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2013.6.36.1.052.24 · Item · 9 Aug. 1975
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts upper terminal facilities on about mile 62. Image captured looking northwards, down the grade towards Beaver Cove from a massive "A" frame loader. A log car and flat car with a Canfor station wagon mounted on it are visible.

2013.6.36.1.131.03 · Item · [23 June 1992]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a locomotive built by America Locomotive Co. in 1920 for revenue service in Oregan. Purchased in 1948 for logging work. Canfor purchased it in 1953 and used it till 1966. It was kept servicable until 1976, then was displayed at Woss. In 1988, it was restored in Nimpkish to working order.

2013.6.36.1.131.01 · Item · [23 June 1992]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a free tourist attraction on the Canfor Logging Railway public passenger train. The trip of 8 and a half miles from the Woss terminus was operated by Canadian Forest Products Ltd., Englewoood Logging Division.

Cannery, Fraser River
2013.6.36.1.068.10 · Item · 4 Mar. 1967
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a cannery at the seaward entrance to the south arm of the combined north arm of the Fraser river. Visible are a few rusted anchors. One was marked "Locomotive B.C. 100 Ibs. 1943 U.S. Navy."

Canoe at Summit Lake
2005.3.23 · Item · [ca. 1945]
Part of John Hart Highway Photograph Collection

Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "I built this boat." Photograph depicts canoe and paddles afloat in water, grassy shore in foreground. A pair of pants can be seen in boat, as well as wood planks, box, and rope on shore.

2009.5.3.64 · Item · [ca. 1913]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a small pass through an island or peninsula on the Fraser River. Photo is believed to have been taken near Stone Creek, south of South Fort George. Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "FORT GEORGE CANYON. CANOE PASS. J. HEAY. PHOTO."

2009.7.1.161 · Item · [ca. 1880 - ca. 1915]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Canoes sit on shore in foreground beside village buildings. A dock is visible above water in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Alert Bay Indian Ranch No. 14 Alert Bay. To be shown on page 69 or 70, re Alert Bay Mission."

"Cariboo Prospector"
2013.6.36.1.126.03 · Item · 15 Oct. 2002
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a train called the "Cariboo Prospector." It was supposed to arrive to the station earlier, but a freight locomotive failed north of Williams Lake and blocked the line.

Cariboo Road
2012.13.2.15.11 · File · 2006
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes and clippings relating to the Cariboo Road. The Cariboo Road (also called the Cariboo Wagon Road, the Great North Road or the Queen's Highway) was a project initiated in 1860 by the Governor of the Colony of British Columbia, James Douglas. The road stretched from Fort Yale to Barkerville, B.C. through hazardous canyon territory in the Interior of British Columbia.

Cariboo Road
2012.13.1.6.031 · Item · June 1974
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the Cariboo Road at Hat Creek Ranch, near Highway 99 on the way to Lillooet.