B.C. museum displays historical photos of the Columbia River
By Megan • Feb 11th, 2008 • Category: News for Creatives (archives), Photography“More than 60 vintage photographs of the Columbia River – the earliest dating from the 1880s – are on display at the Royal BC Museum.
“River of Memory: The Everlasting Columbia” captures what the river looked like before being transformed by a series of hydroelectric dams during the 20th century, said William Layman of Wenatchee, Wash., who curated the show.
Many places on the river – waterfalls, rapids, bays, lakes and various sites associated with aboriginal legend – disappeared when the dams arrived. Layman compares the process to beads being cut from a necklace.”
Megan is a creative producer at Wise Elephant.
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