Keywords: outdoor photo border "The Big Bend Highway, B.C., At the Bend B.B. Series No. 20" Post Card. This is a Real Photograph. Hand Coloured. Copyright, J. Fred Spalding. Published by The Camera Products Co., 1731 Dunbar Street, Vancouver, B.C. Made in England. The Big Bend Highway opened officially on June 29, 1940 and was designated Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) from 1941 to 1962. Route surpassed by the Rogers Pass section of the Trans-Canada Highway, opened in the summer of 1962. The majority of the roadway was lost to flooding when the Mica Dam became operational in 1973. "The Big Bend Highway, B.C., At the Bend B.B. Series No. 20" Post Card. This is a Real Photograph. Hand Coloured. Copyright, J. Fred Spalding. Published by The Camera Products Co., 1731 Dunbar Street, Vancouver, B.C. Made in England. The Big Bend Highway opened officially on June 29, 1940 and was designated Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) from 1941 to 1962. Route surpassed by the Rogers Pass section of the Trans-Canada Highway, opened in the summer of 1962. The majority of the roadway was lost to flooding when the Mica Dam became operational in 1973. |