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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
McLeod Lake
2012.13.4.13 · File · 1978-2009
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to McLeod Lake. Includes a "History of McLeod Lake, BC" typescript document by Kelly Rogers (1982). File also includes photographs depicting McLeod Lake (1999-2000).

2021.06.012 · Item · [July 1930]
Part of Emil Bronlund Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts (from left to right) Bill McPhee, an unidentified man, a dog, and Frank 'Shorty' Weber standing in tall meadow grass in front of a sparsely forested landscape in front of a mountain range. The location of the photograph is noted to be at Duck Creek below Copper Mountain; however, those names may no longer be in current use. Location is assumed to be approximately 55.979291, -125.208415 near what is currently named Wasi Peak.

Frank ‘Shorty’ Weber had a trapline on the upper Ingenika for over 30 years. and he was well-known in the Finlay River area.

Men on horseback
2000.19.2.45 · Item · 29 Aug. 1927-26 Sept. 1927
Part of Prentiss Gray Collection

Photograph depicts three unidentified men on horseback with other pack train horses in the background.

Men on horseback
2000.19.2.47 · Item · 29 Aug. 1927-26 Sept. 1927
Part of Prentiss Gray Collection

Photograph depicts three men on horseback surrounded by other horses from their pack team.

2009.6.1.220 · Item · January 1978
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

Campagnolo sits on lawn chair, trees in background. See item 2009.6.1.219 for image featuring similar content.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “‘Ilse she wolf of the north’ in a revolutionary home in Havana!”

Photograph taken during a Ministry of Sport Tour in Cuba, 1977 - 1978. See also items 2009.6.1.198 - 2009.6.1.224.

2009.6.1.219 · Item · January 1978
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

Lawn chairs and trees in background. See item 2009.6.1.220 for image featuring similar content.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “my campanero’s de Havana, Jan./78, Ian Howard, Executive Assistant; Roger Jackson, Director Sport Cda; Eric Morse, Ext. Affairs (Spy)”.

Photograph taken during a Ministry of Sport Tour in Cuba, 1977 - 1978. See also items 2009.6.1.198 - 2009.6.1.224.

2009.6.1.206 · Item · 1977
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Havana, 1977, Ian Howard, Frances + Chuck Pilfold, Eric Morse - State Guest House”.

Photograph believed to have been taken during a Ministry of Sport Tour in Cuba, 1977 - 1978. See also items 2009.6.1.198 - 2009.6.1.224.

2009.6.1.217 · Item · January 1978
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

Campagnolo sits at table with Frances Pilfold, Chuck Pilfold, and several others. See items 2009.6.1.214 - 2009.6.1.216 for images featuring similar content.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Great Reseraunt in Havana - Jan/78, Frances + Chuck Pilfold of Pr. Rupert with me.”

Photograph believed to have been taken during a Ministry of Sport Tour in Cuba, 1977 - 1978. See also items 2009.6.1.198 - 2009.6.1.224.

2009.6.1.216 · Item · January 1978
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

Campagnolo sits at table with Frances Pilfold, Chuck Pilfold, and several others. See items 2009.6.1.214 - 2009.6.1.217 for images featuring similar content.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Bodeguita Café, Havana 1977”.

Photograph believed to have been taken during a Ministry of Sport Tour in Cuba, 1977 - 1978. See also items 2009.6.1.198 - 2009.6.1.224.

2009.6.1.212 · Item · 1977
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “La Bodeguita, Hemingways Bar in Havana, Angive shows us the mojitos motto -- ‘I drink my Daequiris a Las Floridas but I drink my mojitos at La Bodeguita’ Ernest Hemingway”.

Photograph believed to have been taken during a Ministry of Sport Tour in Cuba, 1977 - 1978. See also items 2009.6.1.198 - 2009.6.1.224.

2009.5.3.141 · Item · [ca. 1917]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts car parked in dirt yard. House stands in background on right, surrounded by miscellaneous items. White tent stands in left background. Water and shore visible in distance. House believed to belong to the Bourchier's niece Jean (see items 2009.5.3.120 & 2009.5.3.122).

Moose Hunt
2006.25.1.45 · Item · Oct. 1962
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

Footage of a moose hunt, moose kill, and butchering of the moose.

Possible locations of this footage are the Chilcotin region, Rainbow Mountains or Tweedsmuir Provincial Park.