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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          Bob Harkins interview with Andy Russell
          2002.12.24 · Item · 1987
          Part of Bob Harkins fonds

          Item consists of transcript of interview with writer, film maker, and guide outfitter Andy Russell conducted by Bob Harkins at Prince George Radio Station, CJCI regarding Russell's experiences with guiding in Northern Rockies. Russell also discusses his new work The Life of a River and discusses the environmental impact of hydro-electric development on rivers

           Harkins, Bob
          Diary of Willard Freer - April 1, 1942 to October 20, 1942
          Diary of Willard Freer - April 1, 1942 to October 20, 1942
          2023.8.01 · Item · 1942
          Part of Willard Freer Diary Digital Collection

          Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, April 1, 1942 to October 20, 1942:

          • April 1-May 30, 1942: Trapping cabin along the Ingenika River
          • May 30-June 16, 1942: In the Finlay River area, Freer sold furs to the HBC at Fort Grahame and helped portage supplied through Deserters Canyon for Del Miller and priest
          • June 17-October 13, 1942: Employed with the United States Army in Northern BC, packing and outfitting for the survey crews of the Alaska Highway in the areas of Deserters Canyon, Fort Ware, Sifton Pass, and Fox Pass
          • October 13-20, 1942: Journey to Skook Davidson's Diamond J Ranch
          Diary of Willard Freer - October 1, 1942 to December 31, 1943
          2023.8.02 · Item · 1942-1943
          Part of Willard Freer Diary Digital Collection

          Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, October 1, 1942 to December 31, 1943:

          • October 1-13, 1942: Employed with the United States Army in Northern BC, packing and outfitting for the survey crews of the Alaska Highway in the areas of Deserters Canyon, Fort Ware, Sifton Pass, and Fox Pass
          • October 16-29, 1942: Journey to Kechika River and Skook Davidson's Diamond J Ranch
          • October 30-December 31, 1942: Working and establishing residence at Skook Davidson's Diamond J Ranch
          • January 1-May 19, 1943: Working at Diamond J Ranch with Craig Forfar
          • May 19-30, 1943: Trip to Fort Ware
          • May 30-June 30, 1943: At Fort Ware, preparing for packing BC Government triangulation survey trip to surveying location and waiting for Skook Davidson to arrive with horses purchased from Jim Beattie
          • June 18-July 13, 1943: Travel to surveying location
          • July 15-August 17, 1943: Taking care of case camp while survey crews in field
          • August 17-26, 1943: All crews working together
          • August 27-October 23, 1943: Return trips between Fort Ware and Diamond J Ranch
          • October 23-December 31, 1943: Diamond J Ranch
          Parker Bonney Photograph Collection
          2003.13 · Collection · [after 1909]

          Consists of two photograph albums that illustrate Parker Bonney's early years as a Forest Engineer. Includes photographs of the expedition to the Nass Valley undertaken by Parker Bonney, Sam Brown, and others. May also include photographs of later surveying expeditions.

           Bonney, Parker
          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