Fishing boats at dock on Port Simpson waterfront
On verso of image: Port Simpson, B.C. Filed in British Columbia--Port Simpson Port Simpson, also known as Lax Kw'alaams - place of the wild roses - is almost 100 per cent First Nations people. The town is part of the Tsimshian First Nation and its people have been connected with Lax Kw'ala...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/718 2023-05-15T16:16:30+02:00 Fishing boats at dock on Port Simpson waterfront University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division Canada--British Columbia--Port Simpson Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/718 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC0657 UW26665 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/718 For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Canada Photograph Collection. PH Coll 393 Waterfronts--British Columbia--Port Simpson Fishing boats--British Columbia--Port Simpson Piers & wharves--British Columbia--Port Simpson Port Simpson (B.C.)--Buildings structures etc Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:02:59Z On verso of image: Port Simpson, B.C. Filed in British Columbia--Port Simpson Port Simpson, also known as Lax Kw'alaams - place of the wild roses - is almost 100 per cent First Nations people. The town is part of the Tsimshian First Nation and its people have been connected with Lax Kw'alaams for millennia. Archaeologists have discovered artifacts dating back 4,000 years on nearby islands. Another dig, just outside town, has turned up relics that may be 10,000 years old. The Tsimshian people have been catching salmon for food and trade all of that time. In the 19th century Lax Kw'alaams became Fort Simpson, the busiest Hudson's Bay trading post on the north coast. It had a vibrant economy based on the salmon, the fur trade and on the industriousness of the Tsimshian people. All that changed in 1998 when the great salmon runs turned out to be the worst in a century. Other/Unknown Material First Nations Fort Simpson Tsimshian Tsimshian* University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Canada British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Fort Simpson ENVELOPE(-121.320,-121.320,61.808,61.808) Port Simpson ENVELOPE(-130.419,-130.419,54.574,54.574) Lax Kw'alaams ENVELOPE(-130.434,-130.434,54.554,54.554) |
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On verso of image: Port Simpson, B.C. Filed in British Columbia--Port Simpson Port Simpson, also known as Lax Kw'alaams - place of the wild roses - is almost 100 per cent First Nations people. The town is part of the Tsimshian First Nation and its people have been connected with Lax Kw'alaams for millennia. Archaeologists have discovered artifacts dating back 4,000 years on nearby islands. Another dig, just outside town, has turned up relics that may be 10,000 years old. The Tsimshian people have been catching salmon for food and trade all of that time. In the 19th century Lax Kw'alaams became Fort Simpson, the busiest Hudson's Bay trading post on the north coast. It had a vibrant economy based on the salmon, the fur trade and on the industriousness of the Tsimshian people. All that changed in 1998 when the great salmon runs turned out to be the worst in a century. |
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