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Place of Birth: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
About Frank Swannell
- Frank Cyril Swannell (May 16, 1880 in Hamilton, Ontario - 1969 in Victoria) was one of British Columbia's most famous surveyors.He came to British Columbia during the era of the Klondike Gold Rush and became a surveyor's assistant.
- Then, from 1908, he was a professional surveyor and surveyed many regions of British Columbia.
- He kept a journal of his work and collected over 5000 unique pictures of the era, which were donated to BC Archives for the benefit of future researchers.
- The photographs span a period of more than 40 years and cover many areas of the province.
- Their subjects include stagecoaches, sternwheelers, old forts and remote villages, mountains and rivers, pioneer settlers, miners and First Nations people.
- Swannell's pictures are a priceless contribution to the history of British Columbia.
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