Photographs within this file pertain to the early exploration of northern British Columbia.
Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "F/O P.B.COX Grand Prairie. C.D. #1. Unit. N.W.S.R." Photograph depicts the officer standing in uniform at airstrip, wearing what appears to be an RCAF wings medallion on his right breast. Machinery can be seen in background (two sets of land-rollers).
Royal Canadian Air ForceHandwritten photo album caption beside and below this photo reads: "F/S. J. Hone. C.D. #5 Unit. N.W.S.R. Whitehorse. A 100% soldier." Photograph depicts the Sergeant standing in uniform (wings medallion on left breast) in front of white doorway to unidentified building. A reflection of trees can be seen in door window.
Royal Canadian Air ForceHandwritten photo album caption beside and below this photo reads: "F/S. I[?].M. McLean, Ft. S. John. C.D. #2 Unit. N.W.S.R. 'Just as you see him'." Photograph depicts the Sergeant in sergeant's hat and rubber boots, sitting in open doorway of Officers' Quarters [see item 2006.20.12.15]. There is a broom on right, boots on far left, and wood slat sidewalk in foreground.
Royal Canadian Air ForceThis file consists of 3 copy prints and negatives (some duplicates of 2004.11.1.8) depicting trapping around Fort St. John and the Alaska Highway.
This file consists of 4 copy prints and negatives depicting the Williams Lake Peace River bridge, Alaska Highway, landscape, and sled dogs around Fort St. John, B.C.
This file consists of 14 copy prints and negatives depicting Fort St. John trapping, landscape, building, and Peace River bridge.
Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Gathering up the pieces [re. plane crash, item 2006.20.12.42]." Photograph depicts two trucks and a large group of men standing in airstrip believed to be at Whitehorse. Group of various buildings visible in background on right.
Royal Canadian Air ForceHandwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: " 'General Duties' (G.D.) man at Officers' Quarters." Photograph depicts man in sweater vest and tie sitting in front of closed door with "R.C.A.F OFFICERS QUARTERS" printed on side. There is a broom on right, boots on left, and wood slat sidewalk in foreground.
Royal Canadian Air ForceTown in a harbour - Alaska (?)
Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "S/L. Geo Du Temple. #4 Unit N.W.S.R. Watson Lake." Photograph depicts man in uniform (wings medallion on left breast) standing in front of white doorway of log building. Ground in foreground covered with sticks and sawdust.
Royal Canadian Air ForcePhotographs within this file document natural and artificial features across the landscape of Northern British Columbia. This landscape also includes the physical, built, urban and industrial landscapes; topography; site plans; boundaries, districts, reserves, parks, sanctuaries, towns, villages and cities, etc.
Front view of several men working on Grand Trunk Pacific train 218 in the winter. Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso of postcard reads: “Prince George, B.C., Dec. 1921 yard & main line.”
Includes 1 menu from a banquet given for Sir Charles Rivers Wilson and President Charles M. Hays of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company by the Prince Rupert Board of Trade at the Prince Rupert Inn, Saturday August 21st, 1909.
Photograph depicts group of buildings at Grande Prairie airstrip. The foremost building has the sign "YUKON SOUTHERN" on its roof, and the tower and admin building can be seen behind. Power poles, large trucks, and other large unidentified machinery are lined up in background on right.
Royal Canadian Air ForcePhotograph depicts building with small second story attached, and a tall red and white pole in front. Signal tower and power poles in background on right, semi-trailer in background on left. A man in uniform can be seen in the far right sitting on a small staircase on wheels. Small unidentified buildings and miscellaneous shop supplies in background. Handwritten photo album caption beside this photo reads: "Grand Prairie Tower and Adm. Bldg."
Royal Canadian Air ForcePhotograph depicts group of working men and 6 dogs standing outside wood building. Hill in background.
Group stands in foreground on what appears to be a wooden teeter totter. Fence crosses midground in front of water, and hills can be seen on opposite shore in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of mounted slide reads: "play ground in Legak [sic]".
Photograph depicts a game of horseshoes in foreground. Fence crosses midground in front of water, and hills can be seen on opposite shore in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of mounted slide reads: "Playing horse [shoes?] in Legac".
Group portrait featuring 3 rows of unidentified men in suits and one member of the clergy posed on a sidewalk outside a storefront at Atlin, B.C.
This file consists of 1 copy print and negative depicting the bridge over the Bulkley River at Hazelton, B.C.
Photograph depicts two horses grazing behind log fence along the beach of Stuart Lake. Forested peninsula and distant hills are visible in background. Handwritten photo caption below photograph reads: "Stuart Lake, BC".
