Showing 2444 results

Image depicts an old building undergoing a restoration process, possibly in Atlin, B.C.

Image depicts an old building which used to be the Discovery Jail. The plaque on it reads: "It cost $800 to build this two cell jail in 1902. The solid walls are 2"x6" laid flat one on top of the other. It was skidded to Atlin in the 1920s and used as a residence for many years."

Image depicts the fire hall in Atlin, B.C.

Image depicts the Globe Theatre in Atlin, B.C.

Image depicts a house with stairs up to a small patio area on its roof in Atlin, B.C.

Image depicts the government liquor store in Atlin, B.C.

Image depicts numerous old buildings on a main street in Atlin, B.C.

Image depicts a mural of Atlin with information about the Globe Theatre and Edwin L. Pillman on it. It reads: "Talented businessman arrived in Atlin in 1899, and for nearly fifty years operated a variety of businesses ~ grocery and drug stores, undertaker, market gardens and the theatre. Assissted by his loyal wife Elizabeth." It also states that the Globe Theatre was built in 1917 and was used until the early 40's.

Image depicts a building which once served as the residence for two nurses in Atlin, B.C. A sign in front of the house reads: "Grateful Atlinites built this house in 1902 for their first missionary nurses, Helen Bone and Elizabeth Mitchell, who came here in 1899 and lived in a crude shack while valiantly and humanely caring for sick and dying pioneers."

Image depicts old machinery, at the Atlin Museum in Atlin, B.C.

Image depicts the post office in Atlin, B.C.

Image depicts a pyramid shaped house, possibly located in Atlin, B.C.

Image depicts the Garrett Store in Atlin, B.C. A plaque on it reads: "John Garrett, a prominent English cricket player, came to Atlin in 1910 to mine gold. In 1917 he opened this grocery and dry goods store where he also sold his wife's fresh baked bread and sweets."

Image depicts the UNBC partnership campus in Atlin, B.C. The slide also labels it as being a former courthouse.

Image depicts a memorial plaque which reads: "In memory of the Atlin men who gave their lives for their country in World War II," and then proceeds to list several individuals.

Image depicts the grave of Charley William Rudolf in the Atlin Cemetery. It reads: "Born July 2, 1923. Died May 21, 1940. Age 16 years. Died from gunshot wounds, mistaken for a bear."

Image depicts numerous graves in the Atlin Cemetery.

Image depicts numerous graves in the Atlin Cemetery.

Image depicts the grave of John Elmwood Simons in the Atlin Cemetery. It reads: "died Feb. 8, 1914, age 61 yrs. froze to death."

Image depicts the grave of John Wolters in the Atlin Cemetery. It reads: "Born in Kent, England, Jan 16 1857. Died Sept. 21 1905."

Image depicts a sign in the Atlin Cemetery, it reads: "In 1898, Fritz Miller and Kenny McLaren found gold on nearby Pine Creek, triggering British Columbia's last placer gold rush. The boom subsided by 1908, but gold has kept Atlin alive. Now Miller and McLaren lie here among hard-bitten prospectors, young miners, northern aviators, brave women and new-born infants, all part of Atlin's pioneer heritage R.I.P."

Image depicts Atlin Lake as well as a small section of Atlin, B.C. The mountain is possibly Atlin Mountain.

Image depicts Atlin Lake.

Image depicts an Anglican Church at the Atlin Museum.

Image depicts the Moose Hall in the Atlin Museum. A sign above the door reads: "In 1905 this building was the new Arctic Brotherhood Hall in Discovery. Some years later it was hauled here in two parts by horses to become the Moose Lodge and Community Hall."

Image depicts the travel infocentre at the Atlin Museum. The slide labels it as having once been a school.

Image depicts the Bank of Montreal in Prince George, B.C.

Image depicts numerous logs that have been stripped of their bark at a saw mill in Prince George, B.C.

Image depicts Barkerville, B.C.

Image depicts a street in Barkerville, near Wells, B.C.