Photograph depicts eight men standing in a line, loaded with heavy backpacks. There is alpine scrub vegetation in the background.
Photograph depicts a group of horses in process of being loaded with packs. Four or more men attend. There is a canvas tent, open fire and more people in the background.
Photograph depicts rows of palm trees shadowing the Pacific Park Motel with a mountain range in the background.
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.
Bonney, ParkerThe photographs depict the geographic areas of Stewart, BC, Boundary Pass, Nelson River, Bitter Creek Glacier, Portland Canal, Red Cliff and Bear Creek; as well as the ships “Camosun” and “S.S. Prince George.” Types of subjects identified in this collection include: community life, surveying, mining and transportation (i.e. dog-sledding, horse and buggy, and the Portland Canal Short Line Railway “P.C.S.L. Rlwy”).
Photograph depicts a bird's eye view of a large river, forest and mountains in the background. On the river's edge there is a scow with several persons standing on it.
Photograph depicts three or more passengers with sleeping/bed rolls on the deck of the S.S. Nechako sternwheeler. There is a river, riverbanks and low hills in the background.
Photograph depicts five women and two men standing on the deck of the SS Stavangerfjord, a Norwegian passenger ocean liner.
Photograph depicts five women and two men standing on the deck of the SS Stavangerfjord, a Norwegian passenger ocean liner.
Photograph depicts view from atop a stage coach, a team of horses pulling a stage coach approaching.
Photograph depicts two freighting stages passing. View is from atop one of the stages.
File consists of material relating to Patrick Allan Morrow who was a Canadian photographer and mountain climber. In 1986 Morrow was the first person to climb the Seven Summits in the Carstensz-Version. Materials include magazine clippings, newspaper clippings, and correspondence between Morrow and L'Heureux.
Photograph depicts two men standing on a wharf. A steamboat is docked, there are rails on the wharf and mountains in the distance.
Image depicts a group of people heading towards 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.
Image depicts a group of unknown individuals with a mountain in the background.
Image depicts a man talking to a group of hikers, with what is possibly Mt. Robson and the Robson Glacier in the background.
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 on the rocky bank of a river somewhere near Mt. Robson.
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.
Photograph depicts two men (possibly Pete Callao and Carrol Paul) standing with two saddled horses. In the background a mountain vista is visible.
Photograph depicts Pete Callao (left) and Frank Dewing (right) napping under a spruce tree lean-to in a forest clearing.
Photograph depicts Pete Callao using an axe to cut a trail through an area covered with windfall.
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.
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.
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)
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 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 plateau below summit between John Brown and Kitseucla creeks. Survey of 55th parallel.
Photograph depicts a few scattered buildings and railway siding in the foreground, sparsely forested mountain 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 four men standing on a canoe, loaded with supplies. Calm river water in the background, bluffs in the background.
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 a power dam near Cascade, BC.
Photograph depicts a power dam near Cascade, BC.
Item is a preliminary plan showing traveled route of the Bedaux Sub-Arctic Expedition in 1934.
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.
Photograph depicts Prentiss Gray (left) and Mac McGarvey (right) seated in a boat on the Peace River.
Photograph depicts Prentiss Gray climbing over fallen logs in an area of windfall.
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.
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
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).
Photograph depicts silhouette of Prince Rupert BC buildings and the view looking beyond to the water.
Photograph depicts view of Prince Rupert harbor from a deck.
Photograph depicts a view from the water looking into Prince Rupert harbor.