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The object is a basket from the Nkala’pamux people around the Fraser river area. The basket is made from plant fiber, wood, string and possibly pigment (paint). The dimension of the basket is: 50cm in length, 34cm in width, 24cm in height. The basket…

This report describes a number of different aspects all related to the Fraser River. Douglas first acknowledges that a large amount of people are coming to the area from San Francisco, in order to mine for gold. Towards the end of the document,…

This image shows a group of 7 First Nation people searching for gold in the Fraser River. Both men and women are active in the search for gold on the river beds. The Author is described as the British Columbia Provincial secretary, suggesting that…

This photograph is of the Cisco Bridge that crosses the Fraser River. The photo shows the well-constructed bridge made of steel and stone, allowing for railway tracks to be built on top of it. This would have allowed access for more miners into the…

This is a letter addressed to Sir John Pakington, secretary for war and the colonies of Lord Derby’s administration in 1852, from A. Colvile, the deputy governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company – at the time of the letter in 1852, one of the most…

This is a photograph, taken between 1866-1870, of Indians at Lytton, situated at the junction of the Thompson River and Fraser River, in British Columbia. The Indian Chief is in a Buckskin coat and fur hat, surrounded by fellow villagers with babies,…