83 British north american boundary commission Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

[Unidentified man, possibly John Keast Lord, naturalist with the Commi...

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Shepherd, no. 1 - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Photograph shows exterior view of the Hudson Bay Co. post at Fort Shepherd, British Columbia.

Part of the Kettle Falls of the Columbia

Photograph shows the Kettle Falls portion of the Columbia River in Washington. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 18]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

Mule laden with casks - Boundary Commission huts, Colville, Columbia R...

Photograph shows three men with a mule with two casks tied to its back at the British North American Boundary Commission base in Colville; also shows two Boundary Commission huts. In album: [British Northwest ... More

Colville Indian woman and child, Native American woman portrait

Photograph shows a Colville woman, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, holding infant in a cradleboard. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 53]. Unpro... More

Garry the Spokan chief [and] three of his men

Photographs show (top) Garry, Spokane chief, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, and (bottom) three Spokane men, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, wearing native dress, one holds a bow and arr... More

Cutting the boundary line - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows several men of the British North American Boundary Commission survey crew posed in clearing, with transit, marking the boundary line between Canada and the United States, along the right bank o... More

Officers' quarters, N. A. B'y. Com'n. [i.e., North American Boundary C...

Photograph shows exterior view of the officers' quarters of the British North American Boundary Commission at Esquimalt on Vancouver Island. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subject... More

Small northern canoe, Vancouver Island - douglas firs in the backgroun...

Photograph shows two men standing at the ends of a small canoe on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 6]. Unprocessed in P... More

[Man standing among tree stumps on bank of the Moyie River at the boun...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[Boundary monument at Point Roberts - Treaty of Washington June 15th 1...

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a ... More

Christine McDonald [i.e., MacDonald] & her uncle

Photographs show (top) Christine MacDonald, wife of a Hudson's Bay Company trader, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, wearing European dress, and (bottom) her uncle, full-length portrait, seated, facin... More

Cutting and cairn on the boundary line

Photograph shows a cairn marking the boundary line between United States and Canada. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 32]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

Boundary line cutting, Yahk River - cairn just completed

Photograph shows cutting of the boundary line through the forest between United States and Canada; in the middle distance several men stand around a cairn marking the boundary line. In album: [British Northwes... More

Falls on the Colville (Mill) River with the H. B. Co's. [i.e., Hudson'...

Photograph shows waterfalls on the Colville River in Washington, with a Hudson's Bay Company mill above the falls in the background; also shows in the foreground, Ponderosa pine and alder trees. Caption contin... More

U.S. post, lower Cascades, Columbia River - guard house, May 1860

Photograph shows the guard house and cannon at a United States Army post on the Columbia River in the lower Cascade Range. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf... More

[Three Kootenai men, full-length portrait, seated against blanket in f...

In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 47]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

Part of the Kettle Falls of the Columbia River, 1860

Photograph shows waterfalls at the Kettle Falls portion of the Columbia River in Washington. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 17]. Exhibited: "Rivers, Eden... More

Victoria Harbor, Vancouver Island, taken from the church hill, 1859

Photograph shows view of settlement of Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia; this is the third part of a six part panoramic photograph of Victoria. Attributed to Arthur Vipond based on research by Da... More

View on Lake Osoyoos, British Columbia, 1860

In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 29]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

Block house, upper Cascades, Columbia River - scene of a massacre of w...

Photograph shows a blockhouse and another building in a clearing in a densely wooded area along the Columbia River in the Cascade Range. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1... More

Boundary line cut - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Photograph shows the cut of the boundary line through the forest between United States and Canada. Title from annotated inventory. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-186... More

Roman Catholic mission near Fort Colville, 1860

Photograph shows a wooden building of a Roman Catholic mission near Fort Colville, Washington. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 21]. Unprocessed in PR 13 C... More

[Boundary monument at Point Roberts - Archibald Campbell, U.S. Comm.]

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a ... More

[Sherard Osborn, lieut., Royal Navy, three-quarter length wood-engrave...

Photo shows a wood engraving of Serard Osborn. Although Osborn had no connection to the Northwest Boundary Survey, he did serve on Belcher's expedition to search for the Franklin Arctic expedition, 1852-1854, o... More

[Exterior view of church, in the community around Fort Victoria on Van...

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a ... More

Encampment of a party of the Boundary Commission

Photograph shows tents of a British North American Boundary Commission survey crew at their camp on the shore of a lake or pond. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861... More

Indian encampment, Dalles of the Columbia, May 1860

Photograph shows tipis at a Native American encampment. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 16]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

Rocky Mountains looking west from boundary cairn, July 1861

In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 44]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

[Unidentified cluster of buildings around central landscaped area]

Title devised by Library staff using subject identification provided by photo historians. (Source: James Eason and Photo History, 2015) In portfolio: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

[Community adjacent to the fur trading post at Fort Victoria on Vancou...

