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2014.10.1.112 · Item · 1910
Part of Arthur Holland Land Surveying Collection

Photograph depicts a man bathing himself while standing in a small metal tub. Photograph description in album notes this as "His 'Semi Annual'" [bath]. On the left is a log structure, presumably a cache building. A large clearing surrounds the building and bathing man. There is a forest and bluff in the background. Possibly located near Giscome Portage.

2000.19.2.77 · Item · 29 Aug. 1927-26 Sept. 1927
Part of Prentiss Gray Collection

Photograph depicts an unidentified man cooking food in several pots over a fire at a camp site. In the background several tents are visible in front of a forested environment.

Man in Tent
2012.13.1.56.51 · Item · 1973
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts an unknown individual reading inside a tent somewhere in Mt. Robson Provincial Park.

2000.19.1.3 · Item · 20 Sept. 1926-19 Oct. 1926
Part of Prentiss Gray Collection

Photograph depicts an unidentified man is lying on the ground next to a roaring campfire. Some clothes are visible on the ground next to him while some woolen socks are slung across a branch above him.

Man loading a pack horse
2000.19.1.188 · Item · 20 Sept. 1926-19 Oct. 1926
Part of Prentiss Gray Collection

Photograph depicts an unidentified man loading a pack horse surrounded by a team of already loaded pack horses. In the background of the image is a forested area.

Man loading up a pack horse
2000.19.1.153 · Item · 20 Sept. 1926-19 Oct. 1926
Part of Prentiss Gray Collection

Photograph depicts an unidentified man loading up a pack horse with several other horses laden with packs to the right of the image. In the background of the image a snow-covered forest is visible.

Man Standing on Trail
2012.13.1.82.07 · Item · July 1980
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts an individual, possibly Kent Sedgwick, standing on a trail through a forest somewhere in or around Seton Portage, B.C.

Map of B.C., and Sunsets
2006.25.1.12 · Item · April 1966
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

A presentation recording of a map of B.C. and it's regions, noting the wildlife that live the Provincial parks. There is an accompanying clip of sunset over a lake.

2006.25.1.74 · Item · Oct. 1964
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

Footage from a small plane overlooking the landscape of what is believed to be either the Bella Coola Valley, Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, Rainbow Mountains, or Chilcotin area.

Footage of hunting party setting up camp in the high country of the mountains. There is a herd of caribou and footage of caribou trophy kill. There is filming of two marmots and additional recordings of camp cooking and socializing.

The film ends with the hunters entering the plane again and returning to their original camp, believed to be Nimpo lake.

2006.25.1.75 · Item · Apr. 1966
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

Film begins with short introduction of girl pointing to a map and drawing a line to where the men will be hunting.

Footage from a small plane overlooking the landscape of what is believed to be either the Bella Coola Valley, Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, Rainbow Mountains, or Chilcotin area.

Footage of hunting party setting up camp in the high country of the mountains. There is a herd of caribou and footage of caribou trophy kill. There is filming of two marmots and additional recordings of camp cooking and socializing.

The film ends with the hunters entering the plane again and returning to their original camp, believed to be Nimpo lake.

2009.7.1.073 · Item · [ca 1876 - ca. 1890]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Handwritten annotations read: "At rest, after a rough passage of two days and a night from Massett, Queen Charlotte's Islands by canoe - W.H. Collison and Mrs. Collison with Indians from Masset"; "Archdeacon Collison Indian Canoe & Crew. Return from Queen Charlotte's Islands, Haida & Tsimshian Crew [...?]" Archdeacon and Mrs. Collison sit in centre of canoe.

2009.7.1.003 · Item · [between 1873 and 1919]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Group of five unidentified men stand on shore to right of large dugout canoe, handling their rifles. Forest and snow-capped mountains stand on opposite shore in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Mrs Collison (wife of Arch. Collison in Canoe en route to Hazelton B.C."

2008.27.1 · File · 1930-1999
Part of Knox McCusker Collection

File consists of the following photocopied articles:

  • "Collecting Plants Beyond the Frontier in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry
  • "Exploring and Plant Collecting in Northern British Columbia" (1933) by Mary Gibson Henry
  • "A Thousand Miles Exploring on Horseback in Northern British Columbia" (1935) by Mary Gibson Henry