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Loading for the Peace River
2009.5.3.158 · Item · [ca. 1910]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts six men by building on shore. One man sits in small boat that has been loaded onto a wagon. River and opposite shore in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Loading for the Peace River." Photograph believed to have been taken either at Giscome Portage, or the trading post at Summit Lake, BC.

2006.20.9.24 · Item · [ca. 1897 - 1960]
Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

View of a scow loaded with provisions and several people passing through rapids of the Grand Canyon. Printed annotation on recto reads: “A scow loaded with provisions passing through the Grand Canyon on it’s way to Fort George.” Handwritten annotation in pencil on recto reads: “Nearly Bumped, Nachaco River” Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “My address will be Fort George BC. Dear Mrs. Cooper, I am up in the wild part of BC now where men horses and everything get drowned every day, sometimes automobiles get drowned also. This is the way we travel up where I am now. I saw a boat upside down in this Canyon it had a bundle of blankets tied on it and one oar was dancing in the whirlpool. This made my hair stand straight up and down.”

Likely
2012.13.1.69.03 · Item · July 1981
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts numerous vehicles and individuals outside a hotel in Likely, B.C.

Likely
2012.13.1.69.31 · Item · [1981?]
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a bridge, and the town of Likely on the the other side of a river.

Leo Creek - Office Building?
2012.13.1.62.22 · Item · June 1978
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a building, possibly an office building, next to a set of rail road tracks in Leo Creek, B.C. An unknown individual is present, and a number of barrels and culverts are visible in the foreground.

2012.13.1.78.25 · Item · 1982
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts numerous boats docked by the Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-operative Association from the deck of a ferry, possibly as it's leaving Prince Rupert, most likely for Haida Gwaii.

Lava Formation?
2012.13.1.50.077 · Item · [1978?]
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a formation of rock; presumably solidified lava, as the slide is simply labelled "lava." The location of the image is uncertain.

Launching Rebuilt Conveyor
2009.5.3.56 · Item · 1912
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts men standing on different deck levels of conveyor on the Fraser River. Wood planks built into shore in foreground, trees on opposite shore in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Launching Conveyor", on recto: "Launching the rebuilt steamer Conveyor at Tete Jaune 1912".

Large Group Near a Bridge
2012.13.1.91.34 · Item · 1979
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a large group of people sitting and eating near a bridge at an uncertain location, though possibly near Hudson's Hope, B.C.

2009.7.1.249 · Item · ca. 1880-1920
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Large crowd is gathered around main building in a harbor. Many boats visible in foreground. Smoke from tugboat partially obscures the scene. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert BC. Photo by MCrae Bros."