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John Woodruff Photographer

Canada 1890 - 1914

John Woodruff was a photographer for the Department of the Interior, Canada. The following photos are part of Grandpa’s (Bernie Woodruff) personal collection. Some of the photographs were copied by the Museum in Banff, Alberta in 1980 from Grandpa’s originals. These were lost when a flash rain storm flooded our basement. We were able to obtain replacement copies from the Whyte Museum, Banff, Alberta in 2003. John Woodruff traveled across Canada taking photographs which captured life at the turn of the century (1900's that is). More of his photographs can be view at the National Archives, Ottawa, ON, CA.

Royal Northwest Mounted Police Band
E Division 1890

Royal Northwest Mounted Police Band E Division and audience at Moulton Park Theatre

Banff Springs Hotel from the Bow River below the Bow Falls

Banff Springs Hotel and Mount Rundle, Banff, Alberta

Banff Springs Hotel c. 1900

Hoodoos near Banff

Hoodoos and Bow River, Banff, Alberta

Buffalo (Bison) near Banff c. 1905

Boat house and "Mountain Belle" on Bow River with Mount Rundle

Fan Claire log run on the Bow River above Bow River Falls, Banff

Swimmers at Cave and Basin Banff, Alberta

Hay wagon and raft on Bow River between Bridge and Boathouse, Banff

Row boat on Bow River with Mount Rundle in background, Banff c. 1905

Kate Eliza Beale fishing on Bow River, about 1888/89 near Banff, Alberta. This is where Kate met John Woodruff. She was a traveling across Canada as a companion to another English woman.

Survey party on Bow River below bow Falls, Banff, Alberta c. 1890

Royal Northwest Mounted Police, Banff c. 1891

Northwest Mounted Police, Banff c. 1891

CPR Section Banff, Alberta, Canada

Lagan Siding

Eastern Townships harvesting hay c.1900

Eastern Townships Harvesting Hay

Woman with hay stack, Eastern Townships

Gaspe Coast c. 1905

Tidal Bore Saint John, New Brunswick

Market Slip, New Brunswick

Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1905

Suspension Bridge Saint John, New Brunswick

Windsor Square Montreal, Quebec c. 1905

Uncle Vic, son of John Woodruff, Algonquin Park c. 1911

Algonquin Park c. 1911

Dominion Observatory c. 1905

Queen Victoria

Rideau Hall

View of Hull, Quebec from the Ottawa side of the river.

The picturesque Chaudiere Falls of the Ottawa River

Invitation issued to Grandpa to view the exhibit "Reflections of a Capital. c. 1970"

Note: Poster advertising "Reflections of Capital". John Woodruff’s pictures were included in this collection. The picture at the top of the display is one John Woodruff took. The young man standing beside the bicycle is Grandpa.

Grandpa, Bernard John Woodruff seated in front of a photo of himself and his bicycle at Sapper’s Bridge, Rideau Street, Ottawa, Ontario.
As a young man he would have been about 16 years of age. He was about 85 years old, when Sam Woodend took this picture at the Glebe Centre, Bank Street, Ottawa.

This page was updated March 25, 2006