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

          4134 Archival description results for Geographic Features

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          Becher's Prairie
          2012.13.1.65.69 · Item · Aug. 1980
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts what appears to be a small ranch. The slide is labelled "Becher's Prairie," possibly meaning Becher's Prairie Provincial Park in B.C.

          2012.13.6.51 · File · 1989
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Item is an original 1989 map depicting Bella Coola in British Columbia, published by the Department of Energy Mines and Resources in Ottawa, Canada. The map also includes Kent Sedgwick's travels in the Bella Coola area highlighted in red.

          Benjamin Film Laboratories
          2000.1.1.1.27 · File · [between 1951 and 1973]
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photographic slides of map of Canada depicting different geology and geography interests such as: mines and reserves, physiographic regions, soil regions, permafrost limits, underdeveloped hydro potential and development corridor.

          2009.7.1.021 · Item · 1910
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Rev. William Edwin Collison stands in centre of boat, with wife Bertha and daughters Muriel and Katherine seated behind. Unknown man and woman are also seated in boat, and an unknown man stands on shore holding rope.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Will Collison with wife & children leaving Metlakatla to catch steamship en route to England (1910)".

          2000.1.1.3.24.01 · Item · [ca. 1980]
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts William (Bill) Storie at location known as Limestone Mountain, southwest of Cassiar, B.C. Photo features profile of Bill, hands in pocket, Cassiar valley and mountains in background. Storie was a renowned prospector in the Cassiar area, and the new school at Cassiar was named for him in 1992.

          Birds, Wildlife
          2012.13.1.113 · Subseries · [between 1978 and 1980]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File contains slides depicting birds and wildlife at unknown locations.

          2009.6.1.595 · Item · 18 October 2002
          Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

          Typed message on front reads: “Happy Birthday Your Honour, You have a way of making each person you come in contact with feel so special, so we all want to wish you the happiest birthday year ever. Staff of Government House, October 18, 2002.” Signed by the staff of Government House.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “The Rock - I spent 6 years creating 6 gardens surrounding”.

          Bitter Creek Glacier
          2011.13.55 · Item · [ca. 1910-1930]
          Part of Parker photograph collection

          Wide angle perspective of the Bitter Creek glacier, with trees visible in the foreground. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Hughes #22 Bitter Creek Glacier."

          Blackwater
          2012.13.1.6.014 · Item · July 1973
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a view of Blackwater in the country near Punchaw, B.C.