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Caption: Old tent Plaging River, 8x10. WE had 3 men and 5 dogs in it one night, when it was 40 degrees below: these were in the days before eiderdown sleeping bags. Item is a photograph of Skookum Davidson standing next to a tent situated in a snowy wooded landscape. A pair of large snowshoes lean up against the tent.

Caption: Shorty (6'4") going down the plaging towards Pass Lake. Trapper in B.C. Item is a photograph of Shorty trekking through snowy terrain with three pack dogs following along behind. A mountain is visible in the background.

Item is a photograph of a woman (B.D. Hodsdon?) standing in a row boat holding a fish.

Item is a photograph of a cook tent flooded with water.

Caption: The riff-ruff of Swannells' Party. J.R.M., Thorne Forrest, F. Jorgenson, A.H. Phipps, J.O. Davids, Mutt, Mrs. Forfars, Fort St. James, F.C. Swannell
Item is a group photograph taken in front of Forfars Hotel in Fort St. James.

Caption: Fred & Al. Here we cross Franks footsteps of 1913, Omineca River. Item is a photograph of Fred and Al holding their rifles and posing next to a tree that is inscribed with the names of members of Swannell's 1913 survey team: "1913. F.C. Swannell, A.H. Phipps, J. Davidon, J. Duncan, C. Pinker, F. Jorgensen, J. Mackenzie, W.H. Forrest, Oct-10-1931 B.C. Govt."

Caption: Kitchener Lake - July - Thorne, Frank, J.R.M., Al, Fred. Item is a photograph of Thorne, J.R.M., All Phipps, Fred and Frank by an overturned canoe.

Item is a photograph of J.R.M. standing in front of a cache.

Item is a photograph of First Nations men, women and children standing around surveying equipment situated outside a dwelling. One native women is looking through the equipment.

Item is a photograph of Al Phipps playing with a husky pack dog (Dick?) in the snow.

Item is a photograph of A.H. Phipps and Skookum Davidson standing beside a horse and a surveying station at the top of a mountain.

Item is a photograph of J.R.M., with a packsack on his back, mountain climbing.

Caption: Our Cook: caribou horns; in the velvet. Item is a photograph of Fred using a set of caribou horns and a rifle to plow a small plot of land.

Item is a photograph of two survey crewmen aboard a makeshift raft carrying a large load of baggage and two pack dogs.

Item is a photograph of the survey crewman and his pack horse trekking in the snow.

Caption: On the way out. Jack Duncan digging for rocks to build [a] cairn.

Caption: Dick, Shorty Haynes (6'4"). Trappers' lean-to, McGregor River, tributary to the Fraser [River]. Item is a photograph of "Shorty" Haynes in snow shoes and carrying a pack sack looking at a trappers' lean-to while pack dog "Dick" looks on.

Caption: Travels of a mush-hound during part of 1935. 50-50; Scot-Irish; Adela-Tony. Anne Hwthorne Pateson, Durieu, B.C. Item is a photograph of a little girl standing by a veranda.

Caption: Looking from the track. Fraser River; taken in the early morning hence the shadow. In the dry-belt little vegetation, sage brush, trees only where they catch the snow. Item is a landscape photograph over looking the Fraser River and surrounding canyon.

Caption: Williams Lake Stampede, caribou country. Speed? Note the open country; semi dry belt. Item is a blurred photograph of a man on horse back.

Caption: Fort St. James, Northern B.C. Frank being securely shut in for his flight from Stuart Lake to Tatla Lake. Item is a photograph of two men shutting the door of a float plane.

Caption: United Air Transport Ltd., Tatla Landing. Gil Maclaren, Grant McConachie, E.B. Kubicek - pilots. Harmon (prospecting engineer), R. Oaks, Red Grey (mechanics. 220HP Falkers; max load Tatla 800lbs; max load Kitchener 600lbs. If fair wind blowing greater load can be lifted. Item is a photograph of a group of six men standing in front of a float plane at Tatla Landing.

Caption: On the scow between Stuart Lake and Tatla Lake. Dave Hoy and family plus Bob. Item is a photograph of three men, three boys and a dog standing beside rowboats brought up on shore.

Caption: On the scow between Stuart Lake and Tatla Lake. Boat load of mischief. Item is a photograph of four young boys sitting in the hold of a small boat holding a rope strung with fish while a cow nibbles at straw near their feet.

Caption: From Out-look Rest, Kubicek Pass; looking towards Kitchener Lake. The nice open looking country is the valley is unfortunately wet. Item is a panoramic photograph of a mountain range and valley.

Caption: Wee Willie Camp [#2, #16, #18] Wee Willie is a rock rabbit friend of ours. Trees: Balsams. Camp at timber-line west-end Kubicek Pass. This is taken during the Indian Summer ("8 days"); 28th Sept.; in the spring the hillside here was a maze of flowers.

Caption: Our small friends: Porkie (porcupine) above timber-line.

Caption: Our small friends: the ground-hog, whistler, marmot. Sentinel of the glen.

Caption: Backpacking. Usual load 60-65lbs. We carried a spring balance. The smile is natura.. Item is a photograph of 2 survey crewmen trekking down a slope with packsacks on their backs.

Caption: Backpacking: snow cooled. Item is a photograph of two survey crewmen trekking up a snowy slope with packsacks on their backs.

Caption: Left by snow-slides. Another word you great unshaved. Some animal had dened up here last winter. Item is a photograph of one man sitting atop a pile of tree debris left by snow-slides, while another looks up at him from below.

Caption: Left by snow-slides. There are many of these in Duti Valley. Item is a photograph surveying the devastation left by snow-slides.

Caption: Pork and beans may do for mere mortals but goats and beans is the food of the gods. Item is a photograph of two dead goats laying side by side in the snow; a rifle has been placed between them.

Caption: Weary Willies, Duti Valley. Frank(left) and self (Jim Mackenzie? -right)identified. Item is a photograph of two men standing in a forested area with packsacks on their backs.

Caption: Sourdoughs. Light and flaky, brown and tasty; hotcakes that never go cold. Self (Jim Mackenzie? - left) and Bob, or J.R.C. Hewitt, B.C.L.S. Item is a photograph of two men seated by a campfire. One man is holding a cup of coffee, while the other is cooking hotcakes on a pan.

Annotation on recto: "Ingenika Mines boat, 6200lbs, Jne [sic] 23/1930; Ernie Wheeler". Photo depicts two men poling a freighting boat along the river.

Photograph depicts a group of men and a boy posing for a photo on a dock beside a floatplane CF-AAM on Takla Lake.

Annotation on recto: "Repair work on trucks on Bedeaux Party at Gundy, B.C."

Annotation on recto: "Bedeaux's Party camped at Gundy, B.C." Photograph depicts tents men standing amongst tents and supplies.

Annotation on recto: "I-57373" which denotes the same photograph in the collection of the BC Archives.

Annotation on recto: "I-57372" which denotes the same photograph in the collection of the BC Archives. Annotation on recto: "Local Indians watch the fun".

Annotation on recto: "C-08433" which denotes the same photograph in the collection of the BC Archives.

Annotation on recto: "I-57381" which denotes the same photograph in the collection of the BC Archives.

Stamped annotation on verso: "Printed by Leffler"

Annotation on verso: "B2213". Photograph possibly taken in Africa.

Photograph depicts a large snow covered mountain emerging from behind a forested landscape; water visible in foreground.