2020.006.3 sternwheelers fight ice in Lower Arrow Lake in 1890

Accession Num: 2020.006.3

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Document Date: 1898-- - 1900--

Donors: Gary Hunter

Creators: Edward Riley Redpath

Keywords: 1890s, barge, Canadian Pacific Railway, Columbia & Kootenay Railway, Columbia & Western Railway, Columbia River, icebreaking, Robson East wharf (original), Robson West wharf, SS Illecillewaet, SS Trail, and sternwheelers

Locations: Robson

Physical Description:
1 b/w photograph (29.5 cm x 21.8 cm on 40.6 cm x 34.0 cm matte)

Notes:
SS Illecillewaet (foreground) breaking ice at Canadian Pacific Railway transfer slip, Robson East, Columbia River, ca. 1899. SS Trail (misidentified in photo title as SS Lytton) pushing locomotive on barge at back.

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