Photo of veteran outfitter Al Fletcher and Billy Gardiner, wife of late pioneer guide Lefty Gardiner, at a dedication ceremony for the Fletcher-Gardiner trail in the Babine Mountains.
Photo was taken by Interior News staff for publication in the paper. It was retained by the Interior News until being transferred to the Bulkley Valley Museum, likely in 2007, as part of a large donation of photographs, negatives, and textual records. Item was stored in Room 6 until being found in collections and accessioned in Fall 2020.
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Photo of veteran outfitter Al Fletcher and Billy Gardiner, wife of late pioneer guide Lefty Gardiner, at a dedication ceremony for the Fletcher-Gardiner trail in the Babine Mountains.
Arrangement
Item was found in an envelope with other photographs from the same date. All photographs in this series have been removed from original order and arranged in the order in which they were scanned.
Photo was taken by Interior News staff for publication in the paper. It was retained by the Interior News until being transferred to the Bulkley Valley Museum, likely in 2007, as part of a large donation of photographs, negatives, and textual records. Item was stored in Room 6 until being found in collections and accessioned in Fall 2020.
Scope and Content
Photo of veteran outfitter Al Fletcher with a horse at a dedication ceremony for the Fletcher-Gardiner trail in the Babine Mountains.
Arrangement
Item was found in an envelope with other photographs from the same date. All photographs in this series have been removed from original order and arranged in the order in which they were scanned.
Pekoe (Picco) was carrying mail to Cronin Mine in the Babine Mountains when he got caught in a snowslide. Pekoe (Picco) would carry the mail into Silverking, over Hyland Pass and down into the mine. His body wasn't found until the following summer.
Historical information from "Swamp to Village" p. 33.
Men standing in the photograph are identified as Chief Constable John Kelly (R) and local packer Jack Henry (L).
Negative copy also available.
Written on back of postcard: "This is what's on the horse. The poor fellow was carrying mail to a camp into the Babine Mts & got caught in a snowslide." It is signed by [Helty?]
Men in the photograph identified as Chief Constable John Kelly (L), Jack Pekoe (Picco) (centre- deceased), and Jack Henry (R).
Written on the back of the postcard: "Smtihers B.C. 9.12.16. A.B.C. funeral. Guess what's on the horse? Found July 1916". Postcard is signed by [Hetty?].
Photo of three men - Frank Messner, Jim Silver, and Herb Leach - standing near the entrance to their silver mine, "The Debenture," in the Babine Mountains.
Item was donated by Gerry Gebert in November 2019 and accessioned in January 2020.
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Photo of three men - Frank Messner, Jim Silver, and Herb Leach - standing near the entrance to their silver mine, "The Debenture," in the Babine Mountains.
Photo was taken by Interior News staff or contributed to the Interior News for publication in the paper. It was retained by the Interior News until being transferred to the Bulkley Valley Museum, likely in 2007, as part of a large donation of photographs, negatives, and textual records. Item was stored in Room 6 until being found in collections and accessioned in Fall 2020.
Scope and Content
Photo of Hyland Pass in Babine Mountain Provincial Park.
Arrangement
Item was found in an envelope with other photographs from the same date. All photographs in this series have been removed from original order and arranged in the order in which they were scanned.
Photo was taken by Interior News staff or contributed to the Interior News for publication in the paper. It was retained by the Interior News until being transferred to the Bulkley Valley Museum, likely in 2007, as part of a large donation of photographs, negatives, and textual records. Item was stored in Room 6 until being found in collections and accessioned in Fall 2020.
Scope and Content
Photo of active logging at McKendrick Pass in the Babine Mountains.
Arrangement
Item was found in an envelope with other photographs from the same date. All photographs in this series have been removed from original order and arranged in the order in which they were scanned.
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