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Carving Canoe - Rocks Being Heated for Steaming

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Part Of
McClure Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1941]
Accession Number
987.27.5c
Scope and Content
Photograph of Micah Shaw carving a canoe with possibly Charlie Shaw, his son, and heating rocks for the steaming with a boat in background.
Part Of
McClure Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
987.27.5c
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1941]
Physical Description
1 photograpgh : b&w ;12.2 x 7.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Micah Shaw carving a canoe with possibly Charlie Shaw, his son, and heating rocks for the steaming with a boat in background.
Notes
According to Mike Robinson, the small winding creek at the far right as known as Qwenish, and was a route the Haida would sometims take inland to raid the Haisla. Part of series of seven photographs depicting the construction of a canoe using traditional tools and methods.
Name Access
Shaw, Micah Shaw, Charlie
Subject Access
First Nations
Haisla
Geographic Access
Kitamaat Village
Storage Location
photograph storage

Railway between Anderson and Moore Creek

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Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
15 Dec 1953
Accession Number
985.65.419
Scope and Content
View looking south along railway right-of-way between Anderson and Moore Creeks showing excavation for steel water line tote road at right.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.419
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
15 Dec 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 16 cm
Scope and Content
View looking south along railway right-of-way between Anderson and Moore Creeks showing excavation for steel water line tote road at right.
Notes
BC-2-715
Subject Access
Railway
Water Line
Geographic Access
Anderson Creek
Moore Creek
Storage Location
photograph storage