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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          Cartographic Materials Series
          2009.7.3 · Series · 1878-1929
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Maps within this series document the placer streams, islands and harbours of the Queen Charlotte Islands; as well as the mining properties located within the vicinity of Stewart, BC.
          Parker photograph collection
          2011.13 · Collection · [between 1910 and 1930]

          The photographs depict the geographic areas of Stewart, BC, Boundary Pass, Nelson River, Bitter Creek Glacier, Portland Canal, Red Cliff and Bear Creek; as well as the ships “Camosun” and “S.S. Prince George.” Types of subjects identified in this collection include: community life, surveying, mining and transportation (i.e. dog-sledding, horse and buggy, and the Portland Canal Short Line Railway “P.C.S.L. Rlwy”).