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Photograph depicts a long line of horses with packs traveling toward the photographer on a snowy mountain pass.

Photograph depicts three men and five horses traversing through the snow. The men are on foot leading the horses.

Photograph depicts two men navigating a small raft across the waters of Babine Lake, BC. Low mountains in the distance. [55th parallel]

Photograph depicts five men standing in a field of cut hay. Some men are holding scythes, buildings, forest and rolling hills in background.

Photograph depicts 5 men in a field using scythes to cut grain.

Photograph depicts a lofty view of a winding river, forest in the foreground, rolling forested hills in the background.

Photograph depicts a looking through trees to a view of a river, forested low hills in the background.

Photograph depicts a full length image of (presumably) one of Holland's survey crewmen.

Photograph depicts two men and two dogs resting near a wooden rowboat stopped along the shoreline of upper Osilinka River near Swiggums mining claims.

Photograph depicts men standing near three covered wagons pulled by team of horses on street. Buildings line the street on left behind trees with protective structures built around their trunks. A windmill stands near small building and woodpiles in background on right. Trees on hill are visible in distance. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Quesnel".

Photograph depicts a narrow canyon on the Fraser River.

Photograph depicts a steamboat on the Fraser River with a full view of the paddles.

Photograph depicts a steamboat on the Fraser River.

Photograph depicts a view of rough river waters from the deck of a steamboat.

Photograph depicts Cornel Neronovitch standing by a 'Maple Leaf' Chevrolet truck near the Peden Hill sawmill. Raw logs are stacked and chained on the truck.

Photograph depicts Cornel Neronovitch at a Peden Hill sawmill. Caption on back of photograph states: "Cornel Neronovitch".

Photograph depicts a rough table under a canvas tarp. There are various cooking utensils on the table and hanging from the tarp support. A man stands behind the table.

Photograph depicts five men sitting on a rough, log table. Table is under a tarp, upturned pails and cooking utensils are on the table.

Slide depicts a detonation in an area of cleared ground in a forested area, likely the Aleza Lake Experiment Station. Work may have been undertaken for roadbuilding activities at the Experiment Station.

Item is a photograph of the construction of the WAC Bennett Dam.

Photograph depicts the construction of a wood planked flume 8ft wide around the side of a mountain.

Photograph depicts the construction of a wood planked flume 8ft wide around the side of a mountain.

Photograph depicts the construction of a wood planked flume 8ft wide around the side of a mountain.

Photograph depicts a large construction in Victoria BC, possibly be related to the construction of the Johnson Street Bridge or the construction of a large building near the shoreline.

Photograph depicts construction of a possible steamboat at Soda Creek.

Caption describing photograph: "Condition after hand pulling, piling and burning, and rough clearing. Note roots in soil. Northwest Cor of present clearing."

Caption describing photograph: "Condition after clear cut logging. Birch, balsam, thimbleberry, raspberry, E.S. and fern. Main Access Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake."

Photograph depicts Zora Ivanovska in safety gear, vaccuming asbestos dust from "hall screen" in mill (slanted vibrating tables with varying mesh sizes, used to separate different lengths of fibre). Mill General Foreman Tony Pinto is visible on far right, with unidentified man.

Photograph depicts part of the vacuum dust control and removal system in the Cassiar mill building. Unidentified man can be seen at rotary air-lock, in which heavy blown dust would collect before dropping to plenum conveyor resting just above floor. From here, the dust would eventually be expelled at the tailings pile outside of the mill. Second unidentified man can be seen climbing steps in background. This section of the mill was located above the lab.

Photograph depicts three women wearing white aprons while conducting tests on asbestos fibre in lab area, miscellaneous equipment throughout room.

Photograph depicts ore cars on cables running between tramline towers. Flowers in foreground, mine valley and McDame mountain in background. Tramline ran through mine valley, between loading station (2000.1.13.19.197) in mine and dump station at mill on plantsite (2000.1.1.3.19.124)

Photograph depicts mine area. Switchback road and higher benches in background. Blasthole drills, track shovels, and ore haulage trucks can be seen on level in foreground and higher bench in background. Mountains visible in distance. Benches in background speculated to be located on the mine's West Peak.

Photograph depicts machinery in snowy area of mine. Euclid ore haulage truck in foreground, cassiar pickup truck visible in lower area in midground. Blasthole drill in front of track shovel in left background, Wabco ore haulage truck visible behind other machinery in right background.

Photograph depicts shovel in excavation area of mine, loading ore haulage truck believed to be a Wabco "haul pak".

Photograph depicts palletizer machinery, where bags of asbestos fibre were shrink-wrapped and made ready for shipping pallets. Palletizer was located near shipping (believed to be in mill building). Unidentified man visible in machinery on far left.

Photograph depicts woman wearing safety gear in second floor of mill building, holding unidentified instruments. Helen Joseph took air quality tests in the working areas and town (see item 2000.1.1.3.19.147).

Caption describing photograph: "Black Spruce as GBW Film 2 Frame 3 ( 2007.1.30.2.015 ). Showing form etc. 13" DBH - 65' high"

Caption describing photograph: "Commercial size Black Spruce and on left very fine Lodgepole Pine. Main Access Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake. Imperfectly drained lacustrine deposit."

Item is a copyprint reproduced from the British Columbia Forest Service photographic records held at BC Archives.

Caption describing photograph: "Comb like form of White Spruce - good form, slight upsweeping of branches with foliage pendant. Nursery Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake. Similar to the "Comb Spruce" form of Sweden."

Attached description: The operator's cabin is visible behind the Colby 70-ton bridge crane grapples as it lifts a bundle of logs to the breakdown deck. In the background, a boomboat brings another bundle into position for pickup from the holding bay inside the pond formed by the dock.

Photograph depicts a view from a water vessel looking toward an inlet and mountains near the shore.

Photograph depicts a dock on the left, water, low treed hills in the center of the photo and mountains in the distance.

Photograph depicts exposed asbestos fibre in talus.

Photograph depicts the front end of a steam shovel in a cleared gravel area in front of a forested landscape. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Steam Shovel"

Photograph depicts a steam shovel operating in a ditch cut through a forested landscape. Handrwitten annotation on recto of photograph: "steam shovel sec. #3 July 15th"

Photograph depicts a shovel digging a deepcut along in the hillside within a forested landscape. Handrwitten annotation on recto of photograph: "1 yd. P&H 36 ton shovel (one of the deepest cuts) with a ditch bottom 15ft.

Photograph depicts a river, riverbank, forest and treed rolling hills.

Photograph depicts a scow with several men in the center of a river.