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Dynamite blast to clear ice jam
- Date Range
- April 1966 ?
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an explosion on the banks of the ice-covered Bulkley River, with a wide view of the surrounding farmland and forests. Most likely taken during the Good Friday floods of 1966.
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P7465
- Accession No.
- 2020.26.17
- Physical Description
- 1 black and white photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Date Range
- April 1966 ?
- History / Biographical
- On Good Friday, April 8th 1966, the Bulkley River was flooded and the bridge partially destroyed due to an ice jam.
- Custodial History
- Item was found in collections in May 2020.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an explosion on the banks of the ice-covered Bulkley River, with a wide view of the surrounding farmland and forests. Most likely taken during the Good Friday floods of 1966.
- Geographic Access
- Widzin Kwah
- Notes
- Title taken from photo caption, "One of many dynamite blasts to clear ice jam."
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Less detail