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Item consists of transcript of taped interview with former railway conductor Alex Clapperton conducted by Bob Harkins at Prince George Radio Station, CJCI regarding his career as a railway conductor with Pacific Great Eastern Railway. Clapperton also discusses memories of growing up in Prince George.

Item consists of transcript of interview with Bruce Douglas conducted by Bob Harkins at Prince George Radio Station, CJCI regarding his career in early railways in Prince George region and memories of the sawmills in Giscome area..

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 consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Lea Gobbi and Kate Anderson.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Lawrence Grinde.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Ivan Andersen. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with John Broderick. Includes one copy of the original recorded audio cassette; the original recording is not held by the archives.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Jim Burbee. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with John Gaal. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Lawrence Grinde. Includes two original recorded audio cassettes and four copies.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Bob Harkins. Includes two original recorded audio cassettes and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Myra and Glen Hooker. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Jim and Dianne Humphreys. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Terry Johnson. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Andre Laquerre. Includes one original recorded audio cassette.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Earl Lousier and Harry Gairns. Includes two original recorded audio cassettes.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Horst Sander. Includes two original recorded audio cassettes and two copies.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Ralph Spoklie. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and two copies.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Carl Strom. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with John and Bernice Trick. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Ray Williston. Includes three original recorded audio cassettes and three copies.

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