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SS Minto Near Arrowhead, circa 1950

The SS Minto began its long career on the Arrow Lakes in November of 1898 after being assembled at the shipyards in Nakusp. It was part of a […]

Burning of Ukrainian Catholic Church, 1967

St. Ann’s Catholic Church was built at the Mount Cartier settlement in 1921. It was dynamited in October of 1966 by unknown persons and was burned down the […]

Aerial View of McKinnon’s Standard Dairy Farm, circa 1950

Hector and Delia McKinnon began operating Standard Dairy farm in Revelstoke in 1916. Hector McKinnon died in a fire on an adjoining farm in 1929, and his wife […]

Revelstoke Airport, 1970

The newly built Revelstoke Airport is visible in this panorama photograph from 1970. It extends out into the Arrow Lakes reservoir and can be a challenging runway for […]

Revelstoke Baseball Park, 1962

Revelstoke’s Centennial Park ballfields were first built in 1958 as Revelstoke’s community project for the British Columbia Centennial. Within the next ten years, the fields were raised by […]

Mount Cartier Settlement, circa 1950

The first Ukrainian and Polish settlers came to the Mount Cartier region in 1908. The small community, nestled at the base of Mount Cartier, was officially named in […]

SS Minto Burning, 1968

In the summer of 1968, the SS Minto was towed to the middle of the Upper Arrow Lake and set on fire. Efforts to restore the boat were […]

Catherwood Family Farm, circa 1960

The Catherwood farm was first established at Sproat, near the community of Sidmouth, in 1934. It was a viable cattle farm until the mid-1960s when Harold Catherwood’s property […]

SS Kootenay Approaching Beaton, circa 1900

The paddlewheeler steamship Kootenay is approaching the landing at Beaton, circa 1900.

Arrowhead circa 1910

Arrowhead was a bustling town in 1910, with hotels, general stores, a school, two churches, and the Canadian Pacific Railway station and yards.

Sheleski Family Haying at Mount Cartier, circa 1950

Walter and Daisy Sheleski are on the hay wagon, with Walter’s mother, Anna Sheleski, standing in the field. Most of the families at Mount Cartier had 20 to […]

Tunnel of the Great Western Mines, 1897

Tunnel of the Great Western Mines at Whiskey Point, on the northeast arm of the Upper Arrow Lake, just east of Arrowhead, July 8, 1897. Significant mining took […]