Subject: SS Selkirk

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

Boat Docking at Newport, Washington

Unidentified paddlewheeler docking near Newport, Washington - may be SS North Star.

Internal ID:	0015.0012
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1904

Postcard - Birdseyeview of Nelson, BC

Internal ID:	0036.0013
Medium:	Photograph

Postcard - Birdseyeview of Nelson, BC

Internal ID:	0036.0014
Medium:	Photograph

McBains Lake

McBains Lake, now Rosen Lake near Jaffray,B.C. It was named McBains after an old trapper that had a cabin at the end of the lake. Andrew Rosen started selling lots around the lake and it was officially named Rosen Lake in 1926. Postcard front, linked to 0039.0366.

Internal ID:	0039.0365
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

McBains Lake

Internal ID:	0039.0366
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

Gray Creek

View of a Kootenay Lake paddlewheeler at dock at Gray Creek. Titled 'At the Ferry Gray Creek, Kootenay Lake, BC'. Postcard from C.M. Taylor to Mrs. James Wheaton.

Internal ID:	0040.0018
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1934

Gray Creek

View of a Kootenay Lake paddlewheeler at dock at Gray Creek. Titled 'At the Ferry Gray Creek, Kootenay Lake, BC'. Postcard from C.M. Taylor to Mrs. James Wheaton.

Internal ID:	0040.0019
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1934

Vancouver Harbour

One of Vancouver's Harbours, 1958.

Internal ID:	0047.0174
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1958

A fishing boat c.August 1959

Internal ID:	0047.0272
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1959

Boat Moving Logs

A boat moving logs in a lake or coastal inlet, summer 1962. If you recognize this location, please let us know.

Internal ID:	0047.0434
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1962

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

Chinese Question

C.P.R. forcing communities to accept Chinese cheap labor as they continue to employ them on their steamers and during railway construction.

Internal ID:	0050.0185
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	January 13th 1898

Kootenay Lake Boats

New passenger and freight steamboat to run between Nelson and Kuskanook, as well several large car barges being built for use between Kuskanook and Kaslo.

Internal ID:	0050.0226
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	April 19th 1898

Auto Notes

Describing B.C. and Idaho's licence plates for upcoming year, and the death of well-known steamship captain.

Internal ID:	0050.0531
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	December 3rd 1931

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

Joyce Brothers

Joyce brothers won contract to supply 7000 telegraph poles to C.P.R., as well as bought interest in a small steamer and barge on Kootenay Lake.

Internal ID:	0050.0836
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	March 1st 1900

Stereotypes

Golden boat landing has a large amount of Indians on the shore.

Internal ID:	0050.0914
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 4th 1888

Kootenay and Columbia Diggings

Newspaper reports featuring comments from Expresman Reade with regard to ongoing digs in Kootenay and Columbia mines. Good description of the Big Bend workings.

Internal ID:	0051.0033
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	September 14th 1865

Kootenay News

Article re: letter from man who left Wild Horse Creek. States gold still being found and miners returning from Blackfoot. Miners have plenty of provisions and Dewdney trail completed.

Internal ID:	0051.0045
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	November 6th 1865

Big Bend Boat

Newspaper article stating BC Government has given contract for steamer to be built for Kamloops Lake thru to Shuswap Lake.

Internal ID:	0051.0054
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	December 4th 1865

Kootenay River Steamer

Reporting on the arrangements being made to place a steamer on the Kootenay.

Internal ID:	0051.0199
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	December 21st 1901

Robinson Lumber Company

Reporting the departure and arrival times of the one trip daily made by lumber company boat.

Internal ID:	0051.0201
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	December 21st 1901

Geary & Doyle Stage

Reporting on the extension of stage lines to the Windermere district.

Internal ID:	0051.0330
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	May 1st 1902

Mining Notes

Article reporting on the ongoing boom of mining in the Kootenays.

Internal ID:	0051.0464
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	January 31st 1901

Kootenay House

Hotel that is headquarters for commercial and mining men, convenient to railway depot and steamboat landing.

