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Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History (CBIRH): 0248

Captain Otto Estabrooks

Captain Otto Estabrooks of the SS Minto.

Internal ID: 0248.0001
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1951

Newspaper from Spanner July-August 1951 â??Chief MV Okanagan

â??Chief Engineer MV Okanagan Honored on Last Lake Run.

Internal ID: 0248.0002
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1951

SS Minto

S.S. Minto & Captain - 1946.

Internal ID: 0248.0003
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1946

SS Minto

No cargo is too strange for the SS Minto. Here Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mellet, taking their horses to Deer Park for winter pasture.

Internal ID: 0248.0004
Medium:Photograph
Date: April 1st 1949

SS Minto at the Narrows

The Minto steaming through the shallow Narrows which connect Upper and lower Arrow Lakes. Other stern-wheelers have shattered on the bars and shoals, but the Minto makes it even at lowest ebb.

Internal ID: 0248.0005
Medium:Photograph
Date: April 1st 1949

Captain Otto Estabrooks

Captain Otto Estabrooks, veteran pilot of the Minto, maneuvers it with amazing preciseness.

Internal ID: 0248.0006
Medium:Photograph
Date: April 1st 1949

Map of SS Minto's Route

Taking up where the railroads leave off, the Minto traverses the 134-mile stretch of the Arrow Lakes. It was saved by the boom in British Columbia Canadaâ??s new â??Promised Land in the West.â?

Internal ID: 0248.0007
Medium:Photograph
Date: April 1st 1949

Barlows on the SS Minto

Father and son aboard the S.S. Minto. Reg Barlow, 2nd engineer on the Minto, has about 30 yearsâ?? service with the Company principally on the Minto. He is father of first officer Fred Barlow who has 12 yearsâ?? service. He also boasts a masterâ??s ticket.

Internal ID: 0248.0008
Medium:Photograph
Date: October 1st 1954

Captain Robert Manning

Captain Robert Manning at the wheel approaching Nakusp, B.C.

Internal ID: 0248.0009
Medium:Photograph
Date: October 1st 1954

Tugboat Okanagan

A new tug for service on Okanagan Lake.

Internal ID: 0248.0010
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1950

Columbia Basin CPR Rail Lines

Diagram Rail lines of C.P.R. Noted on diagram Gerard-Lardeau lifted 1942 and Retallack Kaslo lifted 1956.

Internal ID: 0248.0011
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1956

C.P.R. Rules & Regulations Covering Lake and River Steamers

Canadian Pacific Railway Company Rules and Regulations for the Government of Officers and Employees of the B.C. Lake and River Steamers, December 1st, 1916.

Internal ID: 0248.0012
Medium:Photograph
Date: December 1st 1916

C.P.R. Rules & Regulations Covering Lake and River Steamers

Canadian Pacific Railway Company Rules and Regulations for the Government of Officers and Employees of the B.C. Lake and River Steamers, December 1st, 1916.

Internal ID: 0248.0013
Medium:Photograph
Date: December 1st 1916

C.P.R. Rules & Regulations Covering Lake and River Steamers

Canadian Pacific Railway Company Rules and Regulations for the Government of Officers and Employees of the B.C. Lake and River Steamers, December 1st, 1916.

Internal ID: 0248.0014
Medium:Photograph
Date: December 1st 1916

C.P.R. Rules & Regulations Covering Lake and River Steamers

Canadian Pacific Railway Company Rules and Regulations for the Government of Officers and Employees of the B.C. Lake and River Steamers, December 1st, 1916.

Internal ID: 0248.0015
Medium:Photograph
Date: December 1st 1916

C.P.R. Rules & Regulations Covering Lake and River Steamers

Canadian Pacific Railway Company Rules and Regulations for the Government of Officers and Employees of the B.C. Lake and River Steamers, December 1st, 1916.

Internal ID: 0248.0016
Medium:Photograph
Date: December 1st 1916

C.P.R. Rules & Regulations Covering Lake and River Steamers

Canadian Pacific Railway Company Rules and Regulations for the Government of Officers and Employees of the B.C. Lake and River Steamers, December 1st, 1916.

