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Caption: The actors aren't poseing.

Caption: Bridge of Sighs, Black Creek. The water being rather fst, deep and black for wading, we feld the tree across. Bob and self (Jim Mackenzie?) identified. Item is a photograph of two men laden with packsacks, traversing a fallen log across a creek.

Caption: An evening caste [sic]. Kitchener Lake. Item is a photograph of a man fishing on a raft in the middle of Kitchener Lake.

Caption: Rafting Tzahny Lake, groundhop country. Stuck on the mud; glacial silt, we have more picturesque names for it. Half hour earlier Bob's pole stuck at the bottom and he left the raft for a good bath. Item is a photograph of two survey crewman poling a raft laden with supplies away from a mud flat.

Item is a photograph of two men standing by a stone cairn, each with packsacks on their backs. One man points while the other man looks in the direction being pointed to.

Caption: Who would have believed it!! I hope your sister isn't worrying about you. Item is a photograph of a bearded survey crewman standing with axe in hand next to a rocky cairn.

Landscape perspective of Mt. Selwyn from across a river near Finlay Junction. Annotation on recto: "Mt.Selwyn"; annotation on verso: "Mt. Selwyn; Mt.Selwyn May 31 / 1793; near Finlay Junction".

Annotation on verso: "Rocky Mountain Canyon, Peace River above Johnson Creek. It must have been here where Mackenzie abandoned the river and commenced portaging; above where Mackenzie noted cool - ; (near mine here)?"

Photograph depicts one man wearing an apron (the cook?)and one man with knife and bag in hand talking to another man on horseback.

Annotation on verso: "Old Faithful CF-ABK". Photograph depicts three unidentified men standing or sitting upon a floatplane at dock; perhaps at Takla Lake.

Annotation on verso: "CF-ABK Takla L.". Photograph depicts two floatplanes at dock along Takla Lake.

Annotation on recto: "Portage, Deserter's Canyon".

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

Photograph depicts an unidentified man taking a survey measurement along the shoreline of a lake; mountains visible in the background.

Annotation on verso: "butch(?) train taken at Breskens (?)".

Photograph depicts eight women and seven men posing aboard a ship. One man situated in the bottom centre of the photo holds onto a life ring labelled "Andania". D. Phipps is the wife of A.H. Phipps.

Caption: "The sun sets on 1st day of great adventure. Northward bound!"

Caption: "Coming up the Finlay Rapids on the Peace"

Caption: "Coming up the Finlay Rapids on the Peace"

Caption: "Frank Swannel [sic] at the bow going down the Finlay Rapids"

Caption: "Wash day"

Caption: "Deserter Canyon"

Caption: "Gus Trap's Cabin. One of the few trappers who has his wife with him; in the picture his daughter of 15 is playing with her only playmates for hundreds of miles, Siwash kids". "Siwash" was a derrogatory term sometimes used to refer to First Nations people of the Northern Pacific Coast of North America.

Caption: "Paradise for man & beast. Timber-line"

Caption: "It must have been a Sunday!"

Caption: "Another River station"

Item is a panoramic photograph of Ingenika Valley.

Item is a panoramic photograph of Swannell Creek.

Item is a photograph of Skookum Davidson and a dog standing on top of a cliff.

Item is a panoramic photograph of Ingenika Mine.

Item is a photograph of a Jack Anderson standing on top of a log-jam.

Caption: In shallow water the kicker or outboard motor cannot be run at full power; the the "spruce pole engines" or the bow, have to lend a hand; yes - all hands, arms and every ounce of strength. It is one of the most tiring jobs, poling against a strong current.

Caption: "Indian cabins, MacLeod Lake. First Hudson Bay Port west of the Rockies"

Caption: "The Road to the North. A cut bank on the Parsnip"

Caption: "Entrance to the Rocky Mountain Canyon, Peace River. 19 miles of Canyon."

Caption: "Finlay River below Canyon"

Caption: "Gus Trap's Pool inside first part Deserter Canyon"

Caption: "Gus Trap's Pool inside first part Deserter Canyon"

Caption: "Deserter Canyon"

Caption: "Man and wife, writters [sic] for some travel magaine. Living off the country with a .22; bag so far one squirrel. 300 miles from rail."

Caption: "Finlay River from the head of Deserter Canyon"

Caption: "Jack Adams & Al reading river station"

Item is a photograph of Frank Swannell by the surveying station.

Item is a photograph of J.R.M. and Frank Swannell building a surveying station.

Item is a panoramic photograph of Ingenika Valley.

Item is a photograph of Ingenika Mine.

Item is a photograph of a surveying crewman traversing through Swannell Creek carrying a pack on his back.