Subject: Crows Nest Pass Railway
Old Wagon used on CPR construction
Image of an old wagon that was used on construction of CPR west of Cranbrook. Image taken Sept, 4 1964
| Internal ID: | 0002.0014 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | September 4th 1964 |
Construction of the B.C. SOuthern Railway
Three images showing the construction of the C.P.R. railway into Cranbrook.
| Internal ID: | 0003.0035 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1898 |
BC Southern Railway in 1898 - Work Gang
Image of a work gang working on the BC Southern Railway on a roadbed in the Fernie, BC area.
| Internal ID: | 0008.0007 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1898 |
Crows Nest Pass Railway Construction
Crews at work cutting the grade and tote road for the Crows Nest Pass Railway, in the Fernie area.
| Internal ID: | 0015.0027 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1898 |
On the Kootenay River Near Cranbrook
The Crow's Nest Line, C.P.R. on the Kootenay River approaching Cranbrook Postcard front, linked to 0019.0072.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0071 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
On the Kootenay River Near Cranbrook
The Crow's Nest Line, C.P.R. on the Kootenay River approaching Cranbrook Postcard front, linked to 0019.0072.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0072 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Wardner, B.C.
Crow's Nest Pass Lumber Co.'s mill and yard at Wardner near Cranbrook, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0481 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Wardner, B.C.
Crow's Nest Pass Lumber Co.'s mill and yard at Wardner near Cranbrook, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0482 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Italian Labourers
Newspaper editorial comment asking for better gun control after incidences near Kuskanook railway construction left men dead and wounded.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0071 |
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| Medium: | Manuscript |
| Date: | May 4th 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 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 28th 1898 |
Cranbrook Divisional Headquarters
Cranbrook to be the largest and best town in East Kootenay due to Crow's Nest Pass Railroads decision to make Cranbrook it's divisional headquarters.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0194 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 12th 1898 |
Crow's Nest Construction
Railway nearing completion east of Crow's Nest Pass to Lethbridge.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0195 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 12th 1898 |
In The Hospital
Newspaper article listing people under care of Sister Superior and four Sister assistants at St. Eugene Hospital.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0201 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 12th 1898 |
In The Hospital
Patients admitted to St. Eugene hospital.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0216 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 19th 1898 |
Rossland
Notes of ongoing developments in Rossland, namely new hall for its fire brigade and being declared port of entry for customs.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0221 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 19th 1898 |
St. Eugene Hospital
New hospital at St. Eugene Mission will soon be ready for occupation, with all modern conveniences.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0222 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 19th 1898 |
Crow's Nest Construction
Newspaper excerpt Wardner International - ongoing notes on railway construction and steady inpouring of men to work.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0230 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 19th 1898 |
Cranbrook and C.P.R.
