Subject: Moyie Lake

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

Bull wheel on top of St. Eugene Mine head frame

Bull Wheel placed on top of a head frame at the St. Eugene Mine, Moyie, BC

Internal ID:	0002.0011
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	August 30th 1964

Moyie, BC and Moyie Lake

Overall view of the town of Moyie with Moyie Lake and Lakeshore Mine in background.

Internal ID:	0002.0013
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1910

Moyie City as seen from Moyie Lake

Moyie City in East Kootenay as seen from Moyie Lake.

Internal ID:	0002.0015
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1910

Moyie from top of Mine Headframe

Image of Moyie BC taken in the 1960's from atop of the mine headframe.

Internal ID:	0002.0020
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1965

Moyie Lake

An early image of sailing on Moyie Lake.

Internal ID:	0008.0047
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Long View of Moyie Lake

A view of Moyie Lake showing the Crowsnest Pass Railway and the rudimentary road along the east side of the lake - 1930.

Internal ID:	0017.0091
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Long View of Moyie Lake

A view of Moyie Lake showing the Crowsnest Pass Railway and the rudimentary road along the east side of the lake - 1930.

Internal ID:	0017.0092
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Moyie and Moyie Lake

A long view of Moyie and Moyie Lake, looking south.

Internal ID:	0018.0019
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1910

Cranbrook Brewery Picnic

Cranbrook Brewery Picnic at Green Bay. (L-R): Jock MacDonald, Len Wyatt, Bill Ratcliffe, Jack Ward, Dick Banks, Dan Stone, Ernie Kitchen, Jake Jacobson, Barney McLaren - from Aldridge near Moyie, Tom Miller. Front: Bob Robertson, Bill Burton

Internal ID:	0040.0007
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1940

Aurora Mine on Moyie Lake prepares to ship ore.

Anticipated shipping of zinc-silver-lead ore creates local jobs and government promises to build road.

Internal ID:	0042.0065
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	June 17th 1926

A. E. Watts

Liverpool man who spent last year in Fort Steele district will be coming back to area with syndicate looking to placer mine.

Internal ID:	0050.0242
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	April 19th 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
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 4th 1898

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

Official Report On Kootenay

Coverage of the official trip to Kootenay Country by Colonial Secretary Birch. A very complete description of methods of access and the amount of gold coming out of the creek. Also a short list of provision prices.

Internal ID:	0051.0012
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	November 11th 1864

Aurora Mine

Aurora mine to be worked by local syndicate and to start shipping ore in near future.

Internal ID:	0051.0096
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	June 17th 1926

Aldridge Church Camp

Reporting the proposed establishments of a boys summer camp and a girls summer camp, sponsored by local churches.

Internal ID:	0051.0293
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	June 24th 1926

St. Eugene Mine

Newspaper excerpt from the Phoenix Pioneer - telling of the purchase of St. Eugene mine for $7000 and in six years third interest in mine is valued at $3 million.

Internal ID:	0051.0420
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	November 1st 1900

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
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
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 12th 1897

Swansea Surveyed

Reporting on another new townsite being surveyed near Moyie Lake.

Internal ID:	0051.0607
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	October 7th 1897

Rod & Gun Report On Hatchery

Special meeting of Rod and Gun Club hears report on local fish hatchery, which was deemed a success for their first efforts.

Internal ID:	0051.0913
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	July 22nd 1923

Baseball Challenge

Herald newspaper staff bombarded with responses to challenge to baseball issued by one of their reporters who then left town.

Internal ID:	0052.0170
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	June 13th 1907

Cranbrook Lake

Scheme in the works for draining the upper Moyie Lake into a natural reservoir south of Cranbrook to turn it into a summer resort with boat clubs, clubhouses on the lake shore, boating and bathing facility.

Internal ID:	0052.0189
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	July 25th 1907

Cranbrook Lake

Follow-up of the article regarding filling a lake south of Cranbrook with water from Moyie has an anonymous letter from a very upset Moyie resident.

Internal ID:	0052.0194
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 1st 1907

Cranbrook Lake

Newspaper excerpt Moyie Leader - letter to their editor from Fort Steele doctor urging them to protest Cranbrook for wanting to steal water from Moyie lake, the same way Cranbrook stole Fort Steeles government offices and railway line.

