Item is a photograph of the grade 8 class at Princeton Junior High School taken in May of 1941 with their teacher Ray Williston.
Photograph depicts a C.P.R. grade crossing warning device at Haney.
Photograph depicts a recently constructed grade that ran parallel to the BC Hydro Railway and led to a new super post. A CPR ballast train is visble on the track. Ownership of the line was vested in the BC government.
Photograph depicts the grade of a former railway between Kaslo and New Denver, just on the east side of the summit at Retallack.
Photograph depicts a grader at the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum
Photograph depicts a grader that was working on removing a sharp bend and widening Galena Bay Road.
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "40. Grading at Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts a steam train engine pushing three cargo cars along a train track. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "11. Grading at Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts railway construction workers loading dirt and rocks from the track being laid, into cargo cars attached to a steam train engine. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation
This photographic reproduction from the BC Provincial Archives is captioned: "#59876 - Grading Prince George railway yards. Marion steam shovel + mules. Late summer 1913." Photograph depicts Foley Welch & Stewart rail cars filled with gravel, a work horse, and a Marion Shovel Model 40 shifting gravel.
Photograph depicts graduates speaking from the podium at the Queen Charlotte Secondary School graduation ceremony in Queen Charlotte City.
Photograph depicts graduates speaking from the podium at the Queen Charlotte Secondary School graduation ceremony in Queen Charlotte City.
Photograph depicts a table of seated graduates by a drum set at the Queen Charlotte Secondary School graduation ceremony in Queen Charlotte City.
Photograph depicts a table of seated graduates at the Queen Charlotte Secondary School graduation ceremony in Queen Charlotte City.
Item is a photograph of Mr. Williston with students in formal attire at what appears to be a graduation dance.
Image depicts a grain elevator in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts a large vessel docked at a grain elevator and two smaller boats at a dock in the foreground somewhere in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Photograph depicts a grain elevator at Prince Rupert, BC. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "elevator at Rupert Oct. 1926".
Photograph depicts the a grain elevator at Wynndel, located at mile 73.8 on the CPR line on the Nelson Subdivision. It is between Creston at mile 67.2 and Kootenay Landing at mile 83.1. Grain elevators are rare in BC and this one belongs to the United Grain Growers. The view is looking east.
File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of a grain elevator in Wynndel, British Columbia.
Photograph depicts grain thresher for barley. It was driven by a case traction engine.
Postcard image of Grand Canyon, Fort George
The item is a photograph depicting the Fraser River going through the Grand Canyon of the Upper Fraser.
Photograph depicts an unidentified person seated on rocks in foreground. River crosses midground, cliffs and trees on opposite shore in background. Unidentified structures believed to be buildings can be seen on opposite shore. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Grand Canyon. fraser R."
File contains slides depicting images of the Fraser Canyon from somewhere around 1975.
River in foreground, trees and cliffs in background.
River in foreground, trees on shore in background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Grand Canyon Fraser R."
River in foreground, trees and rocky shore in background.
Photograph depicts the Grand Central Hotel at the intersection of Marpole Ave and Hudson St. in south Vancouver. The hotel was built in 1912 by J.J. Graver and run from 1913-1915. It re-opened in 1920 as a home for incurables (veterans). In 1937 it became the provincial infirmary and closed in May 1965.
Photograph depicts the Grand Forks CPR depot, located at mile 94.8 on the Boundary Subdivision, which runs from Nelson to Midway (127 miles). It was originally built by the Columbia & Western Railway in 1899. IT has not seen a passenger train in years but it is still in use for administrative purposes.
Item is a photograph of Ray Williston planting a dogwood tree at the Museum’s grand opening on May 17, 1969. Behind Mr. Williston is NDP Leader Robert Strachan standing beside Premier W.A.C. Bennett. On the extreme left is Mr. George Wellbourn who donated all the equipment to the museum.
