Photograph depicts a pack horse train in the foreground walking through a mountain valley. In the background forested foothills are visible with a mountain peak rising from the background.
Photograph depicts a pack horse train walking through a mountain valley. In the background forested foothills are visible with a mountain peak rising in the distance.
Photograph depicts a campsite with a tent and packhorses in foreground, a stand of evergreen trees in mid-ground and a snow covered mountain in the background.
Photograph depicts seven pack horses grazing in grass by a stream. In the background the tree line of a forest is visible with mountain peaks rising in the distance.
Photograph depicts a pack train of horses seen from across the Moberly River along a forested shoreline.
Photograph depicts a pack train of horses fording the Moberly River with a forested shoreline in the background.
Photograph depicts a pack train of horses and several men on horseback riding along the east end of Moberly Lake.
Photograph depicts a pack horse outfit riding down a grassy slope with a sparse tree line in the foreground.
Photograph depicts a pack outfit traversing down a grassy slope beside a cluster of trees.
Footage of large animal, most likely a moose, along a steep bank. Two men and their pack horse traveling along an open landscape, a close shot of their campfire at night, then footage of them preparing for a journey early in the morning. Also a view of a herd of caribou, the men traveling in a pack train over a stream and through upper valleys of the mountains, various sunset shots, a lake full of birds feeding, and finally the men packing the horses with killed game meat, most likely caribou.
The location of the filming is most likely the Rainbow Mountains.
Photograph depicts twelve or more horses loaded with packs. Three or more men attending. There is a telegraph pole in the midground, treed low hills in the background. The horses are standing in a field.
Footage of a pack train in the high country, which is likely an upper valley of the mountain foothills. Probable locations of this footage include Holt homestead, Rainbow Mountains or Tweedsmuir Provincial Park.
Footage of a pack train in what is believed to be the Rainbow Mountains.
Photograph depicts train of mules packing many items through cleared area near the Blackwater River, B.C. Power line, trees and hill in background. Hugh Taylor believed to be present on this journey.
Photograph depicts packed horses walking on the log jam. [55th parallel]
Photograph depicts eight men standing in a line, loaded with heavy backpacks. There is alpine scrub vegetation in the background.
Photograph depicts a group of horses in process of being loaded with packs. Four or more men attend. There is a canvas tent, open fire and more people in the background.
Photograph depicts rows of palm trees shadowing the Pacific Park Motel with a mountain range in the background.
Consists of two photograph albums that illustrate Parker Bonney's early years as a Forest Engineer. Includes photographs of the expedition to the Nass Valley undertaken by Parker Bonney, Sam Brown, and others. May also include photographs of later surveying expeditions.
Bonney, ParkerThe photographs depict the geographic areas of Stewart, BC, Boundary Pass, Nelson River, Bitter Creek Glacier, Portland Canal, Red Cliff and Bear Creek; as well as the ships “Camosun” and “S.S. Prince George.” Types of subjects identified in this collection include: community life, surveying, mining and transportation (i.e. dog-sledding, horse and buggy, and the Portland Canal Short Line Railway “P.C.S.L. Rlwy”).
Photograph depicts a bird's eye view of a large river, forest and mountains in the background. On the river's edge there is a scow with several persons standing on it.
Photograph depicts three or more passengers with sleeping/bed rolls on the deck of the S.S. Nechako sternwheeler. There is a river, riverbanks and low hills in the background.
Photograph depicts five women and two men standing on the deck of the SS Stavangerfjord, a Norwegian passenger ocean liner.
Photograph depicts five women and two men standing on the deck of the SS Stavangerfjord, a Norwegian passenger ocean liner.
Photograph depicts view from atop a stage coach, a team of horses pulling a stage coach approaching.
Photograph depicts two freighting stages passing. View is from atop one of the stages.
File consists of material relating to Patrick Allan Morrow who was a Canadian photographer and mountain climber. In 1986 Morrow was the first person to climb the Seven Summits in the Carstensz-Version. Materials include magazine clippings, newspaper clippings, and correspondence between Morrow and L'Heureux.
Photograph depicts two men standing on a wharf. A steamboat is docked, there are rails on the wharf and mountains in the distance.
