy on either side.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Family group at Kincolith 1917 / Mimi [Muriel] with Colin, Bill, Katie, Jack / Art, Reg / Winnie [Marion Winnifred], Hugh, Joyce, Don".