Title based on information written on back of photo.
Item No.
P0155
Accession No.
979.7.71
Physical Description
B/w print: 8 x 6 cm
Negative Number
F17
Date Range
n.d.
Notes
There are two photos from different donors.
One is a sepia print, the other is black and white. Same photo, same size.
Written on back of Bannister photo: "Moricetown fish trap of Louis, Tommy"
Written on front "Catholic Church - Moricetown under construction - 1912."
The church was commissioned by Rev Fr. Godfre with the help of two builders. The spruce and birch lumber was hauled from Glen Vowell (Kispiox) mill, run by water power. One builder was George Carpenter.
Pictured in the photograph are Arthur Charlie, Seymour Tom, Jim Mitchell, Naziel, and Joe Nass.
Photo from black photo album which had this written on the first page: "In memory: Howard Sanborn, Hollywood, Calif. Early British Columbia 1900's. Prince Rupert on Skeena River by paddle wheeler to old Hazeltown*** By pack train and small boats on Bulkley River to Telkwa, B.C."
Notes
Moricetown falls where the natives gaff for fish, notice that built into the rocks is a standing place where they tie themselves to and gaff from
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