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Subject: Canal Flats

Canal Flats

Mr. Archer, rancher from Canal Flats visits friends in Cranbrook.

Internal ID: 0050.0354
Medium:Newspaper
Date: October 11th 1917

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
Medium:Newspaper
Date: July 13th 1905

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

Canal Flats Ranger Station Auction

Reporting successful bidding on a timber stand at auction held at Canal Flats Ranger Station.

Internal ID: 0051.0271
Medium:Newspaper
Date: February 11th 1960

Game Animals

Game Commissioner of B.C. gives annual report with game animals in East Kootenay faring well.

Internal ID: 0051.0745
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
Medium:Manuscript
Date: May 23rd 1935

EK Voter List

Revised voters list shows increase in voters in Kootenay East.

Internal ID: 0051.0764
Medium:Manuscript
Date: August 22nd 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
Medium:Newspaper
Date: September 5th 1935

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
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
Medium:Newspaper
Date: June 11th 1936

Game In East Kootenay

Historic description by C.M. Edwards.

Internal ID: 0051.0811
Medium:Newspaper
Date: December 3rd 1936

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
Medium:Newspaper
Date: May 6th 1893

Ad for Transportation

Rates and time table for Upper Columbia Navigation & Tramway Co.

Internal ID: 0051.0876
Medium:Newspaper
Date: May 20th 1893

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
Medium:Newspaper
Date: December 1st 1921

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
Medium:Newspaper
Date: February 27th 1930

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
Medium:Photograph
Date: June 5th 1966

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
Medium:Photograph
Date: June 5th 1966

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
Medium:Map
Date: 1965

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
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
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1970

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
Medium:Ephemera
Date: May 1st 1972

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Medium:Photograph
Date: May 19th 1972

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
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
Medium:Photograph
Date: June 5th 1966

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
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
Medium:Photograph
Date: April 26th 1964

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
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1935

Main Street in Canal Flats, BC

Main Street in Canal Flats, BC Showing Queens Hotel & Columbia Hotel

Internal ID: 2332.0001
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

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
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

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
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

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
Medium:Photograph
Date: June 1st 1888

Baillie-Grohman Sawmill at Canal Flats 1887

Baillie-Grohman?s sawmill at Canal Flats c. 1887. This is where the NWMP got the lumber to build the coffins for the three members lost during their time at Kootenay Post.

Internal ID: 0049.0105
Medium:Photograph
Date: June 1st 1887

Map of the Baillie=-Grohman Canal c. 1997

Map of Baillie-Grohman canal c. 1887. Two river boats passed through this canal, both captained by Frances Patrick Armstrong.

Internal ID: 0049.0128
Medium:Map
Date: 1887

Sketch Map of Baillie-Grohman Canal

Sketch map of the Baillie-Grohman canal at Canal Flats

Internal ID: 0049.0129
Medium:Map
Date: 1888

Old Stage Stop Near Canal Flats

Old stage stop near Canal Flats, c. 1925

Internal ID: 0049.0170
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1925

CFI Safety Committee

Canal Flats Safety Committee for Crestbrook Forest Industries (CFI)I. Do you know these men?

Internal ID: 2257.0001
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1980

Skookumchuck Pulp Mill Construction

March 1967 Grading & leveling of site by McPhails Construction Ltd.

Internal ID: 2324.0005
Medium:Photograph

Construction of Grade Wall for Pulp Drying Plant

June 1967 Grade wall - Pulp Drying plant by Burns & Dutton. CFI's Skookumchuck pulp mill.

Internal ID: 2324.0045
Medium:Photograph
Date: June 1st 1967

Construction of Skookumchuck Pulp Mill June 24th, 1967

Construction of CFI's Skookumchuck Pulp Mill June 24th, 1967.

Internal ID: 2324.0115
Medium:Photograph
Date: June 24th 1967

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
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1970

Elwood Hahccurracr

Elwood Hahccurracr at Canal Flats.

Internal ID: 2325.0020
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1980

CFI Logging Near Canal Flats

Loaded logging truck on dirt road

Internal ID: 2326.0017
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1970

Grapple Loader At Work

Machine hauling logs in bush at Canal Flats and building a log deck.

Internal ID: 2326.0052
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1980

CFI Canal Flats Cut Block

Loading truck bed with logs. Crestbrook Forest Industries had active logging in the Canal Flats area for many years.

Internal ID: 2326.0060
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1975

Logging Camp, Canal Flats

Cabin and horses at an unnamed camp near Canal Flats.

Internal ID: 2332.0002
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1930

Canal Flats Logging

Canal Flats logger with 2-man crosscut saw. Do you know this man?

Internal ID: 2332.0004
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1940

Group of Canal Flats Men

Group of men, Hans Hansen 3rd from left. Can you name the other Canal Flats residents?

Internal ID: 2332.0005
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1940

Canal Flats Logging Camp

Plank houses and firewood. Does anyone know more about this Canal Flats camp? Maybe associated with Hans Hansen.

Internal ID: 2332.0006
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1930

Canal Flats Logging Camp

Munk - UK - Hans Hansen - UK and Sconny. Men on hill. Camp located near Canal Flats. Do you know anything about this?

Internal ID: 2332.0007
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1930

Unidentified Canal Flats Logger

Man standing in snow at a Canal Flats logging camp. Do you know him?

Internal ID: 2332.0008
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1930

Canal Flats Logging Camp Pet

Man and deer at a Canal Flats logging camp. Does anyone know him?

Internal ID: 2332.0009
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1930

Canal Flats Logging

Columbia Contracting Co. Ltd,. Canal Flat B.C. logging truck. Does anyone know the people?

Internal ID: 2332.0010
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1940

Columbia Lake Near Canal Flats

Columbia Lake B.C. "Columbia Lake near Cranbrook B.C." Front of postcard Post Marked July 21 1932

Internal ID: 2040.0800
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1930

Columbia Lake Near Canal Flats

Columbia Lake B.C. "Columbia Lake"

Internal ID: 2040.0798
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1930

Premier Lake and S Half Diamond Ranch

Skookumchuck, B.C. "The S Half-Diamond Ranch Skookumchuck, B.C. Canada" Front of postcard. Situated on Premier Lake near Canal Flats.

Internal ID: 2040.0805
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1950

Canal Flats Logging

Group of men on truck, Hans Hansen 4th from right. Do you know any of these men?

Internal ID: 2332.0011
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1940

Canal Flats Logging

Men by tree. Left to right: Unknown, Hans Hansen, Pete Leiman, Lucken

Internal ID: 2332.0012
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1940

Canal Flats Logging

Skidding logs out of the bush, Canal Flats operation.,

Internal ID: 2332.0014
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1940

Canal Flats Logging

Playfighting, Hans Hansen on left

Internal ID: 2332.0015
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1940

Canal Flats Logging

Rolling logs with a cant hook.

Internal ID: 2332.0016
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1940

Canal Flats Logging

Group of men on logs in snow. Do you know any of these people, or where the camp was?

Internal ID: 2332.0017
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1940

Canal Flats Logging

Rooftop view of a town-- Canal Flats?

Internal ID: 2332.0018
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1940

Family Gathering - Canal Flats??

Some people possibly in the Cranbrook Auditorium. Canal Flats family gathering - we don't know but part of the Canal Flats collection.

Internal ID: 2332.0019
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1940

Columbia Lake Near Canal Flats

Columbia Lake B.C., Postcard. Photo Byron Harmon

Internal ID: 2443.0149
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1935