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2006.20.9.24 · Item · [ca. 1897 - 1960]
Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

View of a scow loaded with provisions and several people passing through rapids of the Grand Canyon. Printed annotation on recto reads: “A scow loaded with provisions passing through the Grand Canyon on it’s way to Fort George.” Handwritten annotation in pencil on recto reads: “Nearly Bumped, Nachaco River” Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “My address will be Fort George BC. Dear Mrs. Cooper, I am up in the wild part of BC now where men horses and everything get drowned every day, sometimes automobiles get drowned also. This is the way we travel up where I am now. I saw a boat upside down in this Canyon it had a bundle of blankets tied on it and one oar was dancing in the whirlpool. This made my hair stand straight up and down.”

Loading for the North
2006.20.12.3 · Item · [ca. 1940]
Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts five men in uniform loading supplies onto a military plane with the number "7632" on its side. Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "LOADING FOR THE NORTH." It is believed this photograph was taken at the military base in Whitehorse, YT.

Royal Canadian Air Force
Loading for the Peace River
2009.5.3.158 · Item · [ca. 1910]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts six men by building on shore. One man sits in small boat that has been loaded onto a wagon. River and opposite shore in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Loading for the Peace River." Photograph believed to have been taken either at Giscome Portage, or the trading post at Summit Lake, BC.

2006.20.12.34 · Item · [ca. 1940]
Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Everybody Works." Photograph depicts four men in uniform (same men from item 2006.20.12.33) loading a red cross suitcase and other luggage onto plane, movable staircase behind them. It is believed that a fifth man is also semi-visible behind them. Snowbank and various unidentified buildings in background on right.

Royal Canadian Air Force
2013.6.36.1.010.57 · Item · [June 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts locomotive #24 "Susie" at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum. It was built by Vulcan in 1894 and has a 0-4-0 saddle tank. The length is 17'16", width 6', and the height 8'. The wheel diameter is 29" and the wheelbase is 52". The cylinders are 9"x14". It has a boiler pressure of 125lbs and a water capacity of 300 gallons,. The weight is 24,000 lbs.

2013.6.36.1.010.62 · Item · [June 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts locomotive #25 at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum. It was first used in building the C.N.R. in B.C. and/or western Alberta. The gauge is 3' and it is believed it was built to this gauge. The drive is Elmer Blackstaff, the chief mechanic at the museum.

2013.6.36.1.010.61 · Item · [June 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts locomotive #25 at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum. It was built by Vulcan in 1910. It has a 0-4-0 saddle tank to which has been added a tender. Its length is 21'8", width 7'6", and height 9'8". It has a wheel diameter of 29" and a wheel base of 60". Its cylinders are 10"x18". It has a boiler pressure of 150 lbs. and a water capacity of 400 gallons. It weighs 36, 000 lbs. The driver is Elmer Blackstaff, RR4 Duncan.

2013.6.36.1.010.64 · Item · [June 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts locomotive #25 at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum. It was first used in building the C.N.R. in B.C. and/or western Alberta. The gauge is 3' and it is believed it was built to this gauge. The drive is Elmer Blackstaff, the chief mechanic at the museum.

2013.6.36.1.010.25 · Item · [May 1964]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a 2-6-6-2 Bladwin locomotive at the Rayonier Railroad camp, north of Hoquiam in Washington. It is on the scrapping line 200 yards from the engine house. It was built in 1934, and possibly numbered 38. The weight is 146 1/2 tons with 59, 600 lb. tractive effort.

2013.6.36.1.010.29 · Item · [May 1964}
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts #120 2-6-6-2 Baldwin locomotive at the Rayonier Railroad camp, north of Hoquiam in Washington. It is on the scrapping line, 200 yards from the engine house. It was built in 1936, weighs 186 1/2 tons, and has 59, 600 lbs. of tractive effort. Probably locomotive #38 behind her.

Locomotive frame in Savona
2013.6.36.1.053.11 · Item · Oct. 1980
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a compressed air operated locomotive frame that had unequal sized cylinders (high and low pressure) and was believed to have come from the Canmore coal mines.

Locomotive-pushed snow plow
2013.6.36.3.06.31 · Item · [after 1949]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Postcard depicts a snow plow. "Completion of the Connaught Tunnel in 1916 solved the worst of the severe weather problems faced by the CPR in Rogers Pass, where snowfalls average 50 feet. Based at Revelstokem a locomotive-pushed wedge plow and a Jordan spreader equipped with air-operated wings and retractable nose plates skim over the rails near Fraine, BC"

Locomotives
2013.6.10 · Series · [before 2012]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Series consists of research material relating to steam and diesel locomotives that were used on British Columbia railways. Includes information about the steam to diesel transition period, details about specific locomotives, locomotive manufacturers, and self-propelled coaches.

2013.6.36.1.010.30 · Item · [May 1964]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts two locomotives at the Rayonier Railroad Camp, north of Hoquiam in Washington. On the left is a 2-6-6-2 Baldwin locomotive #110. It is 111 tons and has 37, 500 lbs. of tractive effort. It is being fired Sunday night for a Monday start. Beside it is either locomotive #38 or #111.

2009.7.1.101 · Item · [ca. 1878 - ca. 1915]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Photograph depicts totem poles (crest poles?) in front of lodge buildings on river shore. Canoes can be seen floating in foreground, hills in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Chapter XII. Number 1. Section of Indian Village on Nass River showing lodges and totems".

Log cabin
2012.13.1.135.5.18 · Item · 2010
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Photograph depicting a log cabin with a woman sitting on the front porch, presumably Sue Sedgwick. The photograph is presumably taken in Quesnelle Forks.

Log house
2012.13.1.135.5.23 · Item · 2010
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Photograph depicting a log house, presumably in the campground in Quesnelle Forks.