Land Commissioner of C.P.R returns to Cranbrook after a couple months away and was surprised at great strides of advancement made.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0247 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 4th 1898 |
Cranbrook Notes
Comings and goings of residents and visitors in Cranbrook.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0248 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 4th 1898 |
Crows Nest Construction
Crows Nest Pass Chief of Construction satisfied with the progress of work being done in Cranbrook and roundhouse construction to start immediately.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0249 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 4th 1898 |
Golden Age Mine
Railway construction workers uncover ten inches of solid galena while working on a right of way through Golden Age Mine property.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0250 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 4th 1898 |
Wardner
Crow's Nest Pass Railway line now completed to Wardner, making it a boom town with many residents and visitors enjoying the busy times.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0252 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 4th 1898 |
Elko Booming
Newspaper advertisement - prices on business and residence lots at what is to be the "New Townsite of East Kootenay", with beautiful scenery and easy access to railway and mining.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0255 |
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| Medium: | Manuscript |
| Date: | August 4th 1898 |
Cranbrook C.P.R. Ad
Advertisement touting Cranbrook as the town destined to be smelting, commercial and railway center of East Kootenay.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0277 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 4th 1898 |
Cranbrook Notes
Comings and goings of Cranbrook residents and visitors.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0293 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 11th 1898 |
Wardner Notes
Comings and goings of residents and visitors of Wardner, as well as another commission of inquiry over two deaths by diptheria with allegations of neglect and inhuman treatment.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0297 |
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| Medium: | Manuscript |
| Date: | August 11th 1898 |
Crow's Nest Pass Railway
The days of slow, unreliable and expensive transportation in East Kootenay soon to be a matter of history as rail line almost complete and many contractors leaving for elsewhere.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0301 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 11th 1898 |
Railway Lands
Only unsurveyed lands along the line of the Crow's Nest Pass road are available for settling, no other lands and in no other district.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0304 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 11th 1898 |
Wardner Notes
First train of cars to cross Kootenay River, ferry across river now charges, comings and goings of Wardner residents and visitors.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0312 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 18th 1898 |
Creston Soldier's Colony
National Service Board urged to have government drain 25,000 acres and settle returned heroes on land in Creston district.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0396 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 16th 1917 |
Wordens Driving To California
Due to snow and heavy roads Mrs. Worden went to Spokane by train, while husband driving his car, then on to California.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0626 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | November 20th 1930 |
CPR Lands
CPR Land Commissioner offering information, maps and prices on their lands in Cranbrook.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0872 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | November 22nd 1900 |
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 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 13th 1905 |
King & Green Offices
One of Cranbrooks old buildings which housed the first medical clinic was demolished, but remembered by Dr. W.O. Green.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0976 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 19th 1974 |
Cranbrook - Firsts
Detailing some of the important events of Cranbrooks history.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0984 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | March 19th 1908 |
Cranbrook - Firsts
Detailing first things in Cranbrook, from first building to first baby born.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0985 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | March 19th 1908 |
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 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | March 19th 1908 |
Storm and Wreck
C.P.R. service of Crow's Nest line hampered by severe storms on the prairie and several wrecks, one resulting in a fatality.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0992 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 11th 1907 |
Cranbrook Gyros
Reporting on the visit of Gyros Governor from Edmonton due to convention business.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0099 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | June 17th 1926 |
William Watson
Reporting on the visit of CPR agent formerly of this area.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0111 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | June 17th 1926 |
Fording River Coal
Describing property controlled by Imperial Coal and Coke Company.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0216 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 23rd 1904 |
Elko
Newspaper article reporting on a railway and smelter centre in Elko.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0242 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 16th 1904 |
Lunber Industry
Reporting on the shortage of railcars for lumber, with demand constantly increasing.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0245 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 16th 1904 |
CNP Railway
No work to be done during the winter on the extension of the Crow's Nest Pass Railway east from Nelson.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0297 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | December 14th 1899 |
Edwards Remembers 1885
An interesting outlook on progress in our area over the last 14 years by one of the first settlers in the area.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0300 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | December 21st 1899 |
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 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | December 21st 1899 |
Geary & Doyle Stage
Reporting on the extension of stage lines to the Windermere district.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0330 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 1st 1902 |
SS Nelson
Newspaper excerpt from the Nelson Tribune - SS Nelson will be withdrawn as new schedule for Crow's Nest business does not require two steamers.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0412 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | October 18th 1900 |
Balfour Extension
Newspaper excerpt from Phoenix Pioneer - reporting the completion of CPR line from Nelson to Balfour.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0424 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | November 15th 1900 |
A.B. Fenwick
Newspaper excerpt from the Nelson Tribune - reporting on another railroad suit against BC Southern and Crows Nest roads for compensation of 8 town lots in Wardner.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0438 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | December 20th 1900 |
Crows Nest Pass Railway
Appointment of new superintendent of the Crow's Nest Pass division whose motto is "everyone should get pay for his work and work for his pay".
