Community Life

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  • Municipalities, towns, villages, neighbourhoods, religious and cultural groups, camps, schools, etc.
  • Community activities and events
  • Groups working for the development or maintenance of events, services and facilities for the community and its promotion
  • Community support and charitable organizations
  • Community booster and event promotion agencies
  • Fraternal organizations
  • SEE ALSO: Family and Personal Life; Events and Celebrations

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          2009.7.1.060 · Item · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1920]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts a large two-storey building with the sign: "CALEDONIA HOSPITAL". Fence crosses foreground, hills visible in background.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Mission Hosp at Metlakatla B.C."

          2009.7.1.061 · Item · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1920]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts a man and woman standing on steps to a round tower in fenced area. Roofs of other buildings can be seen below on right; water and shore visible in background.

          Printed on image: "Indian Jail, Metlatkla".

          2009.7.1.062 · Item · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1910]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts a group of children dressed in white walking in a line, and adults and other children watching from behind. Group of six man stand in line on left, one holding a flag, another a drum. Jail tower and large building stand behind fence in background.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Old Mission House & jail at Metlakatla Before the fire."

          2009.7.1.063 · Item · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1920]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts a group of men, women, and children walking across beach towards water. Buildings visible on shore in left background.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Funeral party - en route to boat Metlakatla BC (Taking body over to Grave Island".

          2009.7.1.066 · Item · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1920]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts buildings along shore; bridge and boardwalk cross forest in right foreground. Hills visible in distance.

          Handwritten annotation below image reads: "Port Essington from bridge"; on verso: "Heading or full page Illustration Chapter XXIII No2".

          2009.7.1.067 · Item · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1920]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts town buildings on opposite shore. Beach and dock can be seen in foreground.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Chapter XXII, No 1. Eastern Section of Port Simpson as christianized."

          2009.7.1.068 · Item · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1920]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph has been altered with drawings of people on shore fighting canoes approaching the town. Buildings stand behind fenced and walled areas in background.

          Handwritten annotation below image reads: "Drawing by F.A., old Hudson B. [...?]"; on verso: "27. To head Chapter III. No. 2. Tsimshians and Haidas fighting on shore at Fort Simpson."

          2009.7.1.071 · Item · [ca. 1880 - ca. 1915]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Clah or T'amks [Tsimshian name] stands on wood platform in front of shovel and pickaxe leaning against building. Clah was a hereditary chief and Hudson Bay Company employee who helped missionary William Duncan learn the Tsimshian language.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: " 'Clah' or the pioneer missionary's [...?]"

          2009.7.1.073 · Item · [ca 1876 - ca. 1890]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Handwritten annotations read: "At rest, after a rough passage of two days and a night from Massett, Queen Charlotte's Islands by canoe - W.H. Collison and Mrs. Collison with Indians from Masset"; "Archdeacon Collison Indian Canoe & Crew. Return from Queen Charlotte's Islands, Haida & Tsimshian Crew [...?]" Archdeacon and Mrs. Collison sit in centre of canoe.

          2009.7.1.074 · Item · [ca. 1876 - ca. 1900]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts many crest poles in front of wooden homes. An unidentified family can be seen sitting by house in centre. Wood pile and path in foreground.

          Handwritten annotation on image reads: "Masset Queen Charlotte's Islands, Crest Poles / Masset with Totems."; on verso: "Chap. XIII. No. 1 This photo to be copied as an illustration on 1st page or I Chapt. 'Section of Massett, Haida Encampment showing Totems. Queen Charlotte's Islands.' For heading of page 2 of Trophies."

          2009.7.1.075 · Item · [ca. 1876 - ca. 1900]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "W.E. Collison Masset. Interior of Chief [Weah's?] house".

          Caption under printed version of photo in W.H. Collison's book 'In the Wake of the War Canoe': "The house is about 40 feet square, forming one large room. The upper cubicles are on a level with the ground, which in front of them is excavated so that the fireplace in the centre is twelve feet below the surface. A ledge, for the use of slaves and dependents, is left half-way down."

