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Hell's Gate

Item is a photograph of a sign at Hell's Gate, British Columbia. The photo is a snapshot of the provincial government signage that tells about the challenge of transportation in the Fraser Canyon.

British Columbia

1 photograph : b&w acetate negative ; 35 mm

Basil, Steven (photographer)

Copyright held by Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

Title transcribed from label on photograph page protector

August 29, 2024

FRASER CANYON —

This awesome gorge has always
been an obstacle to transportation.
Indians used ladders and road
builders hung ‘shelves to skirt
its cliffs. Canoes rarely dared its

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whirlpools; only one sternwheeler
fought it successfully. Railroads
and highways challenged it with
tunnels and bridges, but today
man and nature still battle here
for supremacy.

s PROVINCE OF ©

BRITISH S COLUMBIA
66

FRASER CANYON —

This awesome gorge has always
been an obstacle to transportation.
Indians used ladders and road
builders hung ‘shelves to skirt
its cliffs. Canoes rarely dared its

6

whirlpools; only one sternwheeler
fought it successfully. Railroads
and highways challenged it with
tunnels and bridges, but today
man and nature still battle here
for supremacy.

s PROVINCE OF ©

BRITISH S COLUMBIA
66