by Chris Doering · Published September 21, 2019 · Last modified September 30, 2019
Hidden among the precipitous peaks of the Silvery Slocan in the rugged East Kootenays of British Columbia, way up Carpenter Creek, there’s a most amazing ghost town. Shoehorned into a narrow, confined valley, and sometimes obscured by dense undergrowth, it’s photogenic place with the name of Cody. Down a winding… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…to various museums with others being put on display at any number of military installations across the country. From British Columbia to Newfoundland, they’re a stark reminder of a chilling time when the world was on edge and the very end of civilization was a mere button push away. It’s… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
Earlier we took you on a crazy tour of Sandon British Columbia (link a few paragraphs down if you missed it), a must see ghost town in the East Kootenay region of the province. Today, we mix it up and take in some old metal found scattered about the community…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
The entire Kootenays of British Columbia are home to disproportionately high number of Bolers. You can’t swing a dead cat, to quote that overused adage, without hitting one of these trailers. Just driving about and you’re sure to spot an example or two…or sometimes even more (six in about an… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…we “bring it home” to the very place from which is was created, that nondescript building in behind with the baby-blue roll up door found down some back alley in Cranbrook British Columbia. Over there in a room of cinder blocks in what was Kemball’s Jewellers, was the workshop where… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…British Columbia. Near Cranbrook. The u-shaped flume channel would be supported by trestles, some of then quite high and and would follow the lay of the land and meander this way and that down a valley, with a slight grade so as to allow good flow. Water would come from… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…lacking character I suppose. Bridges are a thing… Canmore Engine Bridge. Bridge Hunting – Waneta British Columbia. Bridge Hunting – Bullpound Alberta. Short Subjects: reports that for any number of reasons are brief in nature. They might be updates to older articles, previews of posts planned or not yet published,… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…and start digging! Based on the production reports they took a bath, gambled and lost, all that work for naught. Simply, the ore here was not valuable enough to justify further work. It’d never pay. The location is the East Kootenays of British Columbia, up the Moyie River watershed in… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
All that’s left is a concrete shell, remains connecting back to a huge lumber mill that once operated on this property long ago. We’re looking at the Powerhouse Building put in by the Crowsnest Pass Lumber Company here in Wardner British Columbia, about a century ago. Considered too expensive to… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…just inside British Columbia. At the far west end of the parking lot there’s a gated road – that’s your trail. It immediately bends east, joining a pipeline right of way for a time, and soon after, at a small creek, starts gaining elevation. There’s a number of side roads… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…FAQ – Meet the Team BIGDoer.com on Facebook If you liked this post, please tip your server… Or © 2012-2024 Chris Doering, Johanna (Connie) Biggart & the BIGDoer.com Society. 🍁🎀 Now what’s this? This one left us scratching our heads… We’re in Nelson British Columbia – now there’s a view!… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
Well lookie here, right in front us of on the highway and headed in the same direction, a cute little Boler. Another added to the list. That was easy! The location is Yahk British Columbia (“We’ve bin to Yahk ‘n’ back”), right as you enter town after crossing the Moyie…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…rather others from the Interior of British Columbia. Perhaps they were in the area to trade? Curious. Please don’t touch the Pictographs as this will lead to them degrading. Did we really have to say that? It’s a given right? Well, just to make sure. These are rare – there’s… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
We travel all over. A lot. We cover Alberta, sneak into Saskatchewan, and dip into British Columbia. If we had our way, we’d even go even further afield. On these numerous road trips we keep busy playing the Boler spotting game. The goal is to “spot” one of these little… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
There’s a series of old wood truss bridges scattered across the back roads and secondary highways of British Columbia. Distinctive in design and framed with massive timber beams, all tied together with metal bolts and rods, they look a bit outdated in today’s modern world, seemingly more fitting for a… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…Later making it’s way up north of the border in the 1990s it spent time in BC (at British Columbia Rail for one) before heading east to Ontario for a time. Aspen Crossing acquired it recently. Like all Budd cars, it’s made of stainless steel (very tough and durable). It… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
