View of stern wheeler traveling in river with mountains in the background. Printed annotation on recto reads: “S.S. Port ‘Simpson Hazelton BC” Handwritten message on verso is dated “July 31st 1911.”
Photograph depicts landscape with cleared land in foreground, river in middle, building and trees in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso: "Central Fort George 1911".
Photograph of a large crowd gathered in front of a Grand Trunk Pacific train. Residential buildings atop a hill are visible in the background. Annotation on recto reads: "First Train Leaving Prince Rupert June 14 1911"
Photograph of several commercial and residential buildings, including the church and "The Big Furniture Store." Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert. BC Allen Photo July '11." Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Early day- Prince Rupert."
Photograph depicts three men standing in front of a log cabin. Two men hold fishing rods and each of these men hold a freshly caught fish. The third man stand to the side with a loaded back pack. Two men smoke pipes.
Photograph depicts a view of the Blackwater bridge from downstream. The cabin, house and telegraph poles in the background.
Photograph depicts a view from above the Blackwater telegraph cabin and house. The house has a large fence garden beside, telegraph poles with wires are visible alongside the dirt road. Wood smoke drifts from the house chimney to the sparsely forested area beside.
Photograph depicts a canvas tent and wooden tent frame in the foreground, more canvas tents erected in the background. Two men carry poles on the right, while another man in center photo stands near another pole frame. There is a body of water in the background.
Photograph depicts a view of a lake, aspens in the foreground, low rolling hills in the background.
Photograph depicts five or more men standing near a tent frame. There are several packs on the ground and two horses loaded with packs. There is a bridge or dock on the right, a body of water and forested hills in the background.
Photograph depicts a man standing behind a loaded wagon, water and rolling, forested hills in the background.
Photograph depicts ten men standing on a boardwalk outside a large building. Another building, boardwalks and fences nearby. Forest in the background. The buildings are constructed from lumber.
Photograph depicts a view of a lake and river from a high hill. Treed hills in the background.
Photograph depicts several men posing for a photograph. Cooking utensils, fire pit and hitching posts in the foreground. Trees in the background.
Photograph depicts a view of the Nechako River, BC.
Photograph depicts a view from the front of a canoe. A man is paddling from the stern, the river in the midground, rolling treed hills in the background.
Photograph depicts a view of Nechako River near junction of Stuart River.
Photograph depicts hunters with their kill in front of the Cheakamus Road House. The man second from left is believed to be Dutch Charlie and the hunters believed to be mostly from Vancouver.
Photograph depicts a pile of hunting trophies in Lillooet, B.C. Visible are what appear to be mule deer antlers, big horn sheep horns, and mountain goat pelts and horns.
Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.
Annotation on recto of photograph reads: "GTP survey party relaxes on day off, circa 1911, R.A. Harlow second from right."
Bulkley Valley (?)
Partially visible handwritten annotation on verso: "...Bulkley River crossing taken from the door (?) yard of Ned's camp, Rec (?) 32". Photo consists of a work crew either crossing or working on this bridge.
One visible rail is: "Grand Trunk Pacific 303879".
Men are standing next to Grand Trunk Pacific railcars (including rail car #607838). In the background a station house is visible with a sign that reads: "...Duncan.."
Photograph of a large group of people gathered around a steam engine loaded with coal situated on a wooden bridge. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Stewart BC Aug 9th 1911."
Street view photograph of two individuals watching the snow slide down one of the mountains surrounding Stewart, BC. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Snow Slide Stewart B.C. July 7/11."
Photograph depicts a row of houses and fenced yards on right, separated from more buildings on left by grassy area.
Printed on image: "Metlakahtla Nr. Prince Rupert. Allen Photo June '11"; handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Metlakatla B.C. North West Coast of America / Collison".
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Photograph depicts a man wading waist deep in the river. Stones on the one shore, a log jam on the other shore, fog rolling over the stream in the distance.
Photograph depicts five men with a loaded wagon, pulled by a team of two horses.
Photograph depicts four men with a loaded wagon, pulled by a team of two horses. The wagon is approaching a small bridge on a dirt road. There is a forest in the background, a small stream in the foreground.
Photograph depicts three cows on the edge of a lake, grass in the foreground, low rolling hills in the background.
Photograph depicts a man standing near a rough log shed. A fence line leads toward a lake. A small settlement and treed hills in the background.
Photograph depicts a man standing near a fenced garden plot is nearby. A body of water, a small settlement and treed hills in the background.
Photograph depicts a cluster of seven or more buildings, fences and a flag pole. A grassy field in the foreground, rolling hills in the background.
Photograph depicts a cluster of buildings near Fraser Lake. A fence and grasses in the foreground. Original photo title: "Indian Village at Fraser Lake." First Nations communities with territories overlapping Fraser Lake include Nadleh Whut'en and Stellat'en Nations.