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Photograph taken in the ghost town of Ferguson. About 8 deserted buildings remained, of which two appeared to be used as summer cabins. This building was the Lardeau Hotel.

Photograph depicts Lord French and several other men in military uniform inspecting a row of Royal Irish Constabulary officers. Typed annotation on recto of photograph reads: “Lord French’s farewell, May 1921: Before leaving Ireland Lord French inspects the Royal Irish Constabulary and the Auxiliaries in Phoenix Park. Immediately behind him is General H.H. Tudor, Chief of Police in Ireland, 1920-21.”

Image depicts several buildings in the community of Loos, B.C.

Image depicts several buildings in the community of Loos, B.C.

Photograph depicts a view of sparsely forested rolling hills with low mountains in the background.

Photograph depicts a view of sparsely forested hillsides with a creek in the center of the photo, low mountains in the background.

Photograph depicts the tops of two trees with a large body of water visible in the background. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Looking towards the "Head" from Rivers Inlet Hospital"

Photograph depicts Mount Begbie, noted by Wyness to be the highest point on the Cariboo Highway at mile 85. Mount Begbie is located at approximately 51°28'33''N, 121°22'00''W, on the east side of Cariboo Hwy, between 70 Mile House and 100 Mile House, in the Lillooet Land District. Also visible in this photograph is the Cariboo Highway road.

Photograph depicts Mount Begbie, noted by Wyness to be the highest point on the Cariboo Highway at mile 85. Mount Begbie is located at approximately 51°28'33''N, 121°22'00''W, on the east side of Cariboo Hwy, between 70 Mile House and 100 Mile House, in the Lillooet Land District. Also visible in this photograph is the Cariboo Highway road.

Photograph depicts a pile of industrial material in a wooded area. Pile includes what is believed to be cardboard boxes and lumber planks. Trees in background, mountains barely visible behind trees.

Photograph depicts river and high river bank in the distance.

Photograph depicts a rocky clearing in a wooded area, snow-capped mountain in background. Outline of mountaintop is sketched on photograph in pencil, projected mining area is outlined in blue ink.

Photograph depicts rolling hills with dry vegetation and river in the background.

Photograph depicts an unidentified man with binoculars standing on a snow covered rocky slope searching for game.

Photograph depicts tree tops and sky.

Photograph depicts a view past tree tops to a snow capped mountain range.

Photograph depicts a view past tree tops to a snow capped mountain range.

Photograph depicts looking beyond a treed mountain ridge to snow capped mountains in the distance.

Photograph depicts a view of a forested mountain valley, looking toward a peak.

Photograph depicts a man walking toward the photographer on a railroad track. Along side the track is newly cleared land with some building and tents. Forested hills and mountains in the background.

Photograph depicts looking down a railroad track on the left, a few scattered shanties in the right foreground, freshly cleared land, forest and a mountain range in the distance.

Photograph depicts newly cleared land with three or more buildings. Forest and mountains in the background.

Photograph depicts a view from above, looking down on the canyon. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Looking down the canyon N. H. creek".

Image depicts the post office in Longworth, B.C.

Image depicts several old shacks and some railway tracks running through Longworth, B.C.

Image depicts the Fraser River and a mountain in Longworth, B.C.

Image depicts two unidentified individuals standing next to the train station, and two railway tracks running through Longworth, B.C.

Image depicts numerous piles of wood in Longworth, B.C.

Image depicts four unidentified individuals walking along the bank of the Fraser River in Longworth, B.C.

Image depicts a house surrounded by trees and a mountain in the background; it is most likely located somewhere in or near Longworth, B.C.

Slightly elevated photograph of Prince Rupert buildings. A lone vessel is visible in the background. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Courtesy of Can Nat'l Rys. Prince Rupert. B.C." Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Dear Elma. We reached Prince Rupert (in the picture) today. Friday we arrive at Skagway and the glaciers. Having a fine trip- good weather and a good crowd. Love from Claire." Postcard is addressed to: "Mrs. Claude Millersh, River Forest, Guerneville, Sonoma Co., California." Postcard is affixed with a two cent American stamp. Postmark on verso reads: "Ketohikan Alaska. Jun 28 3 PM 1928."

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 depicts a lone mountain goat climbing up a rocky, striated slope.

Photograph depicts one unidentified man surveying a landscape from a snowy mountain peak with other mountain ranges in the background.

Photograph depicts a view of Lone Butte, BC. The butte formation of the same name (Lone Butte) is visible in the background; a ranch or residence is visible in the foreground. Wyness notes that Lone Butte was the "last one [they] tied in". "Tying in" is a land surveying technique. Since the photograph is dated October 1936 and Wyness described the survey trip as lasting June 5 - October 8, 1936, that implies that Lone Butte was the last location they surveyed on this trip.

Image depicts the Lone Butte Hotel in Lone Butte, B.C.

Image depicts the Lone Butte Hotel in Lone Butte, B.C.

Photograph depicts a lomen planer in operation at Peden Hill Sawmill lumber yard. Other workers and stacks of timber are nearby.

Image depicts a pile of old logs on the bank of the Fraser River with mountains in the background. In the foreground, a set of railway tracks run through an uncertain location, likely Upper Fraser, B.C.

Photograph depicts a snow covered pile of logs. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Logs. on Railway".

Annotation on slide: "Summit Lake, March 1992".

Photograph depicts dumping logs at Gold River on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Image depicts numerous piles of logs, and two unidentified individuals operating an excavator with a "thumb" attachment during the demolition of the Upper Fraser town site. Map coordinates 54°06'51.6"N 121°56'26.3"W

Photograph depicts a log cabin with a sod roof that was used as a cow shelter on Dot Ranch. The ranch was probably built by pioneers pior to 1900.

Photograph depicts the unloading of logs from rail cars into the Mamquam River Blind Channel in Squamish (then Newport). The valley bottom around Squamish was logged from Mamquam River north to across the Cheakamus River before the construction of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway.

Photograph depicts three men sitting on large logs on a logging truck. The men are believed to be, from left to right: unknown, Al Lassmann, Jack Phelps.

Photograph depicts logging wheels found on the Princeton to Merritt highway at Laird, Dry, or Allison Lakes.

Five logging trucks parked side by side, their drivers standing beside them. Handwritten annotation on bottom recto of photograph: "Logging Trucks - Halfway River, B.C. 1936".

Fully loaded logging truck driving along a wood plank logging road. Another road under construction is also visible through forest in background.

Photograph depicts a loaded logging truck on corduroy log road near Peden Hill sawmill. The truck has three passengers--a man and two women--sitting on top of the loaded logs. The leftmost passenger is Mrs. Fred Tesluk; Fred Tesluk co-owned the Peden Hill mill with Cornel Neronovitch. Cornel Neronovitch stands at the right of the photograph, in front of the truck.