Interior photograph of a church. Printed annotation on recto reads: “Chapel, Indian school, Fraser Lake B.C.”
Exterior photograph of a residential school. Printed annotation on recto reads: “Industrial Indian school, Fraser Lake. B.C.
Exterior side view of a Catholic church built between 1876-1878 by Father George Blanchet. Handwritten annotation on verso in pencil reads: “Our Lady of Good Hope, Stuart Lake, Fort St. James, BC ”
Front view of an abandoned log building. The door is open or missing, the front window glass is broken, the area in front of the building is littered with antlers, boxes and wood. The tree next to the building has grown too close the building and roof. Handwritten annotation on verso in pen reads: “Laketon, Dease Lake, BC. Court house & jail June ‘62”
Photographs within this file pertain to specific buildings (i.e. residences, commercial, factories, courthouses, community centres, jails, arenas, hotels); monuments, statues and shrines; bridges and trestles; and building management and construction of buildings throughout northern British Columbia.
View of a scow loaded with provisions and several people passing through rapids of the Grand Canyon. Printed annotation on recto reads: “A scow loaded with provisions passing through the Grand Canyon on it’s way to Fort George.” Handwritten annotation in pencil on recto reads: “Nearly Bumped, Nachaco River” Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “My address will be Fort George BC. Dear Mrs. Cooper, I am up in the wild part of BC now where men horses and everything get drowned every day, sometimes automobiles get drowned also. This is the way we travel up where I am now. I saw a boat upside down in this Canyon it had a bundle of blankets tied on it and one oar was dancing in the whirlpool. This made my hair stand straight up and down.”
View of snow capped mountains in the distance, trees and river in mid ground. A Jeep type vehicle is on a bridge in the mid ground with river and sandbar in the foreground. Handwritten annotation on verso in pen reads: “Cassiar Road. Cottonwood River crossing”
Photograph depicts baseball game, batter in mid-swing,and buildings visible in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of mounted slide reads: "Base ball game in Lejac". See also items 2006.20.1.199 - 2006.20.1.202 for images featuring similar content.
Photograph depicts a game of horseshoes in foreground. Fence crosses midground in front of water, and hills can be seen on opposite shore in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of mounted slide reads: "Playing horse [shoes?] in Legac".
Photograph depicts two boys standing on platform extending into lake. Buildings and fenced areas can be seen on shore in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of mounted slide reads: "boys playing on the lake / Legac".
Group stands in foreground on what appears to be a wooden teeter totter. Fence crosses midground in front of water, and hills can be seen on opposite shore in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of mounted slide reads: "play ground in Legak [sic]".
View of snow capped mountains in the distance, vast rolling treed hills in mid ground and a gravel road in the foreground. Road sign indicating severe curve in road situated at the right of the gravel road. Handwritten annotation on verso in pen reads: “Cassiar – Stewart highway”
Photograph depicts the engine and first two cars of a railway train in left foreground. Water crosses midground, hills stand on opposite shore in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of mounted slide reads: "Lejak [sic] & Fraser Lake in [?]" See also item 2006.20.1.196 for image featuring similar content.
Front view of railway train. Fraser Lake believed to be visible in background, behind power lines. Handwritten annotation on recto of mounted slide reads: "Train coming to Lejak [sic]" See also item 2006.20.1.195 for image featuring similar content.
Photograph depicts unidentified men standing in baseball field, large buildings visible in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of mounted slide reads: "Base ball in Lejac". See also items 2006.20.1.200 - 2006.20.1.202 for images featuring similar content.
Photograph depicts cows and calves walking on gravel beside paved road. Field and tree-covered hills can be seen in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of mounted slide reads: "Spring in Lejak [sic]".
Photographs within this file pertain to modes of transportation and transportation routes (including construction, surveying and traveling).
This collection consists of 64 black and white photographs, 263 color slides, and 65 negatives.
Postcard featuring a photograph of a photograph of the arrival of the first stage coach at the Hotel Northern in South Fort George, BC on 19 October 1911. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph reads: “Arrival of first stage at So. Ft. George B.C. Oct. 19, 1911. 28” Printed caption on the recto of the postcard reads: “First stage coach Prince George, B.C.” Handwritten annotation in pen on verso of postcard reads: “Mrs. C. Morris, Box 925, Penticton, BC. Thurs. 6pm, Dear Mother. Arr. Safely, good trip (bad pen!) Lovely weather. Hope all are well. Bia (?) Mary & Ed”
Postcard overview of the Bulkley River running closely past the village of Telkwa. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: "Don Choracy [?] Prince Rupert, B.C. c/o Wrathall's Photo Shop. Aug. 9 Lake Kaetlyn. We had to drive all the way to Telkwa the other nite for postcards, imagine. We were sure glad and surprised to see Jack & Dick drive in at 7 to-nite. Just like being home. We are having so much fun. The boys are out on Lake to-nite, went to visit Dr. Macdonald's me thinks. I have bad head cold so have to stay home first nite at home I've since we came, Dieks is taking me on Lake tomorrow I hope, Love Bea-P."
Photograph depicts large group of men gathered outside large building with the sign "WHITEHORSE GRILL".
Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Dawson Creek BC / 1943 Beer Ration Day".
