Exploration, Discovery and Travel

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  • 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)

  • Expedition planning, reports and accounts

  • Personal travels for discovery and education (eg. travel diaries)

  • Early contact with First Nations

  • SEE ALSO: Land, Settlement and Immigration

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          1232 Archival description results for Exploration, Discovery and Travel

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          2012.13.1.124.06 · Item · 1972
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a group of unidentified individuals walking along a crevasse filled ridge somewhere in the vicinity of Smithers, B.C. The slide also labels it as a "drift ridge."

          Coulee Dam
          2009.5.3.102 · Item · [ca 1930?]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts large bridge and dam over a wide river, industrial structures throughout. Hills on opposite shore in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Coulee Dam, This is were[sic] I went this fall. Wished you had of been with me."

          2009.7.1.004 · Item · [ca. 1915]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts the sons and daughters of Marion and Archdeacon W.H. Collison, and one unidentified man. Buildings can be seen on shore in background.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Collison family at camp (Portland Canal) Max, ?, Henry, Elsie, Arthur, Alice, Herbert".

          2009.7.1.005 · Item · [ca. 1915]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph depicts the sons and daughters of Marion and Archdeacon W.H. Collison sitting on the ground with food supplies at the top of a hill. Individuals believed to be (left to right): Arthur, Elsie, Herbert, Henry (in chef's hat), unknown, William, John Maxwell ('Max').

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Collison family on prospecting trip up Portland Canal."

          2009.6.1.136 · Item · May 1976
          Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “With the boss at Kivsta, Q.C.I.: May 1976, 13,000 yrs. carbondated habitation in the same location-- The real Charlottes and his counter culture protection in the rain, mist, moss and dense forest of the Haida”.

          2014.10.1.006 · Item · 1907
          Part of Arthur Holland Land Surveying Collection

          Photograph depicts a man standing on a high ladder pouring grain from a sack to a tarp below. Sacks of grain in the foreground, field and trees in the background. Note: Fort Fraser, BC was at one time also referred to as "Fraser's Lake" - the name of the Post Office within the Hudson Bay Company store.

          Cheakamus River
          2014.10.1.145 · Item · 1911
          Part of Arthur Holland Land Surveying Collection

          Photograph depicts three men standing in front of a log cabin. Two men hold fishing rods and each of these men hold a freshly caught fish. The third man stand to the side with a loaded back pack. Two men smoke pipes.

          2014.10.1.188 · Item · 1911
          Part of Arthur Holland Land Surveying Collection

          Photograph depicts a long line of 30 or more horses or mules and men. The horses appear to be tethered to a rope, some animals are wearing packs. Several men attend. Note: Fort Fraser, BC was at one time also referred to as "Fraser's Lake" - the name of the Post Office within the Hudson Bay Company store.