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British Columbia 1876 and 1878

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Date:

1876-1878

Reference:

R214-2973-2-E, RG45, Box number: 2080

Type of material:

Photographs

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5735889

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Natural Resources Canada fonds

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Geological Survey of Canada Photographs

British Columbia 1876 and 1878
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Date(s):

1876-1878

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 album (87 photographs) : albumen prints

Language of material:

English

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File consists of a leather bound album containing photographs taken on George M. Dawson's 1876 and 1878 expeditions of the Geological Survey of Canada. The purpose of these expeditions was to survey northern British Columbia. The photographs include prints from GSC negatives 132 to 154 and 221 to 278. The photographs from the 1876 expedition depict landscape views and Indigneous settlements in the interior of British Columbia, including Blackwater and Nechako Rivers, Fort Fraser, and Fort George. The photographs from the 1878 expedition depict Haida villages at Skedans, Skidegate, Masset, Kunghit, and Fort Rupert on Haida Gwaii (formerly Queen Charlotte Islands).

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Photographer: Dawson, George M., 1849-1901

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For other information related to these expeditions please see also: field notebooks in RG45, Volume 134, Files 2792, 2793 (Reel C-4542), 2794 (Reel C-4842), 2795 (Reel C-4842), 2800, 2801, 2802, 2804 (Reel C-4843), 3044, Finding Aid 45-6; RG45 Volume 292, Files 2803 and 2805, Finding Aid 45-8 ; GSC Annual Reports.

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Government

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RG45

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1970-088 NPC
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