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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          2009.6.1.580 · Item · July 1996
          Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

          Left to right: Deborah Poff, Dennis Macknak, Charles Jago, an unidentified woman, Iona Campagnolo, an unidentified man, Ellen Facey, and an unidentified woman. Unknown man stands on lower deck in foreground. Mountains visible in background. Photograph taken during the Chancellor's 1996 regional tour through Atlin and Whitehorse; see also items 2009.6.1.578 - 2009.6.1.581.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "#3 Chancellor's Tour".

          2009.6.1.581 · Item · July 1996
          Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

          Left to right: Deborah Poff, Dennis Macknak, Charles Jago, an unidentified woman, Iona Campagnolo, Ellen Facey, Nick Petraryszak, an unidentified man, and an unidentified woman. Unknown man stands on lower deck in foreground. Mountains visible in background. Photograph taken during the Chancellor's 1996 regional tour through Atlin and Whitehorse; see also items 2009.6.1.578 - 2009.6.1.580.

          2012.13.2.02.34 · File · 1996-1998
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Brett & Hall landscape architecture and urban planning in Canada. File predominantly consists of photocopies of articles relating to urban planning, including "The Influence of Thomas Adams and the British New Towns Movement in the Planning of Canadian Resource Communities" by Oiva Saarinen; "Thomas Adams and the Commission of Conservation" by Alan H. Armstrong; "The Laying Out of Towns" by W.H. Dorsey; "The Relation of the City Engineer to Public Parks" by John C. Olmsted; "The Planning of Company Communities in the Lake Superior Mining Region" by Arnold R. Alanen; and "Planning the Canadian Environment" by L.O. Gertler.

          2012.13.2.14.12 · File · 1996
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Foley's Cache (later Island Cache and now Cottonwood Island Nature Park) in Prince George. Includes: "Foley's Cache" typed document by Kent Sedgwick (2 Feb. 1996). Includes photographs depicting a sign describing Foley's Cache and historical photographs of Foley's Cache.

          City Beautiful movement
          2012.13.2.02.39 · File · 1996-2007
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the City Beautiful movement across North America. File predominantly consists of photocopied articles: "The City Beautiful" by Fredrick Law Olmsted, Jr.; "The Plan of Chicago 1909" by Amy Diadamo; "Vancouver and the City Beautiful Movement" by Rodger Todhunter; "The Urbanization of America" by Blake McKelvey; and "The Rise of Modern Urban Planning" by Anthony Sutcliffe. File also includes an issue of the "Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada", Vol. 32 No. 1 (2007).

          2012.13.2.14.15 · File · 1996
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Nechako cutbanks in Prince George. Includes: "The Cutbanks" typed document by Kent Sedgwick (1 Feb. 1996). File also includes a photograph depicting heritage river trail signs erected at the cutbanks and describing the significance of the cutbanks in Prince George (1996).

          Land survey information
          2012.13.2.02.25 · File · 1997-2006
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to contemporary and historical land surveying in British Columbia, includes material on Hunter Joseph who surveyed Quesnel to Salmon River in 1874; F.P. Burden and the surveying of the Cariboo District; and Mr. J.D. Pemberton, the colonial surveyor in 1851. File primarily consists of Kent Sedgwick's handwritten notes on land surveying in British Columbia and printed search results for the College of New Caledonia and BC Archives on land surveying. Includes: "Owning land: what you should know" pamphlet published by The Canadian Council of Land Surveyors (2004) and "Survey Systems in BC" email chain between Kent Sedgwick and John Whittaker, a B.C. Land Surveyor, discussing past land survey systems and surveyed areas in British Columbia (6 Oct. 2009).

          Kent Sedgwick lectures
          2012.13.4.04 · File · 1997
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions for use by Kent Sedgwick for lectures. Includes: "Annual Meeting Western Division Canadian Association of Geographers" conference program and abstracts (7-8 Mar. 1997).

          2008.27.4 · File · 1998-2003
          Part of Knox McCusker Collection

          File consists of the following materials:

          • Letter to Vernon C. Brink from the National Archives of Canada re: Knox McCusker holdings (March 1, 1999)
          • Photocopy of article: "Living Landscapes: Exploring the wilds of northeaster BC" by Ross Peck and Brian Apland
          • Some materials for an article on Knox McCusker, D.L.S.
          • Material about the life of Knox Freeman McCusker
          • Letter to Mrs. Rutherford (Oct. 5, 1999) re: access to interview of Knox McCusker by Frank Willis
          • Accession information print-out re: interview of Knox McCusker by Frank Willis in 1954
          • National Archives of Canada accession information print-out re: Dominion Land Surveyor Diaries, 1881-1930
          • Mary Henry / Knox McCusker "Team" (April 19, 1998)
          • Letter to Mrs. Rutherford from George Ungar re: background information on Knox McCusker
          Guest lecture for GEOG 200
          2012.13.5.08 · File · 1998-2004
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Kent Sedgwick's guest lecture for UNBC course "GEOG 200 Geography of British Columbia".

          East Line communities
          2012.13.2.17.01 · File · 1998-2005
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the East Line Section of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in Central British Columbia.

          East Line photos
          2012.13.2.17.06 · File · [between 1999 and 2005]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and printed photographs relating to the East Line. The file includes photographs that depict various areas on the Upper Fraser and within the communities, including Dome Creek; Sinclair Mills; Penny; Grand Canyon; and Crescent Spur (between 1999 and 2005).

          Fraser River Big Bend
          2012.13.2.17.11 · File · [between 1999 and 2005]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of aeriel photographs depicting the Fraser River Big Bend, where the Fraser River changes direction from westbound to southbound at its "Big Bend" near the Huble Homestead Historic Site, 45 km north of Prince George, British Columbia.

          2012.13.1.89.136 · Item · 1999
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts four individuals sitting on a log, possibly somewhere near the Hansard Bridge, B.C. The individuals are UNBC faculty members Gail Fondahl, Tracey Summerville, Greg Halseth and an unidentified individual. The slide is labelled: "Hansard Bridge UNBC." Map coordinates 54°04'37.7"N 121°50'39.9"W

          Atlin Lake?
          2012.13.1.98.46 · Item · 1999
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts what is possibly Atlin Lake, with numerous mountains in the distance and Atlin Mountain visible on the right of the image.

          Miles Canyon - A River
          2012.13.1.98.65 · Item · 1999
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a river in the Miles Canyon near Whitehorse Y.T. The Robert Lowe Bridge, built in 1922, can be seen over the canyon.

          A Bear
          2012.13.1.98.71 · Item · 1999
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a bear, possibly a grizzly. The location is uncertain.

          Railway - Near Summit
          2012.13.1.100.19 · Item · 1999
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts two merging railway tracks, and what appears to be a frozen river, somewhere near the summit of a mountain.

          Road to Skagway
          2012.13.1.98.01 · Item · 1999
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts the road to Skagway, Alaska. Possibly located on the Klondike Highway in British Columbia with Tutshi Lake on the left.

          Railway Bridge
          2012.13.1.98.03 · Item · 1999
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a railway bridge, possibly in the small town of Fraser, located on the Klondike Highway in B.C.