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2002.12 · c. 1970 - 1989
Part of Bob Harkins fonds

Collection consists of 30 audio cassettes containing 46 interviews conducted primarily by radio & TV broadcaster Bob Harkins with local personalities. Most recordings were conducted at CJCI Studios, Prince George. The station was launched in 1970 by Central Interior Radio, broadcasting on 620 AM. In 1983, Central Interior also launched CIBC-FM in the city. Central Interior Radio was acquired by the Vista Broadcast Group in 2005.

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Bob Harkins fonds
2001.12 · c.1953 - c.2000

Fonds consists of textual records, photographic items and published reports related to professional life and career of Bob Harkins, broadcaster, local historian, and former city councilor. Includes textual and photographic items related to development and history of city of Prince George and the Central Interior of BC region history and development in late 20th century. Items includes an unpublished manuscript on the life of Ray Williston by Eileen Williston, an unpublished paper on the history of technological change in logging industry; an unpublished paper on the history of radio and television in Prince George; a report related to the creation of a university for Northern British Columbia (1989) and proofs of the publication "Wild Liard Waters: Canoeing Canada's Historic Liard River" by Ferdi Wenger, c.1998. Also includes photographic files including CKPG Radio Studio photographic items c.1953; and photographs and correspondence regarding guide outfitter Skook Davidson c.1975.

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Sawmill - Interior
2012.13.1.122.24 · Stuk · June 1980
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts logs being cut into planks in the interior of a saw mill somewhere in Prince George, B.C.

Sawmill - People and Logs
2012.13.1.122.22 · Stuk · June 1980
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts numerous stripped logs and several unidentified individuals in hard hats at a saw mill somewhere in Prince George, B.C.

Sawmill - Saw
2012.13.1.122.18 · Stuk · June 1980
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a saw cutting a log in half at a saw mill in Prince George, B.C.

Sawmill
2012.13.1.122.15 · Stuk · [1979?]
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts logs being stripped of their bark at a saw mill in Prince George, B.C.

Sawmill - Lakeland Mills?
2012.13.1.122.07 · Stuk · Oct. 1975
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a saw mill, possibly Lakeland Mills, with a beehive burner and numerous piles of logs in the foreground, in Prince George, B.C.

Sawmill - Wood Planks
2012.13.1.122.10 · Stuk · Oct. 1975
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts numerous blocks of wood planks at a saw mill, possibly Lakeland Mills, somewhere in Prince George, B.C.

Suspended Trailer
2012.13.1.122.09 · Stuk · Oct. 1975
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a trailer for a logging truck suspended off the ground by a wooden structure. This is used to load the trailer onto the back of the truck. The name on the truck says "Rormarniewich Trucking Ltd."

Northwood Pulpmill
2012.13.1.3.160 · Stuk · Nov. 2000
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the Northwood Pulpmill in Prince George, B.C. taken from above the Nechako River looking east. Map coordinates 53°56'00.0"N 122°44'29.7"W

Prince George Sawmill
2012.13.1.3.159 · Stuk · Nov. 2000
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts Prince George Sawmill taken from across the Nechako River looking southwest. Map coordinates 53°56'00.0"N 122°44'29.7"W

Prince George Sawmill
2012.13.1.3.158 · Stuk · Nov. 2000
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts Prince George Sawmill taken from across the Nechako River looking southwest. Map coordinates 53°56'00.0"N 122°44'29.7"W

2002.1 · Collectie · 1887-1999

The Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Society Collection consists primarily of textual, photographic, and cartographic records related to the regional developments of the railway industry in Northern BC. A predominant portion of the collection is made up of material from the Canadian National Railway; other railways represented include the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, the British Columbia Railway (BC Rail), the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, the Grand Trunk Railway, the Intercolonial Railway, and the Okanagan Express. Significant geographical areas covered include Prince George, the Peace River Region, Terrace, Bulkley Valley, Hazelton and Prince Rupert.

The forestry industry is represented in the collection with operational and financial records from Fyfe Lake Sawmill Ltd., which operated southwest of Prince George in the 1950s.

The collection has been organized into series according to creator, each of which also has been arranged to subseries, file and item level, where applicable. This collection consists of eight series, as follows:

1) Canadian National Railway
2) Grand Trunk Railway
3) Pacific Great Eastern Railway
4) British Columbia Railway (BC Rail)
5) Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)
6) Intercolonial Railway
7) Fyfe Lake Sawmill ltd.
8) PGRFM
9) Photographs