File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Charles Millar and the Millar Addition in Prince George.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Chilako River and Indian Reserve No. 4. File contains material regarding the discovery of Indigenous artifacts in an archaeological dig by faculty and students from the University of Northern British Columbia; the establishment of a fur trading fort at Chala-oo-chick for the Hudson's Bay Company; and Indian Reserve No. 4 of the L'heidli T'enneh. Includes photographs depicting Fernie Ollinger's barn on Chilako Station Road and Chilako River (2006).
Item is an original 1950 pre-emptor's map of the Chilcotin region, published by the British Columbia Department of Lands and Forests.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the Chilcotin region. Includes: "CNC Outdoors Club Trip to Farewell Canyon" poster (Nov. 1973).
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the history of Chinese people in British Columbia. Includes material on Ahbau Creek, named after a Chinese miner; the Chee Kung Tong building in Barkerville; Chinese involvement in the Fraser Valley gold rush; and the Prince George Chinese Freemasons Society. Includes: "Chinese Cemeteries and Grave Markers in B.C.: A Research Guide" a printed article by Judy Maxwell (2007); "Chee Kung Tong Building, Barkerville, British Columbia" clipped article from The Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada by Norman Shields (2008); and "Chinese roots" clipped article from the Prince George Citizen newspaper (2008).
Item is an original 1996 folding brochure map depicting circle tours in the Prince George area. The map was published by the Prince George Region Development Corporation.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the City Beautiful movement across North America. File predominantly consists of photocopied articles: "The City Beautiful" by Fredrick Law Olmsted, Jr.; "The Plan of Chicago 1909" by Amy Diadamo; "Vancouver and the City Beautiful Movement" by Rodger Todhunter; "The Urbanization of America" by Blake McKelvey; and "The Rise of Modern Urban Planning" by Anthony Sutcliffe. File also includes an issue of the "Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada", Vol. 32 No. 1 (2007).
File consists of photocopies and notes relating to the boundary expansions of the city of Prince George since its incorporation. Includes a graph drawn by Kent Sedgwick regarding the addition of land and water each year of the boundary expansion and a "Proclamation" photocopy from the B.C. Gazette (23 Apr. 1953). Also includes 5 maps: "City of Prince George Boundary Expansions since Incorporation in 1915" (1979 or 1980); "City of Prince George" (Feb. 1979); "Map of Prince George" (between 1970 and 1985); "Study Area Boundaries" (Mar. 1977); and "City of Prince George" (Feb. 1972).
File consists of clippings, letters, notes, and reproductions relating to the development and use of a coat of arms for the city of Prince George. Includes: "Coat of arms committee minutes" (9 Dec. 1994); printed photos of the proposed coat of arms and flag for the city of Prince George (Jan. 1995); "Ceremony for the Presentation of Armorial Bearings and Letters Patent to the City of Prince George" (29 July 1996); an invitation from the office of the mayor (29 July 1996); "Proposed armorial bearings for the city of Prince George"; "Symbolism in the armorial bearings of Prince George, B.C". (12 May 1995); and "The Canada Chart". Also includes a poster entitled "The Canada Chart". Includes the following clipped articles from the Prince George Citizen newspaper: "Coat of arms tell own story"; "City, CNC join old tradition" (30 July 1996); "Coat of arms carved for chamber" (19 Nov. 1996).
File consists of notes, reproductions, clippings, and letters relating to the Junkers aircraft named "The City of Prince George," registration CF-ALX. Includes: "Western Canada Aviation Museum" letter to Dennis McCallum from Karen Schmidt (25 June 1986) and "City of Prince George Junkers F-13 Airplane" typescript document (4 Sept. 1986).
Item is an original map depicting the city of Prince George and its parks and trails. The map was published by the City of Prince George Leisure Services.
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the planning of the Georges: South Fort George, Central Fort George, and Prince George.
Item is an original 1977 map depicting Cluculz Lake in British Columbia published by the Province of British Columbia Ministry of Environment. The map includes pen annotations.
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to an Environmental School at the College of New Caledonia.
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to an Environmental Studies Diploma offered at the College of New Caledonia.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to various communities along the East Line. Includes material regarding Penny; the Robson Valley; the Ancient Rainforest; Dome Creek; Bend; Loos; Crescent Spur; and Dewey. File includes photographs depicting the Fraser River and Morkill Forest Service Road near Crescent Spur and Dome Creek (2010).
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Ron Brent Elementary School (formerly Connaught Elementary School). Includes: "Official Opening of Connaught Elementary School" pamphlet by School District No. 57 (11 May 1954).
File consists of notes, reproductions, and letters relating to Connaught Hill in Prince George. Includes: "Connaught Hill" handwritten notes by Kent Sedgwick (2009); "Prince George in bloom" thank you letter from the Prince George in Bloom Committee to Kent Sedgwick (4 Aug. 2005); and two photographs depicting men at the 2005 National Communities in Bloom Competition in Prince George (2005).
