Cars waiting to be loaded or unloaded as “Minto” approaches barge to hook-up and break ice north to Arrowhead.

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Document Date: 1940-- - 1954--

Donors: Charles Maxfield

Keywords: barge, Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway wharf (Nakusp), icebreaking, Nakusp & Slocan Railway, Saddle Mountain, SS Minto, sternwheelers, train, and Upper Arrow Lake

Locations: Nakusp

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1 photograph : b/w ; 4124 x 2404 px

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The sternwheeler SS Minto approaching an icebreaking barge in front of the Canadian Pacific (Nakusp & Slocan) Railway wharf at Nakusp on Upper Arrow Lake, ca. 1940s-early 1950s. The Minto used the barge to break ice along the lake en route to Arrowhead. Saddle Mountain is in background.

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