Part two of our visit with Atco Wood Products, Fruitvale British Columbia. The day before we were in “the woods” with their crew, watching how it’s done out there, this time it’s a look at the firm’s high tech mill. Using logs harvested, in a sustainable way, from forests in… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
If you crave splendid full-on remote middle-of-nowhere not a soul around isolation, in a beautiful mountain setting, this is the hike for you. We picked it for just that reason. After an incredibly busy couple weeks documenting all manner of historic and industrial sites across Alberta. Saskatchewan and British Columbia,… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…the small surrounded-by-mountains southeastern British Columbia community of Fernie in August 2015. It belongs to the Valley Social Company, a firm that sells Coffee (“Good Coffee for Good People”) and Clothes. They initially used the Boler as a mobile food trailer and perhaps still do, but since they’ve recently moved… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
The remains of an ancient tugboat can be found not terribly far from Nelson British Columbia. This craft, the wood-hulled SS Hosmer, was launched over a century ago and for many decades worked hauling barges loaded with rail cars up and down that huge body of water (more on this… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
Here’s an interesting find in the field of tiny vintage fibreglass camping trailers, a rarely seen model by the name of “Carefree”. Made in the southern British Columbia town of Trail during the mid to late 1970s, or thereabouts, they came in at least a couple sizes, all of them… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
This post has been updated and can be found here: Chinook Motel Crowsnest Pass ~50 Years Apart. More Then & Nows… Shaunavon Saskatchewan ~70 years apart. Downtown Trout Lake British Columbia. Grain Elevators at Carbon Alberta. If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here, by all means contact… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
Today we get to visit an especially interesting place, the remains of the extensive St Eugene Mine in the East Kootenays of British Columbia. We’ve received special permission to explore all the upper workings, level after level each higher than the last, ascending up and up and up for hundreds… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…are directly west. In behind them is a high wall of barren limestone peaks with British Columbia right on the other side. Almost at the top, we intercept the beaten trail, the normal route, I guess, up Mount Mann. It takes a different line and drops down much sooner than… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…passes through the town and in front of the elevator. This is the CPR’s southern line running from British Columbia to a connection with the company’s mainline near Medicine Hat. ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Scroll down for photos or to comment ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ This grain elevator was built… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
This post has been updated and can be found here: Pointless Challenge (Reworked). Fun stuff… Coleman Alberta (Sam’s Service Station). Slocan British Columbia 81 Years Apart. Edmonton Transit: 95th Street. If you wish more information on what you’ve seen here, by all means contact us! Date of adventure: November, 2014…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…and for one is a conduit for coal heading east out of southern British Columbia. Have fun with Chris and Connie A second bridge was built to this same pattern and around the same time, only it’s half the size, and is found a little to the west. To read… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…At the time of my visit these buses they were operated by the Vancouver Regional Transit System. Today they are known Translink – officially South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority. Buses are run by subsidiary organization known as the Coast Mountain Bus Company. Confused yet? In the past the bus… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…his work can be seen online, praising the region’s scenery, showing its industry and capturing newsworthy events in and around this area of Alberta and southeastern BC. Fernie, in British Columbia, is some 70km west of Frank. As you can see by the old photo, the town was for the… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
…or British Columbia Rail used them as “robot cars” and numbered as #RCC3 and #RCC4. The railway did a good business serving the interior of the province – their line ran from North Vancouver to Prince George and points north and hauled huge volumes of wood products in particular. Today… (Search hits: 0 in title, 2 in body, 0 in comments.)
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Sharon Wingenbach: You Are Here: Corral 4 Drive-in Calgary
Rob Pohl & Arturo Pianzola: Alexandra Bridge Fraser Canyon BC
Bob Fortin: CPR Illecillewaet Bridge Revelstoke BC
Rory Brown: Downtown Calgary & CPR Tracks 1977-2014
Dale: The Forgotten Cemetery of Morrissey BC
Sharon Wingenbach: MacDonald Bridge Calgary ~70 Years Apart
Gary Small: Polish Hall Coleman Alberta (1927)
Twold7: Calgary Inglewood Haskins/Victory Block
Gary Small: CPR Bow River Bridge (Abandoned)
Ken Newel: Grain Elevators of Turin Alberta
Gary Small: Silver Creek Coal Mine Skunk Hollow
Bonita Hudson: Coleman Miners’ Hospital 100 Years Apart
Gary Small: Dunshalt Alberta 1974 and 2013
Rob Pohl & Arturo Pianzola: The Giants of Cathedral Grove (BC)
Gary Small: Highway History (BC): the Garbage Gobbler
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