The file consists of a photograph album of the BC Historical Association. The album contains some photographs aboard a ship in 1920, however the majority of photographs in the album document a visit of the BC Historical Association to Nootka Sound in August 1924 on the boat Uchuck. The photographs depict several locations, including San Mateo, Uchucklesit (Kildonan), Bamfield, Tofino, Clayoquot, and Kyukut whaling station, but most photographs are taken at Nootka Sound and Yuquot (Friendly Cove). Many photographs depict Nuu-chah-nulth people, totem poles and totem pole carving, the church at Yuquot, and a meeting between Walter Cameron Nichol, the 12th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, and Chief Napoleon Maquinna. Maquinna is a name that is passed down to the Mowachaht-Muchalaht Chiefs (formerly called the Nootkas).

The item is a b&w photograph of buildings at the marble quarry in Nootka Sound.

Item consists of photograph of unidentified Nuu-chah-nulth individuals at Yuquot (Friendly Cove), where Captain Cook was in March 1778. I.W. Powell (Indian Commissioner) and seamen are also pictured.

The item is a b&w photograph of Head Bay at Nootka Sound.

Item consists of a photograph of the H.M.S. Rocket at Friendly Cove (Yuquot), Nootka Sound. The photograph was taken by Oregon Colombus Hastings during the 1879 expedition commissioned by Dr. I.W. Powell, the B.C. Superintendent of Indian Affairs. O.C. Hastings was the official photographer for this journey.

The item is a b&w photograph of the HMS Rocket at Friendly Cove, Nootka Sound. It was probably taken by O.C. Hastings in 1879.

The item is a b&w photograph of Head Bay at Nootka Sound.

The item is a b&w photograph of a marble cliff at Nootka Sound.

One sketchbook with 43 drawings by Emily Carr. The drawings appear to have been created on her 1929 trip up the west coast of Vancouver Island to Nootka Sound and another in 1930 to Quatsino Sound. They include sketches of landscapes, settlements, beaches, and stylized interpretations of forests and trees, along with a handful of copies she made of First Nations designs on the Captain Jack pole at Yuquot. Several pages have notations about colour, geographical locations or descriptions of scenery.

The item is a b&w photograph of the marble quarry at Nootka Sound.

The item is a b&w photograph of the Nootka marble quarry at Nootka Sound.

The item is a b&w photograph of the HMS Rocket at the Nuu-chah-nulth village of Yuquot at Friendly Cove, Nootka Sound in July 1879. The photograph was probably taken by O.C. Hastings.

The item is a b&w studio print mounted on a card with a cartouch on the back for Mrs. R. Maynard's studio. It shows the H.M.S. Boxer in Nootka Sound and is a cropped print version of Richard Maynard's original glass negative.

The file contains two reports written in 1865 by Torrens and sent to the Honourable William A. G. Young, Colonial Secretary. The first report was written in August 1865 and describes his trip to Bear River, which was cut short. The second report is dated September 1865 and provides lengthy detail about Torrens's trip to Nootka Sound and Friendly Cove following the aborted trip to Bear River. Torrens writes at length about the geography, geology, flora and fauna of the area and provides a detailed description of the trip.

In his September report, Torrens makes several comments on the Indigenous peoples and villages that his expedition encountered, including the villages of Maktassis on Flores Island (likely Marktosis/Maaqtusiis), Oupinit (likely Openit), Ouchucklesit, Sleeptic, and Tsumakose near Refuge Cove, the latter noted as being a village site for the Manahoussat people. Torrens also met with Imharp, whom he names as the chief of the Mowachaht peoples. Torrens attached several appendices to his report, including a vocabulary, a story he has entitled "Indian Superstitions" and a list of the villages of the Mowachaht, Muchalaht, Nuchatlaht, Ehattesaht (ʔiiḥatis), Kyuquot (Ka:'yu:'k't'h'), Cheklesath (Che:k:tles7et'h') and Cla-issat First Nations.