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Syilx Fishermen on Okanagan Lake, 1908

Fishermen on Okanagan Lake photographed in 1908 by John Pease Babcock for a report on British Columbia fisheries. Okanagan Lake lies in the territory of the Syilx (Okanagan) Nation, an Interior Salish people neighbouring the Secwepemc to the south. The photograph documents Syilx fishing practice at the start of the twentieth century, not Secwepemc fishing, and is included here as a related Interior Salish tradition.

Provenance & attribution

Attribution
John Pease Babcock, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
License
Public domain
Rights holder
Freshwater and Marine Image Bank, University of Washington
Contributed by
A community memberJuly 4, 2026
Approved
July 4, 2026Reviewer not recorded

Sourced for demonstration, pending community review. This openly licensed material stands in for community content until an Elder or community authority reviews it. It is not presented as authoritative culture and can be removed or revised on request.