Photograph depicts a snowy mountain peak viewed from a rocky ridge.
Photograph depicts a mountain ridge viewed from the opposite side of the valley.
Photograph depicts a view of a herd of cattle from behind. A ranch hand is mounted on a horse on the left. There is a sparsely treed landscape in the midground and low treed hills in the distance.
Photograph depicts a cleared field in the foreground, barns and buildings on the left and trees in the background.
Photograph depicts building on the left, forest and mountains in the background.
Typed on verso of ticket: "CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS WESTERN REGION" "EMPLOYES TRIP PASS - FIRST CLASS" "SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS ON BACK" "PASS (1) Miss V. B. Taylor, ACCOUNT Stenographer -- C.N.R. TO Vancouver, B.C. FROM Prince Rupert, B.C. via Jasper, Alta." "DATE ISSUED} June 14th/27. EXPIRES END OF} July. 1927" "ADDRESS Prince Rupert. REQD BY V.B.T." "HONORED ON TRAIN NO. [6]". Verso has been signed by the conductor (illegible) and dated "Jun 18".
Typed on recto of ticket: "PASS ONE WAY ONLY TW IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCOMPANYING PASS, BUT IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION" "VOID IF DETACHED" "143518". Stamped annotation on recto: "[ISSUED BY] W. H. TOBEY". Handwritten annotation on recto: "OFF SNOWSHOED NO 5 JULY 13 [WM?]". Ticket has been punched with four different shapes.
Photograph depicts the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Bridge crossing the Bulkley River. A smaller bridge speculated to be used by pedestrians stands below and parallel to the railway bridge. Photo was taken from shore, with opposite shore crossing midground. Trees in foreground, mountains in background. A small building can be seen at opposite end of bridge. Other sections of railway can be seen on hill in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "HAZELTON BULKLEY BRIDGE."
Photograph depicts a man steering a wooden raft loaded with two bag through a shallow section of Finlay River that runs along a forested shoreline.
Photograph depicts several buildings lining the river bank at Quesnel BC.
Photograph depicts a view of buildings lining the river bank, a steamship is anchored near shore.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Quesnel, Barkerville, and Wells. Includes: "An Historic Walk of Carson Avenue, Quesnel, B.C". pamphlet prepared by the Quesnel Branch Cariboo Historical Society (1990); "Wells, B.C". pamphlet by the Wells Historical Society (1980); "Cottonwood House Provincial Historic Park" pamphlet by the Province of British Columbia (1980); and vol. 1 of the Cariboo Gazette newspaper (2002). Also includes a map depicting Bowron Lake Park in British Columbia (1968).
Photograph depicts a long row of buildings bordering a river.
Photograph depicts a long row of buildings bordering a river. A scow is anchored near the river bank.
Photograph taken during European Sports Tour with Team Canada.
Photograph depicts a ptarmigan in the foreground, two men on foot, leading a packhorse across a meadow.
Photograph depicts the profile of a pack horse bearing Prentiss Gray's tripod and camera equipment on a special saddle.
Photograph depicts a view from the water looking into Prince Rupert harbor.
Photograph depicts a view from the shore looking out into Prince Rupert harbor.
Photograph depicts view of Prince Rupert harbor from a deck.
Photograph depicts silhouette of Prince Rupert BC buildings and the view looking beyond to the water.
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the planning of the Prince George townsite. Includes material on surveyors, Fred Burden, and town planners working with the landscape architects Brett and Hall on the development of the townsite. File predominantly consists of Kent Sedgwick's handwritten notes on townsite planning in Prince George. Includes a clipped article from the Prince George Citizen newspaper "Town planners involved landscape architects" (4 Nov. 2006).
The Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Society Collection consists primarily of textual, photographic, and cartographic records related to the regional developments of the railway industry in Northern BC. A predominant portion of the collection is made up of material from the Canadian National Railway; other railways represented include the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, the British Columbia Railway (BC Rail), the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, the Grand Trunk Railway, the Intercolonial Railway, and the Okanagan Express. Significant geographical areas covered include Prince George, the Peace River Region, Terrace, Bulkley Valley, Hazelton and Prince Rupert.
The forestry industry is represented in the collection with operational and financial records from Fyfe Lake Sawmill Ltd., which operated southwest of Prince George in the 1950s.
The collection has been organized into series according to creator, each of which also has been arranged to subseries, file and item level, where applicable. This collection consists of eight series, as follows:
1) Canadian National Railway
2) Grand Trunk Railway
3) Pacific Great Eastern Railway
4) British Columbia Railway (BC Rail)
5) Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)
6) Intercolonial Railway
7) Fyfe Lake Sawmill ltd.
8) PGRFM
9) Photographs
Photograph depicts Prentiss Gray standing with his rifle and horse in a grassy field. In the background a forested valley and snow-covered mountain range is visible.
Photograph depicts Prentiss Gray climbing over fallen logs in an area of windfall.
