Photograph depicts men on river boat and small canoe floating just off shore. Men sit and stand on shore among square bales and large cut lumber. Forest in background. Handwritten annotations on recto of photograph: "Fort Fraser wooding up at Giscome Portage", "Chilco at Giscome Portage".
Percy Garland (married Ellen Taylor) stands with snowshoes and Husky dog in snowy area in front of two trees.
Photograph depicts Violet Baxter's younger brother Art pushing his son Ian in wheelbarrow. Art is wearing a hat and smoking a pipe. A forest stands in background behind the field and fence that cross midground.
Mountains visible in background.
A woman stands in distance on a road with high snowbanks and trees on either side. A dog can be seen in foreground, facing woman. A fence and other structures stand in midground. Tree-covered slope in background.
Photograph depicts man believed to be Bob Baxter on bulldozer in dirt area. Men on machinery in right foreground, trees and buildings in background.
The fonds consists of 5 - 16mm prints of Tompkins's films, and 48 slide boxes featuring natural history images. Includes "Nahani," "Where Timber Wolves Call," "White Bear of the Kalum," and "Waterway Adventure with Tommy Tompkins."
Tompkins, TommyTwo men stand on the ice of Pinchi Lake beside a small plane that appears to have crashed into the icy lake. Handwritten annotation in ink on the verso reads: "Plane on the ice at Pinchi".
Photograph depicts the Pinchi Lake mercury mine as seen from the water. Some buildings appear to be under construction. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Pinchi Lake min (mercury).
Winter landscape scene featuring a man cleaning up a wood pile covered with snow (?). Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "ALL WINTER 1945 1946 Cleaning of the Wood Pile".
Photograph depicts very large snow pile in plowed yard. A small building with a log roof is semi-visible behind snow on far right.
Photograph depicts the steep slope of man-made embankment, forest in background at bottom of slope. Small twigs and pant leg of unidentified individual in foreground.
Photograph depicts the steep slope of man-made embankment. Forest in background, level excavated ground in foreground.
Photograph depicts the boom, stick, and bucket of a "Northwest" cable shovel loading a dump truck in excavation area, snow and forest in background.
Subseries consists of correspondence relating to the Department of Environment (Environment Canada), the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Fisheries and Oceans Canada), and environmental issues. Includes correspondence regarding Ministry of Environment programs and procedures; the Canadian forestry industry; forestry licenses; pollution and legislation controls for industry pollution; oil spills; polychlorinated biphenyl pollution; floods and flood control mechanisms; dams and stream diversions; trapping legislation; and wildlife conservation. Also includes correspondence regarding inquiries intro fisheries management legislation and policies; fisheries licensing; salmon fisheries issues; inquiries and statements of opinion about the yearly seal hunt; whale conservation; the economic zone off-shore fishing limits; small craft harbours; sport fishing; and the roe herring fishery. Contains speeches given by the Minister of Environment or given on his behalf and news releases from Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
The item is a CD-R containing Kent Sedgewick's files regarding the Upper Fraser Valley history. Files include literature summaries, oral history transcripts and various other documents referring to the Upper Fraser Valley. Annotations on CD-R state, "Jun 7 '04 Kent - UF files to start."
Photograph depicts man driving bulldozer in front of framework for Crusher building, view facing into the mountain. Excavated dirt in foreground.
Photograph depicts four construction workers in front of tall wood structure extending to top level of construction area. Building material and supplies cover the ground: lumber, saw horses etc. Barricades against loose rock enclose area in midground (see item 2000.1.1.2.352). Plastic-covered pile sits at top level in background.
Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "RETAINING RIBS JUNE 29/64". Photograph depicts construction workers on and near wooden framework structure extending from base of crusher building. Crane in background against mountainside. Miscellaneous construction equipment and materials throughout.
Photograph depicts the Cassiar townsite behind shadow in foreground. Plantsite can be seen including the mill, dry rock storage building, tailings pile, and many other buildings. Mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on recto: "<- 13 1/2" ->". (This photograph was made into a promotional poster.)
Photograph depicts the North peak of McDame mountain after extensive strip mining, South peak unmined in background. Old mine garage visible on right of West peak in foreground. Crusher plant partially visible on far right. Photograph believed to have been taken just prior to the development of the pit mine between the North and West peak.
Photograph depicts the Cassiar valley: town on left, plant on right, mine valley in background. Photograph was taken from above, facing north east.
Photograph depicts the Cassiar plantsite behind tailings pile in foreground. Mine road runs north though valley bellow mine, strip mining barely visible in background. Photograph was taken from above, facing north.
