Geographic Features

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  • Includes both natural and artificial features
  • Physical landscape, built landscape
  • Urban and industrial landscapes
  • Topography
  • Site plans
  • Boundaries, districts, reserves, parks, sanctuaries, towns, etc.
  • NOTE: Mainly but not exclusively pertaining to photographic and cartographic records
  • SEE ALSO: Land, Settlement and Immigration

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        Geographic Features

          321 Archival description results for Geographic Features

          Gravel
          2012.13.1.124.18 · Item · Oct. 1975
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts layers of gravel at the BCR site in Prince George, B.C.

          Gravel
          2012.13.1.124.19 · Item · Oct. 1975
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts layers of gravel at the BCR site in Prince George, B.C.

          2011.12 · Collection · September 1950 - June 1951

          This photograph collection consists of 53 photographs featuring primarily Giscome with a few of Prince George. Subjects include the Eagle Lake Sawmill, Eagle Lake, Giscome townsite (including specific buildings and general road perspectives), Giscome School, Division II class photos (1950-51), and the Giscome School teacherage.

          2011.3.2.17 · Item · 1921
          Part of North Coast & Central BC Postcard Collection

          Photograph of George Street in Prince George B.C. Cars, people, and signage are visible. Printed annotation on recto reads: “George St. Prince George B.C. 1921 R7 by Moore” There is an “X” in ink over the fire hall. Handwritten annotation in ink on verso reads: “This view is also looking north and where I have put the X is the one and only fire hall and you can see the fire engine in the street. This is the main street.”

          2011.12.02 · Item · ca. 1950
          Part of Giscome, BC Historical Photograph collection

          Photo depicts a street perspective of George St., in Prince George, BC, ca. 1950. Annotation recto reads: "George St. Prince George BC Photo by J Wrathall." Handwritten annotation in pen on verso of postcard reads: “This is the Hastings Street of Prince George. This & 3rd Streets are the main thoroughfares.”

          2012.13.2.11 · Subseries · 1937-2011
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Subseries consists of materials collected by Kent Sedgwick for research on the geography and natural resources in Prince George and its region. Includes material on the natural resource industry, including the opening of the McArthur Sawmill, the W. Lamb and Sons Lumber Sawmill, and mining; photocopied aerial photographs of Prince George; the climate, temperatures, and flooding; and the geographical features of Prince George.

          Geographic Features
          2006.20.11 · File · [ca. 1890 - 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Photographs within this file document natural and artificial features across the landscape of Northern British Columbia. This landscape also includes the physical, built, urban and industrial landscapes; topography; site plans; boundaries, districts, reserves, parks, sanctuaries, towns, villages and cities, etc.

          2012.13.1.133.04 · Item · 1985
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a group of trees in the Cottonwood Park, with a sign which reads: "This is the primary plantation for the 'Forest for the World' project. These trees were planted on August 5, 1985, commemorating Prince George's 70th birthday by the citizens of Prince George & Expo 86'."

          Fishing
          2012.13.1.23.15 · Item · 1973
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts two youths fishing from the bank of the Nechako River on Cottonwood Island.

          Finish Line
          2012.13.1.129.01 · Item · 1971
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts numerous skiers standing near a finish line somewhere on Tabor Mountain in Prince George, B.C.

          East Line
          2012.13.2.17 · Subseries · 1972-2011
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Subseries consists of material collected by Kent Sedgwick for research regarding the communities along the East Line of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in Central British Columbia, particularly between Prince George and McBride. These communities and locations include, among others, Shelley, Willow River, Sinclair Mills, Longworth, Dunster, Tete Jaune, Valemount, Mount Robson, and the Yellowhead Pass. Research on these communities was conducted during Kent Sedgwick's involvement in the UNBC-led Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project. The files primarily consist of research notes, audio and transcripts of oral interviews, and photographs of the East Line communities.

          Drying sugar
          2014.10.1.104 · Item · 1910
          Part of Arthur Holland Land Surveying Collection

          Photograph depicts a tarp spread out on the grass, two men sit nearby the tarp. There is a canvas tent in the background with a man standing beside it. Behind the tent is a low hill with a fence bordering the top of the hill. There are blankets drying on the fence.

          Cottonwood Park Opening
          2012.13.1.133.12 · Item · 1985
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts Elmer Mercier, a former mayor of Prince George, B.C., cutting the ribbon to open Cottonwood Park's Heritage Trail.