Image depicts Kent Sedgwick sitting on a log with a dog on a beach somewhere in Haida Gwaii, B.C.
Image depicts the coastal forests on the shores of Haida Gwaii, B.C. An unknown individual is crouching on the beach in the image.
Image depicts Kent Sedgwick sitting on a log on the shore of Haida Gwaii, B.C.
Image depicts numerous trees in the coastal forest of Haida Gwaii, B.C.
Image depicts an individual standing next to what appears to be the base of a very large, uprooted tree, located somewhere in the coastal forest of Haida Gwaii, B.C.
Image depicts a woman, possibly Sue Sedgwick, sitting in a shack on a beach on Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts numerous buildings on the shore of Haida Gwaii as the ferry approaches.
Image depicts a totem pole and a playground in what appears to be a residential area somewhere on Haida Gwaii, B.C.
Image depicts a house with some Firts Nations' art painted on the front, somewhere on Haida Gwaii, B.C.
Image depicts what appears to be a type of log bridge crossing a river somewhere on Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts a river with dense trees on either side.
Image depicts a forest somewhere on Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts Kent Sedgwick standing in a forest somewhere on Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts a forest somewhere on Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts several individuals examining totem poles which are possibly undergoing a restoration process somewhere on Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts a house on the shore somewhere on Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts a view of the coast of Haida Gwaii.
File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Queen Charlotte Islands Forest District for the "Facilitation and Mediation of Local Resource Use Plan for Tlell Watershed" project in Tlell River. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #539; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.
Maps include:
- BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Leading Species", Feb. 1999.
- BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Age Class", Feb. 1999.
- BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Aspect", Feb. 1999.
- BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Ownership/Tenure", Feb. 1999.
- BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - TEM Ecosystem Types", Feb. 2000.
- BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - TEM Groupings", Feb. 2000.
- BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Soil and Moisture Regimes", Feb. 2000.
- BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Berry Potential, Map 1 of 5: Red Huckleberry", Mar. 2000.
- BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Berry Potential, Map 2 of 5: Alaskan Blueberry", Mar. 2000.
- BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Berry Potential, Map 3 of 5: Salal", Mar. 2000.
- BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Berry Potential, Map 4 of 5: Oval-Leafed Blueberry", Mar. 2000.
- BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Berry Potential, Map 5 of 5: Wetland Berries", Mar. 2000.
- BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Known Scenic Areas", Mar. 2000.
- BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Height Class", Mar. 2000.
- BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Archaeological Overview Assessment", Mar. 2000.
- BC Ministry of Forests, "Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan - Fire Legacy", Mar. 2000.
- Tlell Watershed Society (TWS) and geoMAX carto/graphics, "Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis laingi) Nesting Habitat for the Tllel River Watershed, Queen Charlotte Islands / Haida Gwaii, British Columbia", Draft map, n.d.
- Tlell Watershed Society (TWS) and geoMAX carto/graphics, "Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) Nesting Habitat for the Tllel River Watershed, Queen Charlotte Islands / Haida Gwaii, British Columbia", Draft map, n.d.
- Tlell River Local Resource Use Plan, Feather Creek topographic map, n.d.
Drawing depicts the grounds and layout of the proposed Queen Charlotte Islands Museum, located on Skidegate Inlet.
Photograph depicts a totem pole in a British Columbia rainforest, possibly on Haida Gwaii.
Two carved wooden figures stand side by side to mark the burial of a Haida medicine man. Each figure has one arm up with a hand under or over the chin, while the other arm is down. Carved chiefly headdresses adorn each of their heads.
Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Q.C. Is.”
Two carved wooden figures stand side by side to mark the burial of a Haida medicine man. Each figure has one arm up with a hand under or over the chin, while the other arm is down. Carved chiefly headdresses adorn each of their heads.
Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Shaman’s grave”.