No. 5 of a six-part panorama of Victoria. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Officers' mess house, H. B. Co's. [i.e., Hudson's Bay Company's] post,...

Photograph shows exterior view officers' mess hall at the Hudson's Bay Company's post at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861,... More

H. B. Co's. [i.e., Hudson's Bay Company's] post, Fort Vancouver, Colum...

Photograph shows view officers' quarters and other buildings at the Hudson's Bay Company's post at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, ... More

Summits of Rocky Mountains near lat. 49 ̊N., July 1861

Photograph shows peaks of the Rocky Mountains along the boundary line between United States and Canada at latitude 49 ̊North. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, l... More

[Victoria Harbor, Vancouver Island, taken from the church hill, 1859 (...

Modern copy of a photograph attributed to Arthur Vipond based on research by David Mattison, British Columbia Archives, Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC. Title from the original photo, PR 13 CN 1990:... More

View between the Similkameen & Fort Shepherd in the Nehoialpity Valley...

Photograph shows line of trees at the edge of a forest with meadow in the foreground and mountains in the background. Left half of panorama. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Encampment of a party of the Boundary Commission, 1860

Photograph shows a stand of trees through which can be seen the tents at the camp of a British North American Boundary Commission survey crew. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subje... More

Officers' house, Hudson's Bay Co's. Fort Colville, 1860

Photograph shows buildings of the officers' quarters of the Hudson's Bay Company's post at Fort Colville, Washington. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 22].... More

U.S. military post at the Cascades, May 1860

Photograph shows the guardhouse and other buildings at a United States Army post on the Columbia River in the lower Cascade Range; mountains in the background. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission ... More

The gold mining town of Rock Creek, British Columbia, 1860

Photograph shows a cluster of log buildings, one identified as a restaurant, of the gold mining town, Rock Creek, British Columbia, as seen from a hillside above the town, with the creek in the background. In ... More

Kisherer? - the Roman Catholic mission on the left bank of the Kootena...

Photograph shows a log building at the Roman Catholic mission near the Kootenai River in Idaho. , supplemented by annotated inventory. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859... More

Observatory tent, N. A. [i.e., North American] Boundary Commission

Photograph shows Captain Charles J. Darrah, R.E., seated in tent, and Captain Robert W. Haig, R.A. of the British North American Boundary Commission posed at an astronomical observation tent with theodolite, du... More

Observatory tent, N. A. [i.e., North American] Boundary Commission

Photograph shows Captain Charles J. Darrah, R.E., seated in tent, and Captain Robert W. Haig, R.A. of the British North American Boundary Commission posed at an astronomical observation tent with theodolite, du... More

Bartlemy's house, Esquimalt Harbor

Photograph shows an exterior view of a house with two people standing near the entrance, near the harbor, Esquimalt, British Columbia. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

[Community adjacent to the fur trading post at Fort Victoria on Vancou...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

[Community adjacent to the fur trading post at Fort Victoria on Vancou...

No. 1 of a six-part panorama of Victoria. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Fort Vancouver, Hudson's Bay Co's. post, Columbia River, enclosing ten...

Photograph shows view of buildings and tents at the Hudson's Bay Company's post at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River. The British North American Boundary Commission survey crews arrived at Fort Vancouver in... More

Huts of the H. B. Co's. [i.e., Hudson's Bay Company's] servants, Fort ...

Photograph shows the servants' buildings at the Hudson's Bay Company's post at Fort Colville, Washington. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 23]. Unprocessed... More

[Boundary monument at Point Roberts - Capt. J.C. Prevost, R.N., Capt. ...

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a ... More

Watershed of Rocky Mountains, lat. 49 ̊N. - snow patches and glaciers

Photograph shows a cairn, patches of snow, and glaciers in the Rocky Mountains along the boundary line between United States and Canada at latitude 49 ̊North. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission a... More

[Kalispel couple, full-length portrait, the man standing, the woman se...

In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 46]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

The young MacDonald suspended against the wall

Photograph shows Christine MacDonald's infant in a cradleboard hanging against a wall with examples of native crafts. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 54].... More

No. 2, log huts, winter quarters of the Br. N. Am. Boundary Commission...

Photograph shows bird's-eye view of 15 or more log cabins near Fort Colville, Washington, with the Columbia River in the middle distance. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Boundary line cut with cairn at Kishenchn, looking west, 1861

Photograph shows the cut of the boundary line, with a cairn in the middle distance, through the forest between United States and Canada. Title from annotated inventory. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Com... More

Boundary Commission depot, Siniakwateen, Pend Oreille River - Indian w...

Photograph shows a tepee and a canoe in the foreground, across the Pend Oreille River is the British North American Boundary Commission depot at Siniakwateen. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission a... More

[Boundary monument at Point Roberts - Lat. 49 0 0, Long., erected 1861...

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a ... More

[Scene on the Columbia River at the junction with the Pend Oreille Riv...

