Mountain passes

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17 Archival description results for Mountain passes

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G.S. Andrews interview : [Chambers, 1974]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-02-13 SUMMARY: History of Pine Pass. Andrews' journey through Pine Pass in 1924. Story of John Bennett's ill-fated journey through Pine Pass in 1930. Origin of the name Bennett Creek.;

Highway and bridge opening ceremonies, summer and fall 1962

The item is a compilation reel of film footage showing Christina Lake-Kinnaird highway opening (06-Oct-1962); Deas Island Thruway; Deas Tunnel toll removal; Upper Levels Highway. Trans-Canada Highway Motorcade leaving ferry at Swartz Bay; ceremony at B.C. Legislature (Premier Bennett speaking); Trans-Canada Highway ceremony at Mile 0, Victoria, with motorcade car dipping its front wheels in the Pacific. Federal government opening ceremony at Rogers Pass summit; Prime Minister Diefenbaker speaking. Old Alexandra Suspension Bridge; new Alexandra Bridge under construction, and opening ceremony (23/24-Oct-1962). Also includes aerial footage of highway construction.

Rogers Pass

The item is a release print of a promotion film on two reels. It depicts the history of Rogers Pass and the construction of the section of the Trans-Canada Highway that runs through it. Includes a re-enactment of the pass's discovery in 1881 by Major A.B. Rogers.

Rogers Pass

The item is a reel of promotional film about the history of Rogers Pass and the construction of the section of the Trans-Canada Highway that runs through it. Includes a re-enactment of the pass's discovery in 1881 by Major A.B. Rogers.

Rogers Pass highway

The item consists of a promotional short film, including the original print and a duplicate print. Shows land clearing, surveying, and highway construction, including heavy equipment, blasting, and building of snowsheds. Winter scenes; military crew using howitzer to bring down potential snowslides. Aerial views of the mountainous landscape. Begins and ends with a couple in a convertible driving through Rogers Pass on the completed highway.

The Coquihalla

The item is an industrial video from ca. 1985. It is a historical account of the construction of the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt. The film highlights general grade and bridge construction, as well as the erection of the reinforced retaining walls and the Dry Gulch Bridge. Also explored are the planning procedures, the management process, offsite component manufacture, and the environmental mitigation measures.

The Coquihalla Highway : 20 months through the mountains

The item is an industrial video from ca. 1985. It is a historical account of the construction of the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt. The film highlights general grade and bridge construction, as well as the erection of the reinforced retaining walls and the Dry Gulch Bridge. Also explored are the planning procedures, the management process, offsite component manufacture, and the environmental mitigation measures.

The Coquihalla Highway : 20 months through the mountains

The item is a video copy of an industrial film showing a historical account of the construction of the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt. The film highlights general grade and bridge construction, as well as the erection of the reinforced retaining walls and the Dry Gulch Bridge. Also explored are the planning procedures, the management process, offsite component manufacture, and the environmental mitigation measures.

The Coquihalla Highway : 20 months through the mountains

Industrial film. A historical account of the construction of the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt. The film highlights general grade and bridge construction, as well as the erection of the reinforced retaining walls and the Dry Gulch Bridge. Also explored are the planning procedures, the management process, offsite component manufacture, and the environmental mitigation measures.

The Coquihalla in 8 minutes

Promotional film. It took 20 months to build the Hope-Merritt section of the Coquihalla Highway, but this film tells the story in eight minutes.

Train on a bridge coming out of a tunnel

Item consists of a mount of one photograph on card of a train engine with one car and a caboose. Train is exiting a tunnel through mountain rock across a wooden bridge. Four men are visible on the train. "No. 8" is written in blue pencil on the verso.

White Pass and Yukon Route

Item consists of a mount of one landscape photograph on card. Includes a railroad track through a mountain pass. "733." and "E.A. Hogg" are captioned on the photograph in addition to the title. "no. 3" is written in blue pencil on the verso.