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File consists of material relating to Louis Adelbert LeBourdais (June 26, 1888 - September 27, 1947) was a telegraph operator, life insurance agent and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1937 to 1947 as a Liberal. LeBourdais had mining interests in the Barkerville area. He was also an amateur historian. From 1941 to 1948, he was a member of a Liberal-Conservative coalition in the provincial assembly. LeBourdais died in office in 1947. Materials include reproductions of articles, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

This photographic reproduction from the BC Provincial Archives depicts six men and one dog sitting on machinery belonging to the SS Enterprise at Tremblay Lake near Fort St. James on June 7th, 1913.

File consists of maps and pamphlets for British Columbia historic trails, waterways, historic towns, and geological features. Materials include newspaper clippings, placemats, pamphlets, and maps. Highlights include:

• Parks Canada, "Fort Langley National Historic Park British Columbia", [198-?] (pamphlet)
• North Pacific Cannery Village & Museum, "Discover British Columbia's Oldest Surviving Salmon Cannery Only 20 minutes from Prince Rupert", [198-?] (pamphlet)
• Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing, "Barkerville Provincial Historic Park", 1986 (pamphlet)
• Map, "Yellowhead Highway 16 West Gateway to Alaska", [197-?]
• Columbia River Projects, "Mica Dam", [197-?] (pamphlet)
• Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing, "Crooked River Provincial Park", 1980 (pamphlet)
• Parks Canada, "Fort St. James National Historic Park", 1981 (pamphlet)
• "Centennial Map of Canadian History and Achievements 1867-1967"
• B.C. Hydro, "W.A.C Bennett Dam Peace River", 1971 (pamphlet)
• Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing, "Tweedsmuir Provincial Park (south)', 1984 (pamphlet)
• McKenzies M7 Trails West, "Explore the Canadian Rockies", [198-?] (pamphlet)
• Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, "Coastal Systems", 1968 (map)

The map depicts mineral deposits in Northern British Columbia.

The map depicts where minerals can be found and also includes railways, highways, and roadways for easy access to desired minerals.

File consists of collected research materials regarding mines in British Columbia. Materials consist of a book review on "Rough Road to the North", compiled information written by Audrey L'Heureux on Thibert Creek mining, and reproductions of journal articles.

This photographic reproduction from the BC Provincial Archives is captioned: "#38210 - Mule train at Hazelton, B.C."

This item is the Vol. 2 No. 2 February 1985 issue of the Fraser Fort George Museum Society newsletter titled Museum Mirror. This issue includes a feature on the early days of settlement in British Columbia and an article on Billy and Granny Seymour.

File consists of material relating to New Caledonia. Materials include a reproduced project report, a booklet, and a placemat. Highlights include:

• Rod Fowler, "The New Caledonia Mission, An Historical Sketch of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in North Central British Columbia", 1975 (reproduced report)
• Heritage Society of British Columbia, "New Caledonia, The Frontier Yesterday and Today", 1985 (reproduced booklet)

File consists of research for "Northern BC in Retrospect" written by Audrey L'Heureux. Materials include correspondence, a magazine, a rough draft, newspaper clippings, and a pamphlet.

• Audrey L'Heureux, "Northern B.C. in Retrospect", Vol. 1, 1979 (book)
• Information Canada, "The Mackenzie Canada's Largest River Basin Looks to the Future", 1974 (pamphlet)

File consists of collected poetry and song relating to northern British Columbia.

The publication is for the 75th anniversary of Northern Hardware & Furniture Company in the Prince George area. The newsletter was published by Northern Hardware in 1994.

This photographic reproduction from the BC Provincial Archives is captioned: "#66313 - Northern Hotel at South Fort George. Note the water on the street. (possibly around 1913)."

File consists of collected research materials regarding Olive Fredrickson who was an author known for her novel "The Silence of the North". Materials include correspondence between Fredrickson and L'Heureux, a photograph, newspaper clippings, postcards, and reproductions of articles. Photograph depicts Olive Fredrickson in Prince George in the fall of 1977.

Photograph depicts Olive Fredrickson in Prince George in the fall of 1977.

File consists of research material relating to the Omineca Gold Rush which was a gold rush in British Columbia in the Omineca region of the Northern Interior of the province. Gold was first discovered there in 1861, but the rush didn't begin until late in 1869 with the discovery at Vital Creek. There were several routes to the goldfields: two were from Fort St. James, one of which was a water route through the Stuart and Tachie Rivers to Trembleur Lake to Takla Lake and the other was overland, called the Baldy Mountain route. A third route came in overland from Hazelton on the Skeena River and a fourth route used the Fraser River and crossed over the Giscome Portage to Summit Lake, through McLeod Lake, and up the Finlay River to the Omineca River. Materials include one large photograph from the BC Provincial Archives of Machanry of the SS Enterprise at Tremblay Lake in June 7th, 1913. Other materials include newspaper clippings and two photographic negatives of the machinery of the SS Enterprise.

File consists of material relating to placenames in British Columbia, specifically places in the Central Interior. Materials include newspaper clippings and correspondence.