Internal ID: 0248.0017
Medium:Photograph
Date: December 1st 1916

C.P.R. Rules & Regulations Covering Lake and River Steamers

Canadian Pacific Railway Company Rules and Regulations for the Government of Officers and Employees of the B.C. Lake and River Steamers, December 1st, 1916.

Internal ID: 0248.0018
Medium:Photograph
Date: December 1st 1916

C.P.R. Rules & Regulations Covering Lake and River Steamers

Canadian Pacific Railway Company Rules and Regulations for the Government of Officers and Employees of the B.C. Lake and River Steamers, December 1st, 1916.

Internal ID: 0248.0019
Medium:Photograph
Date: December 1st 1916

C.P.R. Rules & Regulations Covering Lake and River Steamers

Canadian Pacific Railway Company Rules and Regulations for the Government of Officers and Employees of the B.C. Lake and River Steamers, December 1st, 1916.

Internal ID: 0248.0020
Medium:Photograph
Date: December 1st 1916

C.P.R. Rules & Regulations Covering Lake and River Steamers

Canadian Pacific Railway Company Rules and Regulations for the Government of Officers and Employees of the B.C. Lake and River Steamers, December 1st, 1916.

Internal ID: 0248.0021
Medium:Photograph
Date: December 1st 1916

C.P.R. Rules & Regulations Covering Lake and River Steamers

Canadian Pacific Railway Company Rules and Regulations for the Government of Officers and Employees of the B.C. Lake and River Steamers, December 1st, 1916.

Internal ID: 0248.0022
Medium:Photograph
Date: December 1st 1916

C.P.R. Rules & Regulations Covering Lake and River Steamers

Canadian Pacific Railway Company Rules and Regulations for the Government of Officers and Employees of the B.C. Lake and River Steamers, December 1st, 1916.

Internal ID: 0248.0023
Medium:Photograph
Date: December 1st 1916

Negotiating the Narrows

An unidentified sternwheeler slowly navigating in freeze-up. Believed to be the Arrow Lakes.

Internal ID: 0248.0024
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

Tugboat Grant Hall and Barge

Tugboat "Grant Hall" and barge with rail car and a C.P.R. diesel engine lying on its side; March 5, 1956 at Proctor, B.C.; looking west. Tom Parkin added: Note that the front of this diesel unit is damaged and its cab filled with snow. It was lead locomotive of a train on the wqewst shore of Kootenay Lake which struck a snowslide which had covered the tracks and was forced downhill. CPR's "big hook" was involved in rescuing this equipment.

Internal ID: 0248.0025
Medium:Photograph
Date: March 5th 1956

Dredging the Narrows

Equipment on a barge dredging a waterway believed to be the 'narrows' portion of the Arrow Lakes.

Internal ID: 0248.0026
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

Retirement Party Aboard S.S. Minto

Captain O.L. Estabrookâ??s retirement party aboard the S.S. Minto, 1951.

Internal ID: 0248.0027
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1951

Tugboat Leaving Dock

Unidentified tugboat leaving dock, believed to be at Procter. A rail boxcar on dock to right side of photo.

Internal ID: 0248.0028
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

S.S. Bonningto on the Arrow Lakes

The CPR paddlewheeler S.S. Bonnington under steam on the Arrow Lakes.

Internal ID: 0248.0029
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

S.S. Bonningto on the Arrow Lakes

The CPR paddlewheeler S.S. Bonnington under steam on the Arrow Lakes.

Internal ID: 0248.0030
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

C.P.R. S.S. Naramata at Penticton

Tugboat, the C.P.R. S.S. Naramata at Penticton, B.C. 1940.

Internal ID: 0248.0031
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1940

Tugboat S.S. Okanagan

Tugboat Okanagan & crew.

Internal ID: 0248.0032
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

S.S. Kootenay on Arrow Lakes

The sternwheeler SS Kootenay under power on the Arrow Lakes.

Internal ID: 0248.0033
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000