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On the Crooked River
2014.10.1.133 · Item · 1910
Part of Arthur Holland Land Surveying Collection

Photograph depicts three boats on the edge of a small river. Two men attend each boat. Wild grasses with a skiff of snow in the foreground, river, forest and a low forested bluff in the background.

Ore Type and Geology Map
2000.1.2.6.13 · Item · December 31, 1972
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

This map depicts the ore type and geology that can be found among each of the bench layers. Classifications and grades of ore are included within it. Different bench layers are included in the map. Annotations include a title in the back of the map written out as "1972 BENCH PLANS".

Pack Dogs at Fort St. James
2006.20.11.7 · Item · June 1923
Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts two First Nations men and two pack dogs loaded with bags. A small group of people can be seen in distance in front of semi-visible building. Stand of trees in background. Handwritten photo caption below photograph reads: "Indians & Pack Dogs - Fort St. James."

2000.19.1.191 · Item · 20 Sept. 1926-19 Oct. 1926
Part of Prentiss Gray Collection

Photograph depicts a train of pack horses walking along a snowy trail across a snow-covered plateau. In the background a tree-covered mountain base is visible with snow-capped peaks rising up in the distance.

2006.25.1.62 · Item · [between 1961 - 1967]
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

Footage of large animal, most likely a moose, along a steep bank. Two men and their pack horse traveling along an open landscape, a close shot of their campfire at night, then footage of them preparing for a journey early in the morning. Also a view of a herd of caribou, the men traveling in a pack train over a stream and through upper valleys of the mountains, various sunset shots, a lake full of birds feeding, and finally the men packing the horses with killed game meat, most likely caribou.

The location of the filming is most likely the Rainbow Mountains.

Pack Train in High Country
2006.25.1.01 · Item · April 1963
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

Footage of a pack train in the high country, which is likely an upper valley of the mountain foothills. Probable locations of this footage include Holt homestead, Rainbow Mountains or Tweedsmuir Provincial Park.