Subject: Tourism
Mount Baker Hotel Advertising Card
Mount Baker Hotel - Cranbrook, B.C. (with Tourist & Hotel information). This is an older photograph (c. 1925) with more modern information attached. Fold out postcard front, linked to 0019.0032
| Internal ID: | 0019.0031 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1935 |
Mount Baker Hotel Advertising Card
Mount Baker Hotel - Cranbrook, B.C. (with Tourist & Hotel information). This is an older photograph (c. 1925) with more modern information attached. Fold out postcard front, linked to 0019.0032
| Internal ID: | 0019.0032 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1935 |
City Auto Camp, Cranbrook
The Auto Camp. Cranbrook, B.C. This view shows the early double cabins, linked by a carport.(Cranbrook Series No.41), postcard front, linked to 0019.0130.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0129 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1932 |
City Auto Camp, Cranbrook
The Auto Camp. Cranbrook, B.C. This view shows the early double cabins, linked by a carport.(Cranbrook Series No.41), postcard front, linked to 0019.0130.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0130 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1932 |
City Auto Camp
Entrance view to Cranbrook's City Auto Camp, c. 1930. The office and store is visible to right side of photo. (9) (City Auto Camp), postcard front, linked to 0019.0132.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0131 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
City Auto Camp
Entrance view to Cranbrook's City Auto Camp, c. 1930. The office and store is visible to right side of photo. (9) (City Auto Camp), postcard front, linked to 0019.0132.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0132 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Cranbrook Auto Camp
Cranbrook Auto Camp, Cranbrook, B.C. These are single cabins joined by carports. Postcard front, linked to 0019.0136.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0135 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1940 |
Cranbrook Auto Camp
Cranbrook Auto Camp, Cranbrook, B.C. These are single cabins joined by carports. Postcard front, linked to 0019.0136.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0136 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1940 |
Scenic View of the Rockies
The Rocky Mountains between Wardner and Cranbrook, BC, known as The Steeples.
| Internal ID: | 0036.0015 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Scenic View of the Rockies
The Rocky Mountains between Wardner and Cranbrook, BC, known as The Steeples.
| Internal ID: | 0036.0016 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1905 |
Opening Bull River
Newspaper article Kootenay Trout Hatchery at Bull River officially opened.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0028 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | June 22nd 1966 |
Board of Trade
Board of Trade held special meeting discussing important matters including dealing with tourist traffic, and forming athletic association.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0327 |
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| Medium: | Manuscript |
| Date: | September 27th 1917 |
Lord Byng
Baron and Lady Byng present for official opening of Jasper Park Lodge for summer of 1926.
| Internal ID: | 0050.0798 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | June 17th 1926 |
Appeal to Dr. King
Dr. King asked by local Rod and Gun Club to approach government for more funding to expand local hatchery.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0912 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 22nd 1923 |
Auto Tourist Conditions
After official opening Banff-Windermere highway has proved a great pleasure to ever increasing number of tourists travelling it.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0914 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 27th 1923 |
Kuskanook Park Wanted
Nelson and Creston Boards of Trade states increasing traffic warrants a tourist camp be established at Kuskanook.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0915 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 27th 1923 |
Tourist Park Interpretation
City of Cranbrook undertaking supervision of auto tourist camp grounds, with noticeable improvements.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0917 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 27th 1923 |
Cranbrook Rotary
Cranbrook District Rod and Gun Club secretary escorts Cranbrook Rotarians to many rivers and streams in the area and points out the need for propagation and protection of East Kootenay fish, with that in mind he asks the Rotary Club to stand behind Rod and Gun Club in their bid to start a hatchery.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0382 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | March 31st 1922 |
City Council Report
Cranbrook City Council deals with four delegations as well as regular meeting items to make for a long session.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0522 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | February 16th 1922 |
Cranbrook Rotary
Cranbrook Rotary Club hold weekly luncheon meeting with speech on the great importance of community service to Cranbrook and district.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0618 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 29th 1922 |
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 |
First Nations Photography
Indian villages besieged by photographers anxious to secure perfect photographs of Indians, learned that they can charge money for these sittings.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0700 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | June 8th 1912 |
Elko Autoists
Comings and goings of Elko residents and visitors, and special meeting of Elko Board of Trade to discuss upcoming road changes which will cut Elko off from tourist trade.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0830 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | February 27th 1930 |
Pool Construction
Construction of Cranbrook swimming pool, when completed, will be the largest outdoor pool in the province, other construction in Cranbrook is excavating for concrete sidewalk and widening of other sidewalks.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0876 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 17th 1930 |
Publicity Chair W.H. Wilson
President of local branch of B.C. Automobile Club and chairman of publicity for the Cranbrook Board of Trade preparing to send illustrated district booklet to tourist information bureaus in US and Canada.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0912 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 1st 1930 |
Pool and Philpot
All is in readiness for grand opening of Cranbrook Gyro swimming pool opening, regatta and midway.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0954 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | June 5th 1930 |
Fishing Tourists
Visitors enjoy good fishing in East Kootenay after hearing how Cranbrook trout hatchery is putting over a million trout fry each year into local waters at Sportsmen's Fair at Spokane.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0983 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 10th 1930 |
Kicking Horse Booklet
Newspaper article reporting that the Cranbrook Board of Trade has come into possession of a new art booklet, called the Kicking Horse Trail.
