Arctic Restaurant & Hotel at Bennett, B.C.
- I-50656
- Item
- [ca. 1899]
Part of John Alexander Sinclair fonds
Arctic Restaurant & Hotel at Bennett, B.C.
Part of John Alexander Sinclair fonds
The item is a b&w photograph of Bennett, B.C., looking towards the lake.
The item is a b&w photograph of Bennett, B.C., looking toward the lake.
The item is a b&w photograph showing scows for Dawson City being loaded at Bennett, B.C.
First bank at Bennett; Merchants Bank of Halifax
With sign "Gold Dust Purchased"
First through train to Bennett, B.C.
Part of John Alexander Sinclair fonds
The fonds consists of correspondence received by Matilda John in Victoria from Harold Penn Wilson between 1899 and 1900. Wilson, a bank clerk from Victoria, moved to Bennett in 1899, and Atlin in 1900. In the letters, he described the journey north and what it was like to live and work there.
John, Matilda
"Official Programme: Second Queen's Birthday Celebration at Lake Bennett, B.C, May 24, 1899"
Photo of broadsheet in BC Archives Library collection (NW 971.94 O32p)..
The item is a b&w photograph of a sawmill at Bennett.
Str. "Gleaner", Bennett to Atlin
The item is a b&w photograph of the sternwheeler "Gleaner" at Taku Arm, en route from Bennett to Atlin.
The item consists of a b&w photograph taken by the Muirhead Bros. in 1899. The photograph shows a commercial street in Bennett, B.C.
Tent city along the shore Lake Bennett
The entire population of Lake Bennett, outside the White Pass and Yukon Passenger and Freight Office
With American flag and Union Jack.
The tent city of Bennett Lake, population 5,000