Item is a photograph of an unidentified survey crewman standing next camp supplies in the snow.
Annotation on recto partially obscured by damage to emulsion: "1930...Write (?) Creek"
Caption: "Getting ready to leave MacLeod Lake, 6:30am, 22nd May 1930"
This photographic reproduction from the BC Provincial Archives is captioned: "Survey Crew on the SS "Chilco" [steamboat, sternwheeler], Upper Nechako River. (copied fr. FC Swannell neg #1141)."
Photograph is a printed postcard of a group of unidentified men inside a canvas tent possibly near Stewart B.C.
Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.
"Another expression of the high morale which prevailed was a joint project which we pursued after hours, on our own time. Out of one huge spruce log we made a set of furniture using an axe and a crosscut saw. We made chairs, a table and a sofa." -- quote from Cedric W. Walker (1907-2003) in "An Early History of the Research Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range" (p. 48)
Annotation on recto: "Group at Thutade Lake, July 1931". Photograph depicts survey crew gathered around the cook tent and fire. A log cabin is visible in the background.
Caption: "Man and wife, writters [sic] for some travel magaine. Living off the country with a .22; bag so far one squirrel. 300 miles from rail."
Caption: "Coming up the Finlay Rapids on the Peace"
Caption: "Coming up the Finlay Rapids on the Peace"
Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.
Photograph is a printed postcard of a group of unidentified men and a dog in front of a rustic building.
Photograph is a printed postcard of a group of unidentified men and a dog in front of a rustic building possibly near Stewart B.C.
2 compatible b&w (photocopy) plans, re subdivision of a region lies within the Greater Vancouver District. 168th Street is identified on the plan. Produced by Dyck and Associates. The handwritten note attached to one of the plans reads as follows "Right of Way Plans"
12 compatible b&w plans, two of which are drafted on tracing papers re subdivision of a region lies within the Greater Vancouver District. Cherryhill Cresc. is identified on the plan. Produced by Dyck and Associates
Photograph depicts the supply laden canoes of the Bedaux expedition at Pete Toy's bar, taken during the Bedeaux Canadian Sub-Arctic Expedition in the summer of 1934. Original annotation on photograph recto: "River boats on the Peace River". However, this annotation is likely incorrect; if this photograph does depict Pete Toy's bar, the location of the photograph is actually the Finlay River. There may be an error in the original annotation. Also annotated on the back of this print is the code "B-04444" which denotes the same photograph in the collection of the BC Archives.
Caption: "Ingenika Mine freight boat"
Photograph depicts a tent and a large pile of metal piping set within a forested landscape in winter.
Northern British Columbia
Unidentified women sitting on a stool in a field in Queen Elizabeth Provincial Park, Alberta ?
Photograph depicts the Superior Propane Ltd. tank yard behind Wilkinson Steel Ltd.
Photograph depicts two men in front of three large trucks believed to be used for ore haulage. Mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Int. Harvester Payhaulers Model 95 / Left: R.R. [Kiresan?] Equipment Supt. / Right: C.E. Bronson Asst. Gen. Supt.", on verso: "1961".
Jasper National Park
Jasper National Park
London, England
Image depicts a sunshine recorder at an uncertain location.
Jasper National Park?
Alpine Club of Canada's 1967 Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition, Kluane National Park, Yukon
Alpine Club of Canada's 1967 Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition, Kluane National Park, Yukon
Item is the published book "Sunshine and Rhubarb Wine: The Life and Legacy of Bea Dezell". The book is the life story of Bea Dezell, born in Vancouver in 1908 and moved to Williams Lake in 1932, then lived in Wells and Quesnel before settling in Prince George. She was a pioneer of the Cariboo region. Her husband Garvin Dezell, a builder, was the mayor of Prince George for many years in the 1950s and 60s. Bea died in 2014 at the age of 105.
This version of the book contains colour photograph reproductions. Other versions of the book have black & white photograph reproductions.
Yellow light on ice laden river waters.
Last light on the horizon, Nunavut
Orange and yellow light on the horizon, Nunavut
Nunavut
Blue, yellow and orange light on horizon, Nova Scotia
Image depicts the Sunset Theatre in Wells, B.C.
Photograph depicts a sunset over water with a beach in the foreground.
Photograph depicts a sunset over a large body of water with a beach in the foreground.
Nova Scotia
Sunset on horizon, boats on the water
Caption: Travels of a mush-hound during part of 1935. Sunset on ice, two days fromt he mouth of the St. Lawrence, 17th April. Sorry I cannot give you the moon on the ice.
Caption: "The sun sets on 1st day of great adventure. Northward bound!"
Wide angled photograph of a sunset on the waterfront in Prince Rupert. Several buildings are silhouetted in the foreground. Annotation on recto: "Sunset, Prince Rupert, BC No. 4465."
Nunavut