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

          Three diversion tunnels
          2000.13.1.66 · Item · [between 1962 and 1967].
          Part of Ray Williston fonds

          Item is a photograph of the three tunnels built to divert the Peace River around the Bennett Dam construction site.

          Coffer dam
          2000.13.1.67 · Item · [between 1962 and 1967].
          Part of Ray Williston fonds

          Item is a photograph of the coffer dam built to isolate the construction site for the W.A.C. Bennett Dam.

          Forest in Bangladesh
          2000.13.1.83 · Item · 1973.
          Part of Ray Williston fonds

          Item is a photograph of a forested area southwest of Chittagong, Bangladesh close to the border with Burma.

          Photographs
          2000.16.2 · Series · 1906-1908
          Part of Prince Rupert Empire collection

          Series consists of nine photographs of Prince Rupert scenery, buildings, residents and surrounding area. Includes image of totem and dugout canoe.

          Peace River Canyon
          2000.19.2.15 · Item · 29 Aug. 1927-26 Sept. 1927
          Part of Prentiss Gray Collection

          Photograph depicts the Peace River Canyon with the Peace River in the foreground and rocky, tree-lined cliffs flanking the river. In the background a forested mountain base is visible.

          Main Street of Rolla
          2000.19.2.2 · Item · 29 Aug. 1927-26 Sept. 1927
          Part of Prentiss Gray Collection

          Photograph depicts the main street of Rolla with a dirt street and wooden sidewalks, tethered horses, and the storefront of H.G. Atkinson General Merchants. Three people are visible walking through the streets.

          Maps
          2000.23.1.070 · File · 1967-1989
          Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

          File consists of maps and pamphlets for British Columbia historic trails, waterways, historic towns, and geological features. Materials include newspaper clippings, placemats, pamphlets, and maps. Highlights include:

          • Parks Canada, "Fort Langley National Historic Park British Columbia", [198-?] (pamphlet)
          • North Pacific Cannery Village & Museum, "Discover British Columbia's Oldest Surviving Salmon Cannery Only 20 minutes from Prince Rupert", [198-?] (pamphlet)
          • Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing, "Barkerville Provincial Historic Park", 1986 (pamphlet)
          • Map, "Yellowhead Highway 16 West Gateway to Alaska", [197-?]
          • Columbia River Projects, "Mica Dam", [197-?] (pamphlet)
          • Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing, "Crooked River Provincial Park", 1980 (pamphlet)
          • Parks Canada, "Fort St. James National Historic Park", 1981 (pamphlet)
          • "Centennial Map of Canadian History and Achievements 1867-1967"
          • B.C. Hydro, "W.A.C Bennett Dam Peace River", 1971 (pamphlet)
          • Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing, "Tweedsmuir Provincial Park (south)', 1984 (pamphlet)
          • McKenzies M7 Trails West, "Explore the Canadian Rockies", [198-?] (pamphlet)
          • Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, "Coastal Systems", 1968 (map)
          Central British Columbia Map
          2000.23.1.070.01 · Item · 1929
          Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

          Map depicts central British Columbia including Prince George, Queen Charlotte Island, Prince of Wales Island, Prince Rupert, and describes what these areas are known for.

          Kitimat City Centre
          2000.23.1.070.04 · Item · [between 1980 and 1987]
          Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

          The map depicts the town of Kitimat and on the other side of the map there is an advertisement for Northland Shipping.

          Colonial exploration maps
          2000.23.1.070.09 · Item · [between 1967 and 1987]
          Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

          The map is split into four time periods of colonial exploration. The map depicts pre-colonial, post-colonial, traditional, and colonial expansion.

          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.

          2000.23.1.070.11 · Item · [between 1967 and 1987]
          Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

          The map is part of an advertising pamphlet that depicts the Yellowhead Highway 16. The map highlights towns and tourist attractions along Highway 16 like Hazelton, Kitimat, Vanderhoof, Fraser Lake, Burns Lake, Fort St. James, Prince George, Terrace, and Smithers.

          B.C. Ghost Town Map
          2000.23.1.070.13 · Item · [between 1970 and 1987]
          Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

          This map depicts where to find ghost towns, forts, First Nation villages, and sites with supposed hidden treasures in British Columbia.

