2023.002.001.4 Aerial view, Fauquier

Accession Num: 2023.002.001.4

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Document Date: 1969-- - 1975--

Donors: Fauquier Communication Centre Society

Keywords: 1970s, aerial image, BC Hydro, ferry, Lower Arrow Lake, Needles-Fauquier Ferry, The Needles, and Whatshan River

Locations: Fauquier and Needles

Physical Description:
1 photograph : b/w ; 27.9 x 21.6 cm

Notes:
An aerial image of the village of Fauquier some time after its 1968 reconstruction by BC Hydro following the construction of the Keenleyside Dam. The Needles-Fauquier ferry crosses Lower Arrow Lake at centre. Needles ferry landing is at top left. A BC Hydro transmission line crosses the lake at bottom left. Historian Bill Laux has drawn red lines on the photograph to denote the original pre-dam farms on which the new townsite was built. Image via Bill Laux. Fauquier.

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