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Photograph depicts Prentiss Gray climbing over fallen logs in an area of windfall.

Photograph depicts Carrol Paul standing with rifle on top of felled bull moose. In the background a sparse forest is visible.

Photograph depicts Carrol Paul standing to the left beside a felled bull moose while George Bates sits on top of a felled bull moose.

Photograph depicts two men on horseback and a full laden pack horse riding across a grassy slope with a forested mountain range in the background. The location of photo is between Wapiti Lake and Red Deer Valley.

Photograph depicts a tree-covered valley with a snow-covered mountain range in the background. The location of photo is between Wapiti Lake and Red Deer Valley.

Photograph depicts a mountain goat lying on a rocky mountain slope.

Photograph depicts a distance perspective of a herd of mountain goats grazing across a rocky mountain slope.

Photograph depicts a distant perspective of a herd of mountain goats grazing across a rocky mountain slope.

Photograph depicts a distance perspective of a herd of mountain goats grazing across a rocky mountain slope.

Photograph depicts seven pack horses grazing in grass by a stream. In the background the tree line of a forest is visible with mountain peaks rising in the distance.

Photograph depicts a pack horse train walking through a mountain valley. In the background forested foothills are visible with a mountain peak rising in the distance.

Photograph depicts pack horses and crewmen walking along the shore of an alpine lake with a hillside rising up in the background. The location is the Mt. Petrie area from the north and northwest.

Photograph depicts a mountain peak rising above an alpine lake. The photograph location is the Mt. Petrie area from the north and northwest.

Photograph depicts a mountain ridge rising our of an alpine lake that is visible in the foreground. The photograph location is the Mt. Petrie area from the north and northwest.

Photograph depicts a landscape shot of a body of water with two women standing on a forested shoreline in mid-ground with a mountain in the background.

Photograph depicts a wood planked building on pilings under construction in a forest clearing.

Photograph depicts several log booms on the water with a forested area in the foreground.

Photograph depicts piles of wood planks and log booms in the foreground with a waterfall in the background.

Photograph depicts a man standing on the deck of a sailboat with a view of a cannery along the shoreline of Ocean Falls with mountains in the background.

Photograph depicts several wooden buildings on the shoreline with a forested area in the background.

Photograph depicts a distance perspective of several cannery buildings with a body of water in the foreground and a mountain range in the background.

Photograph depicts the wooden Hagwilget Bridge spanning a rocky gorge over the Bulkley River. Forested area visible in the background. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "W.W.W. Old Indian Bridge, Bulkley River"

Photograph depicts a man diving off a wooden dock while crowd of people watch from the dock and a person watches from a boat stopped at the base of the dock.

Photograph depicts a young child petting a small fawn surrounded by lush greenery.

Photograph depicts a wooden building under construction and piles of wood planks on the shoreline.

Photograph depicts a lighthouse on a rocky shoreline with a forested area in the background. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Driad Pt. light near Bella Bella kept by B.B. indian"

Photograph depicts two large snowbanks flanking a walkway with houses visible in the background.

Photograph depicts three men at a whaling station with debris on the ground and a large elevated tank in the background.

Photograph depicts a cannery in front of a forested mountains with water in the foreground.

This fonds illustrates Walt Taylor’s activities as a social activist in the Okanagan region of B.C. in the 1970s, and his involvement with political-environmental activist movements in the Bulkley Valley-Telkwa-Smithers area c.1980s-1990s. The Taylor fonds includes records of the Skeena Round Table for a Sustainable Society, the Northwest Study Conference Society and the Waging Peace Society; as well as, background research compiled for Taylor’s publication "Waging Peace for a Living: An Action Plan for survival of life on earth", (Victoria: Trafford Publishing, 1999). The Taylor fonds also contains records of significance relating to proposed economic developments, such as open-pit mining, fishing and forestry policies and nuclear power; and documents pertaining to political-environmental actions conducted by Northern BC stakeholders such as First Nations (Gitskan and Wet'su'wet'en) and NGO’s such as the Telkwa Educational Action Committee of Householders. Types of records comprising this fonds include correspondence to and from activist organizations; circulars to society members; background papers on social activist issues; background reports on BC First Nations environmental and land claims issues, background studies on environmental & economic impacts of industrial developments proposed for Northern BC, newspaper clippings, and various publications.

Hermina stands on shore close to water's edge at South Fort George. A power pole stands in water midground, in front of large white riverboat. Tree-covered hill on opposite shore in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Mother near the boats when the water was high."

Trees and riverbank cross midground. Single tree in foreground, mountain in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "G.T.P. 1st Passenger Train From Prince Rupert. Mile 45. June. 14th 1911. Copyright. F. Button. PHOTO. Pr. Rupert. No. 240." Photograph depicts three men (two sitting on chairs) on caboose of train. Power poles run parallel to tracks, which curve to the right of the image. Train tracks in foreground, forest and mountain in background.

Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Front St. Hazelton in Winter. 12 J.W. [...]" Tree line, field, and hills in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Miss. Nellie [Nelville] G. Caranaugh".

Photograph depicts a log bridge interrupting a wide dirt road in forest. Distant hills in background. Image has been cropped to an oval shape. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Fort George - Hazleton Highway Near Burn's Lake".

Photograph depicts H.F. Glassey standing between two women. Sarah stands on right, holding umbrella. Cleared area in front of fence crosses midground, forest in background.

Photograph depicts two miners standing on either side of wooden sluicing trough in rocky area. Man on left pans for gold. Hills in background. Handwritten annotations on verso of photograph: "PLACER MINERS AT WORK INGINECA RIVER BC", "PHOTO WWW".

Photograph depicts four men wearing suits and ties, standing in front of mine adit in rocky area, bushes in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "1939 H.F. (Bert) Glassey with black hit in middle" (information regarding Glassey believed to be incorrect).

Photograph depicts a log cabin with sod roof in forest clearing. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Sayer Creek."

Photograph depicts a man standing in a small canoe, facing a second man walking along the shore. Hills on opposite shore in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Finlay Rapids. Peace River."

Photograph depicts town site in foreground, lake and mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Atlin: Atlin, Atlin Lk, & Atlin Mts. looking N.west from Glassey's (Govt. Agent) window."

Photograph depicts water with bog-like shore and ice floating in foreground. Buildings visible in distance, cliffs in background.

Photograph depicts pieces of ice floating on river, forest trees on either side.

Photograph depicts pieces of ice floating on river, forest trees on either side, hills in distance.

Photograph depicts two men and bulldozer near what appears to be many piles of logs. Unidentified buildings in background.