Boat on Atlin Lake with Atlin Mountain reflected in water, circa 1929

• Main Author: Taylor, Gilbert Morris
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Lakes & ponds > British Columbia; Mountains > British Columbia; Reflections; Atlin Lake (B.C.); Atlin Mountain (B.C.); Yukon; Canada; British Columbia; Atlin; Hickey; Atlin Lake; Columbia Mountains; Atlin Mountain; Yukon river
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/576

On verso of image: Going of the ice. Neg #56. G.M. Taylor, Camera Art Studies, Atlin, B.C. Canada PH Coll 334.Taylor G. 2 Gilbert Morris Taylor was trained in photography in St. Paul in 1923 (his aunt Charisa Bass was a respected amateur photographer trained in Paris in the 1890s). Taylor set up shop in Atlin due to its reputation as "Canada's little Switzerland." His first marriage after the birth of one son ended in divorce in the late 1920s. He remarried Helen Emelyn Hickey of Portland, Oregon, and they moved to Jasper, Alberta, but kept the Atlin studio open during the summer. They retired to Santa Barbara after selling the Jasper business to Tom Johnston of Saskatoon. Atlin Lake is the largest natural lake in BC. It is about 85 miles long, and averages 2 to 5 miles wide, although it is much wider in some sections. It drains a basin of 4,402 square miles, forming the headwaters of the mighty Yukon River, which flows thousands of miles before hitting the sea. Atlin Mountain has an elevation of 6,656 feet above sea level.