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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        Geographic Features

          4130 Archival description results for Geographic Features

          4130 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
          People and Mountains
          2012.13.1.56.36 · Item · 1973
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a man talking to a group of hikers, with what is possibly Mt. Robson and the Robson Glacier in the background.

          People on a Bridge
          2012.13.1.91.49 · Item · 1979
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts several unidentified individuals standing on a bridge; it possibly crosses the peace River.

          Person by a Tree
          2012.13.1.78.37 · Item · 1982
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts an individual, possibly Sue Sedgwick, standing next to a very thick and tall tree somewhere on Haida Gwaii.

          Peyto Glacier
          2012.13.4.42 · File · 1967-2008
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, reproductions, pamphlets, and postcards relating to the Peyto Glacier, situated in the Canadian Rockies in Banff National Park, Alberta. Includes: "Inland Waters Branch" handwritten letter to Kent Sedgwick (4 Sept. 1970); "Peyto Glacier general information" pamphlet prepared by the Inland Waters Directorate, Water Resources Branch of Environment Canada (1975); and photographs depicting a Peyto Glacier workshop with Kent Sedgwick and colleagues (1996) and personal photographs depicting Kent Sedgwick, his wife, and friends visiting and hiking Peyto Glacier (1990).

          2012.13.4.46 · File · 1975
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of two original copies (one in English, one in French) of "Peyto Glacier: General Information" prepared by Kent Sedgwick and E.S. Hencock for Environment Canada. Includes attached supplementary map along with each publication. Also includes duplicate original maps in the file.

          P.G. Logging
          2012.13.1.122.01 · Item · June 1975
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts an aerial view of areas that have been used for logging around Prince George, B.C.

          P.G. Plan
          2012.13.1.001 · Subseries · [between 1985 and 2003]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File contains slides depicting maps and site plans for the city of Prince George.

          PGE Grade
          2012.13.1.041 · Subseries · [between 1980 and 2003]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File contains slides depicting the grade for what was formerly the Pacific Great Eastern, and is now known as British Columbia Railway.

          PGE Grade - View South
          2012.13.1.41.03 · Item · 2001
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a view of the south direction of the grade for the British Columbia Railway, which was formerly known as the Pacific Great Eastern until 1972. It is at an uncertain location, possibly near Woodpecker or Prince George.

          Photographic negatives
          2012.13.1.135.02 · File
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of a printed email correspondence between Ramona Rose, Florence Smith, and Sue Sedgwick regarding an additional donation of photographic negatives. The file includes photographs depicting photographs of Knox United Church and historic Prince George.

          Photographs
          2000.16.2 · Series · 1906-1908
          Part of Prince Rupert Empire collection

          Series consists of nine photographs of Prince Rupert scenery, buildings, residents and surrounding area. Includes image of totem and dugout canoe.

          Photographs
          2012.13.1 · Series · [before 2011]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Series consists of photographs taken and collected by Kent Sedgwick that primarily depict communities within the Central Interior of British Columbia, especially Prince George, Giscome, and the East Line area. Kent Sedgwick used photography to document the development and history of the natural and built landscape of the British Columbia Central Interior. The photographs depict geographic features, landscapes, previous settlements, architectural history, and industrial history.

          Physical Landscape Features
          2012.13.1.125 · Subseries · [between 1968 and 1982]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File contains slides depicting physical landscape features at various locations, most are from outside Northern B.C.

          Pine Pass?
          2012.13.1.73.03 · Item · Aug. 1979
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a view of what is possibly the Pine Pass located near the Murray Ridge.

          Pine Pass
          2012.13.1.91.31 · Item · Nov. 1978
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts an unidentified individual standing near a drop-off in the Pine Pass between Alberta and British Columbia. The sign behind the individual reads: "Pine Pass - 2,868 FT. Here the great barrier of the Rock Mountains is breached by the lowest highway pass. Once the remote route of the trapper, it now links the commerce of the north and markets of the south. The John Hart Highway was completed in 1952 and followed by the P.G.E. in 1958. Gas and oil lines also take advantage of this convenient natural feature."