Category: Landscape

Diagram and Artist’s Conception of Arrow Dam

Originally published in “The New Outlook for the Arrow Lakes” by BC Hydro and Power Authority, 1965.

Map of the Proposed Arrow Lakes Reservoir

This map was published in “The New Outlook for the Arrow Lakes,” produced by BC Hydro and Power Authority in 1965. The 32-page book outlined the vision for […]

Marris and Dennis Gawiuk, circa 2015

Dennis (Danny) Gawiuk was born at Mount Cartier in 1930. He married Marris Fulton of Scotland in 1953, and they raised their two sons on the family farm […]

Stanley Hall and Daughter Joyce at Hall’s Landing, 1960

Stanley Hall, along with his brothers and cousins, was the second generation to farm at Hall’s Landing. In this photograph, taken in 1960, he is holding his baby […]

Snowslide at Greenslide, 1936

Greenslide, about 16 km south of Revelstoke, was identified as an avalanche path in the 1890s when the Canadian Pacific Railway was building a branch line from Revelstoke […]

Barn Raising on the Shura Farm, 1922

Several families gathered on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Shura in the Mount Cartier settlement to help them build their barn around 1922. In the photograph are […]

Flossie, Elsie, and Violet on ‘Cheslatta’ Boat, circa 1915

Flossie (Florence) Hall, wife of Noah Hall, Elsie Hall, wife of William Hall, and Violet Hall, on the boat Cheslatta at Hall’s Landing, circa 1915. The life preserver […]

Lumber Crew at Comaplix, circa 1910

A large sawmill operated at Comaplix on the northeast arm of the Upper Arrow Lake in the early 1900s. The mill had a diverse work crew, with men […]

BC Hydro – Specification Covering Revelstoke Clearing Contract, 1965

BC Hydro Revelstoke Clearing Contract – List of Houses Cleared, 1965

The list of houses and outbuildings to be cleared was prepared as part of the BC Hydro clearing contract for the Revelstoke district, 1965.

Sinixt canoe journey on Arrow Lakes and Columbia River, 2022

In June of 2022, about 100 members of the Sinixt Confederacy came to Canada from their homes in Washington State to celebrate the 2021 Supreme Court of Canada […]