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1969.100.001 - Print, Photographic
The Somenos Lake Trestle at the BC Forest Museum (BC Forest Discovery Centre) being worked on.
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1969.100.002 - Print, Photographic
Rail shop for the BC Forest Museum (BC Forest Discovery Centre) under construction.
Record Type: Photo
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1969.100.003 - Print, Photographic
Rail shop for the BC Forest Museum (BC Forest Discovery Centre) under construction.
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1969.100.004 - Print, Photographic
Rail shop for the BC Forest Museum (BC Forest Discovery Centre) under construction. Four men can been seen working on it.
Record Type: Photo
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1969.100.005 - Print, Photographic
A view of completed Rail shop from the back. A locomotive can be seen approaching it.
Record Type: Photo
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1969.100.006 - Print, Photographic
A view of completed Rail shop from the front. The #26 Gas Locomotive (The Green Hornet) is inside the shed while. Either Cowichan Valley Railway Locomotive No. 25 (Samson) or Cowichan Valley Railway No. 24 (Susie) is beside the shed.
Record Type: Photo
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2016.002.003 - Print, Photographic
Photograph depicting the museum grounds before its railway tracks were laid down. Looking east of diamond.
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2016.002.004 - Print, Photographic
Photograph depicting the museum grounds before its railway tracks were laid down. Looking west of diamond.
Record Type: Photo
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2016.002.005 - Print, Photographic
Fred Bell standing on the railway tracks at the BC Forest Museum (the BC Forest Discovery Centre). Sometime in the late 1960's to early 1970's.
Record Type: Photo
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2016.002.006 - Print, Photographic
An unidentified man and Fred Bell (right) on the railway tracks of the BC Forest Museum (the BC Forest Discovery Centre). In the background is a young Peter Davies.
Record Type: Photo
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2016.002.007 - Print, Photographic
Arrival of the bunkhouses at the BC Forest Museum (BC Forest Discovery Centre).
Record Type: Photo
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2016.002.008 - Print, Photographic
Early view of Glynne Jones building next to the bunkhouses.
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2016.002.012 - Print, Photographic
Bob Symington (engineer) and the Cowichan Valley Railway Locomotive No. 26, also known as the Green Hornet.
Record Type: Photo
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2016.002.016 - Print, Photographic
The lookout tower arriving at the BC Forest Museum. The new stairs for the tower are also being built.
Record Type: Photo
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2016.002.021 - Print, Photographic
Hillcrest Lumber Company employees laying down the railway tracks on the trestle at the BC Forest Museum. Unknown which men are photographed.
Record Type: Photo
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2016.002.024 - Print, Photographic
A crowd of onlookers watching the completion of the museum's lower grounds railway and its first loop. The ceremony is called the "Last Spike". Either 1969 or early 1970.
Record Type: Photo
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2016.002.026 - Print, Photographic
"Lily of the Valley" cabin with the trestle being worked on by Hillcrest Lumber Company crew in the background.
Record Type: Photo
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2016.002.029 - Print, Photographic
Original entrance of the Forest Museum, now known as the BC Forest Discovery Centre.
Record Type: Photo
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2016.002.031 - Print, Photographic
Memorial bench erected on the lower grounds of the museum. It says: "To the pioneer Lumbermen of Cowichan Valley. We laboured in the forest We dwell in the woods Safely & blessed Ezekiel" Erected by Prevost Post #10, Native Sons of BC in 1968. The bench was later restored in 2010.
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