British North American Boundary Commission

Photo shows a wood engraving of Serard Osborn. Although Osborn had no connection to the Northwest Boundary Survey, he did serve on Belcher's expedition to search for the Franklin Arctic expedition, 1852-1854, o More

Photograph shows exterior view of two buildings at the Hudson Bay Co. post at Fort Shepherd, British Columbia. Right half of panorama. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Photograph shows bird's-eye view of 15 or more log cabins near Fort Colville, Washington, with the Columbia River in the middle distance. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Photograph shows line of trees at the edge of a forest with meadow in the foreground and mountains in the background. Right half of panorama. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Photograph shows group portrait of members of the British North American Boundary Commission survey party at Esquimalt, Vancouver Island. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, More

Photograph shows group portrait of the officers of the Oregon Boundary Commission survey crew: Dr. Hilary Bauerman, geologist, Capt. Robert Wolseley Haig, R.A., Lt. Samuel Anderson, R.E, Capt. Charles John Darr More

Photograph shows line of trees at the edge of a forest with meadow in the foreground and mountains in the background. Left half of panorama. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph shows exterior view of the Hudson Bay Co. post at Fort Shepherd, British Columbia.

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a More

Photograph shows an exterior view of a house with two people standing near the entrance, near the harbor, Esquimalt, British Columbia. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Photograph shows exterior view of the officers' quarters of the British North American Boundary Commission at Esquimalt on Vancouver Island. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subject More

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a More

Title devised by Library staff using subject identification provided by photo historians. (Source: James Eason and Photo History, 2015) In portfolio: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Photograph shows view of the U.S. military post at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River; identifies General William Selby Harney's house on the right by the flag pole. Date for probably May 1860 provided by C More

Photograph shows view of settlement of Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia; this is the third part of a six part panoramic photograph of Victoria. Attributed to Arthur Vipond based on research by Da More

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h More

No. 1 of a six-part panorama of Victoria. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Photograph shows view of settlement at Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, the main base during the winters of 1858 and 1859 for the survey crew of the British North American Boundary Commission. In More

Photograph shows two men standing at the ends of a small canoe on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 6]. Unprocessed in P More

No. 4 of a six-part panorama of Victoria. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a More

No. 6 of a six-part panorama of Victoria. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

No. 5 of a six-part panorama of Victoria. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Photograph shows a stand of western larch trees, some of which are being cut down, and tents at the camp of a British North American Boundary Commission survey crew. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commi More

Photograph shows exterior view of buildings from across broad field. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Photograph shows a stand of trees through which can be seen the tents at the camp of a British North American Boundary Commission survey crew. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subje More

Photograph shows buildings of the officers' quarters of the Hudson's Bay Company's post at Fort Colville, Washington. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 22]. More

Photograph shows the guardhouse and other buildings at a United States Army post on the Columbia River in the lower Cascade Range; mountains in the background. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission More

Photograph shows a cluster of log buildings, one identified as a restaurant, of the gold mining town, Rock Creek, British Columbia, as seen from a hillside above the town, with the creek in the background. In More

Photograph shows the Kettle Falls portion of the Columbia River in Washington. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 18]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a More

In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 29]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

Photograph shows a blockhouse and another building in a clearing in a densely wooded area along the Columbia River in the Cascade Range. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1 More

Photograph shows the cut of the boundary line through the forest between United States and Canada. Title from annotated inventory. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-186 More

Photograph shows a wooden building of a Roman Catholic mission near Fort Colville, Washington. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 21]. Unprocessed in PR 13 C More

Photograph shows view of buildings and tents at the Hudson's Bay Company's post at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River. The British North American Boundary Commission survey crews arrived at Fort Vancouver in More

Photograph shows the servants' buildings at the Hudson's Bay Company's post at Fort Colville, Washington. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 23]. Unprocessed More

Photograph shows a cairn marking the boundary line between United States and Canada. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 32]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

Photograph shows cutting of the boundary line through the forest between United States and Canada; in the middle distance several men stand around a cairn marking the boundary line. In album: [British Northwes More

Photograph shows waterfalls on the Colville River in Washington, with a Hudson's Bay Company mill above the falls in the background; also shows in the foreground, Ponderosa pine and alder trees. Caption contin More

Photograph shows the guard house and cannon at a United States Army post on the Columbia River in the lower Cascade Range. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf More

Photograph shows three men with a mule with two casks tied to its back at the British North American Boundary Commission base in Colville; also shows two Boundary Commission huts. In album: [British Northwest More

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h More

Photograph shows buildings at a United States Army post on the Columbia River in the lower Cascade Range; snow covered mountain in the background. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related S More

Photograph shows a cluster of buildings of the Hudson's Bay Company Post at Fort Colville on an expanse of plains with hills and mountains in the background.

