Subject: Kamloops

Chinese Filthy

Chinaman commits suicide head downwards in a water barrel.

Internal ID:	0050.0456
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	November 7th 1900

Sons Of England

Nelson Sons of England hold a grand farewell social for member leaving for work in Kamloops.

Internal ID:	0050.0480
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	October 23rd 1901

Kootenay Gold Report

Newspaper article from The Daily British Colonist focusing on the Big Bend gold rush.

Internal ID:	0051.0001
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	June 6th 1864

Gold Rush Reports

Newspaper article covering Gold Rush reports from Big Bend, Kootenay, Rock Creek, Boundary and Chinamen diggings. 8,000 to 10,000 men expected at the Big Bend and paddlewheelers being built on the Columbia River. Large influx of miners projected at Wild Horse and thousands of Chinese on the Columbia around Fort Sheppard.

Internal ID:	0051.0017
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	July 6th 1865

From Columbia River

Newspaper article with a letter from Expressman Stone describing camp conditions and spirits of miners on the Columbia River. Interesting discussion on the role of expressman.

Internal ID:	0051.0026
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 10th 1865

The Big Bend Country

Newspaper article with a letter from Fort Kamloops on conditions encountered reaching Big Bend Country. Mention of progress on Capt. White's steamer.

Internal ID:	0051.0027
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 14th 1865

Kootenay Nugget

Excerpt from Columbian stating nugget worth $4,000 foung at Wild Horse Creek diggings, many miners returning from Blackfoot mines.

Internal ID:	0051.0043
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	October 26th 1865

Route To Big Bend

Newspaper article with correspondence between A.C. Anderson and J. Robertson Stewart on the distance and route to Big Bend. Clarifying the advantages of one route over another.

Internal ID:	0052.0018
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	January 24th 1866

The Big Bend Mines

Mention of the weather conditions at Big Bend and Shuswap Lake. Talks of the dog-teams that steadily carry provisions to the miners and the progress of new steamers that are being built.

Internal ID:	0052.0044
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	March 15th 1866

The Montana Mines

A letter sent by a Montana resident depicting a poor state of diggings and of the misery that most people are facing in that country.

Internal ID:	0052.0047
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	March 16th 1866

To Big Bend

Newspaper article of the challenging trip from Victoria to Yale on the steamers. The cost of travel is more expensive than has been reported by the Chamber of Commerce.

Internal ID:	0052.0048
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	March 16th 1866

Politics

Political report on the Province of B.C.

Internal ID:	0054.0052
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	May 30th 1896

At Heffley Creek Near Kamloops

Pete, Ethel's husband, standing beside Carl's horse named Bill at Heffley Creek near Kamloops. Lots of snow and ice on roof of log cabin.

Internal ID:	0070.0068
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Redwater Sawmill

D.B. Lister truck from Kamloops hauling lumber out of the Redwater Sawmill January 1960.

Internal ID:	0070.0819
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1960

C.N. Railway Bridge at Kamloops, B.C.

C.N. Railway bridge over Thompson River at Kamloops, B.C.

Internal ID:	0115.0019
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

C.N. Railway Bridge at Kamloops, B.C.

C.N. Railway bridge over the Thompson River at Kamloops, B.C.

Internal ID:	0115.0020
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Kamloops, B.C.

Kamloops, BC in the 1930s, a growing railway town.

Internal ID:	0115.0026
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Steam Locomotive #2141

CNR steam locomotive #2141. Jamie Masters has added: It is sitting outside the former CNR Point Ellice engine house and shops in Victoria. The engine spent nearly three years in that location from September 1958 to mid-1961, following its retirement from active duty. The City of Kamloops purchased the engine for display, rescuing the 2141 from a terminal case of rust brought on by Victoria's salt air.

Internal ID:	0259.0006
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Sternwheelers at Kamloops, B.C.

Image from "Canada From Sea to Sea" book - sternwheeler boats at dock at Kamloops, B.C., date unknown.

Internal ID:	0314.0001
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Rex Theatre

Ex-managers of Rex Theatre in Cranbrook moved from Vernon to Kamloops to manage Empress Theatre.

Internal ID:	0051.0944
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	September 14th 1923

William Baillie

Newspaper article

Internal ID:	0054.0003
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 5th 1897

Arne Sahlen

Kimberley resident and music teacher. Involved in international aid work.

Internal ID:	2537.0001
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Moyie Community Hall

Who is the piano player and is the hall jumping? Please let us know.

Internal ID:	6012.0047
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1995

Kimberley Baseball

Baseball at Centennial Park in Kimberley; Kimberley vs. Kamloops. (Note old Kimberley arena in background).

Internal ID:	0230.0284
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Cranbrook Poultry

Cranbrook represented at Poultry Convention in Kamloops.

Internal ID:	0050.0388
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	December 27th 1917

Kimberley Hockey

Kimberley Rotary Midgets hockey team before Kamloops, B.C. trip, February 1968. Became the 1968 British Columbia Midget Champions - yeah Kimberley! Back row from left: Bill Sturn (Coach), Randy Bock, Gary Kadin, Jerry Swaney, Gordon Mattson, Bill Bock (Mgr.). Middle row from left: Rob Little, Terry Paterson, Larry Gustafson, Lloyd Doan, Merv Swaney, John Dalzell. Front row from left: Bob Johnson, Audie Young, Dennis Keiver, Bruce Hryciuk, Brian Jordan, Tony Ambrosio.