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File consists of collected newspaper clippings regarding Lejac Residential School, a residential school near Fraser Lake, BC that operated from 1922 to 1976 by the Roman Catholic Church under contract with the Government of Canada.

This item is a photocopy reproduction of Bob Steventon's College of New Caledonia student research essay entitled "The Origins and Background of the Wenner-Gren British Columbia Development Project" for History 211 (Local History Seminar).

File consists of research material relating to the Omineca Gold Rush which was a gold rush in British Columbia in the Omineca region of the Northern Interior of the province. Gold was first discovered there in 1861, but the rush didn't begin until late in 1869 with the discovery at Vital Creek. There were several routes to the goldfields: two were from Fort St. James, one of which was a water route through the Stuart and Tachie Rivers to Trembleur Lake to Takla Lake and the other was overland, called the Baldy Mountain route. A third route came in overland from Hazelton on the Skeena River and a fourth route used the Fraser River and crossed over the Giscome Portage to Summit Lake, through McLeod Lake, and up the Finlay River to the Omineca River. Materials include one large photograph from the BC Provincial Archives of Machanry of the SS Enterprise at Tremblay Lake in June 7th, 1913. Other materials include newspaper clippings and two photographic negatives of the machinery of the SS Enterprise.

Photograph depicts Audrey L'Heureux holding a book.

"The Story of My Life" is a DVD that was made for Audrey Ruth Smedley L'Heureux's 80th birthday. The video starts with Audrey's parents, Marion Lucy Auld Spencer Graham (mother) and (father) Bert Spencer. The beginning of the video detailed pre-war life in Vanderhoof and the struggles that Audrey's parents had while raising their three children Audrey, Pat, and Jim Spencer. Audrey later goes on to marry Jack Smedley and moves to the Smedley farm for a short time; the Smedley farm is sold in 1957 and later becomes the Vanderhoof Products & Timber Ltd. headquarters. Before leaving the farm, Jack and Audrey had three children together: Albert Smedley, Georgina Becker, and Teddy Smedley. Jack and Audrey divorced on August 26, 1969. Audrey describes her divorce as a freeing experience that allowed her to start her journey in journalism. For a brief time Audrey owned the Nechako Chronicle but sold it in 1971. After a short stint as a photojournalist at the Langley Advance, Audrey became an editor of the Interior News for a year then moved to the Ingot (Alcan) in Kitimat to become their editor. Audrey's industry experience allowed her to expand her field of research leading her to move to Smithers and Prince George. Audrey and Edmond Joseph L'Heureux married in August 12, 1971. Edmond and Audrey welcomed in seven grandchildren. Edmond L'Heureux died in 2001. The video ends with the awards and accomplishments given to Audrey L'Heureux, including her 1998 Community Booster of the Year award from the Vanderhoof Chamber of Commerce and her 1997 appointment to the Seniors Advisory Council of British Columbia.

File consists of collected research materials for Audrey Smedley-L'Heureux's book draft for "From Trail to Rail", as well as reproductions of articles and maps. Materials include chapters of "Trail to Rail, Surveys and Gold 1862-1904 Fort George, Fort St. James, Fort Fraser", reproductions of journal articles, photographs, and correspondence. Highlights include:

• Photograph reproduction, "A Hudson's Bay Steamer Engaged in The Skeena River Traffic at Hazelton", [192-?]
• Photograph reproduction, "Fort George, Fraser River", [192-?]
• Photograph reproduction, "Approaching the Main Range of The Rocky Mountains", [191-?]
• Photograph reproduction, "In the Swamp Near Jasper Lake", [191-?]
• Photograph reproduction, "Quaint Cantilever Bridge of Timber, built by the Indians across the gorge of the Bulkley River near Hazelton", [191-?]
• Photograph reproduction, "A Shack Among the Trees on the Skeena River", [191-?]
• Photograph reproduction, "The Most Majestic of Canadian Mountains", [191-?]
• Photograph reproduction, "Telkwa", [191-?]
• Photograph reproduction, "A Settler's Cabin Near Tsinkut Lake, in the Nechaco [Nechako] Valley", [189?]
• Photograph reproduction, "How One Has To Travel Up the Fraser River", [191-?]
• Photograph reproduction, "The Eternal Quest", [191-?]
• Photograph reproduction, "Mr. J. W. Millan's Ranch At Stoney Creek", [191-?]

