City: Canal Flats
Kimberley Jr. Fish and Game Team
Members of the Kimberley Junior Fish and Game club under the leadership of the late Bill Moffatt. They were working to construct a survey plot for U.B.C. or N.D.U. study to monitor wild lands feeding and grazing impacts on the Premier / Quartz Ridge, above Premier Lake. Part of large album, Jr Fish and Gamers, Canal Flats area and Findlay Creek Known names are: Tom Haverko, Bob Muir, Jim Foulkes, Greg Bergland, Keith Scott, Jack Foulkes
| Internal ID: | 0158.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | June 5th 1966 |
Main Street in Canal Flats, BC
Main Street in Canal Flats, BC Showing Queens Hotel & Columbia Hotel
| Internal ID: | 2332.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
CFI Safety Committee
Canal Flats Safety Committee for Crestbrook Forest Industries (CFI)I. Do you know these men?
| Internal ID: | 2257.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1980 |
Logging Camp, Canal Flats
Cabin and horses at an unnamed camp near Canal Flats.
| Internal ID: | 2332.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Team of Jr. Fish and Gamers, 1966
Members of the Kimberley Junior Fish and Game club under the leadership of the late Bill Moffatt. They were working to construct a survey plot for a U.B.C. or N.D.U. study to monitor wild lands feeding and grazing impacts on the Premier / Quartz Ridge, above Premier Lake. Known names are Tom Haverko, Bob Muir, Jim Foulkes, Greg Bergland, Keith Scott, and Jack Foulkes. Part of large album, Jr Fish and Gamers, Canal Flats and Findlay Creek area.
| Internal ID: | 0158.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | June 5th 1966 |
Skookumchuck Pulp Mill Construction
March 1967 Grading & leveling of site by McPhails Construction Ltd.
| Internal ID: | 2324.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
Dave White at the Canal Flats Sawmill
Dave White at the Canal Flats Sawmill receiving a plaque for the best moose. Part of the "Name that Logger" project.
| Internal ID: | 2254.0006 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Scenic View at Canal Flats
Photo of the Kootenay River running East - West, joining with the White River. A beautiful view of the rivers and mountains at Canal Flat, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0427.0008 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1935 |
Workers Standing Outside at Canal Flats Mill
A Shift PG 9 CFI group of construction workers standing outside at Canal Flats. Do you know anybody?
| Internal ID: | 2325.0010 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
Canal Flats Logging
Group of men on truck, Hans Hansen 4th from right. Do you know any of these men?
| Internal ID: | 2332.0011 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1940 |
Map of Buck Ridge
Map of Buck Ridge from Canal Flats Sheet 82J/SW; scale 1 inch = 2 miles; (4.66 square miles = 5.42 acres per head). The study plot is shown in red.
| Internal ID: | 0158.0012 |
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| Medium: | Map |
| Date: | 1965 |
Moves To Canal Flat
To run the Columbia Hotel.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0013 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 20th 1893 |
Bud Hart Surveying Findlay Range, 1970
Bud Hart from Marysville, BC standing in part of Findlay range. Picture taken in the spring time. Part of large album, Jr Fish and Gamers, Canal Flats and Findlay Creek area. Bud Hart was a great outdoorsman and worked in the Sullivan Mine for 40+ years.
| Internal ID: | 0158.0013 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
Part of Findlay Creek Range, 1970
Part of Findlay range, the Jr. Fish and Game club wanted a field trip to prove their point. Part of large album, Jr Fish and Gamers, Canal Flats and Findlay Creek areas.
| Internal ID: | 0158.0014 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
Canal Flats Logging
Skidding logs out of the bush, Canal Flats operation.,
| Internal ID: | 2332.0014 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1940 |
Kim Milroy and Dunc Hamilton in the Field, 1972
Newspaper clip - Jim Milroy, BC Forest Service from Nelson and Dunc Hamilton, a Canal Flats forest ranger, compare notes around the heavy utilization of the lower Findlay Creek range by the wildlife in the winter and cattle in the summer. Part of large album, Jr Fish and Gamers, Canal Flats and Findlay Creek area.
| Internal ID: | 0158.0017 |
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| Medium: | Ephemera |
| Date: | May 1st 1972 |
CFI Logging Near Canal Flats
Loaded logging truck on dirt road
| Internal ID: | 2326.0017 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
Ray Demarchi, Wildlife Biologist, 1972
Newspaper clip - Ray Demarchi, Wildlife biologist explains various pitfalls of bad land use practices. Field trip by BC Forest Services and Games Branch. Part of large album, Jr Fish and Gamers, Canal Flats and Findlay Creek area.
