Archives West Finding Aid

Written on verso: To Bob Monroe from Mackay Aug 1968. Takes from slides loaned by Alaska Steam Ship Co Jan 1967.

Wéinaa (Atlin) is the contemporary location of this photograph, part of the general  Tłèn area (from which the English "Atlin" is derived) within and around the Taku River Tlingit First Nation, of which this boy may be an ancestor.

Written on verso: Atlin Mountain, fish net at side.

Written on verso: This theater is the building with belfry and flagpole. The first floor has been cut off, which dates it after 1872.

Written on verso: Williams Creek Fire-hall. The second Barkerville theatre decorated for Governor Musgrave's visit in 1869.

Written on verso: North of Williams Lake, BC

Written on verso: Along the historic Cariboo Highway north of Vancouver.

Written on verso: This view looks downstream in Fraser Canyon, as seen from the Cariboo Trail near boston Bar, British Columbia. The Fraser boils through the narrow chasm for more than 50 miles. Note railroad train (lower right) at the bottom of the canyon.

Written on verso: Highway of Romance.

Written on verso: Capilano Suspension Bridge sways gently as spectators walk across its 450-foot length, about 200 feet above the canyon floor. Mid-way point of the bridge offers an unparalleled view of the tumbling, glacier-fed stream below, which is noted for trout-fishing. (Canadian Government Travel Bureau Photo).

Written on mat: Interior view of Royal Cafe Kaslo, B.C. Scheel and Bradford Proprieters.

From 'B.C. 1887: A Ramble in British Columbia'. Illustrator: James Arthur Lees and Walter J. Clutterbuck. Written on photo: towing the Raft up the Kootenay.

This is the Lake Lindeman on the Chilkoot Trail.

Digital image online, physical image missing.

Written on verso: The Northwest Mounted Police met those noticed in cabin. I believe Log Cabin was built during the very first rush [18]96-[18]97. The Mollie Walsh Tent roadhouse was about 1000 yards in the opposite direction of White Pass.

Written on verso: above mile 42.

Written on verso: Sinclair Canyon dwarfs sightseers along a holiday highway in British Columbia's fabulous Kootenays.

Written on verso: A Rocky Mountain panorama stretches out before the viewer at an invigorating altitude in Mount Revelstoke Park, British Columbia.

Written on verso: Happy traveling along British Columbia highways leads the motorist to beautiful scenes like this broad valley.

Written on verso: Wedding of Henry Nelson and Helen Swanson (left front). Herbert Wallace, Ed gamble, Alice Dudoward, Ernie Dudoward, Flora Dudoward, Mrs. Dudoward, Fred Douglas.

Item 46b is an enlargement of 46a.

Written on verso: Gang going to fix wreck at tower #124, near 9 mile on Premier Tramway. Premier B.C. Big tree down on the line. To Red Mullen (the "dude") with compliments from Jack (J.E. Falk).

Written on verso: Not far from the border joining British Columbia and Washington is this wonderful "Wild West" country where men and horses are partners in the great outdoors... Cathedral Mountains.

Written on verso: Coastal cruiser and Pacific Great Eastern Railway give access to magnificent panoramas like this, off the beaten track in British Columbia's Garibaldi Park.

Mount Robson Provincial Park boarders Jasper National Park in Alberta

Engraving on rock: Alex Mackenzie from Canada by land 22nd July 1793.

Strathcona Provincial Park is the oldest provincial park in British Columbia

Written verso: Western Rampart, an immense summer holiday playground at an elevation of 4000 feet. Easily reached from Victoria, BC.

Written on verso: Summer in the higher parts of the Forbidden Plateau. Elevation, 4000 feet, flower decked alpine meadows, warm water lakes, good trout fishing and mountain climbing.

Written on verso: View of the mountains, Victoria's alpine summer playground, elevation 4,000 feet, flower decked alpine meadows, warm water lakes, good trout fishing and mountain climbing.

Written on verso: Fishing, Chilcotin

Cairn marks the boundary line between US and Canada.

Written on photo: Boundary monument and cutting Yahk'h River. River also known as Yaak or Yahk river.

Written on photo: Boundary monument and cutting, Kootenay E.

Written on photo: 1st Battn, 5th Regt. Canadian Garrison Artillery, Victoria on Park Road, Stanley Park, before or after review at Brockton Pt., officers wearning sabretache.

Written on verso: 6th regiment "The Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles'' in camp at Steveston during the Steveston Riots. Written on photo: More details about the riots and the regiment.Steveston is an area of Vancouver, B.C.

Written on verso: famed for its thousand acres of primeval forest and beautiful marine drives.

Written on verso: Skana, a 17 foot killer whale in the BC Tel Pool.

The company was originally the Universal Lumber and Box Company. It was purchased by Rayonier Company in 1954.