| Internal ID: | 0053.0051 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 4th 1927 |
Kimberley-Windermere Road
Newspaper article reporting on construction that may take place on the Kimberley-Windermere road connection.
| Internal ID: | 0053.0057 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | October 20th 1927 |
Cranbrook Beach Resort
Edmonton residents spending summer holidays in Cranbrook district, staying at Smith Lake summer resort and are delighted with hospitality.
| Internal ID: | 0053.0065 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 31st 1930 |
Gyro Pool
Cranbrook tourist park cabin rentals were full almost every night, even though attendance was down from last two years. Tourists could not understand the new swimming pool was free, took pictures to take home to show what a small city could do.
| Internal ID: | 0053.0080 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 14th 1930 |
Arches Contract
Cranbrook Board of Trade let a contract for the erection of two "Welcome" arch signs on East and West entrance to town.
| Internal ID: | 0053.0114 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 11th 1930 |
Valemount Tourist Booth
Opening of log Tourist Booth July 1, 1981, includes Vicky Podetz, Ron Harkness and Mayor Jack Nicholson
| Internal ID: | 0070.0282 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 1st 1981 |
Camping
A night view of illuminated tents in a field.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0872 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Chained Bear
A large black bear chained to a tree, presumably as a tourist attraction.
| Internal ID: | 0102.0058 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Valemount Totem Pole
Valemount, BC - totem pole figure outside Tourist Info Centre.
| Internal ID: | 0127.0014 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1981 |
Valemount Totem Pole
Valemount, BC - totem pole at Tourist Info Centre.
| Internal ID: | 0127.0016 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1981 |
Mount Robson Visitor Center
Mount Robson Park Visitor Centre design concept. Government of B.C. sign at new park site.
| Internal ID: | 0127.0017 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1984 |
Mount Robson Center
Construction of the new Information Centre at Mt. Robson Park, near Valemount, BC.
| Internal ID: | 0127.0022 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Old Mt. Robson Info Centre
Old Information Centre at Mount Robson, Valemount, BC
| Internal ID: | 0127.0023 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
C.M.& S. Concentrator
Visitors touring inside the Kimberley Concentrator.
| Internal ID: | 0206.0071 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1955 |
Sullivan Mine Visitors 1986
Sullivan Mine Visitors 1986 . Bill Roberts instructing.
| Internal ID: | 0239.0049 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Sullivan Mine 1986 - Tour
Sullivan Mine 1986 - Tour
| Internal ID: | 0239.0050 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1986 |
Sullivan Mine Underground 1986 - Visitors
Sullivan Mine Underground - Visitors at open stope, 4400 decline; 1986
| Internal ID: | 0239.0053 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1986 |
Radium Hot Springs Sign
Five unidentified men standing under a Radium Hot Springs sign.
| Internal ID: | 0336.0106 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Radium Hot Springs Sign
Five unidentified men standing under a Radium Hot Springs sign.
| Internal ID: | 0336.0108 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Auto Tourist Cartoon
The "Good Roads" debate was hard fought and continued for some time in B.C. The result, as this cartoon depicts, was a huge surge in tourism.
| Internal ID: | 0479.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | April 11th 1924 |
Vacation Camping Ad
A 1924 jeweller's ad highlighting that vacation camping was already a big enough market to warrant special attention. Leigh's jewellers was an established Cranbrook business.
