Transportation and Utilities

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  • Act of means of transporting from one place to another

  • Act of means of providing water, power, sewage, etc. to communities

  • Facilities and infrastructures (eg. harbours, highways, airports, hydroelectric projects)

  • Vehicles, rolling stock, aircraft, equipment, ships and boats, ferries

  • Accidents (eg. highway crashes, derailments, air crashes, ship wrecks)

  • Rescue services (eg. towing, coast guard)

  • Businesses and corporations (eg. motor associations)

  • Professional organizations and unions

  • SEE ALSO: Agriculture; Business and Commerce; Industries; Military

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          2013.6.36.1.050.16 · Item · Sept. 1970
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a former Great Northern Railway grade. Image captured looking towards the east, at an intact trestle. The line curves 180 degrees at the right of the photo, just avioding the boundary that comes up behind the camera to a former whistle stop called Myncaster. The line was thought to be pulled in 1938. It connected Midway to Oroville.

          2013.6.36.1.050.17 · Item · Sept. 1970
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a former Great Northern Railway grade. Image captured looking towards the east, across a meadow formerly crossed by a trestly and into a short 50 yard tunnel. Just beyond, was a small ranch with a one car spur known as "Bergen." The line connected Midway to Oroville and was believed to have been dismantled in 1938.

          2013.6.36.1.050.12 · Item · 31 Aug. 1970
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photo the depot in Keremeos that had been locked up and deserted after the agency had moved to Oroville, Washington in January 1971. However, the truck to Keremeos was still used for freight traffic, if infrequently. Rails in the photograph were dated 1913.

          2013.6.36.1.050.05 · Item · 8 Sept. 1978
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the Burlington-Northern Railroad, formerly the Great Northern Railway. Image captures sandblasting abrasives planted on the western edge of Grand Forks. Visible is a Canadian Pacific locomotive #8650 switching on Burlington-Northern tracks.

          2013.6.36.1.050.06 · Item · 8 Sept. 1978
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the Great Northern Railway, now called the Burlington-Northern Railway which had a branch line from Kettle Falls to "Republic" that at one point crossed into Canada via Grand Forks. The view shows the exit (cattle guard) from Canada (B.C.) to Washington.

          2013.6.36.1.050.14 · Item · Aug. 1983
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the Great Northern Railway (now Burlington-Northern Railway) line between Spokane and Nelson. Visible is a shed for lumber. Image captured looking upgrade and northeast. It had a 27 car siding.

          2013.6.36.1.026.13 · Item · [22 June 1979]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a gravel pit 1.5 miles north of the McCulloch depot or at approximately mile 78.0, on the Carmi Subdivision. It has not been in use since at least the late 1950s. The rails here are worn and dated 1910 and 1920s. The view is looking north.

          2013.6.36.1.026.15 · Item · [22 June 1979]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a gravel pit located 1.5 miles north of McCulloch CPR depot, which is at approximately mile 78, on the Carmi Subdivision. The gravel pit has not been used for at least 20 years. The picture also shows a disused spur line.

          2006.20.12.9 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts group of buildings at Grande Prairie airstrip. The foremost building has the sign "YUKON SOUTHERN" on its roof, and the tower and admin building can be seen behind. Power poles, large trucks, and other large unidentified machinery are lined up in background on right.

          Royal Canadian Air Force
          2006.20.12.8 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts building with small second story attached, and a tall red and white pole in front. Signal tower and power poles in background on right, semi-trailer in background on left. A man in uniform can be seen in the far right sitting on a small staircase on wheels. Small unidentified buildings and miscellaneous shop supplies in background. Handwritten photo album caption beside this photo reads: "Grand Prairie Tower and Adm. Bldg."

          Royal Canadian Air Force
          Grand Trunk Pacific stations
          2012.13.2.15.20 · File · 1990-2010
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Grand Trunk Pacific Railway stations. Includes 2001 and 2009 photographs depicting various Grand Trunk Pacific stations and areas along the railway.

