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Photograph of the front of Brown's General Store. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Brown’s General Store. The wheelbarrow is for bringing the groceries and mail over from the train. Also if you buy a great quantity of things you wheel it home and then bring back the barrow (Taken on Sunday).”

Overview of Giscome, BC showing built and natural landscape.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso: "Bunkhouse & Dining Room / Giscome BC".

Head on class photo featuring 28 students of grade 3, 4 and 5 posing for an outdoor photo in a field of grass. Wooden support for swing set visible to the left.

Image depicts several unidentified concrete structures that are badly damaged and cracking, located on old mill site in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'18.0"N 122°22'04.7"W

Image depicts several unidentified concrete structures that are badly damaged and cracking, located on old mill site in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'18.0"N 122°22'04.7"W

Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr. Caption states: "Note openings made in stand."

Image depicts debris left in residential area on Giscome, B.C. townsite. Map coordinates 54°04'16.7"N 122°21'55.1"W

Some of the children from Division II standing for a group photograph in front of a wall displaying their work.

Photograph taken from the front of the classroom of Division II children in their desks. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Studying.”

Photograph taken from the front of the classroom of Division II children in their desks.

Photograph taken from the back of the classroom. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “In the classroom.”

Photograph taken from the back of the classroom. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “In the classroom.”

Overview of sawmill situated in valley. Finished lumber visible in distance.

This 16mm film of Eagle Lake Sawmills was produced by Torajiro Sasaki in July 1952, likely commissioned or with permission from the sawmill owners, the Spurs. The film depicts logging and sawmilling operations at the Eagle Lake Sawmill, as well as shots of the bunkhouses, exterior shots of the mill, and the beehive burner. Employees of the mill are shown at work. In 1952, Eagle Lake Sawmill used both machinery and horses in their operations.

Shoreline perspective of Eagle Lake. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “This is Eagle Lake. It is about 2 blks [sic] away.”

Shoreline perspective of Eagle Lake. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Eagle Lake from the C.N.R. railway tracks.”

Image depicts the site of Giscome's first quarry, with Eaglet Lake located in the foreground.

Image depicts the site of Giscome's first quarry, with a train passing by and Eaglet Lake located in the foreground.

Image depicts the creek flowing into Eaglet Lake. A grey area of hill on the right side of the image appears to be the Giscome Quarry. Map coordinates 54°04'26.2"N 122°22'04.3"W

Image depicts Eaglet Lake in the winter taken from Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'20.9"N 122°21'53.1"W

Elevated class photo featuring 28 students of grade 3, 4 and 5 posing for an outdoor photo in a field of grass. Wooden support for swing set visible to the left.

Image depicts employee houses on mill site in Giscome, B.C. Tug boats are in the foreground on the right. Map coordinates 54°04'23.4"N 122°22'16.9"W

Image depicts the former location of employee houses on mill site in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'23.4"N 122°22'16.9"W

Image depicts the former location of the Giscome mill foreman's house on the hill with Eaglet Lake in the background. Map coordinates 54°04'28.0"N 122°22'05.8"W

Image depicts the Giscome, B.C. town site with the Giscome railway station and the Giscome store in the center surrounded by vehicles. Map coordinates 54°04'18.5"N 122°21'57.7"W

Image depicts a Catholic church in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'15.5"N 122°21'52.1"W

Image depicts a Catholic church in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'15.5"N 122°21'52.1"W

Image depicts a Catholic church in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'15.5"N 122°21'52.1"W

Image depicts a Catholic church in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'15.5"N 122°21'52.1"W

Image depicts a Catholic church in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'15.5"N 122°21'52.1"W

Image depicts a church in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'16.2"N 122°21'54.3"W

Image depicts the CN Station, with bundles of wood sitting near the tracks, in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'32.3"N 122°21'42.3"W

Image depicts mill site and dock in Giscome, B.C. with Eaglet Lake in the background covered in ice. There is a large crowd of people gathered near the dock. Map coordinates 54°04'34.9"N 122°21'50.0"W

Image depicts the remains of a street of houses in Giscome, B.C. The quarry is slightly visible in the background. Map coordinates 54°04'20.9"N 122°21'53.1"W

Image depicts a street of houses in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'20.9"N 122°21'53.1"W

Image depicts the Giscome mill site in Giscome, B.C. The railroad tracks are in the foreground. Map coordinates 54°04'17.6"N 122°22'06.1"W

Image depicts the Giscome mill site in Giscome, B.C. The bunkhouse is the large building with many windows. A train and railroad tracks are in the foreground. Map coordinates 54°04'17.6"N 122°22'06.1"W

Image depicts the Giscome bunkhouse in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'17.6"N 122°22'06.1"W

Image depicts the old CN station in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'20.7"N 122°22'01.1"W

Image depicts the new CN station in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'20.7"N 122°22'01.1"W

Image depicts the old CN station in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'20.7"N 122°22'01.1"W

Image depicts what is possibly the CN Railway Station and tracks located in Giscome, B.C.

Image depicts the Giscome Community Hall in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'18.5"N 122°21'57.7"W

Image depicts a large, old and collapsing barn, as well as a nearby house of the dairy farm in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°03'53.3"N 122°21'22.6"W

Image depicts the dairy farm in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°03'53.3"N 122°21'22.6"W

Image depicts the dairy farm in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°03'53.3"N 122°21'22.6"W