Written on verso: The "Lions" snow capped peaks which stand as if on guard over the city and harbour of Vancouver.

Written on verso: Marine Drive is one of the many delightful resorts near Vancouver.

Written on verso: Edge of the forest near Sidney, BC.

Written on verso: A vista of Robert's Bay, Sidney, 20 miles from Victoria, mid-winter scene.

Written on verso: View of the Saanich Arm, famous salmon water, from the Malahat Scenic Drive, Victoria.

Written on verso: north from Victoria to Campbell River 190 miles and to Alberni 138 miles.

Written on verso: 27 miles from Victoria on the Vancouver Island Highway.

Written on verso: Haunted Church at Duncan B.C. Built by one priest and Indians in early days supposedly never occupied. Situated about 3 miles from Duncan on Vancouver Island on a hill overlooking Cowichan Valley.

Written on verso: Old Stone church, near Duncan

Written on verso: 38 miles from Victoria

Written on verso: Shooting the Cowichan River in 24-foot dug-out Indian canoes is just one of the thrills that Victoria, B.C., offers.

Written on verso: reached from Victoria by good motor road and then short forest trail. Early in the fishing season (May and June) there is good fishing between these falls and the sea, also good fly fishing above them up to Cameron Lake.

Written on verso: North of Victoria, a well-known trout water, species, rainbow and cutthroat. Out of this lake runs the Little Qualicum River where exceptionally good fly fishing can be obtained, especially during the months of April, May, and the beginning of June.

Written on verso: Bridge over Michigan Creek west coast of V. I. British Columbia

Written on verso: 70,000 horse power is running wild here. There are a number of other spectacular falls on Vancouver Island, some reached by road, others by forest trails.

Written on verso: Trout and steelhead fishing are two of the outstanding sports to be enjoyed on Vancouver Island. Good roads connect all trout streams, rivers and lakes with Victoria, B.C.

The school later become Victoria College.

Fort Victoria (1843-1864) - The Fort was built in 1843 by Roderick Finlayson as a Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) outpost and consisted of one and two-story wooden buildings surrounded by stockades. Indians came here to trade furs, salmon and berries in exchange for HBC blankets and other trade goods. Originally called Fort Camosun, the fort was later named in honor of Queen Victoria. The fort was demolished in 1864.

Partial text from verso: Reading from left to right: The Causeway; the Provincial Parliament Buildings, with Olympic Mountains in the State of Washington on the horizon; part of the dock where the visitor from the Mainland steps ashore and, in the foreground, a glimpse of the Inner Harbour.

Written on verso: Ferry steamer at C. P. R. dock, Victoria, B. C. looking from the grounds of the Parliament Buildings.

Photograph was copied from West Shore 1889, page 330

Photograph was copied from West Shore 1889, page 348

Photograph was copied from West Shore 1889, page 295

Written on verso: Kwakiutl House Thunderbird Park, Victoria.

Written on verso: The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, where the visitor can see and peek through one of the largest national telescopes of its kind in the world.

Written on verso: Empress Hotel as seen from the rose pergola, Victoria, B.C.

Written on verso: Water lilies growing by the roadside on Courtenay Street, Empress Hotel Gardens. Post office in centre distance.

Written on verso: Flowering tree in front of legislative buildings.

Written on verso: Creeper covered sea side home, typical of so many residences in Victoria, B.C.

Written on verso: One of the larger rock gardens with lily pond, Victoria.

Written on verso: Typical Victoria rock garden.

Written on verso: A seaside cottage, Victoria. Note the flower-hedged approach. The humblest homes embellished with gorgeously colored flower gardens.

Written on verso: One of the smaller gardens that have won for Victoria the name of the Garden City of Canada.

Written on verso: A typical old world country garden, Victoria

Written on verso: The topiary bears in Mrs. Pendray's gardens, Victoria, B.C. There is almost an evergreen zoo in these parks, bears, beavers, roosters and other animals and birds all growing out of evergreen shrubs. Open to the public without charge.

Written on verso: Part of the Italian Garden, Benvenuto, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Butchart's Victoria home. Open to the public without charge.

Written on verso: Typical tree-shaded by-path, Victoria B.C.

Written on verso: View of the highway through Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, B.C.

Written on verso: A country path in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, showing the famous scotch broom in flower an the Olympic Mountains in the State of Washington across the Straits of Juan de Fuca.

Written on verso: Broom hedge in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria. Beacon Hill is a natural park land stretching from the city to the waters of the Straits of Juan de Fuca.

Written on verso: Just a bit of the shore-line of Victoria which is built down to the sea on the south and east sides.

Written on verso: View of the Olympic Mountains as seen from the Marine Drive, Victoria, British Columbia.

Fishing in the Gorge Waters, Victoria

Written on verso: Indian war canoe race at Victoria, B.C.