Internal ID:	0051.0540
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	July 29th 1897

Transportation Routes

Advertisement for steamers from Golden to Fort Steele in 48 hours.

Internal ID:	0051.0558
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	July 29th 1897

Railway Construction

Ongoing constuction of railway to and around Cranbrook. The Canadian-Alien law is being strictly enforced, and no workmen but Canadians will be employed.

Internal ID:	0051.0582
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 12th 1897

Mining Development

Mining activity continuing in the Upper Columbia valley, emphasizing the need for more development work being done so "claim stakers" will not be such a detriment to the mining industry.

Internal ID:	0051.0600
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	September 2nd 1897

Great Northern Boats Coming

Newspaper excerpt Victoria Colonist - Great Northern railway promises track so goods can be shipped to Kootenay Lake points and steamers to be running.

Internal ID:	0051.0731
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	January 27th 1892

Paradise History

Newspaper excerpt Vancouver Province - relates history of Paradise Mine in Windermere District with mining company possibly resuming operations.

Internal ID:	0051.0991
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	October 8th 1942

Fights With Indians

Features exerpts from the Portland Oregonian as well as other newspapers on the war with the Indians. Detailed accounts of various fights are listed.

Internal ID:	0052.0046
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	March 16th 1866

The Indians of Idaho

Features an excerpt from the Oregonian warning of continued trouble with the Indians in Owyhee. A party of men have gathered to fight the Indians after Government help was denied.

Internal ID:	0052.0050
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	March 19th 1866

Rush To Montana Mines

Newspaper article with exerpt from the Columbian discussing telegraphic dispatch indicating that a large rush of people headed to Montana from St. Louis. Only one tenth of the current population in Montana can find work.

Internal ID:	0052.0053
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	March 22nd 1866

Kaslo Regatta

Newspaper

Internal ID:	0054.0043
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	May 23rd 1896

Kaslo News

Newspaper

Internal ID:	0054.0054
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	June 13th 1896

Columbia River Steamboats

River plugged with ice.

Internal ID:	0054.0299
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	February 1st 1896

Glover Claim

Mining developments at Ft. Sheppard.

Internal ID:	0054.0308
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	February 1st 1896

Lake Navigation

Winter travel on the boats.

Internal ID:	0054.0561
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	March 18th 1899

Transportation

Resumption of summer boat service for the Arrow Lakes.

Internal ID:	0054.0563
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	April 22nd 1899

Sailing

Sail boat with two masts and three sails underway.

Internal ID:	0102.0080
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Looking East at Mile 53

Looking east along the railway tracks towards the Engineer's Camp at Mile 53. A paddle wheeler is on the river. Possibly Tete Jaune or Edgewood.

Internal ID:	0112.0017
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1915

Paddlewheeler "S.S. Operator"

The paddlewheeler "S.S. Operator" with a load of wood on front. Tete Jaune Cache is printed on photo.

Internal ID:	0112.0019
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1915

Boat docks

Deckhands and stevedores breaking for lunch. Possibly Tete Jaune area, 1913-1915.

Internal ID:	0119.0081
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1915

Construction View from Tracks

Man walking along railway outside of town. The river (Fraser?) and steamer in the background. Possibly Tete Jaune.

Internal ID:	0119.0088
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1915

Steamer on River

Steamer carrying passengers up river. Possibly Fraser River near Tete Jaune.

Internal ID:	0119.0092
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1915

Canoe River Cable Crossing

Jim Drummond pulling himself across the Canoe River by a cable to reach a boat on the other side. There was a small seat hanging below the cable. This was at Mile 18, which was the access point to get to the Hot Springs across the Canoe on the west side.

Internal ID:	0124.0001
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1966

Crossing the Canoe River

Jim Drummond had to cross the Canoe River by a cable to reach this boat on the other side. Jim bringing the boat back to the east shore of the Canoe River. The boat is attached to the cable, thus acting as a reaction ferry does.

Internal ID:	0124.0002
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1966

Jack and John Marlow

Jack and John Marlow in front of a boat named Point Grey Prince, presumed to be Valemount, BC area.

