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Evacuation by helicopter
- Date Range
- April 1966
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people boarding a helicopter near Hilltop Hotel during the April 1966 flood.
- Collection
- BVM visual record collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Fonds No.
- C2
- Item No.
- P7482
- Accession No.
- 2020.26.34
- Physical Description
- 1 black and white photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300 dpi
- Date Range
- April 1966
- History / Biographical
- On Good Friday, April 8th 1966, a massive ice jam flooded the Bulkley River and destroyed 2 of the 3 spans of the bridge. In response, Okanagan Helicopters was engaged by the Department of Highways to ferry freight and passengers (including the residents of Kidd road) between their heliport at the top of the hill on the north side of the bridge and the Hilltop Hotel in Smithers.
- Custodial History
- Item was found in collections in May 2020.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people boarding a helicopter near Hilltop Hotel during the April 1966 flood.
- Notes
- Information from Harry Kruisselbrink's "Crossing the Bulkley."
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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