Western "war canoeing" as a recreational activity was mimicked and appropriated by Canadian settlers in Vancouver in the late 19th century and became immensely popular, especially after large gatherings of Native peoples were outlawed in 1922. It continues to be one of the most enduring "Canadian" watersports, though leagues and clubs often remain separated from Native canoeing communities and practices.

Written on verso: One of the many country lanes in the rural suburbs of Victoria.

Reproduction from a book. Written on verso: detailed description of the story of the Columbia River.

Written on verso: Pack Train loaded [illeg.] for Bennett.

During the California Gold Rush of 1848-1855, French bakers brought sourdough breadmaking techniques to Northern California. This sourdough tradition was carried into Alaska and the western Canadian territories during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898, where experienced miners and other settlers frequently carried a pouch of sourdough "starter" either around their neck or on a belt. Old hands came to be called "sourdoughs", a term that is still applied to any Alaskan old-timer.

Written on photo: Yukon miners at Commercial Hotel San Francisco Ed. Holland, Prop. Arrived Sept. 15th, 1897 on Steamer Excelsior.

Written on verso: Patsy Henderson and Lily Henderson.

Written on verso: Carcross Tagish First Nation Peoples.

174 a-c is the handwritten newspaper and 174d-m is the typescript ofhand- written text.

Written on photo: Chechacos selling there outfits at Dawson City. [A Cheechako was the word for "tenderfoot" or newcomer to Alaska or the Yukon. Most of the prospectors never found gold and many sold their outfits to others newly arrived.]

Written on verso: Second Ave, Dawson

Two copies of image. Written on verso of 182b: Store Block 'C' First Ave., looking North Dawson.

The men's names left to right: O. DeLisle, G. Rogers, and M. Fred Rogers

Written on verso of 190b: Front St., Dawson City - J.O. Ellis, center, Later Familiar to Fairbanks people as owner of 'The Pirate Ship' Newens at left of center went to Nome 1900.

Written on photo: Jimmy's Place, the largest and best in Dawson.

The building was designed by Thomas William Fuller of the Federal Department of Public Works and built in 1901. The building was renovated in 1910 to 1922. The building served as the Yukon Territorial Government Building until 1953.

Built between 1900 and 1901, the Courthouse is closely associated with the establishment of a federal presence in the Northwest and the exercise of Canadian sovereignty. The Courthouse is one of two remaining examples of early territorial courthouses in Western Canada built by the federal government. Valued for its very good aesthetics and its good functional design, the Courthouse is an excellent and rare example of a turn-of-the-century courthouse executed in wood. It is also one of the best examples of the work of architect Thomas Fuller prior to his becoming Chief Architect of the Department of Public Works.

Written on verso: monument to four police lost on McPherson-Dawson trail in 1911.

Written on photo: Dedication of the Carnegie Library. Dawson, Y.T. Smith's Book Store, Dawson, Y.T. Can. and Fairbanks, Alaska No. 9. M. I. Co., Mtl

Written on front: House of Gov. Ogilvie and family. Original mount annotated: "Sent out to capt. James Bennett of Madison, Wis., after the death of his daughter, Mae Bennett Edgren and the sending home of her baby Mae Eldorado Edgren."

Written on verso of item 209b: 1) Dan Gleason, 2) Al Whistle, 4) Luther Schooling, 6) Gene La Foote, 7) Frank Gleason, 8) Billy Long, 10) Ray Stewart, (x) the driver of delivery team of A.C .Co and N. C. Co. around Dawson and on the creeks. Charile Patterson in window

Written on verso: Looking east across the Yukon River at Dawson. Kelly 8 Co Druggists and Ames Mercantile Co. Semper Primus can be seen in the image on signs in the hills across the river from the crowd.

Written on verso: Probably Yukon River at Dawson.

The landslide at the center of Dawson is called Ëddhä̀dä̀dhëchą in Hän (Han Hwëch'in), meaning a "weathered moosehide hanging", which provides the English translation "moosehide". Not caused due to mining activity, the landslide has featured prominently in the lifeways of people of Tr'ochëk, a historical Hwëch'in community which laid across from modern-day Dawson, and in the people of the Tr'ondëk (Klondike) at large, since time immemorial.

written on verso: Near Discovery on Bonanza.

Caption on photo: Clean up on Lippy's claim Eldorado. Written on verso of copy: $40,000 in the four pans.

Written on mat: No 10 Above on Dominion --Sluicing.

The W.H. Rideout operated from 1898-1900. It was renamed the Ida May.

This photo has the number 106 written it. The photo is likely done by the same photographer as the next three photographs.

This photo has the number 100 written it. The photo is likely done by the same photographer as the previous photograph.

This photo has the number 26 written it. The photo is likely done by the same photographer as the previous photographs.

This photo has the number 108 written it. The photo is likely done by the same photographer as the previous photographs.