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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          4134 Archival description results for Geographic Features

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          Air Photo Markers
          2012.13.1.121.01 · Item · 1966
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a marker for aerial photography at an uncertain location. The slide labels it as "Elizabeth Station."

          Across the bay
          2009.7.1.276 · Item · [ca. 1880-1920]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph of the bay at dusk. Trees and distant machinery are silhouetted against a cloudy sky and dark waterfront. Annotation on recto reads: "Across the Bay, Prince Rupert, BC No 4466."

          2006.20.2.1 · Item · June 1962
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Front view of an abandoned log building. The door is open or missing, the front window glass is broken, the area in front of the building is littered with antlers, boxes and wood. The tree next to the building has grown too close the building and roof. Handwritten annotation on verso in pen reads: “Laketon, Dease Lake, BC. Court house & jail June ‘62”

          A Shed?
          2012.13.1.87.114 · Item · [between 1970 and 1990]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts what appears to be a shed at an uncertain location.

          A Saw
          2012.13.1.87.036 · Item · [between 1975 and 1995]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a saw and numerous wooden boards at an uncertain location.

          A River
          2012.13.1.46.34 · Item · 1980
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a river in South Tweedsmuir Provincial Park. There is an unknown individual present in a canoe with the camera-man.

          A Motel?
          2012.13.1.59.29 · Item · July 1980
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts what appears to be a motel somewhere near Bralorne, B.C.

          2007.17.6.11 · Item · [ca. 1960]
          Part of James Joseph Claxton Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts a man in uniform and a woman posing for a photo on a road situated between a fenced area featuring totem poles. Along the water’s edge in the background there is a float plane, wharf and the Camosun vessel. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Alert Bay B.C. Union Steamships Ltd.”; “Alert Bay BC”; photographer’s stamp on verso states: “W.E. Nicholson, 268 E. 10th, Vancouver 10, B.C.”

          A Man and River
          2012.13.1.56.04 · Item · 1973
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a man on the hiking trail near Mt. Robson, with a river in the background; it is possibly the Robson River.

          A look at Canada
          2000.23.1.070.10 · Item · 1977
          Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

          The map of Canada is part of a greater booklet on Canadian history. This booklet was intended to help those preparing for their Canadian citizenship interview.