Unidentified man stands on a log while spreading fish across beach with a poll in preparation for boiling. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Ooligans spread over the beach ready to go into the boiling tanks, near the Nass River, 1932."
Three men stand in centre, each wearing a chief's dress and head-dress. Family members stand and sit on either side. Carved boxes and masks are positioned in foreground. The group poses in front of drapery hung against tall wooden wall.
Community members have stated that the people in this photo are from the Gitwilluyaxw clan from the wolf tribal house of Ksdiyaawak. The photo was taken at Gitlax̱t’aamiks along the Nass River.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Tsimpshian Chiefs & family. Goods [for or fr.] Potlatch".
Photograph depicts two men standing at base of totem pole in front of large elaborate lodge building with post reading "MINESQU". Smaller structure stands in background (elevated cache?).
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Chapter XXIV. No. 3. A chief's lodge and totem Nass River."
Four women sit in foreground at a porch partially covered with foliage.
Handwritten annotations on verso read: "Honoured elders of porch of Mission House at Kincolith, Nass River"; "sun set or legend of the past".
Three women sit in foreground at a porch partially covered with foliage.
Handwritten annotations on verso read: "Elders at Mission House Kincolith Nass River BC".
The pair sits with books on bench in unknown room, Collison on right.
Handwritten annotations on verso read: "Archdeacon Collison giving of reading lesson at Kincolith BC"; "'line upon line' or teaching the way of God more perfect [...]"
Donald Macdonald and John Maxwell Collison stand on either side of large log using two-handled saw. Donald married the Archdeacon's daughter Emily in 1910.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Uncle Don, Uncle Max & Grandad Hauling wood off [beach?] at Kincolith".
Village can be seen in distance. Large church building stands in centre, hills in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Grand Dad on beach at Kincolith".
Three men can be seen on deck of small boat. Rocky shore in foreground, forest and hills on opposite shore in background.
Handwritten annotations on verso read: "Dad - en route up Nass River on official business. (hence the flag & business suit!)"; "Going up the Nass. Dad (Indian Agent) Cap Barry (Inspect. of Schools) travelling up the Nass River to Aiyansh".
Hills on opposite shore in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Early steamship off mouth of Nass River".
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "High water on the Nass River". Tree branches in foreground, forest and mountain visible on shore in background.
Image depicts what is possibly the Nass River.
Image depicts the Nass River from a bridge at an uncertain location.
Image depicts a bridge over the Nass River.
File consists of a copy of "Preliminary Environmental Assessment of Railway Corridor Options to Service Mount Klappan Coal Project and the Northwest Region of British Columbia" (1984) by the Industrial and Energy Project Evaluation Section, Planning and Assessment Branch of the BC Ministry of Environment.
File consists of a photocopied report by BC Ministry of Environment wildlife habitat biologist Dan Blower entitled "Preliminary Wildlife Assessment of Klappan Coal Road Alternatives" from April 19, 1985.
File consists notes, correspondence, summary reports, inventory data, and a map regarding capability classification for Bowser Lake. The map is a "clean copy" of Grant Hazelwood's ungulate biophysical map without symbols. Summary reports include:
- Grant Hazelwood, "Ungulate Capability Classification"
- Grant Hazelwood, "Winter Flights, February 1986"
- "Ungulate Biophysical Mapping in the Stikine-Iskut Area"
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "A storm brewing over Port Simpson."
Three women, two wearing hats and pants and one in a dress, stand together in front of what is possibly the Hudson's Bay Store. The woman on the left is Mrs. Huston, wife of the Hudson's Bay Company store manager. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Light House caretakers, wife in centre, Lady with cap on, wife of ....the Hudson Bay Store at 1932 ."
Photograph depicts the Mill Bay cannery at the Nass River delta. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Mill Bay Cannery Naas River, B.C.".
Photograph depicts a cannery built on pilings, dense forest in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Cannery at Naas Harbour".
Photograph depicts two adult men, three women and a boy. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Naas Harbour Cannery picnic party August 1927".
Photograph depicts a wreckage of roof tops and timber frames on a shoreline with dense forest in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "wrecked boat houses".
Photograph depicts a cluster of small buildings situated on the river's shore. There is a background of treed hills. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Indian village of Fishery Bay Naas River".
Newspaper consists of the recto and verso of 2 pages (p. 1-4). It was published in Aiyansh on the Nass River in British Columbia in April 1895 and presents a missionary's perspective of regional First Nations traditions and current affairs of the day.
Photograph depicts a tomb elevated over grassy area.
Handwritten annotation on image reads: "26. Front of Indian tomb."; on verso: "Upper Nass River."
Arthur Collison stands behind large fish hung from wood shelter, Noah seated in foreground. Arthur is the youngest son of Marion and Archdeacon W.H. Collison.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Arthur Collison with our friend 'Noah' with catch - at Kincolith Nass River".
Photograph depicts large church building behind white fence. Other buildings visible in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "New Church Kincolith Nass River BC".
Photograph depicts an empty canoe floating beside a canoe full of fish. Hills visible on opposite shore in distance.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Loaded with fish - Nass River".
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Poling supplies up Nass River".
Group of six men sit and stand on small boat close to shore. Rev. W.E. Collison stands on far right (son of Marion and Archdeacon W.H. Collison).
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Dr. Macdonald Med officer (Kincolith) / Dr. [McQuarrie?] Med officer Victoria / Steven Clayton Native boat owner / Capt. Bary - Insp. of Indian Schools / W.E. Collison Indian agent. / Inspection trip to villages of upper Nass River".
Tugboat appears to be towing a long line of small boats.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Fishing fleet coming home Nass River B.C."
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Canyon on Nass River". Forest and mountains visible on shore in distance.
Photograph features a steep cliff across water, rocky shore in foreground.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Up the 'Big Creek' at Kincolith B.C. Rock face called 'the place of echoes' by the Indian people."
Image depicts a south-west view of the Nass Valley.
File consists of Grant Hazelwood's notes and collected correspondence created in conjunction with the BC Ministry of Environment's "Upper Nass Assessment Project", a project that included the biophysical mapping of the Northwest-Klappan Road Access Area. Includes a summary document entitled "Klappan Access Road Project - Wildlife Component", as well as Hazelwood's handwritten species inventory notes.
File consists of an original "Mount Klappan Anthracite Project" document by Gulf Canada Resources Ltd. Includes accompanying map entitled "Gulf Canada Resources Inc.: Northwest British Columbia" that shows proposed coal mine sites in the Mount Klappan area, near Spatsizi Wilderness Park and Tatlatui Provincial Park.
File consists of an original "Mount Klappan Access Road Study" proposal for consulting services to the BC Ministry of Industry and Small Business Development by Phillips Barratt Kaiser Engineering Ltd. in association with Associated Engineering (B.C.) Ltd.