Fort Vancouver
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Volume II

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Plate LXI. Restored and Refurnished Interior of the Office at Lower Fort Garry NHP.

The letter press on top of the double chest or safe may be similar to the "Book Press" mentioned by Thomas Lowe as being in the Old Office at Fort Vancouver. Note the Canadian-style chair and the Carron stove at the right. The fireplace was made of cut stone, a material not readily available at Fort Vancouver.

Courtesy of Edmonton Parks and Recreation Historical Branch, Edmonton.

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Plate LXII. Old Records in the Office at Port Chipewyan, 1927.

Visible in this picture are a number of the ledgers, journals, and account books that were used throughout the Company's trading territory.

Courtesy of Photographs Section, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa. Negative No. PA-20219.

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Plate LXII. Enlarged portion of 1860 Photograph of the Fort Vancouver Courtyard, View toward Northwest Corner, Showing the Granary (Left) and the New Office (right).

This clear version of the British Boundary Commission photograph shows more of the New Office than do most prints of this picture. Features of particular interest are the cleats on the roof of the New Office, the scalloped bracket supporting the drip board, and the unusual transom over the door. On the Granary roof the metal shingles can be clearly observed.

Courtesy of Provincial Archives of British Columbia, Victoria. Photograph 11074.

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Plate LXIV. Roman Catholic Mission School at Fort Resolution, 1913.

From The Beaver Outfit 276 (March, 1946): [24].

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Plate LXV. The One-Room Schoolhouse at Fort Fitzgerald.

From The Beaver Outfit 279 (December, 1949): 21.

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Plate LXVI. Photograph of the Priests' House at Fort Vancouver, 1860.

This enlarged portion of the British Boundary Commission photograph of the northeast angle of the Fort Vancouver courtyard reveals more of the Priests' House than do most prints of this picture. By the spring of 1860, when this photograph was taken, the front of the building clearly had sagged due to rotting foundations. The casement windows may have been relics of Astoria.

Courtesy of Provincial Archives of British Columbia, Victoria. Photograph 11073.

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