A group of people standing outside a small wooden building. In 1883, John C. Rykert established a Canadian customs station immediately north of the border to intercept steamboats and other river traffic sailing from Bonners Ferry to Kootenay Lake. Photo's caption reads "Rykerts Custom House. Group of prospectors waiting to go thru customs. Boats tied up in front of customs. Highest bldg in rear group is now incorporated in present house at Rykerts."

In Collection:

• Chester P. Lyons Collection

Creator

• Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-

Subject

• Wooden-frame buildings
• Customhouses
• British Columbia. Ministry of Forests
• BC Parks
• Natural history
• Gold miners
• Nature
• History

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1949?

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 1 photograph ; 12.5 x 18 cm

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Rykerts

Coordinates

• 48.99988, -116.50211

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Chester P. Lyons Collection

Provenance

• Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• black-and-white photographs
• photographs

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.11

Fonds title

• Chester P. Lyons fonds

Fonds identifier

• AR409

Is referenced by

• Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds

Date digitized

• January 2025 to February 2025

Technical note

• Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600dpi; tif, LG). Metadata by KD.

Rights

• This item is under copyright and made available on this site for research and private study only. Commercial use is prohibited. For all other uses please contact UVic Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/7742-nw37

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