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Subject: Moyie

Pierre Cronin and Andrew Paul, Ktunaxa

Pierre Cronin, discoverer of the St. Eugene Mine at Moyie,BC and Andrew Paul, Ktunaxa East Kootenay residents

Internal ID: 0002.0005
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1920

Day Shift at St. Eugene Mine, Moyie BC 1908

Image from newsprint showing the day shift mining crew at the St. Eugene Mines in Moyie, BC 1908

Internal ID: 0002.0008
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1908

Dan McDonald holding rudder from steamboat Echo

Dan McDonald holding the rudder from steamboat Echo at Moyie. The rudder was recovered from Moyie Lake and placed at Fort Steele Heritage Town

Internal ID: 0002.0010
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1960

Bull wheel on top of St. Eugene Mine head frame

Bull Wheel placed on top of a head frame at the St. Eugene Mine, Moyie, BC

Internal ID: 0002.0011
Medium:Photograph
Date: August 30th 1964

Tramway and Shaft House at Moyie, BC

Image of the Tramway and Shafthouse in Moyie, BC

Internal ID: 0002.0012
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1910

Moyie, BC and Moyie Lake

Overall view of the town of Moyie with Moyie Lake and Lakeshore Mine in background.

Internal ID: 0002.0013
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1910

Moyie City as seen from Moyie Lake

Moyie City in East Kootenay as seen from Moyie Lake.

Internal ID: 0002.0015
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1910

View of Moyie from St. Eugene Concentrator

View from the St. Eugene concentrator, looking north at Moyie and staff houses.

Internal ID: 0002.0016
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1910

Moyie Fire Hall and R.A. Smith's Shoe Shop

Image of the Moyie Fire Hall and R.A. (Bobby) Smith's shoe shop taken in the 1960's at Moyie, BC

Internal ID: 0002.0017
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1965

Moyie Fire Hall and Fire Equipment

View of the inside of the Moyie Fire Hall showing hose reels and fire buckets

Internal ID: 0002.0018
Medium:Photograph
Date: August 30th 1964

Moyie from top of Mine Headframe

Image of Moyie BC taken in the 1960's from atop of the mine headframe.

Internal ID: 0002.0020
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1965

St. Eugene School of Nursing Class of 1922

The 1922 Cranbrook graduating class of the St. Eugene School of Nursing, from left: Rita A. Guindon (Moyie), Florence Edna Harrison (Fernie), Annie Murray (Lundbreck AB), Mary Bell King (Ainsworth) and Lily A. McIntyre.

Internal ID: 0004.0015
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1922

Moyie and Moyie Lake

A long view of Moyie and Moyie Lake, looking south.

Internal ID: 0018.0019
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1910

Serious Accident at Moyie Concentrator

Serious Accident at Moyie Concentrator; September 2nd, 1926

Internal ID: 0042.0150
Medium:Newspaper
Date: September 2nd 1926

Moyie Supports "The Red Window"

Moyie Theatre are all ready and excited for "The Red Window"

Internal ID: 0042.0296
Medium:Newspaper
Date: March 3rd 1927

Italian Violence

Newspaper article urge for stricter gun control and more searches on Italians for concealed weaponsas another murderer is awaiting trial in Nelson jail .

Internal ID: 0050.0084
Medium:Newspaper
Date: August 24th 1898

Railway Violence

Newspaper article trial of man accused of murdering his friend and fellow countryman could not be decided by jury.

Internal ID: 0050.0087
Medium:Newspaper
Date: September 28th 1898

Pieper

Mr. Pieper returned to Moyie City to complete unfinished work painting and paperhanging, after which he will return to Cranbrook and enter business.

Internal ID: 0050.0203
Medium:Newspaper
Date: April 12th 1898

Moyie City Notes

Newspaper exerpt Moyie Leader - comings and goings of Moyie residents and visitors.

Internal ID: 0050.0307
Medium:Newspaper
Date: August 18th 1898

Halifax Disaster Funds

Acknowledging donations to Halifax Disaster Fund.

Internal ID: 0050.0428
Medium:Newspaper
Date: December 27th 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
Medium:Newspaper
Date: September 24th 1931

Chinese Exclusion

Newspaper excerpt Moyie Leader - Moyie is a clean, pretty and prosperous town, but as they have only one mine the married men are reluctant to move their families there.

Internal ID: 0050.0553
Medium:Newspaper
Date: July 1st 1905

East Kootenay Survey

Correspondent makes a trip through the East Kootenay and tells the story of the future that awaits the people who will devote their energies and talents to gathering the bountiful harvest of wealth that nature has in waiting for them in that valley.

Internal ID: 0050.0560
Medium:Newspaper
Date: August 5th 1897

W.J. Langley Dies

Former Fort Steele and Moyie miner dies of heart failure in California.

