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A beaver lodge. 1914. [Alberta]
Peace River Crossing. A scow ready for launching.
Sliding a scow down the bank. [Peace River, Alberta].
The scows. Ice cakes along the shore. J. R. Akins walking the log. J. A. Fletcher in a scow, facing the camera. [Peace River, Alberta].
Camp in a hay meadow. [Tents].
Pack horses around a smudge, in fly-time. 1914.
The Wabiskaw river, near Tall Cree's. 1914.
Base Line. 1914. [A cutline in the trees].
The [survey] line, showing one of the stations. 1914.
Base line through a swamp. [Northern Alberta]
[Names and information from reverse of photo:] At camp on Red River, Sept. 1914. [Back row left to right:] T. Carr, camp Locater; A. Stoddard, explorer; J. A. Fletcher, chief; J. McNaughton, picketman; F. Smith, packer; G. Sheppard, cookee [man standing in front]; H. Drake, mounder; L. Pentland, chainer. [Man on left between front and back row:] J. Russell, chainer. [Man on right between front and back row:] J. LaFond, packer. [Front row left to right:] C. Nester, rodman; C. Day, axeman; A. Sevigny, trailman; W. Curtis, cook; J. Mckecknie, axeman; G. Pike, axeman.
[Some information taken from reverse of photo :0462:] [Back row left to right:] A. Stoddard, F. Smith, Wadlin, J. McNaughton, H. Drake, L. Pentland. [Man on left between front and back rows:] John Russell. [Front row left to right:] A. Sevigny, C. Day, C. Nester, [G. Sheppard], [W. Curtis], J. McKecknie, J. LaFond. 1914
On the way out. The Mikkwa River. 1914. [Men fording a river, Alberta].
Pulling a scow to the water. [Peace River, Alberta].
Camp in standing burned timber, a dirty spot. [Tents].
A hay meadow. The smoke is from a smudge. [Camp tents in the distance].
Swimming the horses across the Wabiskaw [River], 26th base. 1914.
The pack train arriving in camp. [Men with horses laden with supplies].
A few suckers. 1914. [Men with a large catch of fish, Wadlin Lake, Alberta].
Many suckers. 1914. [A field with horses around a smudge in the distance].
Floating down the Wabiskaw. [Men and supplies on a raft]. 1914.
Base Line. 1914 [Cutline in the trees].
Wadlin getting the sun, at noon. 1914. [Man with survey equipment in a clearing].
Horses being driven over the Wabiskaw [River, Northern Alberta?]
The only man who did it wrong was the photographer [men stand on each others shoulders to form a human (lookout?) tower]
