Log Cabin during the Gold Rush

Log Cabin during the Gold Rush

British Columbia
Gold Rush
Log Cabin
Transport
Miners
Settlement

This image shows a number of miners standing within a small settlement, with a dog sledge ready to pull someone away. As well as showing the living conditions, this image also provides an example of the types of transport used. Dogsledding could be used to get workers to and from their areas of work. Travelling in British Columbia was extremely difficult given the varying terrain and harsh weather conditions. Despite the growth in use of rail and steamboats, travelling on land between local areas was difficult, as transportation was geared towards connecting the internal economy to the global, as oppose to connecting British Columbia’s inter-state economies. Encompassing the wider theme of the gold rush, this image helps to portray the type of settlement that was being conducted in this part of British Columbia, one more based around the extraction and exportation of goods for capital.

Photographer unknown, Image taken in Stikine, British Columbia
[BC Archives does not define the photographer, Reverse image search also returned no results]

Royal British Columbia Museum, Archives visual records collection, item D-01522,

http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/log-cabin-during-gold-rush

1898

Robert Catarinicchia

Images courtesy of BC Archives Collections
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Visual - photograph

19th century British Columbia