Street view of Third Avenue in Prince Rupert. Printed annotation on recto reads: "60 Post office 3rd Ave Prince Rupert BC."
File contains postcards portraying life in Prince Rupert, B.C. Images depict harbour scenes, street scenes (Third Avenue, Sixth Street, Central Street, and Mainstreet), airplanes, large ships, fisheries, city aerials, parades, military, a dog sled mail team, and a frozen fishing boat.
Image depicts the Pride O' the North shopping mall in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts the interior of a mall in Prince Rupert, B.C. It is possibly the Pride O' the North shopping mall.
Image depicts the interior of the Pride O' the North shopping mall in Prince Rupert, B.C.
The Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Society Collection consists primarily of textual, photographic, and cartographic records related to the regional developments of the railway industry in Northern BC. A predominant portion of the collection is made up of material from the Canadian National Railway; other railways represented include the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, the British Columbia Railway (BC Rail), the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, the Grand Trunk Railway, the Intercolonial Railway, and the Okanagan Express. Significant geographical areas covered include Prince George, the Peace River Region, Terrace, Bulkley Valley, Hazelton and Prince Rupert.
The forestry industry is represented in the collection with operational and financial records from Fyfe Lake Sawmill Ltd., which operated southwest of Prince George in the 1950s.
The collection has been organized into series according to creator, each of which also has been arranged to subseries, file and item level, where applicable. This collection consists of eight series, as follows:
1) Canadian National Railway
2) Grand Trunk Railway
3) Pacific Great Eastern Railway
4) British Columbia Railway (BC Rail)
5) Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)
6) Intercolonial Railway
7) Fyfe Lake Sawmill ltd.
8) PGRFM
9) Photographs
File contains slides depicting places in and around Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts a view of Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts a view of Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts a view of Prince Rupert, B.C.
Photograph depicts silhouette of Prince Rupert BC buildings and the view looking beyond to the water.
Image depicts the Bank of Nova Scotia located on "Besner Block" in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts the City Hall of Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts a view of the downtown core of Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts numerous buildings and a small dock somewhere in Prince Rupert, B.C. One of the buildings is labelled "Fishermen's Supply."
Image depicts numerous houses on the cliff-sides in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts numerous houses in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts several houses in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts numerous houses in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts the main street of Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts an old building on the main street of Prince Rupert, B.C. Only half of the business name is visible: "Skeena Color [sic]."
Image depicts the rail yards in Prince Rupert.
Image depicts a view of what is possibly a shipping yard in Prince Rupert, B.C. The slide is labelled "superport."
Postcard featuring a car parked outside of Prince Rupert City Hall. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Alex Hall, Glyn P.O., Victoria, B.C. Prince Rupert, Billy S."
Ground level view of the Prince Rupert court house. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Court House." Handwritten annotation on recto in blue ballpoint pen reads: "Prince Rupert BC." Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Hi Folks. Guess you've heard the good news by now. Well we've finished our cruises for this year so its home again finally to be with Marge and Janet. Will write shortly. Love Derek." Postcard is addressed to: "Mr & Mrs J.J. Oliver Box 666 Yarmouth N.S." Verso affixed with a three cent Canadian stamp. Postmark on verso reads: "Prince Rupert BC Oct 23 130 PM 1952."
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.
Overhead view of the dry dock in Prince Rupert, BC. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert Dry Dock."
Photograph depicts 6 Men on a fishing boat with water in the background. Equipment on the boat is covered with a very thick layer of ice. Printed annotation on recto reads: “Rupert Fishing Boat After Stormy Trip Jan 1916”. Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “Rupert Fishing Boat , A Stormy Trip”.
Photograph depicts a part of the Prince Rupert grain facility.
Photograph depicts the Prince Rupert grain facility on the ocean with Canadian National Rail cars.
Photograph depicts the Prince Rupert grain facility and a CN grain car.
Photograph depicts the Prince Rupert grain facility on the ocean and a CN grain car.
Photograph depicts an exterior view of the Prince Rupert grain facility with nearby railroad tracks.
Photograph depicts the Prince Rupert grain facility from shore with a helicopter flying overhead.
Photograph depicts the Prince Rupert grain facility from shore with a helicopter flying overhead.
Photograph of many fishing boats in a harbour. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert Halibut Fleet landing 500,000 LBS. WWW."
Photograph depicts view of Prince Rupert harbor from a deck.
Photograph depicts a view from the water looking into Prince Rupert harbor.
Photograph depicts a view from the shore looking out into Prince Rupert harbor.
Photograph depicts the multi-level Prince Rupert hospital with trees and shrubbery in the foreground. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "Prince Rupert Hospital W.W.W. Photo"
Side view of the Prince Rupert in on Prince Rupert Road. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert Road, showing Prince Rupert Inn."
Wide angle photograph of Prince Rupert sometime during the winter. There is snow on the ground and a marge mountain range is visible in the background. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert looking East from Waterworks J.D.A Pho 5/2."
Image depicts a view of the port in Prince Rupert, B.C. The slide is labelled "superport."
Item is a photograph of the post office in Prince Rupert taken between 1906 and 1908.
Item is a print of a photograph of a building described on verso as the Post Office [?] in Prince Rupert in 1908.
Item is an aerial photograph of log rafts, log booms, and a mill.
Street view of Prince Rupert storefronts. A high cliff can be seen in the background with several large houses perched atop it. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert Residences on the Cliff which runs thru the Heart of the City." Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "8-18-24 I am still on the go but heading for home when [illegible] to be by Soft cot. Here seen some great scenery in Canada. Trains by boat to-night for Vancouver. Nan felt better. Love for all Chas[??]." Handwritten address on verso reads: "Mrs. Friderich Eley R [illegible] 3 Santa Ana Calif. U.S.A." Postmark stamped on verso reads: "Prince Rupert BC. 10 PM Aug 18 1924."
Photo of entire ship building plant, including several vessels in the foreground. Hills are visible in the background. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert Ship Repair and Ship Building Plant. Prince Rupert BC. Frank E Kirby, William T Donnelly, Engineers. 17 Battery Place. NYC."
Photograph depicts the tops of trees and sky with an unknown man's head at the Prince Rupert Sea Festival.
Street level view of the United Church in Prince Rupert BC. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Photo J.W. United Church Prince Rupert."