A bentwood box sitting on a pedestal in front of a bookcase in the office of W.E. Collison. Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “Carved ‘hope chest’ sent to New York. The box was carved by -- Luke Watson Skidegate. The photo was taken in the office – not bad for a --”
Three model totem poles carved out of argillite and of various heights standing as a trio against a white backdrop. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “43-3”
Unidentified carved and painted wooden object. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “46-5”
Unidentified tool leaning against a sheeted backdrop. Carved wooden bark shredder, used to soften and break up fibres of cedar bark lying on sheet covered table. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “48-3”
Stone figure carved in the likeness of a fish. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “48-5”
Wooden fish, complete with carved fins and moveable (?) tail. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “48-1”
Two carved wooden bentwood boxes. Box on the left containing three carved wooden spoons, box on the right containing one carved wooden spoon; between the two lies one large spoon resting against a box. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “49-6”
Carved wooden mask depicting a bird/human face painted with a stylized design of feathers and animal's ear to one side of the forehead. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “44-2”
Carved and painted wooden mask in the shape of a mythic creature with flaring nostrils and oblong eyes. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “44-6”
Carved wooden mask in the shape of a mythic creature with distinct eyebrows, a wide and flattened nose and a thin lipped mouth. Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “44-3”
Ermine-tail headdress with wooden frontlets carved with mythic animal and inlaid with abalone. Sea lion whiskers extending upwards from top of frontlet. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “W.E. Collison.” Stamped annotation on verso reads: “Department of Mines and Resources, Photographic Section. Oct. 6, 1939”. Numeric annotation on verso: “45-6”
This file contains handwritten and typed notes and drafts of First Nations legends, addresses and manuscripts. It is believed this material was authored by W.H. and W.E. Collison although none is signed or dated.
File includes "In the Wake of the War Canoe" Chapter XX revisions and a note from donor Jean Whiffin on behalf of Joyce Collison regarding the revisions.
Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "W.E. Collison Masset. Interior of Chief [Weah's?] house".
Caption under printed version of photo in W.H. Collison's book 'In the Wake of the War Canoe': "The house is about 40 feet square, forming one large room. The upper cubicles are on a level with the ground, which in front of them is excavated so that the fireplace in the centre is twelve feet below the surface. A ledge, for the use of slaves and dependents, is left half-way down."
Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "No. 54. Old tombs & totems. / to Haida graves Massett".
Two tombs stand in foreground, each consisting of a horizontal box held by two hollow posts sunk in the ground.
Three unidentified men stand by poles in foreground, wood houses and crest poles visible in background.
Printed below image: "Totem Poles, Massett, Q.C. Island, B.C. "; "T.N. Hibbon & Co., Victoria, B.C. [crossed through with ink]"; handwritten below: "The old style giving way to the new."
Photograph depicts large church in fenced area, mission house visible behind trees in background.
Printed on image: "The Church. Old Massett. Q.C.I. / J.D. Allen. Photo. C."
Young boy stands among bushes in snow, totel pole in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “WE Collison Totem on QCIsl."
Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of forest trees, fallen logs on beach in foreground.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Indian Totems along beach on Q.C. Islands"
Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of remains of wood structures, forest visible in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "A deserted Village, Q.C. Islands [...]" (various notes crossed through on verso).
Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of remains of wood structures built along sandy shore. View from above, forest on hill in background.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "[? illegible] Deserted village West Coast QCIs."
Photograph depicts narrow valley between steep cliffs.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "on left Vertical side of old Indian fort at Nagas W. Coast Q.C.I".
Totem poles (crest poles?) stand in front of wooden houses on right. Hills on shoreline visible in background.
Handwritten annotations on verso read: "West Coast QCIs."; "[Old?] Kassan Alaska."
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo talking with an unidentified employee of Frank Beban Logging while standing beside a large piece of heavy machinery.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo talking to a class of elementary school children in Haida Gwaii during Campagnolo's Skeena Riding Tour of Haida Gwaii, BC. The majority of the children are standing and facing away from the camera.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo talking with unidentified constituents, largely male, at a community meeting in an auditorium. Taken during Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia.