The Archdeacon W.H. Collison fonds consists of textual materials, maps, published materials and photographs all documenting Collison’s life and work with North Coastal First Nations communities in British Columbia. Types of records found within this fonds include manuscripts, sermon notes, correspondence, oral history summaries, monographs, cartographic items, photographs and postcards. The Collison fonds also includes some records created by his children and grandchildren as well as a family tree created in 1986. The Collison fonds has been divided into four series.
Zonder titelSeries consists of journals, draft manuscripts, correspondence, CMS documents and orders, speeches, sermons all written by or to Archdeacon W. H. Collison. Series also contains correspondence to W.E. Collison and Joyce Collison, genealogical information on the Collison family, newspaper clippings and a school paper written by Archdeacon Collison's grandaughter Katy.
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
Photocopied map depicts mineral and coal mining properties in north western British Columbia.
Item consists of transcript and tape summary of interview with historian Frank Leonard who discusses the history of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, its impact on the development of Prince George and Prince Rupert. Also discusses rivalries between owners of the newspapers Fort George Herald and Fort George Tribune.
Zonder titelImage depicts the Kwinitsa CNR station, which is Prince Rupert's railway museum.
Collection consists of a travel scrapbook created by Jill Singleton documenting a trip to Alaska, Yukon, Haida Gwaii, and northern BC. Includes photographs, ephemera, handwritten notes, pamphlets, issues of local newspapers, and maps.
This travel scrapbook was created by Jill Singleton to document a trip to Alaska, Yukon, Haida Gwaii, and northern BC. Jill Singleton and Eric Stathers embarked on a 1985 car camping trip using the BC Ferries and Alaska Ferry systems. Includes postcards, ephemera, handwritten notes, pamphlets, issues of local newspapers, and maps. Also includes 37 photographs.
Includes the following:
- "Queen Charlotte Islands Observer" newspaper issue for August 8, 1985
- "A Walking Tour and Business Directory for Queen Charlotte City", June 1985
- "A Walking Tour and Business Directory for Tlell + Port Clements", June 1985
- "A Walking Tour and Business Directory for Skidegate Landing, Skidegate and Sandspit", June 1985
- "A Walking Tour and Business Directory for Masset", June 1985
- "Explorations Q.C.I." pamphlet advertising guiding, outfitting, and touring
- "Sandspit Inn, Queen Charlotte Islands" pamphlet
- "Visit the Queen Charlottes" pamphlet
- Queen Charlotte Islands map, circa 1985
- BC Ferries pamphlet "New in 1985... Inside Passage Day Cruise"
- BC Ferries pamphlet "Tickets and Boarding Information, Inside Passage"
- "Alaska Marine Highway" pamphlet
- "Discover Southeast Alaska, Ketchikan" pamphlet
- "Alaska State Parks" pamphlet/map
- "Tongass National Forest, Alaska" pamphlet/map
- "Alaska Marine Highway Summer Schedule - May 1, 1985 through September 30, 1985" pamphlet
- History leaflet for St. Michael's Cathedral, Sitka, AK
- Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute leaflets, 1984
- Anchorage 1984 Visitors Guide, Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau
- "Skagway... some Steps on the Gold Rush Trail... walking Tour of the Historic District - Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park"
- "Skaguay Alaskan" newspaper issue, Vol. VIII, No. 1880 (1985)
- "Klondike Gold Rush" pamphlet for tourists
- "Broadway, Skagway, Alaska" pamphlet
- "S.S. Tutshi, Carcross" pamphlet
- "Moon Watching" pamphlet by BC Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing (1980)
- "Some Insects of Provincial Parks" pamphlet by BC Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing (1980)
- "Stewart, British Columbia - Hyder, Alaska... Your Gateway to Alaska and the Yukon!" pamphlet
- "Stewart-Cassiar Highway 37" map
- "Prince Rupert City Map & Guide" pamphlet
- "Explore Canada's Yellowhead, Western Canada's New Interprovincial Highway" pamphlet (1983)
- "101 Things To Do in Yukon" booklet published by Tourism Yukon (1985)
- "Your Guide to B.C. Ferries' Inside Passage" booklet by British Columbia Ferry Corporation (1985)
- "Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada" booklet (1981)
Trip itinerary:
- Vancouver, BC
- Nanaimo, BC
- Port Hardy, BC
- Prince Rupert, BC
- Yakoun River, BC
- Haida Gwaii, BC (formerly Queen Charlotte Islands)
- Rennell Sound, BC
- Graham Island, BC
- Queen Charlotte City, BC
- Sandspit, BC
- Prince Rupert, BC
- Ketchikan, AK
- Sitka, AK
- Tenakee Springs, AK
- Juneau, AK
- Skagway, BC
- Carcross, YK
- Atlin, BC
- Telegraph Creek, BC
- Kitwanga, BC
- Prince Rupert, BC
- Prince George, BC
- Lillooet, BC
- Vancouver, BC
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.
