Photograph depicts a view of the Canadian Pacific Railway hotel from the hillside looking down to the hotel, railroad and lake. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Sicamous junction, BC as above".
Photograph depicts the Canadian Pacific Railway station and hotel at Sicamous, BC.
Photograph depicts a lofty view of a rail yard.
Photograph depicts a chimney in place at Nass Harbour cannery. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "up in place, Naas Harbour Cannery.
Photograph depicts a row of small buildings, beach and walkways. Handwritten annotations below the photograph reads, "Taken at Naas harbor Feb. 28th, 1926".
Photograph depicts a chimney in process of being raised. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Ready to raise 10/4/26".
Photograph depicts a road and walkway that borders the beach. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "beach on 1st narrows, Vancouver Jan. 1926".
Photograph depicts totem poles at Kedix Nass River, BC. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Totem poles at Kedix Naas River, BC. 11/4/26".
Photograph depicts a grain elevator at Prince Rupert, BC. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "elevator at Rupert Oct. 1926".
Photograph depicts small buildings with ocean in the background. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Rear view as above".
Photograph depicts a large boat. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Government snag boat Bobolink 1/5/26".
Photograph depicts a small boat with a man standing on the deck. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Kitwanga Cannery tender 1926".
Photograph depicts two cannery workers next to a table of fish. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Fish wagon Chinks Naas Harbour Cannery".
Photograph depicts a small boat pulling another boat. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Nishga Cannery Tender".
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 is a group portrait in front of the home of Lloyd Hague. Handwritten annotation on verso reads, "This picture taken Mother's Day 1921 in front of Lloyd Hague's house. Left to Right - Lloyd Hague, Mrs. Hague of Cincinnati Ohio, Mrs. John E Pearce, Mother and myself".
Photograph depicts several people posing for a photograph on the porch. Handwritten annotation on verso reads, "The whole gang in front of our house last summer. Left to Right, top row: myself, Harold Hague, Mother, 2nd row: Lloyd Hague Sr., Alton Pearce, Dorothy & Fanny Pearce, 3rd row Anna Hague, Nellie Jeffery & Baby Patricia Lee, John Pearce, Margaret Pearce. Bottom row: Martyn Jeffery, Bill Rundle and Lloyd Hague Jr. (Bill Rundle is John Pearce's nephew and the baby Lee belongs to a friend.)"
This bound photo album comprises 122 photographic images featuring the fishing industry, river & landscapes, salmon cannery images (housing, people, workers, boats, machinery) and First Nations Peoples on the Nass & Skeena Rivers and North Pacific Coast. Images also include warships, freighters, automobiles, railway stations and trains, and some photographs of Yokohama, Japan and California ca.1924-25. Includes photographs of the 1924 Special Service Squadron World Cruise in Vancouver. Each photograph is accompanied by a handwritten description glued below or beside the image and each image is glued to the album page at its corners. The verso of front cover has a handwritten name plate:
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 a view of homes, walkways and treed hillsides at Mill Bay Cannery on the Nass River. Handwritten annotations below photograph reads, "Portion of Mill Bay's living quarters".
Photograph depicts a view of Ice Berg Bay Nass River, BC. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Ice Berg Bay Naas River, BC".
Photograph depicts a view of the ocean, water in the foreground, a peninsula jutting to the ocean and snow capped mountains in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Double ID Point Naas River".
Photograph depicts a view from the water looking towards the cannery on the shoreline, treed hillsides and mountains in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Naas Harbour cannery".
Photograph depicts a narrow wood plank walkway with small thick trees on each side, the ocean harbour and mountains in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Trail - Naas Harbour".
Photograph depicts a view the wharf in the foreground, cannery and housing in the midground and snowy mountains in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "N. H. Warf & Cannery".
Photograph depicts a row of housing built on piers at the water's edge, trees and snowy mountains in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Indian houses Naas harbour Cannery".
Photograph depicts a creek with bushes on both sides. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Naas Harbour creek".
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 an abandoned boat named "The Mockingbird"; photographer notes this boat as a possible relic of the gold rush. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Mocking Bird, a Klondike Craft".
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 three rows of small boats. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Gathering a tow".
Photograph depicts a cluster of small houses. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "N. H. view Crews quarters".
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 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 small paddle wheel boat pulled up on the shore, a cluster of small buildings built near the water's edge. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Domicile De Charley- Echo Cove".
Photograph depicts a wooden walkway with trees crowding close. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "a shady walk".
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 a view of calm cove water, treed hillsides and mountains in the distance.
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 the creek looking up toward the treed mountain. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Barton's creek".
Photograph depicts a large elaborate church building. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Gospel Mill at Kincoolith - Naas River".
Photograph depicts two rows of small homes near the shoreline. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Indian Village May 1923".
Photograph depicts a view from the water looking at several small homes near the water's edge. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Fishery Bay, BC".