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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: "Repair work in Bedeaux Camp at Gundy, B.C." Photograph depicts three men and one woman working on a vehicle.

Annotation on recto: "Bedeaux party saying au revoir outside Hart home at Pouce Coup" Photograph of seven men and women standing beside a loaded vehicle parked in front of a house. Charles Bedeaux if third from the right.

Annotation on recto: "I-33250" which denotes a photograph in the collection of the BC Archives. Photograph depicts a Citroen half-track descending Cameron Hill in the Peace River district.

Annotation on recto: "I-57369" which denotes the same photograph in the collection of the BC Archives. Photograph depicts three men standing at the side of a muddy, deeply rutted mountain path while another man tries to drive a Citroen half-track.

Annotation on recto: "ginibo (?) muck (?) near Athabasca".

Annotation on recto: "I-33251" which denotes the same photograph in the collection of the BC Archives.

Annotation on recto: "I-33252" which denotes the same photograph in the collection of the BC Archives. Annotation on recto: "Leaving Westergaard Ranch. Halfway River".

Annotation on recto: "I-57366" which denotes the same photograph in the collection of the BC Archives.

Photograph depicts the supply laden canoes of the Bedaux expedition at Pete Toy's bar, taken during the Bedeaux Canadian Sub-Arctic Expedition in the summer of 1934. This photograph was originally attributed to a location on the Peace River; however, this is likely incorrect. If this photograph does depict Pete Toy's bar, the location of the photograph is actually the Finlay River. Annotated on the back of this print is the code "B-04443" which denotes the same photograph in the collection of the BC Archives.

Photograph depicts the supply laden canoes of the Bedaux expedition at Pete Toy's bar, taken during the Bedeaux Canadian Sub-Arctic Expedition in the summer of 1934. Original annotation on photograph recto: "River boats on the Peace River". However, this annotation is likely incorrect; if this photograph does depict Pete Toy's bar, the location of the photograph is actually the Finlay River. There may be an error in the original annotation. Also annotated on the back of this print is the code "B-04444" which denotes the same photograph in the collection of the BC Archives.

Annotation on recto: "I-33253" which denotes the same photograph in the collection of the BC Archives.

Annotation on verso: "Bedeaux's Party leaving Hart Hotel and Pouce Coupe, B.C. for North"

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.

Photograph depicts a young boy and a man, both with poles in hand, standing on a supply laden raft while it is still pulled up on a lakeshore.

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 Jack Adams and Dey beside a railway at Ingenika Mine.

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

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

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: "Frank Swannel [sic], Al Phipps on the Peace, 1928"

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."