Placid Fraser River, Hell's Gate
- CA JMABC A.1985.001-1-22-LF.00433
- Unidad documental simple
- [1950]
Photograph depicts Hell's Gate. Hell's Gate is a 35 metre (110 ft) narrowing of British Columbia's Fraser River Canyon, located immediately downstream of Boston Bar. The name is derived from an entry in explorer Simon Fraser's diary which said of the gorge, “We had to travel where no human being should venture, for surely we have encountered the gates of hell" (Simon Fraser, 1808).
Fairly placid river in foreground of image between steep, rocky canyon walls with shale-like appearance; hillside with sparse tree cover and plume of smoke or steam in background of image.