File consists of newspaper clippings and reproductions related to book reviews and articles, some of which were written and reviewed by Audrey L'Heureux. Highlights include:
Kathryn Fowler, "Sound Advice on Winter", 1980 (book review)

• Reproduction of book review by Audrey Smedley-L'Heureux, "Rough Road to The North: Jim Christy", 1980 (article)
• Gerry Andrews, "Metis Outpost", 1980 (promotional pamphlet)
• British Columbia Provincial Museum, "Publications of the British Columbia Provincial Museum", 1986 (booklet)
• T.H. Anstey, "One Hundred Harvests: Research Brand Agriculture Canada 1886-1986", 1986 (pamphlet)
  • "Want List - Novels with a B.C. setting", 1984

File consists of Audrey L'Heureux publication reviews, feedback, and correspondence.

File consists of Audrey L'Heureux's correspondence relating to her writing career, as well as notes pertaining to future possible writing projects. Also includes photograph reproductions for Audrey L'Heureux's book "Trails to Rails":

• BC Provincial Archives, "First locomotive to pass in front of camp G.T.P.R. Track Layer ahead", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
• BC Provincial Archives, "Track Layer from the pass arriving at Fort Fraser", 1918 (photograph reproduction)
• BC Provincial Archives, "Track-layer in Petes cut", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
• BC Provincial Archives, untitled photograph, [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
• BC Provincial Archives, untitled photograph, [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
• BC Provincial Archives, "Passing through the Fort George Canyon", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
• BC Provincial Archives, "Fort Fraser, the finish of the half mile race between tract layer", 1914 (photograph reproduction)
• BC Provincial Archives, untitled photograph, [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
• BC Provincial Archives, untitled photograph, [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
• BC Provincial Archives, "The lunch on line is an everyday occurrence", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
• BC Provincial Archives, "The lunch on line is an everyday occurrence", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
• BC Provincial Archives, "Yard by yard the G.T.P.R. is built from coast to coast", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
• BC Provincial Archives, "Driving four mile Creek Bridge", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
• BC Provincial Archives, "Driving Endako River bridge", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
• BC Provincial Archives, "Steam shovel", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)

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File consists of research for "Northern BC in Retrospect" written by Audrey L'Heureux. Materials include correspondence, a magazine, a rough draft, newspaper clippings, and a pamphlet.

• Audrey L'Heureux, "Northern B.C. in Retrospect", Vol. 1, 1979 (book)
• Information Canada, "The Mackenzie Canada's Largest River Basin Looks to the Future", 1974 (pamphlet)

File consists of a floppy disk with digital manuscript chapters from Audrey L'Heureux's "Surveys and Gold 1862-1904". Data could not be migrated.

File consists of a floppy disk with digital manuscript chapters from Audrey L'Heureux's book "Surveys and Gold 1862-1904". Data could not be migrated.

File consists of a floppy disk with digital manuscript chapters from Audrey L'Heureux's "Surveys and Gold 1862-1904". Data could not be migrated.

File consists of a floppy disk with digital manuscript chapters from Audrey L'Heureux's "Surveys and Gold 1862-1904". Data could not be migrated.

File consists of a floppy disk with digital copyright and photograph information from Audrey L'Heureux's book series "Trail to Rails". Data could not be migrated.

File consists of a floppy disk with digital manuscript chapters from Audrey L'Heureux's book "Surveys and Gold 1862-1904".

File consists of a floppy disk with digital manuscript chapters from Audrey L'Heureux's book "Trail to Rail: Settlement Begins".

File consists of a floppy disk with digital manuscript chapters from Audrey L'Heureux's book "Trail to Rail: Settlement Begins".

File consists of a floppy disk with digital manuscript chapters from Audrey L'Heureux's book "Trail to Rail: Settlement Begins".

File consists of a floppy disk with digital manuscript chapters from Audrey L'Heureux's book "Trail to Rail: Settlement Begins".

File consists of a floppy disk with digital manuscript chapters from Audrey L'Heureux's book "Trail to Rail: Settlement Begins".

File consists of a floppy disk with digital manuscript chapters from Audrey L'Heureux's book "Trail to Rail: Settlement Begins".

File consists of a floppy disk with digital manuscript chapters from Audrey L'Heureux's book "Trail to Rail: Settlement Begins". Data could not be migrated.

File consists of deleted content from Audrey L'Heureux's "Trail to Rails: Out of the Heart of British Columbia".

File consists of deleted content from Audrey L'Heureux's "Trail to Rails: Out of the Heart of British Columbia".

File consists of a floppy disk with digital manuscript chapters from Audrey L'Heureux's book "Trail to Rail: Settlement Begins".

File consists of a floppy disk with digitized chapters from Audrey L'Heureux's book "Surveys and Gold 1862-1904". Data could not be migrated.

