Images Dated 22nd August 2007

Island on river, Turret Rock, Nakwakto Rapids holding world record for fastest current of any navigable waterway, Northern British Columbia, Canada

Slingsby Channel is a strait on the north side of Bramham Island in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia. It is one of only two entrances to Seymour Inlet and the associated maze of waterways inland, which lie to the northeast of Bramham. The other entrance is Schooner Channel, formerly Schooner Passage, on the east side of that island. Through the Slingsby Channel flows the world's strongest current, the Nakwakto Rapids, that has been measured at speeds up to 18.4 miles per hour. The current is so fast at times, that people have tied a rope to Turret Rock, which is located right in the middle of the rapids, and then water-skied

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PRINTING, 18th CENTURY. The type of hand-press used in colonial America during the 18th century

PRINTING, 18th CENTURY.
The type of hand-press used in colonial America during the 18th century. Typefounder's cut, early 19th century

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IMMIGRANT FAMILY, 1883. Childless New York

IMMIGRANT FAMILY, 1883.
Childless New York. A large family of German immigrants have difficulties finding lodging in New York City. American cartoon, 1883, by Frederick Opper

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