Subject: National

Radium Hot Springs Pool

An early image of the pool and pool house at Radium Hot Springs.

Internal ID:	0001.0010
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1920

Kootenay National Park Gate

Postcard of the gateway entrance to Kootenay National Park.

Internal ID:	0001.0011
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1925

The Lure Of The Mountains

The Mountains and the ways people interpret them.

Internal ID:	0042.0288
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	July 7th 1927

Game In East Kootenay

Historic description by C.M. Edwards.

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

Constance Hope Gibson & Ethel Ada "Billie" Wadds June 1939

Constance Hope Gibson & cousin Ethel Ada "Billie" Wadds near Banff National Park June 1939

Internal ID:	2360.0035
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	June 1st 1939

Banff Springs Hotel 1939

Internal ID:	2360.0110
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1939

Yoho National Park 1941

Internal ID:	2360.0160
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1941

Radium Holiday

(L-R) Eleanor Willicome, Lou Willicome, Bessie Baines, Florie Wheaton, Kay Allan in Radium.

Internal ID:	0040.0053
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Sinclair Creek

Believed to be a view of Sinclair Creek in Kootenay National Park, just as it runs through Sinclair Canyon.

Internal ID:	0040.0079
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Sinclair Canyon

Believed to be an early view of the Banff-Windermere Highway thru Sinclair Canyon in Kootenay National Park, near Radium, B.C.

Internal ID:	0040.0080
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Radium Hot Springs Sign

Five unidentified men standing under a Radium Hot Springs sign.

Internal ID:	0336.0105
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Radium Hot Springs Sign

Five unidentified men standing under a Radium Hot Springs sign.

Internal ID:	0336.0106
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Radium Hot Springs Sign

Five unidentified men standing under a Radium Hot Springs sign.

Internal ID:	0336.0108
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Kootenay National Park

Image of an unidentified man standing outside the western entrance to Kootenay National Park. Caption on the back reads: "Sinclair Hot Springs on the N.W. Rd." Later became Radium Hot Springs. This would be the western beginning of the Banff-Windermere Highway.

Internal ID:	0454.0043
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

Canadian Rockies Circle Tour

This map shows the Banff-Windermere Highway as a portion of a larger circle tour that incorporates Calgary and Macleod, Alberta as well as Fort Steele, Windermere and Golden, B.C. Interestingly, Cranbrook is not on the map.

Internal ID:	0484.0007
Medium:	Map
Date:	1924

Sinclair Canyon

Sinclair Canyon at the western end of the Banff-Windermere Highway.

Internal ID:	0484.0008
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1924

The Iron Gates

Nature's entrance to Kootenay National Park on the western end, formed by towers of red rock several hundred feet high. The banff-Windermere Highway passes through the Iron Gates.

Internal ID:	0484.0009
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1924

Near Sinclair Summit

The Banff-Windermere highway in 1924, approaching the Sinclair Summit.

Internal ID:	0484.0010
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1924

Top of Sinclair Summit

Shows a narrow track of unsurefaced road at the top of the Sinclair Summit on the Banff-Windermere highway. Such an insignificant looking trail, with a huge impact for the Kootenay-Columbia Valley.

Internal ID:	0484.0011
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1924

Camp at McLeod Meadows

The third of the wayside camps, coming from the west, on the Banff-Windermere Highway. This gives a sense of what auto touring was like in the earlier part of the 1920s.

Internal ID:	0484.0012
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1924

Nearing Kootenay Crossing

This shows the original road descending to the Kootenay River and the bridge crossing there, approximately 28.5 miles from the western terminus of the road. At Kootenay Crossing there was an oil and gas station.

Internal ID:	0484.0013
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1924

Kootenay River Near McLeod Meadows

The Kootenay River is gentle here, and relatively slow. It offered some of the most tranquil water for fishing on the North American continent when the Banff-Windermere road first opened.

Internal ID:	0484.0014
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1924

The Paintpots

Located on Vermilion Plain, the Paintpots were natural deposits of ochre. The red pigment obtained here was used by First Nations people as paint for religious and other ceremonies.

Internal ID:	0484.0015
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1924

Castle Mountain

Castle Mountain from the Banff-Windermere highway in 1924. The view offers just a glimpse of the natural beauty that almost instantaneously made this road famous across North America and Europe.

Internal ID:	0484.0016
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1924

Johnston Canyon

Johnston Canyon is located between Castle Mountain and Banff on the Banff-Windermere Highway. It is located about half a mile up Johnston Creek from the highway.