File consists of material relating to the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company. Chartered as a private company in 1912 as the Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE), the company was acquired by the BC provincial government in 1918. In 1972 it was renamed as the British Columbia Railway and in 1984 it took on its present name of BC Rail. Materials include newspaper clippings, a report, correspondence, maps, a brief, reproductions of articles, a booklet, and a proposal. Highlights include:

• Hi-Ballers Railroad Club, "The Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company", Vol. 3 No. 1 1960 (reproduction from magazine)
• Province of British Columbia Department of Railways, "Pacific Great Eastern Railway also Proposed Extensions and Potential Resources of Central Interior and Northern British Columbia, 1949" (reproduction)
• Province of British Columbia, "Royal Commission on British Columbia Railway, Interim Report on the Future of the Fort Nelson Extension", 1977 (booklet)
• Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources, "Mineral Deposit-Land use Map - Figure 1", 1977 (map)
• Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources, "Mineral Deposit-Land use Map - Figure 2", 1977 (map)
• Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources, "Mineral Deposit-Land use Map - Figure 4", 1977 (map)
• Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources, "A Brief Submitted to the Royal Commission on the British Columbia Railway", 1977 (booklet)

This photographic reproduction from the BC Provincial Archives is captioned: "#59852 - Passengers, first class, open air express ride now pay later - maybe. In front of Siems-Carey (sub-contractors) office). Mile 53, BC. - c. 1913." Mile 53 was located west of Tete Jaune Cache, BC.

This photographic reproduction from the BC Provincial Archives is captioned: "Passing through the Fort George Canyon- possibly the S.S. BX [steamboat, sternwheeler]".

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.

File consists of material relating to the Peace River. Materials include a newspaper, magazines, a booklet, pamphlet, and reproductions of correspondence. Highlights include:

• Community West, "Dawson Creek the place to live", Vol 2. No. 7 1980 (magazine)
• Grande Prairie Chamber of Commerce, "Welcome to Grande Prairie, A Visitors Guide", [197-?] (booklet)
• District of Chetwynd, "Chetwynd Resource Centre of B.C.", 1982 (booklet)
• B.C. Hydro, "W.A.C. Bennett Dam Peace River", [197-?] (pamphlet)