Image depicts a group of people heading towards a glacier, possibly the Robson Glacier.
Image depicts a group of people standing on a hill, with what is possibly Mt. Robson in the background.
Image depicts a group of unknown individuals with a mountain in the background.
Image depicts a man talking to a group of hikers, with what is possibly Mt. Robson and the Robson Glacier in the background.
Image depicts a group of people standing on the foot of a glacier, possibly the Robson Glacier.
Image depicts a group of people standing on the foot of a glacier, possibly the Robson Glacier.
Image depicts a group of people on the rocky bank of a river somewhere near Mt. Robson.
Image depicts an individual standing on a trail in the coastal forest on Haida Gwaii, B.C.
Image depicts an individual ducking under a tree branch somewhere in Haida Gwaii, B.C.
Photograph depicts two men (possibly Pete Callao and Carrol Paul) standing with two saddled horses. In the background a mountain vista is visible.
Photograph depicts Pete Callao (left) and Frank Dewing (right) napping under a spruce tree lean-to in a forest clearing.
Photograph depicts Pete Callao using an axe to cut a trail through an area covered with windfall.
Photograph depicts Pete Callao on horseback looking through binoculars in order to determine his course through a forested valley to Pine River. In the background the peak of a mountain is visible.
Consists of two photograph albums that illustrate Parker Bonney's early years as a Forest Engineer. Includes photographs of the expedition to the Nass Valley undertaken by Parker Bonney, Sam Brown, and others. May also include photographs of later surveying expeditions.
File consists of reproduced photographs from the BC Provincial Archives and postcards collected from various places in British Columbia. Also includes newspaper clippings, negatives, maps, and articles. Highlights include:
- Signed Christmas card from William K. Blackburn, director of the B.C. Canoe Racing Association, which includes an original photograph of a canoe team alongside a canoe painted with the names "British Columbia" and "Simon Fraser" (possibly for a BC centennial event).
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Bates Camp, on Summit Near Headwaters of Omineca River", [189?] (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "View from Camp XX., on Summit near Headwaters of Sustut River", [189?] (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Athabascan Indians at Stoney Creek, Fort Fraser District", 1905 (photograph reproduction)
- Original photographs of Huble homestead, "Front View", [197-?]
- Original photographs of Huble homestead, "Side View", [197-?]
- Original photographs of Huble homestead, "House and Barn view", [197-?]
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Mile 145-2nd crossing on the Fraser River", 1913 (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Ferrying across the Fraser, Quesnel-Xmas", 1910 (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Old Mining cabins Vitai[?] Creek", 1913 (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Hudson's Bay Company Post at Fort McLeod (McLeod Lake). Founded in 1805 First post built West of the Rocky Mountains", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
- Seven photograph reproductions taken from an unknown book, [191-?]
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Colonel Charles Bulkley", [189?] (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Cassiar M.C. Hydraulic Plant Kleanza Creek Omineca", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Mile Hydraulic Kleanza Creek, Omineca Mining District", [189?] (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Stuart River Ferry ", 1912 (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Sinkut? Lake Telegraph Cabin- Atlin- Quesnel Telegraph Line", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Ah Hao- A Miner of 1871- Aged 63 Years, Germansen Creek", 1913 (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Ferry Across the Fraser River Quesnel", [191-??] (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Deserter Canyon- Blasting out lodge Finlay River", 1913 (photograph reproduction)
Photograph depicts a woman standing on a step outside a building this woman is tending to a toddler. The building is constructed of chinked logs.
File consists of material relating to pioneers and their stories. Materials include newspaper clippings, a booklet, and reproductions of articles. Highlights include:
- Canadian Federation of University Women, "Street Names A-Z", 1970 (booklet)
Photograph depicts plateau below summit between John Brown and Kitseucla creeks. Survey of 55th parallel.
Photograph depicts a few scattered buildings and railway siding in the foreground, sparsely forested mountain in the background.
Photograph depicts two persons holding long poles, standing on a canoe on the Nechako river. The water vessel appears to be very near a falls. Image is out of focus.
Photograph depicts four men standing on a canoe, loaded with supplies. Calm river water in the background, bluffs in the background.