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Annotation on verso: "Fort Grahame mail boat at 20 mile". Photo depicts a mailboat pulling along side another boat along a rocky shoreline. Two men, a woman and a child are on board while one man and two dogs are on the shore.

Annotation on recto: "Finlay River". Photo depicts two men poling a cargo laden boat away from shore while another man sits in the boat and a dog is stands on the rocky shoreline.

Photo depicts a man standing beside a floatplane from Western Canadian Airways Ltd. Winnipeg, G-CASQ at dock; while another man sits inside a scow that is also at dock.

Annotation on recto: "Ingenika River 3 miles below Perry Creek".

Three unidentified men pose for a photo with six loaded packhorses against a winter backdrop.

Photograph is an aerial (?) perspective of a mountaineous area and a valley both covered with snow.

Annotation on recto: "Kitchener Lake; 1186"

Photographs depict two automobiles, ca. 1930, in Place de la Concorde, Paris, France.

Annotation on verso: "Caribou on Ingenika Summit".

Photograph depicts a section of white water along the Cascade River. Annotation on versio: "August (?), Cassiar, Cascade River, A.H. Phipps".

Photograph depicts three men (including Al Phipps on the left, Frank Swannell in middle? and unidentified man on the right)engaged in laughter while standing in front of several steel drums. Drums are situated on a river bank in front of a Hudson's Bay Company sign (at Fort Grahame?)

Caption: We had to blast the log jam three times before we could get our boats through. Column of water from blasting.

Item is a photograph of a surveying crew clearing a passage for a boat.

Item is a photograph of four surveyors, one of whoe is surveying whil the ohers are resting by their tent.

Item is a photograph of Al Phipps with a back pack on his back, standing with two pack dogs in the snow.

Item is a photograph of J.R.M. sitting by a river surveying station.

Item is a photograph of Skookum Davidson holding Dick by the collar in an open field.

Item is a photograph of Skookum Davidson holding kneeling down to give Mabel's head a scratch.

Item is a photograph of a survey crewman kneeling outside his tent after the first snowfall.

Item is a photograph of two survey crewmen talking to each other outside a tent in the snow.

Item is a photograph of a tundra-like landscape.

Item is a photograph of Frank Swannell and Al Phipps holding rifles. Caribou meat hanging on a drying rack over a smoking fire is visible in the background.

Caption: "Cuprum" [sic], Nascall Bay

Item is a photograph of a waterfall.

Item is a photograph of a survey crewmman sitting on a rocky ledge by a waterfall.

Item is a photograph of a totem pole situated on a dock (?).

Caption: Link Lake. Clare - Marion, an arm of the Pacific - Ocean Falls lies on the other side of Clare- Marion. Item is a panoramic photograph of Mt. Clare - Marion.

Caption: Slowly Upwards. Item is a photograph of three survey crewmen hiking up a slope through waist high snow. Mt. Clare-Marion visible in background.

Item is a photograph of J.R.M. talking with a little girl and a black dog on a sandy beach.

Item is a photograph of steam vessel.

Item is a photograph of three water falls.

Caption: At the Farm Valley, Ocean Falls. Loggers floating home. Item is a photograph floating homes on the water and a logged hilly landscape in the background.

Caption: "Ocean Falls from Jap-town [Japan town]. Mt. Baldy in the background."

Item is a photograph Prince Rupert.

Item is an aerial photograph Powell River Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd. Plant

Item is an photograph of a B.W. Hodsdon, pipe in hand, standing next to a house.

Item is a group photograph of First Nations men, women and children standing around surveying equipment situated next to Takla Lake. One non-native (Mackenzie?) is kneeling in the foreground with a young child in his arms.

Item is a photograph of Al Phipps kneeling on the ground and holding up the head of a dead black bear.

Item is a photograph of J.R.M. poling a makeshift raft across a river.

Caption: Rafting-de-Lux. The arrival of Father Christmas. Item is a photograph of a survey crewman aboard a makeshift raft carrying a small coniferous tree.

Caption: Trappers' line cabin. These cabins are small so taht they can be more easily heated with its -40oF. Item is a photograph of "Shorty" Haynes (?) standing in the snow next to a cabin patting the head of one of two pack dogs. Snow shoes seen leaning against the cabin.

Caption: Shorty going down the McGregor. These last winter scenes are from Skookum. Item is a photograph of "Shorty" Haynes standing in the snow against a mountainous backdrop with a pack sack on his back and snow shoes on his feet. Two pack dogs stand/sit by his side.

Item is a photograph of a dog team (three dogs visible) pulling a fullen laden, driver-less, dog sled across the frozen Peace River.

Caption: Clinton: Wood trestle bridge, to be replaced by a new structure also of wood; Coast Douglas fir. Item is a photograph of a train crossing a wooden trestle bridge.

Caption: Our small friends: The ptarmigan that used to bring his wife to see us. His bright plumage is her protection.

Caption: Backpacking. Usual load 60-65lbs. We carried a spring balance. Water cooling system. Item is a photograph of 2 survey crewmen trekking through water with packsacks on their backs.