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CPR Passenger train on north end of High Level Bridge, Edmonton, Alberta, ca. 1958.
Early morning arrival from points east (Wilkie, Sask.?, Hardisty?) just minutes from the North...
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Uploaded on Oct 26, 2011
Whitemud Creek lodge and ski hill
A popular recreation area on the southwest edge of Edmonton. Kids could walk or bike here easily...
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Uploaded on Oct 8, 2011
Avro Anson
The Anson, used to train many World War 2 multi-engine pilots, is shown here at Edmonton's Municipal Airport around 1959.
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Uploaded on Dec 8, 2010
Grumman Avenger
Grumman Avenger
Airshow, Wetaskiwin , Alberta, ca. 1958. Note the fireman's helmet of that era. Just for show, of course.
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Uploaded on Dec 8, 2010
Family trip, Edmonton-Vancouver, July, 1956.
Waiting out construction delay near Mission, BC. I posted this mainly to add it to the interesting group: Old family pictures with cars in them.
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Uploaded on Nov 24, 2010
Autumn on Nanaimo's Parkway Trail
When cyclists die and go to heaven they find thousands of miles of trails like this girdling heaven...
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Uploaded on Oct 23, 2010
Nanaimo visitor
Probably the largest sailboat to visit Nanaimo since the days of the square riggers stopping in to take on loads of coal.
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Uploaded on Sep 30, 2010
Helio Courier at Edmonton ca. 1959
A very short take-off and landing design. It seems very advanced for its time.
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Uploaded on Jun 15, 2010
Grumman Avenger torpedo bombers
They turned out to be adaptable to fighting forest fires. These flew out of Wetaskiwin, Alberta in the sixties and later.
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Uploaded on Jun 15, 2010
Cycling the Lions Gate Bridge
Until 5 or 6 years ago cycling this bridge was a white-knuckle experience. Traffic passed close...
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Uploaded on May 30, 2010
Nanaimo's Parkway Trail in spring
The 'parkway' is actually the four lanes of pavement alongside. In less enlightened circles that...
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Uploaded on May 30, 2010
Freighter of an earlier era leaving Vancouver Harbour
The CPR's Dominion on the Stoney Creek Bridge in the late 1950's
My first school
Queen Alexandra Elementary School, Edmonton, Alberta. It was built early enough that it had a coal...
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Uploaded on May 30, 2010
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