File consists of Audrey L'Heureux's manuscript entitled "Trail to Rail: Out of the Heart of British Columbia"; this is an abridged version of L'Heureux's master copy of the manuscript. The manuscript is a collection of 61 oral stories recorded by L'Heureux from early settlers of British Columbia. "Trail to Rail: Out of the Heart of British Columbia" is the first collection in a series of three publications titled "Trail to Rail: Settlement Begins and Surveys and Gold". However, "Out of the Heart of British Columbia" was never published. The other two volumes of the "Trail to Rail" manuscript were later published under the title "From Trail to Rail" in 1989.

File consists of Audrey L'Heureux's manuscript entitled "Trail to Rail: Out of the Heart of British Columbia". The manuscript is a collection of 61 oral stories recorded by L'Heureux from early settlers of British Columbia. "Trail to Rail: Out of the Heart of British Columbia" is the first collection in a series of three publications titled "Trail to Rail: Settlement Begins and Surveys and Gold". However, "Out of the Heart of British Columbia" was never published. The other two volumes of the "Trail to Rail" manuscript were later published under the title "From Trail to Rail" in 1989.

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.

File consists of collected research materials regarding Simon Fraser. Fraser was a Canadian explorer and fur trader who charted much of what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia. He also built the first European settlement in British Columbia at Fort McLeod. Materials include reproductions from BC Archives, such as photocopies of correspondence, booklets, reports, and newspaper clippings. Other highlights include:

• The British Columbia Genealogist, Vol. 21 No.1 March 1993
• The British Columbia Genealogist, Vol. 22 No.1 March 1993

File consists of material regarding George Mercer Dawson who in 1875 joined the Geological Survey of Canada. His survey of BC strongly influenced government decisions on the proposed route of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Dawson was a charter Royal Society of Canada member (1882) and by 1883 was the assistant director of the Geological Survey of Canada. Includes reproductions of reports written by Dawson, articles, and research materials.

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.

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

File consists of research material regarding David Douglas (25 June 1799 - 12 July 1834), a North American explorer and botanist best known as the namesake of the Douglas fir. Includes photocopied articles and photocopies of his correspondence from an archives.

File consists of research materials pertaining to a Japanese war balloon that was found east of Fort Babine. Includes a 1993 booklet by Captain Charles A. East entitled "White Paper: Japanese Balloons of World War Two". Also includes two reprints of 1945 photographs that depict the Japanese war balloon chandelier with one bomb attached as well as Sergeant Smith east of Fort Babine beside the Japanese war balloon suspended in a tree.

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.

File consists of a 1936 thesis written by Arthur J. Johnson entitled "The Canadian Pacific Railway and British Columbia, 1871-1886" from the University of British Columbia.

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.

File consists of material relating to the Cariboo District and reproductions of articles and newspaper clippings. Highlights include:

• Reproduction of Isabel M.L. Bescoby, "Some Aspects of Society in Cariboo from it's discovery until 1871", 1932 (booklet)
• "Gold Country '86", a commemorative Expo 86 supplement to the Quesnel Cariboo Observer, 25 June 1986

File consists of a photocopied newspaper clipping (1934) and a newspaper article transcription (1930) regarding the economic depression in Prince George and northern BC in the 1930s.

File consists of material relating to Edward R. Gosnell. Gosnell was the first Provincial Librarian from 1893 to 1898 and also the first Provincial Archivist from 1908 to 1910. He wrote one of the earliest histories of British Columbia. Research materials include reproductions of photographs from BC Archives and reproductions of articles. Highlights include:

• Reproduction of photograph from BC Archives depicting the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway entitled "Track layer laying steel from Kitselos to Hazelton", 1913
• Reproduction of photograph from BC Archives depicting the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, [191-??]

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter U, including Bill and Mary Umphreville.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter T, including: Harry Thacker, Connie Tiljoe, Stephen Tingley, Philip and Emily Tompkins, George and Mary Tomlinson, Mack Toodick, George Toombs, Charles Trowse, Kenneth and Phillip Trombley, Joe Trulson, and Pat Turkki.

File consists of a typed index to the Fort George Herald for 1910 through 1916.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter W, including: Olga Walker, Bill Wallace, Milt Warren, Jim Watson, Paul Watson, Hilary Wearne, Norm Weseen, Fred Wells, Moses Wesley, William Anthony Augustine West, Willis West, Wiley Wilford, Jimmie Williams, Ray Williston, Earl and Alice Willsie, Art Wilson, Jack Wilson, Peter Wilson, James Shaver Woodsworth, Kate Helen Woods, James William Woods, Steven Wong, Bill Woycik, William W. Wrathall, Bob R.J. Wylie, Keith Yorston, Bill and Eleanor Zelisney, Martha Zlot, and Wally and Alice Zubrecki.