Internal ID: 0050.0735
Medium:Newspaper
Date: October 23rd 1930

Crowe Book

Former Moyie boy now an author of a well written book on mining laws.

Internal ID: 0050.0748
Medium:Newspaper
Date: October 30th 1930

Dr. Green

Dr. Green comes up from Moyie.

Internal ID: 0050.0847
Medium:Newspaper
Date: October 11th 1900

St. Eugene Hospital

Moyie resident visits brother confined at Mission hospital due to illness.

Internal ID: 0050.0854
Medium:Newspaper
Date: October 25th 1900

St. Eugene Hospital

Moyie resident recovering rapidly and will soon leave the hospital.

Internal ID: 0050.0860
Medium:Newspaper
Date: November 1st 1900

St. Eugene Hospital

Moyie resident returned from hospital after being confined by fever.

Internal ID: 0050.0861
Medium:Newspaper
Date: November 1st 1900

St. Eugene Hospital

Moyie resident returned home from hospital nearly recovered.

Internal ID: 0050.0868
Medium:Newspaper
Date: November 15th 1900

Eagles

3 Moyie residents in Cranbrook for gathering of Eagles aerie.

Internal ID: 0050.0955
Medium:Newspaper
Date: February 9th 1905

A.E. Watts

Early pioneer who took the Crow's Nest Pass trail to Cranbrook two years before the railway tells of the growth along the railway line from prior to now.

Internal ID: 0050.0987
Medium:Newspaper
Date: March 19th 1908

Federal Election Results

Printing the results of election, with Windermere candidate receiving no votes from own home town.

Internal ID: 0051.0128
Medium:Newspaper
Date: September 16th 1926

Moyie Autoists

Commenting on motorists to and from Moyie area.

Internal ID: 0051.0154
Medium:Newspaper
Date: September 12th 1924

Cranbrook & Bull River Contest

The results of lawn bowling match between Cranbrook and Bull River. Cranbrook wins and is now being challenged by Moyie.

Internal ID: 0051.0209
Medium:Newspaper
Date: June 20th 1929

Government Offices

Article reporting that the government should move the government offices to towns that have grown up beside railways. Fort Steele, the existing holder of the offices, is protesting this move.

Internal ID: 0051.0302
Medium:Newspaper
Date: December 21st 1899

Politics

Reporting on the forming of a Central Liberal Organization for the Cranbrook district.

Internal ID: 0051.0331
Medium:Newspaper
Date: May 8th 1902

St. Eugene Mine

Newspaper excerpt from the Phoenix Pioneer - telling of the purchase of St. Eugene mine for $7000 and in six years third interest in mine is valued at $3 million.

Internal ID: 0051.0420
Medium:Newspaper
Date: November 1st 1900

Chinese Racism

Article reporting on ongoing fight against the Chinamen of Moyie by the Miners' Union.

Internal ID: 0051.0449
Medium:Newspaper
Date: January 10th 1901

Hockey

Reporting on the upcoming hockey game between Moyie and Cranbrook.

Internal ID: 0051.0503
Medium:Newspaper
Date: January 31st 1901

Fort Steele Mining Division

The mining district of East Kootenay is now sub-divided into a Northern District and a Southern District, with Cranbrook being the headquarters for the south much to the ire of Fort Steele residents.

Internal ID: 0051.0549
Medium:Newspaper
Date: July 29th 1897

St. Eugene Mine

Newspaper excerpt from Mail & Empire in Toronto - reporting on a letter sent to a friend from a priest in East Kootenay speaking in glowing terms of the mining outlook in that district.

Internal ID: 0051.0576
Medium:Newspaper
Date: August 5th 1897

Cranbrook Recalled

Early events of Cranbrook history read at literary meeting, including a time when there were only 5 women in the area.

Internal ID: 0051.0742
Medium:Newspaper
Date: April 4th 1935

EK Voter List

Revised voters list shows increase in voters in Kootenay East.

Internal ID: 0051.0764
Medium:Manuscript
Date: August 22nd 1935

Moyie Mining Claims

Spokane native in Cranbrook to check out some mining claims south of Moyie.

Internal ID: 0051.0825
Medium:Newspaper
Date: December 11th 1930

Mill Sold To Beaver Lumber

Newspaper excerpt Moyie Leader - mills of Porto Rico Lumber company at Nelson, Ymir, Moyie and Moose Jaw were absorbed by the Beaver Lumber company from Winnipeg.

Internal ID: 0052.0121
Medium:Newspaper
Date: January 3rd 1907

In Moyie

MacSwain returns to Moyie to continue his educational work.

Internal ID: 0052.0181
Medium:Newspaper
Date: June 27th 1907

Collector of Votes

List of residents gazetted as collector of votes in Cranbrook electoral district.

Internal ID: 0052.0478
Medium:Newspaper
Date: February 1st 1912

Porto Rico Property

Forty acres of land 1 1/2 miles from Moyie for sale at $500 cash or $15 per acre.

