Skidegate Village

Date

1878

Photographer: Dawson, George Mercer, 1849-1901

Description

Full view of all of the houses at Skidegate in 1878. This is the first photo of the village showing the rows of houses and poles as well as the canoes lining the shore. Dawson has set his camera case on the beach (right foreground) while he makes this wet plate photo.

Subject (Geographic)

Skidegate (B.C.)

Keywords

Haida

Hydah

Queen Charlotte Islands

Totem poles

Canoe

Genre

Photographs

Type of resource

Still Image