          2012.13.2.15.18 · File · 1984, 2001
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway survey and construction. Includes: "70 years of Rail!" special edition of the Prince George Citizen newspaper (27 Jan. 1984). Includes photographs depicting the Prince George roundhouse in its original location and various trains surrounding it.

          2012.13.2.15.16 · File · 2010
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions relating to a presentation on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway conducted by Kent Sedgwick. Includes a CD titled "GTP Talk" containing a recording of Kent Sedgwick's presentation on the Grand Trunk Pacific (Oct. 2010).

          2009.5.1.75 · Item · 14 June 1911
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "G.T.P. 1st Passenger Train From Prince Rupert. Mile 45. June. 14th 1911. Copyright. F. Button. PHOTO. Pr. Rupert. No. 240." Photograph depicts three men (two sitting on chairs) on caboose of train. Power poles run parallel to tracks, which curve to the right of the image. Train tracks in foreground, forest and mountain in background.

          Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
          2002.1.2 · Series · 1900-1939
          Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

          The Grand Trunk Railway and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway series consists of administrative records, correspondence between railways, and ephemera. Also consists of maps and technical drawings depicting Grand Trunk Railway and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway rail lines and structures.

          Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
          2012.13.2.15.17 · File · 2010
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. File contains material regarding mileages, railway stations, and lists of the GTP railway line stations.

          2012.13.2.15.19 · File · 2005-2006
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to a failed tunnel build for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line between McBride and Goat River and a potential homestead on the land surrounding the tunnel. The land was later owned by Russ Purvis of Dunster in 2006.

          Grand Forks CPR depot
          2013.6.36.1.028.04 · Item · Aug. 1983
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the Grand Forks CPR depot, located at mile 94.8 on the Boundary Subdivision, which runs from Nelson to Midway (127 miles). It was originally built by the Columbia & Western Railway in 1899. IT has not seen a passenger train in years but it is still in use for administrative purposes.

          Grain elevator at Wynndel
          2013.6.36.1.028.05 · Item · Aug. 1983
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the a grain elevator at Wynndel, located at mile 73.8 on the CPR line on the Nelson Subdivision. It is between Creston at mile 67.2 and Kootenay Landing at mile 83.1. Grain elevators are rare in BC and this one belongs to the United Grain Growers. The view is looking east.

          Grain Elevator and Dock
          2012.13.1.77.35 · Item · 1980
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a large vessel docked at a grain elevator and two smaller boats at a dock in the foreground somewhere in Prince Rupert, B.C.

          Grading at Fort Fraser
          2004.5.16 · Item · 1911-1912
          Part of Fort Fraser Historical Photograph Collection

          Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "11. Grading at Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts railway construction workers loading dirt and rocks from the track being laid, into cargo cars attached to a steam train engine. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation

          Grading at Fort Fraser
          2004.5.10 · Item · 1911-1912
          Part of Fort Fraser Historical Photograph Collection

          Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "40. Grading at Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts a steam train engine pushing three cargo cars along a train track. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation

          Grade in Cloverdale
          2013.6.36.1.060.05 · Item · Jan. 1970
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a recently constructed grade that ran parallel to the BC Hydro Railway and led to a new super post. A CPR ballast train is visble on the track. Ownership of the line was vested in the BC government.

          Goodyear Blimp
          2013.6.36.1.084.07 · Item · [9 Aug. 1973]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a Goodyear Blimp cruising over the Centennial Museum near Sunest Beach, False Creek, Vancouver.

          Goodyear Blimp
          2013.6.36.1.084.08 · Item · [9 Aug. 1973]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a goodyear Blimp cruising over the Centennial Museum near Sunest Beach, False Creek, Vancouver. It came for the 1973 Abbotsford Air Show.

          Goodyear airship
          2013.6.36.1.084.09 · Item · 12 Aug. 1971
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a Goodyear airship travelling over Spanish Banks, Vancouver. It took part in the Abbotsford Air Show of 1971.