File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Royal Engineers and Henry Spencer Palmer, a British Army military engineer and surveyor. Henry Spencer Palmer was sent to British Columbia and completed a report in 1863 on Wiliams Lake, the Caribou Districts, and the Fraser River from Fort Alexandria to Fort George. File primarily consists of Kent Sedgwick's handwritten notes on Henry Palmer and his work in British Columbia.
Subseries consists of newspapers collected by Kent Sedgwick and documents regarding the newspaper history of Prince George and region. Includes newspaper clippings relating to the history of newspapers in Prince George; issues of "The Spruce Needle" Prince George community newspaper; issues of the "Prince George Echo" newspaper; special editions of the Prince George Citizen Newspaper; and issues of "The Islander" magazine from Victoria.
Photograph depicts an open grassy field surrounded by trees in Soda Creek.
Photograph depicting a garden and backyard in someone's personal residence.
Photograph depicting a garden and backyard in someone's personal residence.
Photograph depicting a garden and backyard in someone's personal residence.
Photograph depicting a dog laying in the grass in someone's backyard of a personal residence.
The item is a photograph and negative of a survey map of the Prince George townsite South of the Nechako River and West of the Fraser River.
The item is a photograph and negative of a survey map of the Prince George townsite surrounding Connaught Park.
The item is a photograph and negative of a survey map of the Prince George townsite. Areas highlighted are in the Nechako and Fraser River area, including Connaught Park.
The item is a photograph and negative of a survey map of the Prince George townsite. Areas highlighted are in the Nechako and Fraser River area, including Connaught Park.
The item is a photograph negative of a man and woman sitting in front of a house. They are dressed in formal attire and are drinking what appears to be a glass of wine.
File predominantly consists of photocopies of newspaper articles, along with notes and reproductions relating to the development of the Prince George townsite and subdivision of Fort George, especially the area covered by Cariboo District Plan 1268. Includes material on investments and sale of lots in Prince George, Grand Trunk Pacific development in Prince George, and incorporation of the city of Prince George.
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the first Pentecostal church originally at 1405 Sixth Avenue, Prince George.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to St. Michael's Anglican Church, originally built at 1505 Fifth Avenue in Prince George.
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Luther Collins Gunn and L.C. Gunn Park. Luther Colins Gunn was a survey engineer who had done work for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and the Pacific Great Eastern Railway when he arrived in Prince George. The L.C. Gunn trail follows the same route used by Gunn when surveying the rail routes in the Prince George area. Includes: "Gunn Point" typescript document by Ted Williams for the Heritage Advisory Committee (1985); "A Proposal - The L.C. Gunn Viewpoint" typescript letter to Mr. Mac Norris, president of the B.C.R. Company from Ted Williams and the Heritage Advisory Committee (27 Jan. 1987); and "Item of business, proposed use of District Lot # 486" typescript letter from the Heritage Advisory Committee to Beverley Pitman, Planning Assistant (31 May 1979). Also includes photographs depicting the Moffat farm (2005).
The item is a photograph depicting the exterior of old stable on the Moffat farmland.
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the local history project done by June Chamberland and her book "From Broadaxe to Clay Chinking: Stories about the Pioneers in and around the Prince George area" winning the Jeanne Clarke history award. The book includes a chapter "Introduction to Early Agricultural Settlement in the Prince George Area" by Kent Sedgwick. Includes a CD titled "June photos" containing photographs depicting interviewees of the project (2003).
The item is a CD-R containing 36 jpg. photographs relating to Kent Sedgwick's guest lecture on Prince Gorge geography and development.
Image depicts the Alkali Lake Ranch in Akali Lake, B.C.
Image depicts a shed in an unknown location.
Photograph depicts a locomotive lettered "Central Kansas Railway" (possibly a parent company).
Photograph depicts Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway trackage on the outskirts of Greater Victoria, on the southwest edge of Langford Lake.
Image depicts rail road tracks through a forest, as well as a river; located in Soda Creek, B.C.
Image depicts the old community hall in Soda Creek, B.C.
Image depicts a house in Soda Creek, B.C.
Image depicts the old BX Sternwheeler office building in Soda Creek, B.C.
Image depicts an old building located somewhere are the Pickard farm north of Soda Creek, B.C.
Includes book proposal, and related correspondence.
File consists of a "Novel Study and Teacher's Guide for 'The Doctor's Apprentice' by Ann Walsh". Also includes accompanying teaching materials.
Item is a photocopied reproduction of "Forever Farmland: Reshaping the Agricultural Land Reserve for the 21st Century" by C. Campbell for the David Suzuki Foundation.
File consists of ALRF project descriptions printed from the Research Projects Database of research projects associated the B.C. research forests and are related to riparian management, silviculture, wildlife, hydrology, ecology and other applied science fields.