Lillooet, BC

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2020.08.69 · Item · [1915]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Region Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern Railway work train on a trestle located near Sallus Creek in the area around Lillooet, Fountain, and Pavilion. The work train appears to be carrying railway ties. Railway workers work on the track behind theRead more

2020.08.68 · Item · [1915]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Region Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern Railway work train on a trestle located near Sallus Creek in the area around Lillooet, Fountain, and Pavilion. The work train appears to be carrying railway workers and a load of rails.

Photographs 2020.08.68,Read more

2020.08.70 · Item · [1915]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Region Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern Railway work train on a trestle located near Sallus Creek in the area around Lillooet, Fountain, and Pavilion. The work train appears to be carrying railway ties.

Photographs 2020.08.68, 2020.08.69, and 2020.08.Read more

View of Seton Lake area
2020.08.77 · Item · [between 1911 and 1915]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Region Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a view of Seton Lake and the surrounding area, including the Pacific Great Eastern railway line. The railway grade is visible at left. Also visible is the Seton Lake fish hatchery at the east end of the lake and its employee boardingRead more

View of Cayoosh Creek
2020.08.90 · Item · [between 1909 and 1919]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Region Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts the confluence of the Cayoosh Creek outflow into the Fraser River in Lillooet, BC. Seton River is visible in the foreground. This area is Cayoose Creek Band (Sekw'el'wás First Nation) territory and includes land currently encompassedRead more

2020.08.42 · Item · [between 1912 and 1916]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Region Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a row of spectators wearing nice clothing, sitting on the curb in the shade of mature chestnut trees. Many of the spectators appear to be Indigenous women and children. They may be gathered to watch a parade or special event. There areRead more

Special Train - PGE Railway
2020.08.46 · Item · 20 Feb. 1915
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Region Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern Railway "Special Train" that is "carrying a number of members of B.C. Legislature on their tour of inspection. First train into Lillooet, B.C. Feb. 20, 1915, 5 p.m." The train is depicted on the grade along theRead more

Seton Lake, Lillooet
2020.08.29 · Item · [1914 or 1915?]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Region Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts the steam-operated sawmill at Seton Lake and a fish weir at the mouth of the creek. The railway grade alongside the lake, constructed circa 1914-1915, is visible in the background. The Seton Lake fish hatchery, which built and used theRead more

Seton Lake Fish Hatchery
2020.08.39 · Item · [between 1905 and 1909]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Region Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts the Seton Lake hatchery building constructed by the British Columbia provincial government in 1903.

Additional photographs and information about this construction is provided in the Fisheries Commissioner's Report for that year:
"InRead more

Seton Lake
2020.08.30 · Item · [between 1908 and 1914]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Region Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a view of the east end of Seton Lake. The Seton Lake sawmill and Seton Lake fish hatchery are visible in the foreground. The PGE railway grade alongside the lake has not yet been constructed, dating this photograph at or before 1914.

2020.08.64 · Item · [1915?]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Region Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts Mr. Crysdale sitting on a velocipede on the Sallus Creek ("14 Mile") Pacific Great Eastern Railway trestle with an estimated date of very late July 1915 or later. "Canadian Railway and Marine World" reported that track had been laid toRead more

2020.08.65 · Item · [1915]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Region Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a partially constructed Pacific Great Eastern Railway trestle located near Sallus Creek in the area around Lillooet, Fountain, and Pavilion. "Canadian Railway and Marine World" reported that track had been laid to 14 miles North ofRead more

Sallus Creek railway trestle
2020.08.67 · Item · [between 1915 and 1918]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Region Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern Railway trestle located near Sallus Creek in the area around Lillooet, Fountain, and Pavilion. "Canadian Railway and Marine World" reported that track had been laid to 14 miles North of Lillooet by July 30,Read more

Sallus Creek railway trestle
2020.08.66 · Item · [1915?]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Region Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern Railway trestle located near Sallus Creek in the area around Lillooet, Fountain, and Pavilion. A number of men are working along the trestle, possibly completing final construction work or performing repairs. "Read more

River Ferry
2012.13.1.66.01 · Item · June 1987
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a ferry on a river, possibly the Fraser River in the Lillooet area.

River Ferry
2012.13.1.66.02 · Item · June 1987
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a ferry on a river, possibly the Fraser River in the Lillooet area.

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern Railway bridge under construction on the original route at Lillooet, which was active 1915 to 1931. Including its approach spans, the bridge was 2,630 ft. long, almost exactly half a mile. The mileage on theRead more

PGE Lillooet
2013.6.36.1.045.54 · Item · Aug. 1969
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts an auxillary car with a powered winch found at the Pacific Great Eastern yards in Lillooet. Inside the roundhouse in the background was a boiler room that contained a locomotive boiler in working order.

2020.08.43 · Item · [between 1913 and 1923]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Region Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts an early model Jordan Spreader used in the construction of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway. A railway worker is standing on the spreader. The stencil on equipment states "P.G.W.R.R.". The flora suggests that this photograph may haveRead more

2020.08.27 · Item · [between 1915 and 1920]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Region Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a group of men, women, and children on the dock at the east end of Seton Lake. Two boats are docked, awaiting passengers. Another group of people are seated in a third boat on the far side of the dock. In the background, the PGERead more

2020.08.83 · Item · [between 1915 and 1917]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Region Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern Railway work train on Pavilion Creek trestle at Mile 20.3. laden with workers, railway ties, and a steam donkey. The work train may be returning to a work camp, as a man dressed in the attire of a camp cook isRead more

2020.08.44 · Item · [between 1915 and 1918]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Region Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern Railway train on Pavilion Creek trestle at Mile 20.3. The train includes Locomotive #56, built by Canadian Locomotive Company of Kingston, Ontario, in August 1914, together with caboose C2, built by NationalRead more

2020.08.82 · Item · [between 1915 and 1917]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Region Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a Pacific Great Eastern Railway train on Pavilion Creek trestle at Mile 20.3. Also visible are a water tank and possibly the graveyard at Pavilion.

The ca. 1921-1927 “PGE Bridge List” from the notebook of William H. Hewlett (1914-1968)Read more

2020.08 · Collection · [between 1905 and 1926]

This collection consists of photographs and "real photo" postcards that depict the construction and operation of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway line, communities nearby the railway line, and regional geography of areas adjacent to the PGE line.

2013.6.36.1.011.10 · Item · [8 May 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern depot in Lillooet. In the photograph is the front coach #31 of a two-coach Budd car train, 5 minutes after arrival, being checked and serviced. On this day this two-coach unit left from North Vancouver at 8 amRead more