File includes six aggregations of photographs which have been assembled in this file in order to maintain the integrity of each group by keeping the photos arranged together, though each group features operations pertaining to multiple files in this subseries. Includes groups featuring photos from 1961, 1965 1971, a helicopter trip, a community album, and a workplace album. Photographs depict images pertaining to the following operations at Cassiar, B.C.: mining, milling, maintenance, labratory tests, and tramline and town operations. Images featuring operations of the company town include the grocery store, bank, churches, school, library, lounge, pool, theater, community center, outdoor recreation, hospital, dentist, cafeteria, bus route, residences, air strip, firehall, laundromat, park, police, and newspaper.
Photographs depict construction of the new mill, each taken from approximately the same distance and featuring two different angles of the building. Construction work progresses from framework to sheeting and siding. Vehicles, piles of building supplies, and a construction trailer are often in foreground, mountains in background. It is believed that these photographs were taken during a labour dispute. Each photo has been annotated on recto with the date and time of day, and some document the number of workers on site. Annotations include: "2 days work", "work gets less & less", "not much for 4 men", "very little done - less than usual low performance", "0° - 20° weather must have thickened their blood".
Photographs depict different construction projects at separate locations in Cassiar. Photographs were originally housed in envelopes with the following annotations: "POLICE STATION. July 15, 1977."; "Aggregates and Concrete (PERMASTEEL)"; "Fibre Storage and Handling"; "Powerhouse Expansion"; "Sewage Collection Plant."; "Sewage Treatment Plant"; "Single Person Accommodations - Site Work."; "Outside Work - Camp Nos. 1,2,3." Photos generally feature the work sites, supplies, vehicles, machinery, and work in progress at each location.
Additional photographs integrated into file include maintenance project on lining of tubes, lining of aspiration hood, and lining of willow fiberizer. Also five photographs of maintenance in the townsite to fix in ground piping.
Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd opened a second mine in 1967 at what became the one-industry town of Clinton Creek, Y.T. File contains photographs depicting different areas of operations at Clinton Creek. Locations include the mine, plant, town, tailings pile, main office, the 40 Mile River, and surrounding area. Town photos depict the grocery store, cafeteria, medical clinic, school, auditorium residential area, Connell Street and power house. File also includes aerial photographs and images depicting forest fighting, photographers capturing the tailings pile, asbestos samples, mining machinery, staff offices, and operations in the mill, lab, and garage.
Additional photographs integrated into file depict Clinton Creek's surrounding area, and three slides of a tailing pile explosion believed to be Clinton Creek.
- File contains photographs done to item level description, depicting miscellaneous people and locations at or around Cassiar, B.C. This includes a photograph of renowned prospector William (“Bill”) Storie, Bill Pratt with a fox, a community gathering in a someone's home, and a hockey game.
- Also included but not to item level is a photo of "David Madore" as part of his application to Cassiar, photo of "William Field" a local hire maintenance mechanic, and photos of a RNWMP Post sign (Royal North West Mounted Police) that depicts annotations "Indian grave" , "Miners Cabin" , "Road House" , "Customs House" , "St. James Church" , "Swansons Store" etc., and 15 negatives of various individuals at what appears to be someone's home.
- Also included is cabin at Boya Lake, which used to be named Chain lake, located off the Stewart-Cassiar highway. This land of this cabin may have been involved legal issues , which was related to people at Cassiar.
File consists of newspaper clippings regarding Vanderhoof and its claims of being the geographical centre of the province of British Columbia.
File consists of material relating to the Yukon Telegraph. Materials include newspaper clippings, correspondence, a magazine, pamphlets, a newspaper, and reproductions of articles. Highlights include:
- Beautiful British Columbia Magazine, Vol. 32 No. 2 , 1990
- Ministry of Lands, Parks, and Housing, "Provincial Parks of British Columbia Map", 1980 (pamphlet)
- Telegraph Trail Preservation Society, "Telegraph trail Hiking & Recreational Guide", [198-?] (pamphlet)
- BC Provincial Archives, "Atlin- Quesnel Telegraph Line", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives, "Pack Train Atlin Quesnel Telegraph Line", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives, "Cooking at Teamsters Camp Atlin Quesnel Telegraph Line", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
- Original photographic slides from 1981 depicting Sinkut Lake Ranch and Nulki Lake Resort south of Vanderhoof
File consists of the following materials:
- Letter to Vernon C. Brink from the National Archives of Canada re: Knox McCusker holdings (March 1, 1999)
- Photocopy of article: "Living Landscapes: Exploring the wilds of northeaster BC" by Ross Peck and Brian Apland
- Some materials for an article on Knox McCusker, D.L.S.
- Material about the life of Knox Freeman McCusker
- Letter to Mrs. Rutherford (Oct. 5, 1999) re: access to interview of Knox McCusker by Frank Willis
- Accession information print-out re: interview of Knox McCusker by Frank Willis in 1954
- National Archives of Canada accession information print-out re: Dominion Land Surveyor Diaries, 1881-1930
- Mary Henry / Knox McCusker "Team" (April 19, 1998)
- Letter to Mrs. Rutherford from George Ungar re: background information on Knox McCusker
This bound photo album comprises 122 photographic images featuring the fishing industry, river & landscapes, salmon cannery images (housing, people, workers, boats, machinery) and First Nations Peoples on the Nass & Skeena Rivers and North Pacific Coast. Images also include warships, freighters, automobiles, railway stations and trains, and some photographs of Yokohama, Japan and California ca.1924-25. Includes photographs of the 1924 Special Service Squadron World Cruise in Vancouver. Each photograph is accompanied by a handwritten description glued below or beside the image and each image is glued to the album page at its corners. The verso of front cover has a handwritten name plate:
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to a downtown walking tour conducted by Sedgwick for the British Columbia Historical Federation 2003 conference. Also includes photographs depicting participants of the BC Historical Federation Conference on a downtown walking tour in Prince George (2003).
