Arriving on Site
Arrival on site by CN train. July 8th 1968. The village of Gitlaxdzawk is situated on a small island in the Kitselas Canyon but is now connected to land by a dry gully created as a result of infill when the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad tunnels were constructed between 1910 and 1913. The people of Gi...
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Tsimshian
> Gitselasu
> Gitlaxdzawk
> Kitselas Canyon
> Skeena River
> Gitladzok
> Archaeology
> Fortress
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ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_1770 2023-05-15T18:39:27+02:00 Arriving on Site G.F. MacDonald Gitlaxdzawk 1968 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-1770/arriving-site unknown billreid:1770 local: Gitlaxdzawk_018 uuid: cc35eca3-1bea-4847-87d0-5cc3b4044a7d https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-1770/arriving-site � G.F. MacDonald. This image is to be used solely for the purpose of research or private study; and any use of the image for a purpose other than research or private study requires the authorization of the copyright owner of the work in question Tsimshian--Gitselasu--Kitselas Canyon--Skeena River--Gitladzok--Archaeology--Fortress-- Tsimshian--Gitselasu--Gitlaxdzawk--Kitselas Canyon--Skeena River--Gitladzok--Archaeology--Fortress-- Photographs StillImage 1968 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:10Z Arrival on site by CN train. July 8th 1968. The village of Gitlaxdzawk is situated on a small island in the Kitselas Canyon but is now connected to land by a dry gully created as a result of infill when the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad tunnels were constructed between 1910 and 1913. The people of Gitlaxdzawk along with Gitsaex operated a toll system in the Kitselas Canyon in which all foreign travellers paid a tribute to Gitselasu chiefs in order to secure their passage. If the toll was not paid, large boulders would be thrown from the cliffs into the canoes of the trespassers. Suffering high death rates from smallpox and other effects of immigrant contact, the Gitselasu abandoned Gitladzawk some time before 1866. Still Image Tsimshian Tsimshian* SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University) Pacific Skeena ENVELOPE(-130.198,-130.198,53.646,53.646) Kitselas ENVELOPE(-128.453,-128.453,54.566,54.566) Kitselas Canyon ENVELOPE(-128.437,-128.437,54.600,54.600) Skeena River ENVELOPE(-130.113,-130.113,54.015,54.015) Grand Trunk ENVELOPE(-128.398,-128.398,54.894,54.894) |
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Arrival on site by CN train. July 8th 1968. The village of Gitlaxdzawk is situated on a small island in the Kitselas Canyon but is now connected to land by a dry gully created as a result of infill when the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad tunnels were constructed between 1910 and 1913. The people of Gitlaxdzawk along with Gitsaex operated a toll system in the Kitselas Canyon in which all foreign travellers paid a tribute to Gitselasu chiefs in order to secure their passage. If the toll was not paid, large boulders would be thrown from the cliffs into the canoes of the trespassers. Suffering high death rates from smallpox and other effects of immigrant contact, the Gitselasu abandoned Gitladzawk some time before 1866. |
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G.F. MacDonald |
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Arriving on Site |
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1968 |
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ENVELOPE(-130.198,-130.198,53.646,53.646) ENVELOPE(-128.453,-128.453,54.566,54.566) ENVELOPE(-128.437,-128.437,54.600,54.600) ENVELOPE(-130.113,-130.113,54.015,54.015) ENVELOPE(-128.398,-128.398,54.894,54.894) |
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Pacific Skeena Kitselas Kitselas Canyon Skeena River Grand Trunk |
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Pacific Skeena Kitselas Kitselas Canyon Skeena River Grand Trunk |
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� G.F. MacDonald. This image is to be used solely for the purpose of research or private study; and any use of the image for a purpose other than research or private study requires the authorization of the copyright owner of the work in question |
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