File consists of collected research materials regarding the Grand Truck Pacific Railway. Materials include brochures, newspaper clippings, a CN supplement, a bibliography, pamphlets, correspondence, photographs, and reproductions of articles. Highlights include:
- Fraser Fort George Museum, "Grand Truck Pacific: The Transcontinental Line", 1983 (exhibit brochure)
- CN Mountain Region Supplement 1 employee time table for June 21, 1978
- CN Headquarters Library, "A Selected Bibliography on Canadian Railways", Special Series No. 25 6th edition, 1968
- Greater Victoria Public Library, "Railroads & Railroading in Canada: A selected booklist", 1988 (pamphlet)
- Stephen Ruttan, "Transportation in British Columbia", 1985 (pamphlet)
- Fort George Regional Museum, "Fort George Railway, Prince George B.C.", [198-?] (pamphlet)
- Bulkley Valley Historical and Museum Society, "Smithers Grand Trunk Pacific Freight and Passenger Division Headquarters", 1978 (booklet)
- Prince George Railway Museum, "On Track" newsletter, Vol. 9 No. 6-7 July, 1991 (newsletter)
- Central British Columbia Railroad Preservation and Museum Society, "On Track" newsletter, Vol.3 No.5 1985 (newsletter)
- BC Provincial Archives of British Columbia Aural History Programme, "The Grand Trunk Pacific", Interviewed by Imbert Orchard, People in Landscape Educational Series, 1969 (booklet)
- Reproduction of BC Archives photograph depicting the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway entitled "Camp near Burns Lake", Aug 1912
- Reproduction of BC Archives photograph depicting the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway entitled "G.T.P. Steel bridge across the Shuswap River, Mile 79, 12 miles east of McBride", [191-?]
- Reproduction of BC Archives photograph depicting the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway entitled "Prairie Creek Bridge nearly completed, 5 miles west of Hilton", [191-?]
- Reproduction of BC Archives photograph depicting the "McKenzie & Blais store", [191-?]
- Reproduction of BC Archives photograph depicting the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway entitled "Linking up of Steel on G.T.P. Transcontinental, Fort Fraser", 1914
Image depicts the Fraser River and the Grand Trunk Pacific Bridge from Cottonwood Island Park.
The item is a photograph depicting the plaque containing information on the history and significance of the Grand Trunk Pacific bridge.
Photograph depicts a Grand Trunk Pacific flatbed train car carrying logs. One man is standing on top of the logs, while four more pose in front of the car on the tracks. Water tower visible in background.
Photograph depicts Grand Trunk Pacific locomotive 624 and equipment at a railyard.
Consists of a set of original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.
This reproduction of a BC Provincial Archives photograph is captioned: "Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Bridge construction (falsework) crossing Fraser River from East entering Prince George."
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to a heritage interpretative sign for the Grand Trunk Pacific Bridge in Prince George. Includes: "Grand Trunk Bridge" typed document by Kent Sedgwick (2 Feb. 1996). File also includes a photograph depicting a heritage trail sign for the Grand Trunk Bridge that describes its history and significance.
This reproduction of a BC Provincial Archives photograph is captioned: "Construction Days - GTP Railway."
Photograph depicts what appears to be two trains and a long building on high level of river bank. Fraser river in foreground, forest trees on shore in background.
Photograph depicts a train and long building on high level of river bank. Fraser river in foreground, forest trees on shore in background.
Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.
Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.
Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "G.T.P. 1st Passenger Train From Prince Rupert. Mile 45. June. 14th 1911. Copyright. F. Button. PHOTO. Pr. Rupert. No. 240." Photograph depicts three men (two sitting on chairs) on caboose of train. Power poles run parallel to tracks, which curve to the right of the image. Train tracks in foreground, forest and mountain in background.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway survey and construction. Includes: "70 years of Rail!" special edition of the Prince George Citizen newspaper (27 Jan. 1984). Includes photographs depicting the Prince George roundhouse in its original location and various trains surrounding it.
Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.
This photographic reproduction from the BC Provincial Archives is captioned: "#68319 - G.T.P. Track Layer Laying Steel from Kitselas to Hazelton."
Photograph depicts construction of a Grand Trunk Pacific Railway trestle by Bostrom & Green Contractors near Fort Fraser, BC.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Grand Trunk Pacific Railway stations. Includes 2001 and 2009 photographs depicting various Grand Trunk Pacific stations and areas along the railway.