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Lytton in 1868

The town of Lytton in its early days showing one main road lined with log houses and a winding river and mountains in the background. The photo's caption mentions the log houses lack windows, had split-shake roofs and used piles of boulders set against them for crude chimneys.

In Collection:
Subject Language Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 1 photograph ; 12.5 x 18 cm
Geographic Coverage Coordinates
  • 50.23194, -121.58196
Additional physical characteristics
  • Stamped with Provincial Archives on verso. Pencil note on verso "Lytton BC, at the junction of the Fraser and Thompson Rivers - 57 miles above Yale 1868"
Physical Repository Collection
  • Chester P. Lyons Collection
Provenance
  • Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.
Provider Genre Archival item identifier
  • Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.11
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • January 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.
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