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Clearwater River, BC
2009.5.3.4 · Item · [ca. 1913]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts opposite shore in background behind river, and close shore in foreground on right. Men can be seen standing and paddling on canoe in distance. Handwritten photo caption on verso and recto of this photograph reads: "On the Clearwater".

Launching Rebuilt Conveyor
2009.5.3.56 · Item · 1912
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts men standing on different deck levels of conveyor on the Fraser River. Wood planks built into shore in foreground, trees on opposite shore in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Launching Conveyor", on recto: "Launching the rebuilt steamer Conveyor at Tete Jaune 1912".

2009.5.3.64 · Item · [ca. 1913]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts a small pass through an island or peninsula on the Fraser River. Photo is believed to have been taken near Stone Creek, south of South Fort George. Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "FORT GEORGE CANYON. CANOE PASS. J. HEAY. PHOTO."

Moran Canyon
2012.13.1.53.23 · Item · Mar. 1975
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the Fraser River running through the Moran Canyon near Lillooet, B.C.

Moran Canyon
2012.13.1.53.48 · Item · July 1982
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a view of Moran Canyon in the Lillooet area. The Fraser River is visible on the left.

Slump or Mining
2012.13.1.65.34 · Item · June 1975
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts an aerial view of a section of land, likely near the Fraser River, that is possibly either a slump or part of a mining operation. The slide is labelled "slump or mining."

Landscape - Fraser River
2012.13.1.65.38 · Item · June 1975
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts an aerial view of the land near the Fraser River. The Fraser River is barely visible on the right side of the image.

Rock Formations
2012.13.1.65.52 · Item · [1976?]
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts ridge-like rock formations at an uncertain location, though possibly somewhere near the Fraser River.

The Bourchier Album
2009.5.3 · File · [ca. 1895 - 1950]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

This photograph album consists of photographs of remote police barracks at Mile 47 and Mile 29; early settlements and/or mercantile stores at Tete Jaune Cache, McBride, Sand Creek, Fort George and South Fort George; Grand Trunk Pacific Railway forestry and railway camps; scows and paddlewheel conveyors on the Fraser River; automobiles; community leisure activities; as well as, images of the Bourchier family. The following South Fort George establishments are identifiable within these photographs: Empress Hotel, Ah Yee General Merchant, German Bakery, Northern Hotel, South Fort George Drug Store & Post Office, St. Michael’s Church, Prince George Hotel, Ford Monarch dealership, Astoria Hotel, and King George V Elementary School. Identified geographic locations featured in these photographs include: Tete Jaune, Upper Fraser, Mile 47, Mile 29, Fraser River, Mt. Robson, McBride, Sand Creek, Glacier Mountain, Moose River, Giscome Portage, Pott Falls, Red Deer River, Grand Canyon, Summit Lake, Canoe Pass, Connaught Hill, Nechako Bridge, and Island Cache.

Bourchier, Alan K.
2010.13 · Collection · 1910 - [ca. 1950]

Collection contains photographs depicting community life in Prince George, B.C. Images depict holiday events, sports teams, government buildings, businesses (hotels, banks, retail, newspaper office), riverboats, railroad construction, fishing, a cemetery, street scenes, aerials, and landscapes. Also includes photos taken outside of the Prince George vicinity including Prairie Creek, Thomas Creek and Barkerville, B.C.

2002.12.29.1 · Item · c.1970-c.1989
Part of Bob Harkins fonds

Item consists of transcript and taped summary of recorded interview with long-time resident Ted Williams who discusses his father' Chuck Williams early years in Prince George c.1920s. He also discusses river transportation, steam boats on the Fraser River and river scowing adventures on the Grand Canyon (BC) and fatalities that occurred.

Harkins, Bob