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Series 6.3
  
1901-1915
    1916-1927
    1920s, 1930s
    1930s-1980s
    1980s&
    Wharf 1904-1982


Series 6.3-- General, Panoramic Views of Sechelt's Waterfront and Wharf (Wharf 1904-1982) Page 3

The photographs in the series show Sechelt's beach, waterfront area, wharf and buldings from 1900 to 1983 both from land and water. The area covered stretches from the rocky area to the west of the gravel beach to the Selma Park waterfront. The photographers include Charles Bradbury, Edric S. Clayton, Alan Gibbons, Helen McCall, Philip Timms, Harry Winn and the Sechelt Peninsula Times photographer. Some photographs are Union Steamship Company pictures. Many of the photographs are copies from originals in the Vancouver City Archives, Provinicial Archives and the Vancouver Public Library Collection.

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6.3.58

1910 -- Trail Islands, Sechelt wharf and beach

Large building is Herbert Whitaker's hotel which burned down in 1914. Note several tugs sheltering in Trail Bay. Standing figures may be; T. J. Cook on left and Chief George (Cultus George) on right above the wharf.

Photographer unknown. Photograph courtesy Vancouver City Archives. See also oversize 6.15.21


6.3.59

1910-1920 -- Sechelt wharf. A canoe fight.

Photographer unknown


6.3.59b

1910-1920 -- Sechelt wharf. Spectators watching a boat being righted.

Photographer unknown


6.3.60c

1921 -- Sechelt wharf after the big storm of January 21, 1921.

Note 6.3.60c could be after a storm in the late 1920s because there are two buildings on the dock.

Photograph by Edric Clayton. See also oversize 6.15.180


6.3.60e

1921 -- Sechelt wharf after the big storm of January 21, 1921.

Photograph by Florence Montgomery (nee Cliff). See also oversize 6.15.180

 


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