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City: Tête Jaune Cache

District Forestry Headquarters, Tete Jaune, 1915

District Headquarters, Tete Jaune, 1915. P.S. Bonney, District Forester; Walker H. Holliday (Hemming), Ranger (with pipe). Mr. Holliday passed away November 14, 1986.

Internal ID: 0080.0001
Medium:Painting
Date: 1915

Sternwheeler - SS Fort Fraser

Sternwheeler - SS Fort Fraser She was sailed at one time by Captain Bonner. She was holed in Giscombe Rapids and grounded on a sand bar. Next summer was furnished equipment to repair and launched her and returned her to Ft. George. This was the first power boat to make trip from Ft. George to Tete Jaune Cache.

Internal ID: 0082.0001
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

View of Main Street, Tete Jaune, B.C

View of Main Street, Tete Jaune, B.C

Internal ID: 0089.0001
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1900

Old Tete Jaune School

The old Tete Jaune school on Cliff Jackman's place, September 1991.

Internal ID: 0090.0001
Medium:Photograph
Date: September 1st 1991

Prohibition - Stuffed pigs

Stuffed pigs Tete Jaune, B.C. 1913 Smuggled whiskey found by Provincial Police. Prohibition was an attempt to make illegal by law the distribution and sale of liquor, beginning in Canada in the late 19th century. Alberta passed prohibition laws in 1916 and repealed them in 1924. Prohibition was a political response to the temerance movement, and resulted in many ingenious ways of importing and distributing alcohol.

Internal ID: 0097.0001
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1913

Tete Jaune??

Log buildings under construction with mountains behind possibly in Tete Jaune or Edgewood BC area.

Internal ID: 0112.0001
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Tete Jaune, B.C.

Tete Jaune, B.C. street scene looking west.

Internal ID: 0113.0001
Medium:Postcard
Date: 1900

Barrister and Solicitor's Office

Three men in front of tent. Sign on the tent reads L.P. Eckstein, Barrister & Solicitor, Tete Jaune Cache, BC.

Internal ID: 0125.0001
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1913

Forestry Headquarters Remains, Tete Jaune, 1994

Remains of fireplace chimney of 1915 Tete Jaune Forestry Headquarters, still standing in 1994

Internal ID: 0080.0002
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1994

Tete Jaune School Students

Tete Jaune School students June 1935. Miss Dorothy Baxter (teacher). L to R: Betty Carr, Lorraine Bergeron, Frances Gladish, Tommy Carr, Ferne Leary, Eileen Bergeron.

Internal ID: 0090.0002
Medium:Photograph
Date: June 1st 1935

New Settlers

Unknown people in front of a house with a mountain ridge behind them, possibly Tete Jaune or Edgewood area.

Internal ID: 0112.0002
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Tete Jaune, B.C. Street Scene

Street scene showing very early businesses in Tete Jaune Cache, BC.

Internal ID: 0113.0002
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1900

Mile 53

Mile 53, Tete Jaune Cache, BC. People walking on railroad tracks, steamer on water behind the upright poles.

Internal ID: 0125.0002
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1910

The Chimneys

Tete Jaune Cache Railway Engineers camp; the chimneys, Mile 53, 1938. Ruins of well-made stone and concrete fireplaces.

Internal ID: 0090.0003
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1938

Team of Oxen

A team of oxen at Tete Jaune.

Internal ID: 0091.0003
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

Early Agricultore - Tete Jaune or Edgewood?

Unknown man with horse and plow in front of a house. Possibly Tete Jaune or Edgewood area

Internal ID: 0112.0003
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

GTP Railway Construction Camp

Grand Trunk Pacific construction camp at an unknown location (presumably Valemount area). Sandy Czorny added: Tete Jaune, B.C.

Internal ID: 0113.0003
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

McKirdy Cabin

Cabin built by Angus McKirdy. Cash outlay, $5.00 for shingles. First Forestry office 1939. Possibly Tete Jaune Cache.

Internal ID: 0121.0003
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1939

S.S. Operator on the Fraser River

SS Operator, sternwheeler, at Tete Jaune Cache, BC, on the Fraser River. Note the wood fuel piled at the bow.

Internal ID: 0125.0003
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1910

The Chimneys

Tete Jaune Cache Railway Engineers camp; the chimneys, Mile 53. Ruins of well-made stone and concrete fireplaces.

Internal ID: 0090.0004
Medium:Photograph
Date: August 9th 1938

Map of Tete Jaune Cache

Map of Tete Jaune Cache March 2nd 1931, showing pre-emptions and large Game Reserve.

Internal ID: 0118.0004
Medium:Map
Date: March 2nd 1931

Tete Jaune Cache

Tete Jaune just before Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad construction. A collection of log buildings.

