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Prince George
2012.13.1.3.133 · Stuk · 12 Oct. 1989
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts Prince George, possibly with the Northwood Pulpmill in the background.

Northwood Pulpmill
2012.13.1.3.160 · Stuk · Nov. 2000
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the Northwood Pulpmill in Prince George, B.C. taken from above the Nechako River looking east. Map coordinates 53°56'00.0"N 122°44'29.7"W

The Mark of Progress
2016.5.3.16.1 · Stuk · 1959
Part of Harry Coates fonds

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.

2006.18.1.01 · Bestanddeel · 1990-1996
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest Society fonds

File consists of:

  • "A Summary of Historical Orders-in-Council affecting the Aleza Lake Forest Reserve", Mike Jull, 18 Dec. 1996
  • Photocopied memorandum from F.S. McKinnon regarding "Transfer of Aleza Lake to D.F. Prince George", 9 Sept. 1963
  • Photocopied 1928 article by P.M. Barr from Forestry Chronicle 4(3) entitled "The Aleza Lake Experiment Station: Its Development and Purpose"
  • "A Brief History of the Aleza Lake Experiment Station", [Tim Decie, 1981?]
  • Contact information for living relatives of Percy Barr, as of 1990
  • Photocopy of 1930 article by Percy Barr entitled "Spruce Reproduction in British Columbia"
  • Photocopy of records from BC Archives from a visit by Harry Coates from the file GR 1348 "The Young Mens Forestry Training Program"
  • Photocopy of excerpt regarding "Amanita Lake/Diameter Limit Logging"
  • Various small-scale maps and charts regarding Aleza Lake
  • "Aleza Lake Research Forest Information Session Notes with Mike Jull, Manager of ALRF"
2000.13.1.26 · Stuk · 1958
Part of Ray Williston fonds

Item is a photograph of Alex Moffat dressed as a prospector holding gold nuggets he salted into a gravel bed and later panned out and gave to Princess Margaret.

Lakeland Sawmill
2012.13.1.3.130 · Stuk · 12 Oct. 1989
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the Lakeland Sawmill in Prince George, B.C, identified by the beehive burners; the one with white smoke belonged to Pas Lumber Co. which was bought out by Lakeland in 1987.

Prince George Sawmill
2012.13.1.3.158 · Stuk · Nov. 2000
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts Prince George Sawmill taken from across the Nechako River looking southwest. Map coordinates 53°56'00.0"N 122°44'29.7"W

2000.13.1.25 · Stuk · 1958
Part of Ray Williston fonds

Item is a photograph of Princess Margaret on July 17, 1958 at an event staged in the Prince George railway yards. Alex Moffat dressed as a prospector demonstrates panning for previously salted gold nuggets, which were later given to the Princess.

Logging
2012.13.1.3.043 · Stuk · Nov. 1977
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts an area undergoing logging somewhere in Prince George, B.C.

Prince George
2012.13.1.3.135 · Stuk · 12 Oct. 1989
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts Prince George, possibly with the Northwood Pulpmill in the background.

Drying sugar
2014.10.1.104 · Stuk · 1910
Part of Arthur Holland Land Surveying Collection

Photograph depicts a tarp spread out on the grass, two men sit nearby the tarp. There is a canvas tent in the background with a man standing beside it. Behind the tent is a low hill with a fence bordering the top of the hill. There are blankets drying on the fence.