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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          2012.13.2.02.43 · File · 2006
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of maps and notes relating to the original Prince George city plans by Brett and Hall. Brett & Hall were landscape architects from Boston, MA who designed the original plan for Prince George, including features such as the Crescents neighbourhood. Includes photographs depicting the original plans by Brett & Hall for Prince George (2006).

          Bridge
          2012.13.1.45.15 · Item · 1983
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a bridge under construction in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

          Bridge and River
          2012.13.1.45.20 · Item · 1983
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a river in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. The bridge crossing it appears to be either half-missing or incomplete.

          Bridge Crossing River Canyon
          2009.5.1.72 · Item · [ca. 1900]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts bridge built with wooden planks and poles, with triangles built into its frame. Water rapids in foreground, opposite shore in background behind bridge. This is speculated to be one of the bridges that crossed the Hagwilget Canyon on the Bulkey River since 1859, five kilometres from its confluence with the Skeena River. See items 2009.5.1.69 - 2009.5.1.71.

          Bridge Near Burns Lake, BC
          2009.5.1.90 · Item · [ca. 1915]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts a log bridge interrupting a wide dirt road in forest. Distant hills in background. Image has been cropped to an oval shape. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Fort George - Hazleton Highway Near Burn's Lake".

          Bridge over Dog Creek
          2006.20.11.5 · Item · June 1923
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts a short wooden bridge spanning Dog Creek mid-ground and a stand of trees in the background. There are many Dog Creeks within British Columbia, it is believed this Dog Creek is located just south of Fort St. James, BC. Handwritten photo caption below photograph reads: "Dog Creek".

          2008.3.1.22.12 · Item · [ca. 1995]
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Bridget Moran stands on road, unidentified buildings behind on either side. Lake and hills on opposite shore in background. Photo believed to be taken at Metlakatla Lake, B.C. Building on left speculated to be the St. Paul's Anglican Church Learning Centre.

          2008.3.4.4.3 · Item · 1946
          Part of Bridget Moran fonds

          Photograph depicts three women sitting on beach in their Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service uniform. Purses and shoes lay beside them, large rock stands in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "The California 'Beauties' 1946." Left to right: Betty Pincombe (aka 'Chick'), Bridget Moran, and Grace Boice (aka Tommy).

          "British Columbia" 1970 map
          2012.13.6.49 · File · 1970
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Item is an original 1970 map of British Columbia with annotations of Kent's travels throughout the province highlighted in yellow. The map was originally published by the Department of Lands, Forests and Water Resources in British Columbia.

          2012.13.3.2.03 · File · 2002-2003
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the British Columbia Historical Federation (BCHF) conference of 2003. Includes: the 2003 BCHF conference schedule, titled "Work and Society: Perspectives on Northern BC History" (May 2003); "RE: BC Historical Federation Conference" typed letter from the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George to Kent Sedgwick (24 Feb. 2003); and "Organizing Committee Members" typed letter from the City of Prince George to Kent Sedgwick (17 Feb. 2003).

          2012.13.2.11.07 · File · 2005
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions relating to maps and mapping in British Columbia. File primarily consists of resources from the University of Northern British Columbia, the College of New Caledonia, the Prince George Public Library, and printed secondary sources for where to find maps, mapping techniques, how to produce maps, and surveying processes. Includes: "Prince George and District map collection finding aid" typescript document from the Fraser-Fort George Regional Museum and Archives (Oct. 1989).

          2012.13.6.50 · File · 1968
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Item is an original 1968 map depicting British Columbia and its reliefs, including hills, valleys, and mountains across the province. The map was published by the British Columbia Department of Lands, Forests and Water Resources.

          Buildings in Newlands, BC
          2012.13.1.87.101 · Item · [between 1975 and 1995]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts several old buildings in a field, one of which has a caved-in roof, in Newlands, B.C. Map coordinates 54°06'28.2"N 122°12'01.0"W

          2012.13.1.87.067 · Item · [between 1975 and 1995]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a row of buildings in Upper Fraser, B.C. with the store (titled "Paradise") with a Pepsi sign. Map coordinates 54°07'09.1"N 121°56'47.0"W