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Caption reads: "Siwash Squaw, Fort McLeod". "Siwash" was a derrogatory term sometimes used to refer to First Nations people of the Northern Pacific Coast of North America.

Photograph depicts a First Nations women seated in front of a wooden lattice.

Photograph depicts a First Nations women seated with a young child and infant in front of a fence with a house in the background.

Photograph depicts a young First Nations man and a First Nations boy posed for the camera.

Typed annotation on recto: "Indians of the Stuart Lake Section British Columbia." Two children in traditional dress, the younger wrapped in decorative flowered blanket, being carried on the back of the older. Side of wood building in background.

Head on shot of steam engine traveling through a pass with mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: "First Passenger Engine to reach Prince Rupert." Annotation on recto reads: "First Passenger Engine at Prince Rupert." Photographer' stamp in bottom right corner of recto reads : "Allen Photo."

Pile driver situated on Prince Rupert shoreline. Tents and wooden buildings visible on rocky background. Printed annotations on recto of photograph read: "First pile driven at Prince Rupert BC. June 8 '06."

Photograph depicts a road crossing (to Jura and Osprey Lake), northeast of Princeton.

Photograph depicts a road crossing (to Jura and Osprey Lake), northeast of Princeton. Looking downgrade into Princeton Valley.

Photograph depicts the first shipment of sulphur via Pacific Great Eastern Railway August 2nd, 1958. Part of a set of 13 black & white photographs of British Colombia Railway & it's precursor, Pacific Great Eastern Railway (1912 - 2004) in British Columbia. Photos depict locomotives, railroad cars, and crew members. «

Photograph of a mustachioed man perched atop a cart load of lumber hitched to a team of horses. Annotation on recto reads: "First Team Hitched Up at Prince Rupert May 1908."

Photograph of a large crowd gathered in front of a Grand Trunk Pacific train. Residential buildings atop a hill are visible in the background. Annotation on recto reads: "First Train Leaving Prince Rupert June 14 1911"

Photograph depicts a wooden flume funneling water in a forested area. Photo is adhered to paper backing, upon which handwritten annotation on recto reads: “First wash for gold by Hixon Creek Cariboo Gold Co. Across Hixon from Quesnel Quartz up the hill. North side of creek 1930’s”

Photograph depicts a wooden flume funneling water in a forested area. Photo is adhered to paper backing. Original annotations on verso of photo are covered by paper mounting. Typed annotation on recto of paper reads: “First wash for gold by Hixon Creek Cariboo Gold Co. Across Hixon from Quesnel Quartz up the hill. North side of creek 1930’s”

Photograph of a team of sled dogs resting while a group of people rest around them. Printed annotation on recto reads: "First White Woman to Cross to the Naas #97."

Caption describing photograph: "First year female strobilus on Lodgepole Pine."

Photograph depicts ten or more small fish boats tied near the wharf, tanks to hold fish are on the wharf. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Fish boat at the net tanks".

Footage of a lake shore and a dog, Suzie, retrieving an object from the lake. There is footage of a fish flipping around on the ice and another shot a fish swimming under the lake ice. There are also a recording of a white weasel climbing a tree

It is speculated that location of this film is either Anahim Lake or Fenton Lake.

Photograph depicts fisheries protection and examination vessels.

Photograph depicts a man of possible indigenous descent standing on the bow of a boat that is tied to the dock. Two children are standing on the dock in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Mr. Tho's Bryant. Some fisherman".

Photograph depicts a fisherman's house, lived in and owned by a First Nations man (?), on the south bank of the south arm of the Fraser River. It is about 5 miles southeast of New Westminster at approximately 9000 block of River Road.

Photograph depicts two fisherman on a boat--one holding a crab trap and another looking at the catch.

Image depicts numerous boats docked by a buildings identified as the "Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-operative Association."

Photograph depicts a view from the water looking at several small homes near the water's edge. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Fishery Bay, BC".

Image depicts two youths fishing from the bank of the Nechako River on Cottonwood Island.

Image depicts a few unidentified individuals fishing in a river at an uncertain location.

Typed annotation on recto: "Fishing action - Stuart Lake, B.C." Two men fishing in a canoe, with one fish caught in net. Hillside in background. It is speculated that the seated man with fish may be Vivian Grey.

Typed annotation on recto: "Fishing Stuart Lake B.C." Two men and one woman stand on boat with fishing gear, and a rainbow trout caught in net. Trees on hill in background. It is believed that Mr. and Mrs. Factor are present on the boat (see item 2004.6.28).

Photograph depicts an unidentified fishing boat at the Prince Rupert marina. Several other fishing boats are visible in the background.

Photograph depicts an unidentified fishing boat at the Prince Rupert marina. An unidentified person stands beside a building in the far background.

Photograph depicts a boat in center photograph, mountains in the background, water in the foreground. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Mar fish Naas River".

Photograph depicts a boat. Handwritten annotation below the photograph reads, "B.S. Bay". Boat is the "Coaster" owned by H. Weldar.