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Gov. General and Mrs. Mitchner [sic] visit to Alert Bay [event in longhouse]
Photograph of dancers at an event in the Alert Bay longhouse. Though not pictured in this image, the former Canadian Governor General Roland Michener and his wife were in attendance. This image shows one end of the longhouse interior, with two thunderbird poles and additional carvings and paintings. The central fire is also visible.
Zonder titel
Postcard depicts two professional first nations dancers, performing the Swan Dance in the Alert Bay, BC longhouse. Photograph and postcard by Eric J. Cooke.
Zonder titel
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"
Part of John Mennie fonds
Item is a photograph of a church and surrounding buildings. The harbour appears in the foreground. Lower portion of item is inscribed, "ANGLICAN CHURCH & MANSE, ALERT BAY, B.C."
Part of John Mennie fonds
Item is a photograph of a building and side yard.
Part of John Mennie fonds
Item is a photograph of a building. An unidentified individual stands on the porch
Part of John Mennie fonds
Item is a photograph of two buildings, one of which is blocking the street. An unidentified individual is standing next to a horse and cart. A bull is across the street from them
Shell storage tanks and harbour
Part of John Mennie fonds
Item is a photograph of two storage tanks labelled "SHELL," harbour and ship repair shop
Part of John Mennie fonds
Item is a photograph of a building on stilts labelled "STORE." The beach appears in the foreground
Part of John Mennie fonds
Item is a photograph of a building on stilts labelled "MACHINE SHOP, GENERAL SHIP REPA, and MARINE REPAIR CO. FLOATING PLANT." The harbour appears in the foreground and adjacent buildings appear in the background
Part of John Mennie fonds
Item is a photograph of two buildings across from the harbour. The beach, a boat and several people also appear
Part of John Mennie fonds
Item is a photograph of buildings on stilts on the beach. The harbour and beach appear in the foreground. Buildings across the street from the harbour and storage tanks appear in the background
Part of John Mennie fonds
Item is a photograph of several boats in the harbour. The marine repair shop appears on the right. St. Michael's Indian Residential School appears in the far left background
Part of John Mennie fonds
Item is an aerial photograph of the harbour. St. Michael's Indian Residential School appears in the centre
Part of John Mennie fonds
Item is a glass plate negative of the harbour and adjacent buildings.
Mountain House, Moresby Island
Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Image depicts exterior view of the Mountain House, frontal pole, house post, and mortuary pole located on Moresby Island in Haida Gwaii, B. C. In the foreground is a canoe. Printed around the border of the image is the photographer information "PHOTOGRAPHED BY R. MAYNARD, VICTORIA, . . . B. C." Handwritten inscription on the border reads "Gold Harbour 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 Village".
Lax-Kw'alaams (Port Simpson), B. C.
Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Image depicts Lax-Kw'alaams (Port Simpson), Prince Rupert, B. C. Printed around the border of the image is the photographer information "PHOTOGRAPHED BY R. MAYNARD, VICTORIA, . . . B. C." 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." Handwritten inscription reads "Port Simpson B. C."
People in Front of a Church 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 eight children and three adults in front of a church. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken in Alert Bay and the church might be Christ Church, Anglican church.
Tsilhqot'in/Secwepemc/Stl'al'lmx/Nlaka'pamux
The majority of the file contains historical images of the Tsilhqot'in, Secwepemc, Stl'al'lmx, and the Nlaka'pamux peoples. The photographs depict village life, including images of building structures in the BC interior, fish processing techniques such as fish drying, and carvings such as mortuary poles. Some of the images also depict First Nations people, some in regalia. The other images are official photographs taken by various museums in Canadian and American museums of Tsilhqot'in, Secwepemc, Stl'al'lmx, or Nlaka'pamux artifacts. The textual records contained in this file consist of a photocopy of a magazine article titled "Upstairs, downstairs: the early years," written by Heather Pringle, and published in the June 1996 (Volume 111, number 5) edition of the magazine Saturday Night.