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Pine Pass
2012.13.1.91.31 · Item · Nov. 1978
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts an unidentified individual standing near a drop-off in the Pine Pass between Alberta and British Columbia. The sign behind the individual reads: "Pine Pass - 2,868 FT. Here the great barrier of the Rock Mountains is breached by the lowest highway pass. Once the remote route of the trapper, it now links the commerce of the north and markets of the south. The John Hart Highway was completed in 1952 and followed by the P.G.E. in 1958. Gas and oil lines also take advantage of this convenient natural feature."

Pine Pass?
2012.13.1.73.03 · Item · Aug. 1979
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a view of what is possibly the Pine Pass located near the Murray Ridge.

2009.7.1.150 · Item · [ca. 1878 - ca. 1915]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Photograph features a steep cliff across water, rocky shore in foreground.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Up the 'Big Creek' at Kincolith B.C. Rock face called 'the place of echoes' by the Indian people."

Plan of Port Essington
2002.5.2 · Item · 28 September 1926
Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

Plan of Port Essington consists of an architectural plan for the townsite of Port Essington compiled from plans in Land Registry and described as Composite Plan 537 (originally deposited October 17th 1893). Depicts Skeena River, Hocsal River, individual lots and streets, the B.C. Fishing and Packing Co. Ltd., a graveyard, and the Anglo British Columbia Packing Co.

Plane on Summit Lake, BC
2005.3.37 · Item · [ca. 1945]
Part of John Hart Highway Photograph Collection

Handwritten caption above this photo reads: "Plane on Sumit Lake." Logs can be seen floating on water in foreground, as well as trees on opposite shore in background. The seaplane has the letters "CF-ATF" on its side.

Plane on Summit Lake, BC
2005.3.36 · Item · [ca. 1945]
Part of John Hart Highway Photograph Collection

Handwritten caption above this photo reads: "Plane on Sumit Lake." Logs can be seen floating on water in foreground, as well as trees on opposite shore in background. The seaplane has the letters "CF-ATF" on its side.

Poling a canoe
2009.7.1.165 · Item · [ca. 1910]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Three Indigenous men stand in a canoe poling their craft along a shoreline while one man sits and steers. An unidentified village is visible along the opposite shore.

2002.5.1 · Item · 15 November 1984
Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

"Port Essington: A Town Remembered" consists of copies of 4 black & white photographs of Port Essington, taken in October 1984 by Nancy Robertson, and published on page 13 of the 15 November 1984 edition of The Daily News, Prince Rupert's newspaper. The page caption reads as follows : "Port Essington : a town remembered - These photos are from an aging Port Essington taken in the fall month of October by photographer Nancy Robertson. Once a thriving community, Port Essington stands derelict at a Skeena estuary with only occasional visitors."

Portal Lake
2012.13.1.85.36 · Item · Aug. 1979
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts Portal Lake, located near the Yellowhead Pass on the British Columbia-Alberta border, west of Jasper, A.B.

Portal Lake - Lily Pads
2012.13.1.85.38 · Item · Aug. 1978
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts numerous lily pads on the surface of Portal Lake, located near the Yellowhead Pass on the British Columbia-Alberta border, west of Jasper, A.B.

Powerline
2012.13.1.3.037 · Item · Nov. 1977
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts power lines east of the pulp mills in Prince George, B.C.

2008.2.1.08 · Item · 15 February 1923
Part of Northern BC Cartographic Collection

Colour-coded map depicting lands surveyed as alienated, reserved, Statutory Timber Lands, B.C. Land Settlement Board Area, or open for pre-emption. Depicts land districts, land recording divisions, communities, game reserves, bodies of water, transport routes, and communication lines.