| Internal ID: | 0158.0018 |
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| Medium: | Ephemera |
| Date: | May 19th 1972 |
Lower Findlay Creek Range, 1970
Looking north on lower Findlay Creek range towards Rocky Mountains. A good picture of poor land management by BC Forest Service. Note: Canal Flats - Kootenay River. Part of large album, Jr Fish and Gamers, Canal Flats and Findlay Creek area.
| Internal ID: | 0158.0019 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
Badly over grazed
Badly over grazed field (possibly Findlay Creek range area). Part of large album, Jr Fish and Gamers, Canal Flats and Findlay Creek areas.
| Internal ID: | 0158.0020 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
Binoculars on the Lower Findlay Range, 1970
Binoculars on the lower Findlay area in some over browsed land. Part of large album, Jr Fish and Gamers, Canal Flats and Findlay Creek areas.
| Internal ID: | 0158.0022 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
Ray Demarchi, BC Wildlife Biologist, 1972
Field Trip Findlay Lower Range; Ray Demarchi, BC Wildlife Biologist, reason of field trip - To study the damage of overgrazing. Part of large album, Jr Fish and Gamers, Canal Flats and Findlay Creek areas.
| Internal ID: | 0158.0023 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | May 19th 1972 |
Ray Demarchi, BC Wildlife Biologist, 1972
"Now this is a window!" Field Trip Findlay Lower Range; Ray Demarchi, BC Wildlife Biologist. Part of large album, Jr Fish and Gamers, Canal Flats and, Findlay Creek areas.
| Internal ID: | 0158.0024 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | May 19th 1972 |
Field Trip to Findlay Creek Lower Range, 1972
Field Trip Findlay Lower Range. In picture are: Darryl Moore, Walter McKersie, Jim Milroy, Ray Demarchi, Buz Harmsworth, Duane Hamilton, Randy Battel. Part of large album, Jr Fish and Gamers, Canal Flats and Findlay Creek areas.
| Internal ID: | 0158.0025 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | May 19th 1972 |
Field Trip Findlay Lower Range
Field Trip Findlay Lower Range. Part of large album, Jr Fish and Gamers, Canal Flats area, Findlay Creek
| Internal ID: | 0158.0026 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | May 19th 1972 |
Field Trip to Findlay Creek Lower Range, 1972
Field Trip Findlay Lower Range, Ray Demarchi in forefront. Part of large album, Jr Fish and Gamers, Canal Flats and Findlay Creek areas.
| Internal ID: | 0158.0027 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | May 19th 1972 |
CFI workers Billy Nichol,Bill Clark and Bob Storey from the Canal Flats Mill
CFI workers Billy Nichol,Bill Clark and Bob Storey from the Canal Flats Mill. Part of "Name That Logger" Project
| Internal ID: | 2257.0027 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Jim Milroy and Dunc Hamilton on Lower Findlay Creek Trip, 1972
Field Trip Findlay Creek Lower Range; Jim Milroy, BC Forest Service from Nelson and Dunc Hamilton, a Canal Flats forest ranger, compare notes around the heavy utilization of the lower Findlay Creek range by the wildlife in the winter and cattle in the summer. Part of large album, Jr Fish and Gamers, Canal Flats and Findlay Creek areas.
| Internal ID: | 0158.0028 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | May 19th 1972 |
Team of Jr. Fish and Game Members, 1966
Members of the Kimberley Junior Fish and Game club under the leadership of the late Bill Moffatt. They were working to construct a survey plot for a U.B.C. or N.D.U. study to monitor wild lands feeding and grazing impacts on the Premier / Quartz Ridge, above Premier Lake. Known names are: Tom Haverko, Bob Muir, Jim Foulkes, Greg Bergland, Keith Scott, and Jack Foulkes. Part of large album, Jr Fish and Gamers, Canal Flats and Findlay Creek areas.
| Internal ID: | 0158.0038 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | June 5th 1966 |
Baillie-Grohman Canal at Canal Flats
Baillie-Grohman Sawmill. Construction of canal lock (1888), Canal Flats, BC
| Internal ID: | 2515.0040 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1888 |
Bartholomew Lake, 1964
Bartholomew Lake, NE of Kimberley, 1964. Just having fun, two kids in a rubber boat. Part of large album, Jr Fish and Gamers, Canal Flats and Findlay Creek areas.
| Internal ID: | 0158.0048 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | April 26th 1964 |
Bartholomew Lake, NE of Kimberley, 1964
Bartholomew Lake near Mather Creek NE of Kimberley. People enjoying themselves from the efforts of work and cleanup from Kimberley youth. Part of large album, Jr Fish and Gamers, Canal Flats and Findlay Creek areas.
| Internal ID: | 0158.0049 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | April 26th 1964 |
Baillie-Grohman Canal at Canal Flats 1887
Building the canal at Canal Flats 1887, This was part of his work to secure the Kootenay Flats at Creston.
