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Grain Elevator and Dock
2012.13.1.77.35 · Item · 1980
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a large vessel docked at a grain elevator and two smaller boats at a dock in the foreground somewhere in Prince Rupert, B.C.

2012.13.1.78.25 · Item · 1982
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts numerous boats docked by the Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-operative Association from the deck of a ferry, possibly as it's leaving Prince Rupert, most likely for Haida Gwaii.

2002.1 · Collection · 1887-1999

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

2009.5.2.58 · Item · [ca. 1913]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts Catholic church, with rectory on its left, and First United Church behind. A wood boardwalk crosses midground, and a man can be seen riding a bicycle near church. Power lines and rough cleared land in foreground, hills and mountains in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Church in Rupert."

2009.5.2.59 · Item · [ca. 1930?]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts power plant by waterfall. Extensive construction materials and structures can be seen scattered to left of plant. River in foreground, forest and hills in background. Typed annotation on verso of photograph: "Northern B.C. Power Co. Falls River Plant Prince Rupert B.C."

Police Barracks at Mile 47
2009.5.3.49 · Item · 1911
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts three men wearing semi-formal attire at doorway to log building, miscellaneous supplies leaning against base of building. Dirt road in foreground, forest trees on hillside in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Mile 47 B.C. Police Barracks.", on recto of photograph: "Summit of Yellowhead pass and east boundary of British Columbia Mile 0. 699 miles to Prince Rupert. Tete Jaune Mile 52. Mile 47 east of Tete Jaune in the Park.", "1911".