Internal ID: 0122.0004
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1911

River Freight

River freight photo showing skows and docks at Tete Jaune Cache, BC (between Mile 52 & 53) on the Fraser River.

Internal ID: 0125.0004
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1910

Tete Jaune Station

An abandoned railway station at Tete Jaune.

Internal ID: 0091.0005
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

Japanese Internment Camp Root Cellar

Ruins of the root cellar in the 1942 Tete Jaune Japanese Internment Camp, taken September 1995.

Internal ID: 0100.0005
Medium:Photograph
Date: September 1st 1995

Gathering - Tete Jaune or Edgewood??

A large group of people; men, women and children. Some sitting, some standing on ground in front of a building with more people on balcony above them. Possibly at Tete Jaune or Edgewood.

Internal ID: 0112.0005
Medium:Postcard
Date: 1915

Early Tete Jaune Cache

Business section of Tete Jaune Cache, BC, in its very early days.

Internal ID: 0125.0005
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1910

Japanese Internment Camp

Japanese Internment Camp. Mr. Iwamoto in June 1942 at the Tete Jaune internment camp, sitting on a bridge in the camp garden.

Internal ID: 0072.0006
Medium:Photograph
Date: June 1st 1942

Tete Jaune Station

An abandoned railway station at Tete Jaune.

Internal ID: 0091.0006
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0000

Japanese Internment Camp Root Cellar

Ruins of a root cellar in the old 1942 Tete Jaune Japanese Internment Camp, taken in September 1995.

Internal ID: 0100.0006
Medium:Photograph
Date: September 23rd 1995

Early Hotel - Edgewood or Tete Jaune??

A two storey large log building with unknown people in and around the doorway. Possibly in Tete Jaune or Edgewood area.

Internal ID: 0112.0006
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Japanese Internment Camp Root Cellar

Ruins of a root cellar at the 1942 Tete Jaune Japanese Internment Camps. Photo taken September 1995.

Internal ID: 0100.0007
Medium:Photograph
Date: September 1st 1995

Christmas Dinner

Group of men around table at Christmas, possibly cook's standing at end of table. Possibly Tete Jaune or Edgewood area.

Internal ID: 0112.0008
Medium:Postcard
Date: 1915

Winter Transportation

Two unknown men in a cutter pulled by a horse. Buildings behind and mountains beyond. Possibly in Tete Jaune or Edgewood area.

Internal ID: 0112.0009
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

A Mountain Home

A house and shed with mountains beyond and a ridge at the side of the cabin. Possibly in Tete Jaune or Edgewood area.

Internal ID: 0112.0010
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Flood at Partridge Store

June 21, 1950 flood at Partridge's store near Tete Jaune station. Jim and Thelma Partridge in a small boat.

Internal ID: 0090.0011
Medium:Photograph
Date: June 21st 1950

Tete Jaune Classroom

Interior of a classroom at Tete Jaune school with Danny King checking the aquarium.

Internal ID: 0126.0011
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1976

SS BC Express

SS BC Express, 1913, on the river below Tete Jaune.

Internal ID: 0090.0013
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1913

Class Photo

Classroom of 13 students with the teacher at the back. Possibly at Tete Jaune Cache.

Internal ID: 0112.0013
Medium:Postcard
Date: 1900

Tete Jaune Japanese Internment Camp

Japanese Internment Camp at Tete Jaune, June 1942. Mr Iwanmoto and friend in background, sitting at the Japanese Garden Bridge.

Internal ID: 0073.0015
Medium:Photograph
Date: June 1st 1942

Looking East at Mile 53

Looking east from the vicinity of the Hospital to the engineer's camp at mile 53 with the railway tracks in the foreground. Possibly Tete Jaune or Edgewood.

Internal ID: 0112.0016
Medium:Photograph
Date: 0016

Looking East at Mile 53

Looking east along the railway tracks towards the Engineer's Camp at Mile 53. A paddle wheeler is on the river. Possibly Tete Jaune or Edgewood.

Internal ID: 0112.0017
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Paddlewheeler "S.S. Operator"

The paddlewheeler "S.S. Operator" with a load of wood on front. Tete Jaune Cache is printed on photo.

Internal ID: 0112.0019
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Maps of the Big Bend Country

A description of the maps that were printed for the routes to Big Bend.

Internal ID: 0052.0020
Medium:Newspaper
Date: February 6th 1866

Scow Activity

Scow arriving or leaving the dock along the river bank. Numerous tent frames and buildings along the shore with docks and scows in the water. Probably Tete Jaune Cache.

Internal ID: 0112.0021
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Gathering - Tete Jaune or Edgewood??

A large group of people; men, women and children. Some sitting, some standing on ground in front of a building with more people on balcony above them. Possibly at Tete Jaune or Edgewood.