Photograph depicts Prentiss Gray (left) and Mac McGarvey (right) seated in a boat on the Peace River.
Photograph depicts a man who is probably Prentiss Gray standing over three felled grizzly bears. The man is holding onto the reins of a horse and a rifle while a mountain range rises up in the background.
Photograph depicts a man, probably Prentiss Gray, standing over three felled grizzly bears while holding the reins of his horse and a rifle. In the background a mountain side rises up in the distance.
Photograph depicts a man who is probably Prentiss Gray standing over three felled grizzly bears. The man is holding the reins of a horse while a mountain rises in the distance.
Item is a preliminary plan showing traveled route of the Bedaux Sub-Arctic Expedition in 1934.
Photograph depicts a power dam near Cascade, BC.
Photograph depicts a power dam near Cascade, BC.
Photograph depicts two men posed with "CALGARY BEER" bags slung over shoulders. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Clark & Marchant Quebec to Vancouver on Foot", on recto: "To H F Glassey With Every Good wish. from Leo Marchant. Pearson's Magazine 1909."
Photograph depicts four men standing on a canoe, loaded with supplies. Calm river water in the background, bluffs in the background.
Photograph depicts two persons holding long poles, standing on a canoe on the Nechako river. The water vessel appears to be very near a falls. Image is out of focus.
Photograph depicts a few scattered buildings and railway siding in the foreground, sparsely forested mountain in the background.
Photograph depicts plateau below summit between John Brown and Kitseucla creeks. Survey of 55th parallel.
File consists of material relating to pioneers and their stories. Materials include newspaper clippings, a booklet, and reproductions of articles. Highlights include:
- Canadian Federation of University Women, "Street Names A-Z", 1970 (booklet)
Photograph depicts a woman standing on a step outside a building this woman is tending to a toddler. The building is constructed of chinked logs.
File consists of reproduced photographs from the BC Provincial Archives and postcards collected from various places in British Columbia. Also includes newspaper clippings, negatives, maps, and articles. Highlights include:
- Signed Christmas card from William K. Blackburn, director of the B.C. Canoe Racing Association, which includes an original photograph of a canoe team alongside a canoe painted with the names "British Columbia" and "Simon Fraser" (possibly for a BC centennial event).
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Bates Camp, on Summit Near Headwaters of Omineca River", [189?] (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "View from Camp XX., on Summit near Headwaters of Sustut River", [189?] (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Athabascan Indians at Stoney Creek, Fort Fraser District", 1905 (photograph reproduction)
- Original photographs of Huble homestead, "Front View", [197-?]
- Original photographs of Huble homestead, "Side View", [197-?]
- Original photographs of Huble homestead, "House and Barn view", [197-?]
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Mile 145-2nd crossing on the Fraser River", 1913 (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Ferrying across the Fraser, Quesnel-Xmas", 1910 (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Old Mining cabins Vitai[?] Creek", 1913 (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Hudson's Bay Company Post at Fort McLeod (McLeod Lake). Founded in 1805 First post built West of the Rocky Mountains", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
- Seven photograph reproductions taken from an unknown book, [191-?]
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Colonel Charles Bulkley", [189?] (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Cassiar M.C. Hydraulic Plant Kleanza Creek Omineca", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Mile Hydraulic Kleanza Creek, Omineca Mining District", [189?] (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Stuart River Ferry ", 1912 (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Sinkut? Lake Telegraph Cabin- Atlin- Quesnel Telegraph Line", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Ah Hao- A Miner of 1871- Aged 63 Years, Germansen Creek", 1913 (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Ferry Across the Fraser River Quesnel", [191-??] (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Deserter Canyon- Blasting out lodge Finlay River", 1913 (photograph reproduction)
Consists of two photograph albums that illustrate Parker Bonney's early years as a Forest Engineer. Includes photographs of the expedition to the Nass Valley undertaken by Parker Bonney, Sam Brown, and others. May also include photographs of later surveying expeditions.
Photograph depicts Pete Callao on horseback looking through binoculars in order to determine his course through a forested valley to Pine River. In the background the peak of a mountain is visible.
Photograph depicts Pete Callao using an axe to cut a trail through an area covered with windfall.
Photograph depicts Pete Callao (left) and Frank Dewing (right) napping under a spruce tree lean-to in a forest clearing.
Photograph depicts two men (possibly Pete Callao and Carrol Paul) standing with two saddled horses. In the background a mountain vista is visible.
Image depicts an individual standing on a trail in the coastal forest on Haida Gwaii, B.C.
Image depicts an individual ducking under a tree branch somewhere in Haida Gwaii, B.C.
Image depicts a group of people on the rocky bank of a river somewhere near Mt. Robson.
Image depicts a group of people standing on the foot of a glacier, possibly the Robson Glacier.
Image depicts a group of people standing on the foot of a glacier, possibly the Robson Glacier.
Image depicts a group of people standing on a hill, with what is possibly Mt. Robson in the background.