Item is a report entitled "E.P. 528: Invasion of Scarified Areas by Vegetation in the Prince George Area" by J.W.C. Arlidge.
File consists of the "Prince George Echo" newspaper vol. 1 no. 34 (6 Feb. 1958).
File consists of two issues of "The Islander" magazine insert to the "Daily Colonist" newspaper from Victoria, British Columbia (Feb. 1958). They include feature stories relating to the BC gold rush and other anecdotes relating to Victoria and BC history in general.
Item is a rough draft of James Hackler's 1958 thesis, which was later entitled "Factors leading to social disorganization among the Carrier Indians at Lake Babine".
Item is an original wildlife section report by R.W. Ritcey entitled "Predators in Wells Gray Park 1950-1956".
File consists of Bertha Wood's address book, which contains personal contact information, birthdates, and vital statuses.
"The Asbestos Sheet" is a newspaper that documents the community and work life of the residents of Cassiar BC. Content includes text and photographs, as well as jokes, comics, and games.
"The Asbestos Sheet" is a newspaper that documents the community and work life of the residents of Cassiar BC. Content includes text and photographs, as well as jokes, comics, and games.
"The Asbestos Sheet" is a newspaper that documents the community and work life of the residents of Cassiar BC. Content includes text and photographs, as well as jokes, comics, and games.
"The Asbestos Sheet" is a newspaper that documents the community and work life of the residents of Cassiar BC. Content includes text and photographs, as well as jokes, comics, and games.
"The Asbestos Sheet" is a newspaper that documents the community and work life of the residents of Cassiar BC. Content includes text and photographs, as well as jokes, comics, and games.
Photograph of Ingersoll-Rand machinery drilling in the early days of the Cassiar Pit.
File contents relate to: Accounting / Payroll. Document type(s) include: marketing binder.
File consists of issues of the literary periodical entitled "Delta", including issues 3-5.
File contains handwritten cross section book, original studies with handwritten measurement charts and black and white photos, loose pages of original correspondence, handwritten diagrams and measurement charts, loose handwritten tally sheets, black and white photographs, hand coloured plot diagrams, photocopies of aerial photographs, and original correspondence for Plot 160.
Item is a photocopied version of Arlidge and Fraser's "Influences of Time on Effectiveness of Scarified Seedbeds in Spruce-Alpine Fir Forest of Central Interior" working plan for Experimental Project No. 528. Location of original unknown.
This 16 page booklet includes illustrations and a program of events, along with a short history of Williams Lake, a short history of stampedes, a "Dude Dictionary", and a poem entitled "The Old Cow Puncher". Also includes a summary about the "Cariboo Indians" (possibly referring to the Secwepemc Nation and other First Nations near the Williams Lake area) contemporary to the time that contains information that is now considered inaccurate.
Item is an original BC Department of Agriculture publication, compiled by the Co-ordinating Committee on Agriculture for Central British Columbia, entitled "Agricultural Recommendations for Central British Columbia".
Item is an original National Research Council Canada Technical Memorandum 44 entitled "Guide to Field Description of Muskeg".
File contains an original "Do's and Don't's When Marking Stands For Cutting" booklet illustrated by J. Pickford.
This original film footage clip depicts a Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Trip with Premier Bennett from Vancouver to Prince George in 1958. This is believed to be the beginning part of the inaugural train run of the Pacific Great Eastern (PGE) Railway line into Fort St. John in Oct. 1958. The second part of this clip is believed to be "2017.5.2.5 - Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) "Peace River Special" inaugural train to Fort St. John, 1958".
This original film footage clip depicts the inaugural train run of the Pacific Great Eastern (PGE) Railway line into Fort St. John in Oct. 1958. W.A.C. Bennett stops to speak at communities along the route, including Prince George and Dawson Creek. Other personalities, such as "Ma" Murray were also in attendance. The train was called the "Peace River Special". BC centennial flags are visible at the events. This film clip is believed to be a continuation of film clip 2017.5.2.3 "Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Trip with Premier Bennett from Vancouver to Prince George".
File contains timber sale contracts and logging inspection reports between the Department of Lands and Forests and the Fichtner Lumber Company.
File contains timber sale contracts and general correspondence between the Department of Lands and Forests and the Fichtner Lumber Company Limited.
File contains two handwritten cross section ledgers, handwritten notes of location and boundaries, and original ledgers with measurements of permanent sample plots.
