File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Frank Swannell, who was a surveyor in British Columbia that surveyed many areas across the province between 1898 and 1908.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to encouraging settlement and immigration to Prince George. Includes material on Dutch settlement in Prince George; the Hornby Plan, a 1933 settlement plan by the Canadian National Railway to develop communities and stimulate business for the railway, particularly in Prince George; promoting Prince George for settlers; reserved land for veterans; and auction of lands to cover delinquent taxes in British Columbia.
File consists of notes and reproductions of Frank Leonard's writings and research for his 1984 BC Studies article "Grand Trunk Pacific and the Establishment of the City of Prince George, 1911-1915". Includes: "Grand Trunk Pacific and the Establishment of Prince George 1911-1915" typescript document by Frank Leonard for his PhD dissertation (Feb. 1984) and "The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company and the Development of Northern British Columbia, 1902-1919" outline of dissertation chapters typescript document by Frank Leonard (1984).
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to George Dawson and the Geological Survey of Canada. Includes: "Museum Mirror" Fraser-Fort George Regional Museum newsletter vol. 1 no. 2 (June 1986). File also includes photographs depicting various sights around British Columbia from George Dawson's explorations (1983 reproduced).
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).
Image depicts three men and a dog on the hiking trail near Mt. Robson.
Image depicts a camp of people with Mt. Robson and the Berg Glacier in the background.
Image depicts five unknown individuals somewhere near Mt. Robson.
Image depicts a group of people heading towards a glacier, possibly the Robson Glacier.
Image depicts a group of people hiking on a glacier, possibly the Robson Glacier.
Image depicts a man talking to a group of hikers, with what is possibly Mt. Robson and the Robson Glacier in the background.
Image depicts an unknown individual reading inside a tent somewhere in Mt. Robson Provincial Park.
Image depicts a group of hikers somewhere in Mt. Robson Provincial Park.
Image depicts a group of people hiking through trees somewhere in Mt. Robson Provincial Park.
Image depicts a man, with what is possibly the Robson Glacier visible in the background.
Image depicts Kent Sedgwick speaking to a group of hikers.
Image depicts a group of hikers listening to a man, possibly a guide, speak. The location is possibly near Riske Creek, B.C.
Image depicts a view of the scenery at an uncertain location with numerous individuals, possibly tourists, present. It is possibly somewhere near the Fraser River.
Image depicts Kent Sedgwick standing in a forest somewhere on Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts two individuals and two dogs standing by a stream at an uncertain location, possibly somewhere in Bear Glacier Provincial Park. The woman in purple is possibly Sue Sedgwick.
Image depicts Sue and Kent Sedgwick with two dogs, standing with the Bear Glacier in the background.
Photograph depicts (from left to right) Bill McPhee, an unidentified man, a dog, and Frank 'Shorty' Weber standing in tall meadow grass in front of a sparsely forested landscape in front of a mountain range. The location of the photograph is noted to be at Duck Creek below Copper Mountain; however, those names may no longer be in current use. Location is assumed to be approximately 55.979291, -125.208415 near what is currently named Wasi Peak.
Frank ‘Shorty’ Weber had a trapline on the upper Ingenika for over 30 years. and he was well-known in the Finlay River area.
Photograph depicts four men seated around a small camp in front of Copper Mountain. The location of the photograph is noted to be at Duck Creek at Copper Mountain; however, those names may no longer be in current use. Location is assumed to be approximately 55.979291, -125.208415 near what is currently named Wasi Peak.
Photograph depicts Copper Mountain with forested area at base and grassy area in the foreground.
Photograph depicts (from left to right) Bill McPhee, Frank 'Shorty' Weber, and another man resting along the rocky terrain on the west slope of Copper Mountain with a forested area at the base of the mountain. In the background of the image another mountain range is visible. The location of the photograph is noted to be at Copper Mountain; however, that name does not appear to be in current use. Location is assumed to be somewhere in the vicinity of 55.979291, -125.208415, near what is currently named Wasi Peak.
Frank ‘Shorty’ Weber had a trapline on the upper Ingenika for over 30 years. and he was well-known in the Finlay River area.
Photograph depicts two men (Bill McPhee and Shorty Weber) standing at the summit of Copper Mountain with a snowy mountain range visible in the background of the image.
Photograph depicts a frozen pond located in a snowy landscape on the east side of Copper Mountain.
Photograph depicts two men and a dog standing in a grassy field at Duck Creek in front of a forested landscape with a mountain range in the background.
Photograph depicts two men standing on a boat floating between ice chunks down Finlay River below Deserter Canyon.
Photograph depicts five men repairing a boat pulled up on a snow covered shoreline beside the river at Finlay Forks.
Photograph depicts a large build up of ice along Parsnip River. In the midground there is a boat stopped at the shore and the background depicts a forested area in front of a snow-capped mountain range.
Photograph depicts two men pulling a boat through a shallow section of Crooked River in front of a forested landscape.
Photograph depicts Clarence Waldof, Henry Waldof, Ethel Waldof, and another woman swimming in Summit Lake.
Photoraph depicts a man (Emil Bronlund) skiing in Gola, Noway with a snow-capped mountain range visible in the background.
Photograph depicts numerous skiiers on a busy ski hill in Gola, Norway.
Photograph depicts a man (Emil Bronlund) standing on skis in front of a ski trail that leads through a snow-covered forest.
Photograph depicts a man standing to the left of a CF-ABK float plane and a Fokker AAM float plane resting on the water on Takla Landing.
Photograph depicts Frank Swannell's party posed to the left of a CF-AAM float plane on a dock at Takla Landing.
Photograph depicts a southeast aerial view from Sustut Pass of a snow-covered mountain range toward Thutade Lake.
Photograph depicts a view of the snow-covered north slope of Duncan Mountain near Thutade Lake.
Photograph depicts Henry Cleburn Giegerich resting at Rusty Basin to the east of Duncan Lake. In the background of the image there is a snow-covered mountain.
Photograph depicts a view of a snow covered valley (Rusty Basin) with a mountain range visible in the background.
Photograph depicts a valley with sparse patches of snow in front of the McCorkell mountain range.
Photograph depicts a grass covered plateau overlooking a lake at the base of a snow covered mountain range.
Photograph depicts several mountains, including Bronlund mountain, from Two Brothers' peak.
Photograph depicts a view from below, looking up at a suspension bridge. Three or more people are walking on the bridge. There is a forest and building in the background.
Photograph depicts a stream and forest.
Photograph depicts a stream, forest and buildings. Location is not named.
Photograph depicts Bob Niven, Ken Dewar,and Henry Giegerich standing in their Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Ltd. (CMS) camp at Sand Bay near Thutade Lake. Food cache visible at centre.
Photograph depicts Emil Bronlund's crew on the shore of Sand Bay in front of a CF-AAM float plane. From left to right: Bob Niven, mechanic; Ken Dewar, pilot; Henry Giegerich, geologist.