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  • Resource industries (eg. mining, forestry, fishing, etc.)

  • Resource industry cooperatives

  • Processing, packing and shipping industries

  • Construction, ship building

  • Salvage companies and operations

  • SEE ALSO: Agriculture; Business and Commerce; Transportation and Utilities

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          1973 Archival description results for Industries

          1973 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
          Logging
          2012.13.1.122.12 · Item · 1977
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a logging area somewhere near Prince George, B.C.

          Logging
          2012.13.1.122.13 · Item · 1977
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a logging area somewhere near Prince George, B.C.

          Locomotives
          2013.6.10 · Series · [before 2012]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Series consists of research material relating to steam and diesel locomotives that were used on British Columbia railways. Includes information about the steam to diesel transition period, details about specific locomotives, locomotive manufacturers, and self-propelled coaches.

          Loading Station
          2000.1.1.3.17.005 · Item · 1962
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts a man in work clothes and hard hat standing with hands placed on the first of many tram buckets hanging in a line. Steel beam framework of station building rises above him. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "[F1?] LOADING STATION EL. 5800". Photograph was glued to cardboard backing with the annotation: "1962".

          2006.25.1.76 · Item · Apr. 1966
          Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

          Film begins with aerial footage of mountains believed to be around Bella Coola. Then recording of men loading barrels, supposedly of gas, into a boat using a "home made" winch and boom construction. They ferry the barrels up stream, the river is assumed to be Dean River. and use a similar construction to bring the barrels to shore.

          There is also footage of men fishing in the river.

          Ledgers and Journals
          2017.7.2 · Series · 1942-2008
          Part of S. B. Trick Lumber Co. fonds

          Series consists of two ledgers and two journals. The two ledgers consist of logging accounts including lumber shipments and sales as well as payroll and expenditures. The two journals include handwritten maintenance notes and loose papers of diagrams of equipment.

          Ledgers
          2000.15.1 · Series · 1894 - 1926
          Part of Bullion Mines Collection

          Series consists of 6 ledgers which record expenses for the mine and various other company owned premises in town.

          Large Indoor Saw
          2012.13.1.122.19 · Item · June 1980
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a large saw at an indoor location, likely in a saw mill somewhere in Prince George, B.C.

          2009.7.1.249 · Item · ca. 1880-1920
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Large crowd is gathered around main building in a harbor. Many boats visible in foreground. Smoke from tugboat partially obscures the scene. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert BC. Photo by MCrae Bros."

          Landslides
          2000.1.1.3.06 · File · 1979 - 1989
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          File contains images depicting various landslides near Cassiar BC. Set of 20 photographs (with 9 corresponding negative strips) date stamped June 1987 depict landslide near creek and dirt road with a Cassiar company truck. Set of 5 black and white photographs found in envelope marked "D. Stewart" are likely from 1988-1989 and depict a rockslide on the south western side of the pit mine, near the tramline. Album entitled “6200 DUMP SLIDE / SPRING, 1979” contains 34 photographs depicting aerial shots of a massive rockslide on the eastern slope of McDame Mountain, originating from the mine waste dump. Several images from album show greenish water pooling in the toe of the slide.

          2000.23.1.096 · File · 1970-1993
          Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

          File consists of material relating to provincial lands surveys. Materials include newspaper clippings, a pamphlet, a booklet, a reproduction of the land survey act, and reproductions of articles. Highlights include:

          • Province of British Columbia, "Protecting Land Survey Monuments", [198-?] (pamphlet)
          • Nominal Roll, "The Land Surveying Profession in British Columbia", 1970 (booklet)
          Lakeland Sawmill
          2012.13.1.3.130 · Item · 12 Oct. 1989
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts the Lakeland Sawmill in Prince George, B.C, identified by the beehive burners; the one with white smoke belonged to Pas Lumber Co. which was bought out by Lakeland in 1987.

          2000.1.1.1.06 · File · 1966 - 1991
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          This collection is of Kutcho Creek Camp that was set up by a crew led by Cassiar's Chief Geologist Bill Plumb in 1966.

          There are six photographs showing the temporary buildings, paths and barrels. These photos were taken from a high hill looking down at the camp. Two photographs depicts the valley of Kutcho Creek area, and the exploration camp is in the distance at foot of hill. One photograph depicts valley of Kutcho Creek area with a body of water in foreground, and mountains in background.
          Another photograph depicts man believed to be Matt Bell standing in Kutcho Creek exploration camp. There are tents on either side, a wood structure in background and a sign on wood post: "PLUMB BLVD."
          One photograph believed to have been taken near Kutcho Creek, during the initial exploration trip led by Cassiar's Chief Geologist Bill Plumb. Bill stands to left of man believed to be Matt Bell in right foreground. Bulldozer works along talus slope in left foreground.
          Another photograph of this initial trip shows a bulldozer working along talus slope in centre of image.

          Kitimat
          2000.23.1.065 · File · 1972-1989
          Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

          File consists of material relating to Kitimat and its recognizable features like trails, mines, and industries like Alcan. Materials include newspaper clippings, pamphlets, booklets, newsletters, and a magazine. Highlights include:

          • District of Kitimat, "Kitimat British Columbia Canada", [197-?] (pamphlet)
          • Alcan Smelters and Chemicals, "Hike Kitimat: An explorers' guide for the whole family", [197-?] (booklet)
          • Alcan Smelters and Chemicals, "Kitimat/ Kemano the first 25 years August 3, 1954-1979", 1979 (booklet)
          • "Kitimat through Eurocan's Eyes" , [after 1972] (promotional booklet)
          • Royal Canadian Legion, "The Bugle", 1980 (newsletter)
          • Kitimat Chamber of Commerce, "Visitors' Guide to Kitimat", [197-?] (pamphlet)
          • Alcan Smelters and Chemicals, "Alcan Smelter Tours 1978", 1978 (pamphlet)
          • Alcan Smelters and Chemicals, "Alcan in British Columbia", 1977 (booklet)
          • Kitimat Chamber of Commerce, "Fishing in Kitimat B.C.", [198-?] (pamphlet)
          • Alcan Smelters and Chemicals, "Alcan in British Columbia", 1972 (pamphlet)
          • Outwest Magazine, "Kitimat British Columbia", Vol.1 No. 1, 1975 (magazine)
          2000.1.1.3.15.25 · Item · 1961
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts ore haul truck at dump in mine, driver visible, mountain range in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Kenworth - Model 802 dumping stripping waste at 6565 Elevation", on verso: "1961".