Photograph depicts four men pinning a "Union Jack" flag to the exterior of a building.
Image depicts four unknown individuals studying a plant.
File consists of material relating to Frank Cyril Swannell, a surveyor of British Columbia. Materials include a magazine, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photograph reproductions, journal articles, and journal notes compiled by Audrey L'Heureux. Highlights include:
- Swannell, F.C, "Report on Topographical Surveys in Omineca District", 1912 (reproduced journal article)
- Corporation of Land Surveyors, "The Link", Vol.1 No.2 , 1977 (magazine)
- BC Provincial Archives, "Exploring Surveyors Making Canoe Finlay River", 1913 (photograph reproduction)
- BC Provincial Archives, "Surveying Omineca Exploration", [191-?] (photograph reproduction)
Photograph depicts Frank Dewing to the left and Elmer Keith on the right washing dishes in camp. In the background a densely forested area is visible.
Photograph depicts Frank Dewing and Joe Callao in a bush covered field loading up a pack horse while another laden pack horse stands to the side. In the background a mountain range is visible.
Photograph depicts Frank Dewing and Joe Callao loading up a pack horse in a grassy field. In the background a mountain range is visible.
Photograph depicts Frank Dewing and Joe Callao next to a campfire in a bush covered field. In the background the tree line of a forest is visible.
Photograph depicts Frank Dewing and Joe Callao next to a campfire with travel packs in the foreground. In the background a forest tree line and mountain range is visible.
Photograph depicts Frank Dewing cutting a trail through an area covered with windfall consisting of fallen trees.
Photograph depicts Frank 'Shorty' Weber steering a dug-out canoe on the Omineca River. The background of the photograph depicts log cabins at Old Hogem built along the shoreline of the river in front of a forest with a mountain ridge in the background.
Frank ‘Shorty’ Weber had a trapline on the upper Ingenika for over 30 years. and he was well-known in the Finlay River area.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Frank Swannell, who was a surveyor in British Columbia that surveyed many areas across the province between 1898 and 1908.
Photograph depicts roughly cleared land in the foreground, a lake and rolling forested hills in the background.
Photograph depicts the lake from the water's edge. Low forested hills in the background.
Photograph depicts view from behind the ferryman and ship's wheel. Fraser Lake and treed hills in the background.
Photograph depicts a view of the Fraser Lake ferry house from a distance.
Photograph depicts a lake. Photograph is framed by a deciduous tree on the left. Forest and rolling hills in the background.
Photograph depicts a view of the Fraser River bordered by sparsely treed hills. Album notes: "views of Chilcotin".
Photograph depicts view of the river from a boat. There is a silhouette of a person wearing a hat in the foreground.
Photograph depicts lush forest growth, a tent or tarp is set up on the left of the photo.
Photograph depicts view from a high mountain ridge. There is a river valley and clouds in the distance.
Photograph depicts a large river from a bird's eye view, forest and rocks on the water's edge, snow capped mountains in the background.
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Fred Burden, a surveyor in British Columbia who surveyed tar sands in the Fort McMurray region and returned to Prince George in 1921 to complete a topographical survey of Prince George.
Photograph depicts the south view of Fredricksen Lake with mountain ranges depicted in the background.
Photograph depicts 2 large covered wagons pulled by a team of six horses, dry vegetation in the foreground & background.
Photograph depicts two men preparing to load a canoe on a wagon. Two blanketed horses stand nearby with one person attending. There is a lake in the background, wild grasses and brush in the foreground.
Photograph depicts the front view of a pack horse bearing a Prentiss Gray's tripod and camera on a special saddle.
Photograph depicts a frozen pond located in a snowy landscape on the east side of Copper Mountain.
Subseries consists of materials collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research regarding fur trade history in British Columbia. Includes histories of the Hudson's Bay Company; historic trails utilized for fur trade; fur trade by the North West Company in the interior of British Columbia; Simon Fraser, a Canadian explorer and fur trader with the North West Company; and David Thompson, a surveyor, cartographer, and fur trader with the Hudson's Bay Company.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “The KGB + We in Vienna - World Hockey Championships 1977 - Geoff Gowen - Roger Jackson to left”. Building is the Museum of King Jan III's Palace at Wilanów, Warsaw, Poland
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to George Mercer Dawson (August 1, 1849 - March 2, 1901), a Canadian geologist and surveyor with the Geological Survey of Canada.
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to George Dawson and the Geological Survey of Canada. Includes: "Museum Mirror" Fraser-Fort George Regional Museum newsletter vol. 1 no. 2 (June 1986). File also includes photographs depicting various sights around British Columbia from George Dawson's explorations (1983 reproduced).
File consists of material relating to George Williams, a Prince George pioneer and author. File includes reproductions of records and journal articles.
Photograph depicts Henry Cleburn Giegerich and Emil Bronlund with Swannell's party posed in front of Jack Duncan's cabin near Thutade Lake.
Photograph depicts a field and fence in the foreground, an orchard in the midground, a rocky mountain slope in the distance.
Photograph depicts a rocky, mountain slope.
Photograph depicts a field and fence in the foreground, an orchard in the midground, a rocky mountain slope in the distance.
Photograph depicts a wide expanse of river in the foreground looking across the water to a narrow clearing along the opposite riverbank. A few building are scattered across the clearing. There is forest in the background.
Photograph depicts mountain tops and snowy glaciers.
Photograph depicts mountain tops and snowy glaciers.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the gold rush in Quesnel and Likely, British Columbia. Includes: "Guide to the Goldfields: Cariboo Country" newspaper edition (1998); "Cariboo, Chilcotin Coast, Likely" brochure published by Likely & District Chamber of Commerce [199-]; "The UNBC Quesnel Rover Research Centre" pamphlet published by the University of Northern British Columbia (2002); "New Nugget Restaurant" paper placemat (1972); and "Likely" brochure from the Likely Chamber of Commerce [198-]. Also includes photographs depicting a camping trip in Likely, British Columbia (2010).
Photograph depicts a view from a hill of a river winding through the forest with marshlands nearby.
Photograph depicts a view from a hill of a river winding through the forest with marshlands nearby. This may be a double exposure and there is an indiscernible image in the center of the photo.
File consists of notes and reproductions of Frank Leonard's writings and research for his 1984 BC Studies article "Grand Trunk Pacific and the Establishment of the City of Prince George, 1911-1915". Includes: "Grand Trunk Pacific and the Establishment of Prince George 1911-1915" typescript document by Frank Leonard for his PhD dissertation (Feb. 1984) and "The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company and the Development of Northern British Columbia, 1902-1919" outline of dissertation chapters typescript document by Frank Leonard (1984).
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.
Photograph depicts several men on a long scow loaded with supplies amidst swirling deep river water.
Photograph depicts several men on the river's edge pulling on a long rope attached to a large scow downstream.
Photograph depicts a long scow on the river's edge, supplies are being loaded. There is a smoke rising from the wood stove at the center of the scow. Several men are assisting.
Photograph depicts a Grand Trunk Pacific track laying machine near John Brown creek. [55th parallel]
Photograph depicts the skins of two grizzlies, heads attached. A man stands beside the skins spread on elevated poles. There is alpine meadow and scrub trees in the background.