          2009.7.1.079 · Item · [ca. 1876 - ca. 1915]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Three unidentified men stand by poles in foreground, wood houses and crest poles visible in background.

          Printed below image: "Totem Poles, Massett, Q.C. Island, B.C. "; "T.N. Hibbon & Co., Victoria, B.C. [crossed through with ink]"; handwritten below: "The old style giving way to the new."

          2009.7.1.080 · Item · October 1913
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Large bear carving sits on top of wide pole, erected in memory of a chief of the Bear crest. Lines of houses stand in background.

          Printed below image: "Totem Pole. Old Massett. Q.C.I / J.D. Allen photo Co."; handwritten below: "Mortuary Pole Bear [Crest?]"; on verso: "For Chapt. XIX. The old style and the new. Mortuary Pole & modern houses. No. 3. W.H.C. Oct. [6/ ?] 13".

          2009.7.1.086 · Item · [1898?]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts an unidentified individual leaning against a large overturned dugout canoe; barrel, bucket, and wood planks in foreground. Houses and other buildings can be seen on shore above beach, and two unidentified individuals stand in distance on far right.

          Handwritten annotations on verso read: “Haida canoe on beach at Masset / ? 1898”; “No. 4 Page 5. Haida Canoe ready for steaming to [widen?] out and finish.”

          An original negative of this photograph is held by the Canadian Museum of Civilization, no. 26664.

          2009.7.1.092 · Item · [ca. 1876 - ca. 1900]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of a line of houses. Blanketed canoes sit on beach in right foreground; forest in background.

          Handwritten annotations on verso read: “skidegate village Queen Charlotte Islands as it appeared forty years ago"; "Rev W.E. Collison Prince Rupert"; "Hughes"; "1".

          2009.7.1.093 · Item · [ca. 1876 - ca. 1900]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of a line of houses. Blanketed canoes sit on beach in right foreground; forest in background.

          Handwritten annotations on verso read: “Haida Encampment [crossed through with line]"; "Skidegate Queen Charlottes Islands / To illustrate Introduction / Introduction Trophies from a Song [Trail?] Page 1 Heading."

          2009.7.1.101 · Item · [ca. 1878 - ca. 1915]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts totem poles (crest poles?) in front of lodge buildings on river shore. Canoes can be seen floating in foreground, hills in background.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Chapter XII. Number 1. Section of Indian Village on Nass River showing lodges and totems".

          2009.7.1.109 · Item · [ca. 1900 - ca. 1930]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Chief Allen sits in chair on raised wooden platform, with bear skin over his knee, and two more bear skins laid on wood blocks in front of him. House stands behind picket fence in background. Pot and pan sit to right of chair in foreground.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Albert Allen Kincolith (Nisga Chief)".

          2009.7.1.115 · Item · [ca. 1878 - ca. 1919]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts tall building, with long shorter section crossing midground in front. Path runs through garden in foreground.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Back of Mission House Kincolith".

          Gitlakdamix Village Council
          2009.7.1.117 · Item · 1923
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts 8 men posing in suits and ties, and a young girl, Ruth Adams, holding trophy seated in foreground. The group is gathered in open field, large building and hills visible in distance. Man on far right stands in uniform.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Gitlakdamix Village Council 1923. [Charlie Morven] Chairman. / Geo. Manase. / John Davis. / Dennis Woods. / Andrew Nass. / James Adams. Secretary. / Frank Blackwing. Chief Constable. / Walter McMillan (Nass). Constable."

          2009.7.1.124 · Item · [ca. 1880 - ca. 1920]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts two unidentified men sitting on front steps of large church. Building materials are scattered in foreground, and scaffolding is visible on one tower.

          Handwritten annotations above and below image read: "Dimensions of 73 Feet in length by 37 Feet in width exclusive of Porch and Buttresses. Destroyed by fire with 30 dwelling houses. The spire had been completed when burnt."; "Kincolith Church, Nth. W. Coast. British Columbia within 5 miles of the Alaskan Coast, was destroyed by fire"