Subject: Anomalies
Twisted Log
Twisted log along dirt road, Valemount, BC
| Internal ID: | 0127.0063 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge, on the Lower Arrow Lake. A natural rock bridge near Renata, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0174 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 0000 |
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge, on the Lower Arrow Lake. A natural rock bridge near Renata, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0175 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 0000 |
Slocan Lake Highway
Completion of the Slocan Lake Highway 6 at Cape Horn bluffs. Left to right - H.H. Currie; Alex G. Ewing; Harry Clark; E.B.S. Brown; Guy Davis; A.L. Blackberg; Harvey Fife; Jack McKay; W.B. Johnstone; Harry Olsen; G. Montfort; Charles Barber; Wm. Ramsay; A.L. Carruthers; L.H. Rawlings and O.P. Roberts
| Internal ID: | 0131.0523 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | June 5th 1928 |
Railroad - Payne Bluff
Railroad - Payne Bluff near Kaslo, B.C.
| Internal ID: | 0131.0693 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1900 |
The Hoodoos at Dutch Creek, Near Fairmont, B.C>
Sandstone anomalies at Dutch Creek, just south of Fairmont, B.C. This area is now a protected area.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0047 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 0000 |
Hoodoos at Dutch Creek, Near Fairmont
Hoodoos overlooking Dutch Creek near Fairmont Hot Springs, B.C. The hoodoos are sandstone anomalies carved by natural erosion.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0089 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 0000 |
Hoodoos at Dutch Creek, Near Fairmont
Hoodoos overlooking Dutch Creek near Fairmont Hot Springs, B.C. The hoodoos are sandstone anomalies carved by natural erosion.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0090 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 0000 |
The Hoodoos at Dutch Creek, Near Fairmont, B.C>
Sandstone anomalies at Dutch Creek, just south of Fairmont, B.C. This area is now a protected area.
| Internal ID: | 0133.0205 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 0000 |
Cominco Supervisors Trip to Radium Hot Springs in February 1948
Cominco Supervisors Trip to Radium Hot Springs in February 1948. Supervisors stopping to look at the Dutch Creek Hoodoos near Fairmont Hot Springs, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0238.0156 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | February 1st 1948 |
Hoodoos near Fairmont BC 1941
Hoodoos near Fairmont BC 1941
| Internal ID: | 2360.0165 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1941 |
The Dutch Creek Hoodoos
One of the features that makes Invermere world-famous, along with the surrounding hot springs and Lake Windermere.
| Internal ID: | 2040.0198 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1970 |
Important from Kootenay and the "Big Bend"
Newspaper article with a letter from Fort Colville reporting on first rate diggings on upper Columbia River. Also mentions progress of Dewdney and the Dewdney Trail.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0015 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 1st 1865 |
News from Big Bend Country
Newspaper article featuring a letter from Big Bend Country describing different gold strikes.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0024 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 7th 1865 |
From Columbia River
Newspaper article with a letter from Expressman Stone describing camp conditions and spirits of miners on the Columbia River. Interesting discussion on the role of expressman.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0026 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 10th 1865 |
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 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 14th 1865 |
Big Bend Diggings - Richness Confirmed
Newspaper article with lastest particulars on the confirmation of riches at the Big Bend diggings. This article describes mining discoveries at many of the creeks. There is also an article from a miner in ecstacy over the new gold field. Also written is a compilation of information about the distances and topography of the diggings.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0060 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | December 7th 1865 |
Oregon Route To Big Bend
Article with exerpt from the Dalles Mountaineer featuring condensed version of the route to Big Bend from Oregon. Distances in miles are given along the route.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0026 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | February 14th 1866 |
Banff-Windermere Highway
Banff-Windermere highway soon to be opened for public transport, but first a party of writers and camera men travelled the new road by pack train and describe the valleys, and natural beauties of the area.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0640 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | October 27th 1922 |
Kinbasket Lake Claims
Several men have gone to Kinbasket Lake to work claims.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0522 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 29th 1897 |
Mount Evans Described
Letter to editor describing in more detail the scenery surrounding Mount Evans summit.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0691 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 20th 1934 |
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 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 27th 1912 |
Export Eggs
Over 190,000 cutthroat trout eggs from Cranbrook Hatchery sent to Coast for distribution to lakes mostly on Vancouver Island.
| Internal ID: | 0053.0083 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 14th 1930 |
Transportation Notes
Notes regarding expansion and changes of transportation routes and facilities.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0459 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 23rd 1896 |
Natural Bridge
A glowing description of the "Natural Bridge" outside of Brooklyn.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0532 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 22nd 1898 |
Great Falls Claim
Newspaper
| Internal ID: | 0054.0238 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 25th 1902 |
Flathead Oil
Newspaper excerpt Western Mining World
| Internal ID: | 0054.0250 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | February 15th 1902 |
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 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1955 |
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 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1965 |
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 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1960 |