File consists of clippings, notes, and reproductions relating to a ski jump on Connaught Hill in Prince George.
File consists of a clipping and a note relating to the Connaught Jr. Secondary School.
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Cottonwood Island in Prince George, formerly named Island Cache and Foley's Cache. Includes: "A brief history of Cottonwood Island Park" typed document by Kent Sedgwick (Nov. 2009).
File consists of clippings, notes, and reproductions relating to the history of Cottonwood Island in Prince George. Includes: "A brief history of cottonwood island" typed draft by Kent Sedgwick (Nov. 2009); "Cottonwood Island area suggestions for street names" typescript document by Kent Sedgwick for the Heritage Advisory Committee; and "Proposal for Cottonwood Island as a park reserve" typescript document by Kent Sedgwick (Aug. 1973). File also includes "Kent Sedgwick - Island Cache / Cottonwood Island" a CD-R containing photographs of the Cottonwood Island and Island Cache area (2009).
File consists of records created and collected by Kent Sedgwick regarding Cottonwood Island. Includes: "Welcome to Cottonwood Island Nature Park" brochure [197-?]; "A Brief History of Cottonwood Island Park" by Kent Sedgwick (2001); "History of Cottonwood Island Park and Side Channel Restoration" (2001?); a Regional District of Fraser-Fort George "Notice of Public Hearing" (1973); an outline for "Cottonwood Island Brief" (1973); an original copy of the "Cottonwood Island Study" by the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George (1975); annotated hand-drawn small maps of Cottonwood Island; photocopied aerial photographs; and photocopied newspaper clippings about Cottonwood Island and Island Cache. Also includes 15 colour photographic prints and accompanying negatives taken of Cottonwood Island by Bob Nelson.
File consists of proposals and documents by Kent Sedgwick regarding Cottonwood Island. Includes: "Proposal for Cottonwood Island as a Park Reserve" and "Some Comments on the Cottonwood Island Park Designation of the Official Community Plan".
File consists of records created and collected by Kent Sedgwick regarding Cottonwood Island in connection with his employment with the City of Prince George Planning Department. Includes briefs, proposals, memoranda, correspondence, newspaper clippings, questionnaires, legal correspondence, meeting minutes, and photocopied excerpts from maps/plans. Also includes two polaroid photo prints depicting garbage in Cottonwood Island Park circa 1979. Highlights include:
- Prince George Kiwanis Club, "Brief to City Council, City of Prince George, re: Nechako Riverfront Park", 12 Mar. 1973.
- New Caledonia Institute of Environmental Studies, "Proposal for Cottonwood Island as a Park Reserve", Summer 1973.
- "Cottonwood Island Study", [before 1975] (photocopy).
- Mary Fallis, "Letter to the Editor of The Citizen", 5 Mar. 1976 (photocopy).
- City of Prince George Planning Department, "Ownership, Legal and Assessment Data - Private and School District Properties within the Proposed Replot Area [Island Cache]", 11 Oct. 1978.
- "Assessed Values for City and Crown Lands within the Proposed Replot Area North of First Ave" (handwritten table), 16 Oct. 1978.
File consists of maps and plans depicting the Cottonwood Island area in Prince George. Includes:
- "Plan of Subdivision pursuant to the replotting provisions of the Municipal Act of Parcel A of Plan 25046, of District Lots 343, 662, 1511, 4736, and 7813, Cariboo District" by McWilliam, Whyte, Goble & Associates B.C. Land Surveyors for the City of Prince George, 26 July 1979 (reproduction on 2 sheets)
- "Cottonwood Island" original draft map with annotations by Kent Sedgwick; the map may have been created by Sedgwick during his time as Senior City Planner with the City of Prince George [197-?]
- "Prince George B.C., Fraser Subdivision, Mile 146.05" plan for Canadian National Railways by Lockwood Survey Corporation Ltd., 1967. This very large technical drawing shows CN leases and private property buildings on Island Cache in detail.
- McWilliam-Whyte-Goble & Associates, B.C. Land Surveyors, "Plan Showing Sections in Proposed Lakeland Mill Site", July 1978 (original reproduction).
- Carroll, Hatch & Associates, "Lakeland Mills (1973) Ltd., Prince George, B.C., Stud Mill Studies, Site Plan", 31 July 1978 (original reproduction).
File consists of records created and collected by Kent Sedgwick regarding the removal of Island Cache residents after the 1972 flood and suggestions for creation of park on Cottonwood Island. The majority of the file consists of reproduced City of Prince George records. Includes memoranda to and from the mayor, city manager, and aldermen; meeting minutes of the Flood Committee; city reports on Cottonwood Island and the flooding situation; a listing of Cottonwood Island properties offered for sale to the municipality; a report entitled "Cottonwood Island - A report on desirable land use" (Nov. 1970); a "Proposal for Cottonwood Island as a Park Reserve" (1973); a document from the Cottonwood Island Study Committee; correspondence from Mary Fallis; and a City of Prince George memorandum regarding a Public Hearing.
