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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          1199 Archival description results for Exploration, Discovery and Travel

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          Ranger Alex Nelles' cabin
          2000.19.1.7 · Item · 20 Sept. 1926-19 Oct. 1926
          Part of Prentiss Gray Collection

          Photograph depicts trekking supplies piled outside Alex Nelles' log cabin. An unidentified man is standing outside the cabin with a horse.

          2000.19.1.154 · Item · 20 Sept. 1926-19 Oct. 1926
          Part of Prentiss Gray Collection

          Photograph depicts a man and horse standing outside a log cabin covered in snow and icicles. In the foreground of the image several loaded packs are laid out surrounding the cabin. The cabin belonged to ranger Alex Nelles' and was located at Willow Creek.

          Ready to saddle
          2014.10.1.009 · Item · 1907
          Part of Arthur Holland Land Surveying Collection

          Photograph depicts a large semicircle of tethered horses. Loaded packs are arranged near each horse. Men, boys and a border collie are in the foreground, low mountains in the background.

          2008.27.4 · File · 1998-2003
          Part of Knox McCusker Collection

          File consists of the following materials:

          • Letter to Vernon C. Brink from the National Archives of Canada re: Knox McCusker holdings (March 1, 1999)
          • Photocopy of article: "Living Landscapes: Exploring the wilds of northeaster BC" by Ross Peck and Brian Apland
          • Some materials for an article on Knox McCusker, D.L.S.
          • Material about the life of Knox Freeman McCusker
          • Letter to Mrs. Rutherford (Oct. 5, 1999) re: access to interview of Knox McCusker by Frank Willis
          • Accession information print-out re: interview of Knox McCusker by Frank Willis in 1954
          • National Archives of Canada accession information print-out re: Dominion Land Surveyor Diaries, 1881-1930
          • Mary Henry / Knox McCusker "Team" (April 19, 1998)
          • Letter to Mrs. Rutherford from George Ungar re: background information on Knox McCusker
          Road sign
          2000.13.1.138 · Item · 1972.
          Part of Ray Williston fonds

          Item is a photograph of a road sign in North Dakota stating the distance to Ray and Williston.

          2012.13.2.10.07 · File · 2006
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Royal Engineers and Henry Spencer Palmer, a British Army military engineer and surveyor. Henry Spencer Palmer was sent to British Columbia and completed a report in 1863 on Wiliams Lake, the Caribou Districts, and the Fraser River from Fort Alexandria to Fort George. File primarily consists of Kent Sedgwick's handwritten notes on Henry Palmer and his work in British Columbia.

          2012.13.4.08 · File · 1999-2000
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of photographs depicting the Salmon River Portage. Includes depictions of potential past mill sites, overgrown fields, and derelict buildings.

          2012.13.2.02.40 · File · 1998-2006
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of reproductions and photocopies of articles on the history of city planning in North America. File predominantly consists of printed articles: "Encyclopedia of Urban Planning" by Arnold Whittick; "Radburn and the American Planning Movement: The Persistence of an Idea" by Eugenie Ladner Birch; "The Making of Urban America: A History of City Planning in the United States" by John W. Reps; and "The Story of the Planner's Journal 1915-1980" by Donald A. Krueckberg.

          Simon Fraser
          2012.13.2.02.55 · File · 2006-2008
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to research conducted by Kent Sedgwick on Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer and fur trader. Includes: "Simon Fraser: The Birth of Modern British Columbia" special edition issue of the Vancouver Sun newspaper (3 Jan. 2006).

          Simon Fraser
          2012.13.2.13.06 · File · 1993, 2007-2008
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer and North West Company fur trader who charted much of what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia and founded a number of BC communities, including Prince George (Fort George). Includes a photograph depicting a bicentennial celebration at Fort George Park (1993).

          Slim Williams and Dog Team
          2006.20.9.7 · Item · 1933
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts Slim Williams and four members of his dog team in the centre of the image, with a group of men, women and children standing behind him looking towards the camera. Handwritten annotation along bottom of photograph reads: "'Slim' Williams and Dog Team From Alaska to Chicago 1933". It is believed this photograph was taken in Hazelton, BC. and documents Slim Williams on his way to the Chicago Fair.

          Snow Sounding
          2012.13.1.121.02 · Item · 1967
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts an unidentified individual setting up some sort of pole in the snow for a process the slide labels as "snow sounding." The location is uncertain.

          Stagecoach at Clinton
          2014.10.1.236 · Item · 1912
          Part of Arthur Holland Land Surveying Collection

          Photograph depicts a stage coach with a team of horses harnessed to it. The stagecoach driver sits on the front bench, sitting beside the coach driver are; a woman with a small child and a man. There is a building in the background.