Image depicts a number of small houses at Island Cache.
Image depicts a stand of trees and a shed at Island Cache.
Image depicts what is likely an outhouse at Island Cache.
Image depicts a clearing at Island Cache.
Image depicts a grocery store at Island Cache.
Image depicts a house in Island Cache. There are several cars parked outside it.
Image depicts a boarded up building in Island Cache.
Image depicts two children standing near an old car in Island Cache.
Image depicts a number of sheds in Island Cache.
Image depicts a number of sheds in Island Cache.
File contains slides depicting landforms at various locations.
Map depicts the city of Prince George with annotations of the boundary expansions from 1915 to 1964.
Subseries consists of material collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research regarding transportation. Includes notes and research on airplanes, specifically Prince George aviation and the Junkers aircraft named "The City of Prince George"; highway transportation; the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway; ferry boat service including the Fraser River Fort George ferry, the Isle Pierre ferry, and the Miworth ferry; the Pacific Great Eastern Railway line; the British Columbia Railway; and the Canadian National Railway. Also includes essays and typed documents on railway history in Prince George.
Subseries consists of materials collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research on prominent individuals within Prince George and northern/central British Columbia. These individuals include various photographers, John Warren Meyer, Fannie Kinney, Father Adrien Morice, Henry Spencer Palmer, and Bridget Moran. The files also contain various other obituaries and materials regarding prominent individuals in Prince George.
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.
Image depicts the slopes of Tabor Mountain in Prince George, B.C.
File contains slides depicting recreational activities on Tabor Mountain in Prince George, B.C.
Image depicts numerous skiers standing near a finish line somewhere on Tabor Mountain in Prince George, B.C.
Image depicts a view of Prince George from the cutbanks.
File consists of original and photocopied newspaper clippings regarding Cottonwood Island and Island Cache, predominantly from the Prince George Citizen.
File consists of maps and plans depicting the Cottonwood Island area in Prince George. Includes:
- "Plan of Subdivision pursuant to the replotting provisions of the Municipal Act of Parcel A of Plan 25046, of District Lots 343, 662, 1511, 4736, and 7813, Cariboo District" by McWilliam, Whyte, Goble & Associates B.C. Land Surveyors for the City of Prince George, 26 July 1979 (reproduction on 2 sheets)
- "Cottonwood Island" original draft map with annotations by Kent Sedgwick; the map may have been created by Sedgwick during his time as Senior City Planner with the City of Prince George [197-?]
- "Prince George B.C., Fraser Subdivision, Mile 146.05" plan for Canadian National Railways by Lockwood Survey Corporation Ltd., 1967. This very large technical drawing shows CN leases and private property buildings on Island Cache in detail.
- McWilliam-Whyte-Goble & Associates, B.C. Land Surveyors, "Plan Showing Sections in Proposed Lakeland Mill Site", July 1978 (original reproduction).
- Carroll, Hatch & Associates, "Lakeland Mills (1973) Ltd., Prince George, B.C., Stud Mill Studies, Site Plan", 31 July 1978 (original reproduction).
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.
Image depicts a cutbank on the Nechako River in Prince George, B.C.
Image depicts the Fraser River from the vantage point of the cutbanks in Prince George, B.C.
Image depicts a view of Prince George from the cutbanks on the Nechako river.
Image depicts part of the McMillan Creek Trail in the McMillan Regional Park in Prince George, B.C.
Image depicts part of the McMillan Regional Park in Prince George, B.C.
Image depicts the McMillan Creek from Northwood Pulpmill Road, in Prince George, B.C.
Image depicts a farmhouse on Old Summit Road in Prince George, B.C.
Image depicts a view of the Fraser-Nechako confluence from the Prince George cutbanks.
Map depicts the city of Prince George Boundary expansions since 1913.
Map depicts the city of Prince George boundary expansions from 1913 to 1974.
Image depicts a small slope on Carney Hill in Prince George, B.C.
Image depicts miocene gravels on Carney Hill in Prince George, B.C.
Image depicts Cottonwood Island.
Image depicts a small stream somewhere on Cottonwood Island.
Image depicts two youths fishing from the bank of the Nechako River on Cottonwood Island.
File consists of records created and collected by Kent Sedgwick regarding Cottonwood Island in connection with his employment with the City of Prince George Planning Department. Includes briefs, proposals, memoranda, correspondence, newspaper clippings, questionnaires, legal correspondence, meeting minutes, and photocopied excerpts from maps/plans. Also includes two polaroid photo prints depicting garbage in Cottonwood Island Park circa 1979. Highlights include:
- Prince George Kiwanis Club, "Brief to City Council, City of Prince George, re: Nechako Riverfront Park", 12 Mar. 1973.
- New Caledonia Institute of Environmental Studies, "Proposal for Cottonwood Island as a Park Reserve", Summer 1973.
- "Cottonwood Island Study", [before 1975] (photocopy).
- Mary Fallis, "Letter to the Editor of The Citizen", 5 Mar. 1976 (photocopy).
- City of Prince George Planning Department, "Ownership, Legal and Assessment Data - Private and School District Properties within the Proposed Replot Area [Island Cache]", 11 Oct. 1978.
- "Assessed Values for City and Crown Lands within the Proposed Replot Area North of First Ave" (handwritten table), 16 Oct. 1978.
Image depicts what is possibly a small section of the Nechako River on Cottonwood Island.
Image depicts the Fraser River and the Grand Trunk Pacific Bridge from Cottonwood Island Park.
Image depicts Prince George at night from the cutbanks.
File contains slides depicting places along the Hart Highway.
File contains slides depicting Cottonwood Island in Prince George, B.C.
Image depicts the Nechako River on Cottonwood Island.
Image depicts a horse on Cottonwood Island.
Image depicts the Nechako River from Cottonwood Island.
Image depicts a green car among some trees on Cottonwood Island.
Image depicts a nature trail on Cottonwood Island.
Image depicts a nature trail on Cottonwood Island.
Image depicts a nature trail on Cottonwood Island.