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The Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Society Collection consists primarily of textual, photographic, and cartographic records related to the regional developments of the railway industry in Northern BC. A predominant portion of the collection is made up of material from the Canadian National Railway; other railways represented include the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, the British Columbia Railway (BC Rail), the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, the Grand Trunk Railway, the Intercolonial Railway, and the Okanagan Express. Significant geographical areas covered include Prince George, the Peace River Region, Terrace, Bulkley Valley, Hazelton and Prince Rupert.

The forestry industry is represented in the collection with operational and financial records from Fyfe Lake Sawmill Ltd., which operated southwest of Prince George in the 1950s.

The collection has been organized into series according to creator, each of which also has been arranged to subseries, file and item level, where applicable. This collection consists of eight series, as follows:

1) Canadian National Railway
2) Grand Trunk Railway
3) Pacific Great Eastern Railway
4) British Columbia Railway (BC Rail)
5) Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)
6) Intercolonial Railway
7) Fyfe Lake Sawmill ltd.
8) PGRFM
9) Photographs

Image depicts a pulpmill, likely Northwood, in Prince George, B.C.

File contains slides depicting numerous recreational locations from various places in Canada.

Photograph depicts a Rental and repair shop on 3rd Avenue.

Photograph depicts a residential building at 1601 6th Avenue, the corner of 6th Avenue and Vancouver Street. Annotation on verso: "CUTE c-7, union, Vancouver/ 6th".

Photograph depicts a residential building at 1612 12th Avenue, the building was used as "Prince Realty". Annotation on verso: "1612 - 12th Ave., NW corner of Vancouver."

Photograph depicts a residential building at 1616 8th Avenue, on the corner of Vancouver Street. Annotation on verso: "1616 -8th Ave, NW corner of Vancouver".

Photograph depicts a residential building at 1617 8th Avenue. Annotation on verso: "1617 - 8th Ave".

Photograph depicts a residential building at 1625 4th Avenue. Annotation on verso: "Loedel proposal, 1625 - 4th, (see above)".

Photograph depicts a residential building at 1643 10th Avenue. Annotation on verso: "1643 - 10th Ave".

Photograph depicts a residential building at 1648 8th Avenue. Annotation on verso: "1648 - 8th, next to Rosel's".

Photograph depicts a residential building at 1651 5th Avenue. Annotation on verso: "1651 - 5th Ave".

Photograph depicts a residential building at 1661 10th Avenue. Annotation on verso: "1661 - 10th Ave".

Photograph depicts a residential building at 1722 7th Avenue. Annotation on verso: "1722 - 8th Ave".

Photograph depicts a residential building at 1770 5th Avenue. Annotation on verso: "1770 - 5th Ave".

Photograph depicts a residential building at 1795 10th Avenue. Annotation on verso: "1795 - 10th Ave, SE corner of, Winnipeg".

Photograph depicts a residential building at 1798 5th Avenue. Annotation on verso: "1798 - 5th Ave".

Photograph depicts a residential building at 825 Vancouver Street. Annotation on verso: "Van Horlick c-7".

Photograph depicts a residential building on the corner of Vancouver Street and 10th Avenue. Annotation on verso: "Trick house, Vancouver/ 10th".

Photograph depicts a residential building at the corner of 6th Avenue and Winnipeg Street. Annotation on verso: "NE corner, 6th / Winnipeg".

Photograph depicts residential buildings at 1662 and 1674 9th Avenue, one with a green roof and one with a metal roof. Annotation on verso: "1674 - 9th Ave green roof), 1662 - 9th Ave (metal roof)."

Photograph depicts residential buildings along 4th Avenue east of Winnipeg Street. Annotation on verso: "series on s. side of, 4th east from Winnipeg, (railway houses)".

Photograph depicts Rosel's restaurant at 1624 7th Avenue. Rosel's restaurant was owned and operated by Wilfred and Rosel Vogt from 1981 to 1997. The building was built in 1916 and was originally owned by Dr. Carl Ewart and later owned by Hubert King of Wilson, King and Company, the oldest law firm in Prince George, after 1946. The building is now a designated heritage building.

Image depicts a sawmill, possibly Lakeland Sawmill, in Prince George B.C.