Port Simpson Residential School (Crosby Girls’ and Boys’ Homes)
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[Port Simpson Residential School,(Lax Kw'alaams, B.C.) with snow on the ground.]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia,
[Port Simpson Residential School (Lax Kw'alaams, B.C.)]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia,
[Port Simpson Residential School ( Lax Kw'alaams, B.C.) ]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia,
[W.M.S. Home for Girls [Port Simpson Residential School] building, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia,
[Crosby Girls' School [Port Simpson Residential School] building, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia,
[Port Simpson Residential School destroyed by fire, shown with surrounding buildings, January 1921 ]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia
Parting hymn and scripture reading on the wharf when staff of the Port Simpson Residential School were leaving [after the fire]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia,
[Ruins of the Port Simpson Residential School (Lax Kw'alaams)]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia,
[Sitting room, Crosby Girls' Home ( Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, B.C.)]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia,
[Four staff members of the Port Simpson Residential School standing on steps, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia,
[Four staff members of the Port Simpson Residential School standing on steps, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia,
[Children at the Port Simpson Residential School], Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia,
[Staff and children at the Crosby School [Port Simpson Residential School], Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia,
[Staff at the Crosby School [Port Simpson Residential School], Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia,
[Children and staff Crosby Home [Port Simpson Residential School], Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia,
[Twelve girls with staff Rev. Lawton, Miss Moats, and Miss Middleton at Port Simpson Residential School, Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia,
[Girls from the Crosby Girls' School [Port Simpson Residential School], Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia,
[Girls at the Crosby Girls' School [Port Simpson Residential School] wearing aprons sent from Beaver Band Club of Trail, British Columbia]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia,
