Subject: Kootenay Central Railway
Lumber Industry
Reporting on constantly increasing demand upon Kootenay mills due to rapid growth in home markets in Alberta and Northwest.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0236 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | March 26th 1904 |
Lumbering
Article reporting on the profitable business lumbering has become.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0240 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 9th 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 |
Kootenay Central Railway
Article reporting the immediate construction of the Kootenay Central railway.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0244 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 16th 1904 |
KBM Concentrator at Wild Horse
New mill of Kootenay Base Metals soon ready for test run.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0260 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | February 7th 1952 |
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 |
Kootenay Central
J.D. McBride hardware store features a window display representing a Kootenay Central railway bridge across the Kootenay river.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0673 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 14th 1907 |
Fort Steele Notes
Reporting on the comings and goings of Fort Steele residents.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0103 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | March 25th 1915 |
Kootenay Valley Company
20,000 acres of select lands in Kootenay Valley for sale at from $3 to $10 per acre.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0136 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 17th 1907 |
Review of Progress
Review of Cranbrook and district's progress during 1911 and outlook for 1912.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0469 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 4th 1912 |
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 |
Kootenay Central
Fort Steele red letter day with the arrival of the first regular passenger train over Kootenay Central Railway from Fernie and other towns in the Crow's Nest Pass.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0733 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | October 5th 1912 |
Skookumchuck Autoists
Comings and goings of Skookumchuck residents and their guest by means of train, automobile, horse and sleigh.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0787 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 23rd 1930 |
Fort Steele Autoists
Comings and goings of Fort Steele residents and their guests.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0789 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 23rd 1930 |
Crows Nest Pass Railway
Map of the Crows Nest Pass and Kootenay Central Railways, showing the route and stops to be made.
| Internal ID: | 0156.0015 |
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| Medium: | Map |
| Date: | 1920 |
Lake Windermere Train Wreck
A CPR wreck at Lake Windermere, engine onthe Kootenay Central Railway blew up.
| Internal ID: | 0219.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Columbia Basin CPR Rail Lines
Diagram Rail lines of C.P.R. Noted on diagram Gerard-Lardeau lifted 1942 and Retallack Kaslo lifted 1956.
| Internal ID: | 0248.0011 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1956 |
Golden, B.C., Rail Yard
Main line of C.P.R. at Golden, B.C., the junction point with the Kootenay Central Railway.
| Internal ID: | 0310.0007 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Kootenay Central Railway at Mileage 72
Kootenay Central Railway B & B crew at Mileage 72, between Fort Steele, B.C. & Golden, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0336.0016 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
First Passenger Train into Fort Steele
First passenger train into Fort Steele, on the Kootenay Central Railway, Sept. 30th 1912, negative pocket #66.
| Internal ID: | 0518.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | September 30th 1912 |
From Imperial Hotel, Fort Steele
A scenic view from the Imperial Hotel at Fort Steele, Sept. 29th 1912, negative pocket #67.
| Internal ID: | 0518.0006 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | September 29th 1912 |
Kootenay Central Railway Construction Office
Office of the Construction Department, Assaying & Engineering C.P.R., on the Kootenay Central Railway, Fort Steele. January 14th 1913, negative pocket #73.
| Internal ID: | 0518.0017 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | January 14th 1913 |
Kootenay Central Railway c.1905
Building of the Kootenay Central Railway c.1905
| Internal ID: | 1904.0088 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Fort Steele C.P.R. Station c. 1940
Fort Steele C.P.R. station on the Kootenay Central line with the town Water Tower above and to the right.
| Internal ID: | 2501.0024 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
Kootenay Central Railway Construction c. 1912
Heavy equipment building roadbed and laying track for the Kotenay Central Railway, on the Kootenay River below Fort Steele, c. 1912.
| Internal ID: | 2501.0108 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1912 |
Building the Kootenay Central Railway, c. 1910
Construction cars used on building the Kootenay Central Railway sitting below Fort Steele in October 1910.. Kootenay River in the foreground.
| Internal ID: | 2506.0104 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | October 1st 1910 |
Building the Kootenay Central Railway
"The First Shot", January 1911, in buikding the right of way for the Kootenay Central Railway,
| Internal ID: | 2595.0065 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1911 |
CPR Train Wreck, Lake Windermere
Canadian Pacific Railway Lake Windermere train wreck, includes photocopy of news article Item Date: 1970
| Internal ID: | 1207.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
CPR Train Wreck, Lake Windermere
CBK# CBK.2000.004.002.JPG Canadian Pacific Railway, Kootenay Central. Lake Windermere train wreck,
| Internal ID: | 1207.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
CPR Train Wreck, Lake Windermere
Canadian Pacific Railway Lake Windermere train wreck, Kootenay Central. Date: 1970
| Internal ID: | 1207.0003 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
CPR Train Wreck, Lake Windermere
Canadian Pacific Railway, Kootenay Central. Lake Windermere train wreck,, 1970.
| Internal ID: | 1207.0004 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
CPR Train Wreck, Lake Windermere
Canadian Pacific Railway. Kootenay Central Lake Windermere train wreck, 1970.
| Internal ID: | 1207.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
CPR Train Wreck, Lake Windermere
Canadian Pacific Railway, Kootenay Central Lake Windermere train wreck.
| Internal ID: | 1207.0006 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
Building the Kootenay Central
Track Layer near Invermere B.C., working on the Kootenay Central Railway c. 1914.
| Internal ID: | 2040.0802 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1914 |
