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Pack Train in High Country
2006.25.1.01 · Item · April 1963
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

Footage of a pack train in the high country, which is likely an upper valley of the mountain foothills. Probable locations of this footage include Holt homestead, Rainbow Mountains or Tweedsmuir Provincial Park.

Chilcotin Landscape
2006.25.1.21 · Item · Aug. 1966
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

Footage of lake and surrounding landscape. The location is believed to be "Small Lake" would could possibly be located in Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, Chilcotin area or the Rainbow Mountains.

Moose Head Trophy
2006.25.1.23 · Item · Nov. 1963
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

Footage of man holding up and examining a moose head trophy in winter.

Possible locations include the Chilcotin region, Rainbow Mountains or Tweedsmuir Provincial Park.

Rowboat on Lake
2006.25.1.26 · Item · Aug. 1965
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

Footage of two people, Doris and Jerry, in a rowboat on a lake.

Speculated locations include Anahim Lake, Fenton Lake or Lassard Lake.

Caribou herd
2006.25.1.27 · Item · [between 1961 - 1967]
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

Footage of a caribou herd.

Probable locations of filming include the Chilcotin area, Rainbow Mountains, or Tweedsmuir Provincial Park.

Camping in the Mountains
2006.25.1.41 · Item · Oct. 1963
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

Footage from a high point overlooking a mountainous landscape with clips of fish frying in a pan, men eating around the campfire and a fallen moose.

The location is believed to be the Rainbow mountains.

Rainbow through Mist
2006.25.1.42 · Item · May 1963
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

Footage of a rainbow that can be see through mist over a body of water, either a lake or river.

Possible locations include the Bella Coola River or the Dean River.

Moose Hunt
2006.25.1.45 · Item · Oct. 1962
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

Footage of a moose hunt, moose kill, and butchering of the moose.

Possible locations of this footage are the Chilcotin region, Rainbow Mountains or Tweedsmuir Provincial Park.

Loading Pack Horses
2006.25.1.47 · Item · Oct. 1963
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

Footage of men preparing pack horses for a hunting trip in the early morning hours.

Possible locations of filming are Holt Homestead or Lassard Lake.

2006.25.1.52 · Item · Apr. 1963
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

Footage of men unloading hay for cattle from a horse-drawn flat bed trailer, a panoramic view of the surrounding mountains, and people being driven in flat bed tractor out to a small silver plane and taking off.

2006.25.1.58 · Item · Jul. 1969
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

The footage begins with a man hauling a rubber boat to shore. The man displays the fish that he has caught to the camera. The film cuts to a pontoon plane for Coast Mountain Flight Services Ltd., and then back to the man placing his fish into a bag. The filming then returns to the plane taking off over water. There is aerial footage of the river and mountains, most likely the Bella Coola Valley. Also include is footage of duck with ducklings.

Possible other locations that are seen in the footage are Gitcha Mountains, Ulkatcho Mountains or Rainbow Mountains.