Internal ID: 0052.0495
Medium:Newspaper
Date: April 18th 1912

Cranbrook Cemetery

Mr. Mills, proprietor of Kings Hotel in Fernie, visits Cranbrook to erect a monument to the memory of his brother who was killed in St. Eugene mine.

Internal ID: 0052.0568
Medium:Newspaper
Date: July 21st 1922

Moyie Autoists

Comings and goings of Moyie residents and their visitors.

Internal ID: 0052.0591
Medium:Newspaper
Date: August 18th 1922

Porto Rico Sawmill

Rumour that eastern syndicate will erect a large sawmill at Porto Rico near Moyie.

Internal ID: 0052.0607
Medium:Newspaper
Date: September 15th 1922

Yahk Autoists

Comings and goings of Yahk residents and their guests.

Internal ID: 0052.0781
Medium:Newspaper
Date: January 23rd 1930

Cranbrook Rotary

dvertising upcoming Louisiana Minstrel Shows and Matinees being put on by Cranbrook Rotarian Club.

Internal ID: 0052.0829
Medium:Newspaper
Date: February 27th 1930

Moyie Autoists

Comings and goings of Moyie residents and visitors by automobile and train.

Internal ID: 0052.0833
Medium:Newspaper
Date: February 27th 1930

Canadian Forestry Movies

Canadian Forestry Association "Save The Forest" car and representative visit Cranbrook for few hours on way to Northern Columbia district with new reels and movie lectures on forest protection.

Internal ID: 0052.0987
Medium:Newspaper
Date: July 10th 1930

Cranbrook Liberals

Newspaper article reporting on a British Columbia Liberal gathering at Nelson on Thursday and Friday of this week.

Internal ID: 0053.0028
Medium:Newspaper
Date: September 29th 1922

Town Populations

Census figures for East Kootenay towns.

Internal ID: 0054.0255
Medium:Newspaper
Date: February 15th 1902

CPR Rail Line, Moyie Lake, B.C.

CPR rail line running close to the bluff at Moyie Lake, B.C.

Internal ID: 0180.0001
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

Jerome Tunnel

South entrance to Jerome tunnel, Moyie Lake, B.C. on CPR line. A man is seen standing near a building in this image.

Internal ID: 0182.0010
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1920

Moyie Train Wreck

Moyie Lake, B.C. - Spokane freight train plunged into Moyie Lake Nov. 1925 killing Fireman, R. Eley. Photo shows equipment pulling the parts of the train out.

Internal ID: 0182.0014
Medium:Photograph
Date: November 1st 1921

Moyie Train Wreck

Photo taken of a train wreck in Moyie, B.C. 1925. Photo shows the work crew that extracted the locomotive from Moyie Lake and worked to clean up the mess.

Internal ID: 0182.0015
Medium:Photograph
Date: November 1st 1925

Albin Johnson Family c.1925

Picnic at Moyie, BC. Young boy standing on the car is Art Johnson. The four young girls are Edna, Annie, Lilian and the baby being held by Gerda Johnson is Mildred. Albin Johnson is the man standing to the right of Gerda. Presumed to be family from Kimberley. The other two men are unidentified.

Internal ID: 0196.0015
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1925

Chris Foote of Kimberley, BC c.1911

Personalities of Kimberley, B.C.- Chris Foote after a duck hunt at Moyie, BC c.1911

Internal ID: 0196.0193
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1911

Moyie Tunnel

Image from "Picturesque Cranbrook" of the Moyie Tunnel (Jerome Tunnel) on the Crows Nest Pass Railway.

Internal ID: 0209.0006
Medium:Ephemera
Date: 1930

Moyie, BC

View of Moyie, BC from across the lake.

Internal ID: 0240.0068
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1898

Train Accident

Locomotive #524 derailed by a large boulder on the C.P.R. line along Moyie Lake, B.C.

Internal ID: 0274.0003
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

Train Accident

Train locomotive #524 derailed by large boulder on the C.P.R. track along Moyie Lake, B.C. Photo shows the large boulder in the middle of the track.

Internal ID: 0274.0004
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

Train Accident

Train derailment on the C.P.R. track along Moyie Lake, B.C. Photo shows the train tipped over while two men walk along the track.

Internal ID: 0274.0005
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

Train Accident

C.P.R. train derailment on the tracks along Moyie Lake, B.C. Damage to tracks in foreground is shown.

Internal ID: 0274.0006
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

Train Accident

Train derailment on the C.P.R. track along Moyie Lake, B.C., showing boxcar over the bank.

Internal ID: 0274.0007
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

Train Accident

Train derailment on the C.P.R. track along Moyie Lake, B.C., showing boxcar over the bank, and other boxcars tipped over.

Internal ID: 0274.0008
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000