File contents relate to: Engineering. Document type(s) include: proposal. Notes: Includes blueprints, File#203-01-02.
File contents relate to: Engineering. Document type(s) include: drawings. Notes: File#203-01-05.
File contents relate to: Engineering, Asbestos. Document type(s) include: notes. Notes: includes drawings, File# 203-02-01.
Consists of photographs depicting various forestry and forestry railway scenes, including early sawmills, Church Logging (Prince George) logging trucks, the Eagle Lake Spruce Mills (Giscome) railway locomotive and train cars loaded with logs, early logging with horse-drawn skids, an aerial of Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, among others.
Photograph depicts steam locomotive 2706 in an unknown location. Surrounding area has low rolling hills.
Item is an original copy of "A Forest Practice Code for the Spruce-Balsam Type" prepared by the Cariboo Section of the Canadian Institute of Forestry.
Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.
Photographs in this series document Perry's political career, his business enterprises and his familial connection with relatives in England. Other featured subjects include various transportation modes (ca. 1913) used in the BC Interior, as well as railroad and bridge construction in the same era.
Series documents H.G.T. Perry's political activities primarily in British Columbia. They include his tenure as Mayor of Prince George (1917-1918; and 1920); as Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fort George (1920-1928 & 1933-1945); as Speaker (1933-1937)and Deputy Speaker (1924 to 1928) of the Legislative Assembly; as Minister of Education (1941- 45); and as Chairman of the Post-War Rehabilitation Council (1942-194?). This series is comprised of significant materials covering a wide range of topics related to Northern British Columbia (such as Northern BC political and economic developments); World War II and Post-War Rehabilitation and politics in British Columbia.
Types of records include: Speakers' Decisions (1877-1943) in the BC Legislative Assembly, memoranda, publications, reports, correspondence, advertisements, telegrams, resolutions, speeches, radio addresses, proposals, maps, plans, file notes, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, ephemera, and postcards and WWII and Post-War Printed Material.
Photograph depicts a man on a boat standing with his back to the camera while holding a fishing rod. A waterfall and rocky cliff face are visible in the background. Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “Jim M.V. Columbia 1959”
Photograph depicts piles of stacked logs awaiting processing near Peden Hill sawmill.
This film was created by Cornel Neronovitch who owned two sawmills in the Prince George area in the 1950s: the Prince George Sawmill at Peden Hill and the Cornel Mill at Dewey.
Film footage shows Neronovitch's Cornel Mill at Dewey with early logging and sawmilling practices in Northern BC, as well as interior shots of what are presumed to be bunkhouses. Also shows a short clip of family film footage.
Produced and directed by Alf Burton. Musical direction by Catherine Moonie. Performances at Duchess Park Junior High School Auditorium, December 9-12, 1959.
This short colour film depicts logging and sawmill operations at Ferguson Lake in March 1959. Scenes include tree felling, log hauling equipment, the Ferguson Lake lumber yard, use of Ferguson Lake to float logs, and the inside operations of the Ferguson Lake sawmill. Film also includes a brief clip of family film footage of the McKay family home and garden on Melville Street in Prince George with scenes showing a Newfoundland dog named Barney with Donald McKay and Joan McKay.
File contents relate to: Engineering. Document type(s) include: blueprint. Notes: File# 203-01-03.
File contents relate to: Engineering. Document type(s) include: blueprints. Notes: File # 203-01-04.
Photograph depicts 3 unnamed railway employees posing for a photograph in front of a railroad station in an unknown location.
Photograph depicts Hart Gardner. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads, "Hart Gardner".
Photograph depicts James Joseph Claxton standing in front of a fence with a memorial pole in the background. The memorial pole depicts painted First Nations designs, with additional totem poles and houses visible in background. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Jim Claxton 1959”
File contains examination transcripts of the trial.
Noranda Mines Ltd.The Washington Archaeologist Vol. III, No. 12, December 1959 (newsletter)
Produced and directed by Alf Burton. Musical direction by Catherine Moonie. Performances at Duchess Park Junior High School Auditorium, March 5-7, 1959.
A VHS tape containing "The Mark of Progress" film created by the British Columbia Forest Service and first played for a live audience in 1959 in Prince George, BC.
Series consists of one black and white photograph of S. B. Trick Lumber Company Sawmill.
Item is a photograph of the S.B. Trick Lumber Co. Sawmill. Image shows men around processed lumber with the mill in the background.