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter A, including: Jim Adams, Joseph Manson Adams, Muriel Adams Rosenblatt, Richard Adkins, Dr. Terry Agnew, Dr. Agnew, Neil Brearley, Bob Algar, Henry Robert Anderson, Eva Allen, Helen Anderson, Charles John Anderson, and Tommy Hershel Armstrong.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter B, including: Herb Badey, Georgina Ball, Balmain, Joe Banyay, Marius Barbeau, Billy Barker, Fred Barr, Charlie Barret, Violet Baxter, Alfred Bayne, Joseph Beaudoin, Lulu Beaver, Sir Matthew Begbie, Alexander Begg, George Beirnes, Bill Bellos, Arthur and William Bellos, Irving Bell, Clarence Benson, Clear and John Berg, Edwin Berry, Pierre Berton, Leo and Juliette Bilodeau, Samuel Black, Edgar Blackwell, Guy Blanchet, Elinar Blix, Nan Bourgon, Gordon Bowes, Marc Boyer, Albert Bradley, Jim Briggs, Hugh Brody, Mardy Brown, and Eric Burr.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter C, including: Robert Cunningham, Henry J. Cambie, Nick Cachia, Guy Chipman Canning, Les Capewell, Emily Carr, Sperry Cline, Jack Clotworthy, Elizabeth Cloarec, Bill Olive Collison, William Cooke, Dick Corless, Mary Corless, Les Cox, Author Mike Crammond, Paddy Cram, Donald Creighton, and Thomas Crosby.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter D, including: Carl Davidson, Arnold Jean Davis, Foot Davis, Chiyo Deguchi, Walter Derrick, Martin Dettweiler, H.W. Detwiller, Capt. Doderich, Claude Dohler, Hunt Marion Doig, Chief Dornbierer, Capt. Douglas, David Douglas, William Duff, Wilson Duff, William Red Duncan, William Duncan, Bill Dungate, and Julie Durban.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter E, including: Vina Eby, Johnathon Edgar, Alfred N. Edmonds, Bill E.B. Edwards, Berger Eichen, Frieda Eichler, Gwen Ellis, Albert J. Elliott, Gwen Ellis, Lincoln Ellsworth, Vic Engstrom, Nick Eugenio, Gerry Evans, and Ruth Everson.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter F, including: Johan Bakke Fulse, Mike Fry, Mary Fridlington, Frame Duncan, Muriel Fowler, Jack Fossum, Mae Flynn, and Lawrence Ralph Flynn.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter G, including: John Galloway, Hamlin Garland, Mary George, Elsie Gerdes, George and Fran Gibbins, Adam Scott Gillespie, George Gilmour, Alec Goheen, Hubert Goheen, Clarence and Winnie Goodacre, Roger Goodlad, Fred Gordon, James Gowans, May Graham, Grant George, Nigel Green, James Green, Luther Collins Gunn, and Ruby Gyger.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter H, including: Harry Hagman, Brown Haig, Lynn Hancock, John Bishop Hannen, Ernest Hann, Addie and Ernie Hann, John Canon Hannen, Thomas Hankin, Bob Harlow, Eliff Harrison, Donald Graham Harvie, Lester Hawkes, Ernest Heal, Harmon Helmericks, Della Herman, Jessie Hewlett, Yvonne Hibder, Clarence Hickey, Clarence Higenbotham, Herd Hill, Sarah Hindle, Ann and George Holdways, Christine Holland, Arthur Richard Holzworth, Jack Hotell, James Houston, Ivor Howells, Peter and Ellen Huber, Norman Hueston, Tony Hunt, Ivy Hunter, and Bruce Hutchison.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter I, including: T.A.K Irwin, Harold Adams Innis, and Guy Ilstad.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter J, including: Alfred Joseph, Dan Jones, Jimmy Joseph, Joseph Jollymore, Lukin Johnston, Chester Jeffery, and Captain Jackman.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter K, including: Henry John Keefe, Jack Kendrick, Alma Kerr, Archie Kerr, Carol Kerr, Vera Kerr, Jean Kilpatrick, Eileen Kimball, Marion and Don Knoerr, Anne Konst, Bonne Koopmans, Hilda and Barney Kruisselbrinks, Barney Kruisselbrink, and Maria Kryklwyj.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter L, including: Sarah Lacroix, Duke Lavington, Douglas Lay, Bea Leach, Louis LeBourdais, Frances Lee, Peter Leech, Jack Lestin, Bob Letchford, Gwyneth Lindsay, John Little, Alex Charlie Long, Sheldon Luck, and Roy Lyons.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter M, including: Ben Muma, Vic Morgan, Martha Morgan, Mazie Armitage Moore, Dorothy Moore, Joanne Monaghan, Walter Moberly, Alfred A. Milne, Olive Miller, Beryl Miller, Joe Mettler, Anna Maria Mellace, Adrien and Jo Meeuwissen, Mildred M. Matheson, Jacob Martens, and Ruth Marko.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter Mc, including: Bill and Alice McFadyen, Murray McDonald, R.G. McDougall, Frank McGibley, Carmon McGomery, Norm McGinnis, John McInnis, J.G. McGregor, Bruce Alistair McKelvie, John and Denise McLean, Nellie McClung, and Ian Cowan McTaggart.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter N, including: E.J. Norman, John Nilson, Frank Neurauter, John Neilsen, and Harold Neave.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter O, including: William Ogilvie, Ken and Sadie Olson, Wiggs O'Neil, Imbert Orchard, Annie Ormandy, and Ted Owen.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter P, including: Thor Paulsen, Frank and Adele Paquette, Louie and Flora Perrin, Margret and Milles Perry, Duncan Pitman, and Clarence and Laura Pollard.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter Q, including Bill and Bea Quadros.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter R, including: Jane Bertha Ranahan, Bertha Ranahan, Wharton Redman, Merle Redding, Harper Reed, Ernst Reimann, Bill Robertson, Sammy Robinson, Winnie Robinson, Hans Roine, Leo Rossi, and Bert Russell.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter S, including: Sage Noble Walter, Polly Sargent, John Sargent, Arthur Sampson, Sater Synove, Louis Schibli, Sam Service, Granny Seymour, Dave Shaw, Arthur Shelford, George Simpson, Alexander Sinclair, Marcus Smith, Andy Spisak, John Stephens, Monica Storrs, Jessie Sugden, and Twain Sullivan.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter T, including: Harry Thacker, Connie Tiljoe, Stephen Tingley, Philip and Emily Tompkins, George and Mary Tomlinson, Mack Toodick, George Toombs, Charles Trowse, Kenneth and Phillip Trombley, Joe Trulson, and Pat Turkki.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter U, including Bill and Mary Umphreville.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter V, including: Elizabeth Anderson Varley, Jim Somer Van, Rhyn B. J. Van, William Cornelius Van Horne, and Vaart Ralph Vander.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter W, including: Olga Walker, Bill Wallace, Milt Warren, Jim Watson, Paul Watson, Hilary Wearne, Norm Weseen, Fred Wells, Moses Wesley, William Anthony Augustine West, Willis West, Wiley Wilford, Jimmie Williams, Ray Williston, Earl and Alice Willsie, Art Wilson, Jack Wilson, Peter Wilson, James Shaver Woodsworth, Kate Helen Woods, James William Woods, Steven Wong, Bill Woycik, William W. Wrathall, Bob R.J. Wylie, Keith Yorston, Bill and Eleanor Zelisney, Martha Zlot, and Wally and Alice Zubrecki.

Series consists of records relating to the personal life of author and journalist Audrey Smedley L'Heureux. Includes a commemoratory home video DVD production that recognizes Audrey L’Heureux on her 80th birthday as a valued member of her family and as an accomplished community figure. This series also includes a photograph of Audrey L'Heureux in the 1970s.

File consists of material relating to the use of pesticides in Canada. Materials include newspaper clippings, and a magazine. Highlights include:

• Ministry of Forests, "ForesTalk", Vol.6 No. 3 1982 (magazine)

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)

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)