| Internal ID: | 0049.0099 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | June 1st 1888 |
Archbishop Here
Newspaper article His Grace Archbishop Duke in Cranbrook to confirm a class at St. Mary's church prior to going to Canal Flat to preside over the opening of a new church there.
| Internal ID: | 0053.0129 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 11th 1930 |
Cranbrook Policing
Since Cranbrook became a city in 1905 it was policed by City Police but since March 1 Provincial Policing successfully took over.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0143 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | March 5th 1931 |
Church Dedication
Many attended the blessing and dedication of St. Anthony's Church in Canal Flat, first building erected for public worship in the little lumbering town.
| Internal ID: | 0053.0143 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 18th 1930 |
Columbia Lake Near Canal Flats
Columbia Lake B.C., Postcard. Photo Byron Harmon
| Internal ID: | 2443.0149 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1935 |
Canal Flats Hotel
Canal Flats Hotel, built in 1895, destroyed by fire in 1917, owned by James Durick before he came to Fort Steele.
| Internal ID: | 2501.0157a |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
Columbia Lake, Source of the Columbia River
Columbia Lake B.C. Postcard, view of Lake and sign, Caption on back “Beautiful mountain ringed Columba Lake, source of the mighty Columbia River near Radium and Fairmont B.C” Circa 1960s. Pub by Grant Mann Lithographers Ltd. Vancouver. #S-1034. Postally used with Banff Alta Machine cancel dated Sept 10, 1967. Addressed to Vancouver B.C. Also the jewel of Canal Flats, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 2443.0161 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1960 |
Cosmopolitan Hotel
Cosmopolitan owner has been notified that his application for license in Canal Flats has been granted.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0177 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | June 20th 1907 |
Canal Flats Ranger Station Auction
Reporting successful bidding on a timber stand at auction held at Canal Flats Ranger Station.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0271 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | February 11th 1960 |
Maurice Isaac
Only Kootenay Indian known to have enlisted for service during the war and served overseas, dies on a hunting trip from complications from gas poisoning he suffered overseas.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0343 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | December 1st 1921 |
Canal Flats
Mr. Archer, rancher from Canal Flats visits friends in Cranbrook.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0354 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | October 11th 1917 |
Cranbrook Autoists
Comings and goings of East Kootenay residents in automobiles, including witnessing boulders smashing into car after rolling down a hill near Moyie.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0516 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 24th 1931 |
Columbia House
Central hotel, midway between Golden and Fort Steele, offering good cuisine, choice liquors and good stabling.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0566 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 5th 1897 |
Game Animals
Game Commissioner of B.C. gives annual report with game animals in East Kootenay faring well.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0745 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 4th 1935 |
Canal Flats
Owner of still from Canal Flat serving 3 month sentence in Nelson jail.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0755 |
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| Medium: | Manuscript |
| Date: | May 23rd 1935 |
Hanging Glaciers Hike
First hand report from ladies who spent holiday on horseback visiting Lake of the Hanging Glacier near Windermere.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0765 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 5th 1935 |
Columbia Lake Near Canal Flats
Columbia Lake B.C. "Columbia Lake"
| Internal ID: | 2040.0798 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Lost Lemon Story
Shedding new light on Lost Lemon gold digging, indicating claim never existed and Lemon murdered his partner and took his gold from an earlier find.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0803 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | June 4th 1936 |
Moyie Autoists
Comings and going of Moyie residents and visitors, with note of surveying for paved highway three miles on each side of Moyie.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0807 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | June 11th 1936 |
Game In East Kootenay
Historic description by C.M. Edwards.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0811 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | December 3rd 1936 |
Skookumchuck Autoists
Comings and goings of Skookumchuck residents and guest by train, automobile, speeder and horse and wagon. Many to see the ice being harvested.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0834 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | February 27th 1930 |
Potential of East Kootenay
Newspaper excerpt Vancouver World - describing the rich mining and farming available in East Kootenay, as well as the natural geography of the land.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0868 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 6th 1893 |
Durick To Run Hotel
Golden residents moving to Canal Flats after leasing Columbia Hotel.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0872 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 20th 1893 |
Ad for Transportation
Rates and time table for Upper Columbia Navigation & Tramway Co.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0876 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 20th 1893 |
W.T. Reid Interview
Newspaper interview with W.T. Reid, not only a pioneer store keeper of Cranbrook but Wardner and Moyie as well.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0968 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 13th 1905 |
Eneas Small Interview
Newspaper interview Eneas Small left PEI to move to British Columbia to see the place where men were finding yellow gold, lands laden with heavy timber and valley rich in agricultural possibilities.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0970 |
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| Medium: | Manuscript |
| Date: | August 10th 1905 |