File consists of notes and reproductions for use by Kent Sedgwick for lectures. Includes: "Annual Meeting Western Division Canadian Association of Geographers" conference program and abstracts (7-8 Mar. 1997).
File consists of notes relating to Kent Sedgwick's guest lecture on historical geography and transportation routes in New Caledonia, including the interior plateau of Central British Columbia. Includes correspondence with James Windsor, the instructor for the course, and Kent Sedgwick's notes for the lecture.
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Kent Sedgwick's guest lecture for UNBC course "GEOG 200 Geography of British Columbia".
File consists of a bound work entitled "Prince George Papers: Based on a field excursion taken in the Summer semester, 1974" that was produced by a Geography 262 course Simon Fraser University taught by professor L.J. Evenden. This work includes the following student papers: "Development and Planning of Prince George 1793-2001" by Jack Pope and Doug Sheffield; "Prince George: Entertainment and recreation" by Frank Chandler; "Parks in Prince George: The attitude of change" by Jane Davidson and Gary Dodd; "Glacial Features in the Prince George Study Area, B.C". by Maynard E.W. Embree; and "City of Prince George, a study of its Parks and Recreation Facilities, 1974" by Peggy Etches. Some of Kent Sedgwick's works were cited by these papers.
Item is a map depicting the revised site plan for the Salmon Valley Ranch created by Trelle Morrow, architect.
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 1949 pre-emptor's map of Fort George, published by the British Columbia Department of Lands.
Item is a photocopied 1930 pre-emptor's map of Fort George, published by the British Columbia Department of Lands.
Item is a photocopied 1915 map depicting the Fort Fraser Division, published by the British Columbia Department of Lands.
Item is an original 1955 map depicting surficial geology of Anahim Lake, British Columbia published by the Geological Survey of Canada.
Item is an original 1969 map depicting Quesnel in British Columbia, published by the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources in Ottawa.
Item is an original 1972 map depicting the Nass River in British Columbia, published by the Department of Lands, Forests and Waster Resources of British Columbia.
Item is an original 1980 map depicting Bonaparte Lake in British Columbia, published by the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources in Ottawa.
Item is an original 1985 map depicting outdoor recreation in the 100 Mile House region of British Columbia, published by the Province of British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Outdoor Recreation Council of British Columbia.
Item is an original 1979 map depicting Taseko Lakes in British Columbia, published by the Province of British Columbia Ministry of Environment.
Item is an original 1966 map depicting Quesnel British Columbia, published by the Department of Lands, Forests and Water Resources in Victoria.
Item is an original 1989 map depicting Bella Coola in British Columbia, published by the Department of Energy Mines and Resources in Ottawa, Canada. The map also includes Kent Sedgwick's travels in the Bella Coola area highlighted in red.
Item is an original 2003 city map depicting Vancouver and the Fraser Valley published by Rand Mc Nally, with annotations in highlighting.
Item is an original map depicting the West Lake harvesting forest and is a partial topographical map. The map includes pen markings.
Item is an original 1987 map depicting Saxton Lake in British Columbia, published by the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources Ottawa, Canada. The map includes pen markings.
Item is an original 1972 map depicting Punchaw Lake in British Columbia, published by the Department of Energy, Mines & Resources in Ottawa. The map includes pen markings.
Item is an original 1961 partial map depicting Giscome, published by the Army Service Establishment, R.C.E. Map includes pen markings.
Item is an original map depicting the West Lake forest.
Item is an original 1986 map depicting Salmon Valley in British Columbia and was published by the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources Ottawa Canada.
Item is an original 1952 map depicting Isle Pierre British Columbia, published by the British Columbia Department of Lands and Forests.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to historical and contemporary natural resource surveys in British Columbia. Includes material on oil discovery, farming conditions, timber stands, the Alaskan Highway, and railway development. File predominantly consists of search results from the University of Northern British Columbia library, College of New Caledonia library, and Prince George Public Library regarding British Columbia's natural resource surveying.
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 notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the South Fort George townsite. Includes "Name change from Glenora Park to Paddlewheel Park" typescript letter from Kent Sedgwick to The Mayor and Council (12 Sept. 1988).
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to a heritage interpretative sign for the Millar Addition in Prince George. Includes: "RE: Millar Addition Sign" letter from the Borealis Creative Productions to Kent Sedgwick (28 June 1995). File also includes photographs depicting Fort George Park, a street view, and houses in the Millar Addition of Prince George (1995).
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Nechako cutbanks in Prince George. Includes: "The Cutbanks" typed document by Kent Sedgwick (1 Feb. 1996). File also includes a photograph depicting heritage river trail signs erected at the cutbanks and describing the significance of the cutbanks in Prince George (1996).
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the Monkman Pass mentioned in newspapers.
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the East Line Section of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in Central British Columbia.
File consists of aerial photographs depicting the Fraser River Big Bend, where the Fraser River changes direction from westbound to southbound at its "Big Bend" near the Huble Homestead Historic Site, 45 km north of Prince George, British Columbia.
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 Tete Jaune.
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 Mount Sir Alexander, a mountain in the Sir Alexander Area of the Continental Ranges of the BC Canadian Rockies.
File consists of clippings related to the Peace River region. Also includes photographs taken by Kent Sedgwick depicting Mackenzie, BC and the Peace River region (2003).
File consists of a typescript essay titled "The Impact of Swiss settlement in the Bulkley Valley" by Allen Curley for a GEOG 205 class.