Alert Bay

Alert Bay, cemetery and totem poles

25-03-06-a037960
Item
1970

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a cemetery with two totem poles and a few graves with crosses.

Anthony Carter

Alert Bay, Johnson Strait

25-03-06-a037988
Item
[1970]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a totem pole near a graveyard. This image is printed on page 26 of Carter's book "from History's Locker," with the caption: "View from the graveyard at Alert Bay looking across Johnston straits toward Vancouver Island."

Anthony Carter

Alert Bay, Johnson Strait

25-03-06-a037989
Item
[1970]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a totem pole near a graveyard. This image is printed on page 26 of Carter's book "from History's Locker," with the caption: "View from the graveyard at Alert Bay looking across Johnston straits toward Vancouver Island."

Anthony Carter

Alert Bay, memorial pole (?)

25-03-06-a037962
Item
1970

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of an unidentified totem pole featuring two creatures - a winged animal on top and what appears to be a human figure with raised arms on the bottom. Gravestones are visible in the foreground.

Anthony Carter

Alert Bay, unidentified pole

25-03-06-a037964
Item
1970

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of an unidentified totem pole featuring two creatures - a winged animal on top and what appears to be a human figure with raised arms on the bottom. Gravestones are visible in the foreground.

Anthony Carter

Alert Bay, unidentified pole

25-03-06-a037974
Item
1970

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of an unidentified totem pole featuring two creatures - a winged animal on top and what appears to be a human figure with raised arms on the bottom.

Anthony Carter

Alert Bay, unidentified pole

25-03-06-a037965
Item
1970

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of an unidentified totem pole.

Anthony Carter

Buildings/places

30-30-01-30-01-11-a039150
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of buildings, totem pole and boardwalk. Item is inscribed, "INDIAN VILLAGE, ALERT BAY, B.C. CANADA"

Buildings/places

30-30-01-30-01-11-a039151
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of buildings and totem pole. A partial canoe appears lower right.

Buildings/places

30-30-01-30-01-11-a039148
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of buildings, totem poles and harbour. Lower portion of photo is inscribed, "Indian Village Alert Bay BC"

Carver with Feast Dish in Alert Bay

Part of Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada Slide Collection

Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of a carver with a feast dish in front of a house. There are five children and one adult in the background. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken in Alert Bay.

Carving houe posts for Alert Bay Bighouse

81-05-a033114
Item
[195- or 196-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of two men carving a set of house posts that will become part of the bighouse in Alert Bay, BC. These posts were carved and raised before the rest of the structure.

Carving totem poles for Alert Bay bighouse

81-05-a033115
Item
[195- or 196-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of a set of totem poles that will become part of the longhouse in Alert Bay, BC. These poles were carved and raised before the rest of the structure.

Carving totem poles for Alert Bay longhouse

81-05-a033113
Item
[195- or 196-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of the interior totem poles of the longhouse in Alert Bay, BC, while the poles are still being carved. These poles were carved and raised before the rest of the structure. Two boys are standing near the poles.