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Photograph depicts a water crane on the southwest side of the Pacific Great Eastern station at Pemberton.

Photograph depicts water car #415319 standing on a little used spur in Nelson. It consists of a locomotive tender mounted on a flat car. It could be used as a firefighting unit, but it is merely lettered "service."

Photograph depicts a water bomber plane close to a fire near Clinton Creek.

Photograph depicts large swath of dark waste down mountainside to right of valley. The waste dump is believed to be visible at top of swath on right of image. Bench mining visible on the North and South peak in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Oct. 25 / 65 4:25 PM."

Photograph depicts the washrooms on the west side of the line, about a quarter mile from the McCulloch CPR depot building. The depot is located at mile 76.6 on the Carmi Subdivision.

Photograph depicts a truck carrying pallets of asbestos in front of the Cassiar Asbestos Corporation warehouse.

Image depicts War Lake.

Photograph depicts Wapiti lake surrounded by an unidentified mountain range and a forested shoreline.

Photograph depicts Wapiti Lake surrounded by unidentified mountains and a forested shoreline.

Photograph depicts Wapiti Lake surrounded by unidentified mountains and a forested shoreline.

Photograph depicts Wapiti Lake as seen from the shoreline with an unidentified mountain in the background.

Photograph depicts Wapiti Lake with an unidentified mountain range in the background.

Photograph depicts Wapiti Lake and an unidentified mountain range seen from behind the trees of a forested slope.

Photograph depicts Wapiti Lake and an unidentified mountain range as seen behind the trees of a forested slope.

Photograph depicts Wapiti Lake and a mountain range seen behind the trees of a forested slope.

Item is a photograph of Walter, Al and Fred kneeling down behind or beside three dogs, Mabel, Dick and Mixim, at the campsite.

Item is a photograph of Walter Nehring standing by the surveying station.

Photograph was taken during a tour of the Skeena riding in the summer of 1978.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Kispiox Walter Harris + UBCIC Pres. George Manuel”.

Item is a photograph of Walter and Skookum Davidson building a station for surveying.

Item is a photograph of Walter and Skookum Davidson.

This fonds illustrates Walt Taylor’s activities as a social activist in the Okanagan region of B.C. in the 1970s, and his involvement with political-environmental activist movements in the Bulkley Valley-Telkwa-Smithers area c.1980s-1990s. The Taylor fonds includes records of the Skeena Round Table for a Sustainable Society, the Northwest Study Conference Society and the Waging Peace Society; as well as, background research compiled for Taylor’s publication "Waging Peace for a Living: An Action Plan for survival of life on earth", (Victoria: Trafford Publishing, 1999). The Taylor fonds also contains records of significance relating to proposed economic developments, such as open-pit mining, fishing and forestry policies and nuclear power; and documents pertaining to political-environmental actions conducted by Northern BC stakeholders such as First Nations (Gitskan and Wet'su'wet'en) and NGO’s such as the Telkwa Educational Action Committee of Householders. Types of records comprising this fonds include correspondence to and from activist organizations; circulars to society members; background papers on social activist issues; background reports on BC First Nations environmental and land claims issues, background studies on environmental & economic impacts of industrial developments proposed for Northern BC, newspaper clippings, and various publications.

Photograph depicts mechanic Wally Drzimotta standing beside a Cassiar Mining Corporation truck.

Photograph depicts two teenage girls standing in front of a house, possibly in Prince Rupert or another location on the British Columbia coast. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Walley and Alice".

Photograph depicts a walkway under construction leading to a house on top of a hill. In the foreground of the image there is forest debris and in the background another large house is visible.

Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Omineca Dist Walcott Suspension Bridge West Approach - looking East May 26 - 1932". Photograph depicts two white horses pulling a wagon in front of Walcott bridge. This bridge was moved from its original location in the Hagwilget Canyon, downstream from Walcott on the Bulkley River. It is a pedestrian bridge at the time of this photograph, though it was originally used by motor vehicles. Dirt road leading to bridge in foreground, with lumber and brush piles on either side. Trees and hills on opposite shore in background.

Photograph depicts a wagon in a field on the south bank of Pritchard, beside a bridge that went over the South Thompson River.

Item is a photograph of construction of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam.

Image depicts the W.A.C. Bennett Dam on the Peace River in Hudson's Hope, B.C.

Item is a photograph of the Bennett Dam.

Image depicts a section of the Peace River blocked off by the W.A.C. Bennett Dam. The dam itself is not visible in the image.

Image depicts several unidentified individuals lying on a hill outside what is most likely the W.A.C. Bennett Dam in Hudson's Hope, B.C.

Photograph depicts two men in uniform standing beside a white building or steamboat. There is a water, likely the Chilcotin River, and trees in the background.

Item is a hand drawn and coloured map by the City of Prince George Planning Department depicting public representations at the VLA neighbourhood zoning hearing that occurred on April 12, 1976.

Item is a hand drawn and coloured map by the City of Prince George Planning Department depicting zoning proposed by the Prince George City Planner for the VLA neighbourhood.

Item is a hand drawn and coloured map by the City of Prince George Planning Department depicting zoning proposed by Prince George Alderman A. Stauble for the VLA neighbourhood.

Item is a hand drawn and coloured map by the City of Prince George Planning Department depicting the VLA neighbourhood proposed zoning in 1976.

This street map of the VLA area in Prince George includes property outlines and street numbers.

Drawing depicts visual notes taken at the 2020 Public Health Summer Institute with the theme "Think Globally, Act Locally: Public Health and the Anthropocene". Themes related to the COVID-19 pandemic are depicted.

Photograph depicts a vista from the Canadian Rockies with patches of snow.

Violet Baxter's younger sister Virginia Taylor stands with hands on hips in a dirt clearing, trees in background.

Violet Baxter's younger sister Virginia Taylor is posed lying on grass in clearing, trees in background.

Virginia (nee Taylor) stands in long jacket, scarf, hat, and gloves, on smooth road. Behind her lies a groomed area with palm trees and ferns enclosed by rope fence. A large, stately building with detailed arches stands in background.

Twenty-three year old Violet sits on a fallen log, in a group of unidentified men, women and children. Trees in background. Photograph has been cut in two and only part of the group is visible. See item 2009.5.1.19 for similar image.

Twenty-three year old Violet stands wearing a polka dot dress in a group of unidentified men, women and children. Body of water and tree-covered hill on opposite shore in background. Handwritten caption below this photo reads: "Pr. Rupert, 1928 End of Road Construction".

Twenty-three year old Violet sits on a fallen log, in a group of unidentified men, women and children. Trees in background. See also item 2009.5.1.18 for closer view. Handwritten caption below this photo reads: "Prince Rupert, 1928 - Picnic."

Twenty-six year old Violet wearing hat and fur coat, and holding a purse. A second train is visible in background. Handwritten caption below this photo reads: "1931".