Series 2 contains photos illustrating Beer Ration Day and a dispatch office in Dawson Creek
Photograph depicts wood building and signage, with traffic regulating beams raised on either side.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Dawson Creek B.C. Bechtel Price Callahan Dispatch Office [1943]”
Man driving a two horse cart in front of beehive burner, cart is full of bark presumably sawed off the logs.
Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso: "Mill Burner".
Six men visible on hillside and wood plank roadway, working together to roll cut logs down the hill and load them onto the truck.
Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso read: “logs up to 32 feet in length.”
Fully loaded logging truck driving along a switchback, wood plank logging road.
Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “Truck Logging / Giscome BC.”
Fully loaded logging truck driving along a wood plank logging road. Another road under construction is also visible through forest in background.
Photographs within this file document resource industries within Northern BC such as mining, fishing, forestry etc. They also represent resource industry cooperatives, processing, packing and shipping industries, construction and ship building, as well as salvage companies and operations.
Overview of the Giscome sawmill behind road. Lumber yard is visible in foreground while mill stands in background.
Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso: "Giscome Mill / lumber yard in foreground".
Fully loaded logging truck driving along a wood plank logging road. Another road under construction is also visible through forest in background.
Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “Logging - Giscome B.C. Plank truck road - also road under construction showing sills & cribbing."
Overview of a snow covered mountain tops of the Cassiar Mountains. Handwritten annotation on verso in pen reads: “Cassiar mtns.”
Overview of Giscome, BC showing built and natural landscape.
Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso: "Bunkhouse & Dining Room / Giscome BC".
Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso: "Daily Capacity 100,000 f.b.m. sawmill in foreground planer mill and lumber yard in background.”
Photographs within this file document natural and artificial features across the landscape of Northern British Columbia. This landscape also includes the physical, built, urban and industrial landscapes; topography; site plans; boundaries, districts, reserves, parks, sanctuaries, towns, villages and cities, etc.
Series 5 contains a photograph illustrating some of the people who live in St. Mary's Reserve.
An “Indiana” flatbed logging truck releases logs from its load onto a makeshift log slide at the edge of a road.
Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso: "unloading logs".
Postcard featuring the Fort St. James HBC Post. Printed annotation on recto reads: "H.B.C. Post Ft. St. James."
Postcard featuring a car parked outside of Prince Rupert City Hall. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Alex Hall, Glyn P.O., Victoria, B.C. Prince Rupert, Billy S."
Front view of several men working on Grand Trunk Pacific train 218 in the winter. Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso of postcard reads: “Prince George, B.C., Dec. 1921 yard & main line.”
View of a sternwheeler in the distance making its way down Fort George Canyon. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Fort George Canyon."
Handwritten annotation on recto of postcard reads: “Were there’s a will there’s a way, 5th Street, Prince Rupert, B.C., F. Button photo Pr. Rupert. No. 514.” Handwritten annotation in pen on verso of postcard reads: “Miss Belding, 33 Marlbro Avenue, Hull Yorkshire, England. S.S. Prince George. Dec. 1918. Dear Bertha, This is a street in the centre of the town Prince Rupert. There is a capacity list of passengers on board. The boat is registered to hold 384. We left at midnight and exped to arrive in Vancouver tomorrow at 3:30 pm. Love from Edie.”
Postcard overview of several identifiable storefronts built amongst the rocky outcrops of Prince Rupert. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert BC."
Postcard photograph depicts sternwheeler tied to riverbank.
Printed annotation on recto reads: “On the Skeena river, Hazelton, B.C.” Handwritten message on verso is addressed to “Mrs. Flossie Strong 6 Nah St. Watermill ME, U.S.A” 1 cent Canadian postage stamp has been canceled with stamp reading “Dec 24, 5:30 PM 1915 Buffalo N.Y.”
Photograph depicts sternwheeler passing through rapids of the Fraser River, B.C. Printed annotation on recto reads: “The B.C. Express Passing through the Grand Canyon B.C.”, handwritten in red ink: “1913”.
Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “Prince George to Tete Jaune” Hand written message in ink on verso is addressed to “Mademoiselle Elisabeth Joliet, Terrguy – Les Dijore Cote a Or France”.
Postcard photograph depicts sternwheeler in river, trees on opposite shore in background.
Printed annotation on recto reads: “Operator 1913, Prince George, B.C. Canada”, handwritten in pencil on verso: “Operator 1913”.
Photograph depicts men on sternwheeler in river, opposite shore in background.
Printed annotation on recto reads: “S.S. “Charlotte,” Quesnel. B.C.” Handwritten message on verso is addressed to “Mr. O. Winter 1016 V Park St. Victoria B.C.” Cancellation stamp on Canadian 1 cent stamp reads: "ASHCROFT B.C. JUN [10?] 11".
Postcard photograph depicting Sternwheeler traveling in river with mountains in the background. Large group of people can be seen on deck, and two unidentified men stand on shore in foreground.
Printed annotation on recto reads: “S.S. Port ‘Simpson Hazelton BC”. Handwritten message on verso is dated “July 31st 1911”.
Postcard photograph depicts sternwheelers tied to river bank.
Printed annotation on recto reads: “The B.C. Express mail Steamers No. 102.”
Postcard photograph depicts lofty view of sternwheeler in river. Scattered buildings and tents in background, river and shore in foreground. Printed annotation on recto reads: “South Fort George Oct 30th 1910”