Two people standing while on man is looking into the camera while another man is holding a First Nations pasdle that has carving on it and is looking at it.
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 8.9 cm
1 negative : b&w ; 10.2 x 6.1 cm
Scope and Content
Two people standing while on man is looking into the camera while another man is holding a First Nations pasdle that has carving on it and is looking at it.
Photo showing BC Team, captained by Roy Jackson of Kamloops, battles the "white water" of the Stuart River during the Canadian Centennial Canoe Pageant and Race
Photo showing BC Team, captained by Roy Jackson of Kamloops, battles the "white water" of the Stuart River during the Canadian Centennial Canoe Pageant and Race
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.