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BC Hydro
2000.23.1.076 · Bestanddeel · 1978-1984
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of collected research material regarding BC Hydro, including development reports, community attitudes towards B.C. Hydro, and expansion plans. Materials include photographic negatives, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets. Highlights include:

  • B.C. Hydro, "Duncan Dam Columbia River Power", 1983 (pamphlet)
  • B.C. Hydro, "Cathedral Square Substation", 1984 (pamphlet)
  • B.C. Hydro, "Cheekye-Dunsmuir Transmission Project", 1984 (pamphlet)
  • B.C. Hydro, "Diesel Generating Stations", 1983 (pamphlet)
  • B.C. Hydro, "Kootenay Canal Hydroelectric Development, Columbia River Power", 1978 (pamphlet)
  • B.C. Hydro, "Trees and Overhead Powerlines, A Guide to safe, sensible tree selection", 1983 (booklet)
  • B.C. Hydro, "Revelstoke Dam & Generating Station, Columbia River Power", 1984 (booklet)
  • B.C. Hydro, "Mica Dam Columbia River Power", 1983 (booklet)
  • B.C. Hydro, "W.A.C. Bennett Dam & G.M. Shrum Generating Station, Peace River Power", 1982 (booklet)
  • B.C. Hydro, "Peace Canyon Dam & Generating Station, Peace River Power", 1983 (booklet)
  • Trade and Commerce, "10th Annual Market Survey, Northwest Territories, one of Seven Reports", 1974 (magazine)
  • Photographic negative of a map titled "Early Days in Stewart"
2012.13.2.17.03.1 · Stuk · 01-July-2003
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

The item is a CD-R containing Kent Sedgewick's files regarding the Upper Fraser Valley history. Files include literature summaries, oral history transcripts and various other documents referring to the Upper Fraser Valley. Annotations on CD-R state, "Jun 7 '04 Kent - UF files to start."

Charles Melville Hays
2000.23.1.057 · Bestanddeel · 1980
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of material relating to Charles Melville Hays (May 16, 1856 - April 15, 1912) who was the president of the Grand Trunk Railway. He began working in the railroad business as a clerk at the age of 17 and quickly rose through the ranks of management to become the General Manager of the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway. He became Vice-President of that company in 1889 and remained as such until 1896 when he became General Manager of the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) of Canada. He died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic before his plan was complete. File consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and reproductions of articles.

Frederick William Knewstubb
2000.23.1.066 · Bestanddeel · 1979
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of material collected on Frederick William Knewstubb. Frederick William Knewstubb, who first foresaw the possibility of the Kenney Dam/Nechako Reservoir project, which was carried out by the Aluminium Company of Canada (ALCAN). Knewstubb joined the Water Rights Branch as a draughtsman in 1911, became a hydrological engineer in 1926, and was Chief Hydrologic Engineer for the Water Rights Branch at the time of his death, 16 December 1937. Materials includes reproductions of articles, and correspondence.

Fort George
2000.23.1.044 · Bestanddeel · 1973-1978
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of research material collected on the history of Fort George including a Provincial bulletin, newspaper clippings, pamphlet, and reproductions of articles and images. Highlights include:

  • Robert Arthur Williams, Province of British Columbia Lands Service, "The Fort Fraser- Fort George Bulletin Area", No.7. 1973 (bulletin)
  • Fort George Park, "Fraser-Fort George Museum", [197-?] (pamphlet)
  • W.J. MacAllan, "The Moving of the Fort George Indians", Cariboo & Northwest Digest, Summer 1948 (photocopied article)
  • Nellie R. Campbell, "When Steel Came to Prince George", Cariboo & Northern B.C. Digest, Summer 1947
  • Fraser Fort-George Museum, "Museum Mirror", Vol. 2 No. 1, 1986
Skook Davidson
2000.23.1.032 · Bestanddeel · 1979-1990
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of research materials and correspondence collected regarding Skook Davidson, who was known for being a packer in the Fort St. John area and for being a World War I veteran.

Sir Arthur Curtis
2000.23.1.031 · Bestanddeel · 1979
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of research and newspaper clippings collected on Sir Arthur Curtis surrounding the Klondike Gold Rush and Curtis' mysterious disappearance on the Yukon Trail.

