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PGE Grade
2012.13.1.041 · Subseries · [between 1980 and 2003]
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File contains slides depicting the grade for what was formerly the Pacific Great Eastern, and is now known as British Columbia Railway.

Sawmill - People and Logs
2012.13.1.122.22 · Item · 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.

2012.13.2.21.01 · File · 1983-1991
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of records created or collected by Kent Sedgwick relating to various community projects associated with river parks. Example projects included in the file are a proposed Carrier village at Hudson Bay Slough, a Cottonwood Island park, proposed commercial boat tours on the Nechako and Fraser River, and the Quesnel Paddlewheel Park. Includes a project proposal document by the Fort George Band entitled "Establishing a Permanent Carrier Village in Prince George" (1990); a 1991 meeting package of the Nechako and Fraser River Valleys Committee (regarding the Cottonwood Island property and development of the Heritage River Trails System); a 1991 memorandum entitled "Prince George River Runners - Proposed commercial boat tours on the Nechako and Fraser River"; a 1983 "Submission to Rivers Committee Public Hearings by Heritage Advisory Committee, City of Prince George" describing the various river-adjacent heritage sites in Prince George; and documentation from the Quesnel Paddlewheel Association.

Heritage River Trail System
2012.13.2.21.07 · File · 1984-2000
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

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
2012.13.1.133.04 · Item · 1985
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a group of trees in the Cottonwood Park, with a sign which reads: "This is the primary plantation for the 'Forest for the World' project. These trees were planted on August 5, 1985, commemorating Prince George's 70th birthday by the citizens of Prince George & Expo 86'."

2002.12.28 · Item · 1987
Part of Bob Harkins fonds

Item consists of transcript of interview with Ambrose Trick discussing the sawmilling and logging industry in Northern BC, c.1930s-1950s including the 1953 strike; the creation of the Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association. Trick also discusses his involvement in railway work, his involvement with hockey in Prince George and discusses Prince George politics, prominent personalities in the North.

Harkins, Bob
2002.12.24 · Item · 1987
Part of Bob Harkins fonds

Item consists of transcript of interview with writer, film maker, and guide outfitter Andy Russell conducted by Bob Harkins at Prince George Radio Station, CJCI regarding Russell's experiences with guiding in Northern Rockies. Russell also discusses his new work The Life of a River and discusses the environmental impact of hydro-electric development on rivers

Harkins, Bob
2006.18.4.12 · File · [1987?]
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest Society fonds

File contains a possible photocopied excerpt (pages 14-47) from "A Field Guide for the Identification and Interpretation of Ecosystems of the SBSj1 in the Prince George Forest Region", which was a 1987 unpublished BC Ministry of Forests report by C. DeLong, S. Jenvey and A. McLeod.

Nechako Cutbanks
2012.13.1.3.090 · Item · 12 Oct. 1989
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the cutbanks on the other side of the Nechako, taken from the nature trail at Island Cache. Map coordinates 53°55'34.6"N 122°45'52.4"W

Nechako Cutbanks Trail
2012.13.1.3.092 · Item · 12 Oct. 1989
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the cutbanks on the other side of the Nechako, taken from the nature trail at Island Cache. Map coordinates 53°55'34.6"N 122°45'52.4"W

Yellowhead Bridge
2012.13.1.3.120 · Item · 12 Oct. 1989
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the Yellowhead Bridge across the Fraser River. Map coordinates 53°54'45.2"N 122°43'27.9"W

Mr. P.G.
2012.13.1.3.122 · Item · 12 Oct. 1989
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts Mr. P.G. and the Tourism Information site at the intersection of Highway 16 and 97. Map coordinates 53°53'46.5"N 122°46'00.7"W

Foothills Bridge
2012.13.1.3.123 · Item · 12 Oct. 1989
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the Foothills Bridge over the Nechako river on the Foothills Boulevard in Prince George, B.C. Map coordinates 53°56'52.5"N 122°48'59.9"W

River
2012.13.1.3.124 · Item · 12 Oct. 1989
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a river, possibly the Nechako, in Prince George, B.C. Possibly taken from the Foothills Bridge.

Fort George Park
2012.13.1.3.113 · Item · 12 Oct. 1989
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the Fort George Par, which was renamed Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park in 2015. Map coordinates 53°54'30.2"N 122°43'57.4"W

Lakeland Sawmill
2012.13.1.3.130 · Item · 12 Oct. 1989
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the Lakeland Sawmill in Prince George, B.C, identified by the beehive burners; the one with white smoke belonged to Pas Lumber Co. which was bought out by Lakeland in 1987.

Nechako Cutbanks Trail
2012.13.1.3.091 · Item · 12 Oct. 1989
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the cutbanks on the other side of the Nechako, taken from the nature trail at Island Cache. Map coordinates 53°55'34.6"N 122°45'52.4"W