Old Teenie

(1) Image source: Royal BC Museum
Title proper - "Old Teenie" of Victoria; lived near Fort and Cook Streets.
Date(s) - [ca. 1893] (Creation)

(2) Image source: Royal BC Museum
Title proper - A woman known as "Teenie".
Date(s) - [189-] (Creation)

Yukon Joe’s diary

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Yukon Joe’s diary
DATE: 1946-1961RECORD: PR-1749; Joe Prokopchuk fonds, E/D/P94

“Prospectors diary book of the adventurs” presents an extraordinary and alternative view of the world from the perspective of a mountain-man type prospector. The hand-made diary was kept by Joe Prokopchuk (aka Yukon Joe) as he prospected for gold in Northern BC and the Yukon Territory. Written in the third person, it details the adventures of “The Prospector” in the mountains and valleys of the North. It includes details of his interactions with miners and prospectors, his struggles with hunger and grizzly bears and his continuous attempts to raise a grubstake in order to search for gold.

This diary is unusual in that it documents the first-hand experiences of a reclusive figure who lived most of his life outside society. Our collection includes a painting by Yukon Joe (PDP10099), which gives a graphic representation of his particular world. A friend of Prokopchuk, acting as his agent, sold the diary to the Provincial Archives in 1963 for $75.

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Yukon Joe (2)

Image source: Royal BC Museum
Title proper - Signed: Yukon Joe, Aug. 31 1962
Parallel title - Joe Prokopchuk or Joseph Prokop
Parallel title written on the back of the photograph.
Date(s) - [ca. 1962] (Creation)

Yukon Joe

Image source: Royal BC Museum
Title proper - Yukon Joe
Parallel title - I recognize this photo as being that of person known to me as Yukon Joe
Parallel title is written on the back of the photo twice with the accompanying signatures of W.J. Aylewood [?] and Ken [?]
Date(s) - [ca. 1962] (Creation)

Yukon Joe on the John Hart Highway (2)

Image source: Royal BC Museum
Title proper - Yukon Joe on the John Hart Highway
Title based on the contents of the item.
Attributions and conjectures: Photographer: Kenneth Katzalay
Date(s) - [ca. 1950] (Creation)
The photograph was donated to the BC Archives in 2016 by Wren Katzalay, daughter of Kenneth Katzalay.
The item consists of a colour slide taken around 1950 by Kenneth Katzalay. The photograph is of Joe Prokopchuk, better known as Yukon Joe, with his pack dogs. The photograph was taken somewhere on the John Hart highway, north of Prince George.

Yukon Joe on the John Hart Highway

Image source: Royal BC Museum
Title proper - Yukon Joe on the John Hart Highway
Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the item.
Attributions and conjectures: Photographer: Kenneth Katzalay
Date(s) - [ca. 1950] (Creation)
The photograph was donated to the BC Archives in 2016 by Wren Katzalay, daughter of Kenneth Katzalay.
The item consists of a colour slide taken around 1950 by Kenneth Katzalay. The photograph is of Joe Prokopchuk, better known as Yukon Joe, with his pack dogs. The photograph was taken somewhere on the John Hart highway, north of Prince George.

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