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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          Van Bow Existing Zoning
          2023.5.1.12 · Item · Apr. 1977
          Part of UNBC School of Planning and Sustainability fonds

          Item is a hand drawn and coloured map by the City of Prince George Planning Department depicting existing zoning for the Van Bow neighbourhood area. Also includes two hand-drawn mylar overlays for the map; one showing "Opportunities & Constraints" such as housing age and condition and the other showing "Subdivision Activity" over decades of development in the Van Bow area.

          Photographs
          2012.13.1 · Series · [before 2011]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Series consists of photographs taken and collected by Kent Sedgwick that primarily depict communities within the Central Interior of British Columbia, especially Prince George, Giscome, and the East Line area. Kent Sedgwick used photography to document the development and history of the natural and built landscape of the British Columbia Central Interior. The photographs depict geographic features, landscapes, previous settlements, architectural history, and industrial history.

          Photographic negatives
          2012.13.1.135.02 · File
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of a printed email correspondence between Ramona Rose, Florence Smith, and Sue Sedgwick regarding an additional donation of photographic negatives. The file includes photographs depicting photographs of Knox United Church and historic Prince George.

          2012.13.2.19 · Subseries · 1955-2011
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Subseries contains material collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research on various areas in British Columbia and Alberta. Includes written notes by Kent Sedgwick, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings relating to towns and settlements. These areas include Quesnel, Likely, the Yukon Telegraph Trail, Barkerville, Wells, the Cariboo region, Fort Alexandria, Soda Creek, the Chilcotin region, Jasper, the Rocky Mountains, Mackenzie, Tumbler Ridge, the Peace River region, Fort St. James, the Omineca region, Kitimat, Lethbridge, the Bulkley Valley, and Fort Mcleod. These files cover a variety of topics including Chinese people in British Columbia, land settlement, tourism, and historic information on the regions.

          East Line
          2012.13.2.17 · Subseries · 1972-2011
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Subseries consists of material collected by Kent Sedgwick for research regarding the communities along the East Line of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in Central British Columbia, particularly between Prince George and McBride. These communities and locations include, among others, Shelley, Willow River, Sinclair Mills, Longworth, Dunster, Tete Jaune, Valemount, Mount Robson, and the Yellowhead Pass. Research on these communities was conducted during Kent Sedgwick's involvement in the UNBC-led Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project. The files primarily consist of research notes, audio and transcripts of oral interviews, and photographs of the East Line communities.

          Parks and Outdoor Recreation
          2012.13.2.14 · Subseries · 1970-2011
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Subseries consists of material collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research regarding parks and outdoor recreation in Prince George. Material on parks includes Fort George Park (renamed to Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park in 2015); Cottonwood Island Park; Connaught Hill; Moore's Meadow; L.C. Gunn Park; the Nechako Cutbanks; Paddlewheel Park; Monkman Provincial Park; Fraser Canyon Park; and Carp Lake. Also includes information on the creation of plaques and monuments, including the Alexander Mackenzie monument; the “Arrival of Steel” CN railway plaque; heritage interpretative signs for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway; the Millar addition; and flooding and rivers. The files consists of various pamphlets and correspondence regarding the development of parks and the creation of interpretive materials.

          Central Interior Natives
          2012.13.1.009 · Subseries · [between 1976 and 2003]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File contains slides that reproduce historical photographs of Indigenous peoples of Central Interior, as well as maps.

          "Salmon Valley" 1986 map
          2012.13.6.81 · File · 1986
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Item is an original 1986 map depicting Salmon Valley in British Columbia and was published by the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources Ottawa Canada.

          "Giscome" 1961 map
          2012.13.6.73 · File · 1961
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Item is an original 1961 partial map depicting Giscome, published by the Army Service Establishment, R.C.E. Map includes pen markings.

          "Prince George" 1976 map
          2012.13.6.63 · File · 1976
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Item is an original 1976 map depicting Prince George, published by the Province of British Columbia Ministry of the Environment.

          "Prince George" 1967 map
          2012.13.6.64 · File · 1967
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Item is an original 1967 map depicting Prince George in British Columbia, published by the British Columbia Department of Lands, Forests and Water Resources. Map includes pen markings.

          "Welcome to Prince George"
          2012.13.6.57 · File · 1994
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Item is an original 1994 map titled "Welcome to Prince George" that includes the Prince George Heritage River Trails. The map was published by the City of Prince George.