Internal ID:	0126.0195
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Family Photo

Unknown family posed beside boat, Valemount, BC.

Internal ID:	0126.0236
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1983

Kinbasket Lake

Kinbasket Lake enlarged by the Columbia River Treaty, signed in 1964 between British Columbia and the United States. It changed the Columbia River forever. This was the start of a mega hydro electric power project that eventually built dams and reservoirs, flooding and closing the Big Bend Highway, flooding small communities, a hot springs pool, and the road between Golden and Valemount, BC.

Internal ID:	0127.0101
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Kinbasket Lake

Kinbasket Lake and Marine - boats moored at shore. Kinbasket Lake enlarged, changed the Columbia River forever. This was the start of a mega hydro electric power project that eventually built dams and reservoirs flooding and closing the Big Bend Highway, flooding small communities, a hot springs pool and the road between Golden and Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0453
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Kinbasket Lake

Kinbasket Lake and Marine - Boats, water taxi and crews on shore of Kinbasket lake which covered the road between Golden and Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0463
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1985

Kinbasket Lake

Debris washed up on shore of Kinbasket Lake located between Golden and Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0474
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Kinbasket Lake

Kinbasket Lake and Marina - marina site, campers, boats and trailers

Internal ID:	0127.0475
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1985

Lakeshore

Possibly Kinbasket Lake, Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0593
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Paris, France

PARIS Notre-Dame - English: Paris - our-injury Toiture du transept meridional - English: Roof of the transept meridional, France

Internal ID:	0131.0024
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1920

Parentis-en-Born

PARENTIS-en-BORN - En Bateau sur le Lac - English: Parentis-in-Born Boat on the Lake.

Internal ID:	0131.0051
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1915

French Seaside

Le Bassin edt le Nouveau Boulevard - Promenade English: The Basin New Boulevard Walk.

Internal ID:	0131.0060
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1900

Waterloo Ferry on the Columbia River

The Waterloo Ferry in August 1917, on the Columbia River just below Castlegar. A touring car is loaded on the ferry.

Internal ID:	0131.0074
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	August 1st 1917

Paddlewheeler Model

Model of a paddlewheeler, possibly in Castlegar.

Internal ID:	0131.0099
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1965

Clifton Suspension Bridge

Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, SW England

Internal ID:	0131.0110
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1938

SS Rossland docked at Nakusp

The sternwheeler SS Rossland up on the CPR ways at Nakusp, having its hull replaced with hotel in background.

Internal ID:	0131.0117
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1909

SS Rossland Under Steam on Arrow Lakes

The SS Rossland was designed by Captain Troup for the Canadian Pacific B.C. Lake and River Service. The ship was built in Nakusp in 1897 and was thought to be the fastest of all the steamships running the interior lakes and rivers. The Rossland finally sunk at her mooring at Nakusp in December 1916.

Internal ID:	0131.0132
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1900

Flag Pole

Group of people gathered by a flag pole flying the Union Jack, presumably at a way stop for the West Kootenay paddlewheelers.

Internal ID:	0131.0219
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1905

Barge or Ferry Deck Moored on Columbia River

Barge or possible new ferry deck tied to shore on Columbia River, Castlegar, B.C. area. The Doukhobor village of "Raspberry" is visible in the background, with the two "Doms" to the left of the light coloured roofs.

Internal ID:	0131.0252
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Clifton Suspension Bridge

Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, England, opened in 1864.

Internal ID:	0131.0422
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1900

Clifton Suspension Bridge

Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, England, opened in 1864.

Internal ID:	0131.0423
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1900

Captain Osborne Sutherland

Steamboat Captain Osborne Sutherland, Robson, B.C. area

Internal ID:	0131.0493
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1971

Kootenay Landing, BC, c1900

Kootenay Landing, at the very south end of Kootenay Lake, was the railway-steamer transfer point and the western terminus for the CPR's Crowsnest Pass Railway. This view shows the rail car barge and steamer wharf. The paddlewheeler SS Moyie can be seen out in the distance.