Typed annotation on recto: "Sunset at Stuart Lake, B.C." Hills on shore in midground, sun behind clouds reflected in rippled water.
Typed annotation on recto: "Stuart Lake - British Columbia." The hills on left, cliff on right, and two small islands on horizon are reflected in the lake.
Colour-coded topographic map depicting lands surveyed as alienated, available for purchase or lease under Land Act, or reserved. Depicts land district boundaries, land recording divisions, provincial forest boundaries, HBC posts, triangulation stations, telephone lines, communities, bodies of water, and transport routes.
Photograph depicts ten men aboard a scow on a river or lake. The scow is equipped with long poles and may be propelled by steam.
Collection consists of one photograph album containing 28 photographs featuring images of landscapes and water views; fishing scenes; structures; automobiles; persons; Hudson's Bay Company posts; First Nations and wildlife in and about the Stuart Lake area.
This file consists of photocopy reproductions of research material relating to the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) in Northern British Columbia, the Stuart Lake Mission, and the Our Lady of Good Hope Church in Fort St. James. Includes:
- Informational email from William O'Hara about the Our Lady of Good Hope Church in Fort St. James, 2014
- Reproduction of article by Bill O'Hara, "Our Lady of Good Hope Church first used at Christmas, 1878" from the Caledonia Courier, 17 Dec 1997
- Reproduction of "Missions de la congrégation des missionnaires oblats de Marie Immaculée - Dix-huitieme Année - No. 69. - Mars 1880" [French], a report that includes mention of "les Babines", "les Sékénés" [Sekani], "les Hotsoten" [Wet'suwet'en], Stuart Lake, Fort George, McLeod Lake, Babine Lake, among others
Typed annotation on recto: "Rainbow trout fishing in Stuart Lake near Douglas Lodge - B.C." Two men and one woman stand on boat with fishing gear, and a fish caught in net. Trees on hill in background. It is believed that Mr. and Mrs. Factor are present on the boat (see item 2004.6.28).
Typed annotation on recto: "Rainbow fishing - Stuart Lake, B.C." Two men in canoe with fishing gear, one man standing and holding fish. Logs or unidentified objects floating in water behind them, trees on shore in background.
Colour-coded map depicting lands open for preemption, in “University Reserve,” or reserved for public auction. Depicts land recording divisions, communities, bodies of water, and transport routes.
Colour-coded topographic map depicting lands surveyed as alienated, reserved, or statutory timber land. Depicts land district boundaries, land recording divisions, HBC posts, triangulation stations, telephone lines, communities, bodies of water, and transport routes. Defines resource type areas (“Land Form,” “Soil,” “Forest Cover,” “Grazing,” “Geological & Mineralogical,” “Fur-Bearing Animals & Game”). Includes explanatory “Natural Resources Reference.”
Typed annotation on recto: "Our guide captures a baby moose Stuart Lake, B.C." Man stands with calf in arms among forest trees.
Photograph depicts a work vehicle on new road during road making north of Stuart Lake.
This file consists of copies of two manuscript items relating to the history of the Oblates in Northern British Columbia; the third item is a copy of the transcription and translation of one of these accounts. Includes:
- A copy of a type-written unpublished account possibly written c. 1922 entitled "Indian Schools of Fort St. James and Fraser Lake, B.C." The account is written by Father Elphage Allard, OMI on the founding of the residential school at Fort St. James and later of the building of the residential school at Lejac, near Fraser Lake, BC. Allard refers to his, and his younger siblings', also named Father Allard, involvement in the building of the residential schools at Fort St. James in 1916-1917 and subsequently at Fraser Lake ca. 1920-1922. Father Allard provides a detailed account of daily life and spiritual work conducted by the Oblates at the schools including daily routines of the First Nations students, dormitory life, educational curriculum, religious education, and arrival of a group of the Sisters of the Infant Jesus Congregation to assist at the school. The account provides descriptions of the 1918 flu epidemic and deaths that occurred among communities at Fort St. James, Pinchi, Tachi, Fraser Lake and Lake Porteur; involvement of the Anglo-Europeans in the construction of the schools; and interactions with the Chinese cook and Indian Agent in the communities. The manuscript also provides brief account of Allard's journey to provide religious services to other First Nations communities including Fort Graham, McLeod Lake, Atlin and Whitehorse. Both Father Allards were subsequently dismissed from involvement in the Fraser Lake School in 1922.
