Accession Num: 2014.003.1286
Negative Code: B18-14
Extent:
Document Date: 1915-- - 1925--
Donors: Paul Henke
Keywords: beer, Canadian Pacific Railway, Nakusp & Slocan Railway, Sam Kee, SS Bonnington, sternwheelers, and Upper Arrow Lake
Locations: Nakusp
Physical Description:
1 b/w negative (35 mm)
Notes:
Man feeding bear from beer bottle next to tree on Nakusp waterfront above Canadian Pacific Railway tracks, ca. late 1910s-early 1920s. SS Bonnington in background at left. Notes from Milton Parent: 'Sam Kee's bear was willing to share just about anything with the loggers that stayed at the bunkhouse. Like most bears he never turned down a chance to get some beer.'