Series consists of print photographs created or collected by Gary Runka over the course of his personal and professional life. Includes school portraits, sporting event photographs, and work-related group portraits. Also includes aerial photographs of the West Coast Trail.
Subseries contains material collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research on various areas in British Columbia and Alberta. Includes written notes by Kent Sedgwick, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings relating to towns and settlements. These areas include Quesnel, Likely, the Yukon Telegraph Trail, Barkerville, Wells, the Cariboo region, Fort Alexandria, Soda Creek, the Chilcotin region, Jasper, the Rocky Mountains, Mackenzie, Tumbler Ridge, the Peace River region, Fort St. James, the Omineca region, Kitimat, Lethbridge, the Bulkley Valley, and Fort Mcleod. These files cover a variety of topics including Chinese people in British Columbia, land settlement, tourism, and historic information on the regions.
Subseries consists of material collected by Kent Sedgwick for research regarding the communities along the East Line of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in Central British Columbia, particularly between Prince George and McBride. These communities and locations include, among others, Shelley, Willow River, Sinclair Mills, Longworth, Dunster, Tete Jaune, Valemount, Mount Robson, and the Yellowhead Pass. Research on these communities was conducted during Kent Sedgwick's involvement in the UNBC-led Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project. The files primarily consist of research notes, audio and transcripts of oral interviews, and photographs of the East Line communities.
Subseries consists of material collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research regarding parks and outdoor recreation in Prince George. Material on parks includes Fort George Park (renamed to Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park in 2015); Cottonwood Island Park; Connaught Hill; Moore's Meadow; L.C. Gunn Park; the Nechako Cutbanks; Paddlewheel Park; Monkman Provincial Park; Fraser Canyon Park; and Carp Lake. Also includes information on the creation of plaques and monuments, including the Alexander Mackenzie monument; the “Arrival of Steel” CN railway plaque; heritage interpretative signs for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway; the Millar addition; and flooding and rivers. The files consists of various pamphlets and correspondence regarding the development of parks and the creation of interpretive materials.
Subseries consists of materials collected by Kent Sedgwick for research on the geography and natural resources in Prince George and its region. Includes material on the natural resource industry, including the opening of the McArthur Sawmill, the W. Lamb and Sons Lumber Sawmill, and mining; photocopied aerial photographs of Prince George; the climate, temperatures, and flooding; and the geographical features of Prince George.
File consists of photographs separated from other boxes and subseries depicting downtown Prince George, historic Prince George, the North Thompson region, Fort St. James historic site, Brooks, Alberta, Sinclair Mills, and Soda Creek.
File contains slides depicting scenery at various locations.
File contains slides depicting the opening of the Cottonwood Park section of the Heritage River Trails in Prince George, B.C.
File contains slides depicting vegetation and a few maps.
File contains slides depicting recreational activities on Tabor Mountain in Prince George, B.C.
File contains slides depicting different types of soil.
File contains slides depicting numerous recreational locations from various places in Canada.
File contains slides depicting physical landscape features at various locations, most are from outside Northern B.C.
File contains slides depicting landforms at various locations.
File contains slides depicting maps for land use in Prince George.
File contains slides depicting logging and equipment. Most appear to be locations around Prince George.
File contains slides depicting various types of instruments at various locations, including Willow River.
File contains slides depicting items and photographs in a museum.
File contains slides depicting geomorhp diagrams.
File contains slides depicting closeups of flowers at unknown locations.
File contains slides depicting maps of Canada's former boundaries.
File contains slides depicting birds and wildlife at unknown locations.
File contains slides depicting views of numerous B.C. Mountains.
File contains slides depicting maps from the B.C. Atlas.
File contains slides depicting various places located across Canada.
File contains slides depicting places in and around Yellowstone and the Snake Plain in the USA.
File contains slides depicting various places in the USA.
File contains slides depicting places in Wyoming, USA.
File contains slides depicting places along Route 80 in the USA.
File contains slides depicting places in Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana, USA.
File contains slides depicting Premier Mine in Hyder, Alaska.
File contains slides depicting the Columbia River in Interior Washington, USA.
File contains slides depicting a caving group in various places in West Virgina, USA.
File contains slides depicting places in California, USA.
File contains slides depicting locations along the White Pass railway through Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon Territories.
File contains slides depicting the Writing on Stone Provincial Park in Alberta.
File contains slides depicting places around and between Skagway, on the Alaska border, Atlin and Miles Canyon.
File contains slides depicting places in Saskatchewan.
File contains slides depicting the Kootenay Plains and surrounding areas in Alberta.
File contains slides depicting areas in and around the Rockies, Icefield Highway, and Jasper, Alberta.
File contains slides depicting the Ram Glacier.
File contains slides depicting places in or near Pine Pass and along the Peace River.
File contains slides depicting the Peyto Glacier.
File contains slides depicting places along the Peace River.
File contains slides depicting a hike near the Geraldine Lakes.
File contains slides depicting places along the east line of the BC Railway.
File contains slides depicting places along the east line of the BC Railway.
File contains slides depicting places along the east line of the BC Railway. Some are duplicates of the images found in the "East Line, Dome Creek - Lamming Mills - Misc" file.
File contains slides depicting places along the east line of the BC Railway.
File contains slides depicting places in and between McBride and the Yellowhead Pass via the Yellowhead Highway.