Looking across Nahanni to brink of rapids above Virginia Falls
Flood plain just above camp #5
Caption Source: Bill Addison because we ran out of tape & time (at 1 am) before Charlie could
describe it.
Photographer: likely Charlie Hansen or Isidore Villeneuve but with a new sharper camera.
Looking up Nahanni from Sunblood Mtn
Alpine Flowers + V. Falls Sunblood Mtn
Looking E. from Sunblood Mtn
Part of Sunblood Mtn from top
Caption Source: Bill Addison because we ran out of tape & time (at 1 am) before Charlie could
describe it.
Photographer: likely Charlie Hansen or Isidore Villeneuve but with a new sharper camera.
WDA's Comments, 2014 Feb 12: The engine in the foreground appears to be driving a cut-off
saw (not visible) to trim timber and lumber for use in the building under construction behind. It
appears that logs are sawn so that there are three flat sides. While Charlie does not describe this
picture in the the interview, he does describe how he and John Gilby, the first head ofF01t
Simpson's Dominion Experimental Farm, decided to use local instead of imported lumber to
build the buildings. Gilby wanted log buildings-they pleased his aesthetic sense. Charlie
suggested sawing the logs flat on three sides so that they could essentially be stacked. The
interior flat edges would be aligned to make a flat interior surface to which a panelling of choice
could be readily attached. That appears to be the construction method being used in this photo,
although whether or not this is at the Dominion Experimental Farm is unknown. The large
framed doorway suggests a barn or machinery shed.
Signs at Virginia Falls
Young Sandpiper at Virginia Falls
Albert Faille's boat above Falls
Virginia Falls (Top)
Virginia Falls (Top)
Charlie's photo description: An old bridge was there and I took it out and filled it in and built
a bench instead because the N.T. would lose trade. The people used to come in the evening and
sit there on the railing and then just pop in to the store and buy and they sit up there and talk.
When we took that off, people was wandering around out there like they were lost, so I went out
there and built a bench for them to sit on. Right away they collected again.
Caption Source: Charlie Hansen interview.
Photographer: likely Charlie Hansen or Isidore Villeneuve judging from blurred eadges.
WDA's Comments, 2014 Feb 11: Charlie's quote is for another Photo 118, however I believe
this is the bridge railing that Charlie took out. The person on the left may beGeorge Cli (see
Photo 103). The others I don't recognize.
Virginia Falls
Portaging gear around V. falls Don Turner John Brucker
Nahanni between Clearwater + Wrigley Cr.
John Brucker Don Turner
Nahanni Canyon below Virginia Falls
Charlie's photo description: An old bridge was there and I took it out and filled it in and built
a bench instead because the N.T. would lose trade. The people used to come in the evening and
sit there on the railing and then just pop in to the store and buy and they sit up there and talk.
When we took that off, people was wandering around out there like they were lost, so I went out
there and built a bench for them to sit on. Right away they collected again.
Caption Source: Charlie Hansen interview.
Photogmpher: likely Charlie Hansen or Isidore Villeneuve judging from blurred photo edges.
WDA's Comments, 2014 Feb 10: I believe this is the bench that replaced the bridge that
Charlie took out.