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British Columbia (province)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 486 Collections and/or Records:

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Black Canyon Tunnel No 2, 1885

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069B/10
Scope and Contents

245 x 191 mm. A view showing the line entering a tunnel carved through the rocky hillside, with timber and unused rails lying beside the track. The Black Canyon lies on the Fraser River just south of Hellgate on one of the most difficult sections of the line.

Dates: 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Bluff East of Tunnel No 6, Hope, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069A/15
Scope and Contents

245 x 192 mm. A view looking along the line, with a sheer granite cliff to the left of the track. On the line itself four railwaymen pose for the camera on and beside a trolley. Hope lies on the Fraser River (glimpsed at the right of the photograph) south of Yale.

Dates: 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Bluffs three miles above Yale, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069A/11
Scope and Contents

245 x 193 mm. A view looking along the line which curves around a large granite outcrop with the Fraser River to the right of the track. Photograph probably taken near Sailors' Bar.

Dates: 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Breaking camp, 1908-08 - 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2192
Scope and Contents

Early morning : above the Yoho Valley

Dates: 1908-08 - 1908-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Sub-sub-class

[British Colombia], 1928-10-12 - 1928-10-16

 Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 353/2/243-256
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.

Dates: 1928-10-12 - 1928-10-16
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 File

British Columbia, 1934 - 1950

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/4/27/9
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

When the RES Headquarters was rebuilt in 1934-36, gifts of timber for panelling and furnishing were obtained from Empire Governments, companies and individuals. Many were destroyed during the bombing of 1941 and replacement gifts were received. This file coordinates pre and post-war correspondence.

Dates: 1934 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Sub-Series

British Columbia, 1910 - 1920

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Canada/154-158
Scope and Contents

Monochrome postcards

Dates: 1910 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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British Columbia, Crawford falls [rest of title faded], 1910 - 1930

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/40
Scope and Contents

Coloured.

Dates: 1910 - 1930
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 File

British Columbia Mainland, 1964 - 1991

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/ARCS/8/2/8
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

These files include annual reports, accompanied in some cases by explanatory letters, reports of annual general meetings, statements of accounts and other papers.

Dates: 1964 - 1991
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Buffalo in Stanley Park, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2630
Scope and Contents

Painting only

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Buildings. Provincial Parliament Building, Victoria, British Columbia. , 1950 - 1967

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/229
Scope and Contents

Showing the front facade of the Parliament.

Dates: 1950 - 1967
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Burgess Pass, 1919

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/81
Scope and Contents

225 x 105 mm.

Dates: 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Canadian Lynx from Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2624
Scope and Contents

[No print]. Missing. Same subject as 2625.

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Canadian Lynx from Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2625
Scope and Contents

Stanley Park, Vancouver.

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Cantilever Bridge across the Fraser River near Lytton, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069B/18
Scope and Contents

245 x 192 mm. A view looking down on the steel cantilever bridge supported on stone piles which crosses the Fraser near Lytton. On the far side of the river the track enters a tunnel. The first bridge of its kind in North America, it was designed by the New Yorker C.C. Schneider.

Dates: 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Carey Castle (Govt. [i.e. Government] House), Victoria, B.C, 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2671
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). And Mount Baker - Beacon Hill from the south-west.

Dates: 1908-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Carey Castle (Govt. [i.e. Government] House), Victoria, B.C, 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2672
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). And Mount Baker - Beacon Hill from the south-west.

Dates: 1908-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Cariboo Bridge near Spuzzum, B.C. [i.e. British Columbia] on line[?] of C.P.A.[?], 1910 - 1930

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/41
Scope and Contents

Coloured.

Dates: 1910 - 1930
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Central Lake Vancouver Island, 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062D/23
Scope and Contents

138 x 80mm. Showing part of the lake with canoes, a lakeside cabin and a pony and trap.

Dates: 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Chinese Bell, Beacon Hill Park, 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2668
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Two 13 pounder guns; keel from H.M.S. Amphion, and a totem pole.

Dates: 1908-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Christchurch Cathedral, 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2666
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Looking along Park Road (south end of Douglas Street).

Dates: 1908-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Clearing for apple orchards, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2567
Scope and Contents

At Leadcaster on the Kootenay.

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Coal mining, South Wellington, Vancouver Island, 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30695A/11
Scope and Contents

247 x 199 mm. Showing the freighting section of the mine, with sacks of coal in the foreground and railway freight trucks loading at a shed beyond.

Dates: 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Coldstream Estate Company Ltd, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2598
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). View from the water tower overlooking 200 acres of orchard.

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Vancouver, 1987: group photo of heads of delegations with Brian Mulroney and Shridath Ramphal seen in the centre, 1987

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/1115
Scope and Contents

242 x 144 mm.

Dates: 1987
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).