2011.023.9 Opening Monashee Highway

Accession Num: 2011.023.9

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Document Date: 1925-09- - --

Donors: Estate of Bill Robison

Keywords: 1920s, bridge, Highway 6, Kettle River, Kettle River Bridge (original), Monashee Highway opening (1925), Monashee Mountains, Somers; Ernie, and Sutherland; William Henry 'Doc'

Locations: Monashee Pass

Physical Description:
1 b/w photograph (7.9 cm x 14.3 cm)

Notes:
Ribbon cutting ceremony at opening of highway through Monashee Mountains between Edgewood and Vernon (future Highway 6), Kettle River Bridge, September 1925. Dr. William Henry Sutherland, Minister of Public Works, at right, Ernie Somers at left. Photo via Charlie Slade.

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