Accession Num: 2022.009.4.10
Negative Code: R40-27
Extent:
Document Date: 1969-05-16 - --
Donors: Estate of Florence Adshead
Creators: Florence Adshead
Keywords: 1960s, Arrow Lakes flooding (Columbia River Treaty), ferry, fire, MV Galena, Upper Arrow Lake, and Upper Arrow Lake Ferry
Locations: Nakusp
Physical Description:
1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
Notes:
Crowd gathered on deck of new MV Galena ferry for tour and christening ceremony, Upper Arrow Lake at Nakusp, 16 May 1969. Fires in background are the burning of brush and debris piles associated with the clearing of land in advance of flooding to be created by the Arrow (Hugh Keenleyside) Dam.