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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          4832 Archival description results for Transportation and Utilities

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          2013.6.36.1.021.05 · Item · [24 May 1973]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts an abandoned water tower on CPR line at Brookmere, 30 miles south of Merritt. The trackage on the right has had the spikes removed but the yard consists of a mixture of completely removed, partially removed, and completely undisturbed track. An elderly couple and 2 elderly bachelors are the only year-round remaining inhabitants.

          2009.7.1.140 · Item · [ca. 1925?]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Group of six men sit and stand on small boat close to shore. Rev. W.E. Collison stands on far right (son of Marion and Archdeacon W.H. Collison).

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Dr. Macdonald Med officer (Kincolith) / Dr. [McQuarrie?] Med officer Victoria / Steven Clayton Native boat owner / Capt. Bary - Insp. of Indian Schools / W.E. Collison Indian agent. / Inspection trip to villages of upper Nass River".

          2009.7.1.137 · Item · [ca. 1910?]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Three men can be seen on deck of small boat. Rocky shore in foreground, forest and hills on opposite shore in background.

          Handwritten annotations on verso read: "Dad - en route up Nass River on official business. (hence the flag & business suit!)"; "Going up the Nass. Dad (Indian Agent) Cap Barry (Inspect. of Schools) travelling up the Nass River to Aiyansh".

          Weather ship "Vancouver"
          2013.6.36.1.062.01 · Item · 1966
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a weather ship of the Canadian Coastguard called "Vancouver." It was fitting out after launching. This vessel and its sister ship, "Quada," were the largest vessels ever built on the western coast of Canada. "Vancouver" was retired in May 1981 as it was too costly to service.

          Weather ships, Sea Island
          2013.6.36.1.062.06 · Item · Oct. 1969
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts decommissioned weather ships. One was named "Stonetown." They were formerly coastguard vessels that were in use until 1968. Prior to that, they were corvettes of the RCN and moored in Vancouver Harbour at the Terminal Pier.

          2000.1.1.3.18.005 · Item · [ca. 1960?]
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts an unidentified individual wearing a welding helmet, and kneeling behind large bearing cups of one of the Ruston Hornsby diesel engines that turned the generators in the power house on the Cassiar plant. Door, bulletin board, and miscellaneous supplies in background.

          West Summerland CPR station
          2013.6.36.1.022.14 · Item · 2 Sept. 1970
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the West Summerland CPR station in the Okanagan. The station often was used but not permanently manned. It was located at mile 9.5 from Penticton. The view is looking south.

          West Summerland CPR station
          2013.6.36.1.022.15 · Item · 2 Sept. 1970
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the West Summerland CPR station in the Okanagan, located 9.5 miles from Penticton. The cloud in the middle distance is stone dust from a crusher on the east side of the track. The spur to the right leads to an old crusher but does not appear to be used.

          Westbridge CPR depot
          2013.6.36.1.027.14 · Item · [July 1966]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the Westbridge CPR depot on the Kettle Valley Line. It is located about 11 miles north of Rock Creek and at about mile 123.3 east of Penticton. The depot house is disused and the sidings contained no cars, so there appears to be no local traffic.

          2013.6.36.1.007.021 · Item · Oct. 1965
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the western portal of the C.P.R. Connaught Tunnel under Rogers Pass. The Glacier Station is a quarter mile to the rear of the camera. Fans are operated to force air through the tunnel against the direction of the trains, these therefore used for all westbound traffic. Diesel driven, steam for ancillary equipment.

          Westminster
          2004.2.1.131 · Item · [between 1910 and 1920]
          Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

          Photograph depicts the boat Westminster on the water with houses on the shoreline visible in the background. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Westminster"

          Weyerhaeuser sawmill
          2013.6.36.1.145.06 · Item · Aug. 1997
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken on the CPR branch from Vernon to Lumby. Depicts a small Weyerhaeuser sawmill. Looking west at Lumby. The end of the track was another 1/3 of a mile behind the camera.

          White Pass Train
          2012.13.1.100 · Subseries · 1999
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File contains slides depicting locations along the White Pass railway through Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon Territories.

          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
          Wildlife - Corridors
          2023.7.4.06 · File · [after 1973]
          Part of Grant Hazelwood fonds

          File consists of records and textual material related to Northern BC wildlife corridors collected by Grant Hazelwood. Includes manuscripts, notes, and summary documents. Discusses the following wildlife corridors:

          • "Fort Nelson - 94 J (Alaska Highway)"
          • "Charlie Lake - 94 A (Alaska Highway)"
          • "Trutch - 94 G (Alaska Highway)"
          • "Halfway River - 94 B (Alaska Highway)"
          • "Alternate Corridor - Chetwind > Fort St. John by Dawson Creek"
          • "Hart Highway Corridor 'A'"
          • "Alaska Highway Corridor 'B'"

          Also includes a 1972 photocopied document titled "Wildlife Oriented Sites within Corridor of Alaska Highway (Wildlife Sites Outside of H.S.S.A.'s).

          2013.6.36.1.062.15 · Item · Oct. 1969
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts "W.J Stewart," of Ottawa, that is located on the mid-left with two masts, and "Vector," found on the mid-right with one mast. Both were believed to be hydrographic vessels, painted in white and cream which were not Coastguard colours. Taken on the Upper Harbour of Victoria, at the Coastguard wharf.