Photograph depicts the Mission City rail and road bridge. It is owned by the CPR and was opened in 1891. It was used by road vehicles between 1 July 1927 and the 23 June 1973, using a one way flow system. On the latter day, a new high level road bridge was unofficially opened. By early July 1973, the CPR had removed the wooden deck planking.
Photograph depicts the CPR line at Kingsvale, at mile 120.2 on the Princeton Subdivision between Brookmere and Merritt. It has a loop for 19 cars and sees one freight a day on Tuesday and Thursday. The view is looking north.
Photograph depicts the CPR line at Kingsvale, at mile 120.2 on the Princeton Subdivision between Brookmere and Merritt. It has a loop for 19 cars and sees one freight a day on Tuesday and Thursday.
Photograph depicts Royal Oak Apartments on Kingsway in Burnaby.
Photograph depicts a derelict barn displaying frame construction.
Photograph depicts a freight shed located on the north side of the rail line and some 200 yards west of the Mission City CPR depot.
Photograph depicts the CPR Mission Bridge on the Huntingdon Branch. The view is looking north from the open swing span. The bridge is about 1700 ft. long and consists of eight 160 ft. tress spans, one 230 ft. swing span, and 3 girder spans. Seven of the eight truss spans are seen in this view, with the Fraser River in freshet.
Photograph depicts the CPR Mission Bridge on the Huntingdon Branch. It shows the daily southbound way freight train at about 12:30 hours STD time, crossing the bridge. The train consisted of two locomotives, about 35 cars, and a 1920 wooden caboose. The lead locomotive was CPR 8510, GM class 0-4-4-0, built in 1954. There is a 10 mph speed restriction on the bridge.
Photograph depicts a house on the east side of Ontario Street, Vancouver.
Photograph depicts a cabin near Williams Lake. Its interior contained two old treadle sewing machines and a chesterfield. Davies had the impression it had not been inhabited for at least a decade.
Photograph depicts a log cabin in the KlinaKlina Valley.
Photograph depicts the Tofino Airport. It was a former wartime RCAF base built in 1942 for anti-Japanese air patrols. It was now a D.O.T controlled airport.
Photograph depicts a new log house that was under construction.
Photograph depicts the interior of a snow shed at about mile 29.0 using CPR mileages commencing at Brookmere, which is 4 miles east of Brookmere. It is on the ex CPR Coquihalla Line from Hope to Brodie Junction.
Photograph depicts an abandoned settlement.
Photograph depicts a barn attached to Watch Lake Lodge, a dude ranch.
Photograph depicts Kach Indian church.
Photograph depicts the Westholme post office.
Photograph depicts West Coast Electric Ltd., an electric manufacturers and shop.
Photograph depicts the Penticton CPR depot. The view is looking northwest.
Photograph depicts a house that was probably built in 1890-1900. It had just been demolished.
Photograph depicts the Mission City CPR depot located at mile 87.3 from North Bend in Cascade Substation. It was built in 1902 and add onto in 1909. It has living quarters on the 2nd floor that are still in use, which is quite rare for BC in 1973.
Photograph depicts an Independent Order of Foresters 1895 house.
Photograph depicts HMCS Discovery Naval Reserve headquarters in located on Deadman's Island, Vancouver.
Photograph depicts HMCS Discovery Naval Reserve headquarters in located on Deadman's Island, Vancouver.
Photograph depicts the Department of National Defence Armoury headquarters of the British Columbia regiment.
Photograph taken in Coalmont, a ghost village that was livening up. Visible is the Meat Market store, the only surviving building on the frintage of this block, adjacent to the hotel.
Photograph depicts a barn located in Aspen Grove.
Photograph depicts the CPR line at Coalmont, BC, located about 12 miles north of Princeton and at mile 82.2 from Penticton. Close by was the former Blakeburn Coal Mine, which operated until 1940. The view is looking south.
Photograph depicts the CPR rail Belfort depot passing point, approximately 5 miles north of Princeton, on the Princeton to Penticton line. The view is looking south.
Photograph depicts a general store owned by Acton Kilby that was still operated by him at age 81. His family had moved from New Westminster in 1902 to run the store. The CPR depot originally connected direcly to the second floor of the building. Harrison Mills lay at the junction of the Harrison and Fraser Rivers and was an important site during steamboat days. Now it was a backwater of 3 dwellings beside the railway.
Photograph depicts Mount Pleasant Elementary School in Vancouver. Date over doorway was 1892.
Photograph depicts the West Summerland CPR station in the Okanagan. The station often was used but not permanently manned. It was located at mile 9.5 from Penticton. The view is looking south.
Photograph depicts the CPR line at Arawana, 5 miles northeast of Penticton and at mile 125.7 on the Carmi Subdivision. The photo shows the ruins of the station house and Okanagan Lake in the background. The passing loop in the foreground has been disconnected and partially dismantled. The rear track was used once or twice weekly by the way freight train between Penticton and Midway. The view is looking west.
Photograph depicts an abandoned ranch house, southeast of Rock Creek, north of an abandoned GNR grade, and about a mile north of an international boundary.
Photograph depicts a two story log house located on Fiva Creek, beside east Kettle River.
Photograph depicts the one and only service station that was in Trout Lake City. It had manual pumps as there was no distributed electricity in the village.
Photograph taken in the ghost town of Ferguson. About 8 deserted buildings remained, of which two appeared to be used as summer cabins. This building was the Lardeau Hotel.
Photograph depicts a Canadian Customs House. The border crossing was only open between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. daily.
Photograph depicts one of various old lead and zinc mine buildings. Behind this building, on the foreshore, were a few men working on the reclamation of tailings and waste from the mine that was dumped in Kootenay Lake.
Photograph depicts Pioneer Sash and Door Company Ltd. Davies suggests that it may have been the same as S.C. Smith Ltd., which commenced operating in Vernon in 1883. In the early days, products were verandah posters, balusters, and fancy trim. Most products were sent to the U.S. Most of the fancy trim in early north Okanagan homes came from this plant. In 1972, its main output was cedar panelling for Florida.
Photograph depicts the same person who owned the service station building electric generator house in Trout Lake. He also built an undershot water wheel that was driven by Lardeau Creek.
Photograph depicts the CPR line at Boundary Falls, which is at mile 121 from Nelson on the Boundary Subdivision. The view is looking west and it shows the former flag stop shelter.
Photograph depicts the joint CPR and CN depot at Vernon. The depot office had three employees working inside. Vernon is at mile 46.2 from Sicamous, on the Okanagan Subdivision of the CPR. It has daily way freight.
Photograph depicts the CPR Osoyoos station and the arrival of the daily (except Sunday) way freight train from Penticton. The depot is at about mile 36.1.
Photograph depicts "Salt Spring Island Trading Company Ltd." store.
Photograph depicts an old tannery that appeared to be being slowly renovated after years of disuse.
Photograph depicts a mill and beehive burner.
Photograph depicts a 120 ft. stack of the former B.C. Copper Company in Anaconda, on the outskirts of Greenwood. It was built sometime between 1903 and 1909 and replaced a steel stack built on 1900, immediately below it.
Photograph depicts a meat hanging shed on a ranch on Granby River Road, Grand Forks.