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| 1 | 1857 | - 1857: Earliest known photograph taken in BC of Fort Victoria from the south shore of James Bay, likely by Royal Navy Lieutenant Richard Roche of HMS Satellite, on station at Esquimalt between 1857-1860.
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| 2 | 1868 | - 16 Sep 1868: Fire destroys much of Barkerville, BC. Photographer Frederick Dally manages to salvage equipment from his studio and takes at least one photo the day after. Photographer Richard Maynard, who had also visited from Victoria, left before the fire and likely did not return to photograph the aftermath.
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| 3 | 1885 | - 7 Nov 1885: The driving of the last spike in the Canadian Pacific Railway photographed at Craigellachie, BC, by Winnipeg commercial photographer Alexander J. Ross. Only three official photographs of the ceremony, all by Ross, are believed to exist.
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| 4 | 1886 | - 13 Jun 1886: Vancouver's Great Fire destroys much of the city within the area now known as the Gastown district. The photographic firm J.A. Brock & Co. (H.T. Devine) survived the fire and documented the conflagration's aftermath.
- 4 Jul 1886: Arrival of first Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train from Montreal at Port Moody, BC
According to the Port Moody Gazette (10 Jul 1886, p. 3), "Several artists tried their skill in photographing the excursionists assembled to witness the arrival of the first train on Saturday [sic]."
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| 5 | 1887 | - 23 May 1887: Arrival of first Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train from Montreal at Vancouver, BC
H.T. Devine of J.A. Brock & Co. was the only known photographer to have captured its arrival.
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| 6 | 1914 | - 1914: Vancouver photographer Leonard Frank photographs passengers aboard the vessel Komagata Maru.
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1841 - 1919 (77 years)