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a ... More

Indian encampment, Tobacco Plains, Kootenay [i.e., Kootenai] River - f...

Photograph shows tipis and fish trap at a Native encampment at Tobacco Plains on the Kootenai River in British Columbia. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 3... More

Vancouver Island Indian Kootenay [i.e., Kootenai] Indians.

Photographs show (top) a Vancouver Island Native, half-length portrait, facing front, and (bottom) three Kootenai men, full-length portrait, seated against blanket in front of a log cabin, facing front, wearing... More

Observatory tent, N. A. [i.e., North American] Boundary Commission

Photograph shows Captain Charles J. Darrah, R.E., seated in tent, and Captain Robert W. Haig, R.A. of the British North American Boundary Commission posed at an astronomical observation tent with theodolite, du... More

View in the Nehoialpity Valley British Columbia no. 2

Photograph shows line of trees at the edge of a forest with meadow in the foreground and mountains in the background. Right half of panorama. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

First party of Boundary Commission prepared to embark at Esquimalt for...

Photograph shows group portrait of members of the British North American Boundary Commission survey party at Esquimalt, Vancouver Island. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, ... More

Portrait photo of Officers - Oregon Boundary Commission

Photograph shows group portrait of the officers of the Oregon Boundary Commission survey crew: Dr. Hilary Bauerman, geologist, Capt. Robert Wolseley Haig, R.A., Lt. Samuel Anderson, R.E, Capt. Charles John Darr... More

United States military post, Fort Vancouver, Columbia River - General ...

Photograph shows view of the U.S. military post at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River; identifies General William Selby Harney's house on the right by the flag pole. Date for probably May 1860 provided by C... More

Boundary Commission, encampment - men cutting down trees (Larix occide...

Photograph shows a stand of western larch trees, some of which are being cut down, and tents at the camp of a British North American Boundary Commission survey crew. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commi... More

Panorama, Vancouver, Columbia River no. 1

Photograph shows exterior view of buildings from across broad field. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

No. 2 of 3, approach to the boundary pass, Rocky Mountains

Photograph shows trees in the middle distance with mountains in the background. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Vancouver Island Indians [A Native in European dress].

Photographs show (top) group portrait of Vancouver Island Natives, and (bottom) half-length portrait of Native man, facing front, wearing European dress. ; title for second photo devised by Library staff. In a... More

Part of the Kettle Falls of the Columbia River, 1860

Photograph shows waterfalls at the Kettle Falls portion of the Columbia River in Washington. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 17]. Exhibited: "Rivers, Eden... More

[Community adjacent to the fur trading post at Fort Victoria on Vancou...

No. 4 of a six-part panorama of Victoria. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

Constance farm, Mr. Skinner's, Esquimalt

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a ... More

[Community adjacent to the fur trading post at Fort Victoria on Vancou...

No. 6 of a six-part panorama of Victoria. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

U.S. military post, lower Cascades, Columbia River, May 1860

Photograph shows buildings at a United States Army post on the Columbia River in the lower Cascade Range; snow covered mountain in the background. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related S... More

Hudson's Bay Co's. Fort Colville, Columbia River, 1860

Photograph shows a cluster of buildings of the Hudson's Bay Company Post at Fort Colville on an expanse of plains with hills and mountains in the background.

Falls on the Colville (Mill River), 1860

Photograph shows waterfalls on the Colville River in Washington. In album: [British Northwest Boundary Commission and Related Subjects, 1859-1861, leaf 24]. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1999:001.01

Summits of Rocky Mountains, lat. 49 ̊N., boundary cairn

Photograph shows a cairn with a Canadian flag near the summit of a mountain in the Rocky Mountains on the boundary line between United States and Canada at latitude 49 ̊North. In album: [British Northwest Boun... More

Garry the Spokan chief [and] three of his men

Photographs show (top) Garry, Spokane chief, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, and (bottom) three Spokane men, full-length portrait, seated, facing front, wearing native dress, one holds a bow and arr... More

Cutting the boundary line - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows several men of the British North American Boundary Commission survey crew posed in clearing, with transit, marking the boundary line between Canada and the United States, along the right bank o... More

[Scene on the Columbia River at the Dalles with tipi in the middle dis...

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a ... More

Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, 1859

Photograph shows view of settlement at Esquimalt, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, the main base during the winters of 1858 and 1859 for the survey crew of the British North American Boundary Commission. In... More

[Charles W. Wilson, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wear...

In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a ... More

Indian wigwams near Fort Colville

Photograph shows tipis at a Native American encampment near Fort Colville, Washington.

Fort Shepherd, Columbia River no. 2

Photograph shows exterior view of two buildings at the Hudson Bay Co. post at Fort Shepherd, British Columbia. Right half of panorama. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861.

library of congress

19th century

albumen prints

photo

1860

boundary

1861

british north american boundary commission