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Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr. Photograph depicts mature spruce and balsam reproduction.

Man driving a two horse cart in front of beehive burner, cart is full of bark presumably sawed off the logs.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso: "Mill Burner".

Six men visible on hillside and wood plank roadway, working together to roll cut logs down the hill and load them onto the truck.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso read: “logs up to 32 feet in length.”

Fully loaded logging truck driving along a switchback, wood plank logging road.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “Truck Logging / Giscome BC.”

Fully loaded logging truck driving along a wood plank logging road. Another road under construction is also visible through forest in background.

Overhead photograph of Giscome buildings with Eaglet Creek running through the foreground. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Notice the flatness of the land. Part of our community.”

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.

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

Side perspective of Knox United Church located on Brown Ave. in Giscome. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “United Church.”

Side perspective of the teacherage located on Brown Ave. in Giscome. Photo taken in September. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “The Teacherage.”

Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Looking out of our classroom window up the street.” According to the donor, the car stuck in the snow belonged to his colleague, Bob White.

Image depicts a field in Giscome, B.C. On the right side of the image, in the background, is a grey strip that appears to be a mine, possibly the quarry at Eaglet Lake in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°03'52.9"N 122°22'10.0"W

Image depicts the Giscome B.C. townsite from across the railroad tracks looking southeast. Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W

Image decpicts the old road to the townsite in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W

Image depicts a house with the main floor and entrance high off the ground. The location is uncertain, likely Giscome, B.C.

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

Image depicts the Giscome mill foreman's house on the hill, with Eaglet Lake in the background and numerous piles of logs in the foreground. Map coordinates 54°04'28.0"N 122°22'05.8"W

Image depicts the mill site at Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W

Image depicts the mill site at Giscome, B.C. A sign in the foreground reads "Maynard's Industrial Auctioneers." Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W

Image depicts a food stand at the mill site at Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'19.7"N 122°22'04.7"W

Image depicts a street in Giscome B.C. The Giscome Store is located on the left side of the image with the church in the background. Map coordinates 54°04'18.5"N 122°21'57.7"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 view of Giscome with a train passing through.

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

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Arturo Garcia-Alonso.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Ray Williston.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Arturo Garcia-Alonso. Includes two copies of the original recorded audio cassette; the original recording is not held by the archives.

Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr.

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

Overview of Giscome, BC showing built and natural landscape.

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

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso: "Daily Capacity 100,000 f.b.m. sawmill in foreground planer mill and lumber yard in background.”

Photograph of various plant life with Eagle Lake visible in the background. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Eagle Lake from the top of the bluff. Eagle Lake is about 7 miles long & about 1 mile wide. It is a fair sized lake.”

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.

Bob White, a teacher, standing on the porch of the teacherage after a blizzard.

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).”

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

Marsh along the edges of Eagle Lake features tall riparian plants and lily pads. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Eagle Lake.”

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

Image depicts an open field and numerous buildings, including a church in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°04'03.2"N 122°22'04.6"W

Image depicts what is possibly the quarry located at Eaglet Lake in Giscome, B.C.