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.”
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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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- MemoryBC Subject Groups