| Internal ID: | 0051.0461 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 31st 1901 |
Mining Potential
Now that the Crow's Nest line is completed, the Kootenays are no longer handicapped and the mining industry should boom.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0465 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 31st 1901 |
Men In Demand
Due to the building of the Crow's Nest Road, many men left the area to secure steady work during the winter, causing shortage of workers for the mining and lumber industries.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0519 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 29th 1897 |
Work Begun
Work has begun at last on the construction of Crow's Nest Pass Railway to Kootenay lake.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0520 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 29th 1897 |
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 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 29th 1897 |
Construction Notes
Newspaper article reporting 150 men arriving in Calgary to work on new railway and the Trade and Labor Council being opposed to Minister of the Interior bringing people from the Old Country to work on Crow's Nest Pass railway when there are enough people in Canada to build it.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0561 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 29th 1897 |
Railway Construction Notes
Storehouses will be erected in Fort Steele district to supply contractors in railway construction, also noted with 27 bridges required between Medicine Hat and Lethbridge, local lumbermen will be busy.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0562 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 29th 1897 |
Fort Steele Mining
Reporting on the town of Cranbrook as future capital of S.E. Kootenay is nearing completion of surveying with streets and avenues laid out.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0567 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 5th 1897 |
Dr. Mewburn Appointed
Appointment of surgeon on the Crow's Nest construction.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0569 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 5th 1897 |
Nanton Beef Supplier
Contract awarded for the beef supply on the Crow's Nest Pass railway, but Alberta cattlemen do not credit report as they say there were lower tenders.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0572 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 5th 1897 |
Railway Contracts
Manager of C.P.R. has assured no contracts on Crows Nest Pass Railway were awarded to American Contractors.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0573 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 5th 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 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 12th 1897 |
C.N.P. Construction
Article about a chat reporter had with C.P.R. vice-president trying to confirm Golden as being made a divisional center and whether work on Crow's Nest Pass railway will be completed before winter.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0591 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 26th 1897 |
Swansea Surveyed
Reporting on another new townsite being surveyed near Moyie Lake.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0607 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | October 7th 1897 |
V. Hyde Baker Dies
Reporting on the death of Hyde Baker in England. Baker arrived in Cranbrook over 50 years ago with his father and was one of the first pioneers of the area.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0681 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | October 6th 1932 |
Peter Lund Recalls Frank Slide
Newspaper excerpt from Lethbridge Herald - with account of railway workers who just missed being buried under Frank Slide due to an error which left them stranded in other location.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0682 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | March 9th 1933 |
Crows Nest Railway Survey
Civil engineers from Montreal pass through Golden enroute to Crow's Nest Pass to survey C.P.R. Crow's Nest Railway.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0878 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 27th 1893 |
Marvellous Creston
Creston has proved it is remarkable fertile for growing fruit, but many don't know that Mr. Rykert was the first who planted a fruit tree there, much to the laughter of his fellow man. Now Creston is also known for mining, ranching, logging camps, sawmills and so on.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0192 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 1st 1907 |
Kootenay Landing Trestle
Canadian Pacific Railway commencing on biggest bit of repair work undertaken on the Cranbrook division of Crow's Nest Line. A fill must be placed under Kootenay Landing trestle to make it safer for heavier type freight engines.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0315 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 8th 1921 |
Cranbrook Development
Newspaper excerpt Nelson News - annual review on Cranbrook and district.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0471 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 11th 1912 |
CPR Land Sales
CPR owning three million acres of land in B.C. has decided to spend four and a half million dollars to turn a lot of these acres into ready made homes and farms for settlers.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0473 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 25th 1912 |
Crowsnest CPR Service
Towns on the eastern end of Crow's Nest district up in arms against announced decision by Canadian Pacific Railway to take off the daylight train from Crow's Nest to Macleod and Lethbridge, CPR stating the train is not operating at a profit.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0526 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | February 16th 1922 |
