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View of the road descending to the waterfront. Buildings and forested area are visible on either side of street. Mountains clear in the background.

Photograph of three Tsimshian mortuary poles. Two crossed logs rest atop the three poles. Annotation on recto reads: "Indian Mortuary Poles Nr Prince Rupert BC McRae Bros."

Wide angled photograph of a sunset on the waterfront in Prince Rupert. Several buildings are silhouetted in the foreground. Annotation on recto: "Sunset, Prince Rupert, BC No. 4465."

Members of the Collison family casually fishing from a large dock. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Collison family fishing from dock (Portland[?] Canal) {Max Elsie Henry Will Arthur Herbert}."

Photograph of several floats parading down Second Avenue in Prince Rupert. A large crowd is gathered. Annotation on recto reads: "Photo by MacRae Bros Prince Rupert BC Prince Rupert B."

Photograph of the Prince Rupert wharf. A small vessel is docked, and a large tree is in the foreground. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert Wharf & Harbor. Allen Photo."

Photograph of a stone monument atop a small hill on a forested shoreline. Annotation on recto reads: "Alexander Mackenzie Monument, Dean Channel, Near Ocean Falls, BC."

Photograph of a long bridge spanning two rock faces. A small settlement is visible on the lower right.

Photograph depicts large church building behind white fence. Other buildings visible in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "New Church Kincolith Nass River BC".

Two carved poles stand in front of a wide wooden building. Forest in background.

Printed below image: "OLD KAGAAN TOTEMS, KETCHIKAN, ALASKA".

Photograph features rapids in foreground, trees and rocks in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "A waterfall on American side of the Canal. Chapt. XXVI Waterfall on Alaskan side of Portland Inlet."

Young boy stands among bushes in snow, totel pole in background.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “WE Collison Totem on QCIsl."

Handwritten ethnological notes concerning locations and dialects of Chilcotin, Carrier, Sekani, and "Nah-anes" peoples.

Newspaper consists of the recto and verso of 2 pages (p. 1-4). It was published in Aiyansh on the Nass River in British Columbia in April 1895 and presents a missionary's perspective of regional First Nations traditions and current affairs of the day.

View of a scow loaded with provisions and several people passing through rapids of the Grand Canyon. Printed annotation on recto reads: “A scow loaded with provisions passing through the Grand Canyon on it’s way to Fort George.” Handwritten annotation in pencil on recto reads: “Nearly Bumped, Nachaco River” Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “My address will be Fort George BC. Dear Mrs. Cooper, I am up in the wild part of BC now where men horses and everything get drowned every day, sometimes automobiles get drowned also. This is the way we travel up where I am now. I saw a boat upside down in this Canyon it had a bundle of blankets tied on it and one oar was dancing in the whirlpool. This made my hair stand straight up and down.”

View of snow capped mountains in the distance, trees and river in mid ground. A Jeep type vehicle is on a bridge in the mid ground with river and sandbar in the foreground. Handwritten annotation on verso in pen reads: “Cassiar Road. Cottonwood River crossing”

Photograph depicts Port Simpson in winter. Water crosses midground, hills stand in background.

Handwritten photo caption below image reads: "Port Simpson".

Perspective of Port Simpson and pier as seen from the water.

Photograph depicts sternwheeler being towed by smaller vessel, shore in background.

Handwritten photo caption beside image reads: "Caledonia".

Shops stand along riverside boardwalk. Storefront sign for R. Cunningham & Sons visible. Many people stand and sit on boardwalk, and canoes and small boats float in water in foreground.

Handwritten photo captions beside image read: "R. Cunningham & Sons - Probably Port Essington", "NW coast canoe".

Town on right, water on left, mountains in background. Boardwalk and forest trees in foreground.

Landscape featuring town buildings below on right. A farmyard can be seen in foreground.

Photograph depicts group of men and a lap dog sitting on a log in the bush. Men wear suits and hats.

Handwritten photo caption below image reads: "Max Lohbrunner" (believed to be man on right).

Perspective of pier and wharf as seen from the water. Port Simpson and hill in background. Sternwheeler can be seen on shore.

Photograph depicts a man wearing an ammunition belt and holding a rifle, standing with a young boy also holding a rifle, on left of image. Two dogs stand between them over a fallen deer. Another unarmed man stands to the right of a second cannery retort.

View of town on shore, from above. Boats docked along piers and buildings. Hills visible on either side of water in background.

Handwritten photo captions with arrows pointing to sections of image read: "General Merchandise", "Fort Wrangell Hotel".

View of a sternwheeler in the distance making its way down Fort George Canyon. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Fort George Canyon."

Photograph depicts boat on right, cannery on left, dock crossing midground in front of both. Shore in foreground, hills in background.

View of snow capped mountains in the distance, vast rolling treed hills in mid ground and a gravel road in the foreground. Road sign indicating severe curve in road situated at the right of the gravel road. Handwritten annotation on verso in pen reads: “Cassiar – Stewart highway”

Photograph consists of Jean Caux and several men loading supplies onto a horse and mule pack train. Annotation along bottom recto of photograph reads: "Jean Caux's Pack Train, loading at Harvey Baileys for Babine Lake - 1897."

Photograph depicts Port Simpson in winter. Water and shoreline in foreground, hill in distance.

Handwritten photo caption below image reads: "Port Simpson".

Buildings visible on hillside in background, pier in foreground. Photo believed to have been taken at Port Simpson, B.C.

Photograph depicts sternwheeler, smaller boat, and canoe in foreground. Second sternwheeler named the 'Caledonia' can be seen anchored to shore in background. Town buildings stand on hill in background. Photo believed to have been taken in Port Simpson, B.C.

Group of men stand on pier by warehouse, looking out at the boat. Treed mountains visible in background.

Handwritten photo caption beside image reads: "Danube".

Town on right, water on left, mountains in background. Forest trees in foreground.

Handwritten photo caption below image reads: "Port ESSINGTON".

Buildings and harbour visible across water. Unknown man stands in a small boat in foreground, mountains visible in background.

Photograph depicts three Indigenous totem carvings in front of various buildings on the shoreline.

Photograph depicts a landscape shot of a grassy field overlooking a forested shoreline with mountains in the background.

Photograph depicts two unidentified men walking on a wooden bridge in a forest.

Photograph depicts four men in a boat on a lack with a waterfall in the background running through a forest into the lake. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "The water fall + flume for Brown's sawmill Hoscall River BC"

Photograph depicts three First Nations women facing the camera.