Photograph depicts snow covered trees and forest.

Photograph depicts view from the steamboat deck approaching Cottonwood Canyon.

Photograph depicts a view from the steamboat deck approaching Cottonwood Canyon.

Photograph depicts a view of the river shore, a few scattered buildings and tents are near the shore. A footpath leads from the water's edge between the dwellings and through the newly cleared land.

Photograph depicts twenty-eight or more people standing on the river's edge, a stack of wood is ready for loading on the steamer that is anchored near the shore.

Photograph depicts A. H. Holland viewing North Fork valley from a high mountain ridge.

File consists of the following items:

• "Mac" by D.L. Surveyor
• "Knox (Mac) McCusker: Dominion Land Surveyor" by E.L. Rutherford, V.C. Brink, R.S. Silver and M.Z. (Smokey) Neighbour
• Excerpts from Men and Meridians by Don W. Thomson
• Article re: Knox McCusker written on the occasion of his death (April 14, 1955)
• "McKusker (sic) to open up Blueberry Mountain Area" (Alaska Highway News, June 8, 1950)
• "McCusker was surveyor, big game guide….also rancher and trail blazer"
• "Knox Freeman McCusker" written on the occasion of his death (The Canadian Surveyor, July 1955)
• "Veteran Surveyor - Alaska Highway Stories"
• Memories of Knox McCusker by his oldest niece Betty (McCusker) Rutherford
• "Veteran Surveyor prefers horses for long bush treks" by Eric Young (Edmonton Journal)
• Eulogy for Knox McCusker read by Stanley D. Seif at Burch Presbyterian Church in Fort St. John, B.C.
• Eulogy for Gwendolyn Dorothy McCusker (July 1997)
• "Tropical Valley No Myth: amazing story of woman who lived there" by Thomas A. Wayling (Vancouver Sun)
• Photocopy of section of map: "Topographical sketch map showing route traversed by the Bedaux Sub-Arctic Expedition 1934 through the Rocky Mountains" (by Frank Swannell, March 27, 1935)
• Memories of Knox McCusker by Bill McCusker, his oldest nephew
• "There is always a reason; destiny made it a date. The corridor of the Alcan didn’t just happen" (Fort St. John publication)
• Article on Knox McCusker (ALS News, Winter 1983)

File consists of the following articles and speeches written by Knox McCusker:

• "Reminiscences of Knox McCusker" (63 typewritten pages)
• "Back and Beyond the Peace" by K.McCusker (taken from the Toronto Star Weekly Saturday May 5, 1928) – retyped
• "The Alaska Highway" by Knox F. McCusker, D.L.S. (The Canadian Surveyor, July 1943)-photocopy
• Mr. McCusker's speech (5 pages)
• “Tropical Valleys of B.C.” (4 pages)
• "The president has called me an old old surveyor…" speech written by K. McCusker
• "In the early days of my career in the Surveying profession…" written by K. McCusker

Photograph depicts rolling hills with dry vegetation and river in the background.

Photograph depicts a group of men and dogs standing outdoors in the sunshine.

Photograph depicts a view from the shore of Babine Lake looking across the water to forest and snowy mountain peaks in the distance. [55th parallel]

Item is a photograph of a river bend and the surrounding country taken from the air.

Item is a photograph of a pile of bamboo in a field.

Item is a photograph of a bicycle repair shop.

Item is a photograph of a boat under construction.

Item is a photograph of boats docked on the shore behind piles of grain or straw.

Item is a photograph of a boy carrying a bundle of books on his head.

Item is a photograph of the Chittagong Research Institute buildings.

Item is a photograph of men doing wood construction.

Item is a photograph of building construction with bamboo scaffolding.

Item is a photograph of a fishing boat with the net deployed with other boats and people on shore.

Item is a photograph of a street food vendor.

Item is a photograph of a forested area.

Item is a photograph of rows of plants in a garden.

Item is a photograph of a house under construction. Unknown individual sits on ground in foreground.

Item is a photograph of two men swede sawing a log.

Item is a photograph of lumber piled along a commercial street.

Item is a photograph of a man on the side of a river fishing with a net.

Item is a photograph of a man pulling a furniture laden cart along a road.

Item is a photograph of a forested area with man riding a elephant with two others nearby.

Item is a photograph of people and boats on a river’s edge.

Item is a photograph of people in a boat on a river with another boat in the background.

Item is a photograph of people climbing on top of a bus.

Item is a photograph of Mr. Williston speaking to some men in a field.

Item is a photograph of people and boats on the shore of a river.

Item is a photograph of a sail boat hauling logs.

Item is a photograph of a man operating a piece of wood cutting machinery.

Item is a photograph of men talking in a lumber yard.

Item is a photograph of a stack of logs with a crane in the background.

Item is a photograph of street vendors.

Item is a photograph of a brick tower with scaffolding around it.

Item is a photograph of tress on a rock covered embankment taken from a moving vehicle.

Item is a photograph of a woman carrying a basket on her head in front of a construction site.

Item is a photograph of a woman working in a field.

Item is a photo of men doing construction with wood.

Item is a photograph of the wooden trusses of a bridge.