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Dogsled Team
2009.5.2.54 · Item · [ca. 1934]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a team of dogs pulling a sled and an unidentified person across a very flat area under heavy clouds. Mountains in background. Handwritten annotations on verso of photograph: "Unbroken Trails", "Taylor". Photograph speculated to have been taken near Atlin, B.C.

Dogsled Team
2009.5.2.57 · Item · [ca. 1934]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a team of dogs and sled resting in a very flat snow-covered area. Hills in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "ATLIN."

2011.3.3.24 · Item · 1913
Part of North Coast & Central BC Postcard Collection

3 dog teams pulling 3 sleds with 6 men attending. There is a large mountain in the background. Printed annotation on recto reads: “Mail team Skeena River B.C.” Handwritten message on verso is address to “Dear Alice and dated March 23, Easter Sunday 1913”.

Dog Creek
2012.13.1.52.57 · Item · [1980?]
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a house and numerous rundown vehicles in Dog Creek, B.C.

Documents
2000.8.2.1 · File · 1917, 1930
Part of Ferry family fonds

File consists of three booklets relating to Mr. Carney Ferry.

2013.6.36.1.115.05 · Item · Aug. 1998
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a disused depot at Ellis and Clement. Taken from Ellis, looking east. Tracks across Ellis had just been removed. Side walk was inserted and black top had been laid. The removal of the road crossing signals had yet to be done.

2013.6.36.1.115.07 · Item · 8 Aug. 1998
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a disused depot at Ellis and Clement. Taken from Ellis, looking east. Track was an isolated piece between St. Paul Street and Ellis and had been subsequently removed. Davies notes the vague talk at the time of converting the building into a railway centre

2013.6.36.1.022.19 · Item · [July 1979]1979
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the disused CPR Kettle Valley Railway line in Penticton. The trackage leads from the Okanagan Lake CPR wharf to the main yards. All the trackage was obliterated by July 1981. The photo was taken about 1 block away from the lake and near Brunswick St. The view is looking southwest.

2013.6.36.1.007.053 · Item · Oct. 1965
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a disused coaling stage beside the track that leads to Merritt at Spences Bridge. Coal cars were unloaded by hand or bottom emptied, in covered bay on the left, into metal grating below the track. Coal was then taken by continuous chain hoppers (1 C. powered) to overhead coal bunkers.

Dirt Road
2012.13.1.87.024 · Item · [between 1975 and 1995]
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a dirt road leading through numerous trees toward a mountain. The location is uncertain, likely on the way to Longworth, B.C.

Dirt Road
2012.13.1.87.025 · Item · [between 1975 and 1995]
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a dirt road leading through numerous trees toward a mountain. The location is uncertain, likely on the way to Longworth, B.C.

Deserted wharf, Nanoose Bay
2013.6.36.1.055.23 · Item · [16 May 1970]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a deserted wharf and the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway, located in the foreground. It had its trackage and ties removed recently. Davies believed it to be a private wharf and railway for the Hartsville Coal Mine that operated in 1920-1941.

Deserted wharf, Nanoose Bay
2013.6.36.1.055.25 · Item · [16 May 1970]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts an abandoned 3-track wharf leading to a north running connection with the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway. It connected on mile 85. The trackage beyond the wharf had recently been remove while the wharf itself had not been evidently been used for many years.