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2013.6.36.1.014.04 · Item · Apr. 1966
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a derelict naval vessel at Wolfson Creek, in the booming grounds of Mahood Logging Co, about 6 -8 miles southwest of Powell River. There is a second identical vessel downstream about 200 yards away.

2009.10.2.052 · Item · [between 1923 and 1925]
Part of Fred Jeffery Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a row of small buildings constructed of lumber. These deserted buildings may be located in or near the Red Bluff Indian Reserve 88 of the Nisga'a People. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Indian village of Red Bluff, deserted".

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.

2000.1.1.3.14.01 · Item · 1952
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photograph depicts two pick hammers laid in asbestos fibre. Annotations on note glued to recto of photograph: "ASBESTOS"; "Detail view of asbestos talus. Early test pit near top of showing. Western slope." Areas of image have been labeled "A" and "B". Photo caption under printed copy of image in 1952 Annual Report: "A - Asbestos fibre partially opened by frost action. B - Serpentine rock originally containing the asbestos fibre."

Dick and Shorty Haynes
2004.1.2.2.40 · Item · ca. 1931
Part of Phipps-Mackenzie Collection

Caption: Dick, Shorty Haynes (6'4"). Trappers' lean-to, McGregor River, tributary to the Fraser [River]. Item is a photograph of "Shorty" Haynes in snow shoes and carrying a pack sack looking at a trappers' lean-to while pack dog "Dick" looks on.