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Image depicts an old log building in Fort St. James; the sign on it reads "Clerk's Living Quarters, Later Used as Fort St. James First School."

Image depicts a historic building in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts the interior of a historic building in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts the Hudson's Bay Company historic site in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts the Hudson's Bay Company historic site in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts the Hudson's Bay Company historic site in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts the Hudson's Bay Company historic site in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts the historic Hudson's Bay Company office in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts the interior of the historic Hudson's Bay Company office in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts the interior of the historic Hudson's Bay Company office in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts the Hudson's Bay Company Trading Post at the historic site in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts an old shack on stilts in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts Stuart Lake in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts a partially frozen lake, most likely Stuart Lake in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts a lake, possibly Stuart Lake in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts the interior of the historic Hudson's Bay Company Trading Post, with several unknown individuals present, in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts the interior of the historic Hudson's Bay Company Trading Post in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts the interior of the historic Hudson's Bay Company Trading Post, with several unknown individuals present, in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts the interior of the historic Hudson's Bay Company Trading Post, with several unknown individuals present, in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts the old Trading Outpost in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts a view of Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts an area of forests and fields somewhere near Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts a view of Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts two unidentified individuals in hard hats leaning against the railing of a large, open space inside an unknown concrete structure. It is possibly located in Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts a group of unidentified individuals in a greenhouse, possibly somewhere in Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts several unidentified individuals exiting a church made of logs, possibly in Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts several unidentified individuals inside of a church made from logs, possibly located in Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts an unidentified man in a greenhouse, possibly somewhere in Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts numerous pieces of what appears to be old farming equipment. There is also an unidentified individual sitting aginst the side of a building. The location is possibly Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts a group of unidentified individuals wearing hard hats inside an unknown concrete structure, possibly located in Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts a group of unidentified individuals wearing hard hats inside an unknown concrete structure, possibly located in Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts the interior of a store, possibly in Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts a tunnel, possibly located somewhere in Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts an unknown individual standing next to a turbine located somewhere in Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts a turbine located somewhere in Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts an orange turbine in Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts a turbine on the back of an industrial vehicle, located somewhere in Fort St. John, B.C. The slide is labelled "Site one dam; turbine prop. (Russian.)"

Image depicts a turbine on a large industrial vehicle somewhere in or near Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts a turbine on the back of an industrial vehicle, located somewhere in Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts numerous wood crates and large pieces of machinery in an unknown concrete structure, possibly somewhere in Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts a yellow turbine inside an unknown concrete structure, possibly somewhere in Fort St. John, B.C.

Handwritten annotation on recto: "Fort St. John Peace River".

Photograph depicts shay locomotive #115. It was running order, but not in steam on the day the photograph was taken. A rod locomotive was found in a shed towards the left. Rails of the spur found in the foreground that led to the shed.

Photograph depicts shay locomotive #115 in steam and with a working engine for the day. It was about to take on water.

Photograph depicts shay locomotive #115. It was running order, but not in steam on the day the photograph was taken. A rod locomotive was found in a shed towards the left, while the "Dunrobin" lay in disuse (but was still workable) in a shed on the rear right.

Photograph depicts Fort Steele in the Kootenays region of British Columbia.

Compton, Pyms Nevins. “Forts and fort life in New Caledonia under Hudson’s Bay Company regime.” 1878 Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection. Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkley. BANC MSS P-C 5.

Details from Bancroft Library:
Compton landed at Victoria in 1859, and was afterward stationed at Fort Simpson. A sketch plan of Fort Simpson is included. (9p.)

Image depicts numerous unknown individuals searching through a fossil bed, possibly in the Bulkley Valley.

Image depicts a fossil bed, possibly somewhere in the Bulkley Valley.

This fossil of a small fly embedded in sandstone, is noted to be 40-70 million years old, placing it during the Locene-Oligocence Period. This was a gift to Minister Iona Campagnolo during a visit to Smithers, likely when she visited on a tour of the Skeena riding. Annotation in black pen on the sandstone reads: "Fossil Fly - Driftwood Canyon Park - Smithers B.C. Locene-Oligocene Period - 40-70 Million Years".