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Item is a photograph of Skookum Davidson cooking a meal over an open fire.

Item is a photograph of a Barrier Lake in the foreground and a forest and mountain range in the background.

Item is a photograph of J.R.M. kneeling in front of a cairn surveying station beside two pack dogs.

Item is a photograph of Skookum Davidson kneeling in between two pack dogs.

Item is a photograph of a survey crewman, with pack on his back, standing in a tundra-like landscape.

Caption: Our first caribou. Skookum busy in the buck brush. Item is a photograph of Skookum Davidson and another survey crewman cutting up the caribou meet in the tall grass.

Caption: More mucka-muck for man and beast. Our friend the goat. Item is a photograph of a goat standing on a rocky slope.

Item is a panoramic photograph of Barrier Lake, featuring a rocky shoreline, whitecaps and a mountaineous background.

Caption: Back-packing up Wrede Creek. Jack Adams, J.R.M., Walter Nehring, Fred Chapman, Skookum, Jack Anderson, Dick, Blackie, Mabel.

Item is a photograph featuring two survey crewmen by a waterfall.

Caption: Log shoot in the foreground; the streets are made of wood; paper machine rooms on the left.

Caption: Second from left Miss Purdy, fourth Miss Ralph. Item is a photograph of five women and a man standing in front of a building.

Caption: Ocean Falls after a snow shower. Taken from Don and Bessie's home.

Item is a photograph of J.R.M. sitting in the drivers's seat of Al Phipps convertible car.

Item is a photograph of Mt. Clare - Marion.

Caption: Taking water contents of the snow on the hills for Ocean Falls water supply. Item is a photograph of four men taking a water content measurement on a snowy slope.

Item is a photograph of J.R.M. standing with a little girl and a black dog on a sandy beach.

Item is a photograph of a little girl playing with a spoon and a tin on a sandy beach.

Item is an aerial photograph of Ocean Falls, British Columbia.

Caption: S.S. Prince Rupert taken from Bessie's house. Item is a photograph of Ocean Falls rooftops in the foreground, and the steam vessel, S.S. Prince Rupert at a distance in the midground.

Caption: Note the rock and box garden. Item is an photograph of a woman, B.D. Hodsdon sitting on the stairs to a house next to a rocky garden.

Caption: Jackie Adams, California. Item is a photograph of a woman, Jackie Adams, sitting on a horse.

Caption: Dabs, Liz and Frank Barnet (husband of cousin Liz)

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 cook tent flooded with water.

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.