          2000.23.1.077 · File · 1978-1989
          Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

          File consists of research material relating to the Omineca Gold Rush which was a gold rush in British Columbia in the Omineca region of the Northern Interior of the province. Gold was first discovered there in 1861, but the rush didn't begin until late in 1869 with the discovery at Vital Creek. There were several routes to the goldfields: two were from Fort St. James, one of which was a water route through the Stuart and Tachie Rivers to Trembleur Lake to Takla Lake and the other was overland, called the Baldy Mountain route. A third route came in overland from Hazelton on the Skeena River and a fourth route used the Fraser River and crossed over the Giscome Portage to Summit Lake, through McLeod Lake, and up the Finlay River to the Omineca River. Materials include one large photograph from the BC Provincial Archives of Machanry of the SS Enterprise at Tremblay Lake in June 7th, 1913. Other materials include newspaper clippings and two photographic negatives of the machinery of the SS Enterprise.

          Stikine River
          2000.23.1.095 · File · 1976-1980
          Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

          File consists of material relating to the Stikine River, predominantly consisting of newspaper clippings. Includes a photocopied 1976 annotated bibliography by Thomas Buri entitled "Of the Stikine River Country and its People".

          Yukon Telegraph
          2000.23.1.105 · File · 1970-1997
          Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

          File consists of material relating to the Yukon Telegraph. Materials include newspaper clippings, correspondence, a magazine, pamphlets, a newspaper, and reproductions of articles. Highlights include:

          • Beautiful British Columbia Magazine, Vol. 32 No. 2 , 1990
          • Ministry of Lands, Parks, and Housing, "Provincial Parks of British Columbia Map", 1980 (pamphlet)
          • Telegraph Trail Preservation Society, "Telegraph trail Hiking & Recreational Guide", [198-?] (pamphlet)
          • BC Provincial Archives, "Atlin- Quesnel Telegraph Line", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
          • BC Provincial Archives, "Pack Train Atlin Quesnel Telegraph Line", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
          • BC Provincial Archives, "Cooking at Teamsters Camp Atlin Quesnel Telegraph Line", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
          • Original photographic slides from 1981 depicting Sinkut Lake Ranch and Nulki Lake Resort south of Vanderhoof
          Port Essington, B.C.
          2001.1.022 · File · [ca. 1870]-1986
          Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

          Consists of copies of lot plans, a blueprint of the townsite of Port Essington, and an article on Port Essington from the 15 November 1984 edition of the Prince Rupert Daily News.

          2002.5.1 · Item · 15 November 1984
          Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

          "Port Essington: A Town Remembered" consists of copies of 4 black & white photographs of Port Essington, taken in October 1984 by Nancy Robertson, and published on page 13 of the 15 November 1984 edition of The Daily News, Prince Rupert's newspaper. The page caption reads as follows : "Port Essington : a town remembered - These photos are from an aging Port Essington taken in the fall month of October by photographer Nancy Robertson. Once a thriving community, Port Essington stands derelict at a Skeena estuary with only occasional visitors."

          Plan of Port Essington
          2002.5.2 · Item · 28 September 1926
          Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

          Plan of Port Essington consists of an architectural plan for the townsite of Port Essington compiled from plans in Land Registry and described as Composite Plan 537 (originally deposited October 17th 1893). Depicts Skeena River, Hocsal River, individual lots and streets, the B.C. Fishing and Packing Co. Ltd., a graveyard, and the Anglo British Columbia Packing Co.

          2002.12.29.1 · Item · c.1970-c.1989
          Part of Bob Harkins fonds

          Item consists of transcript and taped summary of recorded interview with long-time resident Ted Williams who discusses his father' Chuck Williams early years in Prince George c.1920s. He also discusses river transportation, steam boats on the Fraser River and river scowing adventures on the Grand Canyon (BC) and fatalities that occurred.

          Harkins, Bob
          Plans and Legal Records
          2002.17.2 · Series · 1913-1914
          Part of Henderson-Roe collection

          Consists of legal records and documents related to the holdings and activities of J. B. Henderson-Roe and his father, C.H. Henderson-Roe, including a hand-drawn map of Prince George, Fort George, and South Fort George, as well as a surveyor's plan for a subdivision.