Alberni district (B.C.)

Wagon on Sugar Creek Road to Duke of York Mine, Alberni

E-06550
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Archives visual records collection

Horse-drawn wagon carrying lumber.

Thistle cabin

D-09296
Item
1900

Part of Bureau of Mines photograph albums

The item is a b&w photograph of a cabin at the Thistle mine in the Alberni district.

Stark's cabin, Snug Basin, Alberni

I-55292
Item
1899

Part of Bureau of Mines photograph albums

The item is a b&w photograph of Stark's cabin at Snug Basin, Alberni.

St. Dennis Cr., Sproat Lake

I-55283
Item
1900

Part of Bureau of Mines photograph albums

The item is a b&w photograph of St. Dennis Creek at Sproat Lake in the Alberni district.

St. Dennis Ck., W. side Sproat Lake

I-55288
Item
1900

Part of Bureau of Mines photograph albums

The item is a b&w photograph of St. Dennis Creek on the west side of Sproat Lake in the Alberni district.

Southern Cross, Alberni

I-62116
Item
[190-]

Part of Bureau of Mines photograph albums

The item is a b&w photograph of miners at the Southern Cross Mine, Alberni.

Somass River, Alberni

A-06439
Item
[190-?]

Part of Herbert Carmichael fonds

The item is a b&w photograph of the Somass River, Alberni.

Shaw Cable (Port Alberni) fonds

PR-2238
Fonds
1985-1987

The fonds consists of episodes from the public access cable television series "As It Was", which featured interviews focusing on the history of the lumber industry in the Alberni Valley.

Shaw Cable (Port Alberni, B.C.)

Shaft, Torse mine, Snug Basin, Uchucklesit Harbout

I-62931
Item
1916

Part of Bureau of Mines photograph albums

The item is a b&w photograph of the shaft of the Torse mine at Snug Basin, Uckucklesit Harbour in the Alberni mining division.

Scrapbooks

MS-2522
Series
1956-1984

Part of Alberni Valley Rescue Squad fonds

Scrapbooks, 1956-1976 and 1977-1984 containing clippings, minutes, correspondence, newsletter "The Rescuer", photographs, task reports, open house guest books, financial statements and constitution and by-laws.

Alberni Valley Rescue Squad

Sarita copper mine, Alberni canal

I-31570
Item
13 Aug. 1896

Part of John William Laing fonds

The item is a black and white photograph showing the Sarita copper mine near Alberni.

Port Alberni, first paper producing plant In BC on the Somass River

D-00579
Item
[189-]

Part of Archives visual records collection

Port Alberni Supreme Court divorce case file : Chernokowski

GR-2206
Series
1939

Series consists of one 1939 divorce case file, for Chernokowski, in the Port Alberni Supreme Court.

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Port Alberni)

Port Alberni Police Court record books

GR-1873
Series
1928-1943

Record books, 1928-1943. Vol. 1 (1928-1937) includes cases from Tofino.

British Columbia. Police Court (Port Alberni)

Ore dump and open cut, Torse mine, Snug basin

I-62932
Item
1916

Part of Bureau of Mines photograph albums

The item is a b&w photograph of the shaft of the Torse mine at Snug Basin, Uckucklesit Harbour in the Alberni mining division.

Mt. Chief group, Alberni M.D., photo showing mouth of incline

I-55289
Item
1899

Part of Bureau of Mines photograph albums

The item is a b&w photograph of the mouth of an incline at the Mt. Chief mining group in the Alberni mining district.

Mt. Chief ck.

I-55290
Item
1899

Part of Bureau of Mines photograph albums

The item is a b&w photograph of the Mt. Chief creek.

Monitor wharf

I-55311
Item
1900

Part of Bureau of Mines photograph albums

The item is a b&w photograph of the wharf at the Monitor mine on the Alberni canal.

Monitor wharf

I-55312
Item
1900

Part of Bureau of Mines photograph albums

The item is a b&w photograph of the wharf at the Monitor mine on the Alberni canal.

Monitor tunnel

I-55313
Item
1900

Part of Bureau of Mines photograph albums

The item is a b&w photograph of the tunnel at the Monitor mine on the Alberni canal.

Map of Alberni Canal and Somass River area

17519B
Item
[186-]

Part of Correspondence

The item is a hand drawn sketch map of the Alberni Canal and Somass River area.

Manuscript (typed)

MS-2306
Series
no date

Part of Alfred Carmichael fonds

Manuscript (typed): INDIAN LEGENDS OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. Vol. 1 and 2. Illustrations, including drawings, water-colours and photographs transferred to Visual Records accession 198702-7.

Logging camp of Anderson Co., Alberni

D-07390
Item
[1864]

Part of Archives visual records collection

Logs and cattle. Near Anderson Co. sawmill (closed end of 1864).

Lake Shore group, Alberni M.D., showing natural arch of Hornblende

H-06126
Item
1899

Part of Bureau of Mines photograph albums

The item is a b&w photograph of natural arch of Hornblende, in the Lake Shore group of mines, Alberni mining district.

Lake Shore group, Alberni

I-55293
Item
1899

Part of Bureau of Mines photograph albums

The item is a b&w photograph of the entrance to a mine in the Lake Shore group in the Alberni mining district.

Journal and other material

MS-2822
Series
1881-1897

Part of Harry Guillod fonds

Journal, September 1, 1881 - April 30, 1895, kept by Harry Guillod, who was appointed as the first Indian Agent, West Coast Agency, in 1881. The journal is in a bound volume which also contains copies of correspondence outward, February 1894 - August 1895. The collection includes loose copies of correspondence outward and three monthly reports, 1892-1897, and three letters inward, 1891-1898. Guillod was based in Alberni from 1881 to 1884, in Ucluelet from 1884 to 1889, and in Alberni until his retirement in 1903, and death in 1906.