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Family viewing Hell's Gate in Fraser River Canyon, n.d.
Family viewing Hell's Gate in Fraser River Canyon, n.d.
TitleFamily viewing Hell's Gate in Fraser River Canyon, n.d.
PhotographerUnknown
Daten.d.
NotesOn verso of image: British Columbia Government No. 7251, Overlooking Hell's Gate, Fraser Canyon, B.C.

Filed in British Columbia--Fraser River Canyon
Contextual NotesThe first recorded history of Hell's Gate is found in the explorer Simon Fraser's journal, 1808. There he describes this narrow passage as an "awesome gorge." Here the towering rock walls of the Fraser plunge toward each other forcing the waters through a passage only 110 feet wide (35 m).
Subjects (LCTGM)Scenic overlooks--British Columbia; Canyons--British Columbia; Families--British Columbia; Automobiles--British Columbia
Subjects (LCSH)Hell's Gate (B.C.); Fraser Canyon (B.C.); Gorges--British Columbia
Location DepictedCanada--British Columbia--Hell's Gate
Digital CollectionAlaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
Order NumberAWC0678
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RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionCanada Photograph Collection. PH Coll 393
Object TypePhotograph
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004.
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