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Historic Photos of Canyons from Western Canada

Tyler Dixon — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 07:44:31 +0000

Canyons are deep, often narrow, valleys with steep walls. Canyons are created through the processes of weather and erosion, moving water, and tectonic activity. Most of the canyons featured below would be considered river canyons. [...]

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A Collection of Historic Photos from Abbot Pass

Tyler Dixon — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 09:00:22 +0000

In light of Parks Canada’s recent announcement regarding the removal of the Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin due to slope instability, I decided to create a post featuring historical photos of the cabin, as well as [...]

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Historical Photos from Fernie, British Columbia

Tyler Dixon — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 09:00:53 +0000

The town of Fernie, located west of the Crowsnest Pass in British Columbia, is named after William Fernie who, along with Colonel James Baker, were the two responsible for establishing the original coal mines in [...]

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Historic Photos from the Rogers Pass area in BC

Tyler Dixon — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 09:00:06 +0000

In 1881 Major Albert Bowman Rogers, then working for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, first suspected he had found a passage through the impenetrable Selkirk Mountains where a railroad could be built. A year later [...]

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