Item is an original orthophoto depicting Cranbrook hill's greenway and multi-use trail and was published by the Indistrial Forestry Service Ltd.
File consists of notes relating to the Cranbrook Mills Elementary School. Also includes photographs depicting the old Cranbrook Mills School (2005).
File consists of clippings, notes, and reproductions relating to the Crescents neighbourhood of Prince George. Includes: "Heritage inventory Crescents" inside a duotang (1990); "For Vanc - Carney St. study" typescript document (1990); "RE: Rezoning" typescript letter to Mr. LaChance from the City of Prince George (23 Jan. 1980); and "School Board Administrative Building" typescript document (2 Feb. 1976).
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to recreation in the Crooked River area, including Crooked River Provincial Park. Includes: "Mackenzie Community Arts Council" postcard from the Mackenzie Community Arts Council (2001).
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Kent Sedgwick's book chapter "Crossing the Divide Northern Approaches to New Caledonia" from the book "Simon Fraser's New Caledonia: A Geography of Northern B.C". published by the College of New Caledonia. Includes: typescript letter correspondence between Kent Sedgwick and J. Alistair McVey (Sept. 1992); "RE: Book on the Geography of Northern B.C" typescript letter from Jim Windsor to Kent Sedgwick (June 2002); and "BC Studies" typed letter from Cole Harris to Kent Sedgwick (24 Jan. 2001).
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Kent Sedgwick's article, "Crossing the Divide: Northern Approaches to New Caledonia", which was published in vol. 12 of the Western Geography journal in 2002.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to dairying and dairy farming in Prince George. Includes material on Harry Moffat; cattle in Mud River; Mr. Hewlett and Centralia Dairy (established in 1923); Interior Creamery, located at the corner of Brunswick and First Avenue; and pasteurization.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to David Thompson, surveyor, cartographer, and fur trader with the Hudson's Bay Company and North West Company.
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Dominion Land Survey system. File primarily consists of photocopies of original township layout systems between 1881 and 1917 and printed secondary sources on the standardization of the Dominon Land Survey system in British Columbia and Alberta.
File consists of mounted and clipped together panoramic photographs of downtown Prince George.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Duchess Park Secondary School. Prince George Junior High changed its name in 1958 to Duchess Park Junior High School when Connaught Junior High School opened. The school was named after the existing city park where it was located. The first building used as Duchess Park Junior High School was the old Prince George High School located at 9th and Winnipeg. This was across the school grounds from the new Prince George Senior Secondary School, which was built on Ross Crescent in 1956.
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Duke of Sutherland. Also includes photographs depicting the area of White's Landing in Strathnaver (2010).
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the 4th Duke of Sutherland in the Cowichan Valley. Also includes photographs depicting the Cowichan Valley (Mar. 2007).
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to mentions of the Duke of Sutherland in newspapers in British Columbia. File primarily consists of Kent Sedgwick's handwritten notes regarding mentions of the Duke of Sutherland in newspapers and printed articles from newspapers mentioning the Duke of Sutherland.
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the 4th Duke of Sutherland in Windermere, BC. Also includes photographs depicting Windermere [2005?].
File consists of notes and clippings relating to Dunster Elementary School.
File consists notes and reproductions relating to the Dunster station and Mcbride station. Includes: "Re: Dunster Station - Grants, etc". typescript letter from Derek Trimmer, Heritage Advisory Committee, to Karen Craigue, Dunster Community Association (21 Apr. 1988) and "Proposal for the Acquisition, Restoration and use of the Dunster C.N.R. Station" typescript document prepared by Heritage Committee of Dunster Community Association (Feb. 1986). Also includes a photograph depicting the Dunster station (1980?).
Item is a photocopied plan depicting the Eagle Lake Sawmills Ltd. in Giscome, British Columbia with the plan of the sawmill and adjacent buildings, published by Transit Survey by L.C. Gunn and P.J. Klotz.
Item is a photocopied 1925 fire insurance plan depicting the Eagle Lake Spruce Mills Ltd. in Giscome, British Columbia published by the British Columbia Fire Underwriters Association.
File consists of notes and typescript documents relating to early buildings in Prince George. Includes: "Bev C". typescript document, handwritten notes from Bev Christensen to Kent Sedgwick, and a "Location of Early Buildings" typescript document.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to early postal service in Prince George. Includes various clipped articles from the Prince George Citizen newspaper.
Item is an original map depicting east central British Columbia published by the Technical Supper Section Surveys and Resource Mapping Branch Ministry of Lands and Parks in Victoria, British Columbia.