A gallows surrounded by a burnt forest hanging a large cigarette with signs on it reading "Ye Olde Manning Park Gallows" and "The one who droppedit should also be hanged Prevent Forest Fires B.C. Forest Service". Photo's caption reads "The much photographed "hanging" sign at the start of the Big Burn west of Manning Park - about 1950-55"

In Collection:

• Chester P. Lyons Collection

Contributor

• Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-

Subject

• Parks
• Mountains
• Nature
• British Columbia. Ministry of Forests
• Parks--Fire management
• Wood-carving
• Forest fires
• Trees--Effect of fires on
• Forests and forestry
• Natural history
• Monuments
• Signs and signboards
• Parks--Management
• Forest fires--Prevention and control
• BC Parks
• Parks--Maintenance
• Wooden signs and signboards

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1950? to 1955?

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 1 photograph ; 12.5 x 18 cm

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Manning Provincial Park

Coordinates

• 49.06642, -120.78578

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: 4.12.4

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

• March 2025

Technical note

• Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600 DPI tif) by 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/cy0z-3r68

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