A historical marker for "Fur, Gold, and Cattle" with the Thompson River in the background. The inscription reads: "Founded in 1812, Fort Kamloops stood at a natural crossroads. For 50 years it remained the focus of an inland fur empire the roaring mining boom of the 1880's. Ranchers with cattle and horses replaced the miners. They settled, and stayed to see two railways bring prosperity anew to this land of sagebrush, sun and great rivers. Department of Recreation & Conservation".

In Collection:

• Chester P. Lyons Collection

Contributor

• Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-

Subject

• Nature
• Natural history
• Landscapes
• British Columbia. Ministry of Forests
• History
• Rivers
• Historical markers
• Signs and signboards
• BC Parks
• Mountains

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1949 to 1998

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 1 photograph ; 9 x 9 cm

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Kamloops

Coordinates

• 50.6735669, -120.3532833

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/10.58066/69yj-dv63

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