Geographic Features

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  • Includes both natural and artificial features

  • Physical landscape, built landscape

  • Urban and industrial landscapes

  • Topography

  • Site plans

  • Boundaries, districts, reserves, parks, sanctuaries, towns, etc.

  • NOTE: Mainly but not exclusively pertaining to photographic and cartographic records

  • SEE ALSO: Land, Settlement and Immigration

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          4130 Archival description results for Geographic Features

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          2000.1.1.2.1.308 · Item · March 1952
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts a cleared path through the snow and trees, mountain in background. Wood box and post semi-visible in foreground. Handwritten annotation in blue ink on recto of photograph: "You will notice we have a little snow here."

          2000.1.1.2.1.180 · Item · 2 July 1952
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts snowy mountaintop, wooden shelter and truck in foreground. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "Pictures taken July 2nd, 1952. 1. Picture taken from campsite showing snow on talus."

          2000.1.1.2.1.228 · Item · 7 June 1952
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts mountain side, semi-covered in snow. Snowbank in foreground. Corresponding note on accompanying photo description page: "8. Shows snow conditions in gully just north of talus deposit on south slope. Note considerable snow still above road. Estimated depth of snow here to be from 10 to 20 feet [see also item 2000.1.1.2.229]."

          2000.1.1.2.1.312 · Item · [1951?]
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Handwritten annotation below photo on page taped to photograph: "PHOTO #3 Showing approx. area covered by Asbestos - serpentine float". The approximate area has been outlined in blue ink on verso of photograph. Photo taken from lower level in valley, trees in foreground, outcrop visible in distance.

          Man with Trout on Shore
          2005.3.73 · Item · [ca. 1946]
          Part of John Hart Highway Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts a man kneeling by row of trout between two small logs on grassy bank of a water's shore. What appears to be the vertical handle of a knife is foregrounded at bottom of image. Handwritten caption below this photo reads: "Trout Fishing."

          Man with Fire
          2012.13.1.46.39 · Item · 1980
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts an unidentified man lighting a fire somewhere in South Tweedsmuir Provincial Park.

          Man Standing on Trail
          2012.13.1.82.07 · Item · July 1980
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts an individual, possibly Kent Sedgwick, standing on a trail through a forest somewhere in or around Seton Portage, B.C.

          Man Standing Above Earth Cut
          2005.3.42 · Item · [ca. 1945]
          Part of John Hart Highway Photograph Collection

          Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "Earth Cut". Photograph depicts a man in distance at top of steep slope of man-made embankment, trees in background. Tracks made my machinery are visible in dirt of the cut.

          Man on a Bridge
          2012.13.1.46.26 · Item · 1980
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts an unidentified man standing on a wood bridge somewhere in South Tweedsmuir Provincial Park.

          Man in Tent
          2012.13.1.56.51 · Item · 1973
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts an unknown individual reading inside a tent somewhere in Mt. Robson Provincial Park.

          2004.6.20 · Item · [between 1920 and 1940]
          Part of Stuart Lake Photograph Collection

          Typed annotation on recto: "Stuart Lake Scene - British Columbia." Man stands in water close to cliff which is reflected in water on right. Hills on opposite shore can be seen in background.

          2014.10.1.112 · Item · 1910
          Part of Arthur Holland Land Surveying Collection

          Photograph depicts a man bathing himself while standing in a small metal tub. Photograph description in album notes this as "His 'Semi Annual'" [bath]. On the left is a log structure, presumably a cache building. A large clearing surrounds the building and bathing man. There is a forest and bluff in the background. Possibly located near Giscome Portage.

          Man and Monument
          2012.13.1.51.115 · Item · June 1979
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a man, possibly Kent Sedgwick, standing next to a monument which states: "In honour of the pioneers of the Ootsa Lake Valley, first settled in 1905." Located somewhere in either the Francois Lake Provincial Park or the Wistaria Provincial Park.

          Maintenance Projects
          2000.1.1.2.07 · File · 1977 - 1981, predominant 1977-1978
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photographs depict different construction projects at separate locations in Cassiar. Photographs were originally housed in envelopes with the following annotations: "POLICE STATION. July 15, 1977."; "Aggregates and Concrete (PERMASTEEL)"; "Fibre Storage and Handling"; "Powerhouse Expansion"; "Sewage Collection Plant."; "Sewage Treatment Plant"; "Single Person Accommodations - Site Work."; "Outside Work - Camp Nos. 1,2,3." Photos generally feature the work sites, supplies, vehicles, machinery, and work in progress at each location.

          Additional photographs integrated into file include maintenance project on lining of tubes, lining of aspiration hood, and lining of willow fiberizer. Also five photographs of maintenance in the townsite to fix in ground piping.

          2011.3.3.113 · Item · [ca. 1909-1930]
          Part of North Coast & Central BC Postcard Collection

          Hand coloured photo of Main Street in Prince Rupert, with various tents and buildings on either side of the wooden road. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Main Street, Prince Rupert, B.C. : On comparatively Level Line London to Yokohama." Artist's mark on lower right corner reads: "104,035 J.V."

          Main Street of Rolla
          2000.19.2.2 · Item · 29 Aug. 1927-26 Sept. 1927
          Part of Prentiss Gray Collection

          Photograph depicts the main street of Rolla with a dirt street and wooden sidewalks, tethered horses, and the storefront of H.G. Atkinson General Merchants. Three people are visible walking through the streets.

          Main Street
          2012.13.1.83.19 · Item · 1979
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts several buildings along the main street in Stewart, B.C. One of them has been boarded up.

          Mackenzie Town
          2012.13.1.070 · Subseries · [between 1973 and 2000]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File contains slides depicting places in and around Mackenzie Town.