Internal ID: 0112.0022
Medium:Postcard
Date: 1915

Christmas Dinner

Group of men around table at Christmas, possibly cook's standing at end of table. Possibly Tete Jaune or Edgewood area.

Internal ID: 0112.0023
Medium:Postcard
Date: 1915

Class Photo

Classroom of 13 students with the teacher at the back. Possibly at Tete Jaune Cache.

Internal ID: 0112.0024
Medium:Postcard
Date: 1900

W.A. Jowett and L.P. Eckstein

Wm. A. Jowett on left and L.P. Eckstein sitting in front of the wall tent temporary office of L.P. Eckstein, Barrister and Solicitor. 1913-1915

Internal ID: 0119.0080
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Boat docks

Deckhands and stevedores breaking for lunch. Possibly Tete Jaune area, 1913-1915.

Internal ID: 0119.0081
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

B G Hotel

The B G Hotel - headquarters for Tete Juane stage.

Internal ID: 0119.0082
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Car Full

Group of men, women and children in rail wagon Possibly Tete Jaune.

Internal ID: 0119.0083
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Mrs. Jowett and Friends

Women dressed in men's suits (lady 2nd from front is Mrs. W.A.Jowett). Possibly Tete Jaune.

Internal ID: 0119.0085
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Stuffed Pigs Prohibition Style

Pig carcasses stuffed with whiskey for transport during Prohibition. Seized at Tete Juane Cache, BC, c. 1915.

Internal ID: 0119.0087
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Group photo in Tete Jaune

A postcard view of old Tete Jaune. Group posed in front of building with Curley's Restaurant in background.

Internal ID: 0070.0088
Medium:Postcard
Date: 0000

New Years Wish

Postcard from Billy at Evansville, Ind USA Dec 28,1912; to Mrs. Ed Morris, Tete Jaune Cache, BC Mile 48 - G.T.P. West via Edmonton, AB c/o Doolans Store. Possible date link to source 0090 and 0091 as they were in same envelope

Internal ID: 0070.0093
Medium:Postcard
Date: December 28th 1912

Girl on Swing

Young girl in a sun hat, standing on a swing. Possibly in Tete Jaune.

Internal ID: 0119.0096
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Disembarking Train, Possibly Tete Jaune

Group of mostly women crossing the rail tracks and ascending a long stairway to buildings above. Possibly Tete Jaune.

Internal ID: 0119.0098
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Scenic View

Photograph taken from a window of farm land and mountains in the distance. River in the view may be the Fraser. Possibly Tete Jaune area.

Internal ID: 0119.0099
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Canadian Women's Press

Notation states: Canadian Women's Press, Tete Jaune Cache, BC.

Internal ID: 0119.0102
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Scow of C.K.Brown

Scow of C.K.Brown, on way from GTP railhead at Tete Jaune to Fort George.

Internal ID: 0070.0103
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1912

Horse Drawn Wagon

Early photo of a man on top of a boxcar with another man standing in wagon drawn by one horse. Possibly in Tete Jaune.

Internal ID: 0119.0108
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Camp at Tete Jaune Cache 1910

L.J. Cole was a surveyor and resident engineer for the construction of the GTP railway. Camp at Tete Jaune Cache about 1910.

Internal ID: 0070.0109
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1910

Woman and Child on Speeder

L.J. Cole was a surveyor and resident engineer for the construction of the GTP railway. Tete Jaune BC, woman and child on speeder at MP 57. Possibly Bertha and son Herbert.

Internal ID: 0070.0110
Medium:Photograph
Date: September 23rd 1912

Cupid's Castle

A rural cabin labelled Cupid's Castle with sign saying "We are just married". Possibly Tete Jaune area.

Internal ID: 0119.0110
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Tete Jaune Railway Station

Tete Jaune railway station in the 1915 era.

Internal ID: 0119.0111
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Class Photo

Class photo of girls and boys in front of a log school building. Possibly Tete Jaune log school.

Internal ID: 0119.0122
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Church

Old log church building and sheds, possibly in Tete Jaune.

Internal ID: 0119.0124
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1915

Art Bowman

Art Bowman who lived at Tete Jaune, holding a camera.

Internal ID: 0070.0137
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1935

Tete Jaune Cache

Old Tete Jaune Cache shows Doolan's Store, three other buildings, a team of horses, and men standing in street.

Internal ID: 0070.0153
Medium:Postcard
Date: 1918

Nita Tinsley

Nita Tinsley at her home in Tete Juane Cache, BC. Baby brother?, at her side.

Internal ID: 0126.0186
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1980

Fern McKirdy Farm

Prints taken at Fern McKirdy's farm at Tete Jaune during the first historic book committee gathering - Valemount Historic Society.

Internal ID: 0119.0226
Medium:Photograph
Date: 1985