Internal ID:	0052.0195
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 8th 1907

Cranbrook Lake

Newspaper excerpt Sandon Review - editor of Cranbrook Herald scheming to take Moyie lake and fix up Cranbrook lake but Moyie citizens are totally against it.

Internal ID:	0052.0196
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 15th 1907

Cranbrook Lake

Letter to Cranbrook Herald offering quote on pipe to siphon water from Moyie Lake to proposed site in Cranbrook.

Internal ID:	0052.0199
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	September 5th 1907

Land Purchase

Notice for intention to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase 100 acres of land two miles north of Moyie Lake.

Internal ID:	0052.0511
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	April 24th 1897

Tote Road

Tote Road from Rykert's to Moyie Lake is completed for 17 miles and should be finished to the lake in a month.

Internal ID:	0052.0516
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	October 30th 1897

Moyie Autoists

Newspaper article travelling from Cranbrook to Moyie is now easier and more scenic, with new road being done to save mileage and cutting down on grades.

Internal ID:	0052.0585
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 11th 1922

Cranbrook District Creeks

Newspaper notice listing creeks in Cranbrook district urging everyone who had water rights on them is directed to forward a memo of claim in writing to the Controller of Water Rights at the Parliament Buildings at Victoria.

Internal ID:	0052.0688
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	April 27th 1912

Jerome Tunnel

South entrance to Jerome tunnel, Moyie Lake, B.C. on CPR line. A man is seen standing near a building in this image.

Internal ID:	0182.0010
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1920

Moyie Train Wreck

CPR engine no. 3885 wrecked at Moyie Lake, Nov. 1, 1925, being extracted from the water.

Internal ID:	0182.0017
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	November 1st 1925

Moyie Train Wreck

A Spokane freight train plunged into Moyie Lake in Nov. 1925, killing Fireman, R. Eley.

Internal ID:	0182.0018
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	November 1st 1925

Chris Foote of Kimberley, BC c.1911

Personalities of Kimberley, B.C.- Chris Foote after a duck hunt at Moyie, BC c.1911

Internal ID:	0196.0193
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1911

Moyie Lake Regatta c.1915

An outing on Moyie Lake in East Kootenay, c.1915. Moyie Lake became, and still is, a recreational playground for many Kootenay residents.

Internal ID:	0199.0342
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1915

Moyie Lake Regatta c.1915

An outing on Moyie Lake in East Kootenay, c.1915. Moyie Lake became, and still is, a recreational playground for many Kootenay residents.

Internal ID:	0199.0343
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1915

Moyie Train Wreck

CPR wreck at mile 17, along Moyie Lake past the Jerome Tunnel.

Internal ID:	0204.0026
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1926

Moyie, BC

View of Moyie, BC from across the lake.

Internal ID:	0240.0068
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1898

"Royal Hudson" Tour

"Royal Hudson" tour - B.C. locomotive #2860 along Moyie Lake, mile 20.0 of Nelson subdivision.

Internal ID:	0253.0004
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	March 30th 1979

Moyie Lake

ALBUM Moyie Lake (south of Cranbrook, B.C.), looking north. REFERENCED WITH #0433.0001

Internal ID:	0433.0014
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1910

Train #67 Approaching Jerome Tunnel

Train #67 - Engine, Mail Car, Baggage Car, Smoking Coach, approaching Jerome Tunnel along Moyie Lake, B.C.; early 1920s.

Internal ID:	0442.0004
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

Long View of Moyie Lake

An artistic long view of Moyie Lake, near Crranbrook, B.C., c. 1920. Postcard front, linked to 0457.0016.

Internal ID:	0457.0015
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1920

Long View of Moyie Lake

An artistic long view of Moyie Lake, near Crranbrook, B.C., c. 1920. Postcard front, linked to 0457.0016.

Internal ID:	0457.0016
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1920

Moyie Lake, Near Cranbrook, B.C

A long view of Moyie Lake, near Cranbrook, B.C., 1934. Postcard front, linked to 0457.0030

Internal ID:	0457.0029
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1934

Moyie Lake, Near Cranbrook, B.C

A long view of Moyie Lake, near Cranbrook, B.C., 1934. Postcard front, linked to 0457.0030

Internal ID:	0457.0030
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1934

Moyie Lake Near Cranbrook, B.C.