- A copy of a handwritten account by Father Jean-Marie Lejeune entitled "Comment la Sténographie a été introduite dez les sauvages" written by Lejeune at the Indian Missionary, Kamloops, B.C. c.1890-93 in which he describes his introduction of the shorthand in British Columbia to First Nations in the Kamloops region and the subsequent publication of the newsletter entitled Kamloops Wawa.
- A transcription and translation of Father Lejeune's account by William Poser with annotations.
Typed annotation on recto: "Tachi River, Stuart Lake, B.C." Man in tall hat, smoking from a pipe, and standing on shore with fishing rod extended over water. Tree-covered banks in background.
Typed annotation on recto: "Stuart Lake B.C." Man standing in water close to cliff which is reflected in water on right. Hills on opposite shore can be seen in background.
Typed annotation on recto: "Stuart Lake Scene - British Columbia." Man stands in water close to cliff which is reflected in water on right. Hills on opposite shore can be seen in background.
Typed annotation on recto: "Main building of Douglas Lodge, Stuart Lake, B.C." Men and a woman stand beside an automobile parked outside the main building.
Typed annotation on recto: "Lake trout - Stuart Lake, B.C." Lake and hills on opposite shore in background.
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.
Photograph depicts two horses grazing behind log fence along the beach of Stuart Lake. Forested peninsula and distant hills are visible in background. Handwritten photo caption below photograph reads: "Stuart Lake, BC".
Photographs within this file document natural and artificial features across the landscape of Northern British Columbia. This landscape also includes the physical, built, urban and industrial landscapes; topography; site plans; boundaries, districts, reserves, parks, sanctuaries, towns, villages and cities, etc.
Image depicts Stuart Lake in Fort St. James, B.C.
Typed annotation on recto: "Rainbow Trout fishing (Fly fishing) Tachi River - Stuart Lake, B.C." Two men fishing in a canoe with rope tied to another object, and one fish caught in net. Trees on shore in background.
Typed annotation on recto: "Fishing scene - Stuart Lake, B.C." Two men fishing in a canoe, with a fish caught in net. Trees on shore in background.
Typed annotation on recto: "Fishing scene - Stuart Lake, B.C." Man and woman sitting and fishing on boat in water, raising beverage bottles
Typed annotation on recto: "Fishing party at Stuart Lake, B.C." Two men and one woman on either side of a line of fish hung from boat. Trees and water can be seen in background. It is speculated that the man on left may be Vivian Grey (see item 2004.6.22), and the couple on right may be Mr. and Mrs. Factor (see item 2004.6.28).
Typed annotation on recto: "Fishing Bungalows at Douglas Lodge Stuart Lake, B.C." Man stands in forest on dirt road in front of log bungalows.
Typed annotation on recto: "Fishing Stuart Lake B.C." Two men and one woman stand on boat with fishing gear, and a rainbow trout caught in net. Trees on hill in background. It is believed that Mr. and Mrs. Factor are present on the boat (see item 2004.6.28).
Typed annotation on recto: "Fishing action - Stuart Lake, B.C." Two men fishing in a canoe, with one fish caught in net. Hillside in background. It is speculated that the seated man with fish may be Vivian Grey.
Typed annotation on recto: "Indians of the Stuart Lake Section British Columbia." Two children in traditional dress, the younger wrapped in decorative flowered blanket, being carried on the back of the older. Side of wood building in background.
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: "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.
Typed annotation on recto: "Douglas Lodge Scenes Stuart Lake, B.C." Man and woman standing with fishing gear in front of log fishing bungalows in forest. Tree trunks in foreground. It is believed that this couple may be the same two people pictured in item 2004.6.28, (possibly the Factors).
Typed annotation on recto: "Cottonwood dugout on Tachi River Stuart Lake Section of B.C." Two people sit in dugout canoe, tree-covered banks in background.
Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr.
Close up of Elder First Nations woman in front of unidentified building. Typed annotation on recto: "Carrier Indian Squaw at Tachi Village Stuart Lake Section - B.C."
Typed annotation on recto: "Tachi Village Indians (Carrier Tribe) Stuart Lake, B.C." Close up of an older woman with a small child on either side. The woman is smoking a pipe, and unidentified buildings can be seen in background.
Typed annotation on recto: "Camping at Stuart Lake - B.C." Two men and one woman kneeling among miscellaneous equipment on ground in front of small tent on the lake side. Large tree and bushes behind tent, hills in distance.
Photograph depicts a bulldozer clearing land for road making north of Stuart Lake.