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Water Wheel at Perry Creek Water Wheel at Perry Creek

Early image of the water wheel at Perry Creek, showing overshot flume.

Call Number:  0002.0001

Medium:  Photograph

Date:  Circa 1940

Perry Creek Hotel Perry Creek Hotel

A group of people in front of the old log Perry Creek Hotel

Call Number:  0002.0002

Medium:  Photograph

Date:  Circa 1900

Picnic at Perry Creek Picnic at Perry Creek

Collective photo of a picnic group at Perry Creek, gathered in front of the Banks and Thompson mine shaft.

Call Number:  0008.0006

Medium:  Photograph

Date:  Circa 1900

Perry Creek Waterwheel and Collapsed Flume Perry Creek Waterwheel and Collapsed Flume

A colour image showing the Perry Creek Water wheel and flume.

Call Number:  0002.0003

Medium:  Photograph

Date:  Circa 1960

Perry Creek Steam Shovel in Placer Gravels Perry Creek Steam Shovel in Placer Gravels

Perry Creek steam shove at work in placer gravels. Flume in foreground.

Call Number:  0002.0004

Medium:  Photograph

Date:  Circa 1915

The Famous Perry Creek The Famous Perry Creek

The Famous Perry Creek near Cranbrook, B.C. Postcard front, linked to 0017.0106.

Call Number:  0017.0105

Medium:  Photograph

Date:  Circa 1905

Hydraulic Mining On Perry Creek Hydraulic Mining On Perry Creek

Hydraulic Miningon Perry Creek, showing the flume running beside the creek for the large Perry Creek wheel (now at Fort Steele). 1825, postcard front, linked to 0017.0108.

Call Number:  0017.0107

Medium:  Photograph

Date:  Circa 1905

Hydraulic Mining At Perry Creek Hydraulic Mining At Perry Creek

Hydraulic mining at Perry Creek near Cranbrook, B.C. 1784, postcard front, linked to 0017.0110.

Call Number:  0017.0109

Medium:  Photograph

Date:  Circa 1905

Perry Creek Hydraulic Mining Perry Creek Hydraulic Mining

Hydraulic mining at Perry Creek near Cranbrook, B.C. A mine shaft can also be seen. 1813, postcard front, linked to 0017.0112.

Call Number:  0017.0111

Medium:  Photograph

Date:  Circa 1905

The Famous Perry Creek The Famous Perry Creek

A view of Perry Creek, near Cranbrook, B.C. Postcard front, linked to 0019.0222.

Call Number:  0019.0221

Medium:  Photograph

Date:  Circa 1909

Perry Creek Steam Shovel Perry Creek Steam Shovel

A steam shovel operating on Perry Creek as part of a placer gold mining opweration. This shovel was walked overland from Wycliffe to its place of work. The remains are still in place on Perry Creek.

Call Number:  0020.0012

Medium:  Photograph

Date:  1903

Perry Creek Hotel Perry Creek Hotel

Perry Creek Hotel, in the Old Town area of Perry Creek, in 1937.

Call Number:  0022.0001

Medium:  Photograph

Date:  1937

Perry Creek Hotel Perry Creek Hotel

Perry Creek Hotel, in the Old Town section, in 1943.

Call Number:  0022.0002

Medium:  Photograph

Date:  1943

8 Pen and Ink Drawings of Fort Steele 8 Pen and Ink Drawings of Fort Steele

The Perry Creek Water Wheel. This prominent landmark at Fort Steele Historic Park was built on Perry Creek in 1933-34. It was designed to provide cheap power for pumping water from placer mine tunnels at bed rock deep under the channel of Perry Creek, 25 miles west of Fort Steele. The 32-foot diameter Overshot Wheel operated only intermittently over several years.

Call Number:  0434.0007

Medium:  Ephemera

Author:  Ray Mannix

Date:  1975