W.H. Collison stands on a rocky river bed pointing to a pass in between distant mountains.
Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “A rift in the mountains for Chapt. XXI. No.4”
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W.H. Collison stands on a rocky river bed pointing to a pass in between distant mountains.
Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “A rift in the mountains for Chapt. XXI. No.4”
Archdeacon William Henry Collison stands with cane in centre of group, trees and hills in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Meadow - Kincolith / Uncle Don - Grandfather, Aunt Alice, Aunt Elsie / Uncle Max + cousins". Donald Macdonald married W.H. Collison's daughter Emily.
Photograph depicts a jut of treed land in the Kettle river.
Image depicts a grave somewhere along the White Pass railway.
Image depicts a mountain side somewhere along the White Pass railway. The thin ridge along the mountain side is possibly either a highway or part of the railway.
Image depicts a mountain side somewhere along the White Pass railway. The thin ridge along the mountain side is possibly either a highway or part of the railway.
File contains slides depicting locations along the White Pass railway through Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon Territories.
Image depicts the White Pass Train crossing over a railway bridge at an uncertain location.
Image depicts the White Pass Train crossing over a railway bridge at an uncertain location in the mountains.
Image depicts the White Pass Train crossing over a railway bridge at an uncertain location.
Trees in foreground, hills in background. Unidentified man stands on far left.
Photograph is one of 11 images taken during a World Health Organization (WHO) trip, Human Rights of Women and Children, Peru, 1990. Possibly affiliated with World Council of Churches, International Ecumenical Delegation to Lima, Peru, 14-25 October 1990. See also items 2009.6.1.505 - 2009.6.1.515.
Rock pile, unknown building, and hills can be seen in background.
Photograph is one of 11 images taken during a World Health Organization (WHO) trip, Human Rights of Women and Children, Peru, 1990. Possibly affiliated with World Council of Churches, International Ecumenical Delegation to Lima, Peru, 14-25 October 1990. See also items 2009.6.1.505 - 2009.6.1.515.
Photograph depicts Wickaninnish Beach, north of Ucluelet on Vancouver Island.
Image depicts an aerial view of Williams Lake, B.C.
Image depicts a view of Williams Lake, B.C.
Image depicts an aerial view of Williams Lake, B.C.
Image depicts an aerial view of Williams Lake, B.C.
Image depicts an aerial view of Williams Lake, B.C.
File contains slides depicting places in the area around Williams Lake, Clinton, and the Fraser Canyon.
Image depicts the St. Joseph's Residential School in Williams Lake, B.C.
According to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Archives (https://archives.nctr.ca/Cariboo-Residential-School) :
"Cariboo (Williams Lake) Indian Residential School (IRS) was located southwest of Williams Lake on highway #97 approximately halfway between Quesnel and Kamloops in the BC interior. The IRS operated from 1891 - 1981 (90 years) and closed on June 30, 1981.
Other names identifying the residential school include Williams Lake Industrial School and St. Joseph’s Industrial School from 1891 - 1920; Cariboo Industrial School and Cariboo Indian Industrial School from 1920 - 1927; Cariboo Residential School and Cariboo Indian Residential School from 1923 - 1981; St. Joseph’s Mission School (1929 - 1981), St. Joseph’s Indian Residential School (1932 and 1935), and St. Joseph’s Residential School (1963 and 1969); Cariboo Student Residence and Cariboo Indian Student Residence from 1967 - 1981. The school was also frequently referred to as the Indian School at 150 Mile House because of its location.
The Government of Canada was responsible for funding the school, which was managed and operated by the Roman Catholic Church from July 1891 - March 31, 1969. From April 1, 1969 - June 1981, the federal government managed and operated the IRS. In 1962, an agreement was signed between Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada represented by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and Indianescom (Oblate Indian and Eskimo Commission) for the management and operation of the Cariboo IRS.
No information regarding which grades were taught at the IRS exists.