Cranbrook, Moyie Lake Near Cranbrook, B.C. (Cranbrook Series No. 18), postcard front, linked to 0457.0464

Internal ID:	0457.0463
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Moyie Lake Near Cranbrook, B.C.

Cranbrook, Moyie Lake Near Cranbrook, B.C. (Cranbrook Series No. 18), postcard front, linked to 0457.0464

Internal ID:	0457.0464
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Tunnel Hill at Moyie Lake

Tunnel Hill at Moyie Lake, near Cranbrook, B.C. This view shows the highway before any hard surfacing occurred. (Cranbrook Series No. 8), postcard front, linked to 0457.0466.

Internal ID:	0457.0465
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

Tunnel Hill at Moyie Lake

Tunnel Hill at Moyie Lake, near Cranbrook, B.C. This view shows the highway before any hard surfacing occurred. (Cranbrook Series No. 8), postcard front, linked to 0457.0466.

Internal ID:	0457.0466
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

Moyie and St. Eugene Mine

Lake shore tramway & shaft house of the St Eugene mine at Moyie B.C. Moyie and Moyie Lake in the background.

Internal ID:	0505.0004
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1905

Moyie and St. Eugene Mine

Lake shore tramway & shaft house of the St Eugene mine at Moyie B.C. Moyie and Moyie Lake in the background.

Internal ID:	0505.0005
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1905

Moyie, B.C.

A view of Moyie southwest, looking from somewhere near the mine across Moyie Lake. St. Peters church is visible to right side of photo.

Internal ID:	0505.0010
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1910

Moyie B.C.

A view looking over Moyie from somewhere near the St. Eugene mine, looking southwest with Moyie Lake stretching out in the background.

Internal ID:	0505.0013
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1970

Moyie B.C.

A view looking over Moyie from somewhere near the St. Eugene mine, looking southwest with Moyie Lake stretching out in the background.

Internal ID:	0505.0014
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1970

Moyie Lake

Moyie Lake, with Highway 3 running along the eastern shore.

Internal ID:	0505.0015
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1970

Moyie Lake

Moyie Lake, with Highway 3 running along the eastern shore.

Internal ID:	0505.0016
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1970

Moyie Lake

Moyie Lake, an overview.

Internal ID:	0505.0017
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1970

Moyie Lake

Moyie Lake, an overview.

Internal ID:	0505.0018
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1970

Moyie Lake

View of Moyie and the lake from above, looking northwest. The Crows Nest Pass Railway and Highway 3 are visible in the foreground.

Internal ID:	0505.0019
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1970

Moyie Lake

View of Moyie and the lake from above, looking northwest. The Crows Nest Pass Railway and Highway 3 are visible in the foreground.

Internal ID:	0505.0020
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1970

Moyie Lake from the Highway

A view of Moyie Lake from Highway 3, with some old footings from the St. Eugene Mine complex in the foreground.

Internal ID:	0505.0021
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1970

Moyie Lake from the Highway

A view of Moyie Lake from Highway 3, with some old footings from the St. Eugene Mine complex in the foreground.

Internal ID:	0505.0022
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1970

Moyie Lake in the Fall

An artistic shot showing the deciduous forest around Moyie in the fall, with the lake in the background.

Internal ID:	0505.0023
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1970

Moyie Lake in the Fall

An artistic shot showing the deciduous forest around Moyie in the fall, with the lake in the background.

Internal ID:	0505.0024
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1970

Raiway Speeder at Moyie

Railway construction or maintenance of way workers posing on a rail car, with Moyie Lake in the background.

Internal ID:	0506.0002
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1900

Moyie Townsite

An overview of the Moyie townsite, looking south down Moyie Lake.

Internal ID:	0506.0004
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1905

Railway Speeder As Work Truck

Maintenance of way workers on a motorized speeder, with an attached car of ballast. Working on the Crows Nest Pass Railway. Does anybody know who these fellows are?

Internal ID:	0506.0005
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1920

Geological Survey Moyie Lake

George Whitehead working with Mr. Dryborough on a geological survey above Lower Moyie Lake, 1936.

Internal ID:	0509.0003
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1936

Skating on Moyie Lake

A group of Moyie residents skating on Moyie Lake 1928. Left to right: Mrs. Jessie Whitehead, George Whitehead, Mr. Monkhouse, Ron Hyde, Mrs. Elizabeth Cameron, Madeline Wise. Melville Monkhouse in front witht he goalie stick.