Photograph depicts the Cassiar valley: town in left foreground, plant and tailings pile in midground, mountains in background. Photograph was taken from the air, portion of plane visible in top left of image.
Photograph depicts the Cassiar valley: town on left, plant and tailings pile on right, mountains in background. Mine road can be seen from plant to mine valley in top left of image.
Photograph depicts the town of Cassiar, mountain base in background. Mine road visible in top right of image.
Photograph depicts the town of Cassiar, mountain base in background.
Photograph depicts the town of Cassiar in foreground, mountain base in background. Photograph was taken from the air, portion of plane visible in top left of image.
Photograph depicts the Cassiar mine above valley bellow, north east mountain range in background. Photograph was taken from the air, portion of plane visible in top left of image.
Photograph depicts the mine valley in foreground below Cassiar Mine, north east mountain range in background.
Photograph depicts the West peak of the Cassiar mine, pit partially visible below. Mining equipment barely visible in foreground at highest elevation of mine, north west mountain range stands in background, and mine valley crosses midground.
Photograph depicts the Cassiar valley: plant and tailings pile in left foreground, west end of town in right foreground. South mountain range stands in background.
Photograph depicts the Cassiar mine, pit partially visible behind West peak in right centre of image. South west mountain range in background.
Photograph depicts the Cassiar mine, crusher plant visible in centre foreground in front of West peak. North east mountain range in background.
Photograph depicts a portion of the pit in foreground at the Cassiar mine. Crushing plant visible in centre below base of West peak. Footwall road in midground, mine valley in background. Building near trucks at top of pit was called the "shifter shack," where crews were relieved or dropped off for work.
Photograph depicts a portion of the Cassiar pit in right foreground. Crushing plant visible to left of pit, West peak visible in right background. Mountain range can be seen in distance.
Photograph depicts benches after strip mining at Cassiar. Drill visible in distance, ore haul trucks on road in foreground.
Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "ASBESTOS FIBRE VEINS AS THEY OCCURR IN A ROCK FACE". Photo caption under printed copy of image in 1952 Annual Report: "North Wall of adit approximately 225 feet from portal showing asbestos veinlets."
Photograph depicts exposed asbestos fibre in talus.
Image of man seated with shovel in mountainous area, loose asbestos fibre in background. This photograph is believed to be either a double exposure of two images, or a print made from two negatives at once. Photo depicts an unidentified man sitting on the south ridge of the Cassiar ore body, where the crusher and rock reject plant would eventually sit. Valley in background appears to depict the "Footwall Road," which was cut into the mountain from the pit to the crusher plant and became the mine's main haul road.
Photograph depicts exposed asbestos fibre in talus below outcrop. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Sept 1954."
Photograph depicts buildings near West Peak of Cassiar mine. Haul trucks parked near old mine garage in background, new mine garage and unknown buildings in foreground. Mine valley crosses midground, expansive western mountain range in background.
Photograph depicts chute from distance. Annotation on verso of photograph: "CASSIAR ASBESTOS CORP. LTD. MINE AND ORE CHUTE ON McDAMES MOUNTAIN".
Photograph depicts mine area at Cassiar, crushing plant visible on left. Various mine buildings visible midground. Blasthole drills, shovels, dozers, and dump trucks can be seen on bench in foreground at 6430 elevation. Handwritten annotations on recto of photograph: "6"; "View looking NW from top of S. peak 6790 elev. on 6430 stripping bench on it and 6050 ore bench further down on left."; "July 1961".
Photograph depicts men standing near two Atlas Copco Drillmasters (blasthole drills). These are precision hammer drills which had their own power source. Large bags of ammonium nitrate in foreground, mountainside in background. The men depicted here were likely members of the explosive crew. It is believed that this photo was taken on the North ridge, near the cirque dump. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".
Photograph depicts a man wearing a hard hat preparing long narrow bags of explosive material. Large bags of ammonium nitrate in right foreground, mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".
Photograph depicts a man wearing a hard hat preparing long narrow bags of explosive material. Large bags of ammonium nitrate in right foreground, mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".
Photograph depicts crawler cable shovel and dump truck in excavation area of mine. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "1961".
Photograph depicts mountain side mostly covered in snow. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "10. Snow on mountain slope above road between where mountain road starts and the first switchback. This snow will melt and the water must still pass over or along road."
Photograph depicts high snow bank on right, side of tractor plow on left. Mountainside in background. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "3. Plowing snow on road to mine. This location is just past the Upper Camp. Our TD-14 tractor to left."