Photograph shows waterfalls on the Colville River in Washington. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 24]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

Photograph shows tents of a British North American Boundary Commission survey crew at their camp on the shore of a lake or pond. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861 More

Photograph shows tipis at a Native American encampment. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 16]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

Photograph shows tipis at a Native American encampment near Fort Colville, Washington.

Photograph shows exterior view officers' mess hall at the Hudson's Bay Company's post at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, More

Photograph shows view officers' quarters and other buildings at the Hudson's Bay Company's post at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, More

Photograph shows the cut of the boundary line, with a cairn in the middle distance, through the forest between United States and Canada. Title from annotated inventory. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Com More

Photograph shows a tepee and a canoe in the foreground, across the Pend Oreille River is the British North American Boundary Commission depot at Siniakwateen. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission a More

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a More

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a More

Photograph shows tipis and fish trap at a Native encampment at Tobacco Plains on the Kootenai River in British Columbia. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 3 More

Photographs show (top) a Vancouver Island Native, half-length portrait, facing front, and (bottom) three Kootenai men, full-length portrait, seated against blanket in front of a log cabin, facing front, wearing More

Photograph shows trees in the middle distance with mountains in the background. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Photographs show (top) group portrait of Vancouver Island Natives, and (bottom) half-length portrait of Native man, facing front, wearing European dress. ; title for second photo devised by Library staff. In a More

Photograph shows a log building at the Roman Catholic mission near the Kootenai River in Idaho. , supplemented by annotated inventory. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859 More

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a More

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a More

Photograph shows a cairn, patches of snow, and glaciers in the Rocky Mountains along the boundary line between United States and Canada at latitude 49 ̊North. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission a More

In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 46]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

Photograph shows Christine MacDonald's infant in a cradleboard hanging against a wall with examples of native crafts. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 54]. More

In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 47]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

Photograph shows a Colville woman, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, holding infant in a cradleboard. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 53]. Unpro More

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a More

Photographs show (top) Christine MacDonald, wife of a Hudson's Bay Company trader, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, wearing European dress, and (bottom) her uncle, full-length portrait, seated, facin More

Photograph shows a cairn with a Canadian flag near the summit of a mountain in the Rocky Mountains on the boundary line between United States and Canada at latitude 49 ̊North. In album: [British Northwest Boun More

In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 44]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

Photograph shows peaks of the Rocky Mountains along the boundary line between United States and Canada at latitude 49 ̊North. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, l More

Modern copy of a photograph attributed to Arthur Vipond based on research by David Mattison, British Columbia Archives, Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC. Title from the original photo, PR 13 CN 1990: More

Photographs show (top) Garry, Spokane chief, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, and (bottom) three Spokane men, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, wearing native dress, one holds a bow and arr More

Photographs show (top) Garry, Spokane chief, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, and (bottom) three Spokane men, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, wearing native dress, one holds a bow and arr More

Photograph shows several men of the British North American Boundary Commission survey crew posed in clearing, with transit, marking the boundary line between Canada and the United States, along the right bank o More

Photograph shows several men of the British North American Boundary Commission survey crew posed in clearing, with transit, marking the boundary line between Canada and the United States, along the right bank o More

Photograph shows Captain Charles J. Darrah, R.E., seated in tent, and Captain Robert W. Haig, R.A. of the British North American Boundary Commission posed at an astronomical observation tent with theodolite, du More

Photograph shows Captain Charles J. Darrah, R.E., seated in tent, and Captain Robert W. Haig, R.A. of the British North American Boundary Commission posed at an astronomical observation tent with theodolite, du More

Photograph shows Captain Charles J. Darrah, R.E., seated in tent, and Captain Robert W. Haig, R.A. of the British North American Boundary Commission posed at an astronomical observation tent with theodolite, du More

Photograph shows waterfalls at the Kettle Falls portion of the Columbia River in Washington. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 17]. Exhibited: "Rivers, Eden More

Photograph shows waterfalls at the Kettle Falls portion of the Columbia River in Washington. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 17]. Exhibited: "Rivers, Eden More