001: Early
Airplanes and Airmen
002: Discovery
of Pine Pass, 1877
003: Dan
Yaeger, Peace Country Bush Pilot
004: Mileposts
in early Railway Construction
005: Big
Development Projects planned by D.S. Thomas
006: The
Choice of a Terminal for the Northern Alberta Railway
007: The
Last of the Iron Horses
008: The
Battle of the Passes
009: Railway
Construction on the E. D. & B.C. Railway
010:
The British Columbia Railway
011: Arrival
of the Pacific Great Eastern in Fort St. John
012: Did
You Hear a Whistle?
013: Knox
McCusker: Guide and Surveyor
014: Incident
on the Alcan Highway
015: The
Alaska Military Highway
016: My
First Trip on the Alaska Highway
017: Want
to go up the Highway with me?
018: Fur
Brigade Routes
019: Going
up the River?
020: Roads
021: The
Peace River Trail
022: Twelve
Foot Davis' Transportation Empire
023: Twelve
Foot Davis and Associates
024: The
Mounted Police Road -- First Alaska Highway
025: Stopping
Places
026: Hubert
Manning Remembers the Edson Trail
027: Cattle
Drives over the Spirit River Trail
028: Modern
Transport -- Contrast to the Edson Trail
029: E.J.
Spinney -- Pioneer Trucker to Fort Nelson
030: The
Fort Nelson Trail and E.J. Spinney
031: The
Caboose
032: The
Indian Dugout Canoe
033: The
North Canoe
034: Steamboats
on the Smoky River
035: The
D.A. Thomas
036: Ferries
037: The
River Ferries
039: Story
of a River Freighter
040: Don't
Use the Edson Trail!
041: Pack
or "Pitching" Trails
042: Mary
Henry Gibson -- botanist and explorer
043: The
Further Explorations of Mary Henry Gibson
044: Three
Intrepid Ladies Tackle the Rockies
045: Mary
Henry Gibson's 1931 and Liard Hot Springs Expeditions
046: The
First Car into Hudson's Hope
047: The
Peace Region Internet Society [PRIS]
048: Working
on the Alaska Highway -- Bert Martin's story
049: Northern
Alberta Railways -- 75th Anniversary
Recent History 1998
BN03-01: The
Push for 'Rocky Mountain Doubles'
Recent History 1999
BN03-02: CJDC-TV
Marks 40th Anniversary
BN03-03: $15
Million for South Peace Roads in 1999
BN03-04: Dawson
Creek signs airport management contract
BN03-05: Federal
Government turns over Fort Nelson airport to district
BN03-06: Noted
Rotarian and Newspaperman Charles Hutchison Passes Away
BN03-07: Bernice
Ashlee -- Never too old to fly
BN03-08: Wheelchair
access buses in Dawson Creek
Recent History 2000-2002
BN03-09: Moving grain by rail
-- still room for improvement in the system
BN03-10: A
Road to the Coast [an historical look back]
BN03-11: Canadian
National Telecommunications Reunion, July 2000
BN03-12: Airport
Emergency Plans anger Mayor
BN03-13: Airport
Gets $915,000 for safety improvements
BN03-14: Direct
Flights to Vancouver?
BN03-15: Montair
to fly direct route to Vancouver from Dawson Creek
BN03-16: Montair
Sets Schedule for Dawson Creek
BN03-17: Transportation
Minister seeks feedback
BN03-18: Hawkair
adds Dawson Creek to routes
BN03-19: Hawkair
Takes Flight
BN03-20: New
Post Office in Dawson Creek
Recent History, 2004 - 2006
BN03-21: Airport
use up in late 2004
BN03-22: Rail
Link to Alaska proposed -- again
BN03-23: Central
Mountain Air Terminates Service to Dawson Creek
BN03-24: Dawson
Creek transit use is up
BN03-25: Hawkair
cuts costs and routes
BN03-26: CN
Rail open but nobody using it
BN03-27: Dawson
Creek Airport management remains optimistic
BN03-28: NAV-CAN
decision up to Transport Canada
BC ARCHIVES IMAGES: Click on the image to see a larger
picture and on the Call Number for more information about it.
All these images are the property of the BCArchives and are not
to be reproduced without permission.
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A fleet of construction vehicles at work on
the Alaska Highway in 1942.
Image courtesy of BC Archives. Call
Number D-00837 |
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The steamer SS Peace River unloading a cargo
at Hudson's Hope in 1912.
Image courtesy of BC Archives. Call
Number C-06797 |
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Neilson's Stopping Place -- an early version
of the motel. This one was at the Kiskatinaw River between Dawson
Creek and Taylor Flats. The photo is from 1929.
Image courtesy of BC Archives. Call
Number D-00981 |
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This early snowmobile served as a taxi in Pouce
Coupe in the 1930's.
Image courtesy of BC Archives. Call
Number F-05420 |
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A military convoy makes its way carefully along
the narrow, muddy Alaska Highway in 1943.
Image courtesy of BC Archives. Call
Number H-06875 |
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The D.A. Thomas -- the largest, most luxurious
and best known of the steamers on the Peace River. This picture
was taken in 1927, near the end of her time on the river.
Image courtesy of BC Archives. Call
Number D-00890 |
Several
low passes were found in the northern Rockies but they were not
used by the transcontinental railways. Roads were impassable
more often than not until World War II and it was1952 before
a highway was opened between the BC Peace and Vancouver. The
articles in this collection describe many aspects of transportation
and the effects its development have had on the region. Photo of Suspension bridge at Taylor shortly before
it collapsed in 1957. Rod Calverley photo
