File consists of records created and collected by Kent Sedgwick regarding the removal of Island Cache residents after the 1972 flood and suggestions for creation of park on Cottonwood Island. The majority of the file consists of reproduced City of Prince George records. Includes memoranda to and from the mayor, city manager, and aldermen; meeting minutes of the Flood Committee; city reports on Cottonwood Island and the flooding situation; a listing of Cottonwood Island properties offered for sale to the municipality; a report entitled "Cottonwood Island - A report on desirable land use" (Nov. 1970); a "Proposal for Cottonwood Island as a Park Reserve" (1973); a document from the Cottonwood Island Study Committee; correspondence from Mary Fallis; and a City of Prince George memorandum regarding a Public Hearing.
File consists of records created and collected by Kent Sedgwick regarding Cottonwood Island. Includes: "Welcome to Cottonwood Island Nature Park" brochure [197-?]; "A Brief History of Cottonwood Island Park" by Kent Sedgwick (2001); "History of Cottonwood Island Park and Side Channel Restoration" (2001?); a Regional District of Fraser-Fort George "Notice of Public Hearing" (1973); an outline for "Cottonwood Island Brief" (1973); an original copy of the "Cottonwood Island Study" by the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George (1975); annotated hand-drawn small maps of Cottonwood Island; photocopied aerial photographs; and photocopied newspaper clippings about Cottonwood Island and Island Cache. Also includes 15 colour photographic prints and accompanying negatives taken of Cottonwood Island by Bob Nelson.
File consists of proposals and documents by Kent Sedgwick regarding Cottonwood Island. Includes: "Proposal for Cottonwood Island as a Park Reserve" and "Some Comments on the Cottonwood Island Park Designation of the Official Community Plan".
File consists of original and photocopied newspaper clippings regarding Cottonwood Island and Island Cache, predominantly from the Prince George Citizen.
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.
File consists of records created and collected by Kent Sedgwick regarding the Heritage River Trails System and surrounding park areas in Prince George such as Cottonwood Island Park. Highlights include:
- Full page newspaper feature in The Citizen written by Kent Sedgwick that includes a detailed history of Cottonwood Island Park and the River Trails as well as a contest for naming the trail system (2 Nov. 1984)
- Graham Farstad, Director of Planning, City of Prince George, "Prince George's Heritage River Trail System" document, May 1986
- records relating to the dedication plaque for the opening of the trails
- "Heritage River Trails: A Guide to the Pathways along the Fraser and Nechako Rivers, Prince George, British Columbia" brochures created by Kent Sedgwick
- map on transparency depicting the Heritage River Trails System
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).
This very large drawing shows CN leases and private property buildings on Island Cache in detail.
Lockwood Survey Corporation Ltd.Series contains material created and collected by Kent Sedgwick over the course of his work with the Prince George Heritage Commission, the Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail Association, and other local organizations. The files primarily consist of meeting minutes, typescript documents, and correspondence between Sedgwick and the organizations.
This scrapbook, entitled "My Two Year Term on the Teen Town Council", was created by Howard Foot to document his involvement in the Prince George Teen Town Council. Howard Foot was the elected "mayor" of the Prince George Teen Town Council for the 1958-1959 term. The British Columbia centennial year was 1958; Teen Town was involved in centennial event planning. The scrapbook includes newspaper clippings from the Prince George Citizen relating to Prince George Teen Town events and the Teen Town Council. These clippings include mention of other Teen Town Council members, including Brian Fawcett who later became a nationally-recognized Canadian writer.
Original photographic prints and reproduced photographs relating to Prince George Teen Town are pasted in and interleaved into the scrapbook. Also interleaved into the scrapbook is a 26 February 1959 issue of the Prince George Echo newspaper. The newspaper issue has a feature article about a Prince George custom car show organized by Howard Foot.
Foot, HowardFonds consists of records held by the Board of Governors relating to the history of the University of Northern British Columbia and the operations of its Board of Governors. Includes records relating to the Interior University Society, the Interim Governing Council and its committees, the Prince George Campus Committee, the Executive Committee, and the Endowment Investment Committee. Also includes Board of Governors meeting minutes and financial records.
University of Northern British ColumbiaTourist map of Prince George depicts city area, including railway trackage.
Tourist map of Prince George depicts city area, with annotations by Davies to emphasize locations of rail lines.
Photograph depicts a bridge at the east end of the CNR yards in Prince George, crossing the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a rail bridge over the Fraser River. Canter levelled on both sides were vehicle roadways which ceased to be used in 1987 when a new road bridge was supposed to be completed. The right lane took cars into the city of Prince George.
Photograph depicts the CNR depot in Prince George. To the right area of the photograph lay the downtown area of the city.
Photograph depicts the CNR depot. Considerable renovation work was taking place on both sides of the building and in the interior nearest to the camera.
Photograph depicts a disused snow plow #6001 that was built of wood. Snow plough #6002 is found behind.
Photograph taken at the passenger depot in Prince George, sited on a dead-end spur. It is situated in an industrial park some miles away from the city centre.
Photograph depicts a possible fence post or well digger found near the Prince George Airport.
Photograph depicts a plough found near Clulculz Lake, 45 miles west of Prince George. Its metal parts were made in the USA.
Photograph depicts a CN caboose. Possibly taken in Prince George.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of a CN bridge over the Fraser River in Prince George, British Columbia.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River. Built by Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1914.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River. Built by Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1914.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River. Built by Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1914.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River. Built by Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1914.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River. Built by Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1914.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River. Built by Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1914.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River. Built by Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1914.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River. Details of the draw span captured.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River. Details of the draw span captured.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a print taken fron a slide supplied by a professional photographer, Al Harvey. Captures a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a loaded coal train en rout to Prince Rupert travelling on a CN bridge that crossed over the Fraser River.
Photograph depicts a CN bridge crossing over the Fraser River. It used to be a public roadway for eastbond traffic only.