Vegitation Covering Gaum's House
Clearing the vegitatio n from Chief Gaum's house. Rotting ridge beam is in foreground. 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 con...
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ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_1779 2023-05-15T18:39:27+02:00 Vegitation Covering Gaum's House G.F. MacDonald Gitlaxdzawk 1971 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-1779/vegitation-covering-gaums-house unknown billreid:1779 local: Gitlaxdzawk_026 uuid: 35373ae0-02b7-4d04-b788-9dc978cc1443 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-1779/vegitation-covering-gaums-house � 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-- Tsimshian--Gitselasu--Gitlaxdzawk--Kitselas Canyon--Skeena River--Gitladzok--Archaeology-- Photographs StillImage 1971 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:09Z Clearing the vegitatio n from Chief Gaum's house. Rotting ridge beam is in foreground. 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 travelers 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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Tsimshian--Gitselasu--Kitselas Canyon--Skeena River--Gitladzok--Archaeology-- Tsimshian--Gitselasu--Gitlaxdzawk--Kitselas Canyon--Skeena River--Gitladzok--Archaeology-- |
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Tsimshian--Gitselasu--Kitselas Canyon--Skeena River--Gitladzok--Archaeology-- Tsimshian--Gitselasu--Gitlaxdzawk--Kitselas Canyon--Skeena River--Gitladzok--Archaeology-- Vegitation Covering Gaum's House |
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Tsimshian--Gitselasu--Kitselas Canyon--Skeena River--Gitladzok--Archaeology-- Tsimshian--Gitselasu--Gitlaxdzawk--Kitselas Canyon--Skeena River--Gitladzok--Archaeology-- |
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Clearing the vegitatio n from Chief Gaum's house. Rotting ridge beam is in foreground. 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 travelers 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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Vegitation Covering Gaum's House |
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Vegitation Covering Gaum's House |
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Vegitation Covering Gaum's House |
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Vegitation Covering Gaum's House |
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Vegitation Covering Gaum's House |
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vegitation covering gaum's house |
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1971 |
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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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Tsimshian Tsimshian* |
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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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