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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.

Plantsite
2000.1.1.3.18 · File · 1953 - 1989
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

This file contains operations at the plantsite:
Below is synopsis of the item level descriptions (see each item for further description)

  • locations depicted at Plantsite: mill building, dry rock storage building, tailings pile, gravel pit, power house, and office.
  • delivery and installation of a Caterpillar engine, welding repairs underway on a Rustin Diesel Engine in the power house, staff portrait taken by the main office building, and fibre testing
    Not done to item level but integrated into subseries file:
  • Photographic negatives included depict milling and packaging machinery in the mill building.
  • 93 slides depicting various activities and equipment at the plantsite including: dry rock storage, screens, collectors, loading trucks, bagging, pallets, tailing pile, lab work by engineers, lab equipment, fibre testing, and fibre samples.
  • photographs of conveyor foundations, tailings equipment, Grizzly truck, containers from site mechanical inspection, and portable crushing plant in June 1991.
  • photos of fibre samples from lab - on display
  • collection of photos of 1970 Mill modification Program of April 1978
  • collection of photos from 1961 and 1962 of plantsite lab and asbestos samples. file labeled "Suter - Webb VU Graph Analysis" and "Suter - Webb and Turner Comb Analysis"
  • Pressure Packer modification photos done by Chapman Industries in 1986
  • Powerhouse equipment from 1979
  • additional 43 slides of inside the mill in June 1978. Slides were used at a board meeting.
  • negatives of inside of mill
  • A photo album of 162 photographs depicting various operations at the plantsite including: drill dust collector, outdoor surroundings, conveyors, and the mine site. (album was originally labelled "Cassiar Plantsite).
Plans and Legal Records
2002.17.2 · Series · 1913-1914
Part of Henderson-Roe collection

Consists of legal records and documents related to the holdings and activities of J. B. Henderson-Roe and his father, C.H. Henderson-Roe, including a hand-drawn map of Prince George, Fort George, and South Fort George, as well as a surveyor's plan for a subdivision.

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.

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.

2012.13.2.11.16 · File · 2005
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to place-based computing geography methodology regarding inter-disciplinary research on experiences of place to teach history and geography and used by Kent Sedgwick.

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."

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.

Physical Landscape Features
2012.13.1.125 · Subseries · [between 1968 and 1982]
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File contains slides depicting physical landscape features at various locations, most are from outside Northern B.C.

Photographs
2000.16.2 · Series · 1906-1908
Part of Prince Rupert Empire collection

Series consists of nine photographs of Prince Rupert scenery, buildings, residents and surrounding area. Includes image of totem and dugout canoe.