| Internal ID: | 0480.0009 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 4th 1924 |
Ad for Ahkumonup Camp
An advertisement for Ahkumonup Camp on St. Mary's Lake above Kimberely. Both hall and tents are available for rent.
| Internal ID: | 0480.0018 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | June 20th 1924 |
Cranbrook - Gateway to the Scenic British Columbia-Alberta Playground
A 2-page 6-fold illustrated pamphlet promoting Cranbrook as the tourism centre of the Columbia Basin. "Cranbrook is the Western Gateway to the whole Canadian Switzerland...." On the reverse is a full sheet "Tourist Map of East Kootenay." The whole is a delightful piece of work.
| Internal ID: | 0484.0001 |
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| Medium: | Ephemera |
| Date: | 1930 |
Cranbrook - Gateway to the Scenic British Columbia-Alberta Playground
One page (3 folds including front) of the Cranbrook Board of Trade promotional pamphlet featuring the facilities and amenities for the tourist in Cranbrook. One interesting note is that the Kootenay Lake ferry was not free at this time. "Cranbrook is a community of homes, unpretentious, yet attractive and comfortable; shops, smart and up-to-date, well-stocked with whatever you need; services of every kind to ease your passage, or make your stay a pleasure."
| Internal ID: | 0484.0002 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1930 |
Cranbrook - Gateway to the Scenic British Columbia-Alberta Playground
One side (3-folds) of the Cranbrook promotional pamphlet, promoting hunting, fishing and the airport facilities. "This is the outfitting point for sportsmen. Big game shooting, mountain sheep and goat, elk, deer, moose, grizzly and black bear, game birds, lake and stream trout and land-locked salmon fishing are all in the immediate district."
| Internal ID: | 0484.0003 |
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| Medium: | Ephemera |
| Date: | 1930 |
Tourist Map of East Kootenay
A travel map of East Kootenay, printed on the full reverse side of the Cranbrook Board of trade "Gateway" pamphlet, featuring facilities for the auto tourist and showing the Banff-Windermere highway and the road between Radium and Golden as unpaved. In fact the only paved highway is that coming up through Kingsgate as far as Radium Hot Springs, and the highway out of Calgary through Banff to Lake Louise - everything else is dirt road.
| Internal ID: | 0484.0004 |
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| Medium: | Map |
| Date: | 1930 |
Valley of the Ten Peaks
The majestic Valley of the Ten Peaks was accessed from the Castle-lake Louise extension from the Banff-Windermere highway. Located in Banff National Park it was another of the natural jewels that made the area magical to tourists.
| Internal ID: | 0484.0018 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1924 |
Grotto Mountain
Grotto Mountain, near the East Gate.
| Internal ID: | 0484.0022 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1924 |
Zuckerberg Island
Visitors using the suspension bridge to cross over to Zuckerberg Island.
| Internal ID: | 0496.0066 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1991 |
Zuckerberg Island
Visitors looking at displays and signing the guest book inside the Zuckerberg house.
| Internal ID: | 0496.0145 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1990 |
Castlegar Station Museum
Some Japanese tourists outside the Castlegar Museum posing for a picture, with Jack Charters in the background. The Castlegar Station Museum doing one of it's many tasks - tourist magnet.
| Internal ID: | 0502.0116 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1992 |
Castlegar Station Museum
Some tourists from Japan walking through the Museum and being regaled by by Jack Charters with regard to the history of Castlegar.
| Internal ID: | 0502.0118 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1992 |
Castlegar Station Museum
Jack Charters with some tourists from Japan, walking through the Castlegar Museum.
| Internal ID: | 0502.0119 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1992 |
Castlegar Station Museum
Jack Charters showing some tourists from Japan through the Castlegar Station Museum.
| Internal ID: | 0502.0120 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1992 |
Castlegar Station Museum
A poster advertising Castlegar's heritage and tourism affiliations.
| Internal ID: | 0511.0081 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1990 |
Camels
Camels
| Internal ID: | 0523.0278 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Spaulding Visit
Tourist commissioner pays visit to Cranbrook showing it would be in Cranbrooks best interests to join Tourist Association, stating misinformation is being spread on road conditions that is stopping people from touring the area.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0931 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | August 10th 1923 |
