British Columbia History Portal

Historical Disciplines and Subjects -- Transportation -- Land

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British Columbia License Plates: A History

Devoted to the history of British Columbia's motor vehicle license plates, the author, Christopher John Garrish, is attempting "to create a concise history of the province's license plates in both pri...

http://www.bcpl8s.ca/

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Canada by Train

Summary (quoted from the Introduction): "Canada, by Train has three main sections. Ties That Bind provides a short history of railways in Canada and how they marketed their passenger services. It crea...

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/trains/index-e.html

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Canadian Museum of Rail Travel

The Canadian Museum of Rail Travel, Cranbrook, restores and preserves railway rolling stock and other pieces of railway history. The museum also co-produced The Crowsnest Pass Railway Route Web site.

http://www.crowsnest.bc.ca/cmrt/index.html

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Canadian National Railways Historic Photograph Collection

The Canadian National Railways Historic Photographs Collection includes photos from lines operated in BC. The entire CN photo collection was officially donated to the Canada Science and Technology Mus...

http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/cnphoto/cnphoto....

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Canadian Pacific Railway Archives

The Canadian Pacific Railway Archives in Montreal, Quebec, includes a gallery of historical photographs, artwork, a history of the CPR, and a CPR timeline.

http://www.cprheritage.com

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Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia

According to the front page (viewed 2008-03-30), "This site is about the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia between 1871 and 1885. There are 3 phases to this project. There is overlap in tim...

http://canyon.alanmacek.com/index.php/Canadian_Pacific_Railw...

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Canadian Pacific Railway Photograph Collection

This Vancouver Public Library digital collection describes and reproduces around 1,500 photographs that document the history of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in BC, along with biographical inform...

http://www.vpl.ca/branches/LibrarySquare/spe/cpr/index.html

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Granville Island Model Trains Museum

The Granville Island Model Trains Museum celebrates the railway history of British Columbia at a miniature scale.

http://www.modelshipsmuseum.ca/ships/index_flash.html

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Onderdonk's Way

A virtual exhibit curated by Roger H. Boulet for the Kamloops Art Gallery, Onderdonk's Way "features the archival photographs documenting one of the most remarkable engineering feats in Canada's histo...

http://www.kag.bc.ca/Exhibitions/AllAboard/allaboard.html

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The Crowsnest Pass Railway Route

A co-production with the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel, this Web site explores the history of the Crowsnest Pass, especially as it relates to railway transportation.

http://www.crowsnest.bc.ca

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