Students were from the following bands: Alexandria, Alexis Creek, Alkali Lake, Anaham, Anderson Lake, Ashcroft, Bonaparte, Bridge River, Canim Lake, Canoe Creek, Clinton, Coldwater, Cowichan, Dog Creek, Euchinico, Fountain, High Bar, Kamloops, Kluskus Lake (Kluxkux Lake), Kuklinko, Lake Babine, Lillooet, Little Shuswap, Moricetown, Mount Currie, Natzoo, Nazko, Nemiah Valley, North Thompson, Pavillion, Pemberton, Quesnel, Redstone, Riske Creek, Seton Lake, Skwah, Soda Creek, Squamish, Stone (Stoney), Taodistan, Toosey, Ulkatcho (Ulgatcho), and Williams Lake. "was opened was opened by Roman Catholic missionaries in 1891. In 1902 nine boys ran away from the school, one of them dying of exposure. In 1920, nine boys ate poisonous water hemlock in what parents believed to be a response to discipline at the school. One of these boys died. The school closed in 1981. In the 1980s and 1990s two former staff members pled guilty to charges of sexually abusing students in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1998, a former principal apologized to a former student and school employee who had charged him with a series of sex offences. "
Image depicts the cableway in Willow River, B.C.
Image depicts the cableway, stretching over a river, in Willow River, B.C.
Image depicts the cableway in Willow River, B.C.
Image depicts a group of people somewhere in Willow River, B.C. The man in the plaid shirt and beige cap is identified on the slide as being Lloyd Edwards.
Image depicts a playground in Willow River, B.C. The slide labels it as being a "former hotel site." Map coordinates 54°04'23.7"N 122°28'26.9"W
Image depicts the Willow River General Store. Map coordinates 54°04'23.7"N 122°28'26.9"W
Image depicts a snowy street in Willow River, B.C. with a row of houses. The white building on the end with the Pepsi sign is the Willow River General Store. Map coordinates 54°04'18.3"N 122°28'14.7"W
Image depicts a snowy street in Willow River, B.C. There are several buildings, one is an Esso station and another is labelled as "Red & White Food Store."
Photograph is a printed postcard depicting a few cabins covered in snow near Stewart B.C.
Photograph depicts a four-dog team harnessed to a loaded sleigh. Two people stand near the loaded sleigh on a snowy forest path.
Railroad track, utility poles, field, small building and background hills are visible in image.
Elevated photograph of downtown Prince Rupert covered in snow. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Winter Scene. Prince Rupert. B.C."
Photograph depicts two people and a dog team on a snowy river bank with a narrow passage of open water and a snowy bluff in the background.
Photograph depicts village buildings along shore.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Massett in Winter dress."
Image depicts a river, possibly somewhere in the Wistaria Provincial Park.
Image depicts a river, possibly somewhere in the Wistaria Provincial Park.
Image depicts the old community hall located somewhere in the Wistaria Provincial Park.
Image depicts a woman on a boat, possibly on War Lake.
Photograph depicts a woman sitting on a rock, driftwood in the background.
Image depicts a woman standing on a rocky shore somewhere on Haida Gwaii, B.C.
Unidentified woman stands with umbrella in public area on waterfront. Water crosses midground, opposite shore and mountain in background.
Photograph depicts a woman wearing a Cowichan sweater rowing a boat away from a rocky island with a lighthouse. Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “Gal in boat wearing Indian sweater knit by my mother Eileen M. Jackson (she also spun the wool) for her brother J.J. Claxton, cook on the Columbia Coast Mission Boat. - S.K. Jackson”
Image depicts an unidentified woman with a camera sitting on the bank of a river.
Image depicts an unknown woman with a camera. Nearby are the skeletal remains of an unknown animal. The location is the upper Fraser Canyon.
Three unidentified women lean over flowing stream in area speculated to be a mining location. Sluiceway appears to be visible in foreground.
Side view of a wooden church, possibly under construction, and other buildings. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Indian Village- Prince George."
Photograph depicts a view looking down from a high forested slope to Woodpecker Island on the Fraser River, BC.
Image depicts the grade for the British Columbia Railway, which was formerly known as the Pacific Great Eastern until 1972. It is located somewhere near the Woodpecker Ranch in Woodpecker, B.C.
Image depicts the grade for the British Columbia Railway, which was formerly known as the Pacific Great Eastern until 1972. It is located somewhere near the Woodpecker Ranch in Woodpecker, B.C. There are two unknown individuals present in the image.
Image depicts a tree line in Woodpecker, B.C.