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

          2012.13.2.19.02 · File · 1972, 1998-2010
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the gold rush in Quesnel and Likely, British Columbia. Includes: "Guide to the Goldfields: Cariboo Country" newspaper edition (1998); "Cariboo, Chilcotin Coast, Likely" brochure published by Likely & District Chamber of Commerce [199-]; "The UNBC Quesnel Rover Research Centre" pamphlet published by the University of Northern British Columbia (2002); "New Nugget Restaurant" paper placemat (1972); and "Likely" brochure from the Likely Chamber of Commerce [198-]. Also includes photographs depicting a camping trip in Likely, British Columbia (2010).

          2012.13.2.02.57 · File · 1984-2002
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions of Frank Leonard's writings and research for his 1984 BC Studies article "Grand Trunk Pacific and the Establishment of the City of Prince George, 1911-1915". Includes: "Grand Trunk Pacific and the Establishment of Prince George 1911-1915" typescript document by Frank Leonard for his PhD dissertation (Feb. 1984) and "The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company and the Development of Northern British Columbia, 1902-1919" outline of dissertation chapters typescript document by Frank Leonard (1984).

          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.

          Group of Hikers
          2012.13.1.65.12 · Item · May 1975
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a group of hikers listening to a man, possibly a guide, speak. The location is possibly near Riske Creek, B.C.

          Group photo of five men
          2008.27.8.3 · Item · [ca. 1920-1930?]
          Part of Knox McCusker Collection

          Photograph is a group photo of five men standing around a tent in a wintery wooded landscape; Knox McCusker stands first man from the right, with hands in pockets. Caption on verso reads: “Youthful K.F.McC. on the right. Probably Northern Ontario or Manitoba”.

          Gwen and Knox McCusker
          2008.27.8.4 · Item · ca. 1946
          Part of Knox McCusker Collection

          Photograph depicts Gwen and Knox McCusker standing outside, side by side. Caption on verso reads: “Knox & Gwen McCusker, late ‘40’s or early ‘50’s”.

          2009.5.1.70 · Item · [ca. 1900]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Close view of bridge built with wooden planks, poles, and wires, braced from below, with triangles built into its frame. The bridge crosses Hagwilget Canyon on the Bulkley River, five kilometres from its confluence with the Skeena River. This is one of the many bridge structures that have crossed this location since at least 1859. Photograph was taken from one side of canyon, near bridge. Opposite canyon wall in background. Typed annotation glued to verso of photograph: "HAGWILGET - 'the gentle or quiet people'."

          2009.5.1.71 · Item · [ca. 1900]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts two men and a horse on a bridge built with wooden planks, poles, and wires, braced from below, with triangles built into its frame. The bridge crosses Hagwilget Canyon on the Bulkley River, five kilometres from its confluence with the Skeena River. This is one of the many bridge structures that have crossed this location since at least 1859. Photograph was taken from a distance. Rocky riverbank in foreground, opposite shore in background behind bridge. Typed annotation in red ink on verso of photograph: "INDIAN BRIDGE, NEAR HAZELTON, B.C."

          2009.5.1.69 · Item · [ca. 1900]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts bridge built with wooden planks and poles, braced from below, with triangles built into its frame. The bridge crosses Hagwilget Canyon on the Bulkley River, five kilometres from its confluence with the Skeena River. This is one of the many bridge structures that have crossed this location since at least 1859.

          Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "old bridge at the Bulkley River."