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1964.900.001 - Print, Photographic
Planted (Nova Scotia) Red Pine at Forest Museum, Sept 20, 1964. Gerry Wellburn, Councillor Elaine Dobbyn, Junior Forest Wardens (assisting)
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1965.100.003A - Print, Photographic
Colour photo (blurry) of the passenger footbridge. Point of view of riding the train. Footbridge has since been demolished.
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1965.100.003B - Print, Photographic
Colour photo of the passenger footbridge with train underneath. Footbridge has since been demolished.
Record Type: Photo
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1993.34.001 - Print, Photographic
Photo of 1959 Kenworth Chain drive logging truck at the BCFDC lower grounds. Once owned by M&B.
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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.
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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.
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2016.002.007 - Print, Photographic
Arrival of the bunkhouses at the BC Forest Museum (BC Forest Discovery Centre).
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2016.002.008 - Print, Photographic
Early view of Glynne Jones building next to the bunkhouses.
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2016.002.016 - 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.
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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.
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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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2016.002.038 - Print, Photographic
Publicity photos being taken on the museum grounds. The Hillcrest Lumber Company No. 1 shay is being photographed.
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2016.002.043 - Print, Photographic
Hillcrest Lumber Company No. 1 shay locomotive in the rail shop. She is a 28 ton class "B" Shay locomotive. She was converted to narrow gauge specifications in 1920 with 8×8 cylinders and 29" wheels.
Record Type: Photo
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2016.002.044 - Print, Photographic
Gerry Wellburn (standing, second from the left) and Bob Symington (right, wearing overalls) in the rail shop. Cowichan Valley Railway No. 24, nicknamed "Susie", is currently being rebuilt.
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