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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          1243 Archival description results for Exploration, Discovery and Travel

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          Textual Material
          2004.1.1 · Series · ca.1920 - ca.1990
          Part of Phipps-Mackenzie Collection

          Series consists of five files which are related to surveying experiences in northern BC from 1931 and 1934, personal documents belonging to Phipps and his wife Dorothy Summer Phipps, and documents from the time when Phipps was working in South Africa.

          2000.10.5.2 · Item · [ca. 1982]
          Part of Dr. David G. Fish fonds

          Consists of 1 copy of article from National Geographic entitled "The Marvelous Maldive Islands : Sun-drenched Atolls in the Indian Ocean Hold a Seagirt Sultanate Where Phones Rarely Ring and Kites Fly from Office Windows," by Alan Villiers.

          Thomas Frederic Harper Reed
          2000.23.1.090 · File · 1977
          Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

          File consists of material relating to Thomas Frederic Harper Reed who was a surveyor, Indian Agent, and telegraph operator in Telegraph Creek, Atlin, and Victoria. Materials include a summary titled "A Gentleman Adventurer" about Thomas Reed's life and career.

          2014.10.1.008 · Item · 1907
          Part of Arthur Holland Land Surveying Collection

          Photograph depicts six horses harnessed to a center pole. Three men attend the horses, two men with pitchforks stand atop a wagon loaded with cut grain stocks 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.

          Three People, Three Dogs
          2012.13.1.84.04 · Item · 1994
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts three individuals and three dogs standing by a stream at an uncertain location, possibly somewhere in Bear Glacier Provincial Park. The woman in purple is possibly Sue Sedgwick.

          2006.25.1.15 · Item · Jul. 1966
          Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

          Footage of Tom Engebretch loading a Honda motorbike with gun and gunny sack and driving off through a creek and up a hill.

          Location is believed to be East Ranch, possibly located in near Bella Coola, Tweedsmuir Provincial Park or Chilcotin area.

          Tourists?
          2012.13.1.65.58 · Item · [1976?]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a view of the scenery at an uncertain location with numerous individuals, possibly tourists, present. It is possibly somewhere near the Fraser River.

          Tourists?
          2012.13.1.65.57 · Item · [1976?]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a view of the scenery at an uncertain location with numerous individuals, possibly tourists, present. It is possibly somewhere near the Fraser River.

          Tourists?
          2012.13.1.65.65 · Item · July 1980
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a view of the landscape at an unknown location with a group of people, possibly tourists, present. It is possibly near the Fraser River.

          Tourists?
          2012.13.1.65.66 · Item · July 1980
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a view of the landscape at an unknown location with a group of people, possibly tourists, present. It is possibly near the Fraser River.

          Trip to Fraser Lake
          2014.10.1.167 · Item · 1911
          Part of Arthur Holland Land Surveying Collection

          Photograph depicts five or more men standing near a tent frame. There are several packs on the ground and two horses loaded with packs. There is a bridge or dock on the right, a body of water and forested hills in the background.

          Two grizzlies
          2014.10.1.080 · Item · 1909
          Part of Arthur Holland Land Surveying Collection

          Photograph depicts skins of two grizzlies, heads attached. The skins are spread on elevated poles, a man stands beside the bear skins. There is an alpine meadow and scrub trees in the background.

          Two People, Three Dogs
          2012.13.1.84.05 · Item · 1994
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts two individuals and three dogs standing by a stream at an uncertain location, possibly somewhere in Bear Glacier Provincial Park. The woman in purple is possibly Sue Sedgwick.

          Two People, Two Dogs
          2012.13.1.84.06 · Item · 1994
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts two individuals and two dogs standing by a stream at an uncertain location, possibly somewhere in Bear Glacier Provincial Park. The woman in purple is possibly Sue Sedgwick.