Port Simpson Residential School (Crosby Girls’ and Boys’ Homes)
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[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,
View of Bella Bella village from the water
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia,
"Port Simpson" Hazelton, B.C.
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia
[Mission brass band, Port Simpson, B.C.]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia
[Children at Port Simpson Day School with Staff, Lax Kw'alaams (Port Simpson), B.C.]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, circa 1800s
[Panorama of Port Simpson, B.C.]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia
[Tsimshian houses, Port Simpson, British Columbia. ca. 1903]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia
[Home believed to have been built by Chief Dudowards. Tsimshian home, Port Simpson, British Columbia. ]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia
View of [Rose?] Island and the sea from the Hospital hill
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, between 1910 and 1920
[Partial view of Tsimshian village, Lax Kw'alaams (Port Simpson).]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, 1910
[View of Lax Kw'alaams (Port Simpson) from the water, 1913. ]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, circa 1913
[View of Port Simpson (Lax Kw'alaams) as seen from the window of a ward in Port Simpson Hospital ]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, 1915
[Partial View of Port Simpson (Lax Kw'alaams), British Columbia, as seen looking out towards the Harbour. View of boats in port, docks and buildings seen from an elevated location.]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, circa 1900s
[View of Port Simpson (Lax Kw'alaams) taken from an elevated point. Can see buildings the shape of the coastline in the area and the ocean.]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, circa 1900s
[View of Port Simpson (Lax Kw'alaams) , B.C. between 1910 and 1920. Image was taken from the water, a view of buildings and church with mountain seen behind.]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, between 1910 and 1920
[View of Port Simpson (Lax Kw'alaams) looking westward, ca. 1903. Image was taken from a higher elevation. Can see homes with the water in the background.]
Lax Kw'alaams, British Columbia, circa 1903
