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Model canoe on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Model canoe on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Image depicts house and canoes with forest in background located in Lax-Kw'alaams (Port Simpson). Printed on the image is the inscription "GOLD HARBOR, NEAR SKIDEGATE, Q. C. ISLAND." Printed around the border of the image is the photographer information "S. A. SPENCER, Fort Street, VICTORIA, B. C." Handwritten inscriptions on the verso read "Mission house, Port Simpson" and "No 19".

Image depicts canoes, house, house posts, and totem poles on a shoreline in Masset, Haida Gwaii, B. C. Printed around the border of the image is the photographer information "PHOTOGRAPHED BY R. MAYNARD, VICTORIA, . . . B. C." Handwritten inscription on the border reads "Massett [sic] Village Q. Ch. Is." Printed on the verso is the photographer information with the inscription "R. Maynard, Photographic Artist, AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS, COR. OF DOUGLAS AND JOHNSON STS., VICTORIA, B. C. -- Views of British Columbia and Vancouver Island for Sale." A handwritten inscription reads "Indian Totems Queen Charlotte's Island".

Image depicts canoes, house, house posts, and totem poles on a shoreline in Masset, Haida Gwaii, B. C. Handwritten inscription on the verso reads "This is a Indian Village in Masset B. C. at the turn of the century. As you can see there are a lot of wooden shacks, totem poles and canoes. it is a very wild and remote area [redacted]. grandfather Crosby used to travel to these remoat [sic] villages by canoe." Image appears to be reproduction of a039351.

Image of an older man carving a long canoe.

Image depicts an interior room used for carving. A canoe is visible in this image.

Image of Chief Dan George carving a canoe.

Image of children, three adults, and two dogs with canoes on a beach. Just beyond the beach, a number of cars are parked, some holding canoes, with more people. A police officer is standing on the road. A similar image of this same scene is printed on page 65 of Carter's book "Abundant Rivers," with the caption: "The canoes of these two ancient races rest on the sandy shore of an historic river, the mighty Stalo, as children of the new world share a common happiness, unaware that history lies just beneath the sand at their feet."

Image of the remnants of an old wooden canoe near a shoreline, pictured on page 121 of Carter's book "From History's Locker."

Image of Chief Dan George using a heavy logging jack to roll the rough shaped canoe over. This image is similar to the one printed on page 18 of the book Somewhere Between.

Image of a Chief Dan George carving a canoe. He is standing on one end of the canoe looking down it lengthwise. The basic shape of the canoe has been made, but no finishing details are visible.

Image of a Chief Dan George carving a canoe. He appears to be working on hollowing out the inside if the canoe. The basic shape of the canoe has been made, but no finishing details are visible.

Image of a canoe in the process of being carved. It is sitting in an open grassy area by a body of water. The basic shape of the canoe has been made, but no finishing details are visible.

Close-up image of a Chief Dan George looking down onto a canoe that is in the process of being carved.

Image depicts Douglas Cranmer with a partially finish canoe filled with water. He seems to be measuring, and possibly preparing to stretch the canoe's interior to make it wider.

Image depicts a partially completed canoe, filled with water outside. Two carvers, probably Douglas Cranmer and Godfrey Hunt, are also shown.

Image depicts a carver, possibly Douglas Cranmer, working inside on what may be a canoe. Image is dark and it is difficult to see what he is doing.