2000.23.1.096 · Bestanddeel · 1970-1993
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of material relating to provincial lands surveys. Materials include newspaper clippings, a pamphlet, a booklet, a reproduction of the land survey act, and reproductions of articles. Highlights include:

  • Province of British Columbia, "Protecting Land Survey Monuments", [198-?] (pamphlet)
  • Nominal Roll, "The Land Surveying Profession in British Columbia", 1970 (booklet)
Sternwheelers
2000.23.1.094 · Bestanddeel · 1970-1990
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of material relating to sternwheelers in British Columbia. Materials include newspaper clippings, magazines, reproductions of articles, and photographs. Highlights include:

  • BC Provincial Archives, "SS Chilco upper Nechako River", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
  • BC Provincial Archives, "Fraser River Steam Boat South Fort George", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
  • BC Provincial Archives, "At the Boat of the first Canyon upper Nechako River ", 1911 (photograph reproduction)
  • BC Provincial Archives, "Passing Through the Fort George Canyon- Possibly the S.S. BX", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
2000.23.1.082 · Bestanddeel · 1977-1984
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of material relating to the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company. Chartered as a private company in 1912 as the Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE), the company was acquired by the BC provincial government in 1918. In 1972 it was renamed as the British Columbia Railway and in 1984 it took on its present name of BC Rail. Materials include newspaper clippings, a report, correspondence, maps, a brief, reproductions of articles, a booklet, and a proposal. Highlights include:

  • Hi-Ballers Railroad Club, "The Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company", Vol. 3 No. 1 1960 (reproduction from magazine)
  • Province of British Columbia Department of Railways, "Pacific Great Eastern Railway also Proposed Extensions and Potential Resources of Central Interior and Northern British Columbia, 1949" (reproduction)
  • Province of British Columbia, "Royal Commission on British Columbia Railway, Interim Report on the Future of the Fort Nelson Extension", 1977 (booklet)
  • Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources, "Mineral Deposit-Land use Map - Figure 1", 1977 (map)
  • Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources, "Mineral Deposit-Land use Map - Figure 2", 1977 (map)
  • Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources, "Mineral Deposit-Land use Map - Figure 4", 1977 (map)
  • Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources, "A Brief Submitted to the Royal Commission on the British Columbia Railway", 1977 (booklet)
Peace River
2000.23.1.080 · Bestanddeel · 1982-1983
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of material relating to the Peace River. Materials include a newspaper, magazines, a booklet, pamphlet, and reproductions of correspondence. Highlights include:

  • Community West, "Dawson Creek the place to live", Vol 2. No. 7 1980 (magazine)
  • Grande Prairie Chamber of Commerce, "Welcome to Grande Prairie, A Visitors Guide", [197-?] (booklet)
  • District of Chetwynd, "Chetwynd Resource Centre of B.C.", 1982 (booklet)
  • B.C. Hydro, "W.A.C. Bennett Dam Peace River", [197-?] (pamphlet)
Mining
2000.23.1.071 · Bestanddeel · 1960-1984
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of collected research materials regarding mines in British Columbia. Materials consist of a book review on "Rough Road to the North", compiled information written by Audrey L'Heureux on Thibert Creek mining, and reproductions of journal articles.

Guy Lawrence
2000.23.1.067 · Bestanddeel · 1961-1962
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of material relating to Guy Lawrence who wrote the autobiographical "Forty Years on the Yukon Telegraph", which details his arrival in Canada in 1898 from England to prospect in the Klondike Gold Fields. While en route, a gold strike was made at Atlin, B.C. that was closer and changed his plans. Spending two years working in various mining camps in Atlin, Lawrence joined the Yukon Telegraph Line, which was just being completed. This line ran 1900 miles from Vancouver, B.C. through Ashcroft to Hazleton, Whitehorse and Dawson City. Up to World War I, Lawrence worked from isolated wilderness cabins, relaying messages and repairing lines. After serving overseas in the war, he ran the telegraph office in Stewart, which ran a branch line along the Portland Canal to the company town of Anyox. He remained in Stewart for 26 years, retiring in 1946. By this time, due to the wireless, most of the line had been abandoned. Materials include reproductions of articles, and a transcribed oral history from Guy Lawrence, copied from the BC Provincial Archives.

