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Boat load of mischief
2004.1.2.3.15 · Item · ca. 1935
Part of Phipps-Mackenzie Collection

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.

Wee Willie Camp
2004.1.2.3.18 · Item · 28 Sept. 1935 (?)
Part of Phipps-Mackenzie Collection

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.

2004.1.2.3.25 · Item · ca. 1935
Part of Phipps-Mackenzie Collection

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.

2004.1.2.3.31 · Item · ca. 1935
Part of Phipps-Mackenzie Collection

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.

2004.1.2.3.44 · Item · ca. 1935
Part of Phipps-Mackenzie Collection

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.

Frank and Jim, Duti Valley
2004.1.2.3.46 · Item · ca. 1935
Part of Phipps-Mackenzie Collection

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.

2004.1.2.3.47 · Item · ca. 1935
Part of Phipps-Mackenzie Collection

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.

Textual Material
2004.1.1 · Series · ca.1920 - ca.1990
Part of Phipps-Mackenzie Collection

Series consists of five files which are related to surveying experiences in northern BC from 1931 and 1934, personal documents belonging to Phipps and his wife Dorothy Summer Phipps, and documents from the time when Phipps was working in South Africa.

A treed squirrel
2004.1.2.1.73 · Item · ca. 1930
Part of Phipps-Mackenzie Collection

Item is a photograph of three tents set up in a woodland clearing and a seated dog looking up into the branches of a tree.