Exploration, Discovery and Travel

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Scope note(s)

  • Travel or exploration for personal, geographical, scientific or mapping reasons

  • Expeditions, exploration, adventure, prospecting, guiding

  • Individuals and groups involved in exploration or travel (eg. explorers, adventurers, prospectors, guides, outfitters)

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1233 Archival description results for Exploration, Discovery and Travel

1233 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
2012.13.2.10.07 · File · 2006
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Royal Engineers and Henry Spencer Palmer, a British Army military engineer and surveyor. Henry Spencer Palmer was sent to British Columbia and completed a report in 1863 on Wiliams Lake, theRead more

2012.13.4.08 · File · 1999-2000
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of photographs depicting the Salmon River Portage. Includes depictions of potential past mill sites, overgrown fields, and derelict buildings.

2012.13.2.02.40 · File · 1998-2006
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of reproductions and photocopies of articles on the history of city planning in North America. File predominantly consists of printed articles: "Encyclopedia of Urban Planning" by Arnold Whittick; "Radburn and the American Planning Movement:Read more

Simon Fraser
2012.13.2.02.55 · File · 2006-2008
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to research conducted by Kent Sedgwick on Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer and fur trader. Includes: "Simon Fraser: The Birth of Modern British Columbia" special edition issue of the VancouverRead more

Simon Fraser
2012.13.2.13.06 · File · 1993, 2007-2008
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer and North West Company fur trader who charted much of what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia and founded a number of BC communities, includingRead more

Slim Williams and Dog Team
2006.20.9.7 · Item · 1933
Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts Slim Williams and four members of his dog team in the centre of the image, with a group of men, women and children standing behind him looking towards the camera. Handwritten annotation along bottom of photograph reads: "'Slim'Read more

Snow Sounding
2012.13.1.121.02 · Item · 1967
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts an unidentified individual setting up some sort of pole in the snow for a process the slide labels as "snow sounding." The location is uncertain.

Stagecoach at Clinton
2014.10.1.236 · Item · 1912
Part of Arthur Holland Land Surveying Collection

Photograph depicts a stage coach with a team of horses harnessed to it. The stagecoach driver sits on the front bench, sitting beside the coach driver are; a woman with a small child and a man. There is a building in the background.

Stake on Bare Ice
2012.13.1.121.03 · Item · 1968
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts an unidentified individual standing next to a marker and a stake at an uncertain location.