Accession Num: 2020.006.2.2
Negative Code:
Extent:
Document Date: 1898-- - --
Donors: Gary Hunter
Creators: R.H. Trueman and Vogue Studio
Keywords: 1890s, Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway wharf (Arrowhead), postcard, SS Minto, SS Rossland, SS Trail, sternwheelers, train, and Upper Arrow Lake
Locations: Arrowhead
Physical Description:
1 b/w postcard (17.7 cm x 12.8 cm)
Notes:
'Arrow Card' postcard (ca. 1980s), R.H. Trueman photo of sternwheelers Trail (left), Rossland, and Minto docked at Canadian Pacific Railway wharf, Arrowhead, Upper Arrow Lake, 1898. Inscription on rear: 'Sternwheelers Rossland, Minto and Trail by the dock at Arrowhead, B.C., during the late 1890s. For many years, arrowhead was the main transportation link beteen the CPR from Revelstoke and the sternwheelers on the Arrow Lakes. SS Rossland built at Nakusp 1897 — sank 1917. SS Minto built at Nakusp 1898 — laid up 1954. SS Trail built at Nakusp 1896 — burned 1900. Photo: Vogue Studio and B.C. Provincial Archives.'