view gallery |  Canadian Pacific Railway Station - Didsbury, Alberta
in Western Canadian Heritage Built in 1904 (or 1902), the Didsbury Canadian Pacific Railway Station was quite unique along the Calgary-Edmonton railway line. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 12/20/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Magrath Canal - Magrath, AB
in Western Canadian Heritage The first major irrigation project to be undertaken in Canada, the Galt Canal opened vast amounts of previously arid Southern Alberta to agriculture. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 12/18/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Alberta Wheat Pool Elevator - Nanton, Alberta
in Western Canadian Heritage Nanton has twins - Alberta Wheat Pool Twins. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 12/17/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Fraser River Walking Bridge - Quesnel, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage Begun in 1928 and completed in the Spring of 1929 this one time road bridge is now the World's Longest Wood Truss Pedestrian Bridge at 831 feet. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 12/10/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Fort McLeod Historic Park - McLeod Lake, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage Fort McLeod is the site of the first continuously inhabited European settlement established west of the Rocky Mountains in Canada, the surrounding community still inhabited today. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 12/5/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Kohan Reflection Garden - New Denver, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage Along the shore of Slocan Lake on the southern edge of New Denver, these gardens are intended for the viewer to pause and reflect. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 12/5/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Pow Wow Rock — Surrey, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage Most of British Columbia was covered by an ice sheet during the Late Pleistocene period. South Surrey has a ridge running east-west indicating this was a terminal moraine. Dotted through this area are erratics, of which, Pow Wow Rock is one. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/23/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Stewart Farm — Surrey, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage The Stewart Farm dates from the 1880s. Today it is a collection of original buildings spanning a 40-year period of the farm. Today the core structures are preserved and operated by the City of Surrey as museum on farm life. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/23/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Sailor's Home — Vancouver, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage Built in 1912, the Sailor's House has served many purposes over its hundred-plus years. Today only the exterior wall remains incorporated into a social housing project. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/23/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Kaslo Internment Site - Kaslo, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage The village of Kaslo, along the upper reaches of Kootenay Lake, was one of several partially abandoned mining towns pressed into service during World War II to house Japanese Canadians wrongfully interned through the war, and for several years after. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/21/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre - New Denver, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage This memorial centre, dedicated to the people of Japanese descent who were wrongfully interned during WW II, has been preserved as a memorial to those wrongfully interned here. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/19/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Slocan City and Slocan Extension Internment Camps - Slocan City, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage During the internment of Japanese Canadians in World War II, Slocan City was used as as a transfer point for internees, from the B.C. coast en-route to other camps, then in 1946 it was a deportation point for Japanese Canadian citizens. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/19/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Creston Grain Elevators - Creston BC
in Western Canadian Heritage This pair of old depression era wooden elevators stands beside the highway which passes through Creston, near the western edge of town. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/16/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Raspberry School - Brilliant, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage Raspberry School was built by the Doukhobors of Brilliant and opened for classes in 1934. Brilliant is now part of the City of Castlegar, BC. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/13/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  St. Francis in the Woods - Queens Bay, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage As of 2022 the Shingle Style Gothic Revival St. Francis-in-the-Woods is seven years past its centennial year celebration and still looking good. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/12/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Merchant’s Bank of Canada — Nanaimo, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage This is an excellent example of the Free Renaissance style of architecture of the early 20th century. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/12/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Active Pass Lighthouse — Mayne Island, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage Since 1885 there's been a lighthouse at Mayne Island's Georgina Point guiding vessels through Active Pass. Built in 1969 this is the third lighthouse at this location. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/12/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Sullivan Community Hall — Surrey, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage A simple utilitarian style community hall built with volunteer labour has long served the Sullivan neighbourhood of Surrey. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/12/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Slocan Mercantile General Store - Sandon, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage Built in 1900, the one time Slocan Mercantile General Store is one of the very few of Slocan's buildings to survive until today. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/11/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Sandon Townsite and Cemetery - Sandon, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage Sandon, one of many flash-in-the-pan mining communities in southern BC, lives on despite twice facing its imminent demise. posted by: T0SHEA location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/11/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Columbia Theatre — New Westminster, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage From the days of vaudeville and photoplay, the Columbia Theatre followed the trends in the movie industry. In 1976 the theatre was twinned and then closed in the mid-1980s. After that, it shifted from group to group trying their best to keep it open. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/10/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  1924 Lochiel Schoolhouse — Langley, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage The Lochiel School is a one-storey, wood-frame schoolhouse in the Campbell Valley Regional Park in Southwest Langley. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/8/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  F. J. Hart Building — Aldergrove, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage When completed in 1910 the F.J. Hart Building operated as a bank, home improvement store, and realty office. By 1914, the pre-fabricated building changed hands and become the BC Telephone Company exchange. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/8/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Mackin Residence — Coquitlam, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage The Mackin Residence was built around 1913 for the second in charge of Fraser Mills. Fraser Mills was at one point the largest lumber mill in the British Empire. Today the Mackin Residence is one of only a handful of buildings from Fraser Mills. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/8/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Karr/Mercer Barn — Langley, BC
in Western Canadian Heritage Originally located 80 kilometres | 50 miles east of this location in Rosedale, the Karr/Mercer Barn was dismantled and moved to this location as part of a heritage farm site. posted by: Dunbar Loop location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 11/8/2022 last visited: never |
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