Internal ID:	0484.0020
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1924

Sinclair Canyon, Kootenay National Park

Sinclair Canyon, Kootenay National Park by Radium Hot Springs

Internal ID:	2201.0007
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Sinclair Canyon near Radium Hot Springs, BC

Sinclair Canyon near Radium Hot Springs, BC Sinclair Canyon is on Banff-Windermere Hwy/Kootenay Hwy.

Internal ID:	2201.0011
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Sinclair Canyon, Kootenay National P[ark

Looking up in Sinclair Canyon, just past Radium, B.C. c. 1926

Internal ID:	2458.0021
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1926

Sinclair Canyon, Kootenay National Park

The Banff-Windermere Highway passing through Sinclair Canyon in Kootenay National Park, c. 1935

Internal ID:	2458.0025
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1935

Bus in Sinclair Canyon, Kootenay National Park

A bus on the Banff-Windermere Highway passing through Sinclair Canyon c. 1935.

Internal ID:	2458.0033
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1935

Entrance to Sinclair Canyon

Entrance to Sinclair Canyon in Kootenay National Park c. 1933, with the Banff-Windermere Highway passing through.

Internal ID:	2458.0035
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1933

Passing Through Sinclair Canyon

A car on the Banff-Windermere Highway passing through Sinclair Canyon in Kootenay National Park c. 1933.

Internal ID:	2458.0037
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1933

Sinclair Canyon, Kootenay National Park

Early Banff-Windermere Highway passing through Sinclair Canyon, c. 1928.

Internal ID:	2458.0045
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1928

Banff-Windermere Highway Through Sinclair Canyon

Hand-coloured photo of the Banff-Windermere Highway passing through Sinclair Canyon at the entrance to Kootenay National Park, Sinclair Creek below the road c. 1928.

Internal ID:	2458.0047
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1928

Passing the Iron Gate in Kootenay National Park

Banff-Windermere Highway passing the Iron Gate in Kootenay National Park, near Radium Hot Springs, c. 1955

Internal ID:	2458.0057
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1955

Banff-Windermere Highway Through Sinclair Canyon

A hand-coloured photograph of the new Banff-Windermere Highway through Sinclair Canyon, with Sinclair Creek below the road, c. 1925.

Internal ID:	2458.0067
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

The Iron Gate in Kootenay National Park

A view of the Iron Gate, close to the source of water for the Radium Hot Springs pool, c. 1965.

Internal ID:	2458.0095
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1965

The Portals

The entrance to Sinclair Canyon, sometimes referred to as 'The Portals' to Kootenay National Park, c. 1960.

Internal ID:	2458.0103
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1960

Iron Gate Tunnel

Interior view of the Iron Gate Tunnel, just inside the boundaries of Kootenay National Park near Radium Hot Springs, c. 1960. Photographer: Bruno Engler. . A Premiere card distributed by Canadian Souvenir Sales, Radium Hot Springs, B.C. #202/14310R. The legend reads: “IRON GATE TUNNEL” … Kootenay National Park, Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada. Evening view of the tunnel and the Redstreak Fault, just east of the world famous Radium Hot Springs Pool on Highway 93.”

Internal ID:	2458.0227
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1960

Entrance to Kootenay National P{ark

Entrance building to Kootenay National Park c. 1945,

Internal ID:	2566.0020
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1945

2566.0021

Approaching Sinclair Canyon in Kootenay National Park c. 1945, a portion of the Banff-Windermere Highway.

Internal ID:	2566.0021
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1945

Moose Encounter In Park

A car wrecked by a moose in Kootenay National Park. One of the perils of the Banff-Windermere Highway. c. 1975.

Internal ID:	2465.0012
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1975

The Road Most Taken

The road junction to Windermere on the Banff-Windermere Highway in Kootenay National Park c. 1925.

Internal ID:	2465.0123
Medium:	Photograph

Great Divide Pillion

Kootenay National Park pillion on the Great Divide, marking the British Columbia/Alberta border c. 1925.

Internal ID:	2465.0124
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

Snow Plow

Snow plow working on the Banff-Windermere Highway c. 1930.

Internal ID:	2465.0140
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Banff-Windermere Highway

Banff-Windermere Highway through Kootenay National Park in winter, with car stuck, c. 1930.

Internal ID:	2465.0143
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Banff-Windermere Highway c. 1925

A completed section of the Banff-Windermere Highway in Kootenay National Park c. 1925, shortly after opening.

