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Grade in Cloverdale
2013.6.36.1.060.05 · Item · Jan. 1970
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

Grading at Fort Fraser
2004.5.1.10 · Item · ca. 1914
Part of Fort Fraser historical photograph collection

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

Grading at Fort Fraser
2004.5.1.16 · Item · ca. 1914
Part of Fort Fraser historical photograph collection

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

Graduation class
2000.13.1.99 · Item · [194-].
Part of Ray Williston fonds

Item is a photograph of Mr. Williston with students in formal attire at what appears to be a graduation dance.

Grain Elevator and Dock
2012.13.1.77.35 · Item · 1980
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

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.

Grain elevator at Wynndel
2013.6.36.1.028.05 · Item · Aug. 1983
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

Grand Canyon, Fraser River
2009.5.3.103 · Item · [ca. 1910]
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

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."

2013.6.36.1.002.043 · Item · [July 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

Grand Forks CPR depot
2013.6.36.1.028.04 · Item · Aug. 1983
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

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.

2000.13.1.42 · Item · 1969.
Part of Ray Williston fonds

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.

Grand Trunk Pacific
2000.23.1.053 · File · 1968-1985
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

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
2012.13.2.14.13 · File · 1992-1996
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

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.

2009.5.1.75 · Item · 14 June 1911
Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

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.

2012.13.2.15.18 · File · 1984, 2001
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

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.

Grand Trunk Pacific stations
2012.13.2.15.20 · File · 1990-2010
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

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.