Image depicts the waters of the Hecate Strait.
Photograph depicts a ferry slip and a rail barge to Alaska. 3 tracks were used for shipping.
Photograph depicts a steam roller on display in front of the Provincial Court House. Manufactured by "Waterous," Brantford, Canada (Waterous Engine Works Company). Similar, if not identical machine was used by the city of North Vancouver for road paving in 1912.
Photograph depicts a Gruman Goose at the Seal Cove Seaplane Base. Several of these planes were in use at this location. At least 6 in total.
File contains slides depicting places in and around Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts the Hecate Strait near Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts a dock in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts a large building with numerous vehicles in the foreground.
Image depicts numerous buildings and a small dock somewhere in Prince Rupert, B.C. One of the buildings is labelled "Fishermen's Supply."
Image depicts a view of Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts the City Hall of Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts numerous houses in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts several houses in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Photograph depicts a Gruman Goose of the Trans Provincial Airpline that had just landed on on floats and was emerging on wheels to climb a ramp to the seaplane base.
Photograph depicts a Gruman Goose of the Trans Provincial Airpline discharging passengers, having just landed on floats and then taxied on wheels up a ramp.
Photograph depicts trackage connecting the passenger depot in Prince Rupert and freight only section to a seal cove. Image captured at Cow Bay, with the Mason Way grade crossing visible. In 2003, Davies noted that the twin sets of track on the rail bridge survived, but everything else had disappeared.
Image depicts a view of Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts the Pride O' the North shopping mall in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts numerous houses in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Photograph depicts possibly disused fishboats found adjacent to oil wharfs in Prince Rupert.
Image depicts the main street of Prince Rupert, B.C.
Photograph depicts an air-sea rescue launch that may been used during World War II. It was located just beside Highway 16, about 5 miles from the centre of Prince Rupert.
Photograph depicts a Coastgaurd ship, "Narwhal," at the Department of Transport wharf in Seal Cove.
Image depicts the Hecate Strait near Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts numerous docked boats somewhere in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts an old building on the main street of Prince Rupert, B.C. Only half of the business name is visible: "Skeena Color [sic]."
Image depicts the Bank of Nova Scotia located on "Besner Block" in Prince Rupert, B.C.
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.
Image depicts numerous boats docked in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Photograph depicts a woman cutting a cake in a living room.
Photograph depicts Otto Lang, Minister of Transport, with two unknown men during his visit to the Fairview Cargo Terminal in Prince Rupert.
Photograph depicts Otto Lang, Minister of Transport, being videotaped with two unknown men during his visit to the Fairview Cargo Terminal in Prince Rupert.
Photograph depicts men working on the deck of the fishing vessel “Callistratus” at the Fairview Terminal in Prince Rupert.
Photograph depicts the Prince Rupert grain facility from shore with a helicopter flying overhead.
Photograph depicts a part of the Prince Rupert grain facility.
Photograph depicts the docked ship “Aegean Sea” and a Canadian National grain car in Prince Rupert.
Photograph depicts a Canadian National grain car on railroad tracks by the grain facility in Prince Rupert.
Photograph depicts a Canadian National grain car with a wheat logo in Prince Rupert.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo sitting in a Liberal publicity portrait.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo smiling in a Liberal publicity portrait.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo wearing a striped blouse in twelve poses for a Liberal publicity photo shoot.