Kitimat
2000.23.1.065 · Bestanddeel · 1972-1989
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of material relating to Kitimat and its recognizable features like trails, mines, and industries like Alcan. Materials include newspaper clippings, pamphlets, booklets, newsletters, and a magazine. Highlights include:

  • District of Kitimat, "Kitimat British Columbia Canada", [197-?] (pamphlet)
  • Alcan Smelters and Chemicals, "Hike Kitimat: An explorers' guide for the whole family", [197-?] (booklet)
  • Alcan Smelters and Chemicals, "Kitimat/ Kemano the first 25 years August 3, 1954-1979", 1979 (booklet)
  • "Kitimat through Eurocan's Eyes" , [after 1972] (promotional booklet)
  • Royal Canadian Legion, "The Bugle", 1980 (newsletter)
  • Kitimat Chamber of Commerce, "Visitors' Guide to Kitimat", [197-?] (pamphlet)
  • Alcan Smelters and Chemicals, "Alcan Smelter Tours 1978", 1978 (pamphlet)
  • Alcan Smelters and Chemicals, "Alcan in British Columbia", 1977 (booklet)
  • Kitimat Chamber of Commerce, "Fishing in Kitimat B.C.", [198-?] (pamphlet)
  • Alcan Smelters and Chemicals, "Alcan in British Columbia", 1972 (pamphlet)
  • Outwest Magazine, "Kitimat British Columbia", Vol.1 No. 1, 1975 (magazine)
Louis LeBourdais
2000.23.1.068 · Bestanddeel · 1970-1980
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of material relating to Louis Adelbert LeBourdais (June 26, 1888 - September 27, 1947) was a telegraph operator, life insurance agent and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1937 to 1947 as a Liberal. LeBourdais had mining interests in the Barkerville area. He was also an amateur historian. From 1941 to 1948, he was a member of a Liberal-Conservative coalition in the provincial assembly. LeBourdais died in office in 1947. Materials include reproductions of articles, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

Grand Trunk Pacific
2000.23.1.053 · Bestanddeel · 1968-1985
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of collected research materials regarding the Grand Truck Pacific Railway. Materials include brochures, newspaper clippings, a CN supplement, a bibliography, pamphlets, correspondence, photographs, and reproductions of articles. Highlights include:

  • Fraser Fort George Museum, "Grand Truck Pacific: The Transcontinental Line", 1983 (exhibit brochure)
  • CN Mountain Region Supplement 1 employee time table for June 21, 1978
  • CN Headquarters Library, "A Selected Bibliography on Canadian Railways", Special Series No. 25 6th edition, 1968
  • Greater Victoria Public Library, "Railroads & Railroading in Canada: A selected booklist", 1988 (pamphlet)
  • Stephen Ruttan, "Transportation in British Columbia", 1985 (pamphlet)
  • Fort George Regional Museum, "Fort George Railway, Prince George B.C.", [198-?] (pamphlet)
  • Bulkley Valley Historical and Museum Society, "Smithers Grand Trunk Pacific Freight and Passenger Division Headquarters", 1978 (booklet)
  • Prince George Railway Museum, "On Track" newsletter, Vol. 9 No. 6-7 July, 1991 (newsletter)
  • Central British Columbia Railroad Preservation and Museum Society, "On Track" newsletter, Vol.3 No.5 1985 (newsletter)
  • BC Provincial Archives of British Columbia Aural History Programme, "The Grand Trunk Pacific", Interviewed by Imbert Orchard, People in Landscape Educational Series, 1969 (booklet)
  • Reproduction of BC Archives photograph depicting the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway entitled "Camp near Burns Lake", Aug 1912
  • Reproduction of BC Archives photograph depicting the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway entitled "G.T.P. Steel bridge across the Shuswap River, Mile 79, 12 miles east of McBride", [191-?]
  • Reproduction of BC Archives photograph depicting the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway entitled "Prairie Creek Bridge nearly completed, 5 miles west of Hilton", [191-?]
  • Reproduction of BC Archives photograph depicting the "McKenzie & Blais store", [191-?]
  • Reproduction of BC Archives photograph depicting the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway entitled "Linking up of Steel on G.T.P. Transcontinental, Fort Fraser", 1914
T.E.E. Greenfield
2000.23.1.056 · Bestanddeel · 1927-1979
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists on research on Thomas Ernest Edward (T.E.E.) Greenfield who spent time in the Pacific Northwest as an RCMP officer, gold miner, pharmacist, and construction worker between the years of 1926-1939. Materials include correspondence between Greenfield and L'Heureux, a manuscript, newspaper clippings, and a book. Highlights include:

