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Photograph depicts a wide view of the Omineca River with a man standing on a boat in the right corner of the image. In the background the river a forested shoreline and mountain range are visible.

Photograph depicts three men sitting in a circle in a clear area near a sparsely forested area in front of a snowy mountain range. The location of the photograph is noted to be at Duck Creek at Copper Mountain; however, those names may no longer be in current use. Location is assumed to be approximately 55.979291, -125.208415 near what is currently named Wasi Peak.

Photograph depicts two men, Bill Martin and Clarence Waldof, picking blueberries along a hillside surrounded by their bags and a dog.

Photograph depicts a winter landscape with Mt. Park and the Tipple visible.

Photograph depicts a formal portrait of a group of eighteen men standing outside the Kelowna Branch of the Toc-H Headquarters. Handwritten annotation written on paper adhered to verso reads: "Toc H. Kelowna. Front Row: Bill Brown, Owen Jones, Ford Martin, Les Harrison, Paul Wayze. Middle: Bill Benmore, Ches Coles, Bill Bredin, Bill Talbot, Larry Kelly, Lee Weston, Abie Ablott, ? Known to police only. Back: Roy Pollard, Ward Rennie, Ray Stone, Bill Hughes-Games, Joe Barns. Photo by member Bill McEwan, 1930"

Photograph depicts Sir Neville Chamberlain posed in full military attire. Photograph is most likely a copy print and/or a photograph taken of an image in a book or newspaper due to its extremely poor clarity. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Sir Neville Chamberlain, Inspector-General, R.I.C."

An “Indiana” flatbed logging truck releases logs from its load onto a makeshift log slide at the edge of a road.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso: "unloading logs".

Annotation on recto partially obscured by damage to emulsion: "1930...Write (?) Creek"

Groups of men and women can be seen gathered on paths between two large totem poles.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Totem Park Pr Rupert park."

Photograph depicts a totem pole standing on what appears to be a large wooden deck or boardwalk, view of the city in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Totem pole in park in Prince Rupert".

Photograph depicts Emil Bronlund and another man kneeling at camp with a tent and cooking fire. The camp is located at Little Canyon near the upper Omineca River.

Photograph depicts a sleeping dog and a man holding up a bottle standing between a small campfire and box filled with dishes. In the background of the image there is a forested landscape and a river to the right of the man.

Photograph depicts three men in a boat using long poles to steer a boat through an ice covered river section at Finlay Forks.

Caption: "Getting ready to leave MacLeod Lake, 6:30am, 22nd May 1930"

Item is a photograph Jack Adams and Dey beside a railway at Ingenika Mine.

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

Handwritten annotation on recto: "Liberal Picnic to (?) HGP, Swan Lake, Peace River, July 20th 1930, Fed Election"

Item is a photograph of a survey crew poling down Crooked River with all their equipment on two boats.

Caption: "A river station"

Item is a photograph of a survey crew lining a boat in the Ingenika River.

Item is a photograph of a survey crew lining a boat in the Ingenika River.

Item is a photograph of a five survey crewmen lining their boats in the Ingenika River. A.H. Phipps is on the right-front side of the boat.

Annotation on recto: "Finlay River...Fort Grahame, Oct 1/1930"

Colour-coded map depicting surveyed lands respectively open and closed to preemption. Depicts land recording divisions, game reserves, communities, bodies of water, and transport routes. Includes inset of McBride townsite.

Photograph depicts a boat. Handwritten annotation below the photograph reads, "B.S. Bay". Boat is the "Coaster" owned by H. Weldar.

Photograph depicts five men and three women seated in a semi-circle inside a wooden cabin in Gola, Norway.

Photograph depicts an aerial view of the north half of Thutade Lake located between a snow-capped mountain range.

Photograph depicts an aerial view of Finlay Falls from below Thutade Lake set in a forested landscape.

Photograph depicts a group portrait of Frank Swannell's and Emil Bronlund's crews surrounded by camping supplies, dogs, and a horse along the shore of Thutade Lake. Skook Davidson is in the back row in front of the horse. Frank Swannell is in the front row 3rd from left, petting a dog.

Photograph depicts a view of the south slope of Duncan Mountain near Thutade Lake.

Photograph depicts two men near their CF-AAM float plane on Thutade Lake in Sand Bay in front of their Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Ltd. (CMS) camp site.

Photograph depicts a snow-covered rock formation on the north side of Sentinl Peak

File consists of the following photocopied items:

• Letter to Mrs. J. Norman Henry from G.G. Aitken, Chief Geographer (May 22, 1935)
• Memorandum to Mr. F.H. Peters, Surveyor General (Topographical Survey of Canada) from R. W. Cautley, Acting Chief of Control Surveys (Dec. 17, 1931)
• Letter to Mr. F.H. Peters, Surveyor General from F.C. Green, Surveyor General (June 22, 1932)
• Letter to Mr. F.H. Peters, Surveyor General from Knox McCusker (Dec. 8, 1931)
• Letter to Mr. F.H. Peters, Surveyor General from Knox McCusker (Dec. 2, 1931)
• Letter to Mr. F.H. Peters, Surveyor General from Knox McCusker (Oct. 2, 1931)
• Letter to unknown recipient from J. Norman Henry (Oct. 15, 1931)
• Letter to K.F. McCusker from G.G.A. (G.G. Aitken?) Member on Geographic Board of Canada Representing B.C. (June 2, 1938)
• Letter to unknown recipient from Gwen McCusker (Sept. 5, 1944)
• Letter to Mrs. McCusker from Sgd. J. Clarke Williams on the occasion of the death of Knox McCusker (April 27, 1955)

Item is a photocopied version of G. Griffith's "The Natural Regeneration of Spruce in Central British Columbia" reprinted from The Forestry Chronicle, 1931, Vol. 7, No. 4.

Photoraph depicts a man (Emil Bronlund) skiing in Gola, Noway with a snow-capped mountain range visible in the background.

Photograph depicts numerous skiiers on a busy ski hill in Gola, Norway.

Photograph depicts a man (Emil Bronlund) standing on skis in front of a ski trail that leads through a snow-covered forest.

Photograph depicts a man standing to the left of a CF-ABK float plane and a Fokker AAM float plane resting on the water on Takla Landing.

Photograph depicts Frank Swannell's party posed to the left of a CF-AAM float plane on a dock at Takla Landing.

Photograph depicts a southeast aerial view from Sustut Pass of a snow-covered mountain range toward Thutade Lake.

Photograph depicts a view of the snow-covered north slope of Duncan Mountain near Thutade Lake.

Photograph depicts Henry Cleburn Giegerich resting at Rusty Basin to the east of Duncan Lake. In the background of the image there is a snow-covered mountain.

Photograph depicts a view of a snow covered valley (Rusty Basin) with a mountain range visible in the background.