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Photograph depicts a wharf, buildings on the shore with dense forest in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Swanson Bay".

Photograph depicts two indigenous women and three children, possibly at Nass Harbour. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Ready for anything Selina and Emily".

Photograph depicts the Canadian Pacific Railway turbine steamship S.S. "Princess Patricia". There is a faint view of the coastline in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Princess Patricia".

Photograph depicts a boat in center photograph, mountains in the background, water in the foreground. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Mar fish Naas River".

Photograph depicts looking down on a small fishing boat loaded with fish. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "A full load, cannery tender".

Photograph depicts a pile of fish on a floor. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Mostly Sockeye".

Photograph depicts a bear skin stretched on a frame. Handwritten annotation below photograph read, "a black bear skin".

Photograph depicts a tree growing on a stump at Mill Bay Cannery on the Nass River. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "a tree growing on a stump, Mill Bay, BC".

Photograph depicts large flocks of sea gulls flying over ice at Fishery Bay, Nass River, BC. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, Sea Gulls & Ice off Fishery Bay - Naas River".

Photograph depicts a small fishing boat near dock. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Halibut fishing boat".

Photograph depicts a small boat tied near the shore. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Camp Scow BC Packers Naas River".

Photograph depicts a view of the wide expanse of the Nass river. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "The Nass River below Greenville".

Photograph depicts a man standing beside a rustic cart. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Job Clark and a punch hard cart". Job Clark (1890-1969) was Job Henry Clark, Chief Long Arm (Na-qua-oon), patriarch and leading hereditary chief of the Nishga tribe of the Nass River. Job Clark's father, Frank Roundy, was the founder of Alice Arm and owner and operator of the first operating mine there, the Esperanza. Roundy was also one of the founders of Silver City near which the present BC Molybdenum mine operates. Chief Job Clark had 6 children, one of whom was Frank Calder.

Photograph depicts two men standing beside very tall fish drying racks. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Drying oolichans Fishery Bay, BC".

Photograph depicts a view of Nass Harbour Cannery. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Naas Harbour Cannery west side view".

Photograph depicts Nass Harbour dock at low tide, shoreline and dock in the foreground, Snow capped mountains in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Wharf at Naas Harbour 22' tide out".

Photograph depicts a street view looking toward homes build next to a boardwalk, dirt street in the foreground, homes in midground, treed hillsides in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Houses at Naas Harbour".

Photograph depicts a view from the water looking at a boat house. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Boat House, taken in a rain shower".

Photograph depicts a view of the pack room at Nass Harbour cannery. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Pack room N. H. Cannery".

Photograph depicts several nets spread out on racks in the foreground, cannery and building in the midground, treed hillsides in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Drying net - on the racks".

Photograph depicts a man of possible indigenous descent standing on the bow of a boat that is tied to the dock. Two children are standing on the dock in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Mr. Tho's Bryant. Some fisherman".

Photograph depicts a view of the water looking toward forested and mountainous coastlines. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "BC Coast view".

Photograph depicts a railyard, dock and water. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Government dock, Rupert, BC".

Photograph depicts several buildings bordering the shoreline. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Village - Alert Bay".

Photograph depicts sparse buildings, cleared forest, water in the foreground. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Alert Bay".

Photograph depicts Fred and Dick Jeffery. Handwritten annotation on verso reads, "Right Fred Jeffery, Maple Bay Vancouver Island. Left Dick Jeffery Boise Idaho".

Photograph depicts a large log laying on the beach, standing trees in the background.

Photograph depicts a small boat near a treed shore. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "bobolink snag boat".

Photograph depicts a creek, snow and ice on the banks. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Creek cleared by an ice block".

Photograph depicts a flooded area near a creek. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Result of an ice jam".

Photograph depicts a cannery machine. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "4 spindle seamer, Am Can Co".

Photograph depicts a low rock in deep waters, Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Rock in Mill Bank Sound, BC coast".

Photograph depicts a view from a treed hillside looking down on Nass Harbour. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Naas Harbour".

Photograph depicts two geese on the water's edge, a treed hillside and building on a pier in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Brant Geese". This identification appears to be incorrect; Brant geese lack the obvious white cheek on the geese seen in this photograph.

Photograph depicts a view from the water looking toward the shore line. There are anchored row boats in the foreground, wharfs, buildings on piers and homes in the midground, treed hillside and snowy mountains in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Naas Harbour".

Photograph depicts the mouth of the Nass River with a flock of birds flying over the water, snow capped mountains in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "mouth of the Naas at Black Point, BC". Location is: Latitude. 54.9829

Photograph depicts a 1920's model car that has been partially crushed. Handwritten annotation on verso reads, "This is the car that was wrecked at the Oak street crossing about the time you went north. One of the boy took my camera down and got it".

Photograph depicts a view from the water, anchored row boats in the foreground, cannery and housing in the midground, treed hills and mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Naas Harbour Cannery".

Photograph depicts a house set apart, trees surround this house with mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "China House". Annotation suggests that this photograph may depict Chinese cannery worker housing at Nass Harbour Cannery.

Photograph depicts small boats anchored near shore. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Cannery Tenders".

Photograph depicts six First Nations girls and two First Nations boy posing for a photograph. Handwritten annotation reads, "virtue and modesty - present & future".

Photograph depicts a creek with steep canyon walls. On the right side of the photograph there is a pipeline on the length of the creek. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Canyon and pipeline".

Photograph depicts a cannery built on piers on the edge of the ocean, treed hillsides in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Port Nelson cannery a BC Coast wreck".

Photograph depicts two small homes. Homes are joined by wooden walkways and rail fences. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Neds & Barney's house".

Photograph depicts a view of the creek looking up toward the treed mountain. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Barton's creek".

Photograph depicts a wooden walkway with trees crowding close. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Trail, Echo Canyon".

Photograph depicts a man and children of possible indigenous or asian descent standing beside a fishing boat. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Joe and fish boat".

Photograph depicts several home built on a piling at the water's edge, water in foreground, homes in midground and treed hillsides in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Jap houses Nass Harbour cannery".

Photograph depicts four women, one child and one man posing for a photograph. Caption suggests man may be Japanese. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Natural poses with a Jap on -".