Manning Park Ranger Station Hope Princeton Highway British Columbia - RPPC - Postcard SP24

Real photo postcard (RPPC) showing the Manning Park Ranger Station on the Hope-Princeton Highway, British Columbia, c.1940s. Photographed by J.C. Walker, Chilliwack, B.C. The image captures the newly constructed ranger station complex shortly after E.C. Manning Provincial Park was established in 1941.

Scene Details:

• Single-storey log ranger cabin at left with covered porch, chimney, and multi-pane windows
• Larger two-storey gabled log chalet building centre-right; snow visible on the steep shake roof
• Rustic wooden sign at far right reading: "MANNING PARK / RANGER STATION"
• Circular dry-stone rock garden/retaining wall in foreground of unpaved lot
• Dense coniferous forest (Douglas fir and spruce) covering hillside behind
• Telephone/power pole rising from centre of frame
• Script caption below image: "Manning Park Ranger Station on Hope Princeton Highway"
• Negative number "2733" stamped lower right of image

Postal Markings:

• Plain RPPC back: "POST CARD / Copyright owned by J.C. Walker Chilliwack, B.C."
• No stamp, no postmark, no address, no message
• Unused

Please zoom into and look closely at the front and back photos to view condition, and feel free to send me a message if you have any questions. Thank you, D