Cemeteries

Cemetery

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039004
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Parte deJohn Mennie fonds

Two poles in mid-ground mixed with cross-bearing grave marker at proper right foreground

Buildings/places

30-30-01-30-01-11-a039157
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Parte deJohn Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of a cemetery. White crosses with lettering denote graves

Alert Bay cemetery

81-05-a033119
Item
[195- or 196-]

Parte deThomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of pole and gravestones in a cemetery in Alert Bay, BC.

Kwakiutl Totem Poles

81-04-a033240
Item
[ca. 1988]

Parte deThomas and Mildred Laurie collection

View of the Kwakiutl totem poles standing in a cemetery. The two poles stand adjacent to graves marked with crosses, which are identified Chief J .Aul Sewid and Mrs. Lucy Sewid. The presence of flowers at this gravesite suggest that this photo may have been taken in 1988 when Chief Sewid died. Photo is attributed to Eric J. Cooke, Photo Productions, Sidney, B. C.

Kwakiutl Totem Pole

81-04-a033243
Item
[ca. 1960 - 1990]

Parte deThomas and Mildred Laurie collection

View of a Kwakiutl totem pole on Alert Bay, Cormorant Island, British Columbia. Pole appears to be standing in a cemetery. A cross marked Charles Smith is visible. This pole features a bird (possibly a raven) atop several other animals.

Kwakiutl Totem Poles, British Columbia Canada

81-04-a033245
Item
[ca. 1960 - 1990]

Parte deThomas and Mildred Laurie collection

View of two Memorial poles. The taller pole depicts an eagle and a grizzly bear; the shorter pole depicts a human form holding copper. Photo is attributed to Eric J. Cooke Photo Productions, Sidney, B. C.

Burial Ground in Alert Bay

Parte deMissionary Society of the Church of England in Canada Slide Collection

Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of an Indigenous burial site. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken in Alert Bay.

Burial Ground in Alert Bay

Parte deMissionary Society of the Church of England in Canada Slide Collection

Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of an house and Indigenous burial site. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken near Alert Bay.

Cemetery, Alert Bay, B.C. R.S.43.

41-1-a060281c
Item
[ca.1947-1950]

Parte deDiane Elizabeth Barwick fonds

Item is a photograph of a cemetery in Alert Bay, with cross-bearing grave markers and painted totem poles.

Graveyard, Kingcome Village

51-01-28-a039429
Item
1955 or 1956

Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds

Alert Bay, cemetery and totem poles

25-03-06-a037963
Item
1970

Parte deAnthony Carter fonds

Image of a cemetery with two totem poles and a few graves with crosses.

Sin título

Alert Bay, Johnson Strait

25-03-06-a037988
Item
[1970]

Parte deAnthony Carter fonds

Image of a totem pole near a graveyard. This image is printed on page 26 of Carter's book "from History's Locker," with the caption: "View from the graveyard at Alert Bay looking across Johnston straits toward Vancouver Island."

Sin título

Totem poles - Alert Bay, BC

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039014
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Parte deJohn Mennie fonds

Road in immediate foreground. Burial site with totem poles beyond wire fence

Totem poles at cemetery

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039210
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Parte deJohn Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of totem poles in the cemetery. The harbour and adjacent buildings also appear. Item is inscribed, "INDIAN CEMETERY. ALERT BAY. B.C."

Killer Whale Arch

81-04-a033261
Item
[ca. 1960 - 1990]

Parte deThomas and Mildred Laurie collection

View of the Killer Whale Arch located at the entrance to the Nimpkish Band Indian Cemetery. This arch is a memorial to a boy lost at sea. Located at Alert Bay, British Columbia, See also item a033244 of this same carved arch.

Missing eagle arm totem pole

81-04-a033263
Item
[ca. 1960 - 1990]

Parte deThomas and Mildred Laurie collection

View of an unnamed totem pole located at the Namgis Burial Grounds. It features an eagle at the top, which is distinguished by having only one arm.

Row of totem poles

81-04-a033264
Item
[ca. 1960 - 1990]

Parte deThomas and Mildred Laurie collection

View of several totem poles in Nimpkish Band Cemetery. Totem on the far right of image is a memorial to Billie Moon, carved by Willie Seaweed and Joe Seaweed in 1931. The pole second from the right, carved by Doug Crammer, Richard Hunt, Bruce Alfred, Donna Ambers, Fish Ambers, and Richer Sumner, is a memorial to Dan Crammer.

Killer Whale arch, Alert Bay cemetery

81-05-a033116
Item
[195- or 196-]

Parte deThomas and Mildred Laurie collection

View of the Killer Whale Arch located at the entrance to the Kwatiul Indian Cemetery. This arch is a memorial to a boy lost at sea. Located at Alert Bay, British Columbia. Several crosses and memorial totem poles are visible behind this archway.

Alert Bay cemetery