ben bradley@benbradleyca· 10d an interesting, thoroughly researched post about the visual / pictorial history of the slocan valley and kootenay-boundary mining countries in the 1890s, at the kütne reader:
www.kutnereader.com/post/the-koo...
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ben bradley@benbradleyca· 11d cut all that brush back...
ben bradley@benbradleyca· Jul 9 canadian pacific railway mainline (and one of several emergency runaway lanes) on the british columbia side of the kicking horse pass, looking west towards field bc. sometime between mid 1880s and early 1910s.
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ben bradley@benbradleyca· Jun 29 ice boat racing on okanagan lake near penticton bc. maybe 1937, 1949, or 1950, when there were big freeze-ups in the region?
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ben bradley@benbradleyca· Jun 25 here is a map outlining PGE's proposal, which will likely draw you into google map for a good part of the afternoon -- absolutely fascinating.
plus a 1927 news article, where bella coola calls for a road link to the rest of the province in order to expand rhubarb and potato sales.
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ben bradley@benbradleyca· Jun 24 "a watercourse of strong individuality. ... every year it nonchalantly collects its heavy tribute of lives. ... the men of the country regard it with a rueful respect as a creature that is insolently superior to their will. they have affectionate profane names for it." - hulbert footner (1912)
ben bradley@benbradleyca· Jun 21 grouse mountain has had a lot of different mascots and logos over the years (see some of them here, from the museum of north vancouver's collection: monova.ca/a-century-of...) but i have never come across the fabulous one portrayed on this decal:
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ben bradley@benbradleyca· Jun 17 the cranbrook history centre (in cranbrook bc) has a significant collection of canadian railway passenger cars, and is constantly working to preserve and restore them. its recently been plagued by thieves aiming to steal particular parts from the cars -- not just 'scrap' metals.
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ben bradley@benbradleyca· May 13 if you have any research to do at the british columbia archives, it looks like mid-may to late july is the time to do it. its move to a very inconvenient new location in victoria's outer suburbs will begin in august, with no service until 2027 at earliest.
bcarchives.ca/parc-faq/
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ben bradley@benbradleyca· Mar 27 leamington spa? perhaps a rail was twisted or...
ben bradley@benbradleyca· Mar 3 the skeena river and the industrial waterfront in kitselas bc, during construction of the grand trunk pacific railway during the early 1910s.
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ben bradley@benbradleyca· Feb 10 didnt most every child shoplift once?
ben bradley@benbradleyca· Feb 8 on the trail to the silver cup mine, near hazelton bc, in the late spring or summer during the 1920s.
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ben bradley@benbradleyca· Dec 28 "mount view" youth hostel on the outskirts of banff, alberta in 1972 and 1973, operated by the banff youth council with assistance from parks canada.
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ben bradley@benbradleyca· Dec 22 downtown princeton bc in the 1930s or 1940s, showing bridge street plus bridges over both the tulameen (foreground) and similkameen (background) rivers.
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