File consists of collected research materials for Audrey Smedley-L'Heureux's book draft for "From Trail to Rail", as well as reproductions of articles and maps. Materials include chapters of "Trail to Rail, Surveys and Gold 1862-1904 Fort George, Fort St. James, Fort Fraser", reproductions of journal articles, photographs, and correspondence. Highlights include:
- Photograph reproduction, "A Hudson's Bay Steamer Engaged in The Skeena River Traffic at Hazelton", [192-?]
- Photograph reproduction, "Fort George, Fraser River", [192-?]
- Photograph reproduction, "Approaching the Main Range of The Rocky Mountains", [191-?]
- Photograph reproduction, "In the Swamp Near Jasper Lake", [191-?]
- Photograph reproduction, "Quaint Cantilever Bridge of Timber, built by the Indians across the gorge of the Bulkley River near Hazelton", [191-?]
- Photograph reproduction, "A Shack Among the Trees on the Skeena River", [191-?]
- Photograph reproduction, "The Most Majestic of Canadian Mountains", [191-?]
- Photograph reproduction, "Telkwa", [191-?]
- Photograph reproduction, "A Settler's Cabin Near Tsinkut Lake, in the Nechaco [Nechako] Valley", [189?]
- Photograph reproduction, "How One Has To Travel Up the Fraser River", [191-?]
- Photograph reproduction, "The Eternal Quest", [191-?]
- Photograph reproduction, "Mr. J. W. Millan's Ranch At Stoney Creek", [191-?]