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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          2006.20.12.46 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Ordinary 'Nose-Hanger'." Photograph depicts airplane hangar with large circles in a darker fabric to accommodate the nose and engines of plane. Large truck and stacks of unidentified packages in foreground on right. Unidentified vehicle to left of hangar. It is believed that photograph was taken at Whitehorse, YT.

          Royal Canadian Air Force
          Alaska Highway
          2012.13.1.98.59 · Item · 1999
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a small section of the Alaska Highway somewhere near Whitehorse, Y.T. The slide also appears to be labelled "army washing" for unknown reasons.

          2006.20.12.47 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "D.O.T [Department of Transportation?] Bldgs & Garage, Whitehorse." Photograph depicts numerous buildings and a four-door garage on streets in Whitehorse. Dump trucks and other various vehicles surround garage. Road and gravel covered area crosses foreground.

          Royal Canadian Air Force
          Cenial Crew of "32"
          2006.20.12.2 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts three men (two in uniform) in front of a military plane with the number "7632" on its side. Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "OUR CENIAL CREW OF "32". It is believed this photograph was taken at the military base in Whitehorse, YT.

          Royal Canadian Air Force
          2006.20.12.41 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Gathering up the pieces [re. plane crash, item 2006.20.12.42]." Photograph depicts two trucks and a large group of men standing in airstrip believed to be at Whitehorse. Group of various buildings visible in background on right.

          Royal Canadian Air Force
          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
          Miles Canyon - the Schwatka
          2012.13.1.98.61 · Item · 1999
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts numerous unidentified individuals getting off a boat which bears the name "Schwatka." It is located somewhere in Miles Canyon.

          Military
          2006.20.12 · File · ca. 1940
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Photographs within this file document Canadian military service, training activities, military institutions, bases and site; individuals and organizations (eg. veterans, military personnel, militia, cadets), military vehicles and ships, equipment, weapons, uniforms, artifacts and legislation as it pertains to Northern British Columbia.

          Military Plane Called "39"
          2006.20.12.40 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "P '39'". Photograph depicts view of plane from front parked in airstrip believed to be at Whitehorse. Ladder, hose, and unidentified objects in left foreground. Snow and horizon in background.

          Royal Canadian Air Force
          2006.20.12.42 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "The above ship, after 'doing' a barrel-roll 50 feet above the runway." Photograph depicts three men in uniform bent over wreckage of plane crash in airstrip believed to be at Whitehorse, YT. Large group of men and vehicles in background on right, trees and hillside in background on left.

          Royal Canadian Air Force
          2006.20.12.4 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts two men (one in uniform) standing in an airstrip under the nose of a military plane with the number "7632" on its side. A third man stands in uniform on far right, and a building can be seen in distance behind him on the flat horizon. Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "MAJESTIC '32'." It is believed this photograph was taken at the military base in Whitehorse, YT.

          Royal Canadian Air Force
          2006.20.12.45 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Another view from Tower at Whitehorse." Photograph depicts various unidentified buildings, vehicles, and machinery behind dirt road in mid ground. Power poles in foreground; trees, river, and mountains in background.

          Royal Canadian Air Force
          2006.20.12.43 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Another view of Whitehorse Field from the Tower." Photograph depicts various unidentified buildings at what is believed to the Royal Canadian Air Force base in Whitehorse, YT. Small sign in foreground reads: "Taking Photographs Prohibited" (see also items 2006.20.12.1 & 2006.20.12.39). Mountains in background.

          Royal Canadian Air Force
          Whitehorse Runway
          2006.20.12.39 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Whitehorse 'Runway'". Photograph depicts three planes in distance on runway, one of them is parked in front of large building on left (hangar?). Two long unidentified buildings in background on left, trees and range of hills in background on right. See also items 2006.20.12.1 & 2006.20.12.43.

          Royal Canadian Air Force