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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          20000 tons pontoon floating dry dock
          20000 tons pontoon floating dry dock
          2009.7.1.264 · Item · [ca. 1880-1920]
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Illustration of a large ocean liner in dry dock. The name "Minnesota" is inscribed on the top right side of vessel. Annotation on recto reads: "William T. Donnelly Consulting Engineer 17 Battery Place Tel. Rector 1491 20000 tons pontoon floating dry dock Prince Rupert, BC"
          Alaska Trip, August 1985
          2020.09.01 · File · Aug. 1985
          Part of Jill Singleton Collection

          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
          First Passenger Engine at Prince Rupert
          First Passenger Engine at Prince Rupert
          2009.7.1.248 · Item · ca. 1880-1920
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Head on shot of steam engine traveling through a pass with mountains in the background. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: "First Passenger Engine to reach Prince Rupert." Annotation on recto reads: "First Passenger Engine at Prince Rupert." Photographer' stamp in bottom right corner of recto reads : "Allen Photo."
          Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Passenger Train
          Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Passenger Train
          2009.5.1.75 · Item · 14 June 1911
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "G.T.P. 1st Passenger Train From Prince Rupert. Mile 45. June. 14th 1911. Copyright. F. Button. PHOTO. Pr. Rupert. No. 240." Photograph depicts three men (two sitting on chairs) on caboose of train. Power poles run parallel to tracks, which curve to the right of the image. Train tracks in foreground, forest and mountain in background.

          Jill Singleton Collection
          2020.09 · Collection · Aug. 1985

          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.
          Large crowd in Prince Rupert harbor
          Large crowd in Prince Rupert harbor
          2009.7.1.249 · Item · ca. 1880-1920
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Large crowd is gathered around main building in a harbor. Many boats visible in foreground. Smoke from tugboat partially obscures the scene. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert BC. Photo by MCrae Bros."
          Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection
          2002.1 · Collection · 1887-1999

          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
          Railway Ticket to Vancouver in Violet Taylor's Name
          Railway Ticket to Vancouver in Violet Taylor's Name
          2009.5.1.88 · Item · 14 June 1927
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Typed on verso of ticket: "CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS WESTERN REGION" "EMPLOYES TRIP PASS - FIRST CLASS" "SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS ON BACK" "PASS (1) Miss V. B. Taylor, ACCOUNT Stenographer -- C.N.R. TO Vancouver, B.C. FROM Prince Rupert, B.C. via Jasper, Alta." "DATE ISSUED} June 14th/27. EXPIRES END OF} July. 1927" "ADDRESS Prince Rupert. REQD BY V.B.T." "HONORED ON TRAIN NO. [6]". Verso has been signed by the conductor (illegible) and dated "Jun 18".

          Typed on recto of ticket: "PASS ONE WAY ONLY TW IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCOMPANYING PASS, BUT IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION" "VOID IF DETACHED" "143518". Stamped annotation on recto: "[ISSUED BY] W. H. TOBEY". Handwritten annotation on recto: "OFF SNOWSHOED NO 5 JULY 13 [WM?]". Ticket has been punched with four different shapes.