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Typed annotation on recto: "Indian Girl at Fort St. James Stuart Lake, B.C." Young woman smoking in front of unidentified building.

Typed annotation on recto: "The Factor's Home H.B.Co. Post Fort St. James, Stuart Lake, B.C." Man and woman stand formally attired in front of small, square, white house. Log fence and tree-covered hillside in background.

Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, July 1, 1945 to March 31, 1946:

• June 3-7, 1945: Trip to Thutade Lake as a packer for Emil Bronlund, mining engineer for Consolidated Mining and Smelting
• June 7-October 5, 1945: Thutade Lake
• October 5-12, 1945: Trip to Fort Ware
• October 14-26, 1945: Return trip to Diamond J Ranch
• October 27-December 31, 1945: Diamond J Ranch
• January 1-February 25, 1946: Diamond J Ranch
• February 25-March 3, 1946: Trip to Fort Ware
• March 3-13, 1946: Fort Ware
• March 13-26, 1946: Fort Ware to Fort St. James
• March 27-April 15, 1946: Fort St. James, working with Hendry Kinniburgh

Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, April 1, 1946 to September 30, 1947:

• March 27-April 15, 1946: Fort St. James, working with Hendry Kinniburgh
• April 15-May 3, 1946: Took the Greyhound bus from Prince George to southern BC to visit family (Keremeos, Penticton, Cawston)
• May 3-5, 1946: Travelled with family to Wenatchee, Washington to see a flower show
• May 6-11, 1946: Returned with family to Cawston, BC
• May 12-14, 1946: Return trip north to Fort St. James on the Greyhound bus via Keremeos, Ashcroft, Quesnel, and Prince George
• May 15-28, 1946: Preparing for summer work in Fort St. James
• May 28-September 4, 1946: Departed from Fort St. James for employment with Emil Bronlund and the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co., packing through the Omineca District up to Thutade Lake
• September 9-October 25, 1946: Return trip to Diamond J Ranch
• October 26, 1946-May 27, 1947: Diamond J Ranch
• May 27-June 17, 1947: Travel to the British Columbia-Yukon Boundary Survey and preparations for work
• June 18-October 11, 1947: Head packer for the British Columbia-Yukon Boundary Survey

Image depicts the interior of a church, likely in Fort St. James, B.C.

Image depicts a cemetery at an uncertain location, possibly in Fort St. James, B.C.

Photograph depicts a short wooden bridge spanning Dog Creek mid-ground and a stand of trees in the background. There are many Dog Creeks within British Columbia, it is believed this Dog Creek is located just south of Fort St. James, BC. Handwritten photo caption below photograph reads: "Dog Creek".

Photograph depicts a switcher and a way freight locomotive that was stationed in Fort St. James. The passenger train ran from Driftwood to Fort St. James.

Photograph depicts a caboose and a flat car that was built in 1956.