Internal ID:	2465.0161
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

Banff-Windermere Highway Construction c. 1925.

A construction camp at Sinclair Pass on the Banff-Windermere Highway, c. 1925.

Internal ID:	2465.0162
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

Coldstream Auto Camp

A 1927 Chev touring car on the Banff-Windermere Highway. The sign reads "Coldstream Auto Camp - Gas - Oil - Cabins - Supplies" and "Radium Bungalow Camp - Swimming Pool 90 (degrees) - Auto Camp".

Internal ID:	2465.0165
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Banff-Windermere Highway

A section of the Banff-Windermere Highway in Kootenay National Park c. 1925. A new road to paradise.

Internal ID:	2465.0167
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

Crossing the Kootenay River

A pack train being driven across the Kootenay River inside Kootenay National Park c. 1925.

Internal ID:	2465.0176
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

Touring Car Driver Enjoying the Beauty

A touring car on the Banff-Windermere Highway along the Vermillion River in Kootenay National Park, fall c. 1928.

Internal ID:	2465.0181
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1928

Violet Pepin c. 1930

Violet Pepin (nee Parkin) at Radium Hot Springs, B,C., c. 1930

Internal ID:	2465.0001
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Sinclair Canyon Falls

Sinclair Canyon Falls in Kootenay National Park c. 1935

Internal ID:	2465.0002
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1935

Sinclair Canyon Falls

Sinclair Canyon Falls in Kootenay National Park, c. 1935 (bottom portion of 2465.0002)

Internal ID:	2465.0003
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Construction of the Banff Windermere Highway, 1912

Construction beginning on the Banff Windermere Highway in Kootenay National Park, 1912. From the Golden Star, July 15, 1911 - "Minister Authorizes Prosecution of Survey - Hon. Thomas Taylor says that a Banff-Windermere Road will be completed this season. Sixty miles of highway construction developing."

Internal ID:	2465.0004
Medium:	Photograph

Bath House at Radium Hot Springs

Early bath house facility at Radium Hot Springs c. 1910

Internal ID:	2465.0006
Medium:	Photograph

Radium Hot Springs Pool

View of Radium Hot Springs pool showing source pool at left and walkway over Sinclair Creek to temporary dressing room.

Internal ID:	2465.0007
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Radium Hot Springs Aquacourt

View of the Radium Hot Springs Aquacourt at the western entrance to Kootenay National Park.

Internal ID:	2465.0008
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1950

Banff-Windermere Highway

Driving the Banff-Windermere Highway in winter in Kootenay National Park, c. 1940.

Internal ID:	2465.0009
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1940

Radium Hot Springs Pool

Radium Hot Springs pool and bathhouse and gateway to Kootenay National Park c. 1948

Internal ID:	2465.0010
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Radium Hot Springs Aquacourt c. 1955

An over view of the Radium Hot Springs pool and Aquacourt, c. 1955.

Internal ID:	2465.0011
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1955

At Vermillion Crossing c. 1925

Old road at Vermillion Crossing in Kootenay National Park, with new bridge c.1925

Internal ID:	2465.0016
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

Radium Hot Springs Aquacourt

An overview of Radium Hot Springs Aquacourt and pool c. 1965

Internal ID:	2465.0017
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1965

Radium Hot Springs Aquacourt, 1951

A high dive off the Aquacourt board during opening ceremonies for the new facility, 1951,

Internal ID:	2465.0018
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1951

Radium Hot Springs Aquacourt

Opening ceremonies of the new Radium Hot Springs Aquacourt facility in Kootenay National Park, 1951

Internal ID:	2465.0019
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1951

Parking Lot at Radium

Opening of the Radium Hot Springs Aquacourt seen from the parking lot, 1951

Internal ID:	2465.0020
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1951

Radium Hot Springs Aquacourt

Construction of the pool building at the Radium Hot Springs Aquacourt, c. 1950. The sign says "Enjoy a bath in the radio-active waters of the government swimming pool - healthful and refreshing - temperature of 100 to 108 degrees Fahr."

Internal ID:	2465.0021
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1950

Radium Hot Springs Pool c. 1950

Construction of the new hot pool at Radium Hot Springs with the old townsite and the Kootenay National Park entrance in the background, c. 1950.

Internal ID:	2465.0023
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1950

Radium Hot Springs Pool c. 1950

Radium Hot Springs pool development - old source pool at far left with ruins and foundation of old bath house in the foreground, temporary dressing room in the background across the creek at right, c. 1950.