Photographer / Studio

Thompson, Stephen J.

Date

1898

Content

Note on negative reads, "Steveston, B.C. circa 1898. A steamer with yards, a three masted ship, a four masted barque, and two more three masted ships; all five vessels loading cases of canned salmon for United Kingdom, etc. The stern-wheel steamer beyond is probably Victoria-New Westminster ferry boat. The horse drawn stage for Vancouver entered the forest at Eburne, now Marpole, by a slit in the towering firs and cedars, called the "North Arm Road", now Granville Street South, reached the clearing known as "Fairview" at the city boundary, 16th Ave. Photo presented, 8 July, 1947, by Mrs. A. E. Campbell, 1025 W. 11th Ave. City Archives J.S.M."

Topic

Sailing ships

Steamboats

Harbors

Salmon canning industry

Geographic Location

British Columbia - Richmond - Steveston

Accession Number

1856

Material Type

photograph

Physical Description

Source negative (10x13 cm)

Copy print (20x25 cm)

Copyright

Public Domain

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