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Caption: We had to blast the log jam three times before we could get our boats through. Column of water from blasting.

Item is a photograph of a surveying crew clearing a passage for a boat.

Item is a photograph of four surveyors, one of whoe is surveying whil the ohers are resting by their tent.

Item is a photograph of Al Phipps with a back pack on his back, standing with two pack dogs in the snow.

Item is a photograph of J.R.M. sitting by a river surveying station.

Item is a photograph of Skookum Davidson holding Dick by the collar in an open field.

Item is a photograph of Skookum Davidson holding kneeling down to give Mabel's head a scratch.

Item is a photograph of a survey crewman kneeling outside his tent after the first snowfall.

Item is a photograph of two survey crewmen talking to each other outside a tent in the snow.

Item is a photograph of a tundra-like landscape.

Item is a photograph of Frank Swannell and Al Phipps holding rifles. Caribou meat hanging on a drying rack over a smoking fire is visible in the background.

Caption: "Cuprum" [sic], Nascall Bay

Item is a photograph of a waterfall.

Item is a photograph of a survey crewmman sitting on a rocky ledge by a waterfall.

Item is a photograph of a totem pole situated on a dock (?).

Caption: Link Lake. Clare - Marion, an arm of the Pacific - Ocean Falls lies on the other side of Clare- Marion. Item is a panoramic photograph of Mt. Clare - Marion.

Caption: Slowly Upwards. Item is a photograph of three survey crewmen hiking up a slope through waist high snow. Mt. Clare-Marion visible in background.

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

Item is a photograph of steam vessel.

Item is a photograph of three water falls.

Caption: At the Farm Valley, Ocean Falls. Loggers floating home. Item is a photograph floating homes on the water and a logged hilly landscape in the background.

Caption: "Ocean Falls from Jap-town [Japan town]. Mt. Baldy in the background."

Item is a photograph Prince Rupert.

Item is an aerial photograph Powell River Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd. Plant

Item is an photograph of a B.W. Hodsdon, pipe in hand, standing next to a house.

Caption: Repairing the "J.C. Bruce" after striking a rock off Ragged Islands near Lund - May 24, 1922. Item is a photograph of two men working on the hull of a boat propped up on a rocky shore.

Item is a group photograph of First Nations men, women and children standing around surveying equipment situated next to Takla Lake. One non-native (Mackenzie?) is kneeling in the foreground with a young child in his arms.

Item is a photograph of Al Phipps kneeling on the ground and holding up the head of a dead black bear.

Item is a photograph of J.R.M. poling a makeshift raft across a river.

Caption: Rafting-de-Lux. The arrival of Father Christmas. Item is a photograph of a survey crewman aboard a makeshift raft carrying a small coniferous tree.

Item is a photograph of a Thorne, Fred and Jack standing with six pack horses in the snow.

Caption: Trappers' line cabin. These cabins are small so taht they can be more easily heated with its -40oF. Item is a photograph of "Shorty" Haynes (?) standing in the snow next to a cabin patting the head of one of two pack dogs. Snow shoes seen leaning against the cabin.

Caption: Shorty going down the McGregor. These last winter scenes are from Skookum. Item is a photograph of "Shorty" Haynes standing in the snow against a mountainous backdrop with a pack sack on his back and snow shoes on his feet. Two pack dogs stand/sit by his side.

Item is a photograph of a dog team (three dogs visible) pulling a fullen laden, driver-less, dog sled across the frozen Peace River.

Caption: Travels of a mush-hound during part of 1935. Sunset on ice, two days fromt he mouth of the St. Lawrence, 17th April. Sorry I cannot give you the moon on the ice.

Caption: Clinton: Wood trestle bridge, to be replaced by a new structure also of wood; Coast Douglas fir. Item is a photograph of a train crossing a wooden trestle bridge.

Caption: Our small friends: The ptarmigan that used to bring his wife to see us. His bright plumage is her protection.

Caption: Backpacking. Usual load 60-65lbs. We carried a spring balance. Water cooling system. Item is a photograph of 2 survey crewmen trekking through water with packsacks on their backs.

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.

Two unidentified men aboard a loaded canoe poling their way through the Finlay Rapids. Annotation on verso: "Finlay Rapids"; annotation on recto: "Finlay Rapids 1929".

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)?"

Photo depicts a man and two boys standing along the shores of the Peace River. Annotation on verso: "Peace ' North Pine' (?) Oct 27/29"

Annotation on verso: "Log jam Ingenika"; annotation on recto: "Ingenika River 1930. Clearing boat passage...; Log jam Ingenika" Photo depicts two surveymen clearing a log jam in the river.

Annotation on recto: "Ingenika River 1930. Log jamb [sic] 3 miles below Perry Creek".