  • T.E.E Greenfield, "Drugs (Mostly)", 1976 (book)
  • Photocopied travelogue by Annie Elizabeth Greenfield entitled "Unto the Hills Around Do I Lift Up My Longing Eyes" describing her personal experiences travelling to Prince George, Hazelton, and the Okanagan between June 30-July 20, 1927
2000.23.1.043 · Bestanddeel · 1977-1992
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of collected research materials regarding Fort Fraser, Fraser Lake, Engen, Endako, and the Endako mine. Includes a Provincial bulletin, postcard, histories of Fort Fraser, correspondence, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings, articles, and an advertisement for Fort Fraser. Highlights include:

  • Province of British Columbia Lands Service, "The Fort Fraser-Fort George Bulletin Area", 1967 (booklet)
  • Postcard of Fraser Lake, [198-?]
  • Don & Sue Rudland, "Welcome to Historic Fort Fraser", [198-?] (pamphlet)
  • Christero Communications, "Rose Prince of the Carrier Nation", [198-?] (pamphlet)
2000.23.1.038 · Bestanddeel · 1976-1991
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of booklets, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and reports on fishing in British Columbia. Highlights include:

  • Government of Canada, "Salmonid Enhancement", [after 1977] (pamphlet)
  • Province of British Columbia, "Angling Data Northern British Columbia", 1976 (booklet)
  • Sportguide Series Special Interest Supplement to TV Week Family Magazine, "The Salt Chucker", Vol. 2, 1978 (magazine)
  • Government of Canada Fisheries and Oceans, "Where and When to See Salmon", 1998 (pamphlet)
Fisheries
2000.23.1.039 · Bestanddeel · 1983-1984
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of newspaper clippings, reports, agendas, booklets, articles, and a pamphlet regarding fisheries in British Columbia, particularly the impact of the Kemano Completion Project on the Nechako River and other tributaries. Highlights include:

  • Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Public Meetings Concerning Kemano Completion, "Agenda", 1984 (reproduction)
  • Reproduction of "Presentation by the Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council to a Public Meeting Called by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) on March 2 & 3, 1984 in Vanderhoof, British Columbia"
  • Department of Fisheries and Oceans, "Towards a Fish Habitat Decision on the Kemano Completion Project A Discussion Paper", 1984 (booklet)
  • Province of British Columbia, "Fraser River Estuary Study", [198-?] (pamphlet)
2000.23.1.023 · Bestanddeel · 1950-1998
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of material regarding the archaeological history of British Columbia including newspaper clippings, reproduced articles, a pamphlet, and correspondence. Highlights include:

  • Charles E. Borden, "Results of Archaeological Investigations in Central British Columbia", 1950 (article reproduction)
  • Roy L. Carlson, "C.E. Borden's Archaeological Legacy", 1979 (article reproduction)
  • The Archaeological Sites Advisory Board, "Preserving British Columbia's Prehistory", 1973 (booklet)
  • J.H. Sewell, "Archaeological Remains in Central British Columbia", 1950 (article reproduction)
Photographs
2009.7.1 · Reeks · [ca. 1873 - ca. 1939]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Series consists of images pertaining the Collison family, North Coastal First Nations communities, means of transportation along North Coastal British Columbia, and various church structures and religious events.

2009.7.3 · Reeks · 1878-1929
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Maps within this series document the placer streams, islands and harbours of the Queen Charlotte Islands; as well as the mining properties located within the vicinity of Stewart, BC.

Tow of cannery fishing boats
2004.2.1.104 · Stuk · 1898-1920
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts a tug boat hauling a line of small fishing boats across the water with a mountain in the background. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Tow of Cannery Fishing boats"

Namu Cannery
2004.2.1.83 · Stuk · 1898-1920
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts a cannery on wood pilings with several other buildings along a forested shoreline with a body of water and boat in the foreground.

Cannery buildings
2004.2.1.72 · Stuk · 1898-1920
Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

Photograph depicts cannery buildings on pilings with a body of water in the foreground and tree covered mountains in the background.