Photograph depicts Godfrey and Vicki Kelly walking down the church steps with a crowd at their 50th wedding anniversary celebration in Masset.
Image depicts the Fraser River in the Grand Canyon, B.C.
Photograph depicts a Goodyear airship travelling over Spanish Banks, Vancouver. It took part in the Abbotsford Air Show of 1971.
Photograph depicts a Goodyear Blimp cruising over the Centennial Museum near Sunest Beach, False Creek, Vancouver.
Photograph depicts a goodyear Blimp cruising over the Centennial Museum near Sunest Beach, False Creek, Vancouver. It came for the 1973 Abbotsford Air Show.
Photograph depicts a view from a hill of a river winding through the forest with marshlands nearby.
Photograph depicts a view from a hill of a river winding through the forest with marshlands nearby. This may be a double exposure and there is an indiscernible image in the center of the photo.
In 1936, Gordon Young Wyness was employed by Philip M. Monckton, a B.C. Land Surveyor. Between June 5 and October 8, Wyness joined Monckton and a group of others on a land survey expedition in northwestern BC. The survey crew travelled to various locations in the area including Telkwa, Hazelton, Burns Lake, Francoise Lake, Vanderhoof, Prince George, Quesnel, Lytton, and Hope. Wyness documented their journey in this photograph album. Based on the photographs, it appears that the crew led by Philip Monckton consisted of Jack Lee and Gordon Wyness; Mrs. Lavender Monckton (nee O'Hara) also accompanied the group.
In addition to the 50 photographs included in the album, this collection also includes five additional unique photographs that accompanied the album.
Wyness, Gordon YoungPhotograph depicts (from left to right) Gordon Wyness and Jack Lee at a camp scene "at Bobtail" (possibly Bobtail Lake) near Vanderhoof. As noted in the album caption, the crew had "just returned from Vanderhoof". The telegraph cabin roof and their 1930 Buick Series 40 car is visible at right.
Photograph depicts (from left to right) Gordon Wyness and Jack Lee in front of the Fort St. James sign, which reads "First white settlement in British Columbia. Established by the North West Company in 1806 by Simon Fraser and John Stuart and taken over by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821. - General Merchandise Visitors Welcome".
Photograph depicts Gordon Wyness at the Bobtail campsite after having just returned from a night of camping without a tent on Bobtail Mountain. Wyness noted (on photograph verso) that there were pack rats in the telegraph cabin in the background of this photograph.
Photograph depicts Gordon Wyness sitting on a historic boat, which he described as built ca. 1860 and could carry "7 Indians" and 5000 lbs of freight up the river. Located nearby is a telegraph cairn erected to commemorate the Collins Overland Telegraph lines that began in Quesnel in 1865. Until 1907, Quesnel was the terminus for the telegraph line. Behind Wyness is a replica of a Cornish water wheel that was originally located at Williams Creek in Barkerville. This location is now called Ceal Tingley Memorial Park-Heritage Corner and is located along Front Street in Quesnel, near the Fraser River Bridge. The cairn and water wheel still stand in this location, however the boat was removed around 1941.
According to additional information from Quesnel & District Museum & Archives, Wyness may have been provided with inaccurate information about the canoe depicted. The canoe believed to have been located at that spot was actually created in 1905 to pack out the Grand Trunk Preliminary Survey Team, which was led by J.M. Rolston.
Photograph depicts (from left to right) Gordon Wyness, Louis LeBourdais, and Earl Malcolm (owner of Quesnel Hotel) standing in front of a 1930 Buick Series 40 car at Twilight Lodge in Lac La Hache, BC. The group was preparing to leave for Prince George.
Photograph depicts (from left to right) Gordon Wyness, Philip Monckton, and Lavender Monckton by their 1930 Buick Series 40 car in the Williams Lake area. In this image, the car may be broken down; Wyness noted that they "were forced to spend the nite in a school house due to condenser burning out in the car". Wyness also noted that they had "just finished tying in Fraser Mtn", suggesting that they had just completed survey work in the Fraser Mountain area.
Photograph depicts Mr. Tom Herne seated in chair to right of cluttered office desk at Hudson Bay Company Post. Framed wall hangings, calendar, file cabinet, and telephone in background.
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "36. Government Agent's Residence." Photograph depicts a house with three additional out buildings all surrounded by a white fence. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "44. Government Agent's Residence and outbuildings on Block 152 looking north from 6th Avenue." Photograph depicts a cleared plot of land in the foreground, and the Government Agent's house and outbuildings in background, all surrounded by a white picket fence. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "82. Government Agent's residence, Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts a close up perspective of the front entryway to the Government Agent's residence and its surrounding white picket fence. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "78. Government Building." Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.
Image depicts the Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre on the north side of 3rd Ave in Prince George, B.C.
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "78. Government Buildings, Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts the Government Agent's residence and outbuildings surrounded by a white picket fence. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.
Photo of buildings behind street, fenced on either side. Man and horse can be seen on street. Printed annotation on verso reads: “The Government buildings Fort George B. C.” Handwritten annotation on recto reads: “This is the place I receive my patent from next June.”
Photograph depicts a view of the government dock at Prince Rupert, BC from the water. City buildings and treed mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Gov'mt dock at Rupert, BC".
Photograph depicts a railyard, dock and water. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Government dock, Rupert, BC".
Sixteen men pose for a photo while embarking upon a Government Ferry in Hudson Hope; supplies visible on the roof of the wheelhouse.
Photograph depicts a large boat. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Government snag boat Bobolink 1/5/26".
Photograph depicts a small boat near a treed shore. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "bobolink snag boat".
Photograph depicts a snag boat tied to the dock. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Snag boat, Bobolink 22' Tide".
Photograph depicts a Governor Douglas Day event with a RCMP officer and a secondary school band positioned next to a wooden monument.
Photograph taken during Michaëlle Jean’s visit to Government House, Victoria, B.C.; see also items 2009.6.1.616 - 2009.6.1.625.
Photograph taken during Michaëlle Jean’s visit to Government House, Victoria, B.C.; see also items 2009.6.1.616 - 2009.6.1.625.
Photograph taken during Michaëlle Jean’s visit to Government House, Victoria, B.C.; see also items 2009.6.1.616 - 2009.6.1.625.