Photograph depicts a group of buildings in distance behind fenced area. Field spans foreground and stand of trees in background. Handwritten photo caption below photograph reads: "H.B.C. Fort St. James ."
Postcard featuring the Fort St. James HBC Post. Printed annotation on recto reads: "H.B.C. Post Ft. St. James."
Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Waiting for the Plane at 'Watson'" Photograph depicts unidentified man standing on ice and holding a fish. The ice in the area behind him has been broken, creating a small pond in the frozen lake. Second man sitting behind pond area. Trees on opposite shore in background.
Royal Canadian Air ForcePhotographs within this file document resource industries within Northern BC such as mining, fishing, forestry etc. They also represent resource industry cooperatives, processing, packing and shipping industries, construction and ship building, as well as salvage companies and operations.
Handwritten caption along bottom of photograph reads: "Japanese freighters 'Yeiufuku Maru' and 'Aden Maru' in Prince Rupert Harbor to load first cargo of grain from this port, Oct. 22, 1926. Photo W.W.W." The Prince Rupert Feed Co. Coal, Grain, Hay & Feed Company building visible from Trotier's Dock.
Photograph consists of Jean Caux and several men loading supplies onto a horse and mule pack train. Annotation along bottom recto of photograph reads: "Jean Caux's Pack Train, loading at Harvey Baileys for Babine Lake - 1897."
View of snow capped mountains in the distance, trees and river in mid ground. A Jeep type vehicle is on a bridge in the mid ground with river and sandbar in the foreground. Handwritten annotation on verso in pen reads: “Cassiar Road. Cottonwood River crossing”
Series 5 contains a photograph illustrating some of the people who live in St. Mary's Reserve.
Photograph depicts a body of water with trees on opposite bank crossing mid ground. Trees and rocks in foreground, hills visible in distant background. Handwritten photo caption below photograph reads: "Lake Beau Vert."
Photograph depicts a large body of water with trees on opposite bank crossing mid ground and reflected in the water. Mountains visible in distant background. Handwritten photo caption below photograph reads: "Lake Beau Vert and Whistler Mt Jasper Park."
Photograph depicts a glassy body of water with trees on opposite bank crossing mid ground. Mountains visible in distant background. A clear reflection of the trees and mountains is mirrored in the water. Handwritten photo caption below photograph reads: "The Whistlers across Lake Beau Vert (7. AM.)"
Exterior photograph of a residential school. Printed annotation on recto reads: “Industrial Indian school, Fraser Lake. B.C.
Two men driving a loaded logging truck along a wooden road.
View of a scow loaded with provisions and several people passing through rapids of the Grand Canyon. Printed annotation on recto reads: “A scow loaded with provisions passing through the Grand Canyon on it’s way to Fort George.” Handwritten annotation in pencil on recto reads: “Nearly Bumped, Nachaco River” Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “My address will be Fort George BC. Dear Mrs. Cooper, I am up in the wild part of BC now where men horses and everything get drowned every day, sometimes automobiles get drowned also. This is the way we travel up where I am now. I saw a boat upside down in this Canyon it had a bundle of blankets tied on it and one oar was dancing in the whirlpool. This made my hair stand straight up and down.”
Photograph depicts five men in uniform loading supplies onto a military plane with the number "7632" on its side. Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "LOADING FOR THE NORTH." It is believed this photograph was taken at the military base in Whitehorse, YT.
Royal Canadian Air ForceSix men visible on hillside and wood plank roadway, working together to roll cut logs down the hill and load them onto the truck.
Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso read: “logs up to 32 feet in length.”
Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Everybody Works." Photograph depicts four men in uniform (same men from item 2006.20.12.33) loading a red cross suitcase and other luggage onto plane, movable staircase behind them. It is believed that a fifth man is also semi-visible behind them. Snowbank and various unidentified buildings in background on right.
Royal Canadian Air ForceHandwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "This 'Nose' holds a lot." Photograph depicts four men in uniform loading a red cross suitcase onto the nose of a plane. Airstrip, snow, trees and hills in background.
Royal Canadian Air ForceHandwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Scene on the Apron, 'Any Day' Fort Nelson, Our 'Lodestar' in the foreground." Photograph depicts three planes on apron, surrounded by various unidentified men and trucks. Pavement in foreground, trees in background.
Royal Canadian Air ForceHandwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "C.P.A Lodestar, Whitehorse. Taking Off for Edmonton." Photograph depicts military plane, "CF-CP8" on its side. Runway in foreground, snowy range of hills in background.
Royal Canadian Air ForcePhotograph depicts a woman standing beside a car parked in front of the Lodge at Riske Creek in the Chilcotin. Lodge consists of a log structure which has an attached general store. Annotation on verso reads: "Risske [sic] Creek in the Chilcotin 1949".