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Postcard featuring the Fort St. James HBC Post. Printed annotation on recto reads: "H.B.C. Post Ft. St. James."
Image depicts an old shack on stilts in Fort St. James, B.C.
Handwritten annotation on recto: "Ft. St. James, 1921 or 2, Stuart Lake, HGP MLA 1920-, 1st Seat of Govt. in BC"
Image depicts a church in Fort St. James, B.C.
Photograph depicts a caboose and a flat car that was built in 1956.
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."
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.
Image depicts a lake, possibly Stuart Lake in Fort St. James, B.C.
Image depicts Stuart Lake in Fort St. James, B.C.
Image depicts the Hudson's Bay Company historic site in Fort St. James, B.C.
Image depicts the Hudson's Bay Company historic site in Fort St. James, B.C.
Image depicts the old Trading Outpost in Fort St. James, B.C.
Image depicts a partially frozen lake, most likely Stuart Lake in Fort St. James, B.C.
Image depicts a historic building in Fort St. James, B.C.
Image depicts the Hudson's Bay Company historic site in Fort St. James, B.C.
Image depicts the Hudson's Bay Company historic site in Fort St. James, B.C.
Image depicts the interior of the historic Hudson's Bay Company Trading Post, with several unknown individuals present, in Fort St. James, B.C.
Image depicts the interior of the historic Hudson's Bay Company Trading Post in Fort St. James, B.C.
Image depicts the interior of the historic Hudson's Bay Company Trading Post, with several unknown individuals present, in Fort St. James, B.C.
Photograph depicts small square building with an elevated door, log pile on its left, and stand of trees in background. Handwritten photo caption below photograph reads: "Old Salmon cache. Fort St James, BC June 1923".
Image depicts the interior of a historic building in Fort St. James, B.C.
Image depicts the historic Hudson's Bay Company office in Fort St. James, B.C.
Image depicts the interior of the historic Hudson's Bay Company Trading Post, with several unknown individuals present, in Fort St. James, B.C.
Photograph depicts the Hudson Bay buildings at Fort St. James.
Photograph depicts a group of buildings in distance behind fenced area. Field spans foreground and stand of trees in background. Handwritten photo caption below photograph reads: "H.B.C. Fort St. James ."
Image depicts an old log building in Fort St. James; the sign on it reads "Clerk's Living Quarters, Later Used as Fort St. James First School."
Image depicts the interior of the historic Hudson's Bay Company office in Fort St. James, B.C.
Photograph depicts (from left to right) Gordon Wyness and Jack Lee in front of the Fort St. James sign, which reads "First white settlement in British Columbia. Established by the North West Company in 1806 by Simon Fraser and John Stuart and taken over by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821. - General Merchandise Visitors Welcome".
Typed annotation on recto: "Fort St. James H.B.Co. Post Stuart Lake, B.C." Photograph depicts a variety of numerous white buildings enclosed behind wood fence. Field in foreground, distant hills in background.
Image depicts the Hudson's Bay Company Trading Post at the historic site in Fort St. James, B.C.
Image depicts the interior of the historic Hudson's Bay Company office in Fort St. James, B.C.
Typed annotation on recto: "Old Hudson Bay Company storhouse [sic] at Fort St. James, B.C." Cow grazing in front of a large, white, two-story building with a ladder on its roof. Wood fence, smaller second building, and forest hillside can be seen in background.
Typed annotation on recto: "Indian Girl at Fort St. James Stuart Lake, B.C." Young woman smoking in front of unidentified building.
Exterior side view of a Catholic church built between 1876-1878 by Father George Blanchet. Handwritten annotation on verso in pencil reads: “Our Lady of Good Hope, Stuart Lake, Fort St. James, BC ”
Typed annotation on recto: "Indian papoose at Fort St. James Stuart Lake, B.C." Child, wrapped in plaid blanket, being carried on back of woman in a field, other people in background.
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.
This original film footage clip depicts the opening of Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Line in Fort St James with Premier Bennett on 1 August 1968.
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.
Image depicts the grave of Frank Russell "Russ" Baker in Fort St. James, B.C.
Image depicts an old tomb stone at an uncertain location, possibly Fort St. James, B.C.
Caption: The riff-ruff of Swannells' Party. J.R.M., Thorne Forrest, F. Jorgenson, A.H. Phipps, J.O. Davids, Mutt, Mrs. Forfars, Fort St. James, F.C. Swannell
Item is a group photograph taken in front of Forfars Hotel in Fort St. James.
Image depicts the Tsilcoh Falls, north of Fort St. James and somewhere near Pinchi Lake Road.
Image depicts the Tsilcoh Falls, north of Fort St. James and somewhere near Pinchi Lake Road.
Image depicts two unknown individuals at the Tsilcoh Falls, north of Fort St. James and somewhere near Pinchi Lake Road.
Caption: Fort St. James, Northern B.C. Frank being securely shut in for his flight from Stuart Lake to Tatla Lake. Item is a photograph of two men shutting the door of a float plane.
Summary of the diary transcript of Willard Freer, April 1, 1946 to September 30, 1947: