Part of Anthony Carter fonds
mage of three individuals standing on the platform of a fishing weir on the Cowichan River, holding spears. A similar image is printed on page 15 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," with the caption: "Salmon weir on the Cowichan river, the native people continue a very ancient form of spear fishing for migrating salmon. The weir is not a trap but merely a means to slow the fish on the way up the river."
Anthony Carter
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
mage of three individuals standing on the platform of a fishing weir on the Cowichan River, holding spears. A similar image is printed on page 15 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," with the caption: "Salmon weir on the Cowichan river, the native people continue a very ancient form of spear fishing for migrating salmon. The weir is not a trap but merely a means to slow the fish on the way up the river."
Anthony Carter
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
mage of three individuals standing on the platform of a fishing weir on the Cowichan River, holding spears. A similar image is printed on page 15 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," with the caption: "Salmon weir on the Cowichan river, the native people continue a very ancient form of spear fishing for migrating salmon. The weir is not a trap but merely a means to slow the fish on the way up the river."
Anthony Carter
![Peggy Swabeck(?) [and salmon barbecue]](/uploads/r/null/d/d/e/dde95b2d7679b61124813ee0ce74e248cf18d9e9add922d1b3f108a291df7072/a033178c_142.jpg)
Peggy Swabeck(?) [and salmon barbecue]
Photograph of salmon being barbecued over an outdoor flame. A woman identified in annotations on the verso as Peggy Swabeck(?) is standing in the background.
Mildred Laurie
Photograph of salmon being barbecued over an outdoor flame. An unidentified woman is standing in the background.
Mildred Laurie
People watch salmon cook over a fire
Three people stand by and watch as salmon cook over a fire
People watch salmon cook over a fire
Three people stand by and watch as salmon cook over a fire
Salmon bonfire with museum in background
People gather around a fire over which salmon are cooking outside the Museum of Anthropology
Many salmon at different points in the process of preparation lie on a long wooden table with a pile of wood to the left and a green garbage can to the right. One person tends to a fire in the background, while another prepares the salmon.
Salmon cook over a fire
Salmon cook over a fire
People handle butchered salmon as more sit in a bucket before cooking
Salmon bonfire with museum in background
People gather around a fire over which salmon are cooking outside the Museum of Anthropology
Salmon on the fire outside Haida House
People stand outside the Haida House on the grounds of the Museum of Anthropology at a salmon dinner as part of a canoe benefit
A man wearing a hat stands at a long wooden table and cuts open salmon with a knife to prepare them for cooking
Salmon skewered on wooden sticks cook over a fire
Salmon bonfire with museum in the background
People gather around a fire over which salmon are cooking outside the Museum of Anthropology
People observe as salmon are brought to be put on the fire
A man wearing a hat stands at a long wooden table and cuts open salmon with a knife to prepare them for cooking
People watch salmon cook over a fire
Three people stand by and watch as salmon cook over a fire