Map depicts the route of BC Rail and its connecting rail lines.
Side perspective street view of the Royal Hotel in Prince Rupert BC. The "Ladies [sic] Entrance" sign is visible on the right side of the building. Several vehicles can be seen on the street. Printed annotation on recto reads: " 3rd Ave Prince Rupert Photo W.W.W."
Photograph depicts the "Princess of Vancouver" loading at 7 p.m. in Vancouver.
Stern wheeler “Port Simpson” tied to riverbank. Printed annotation on recto reads: “On the Skeena river, Hazelton, B.C.” Handwritten message on verso is addressed to “Mrs. Flossie Strong 6 Nah St. Watermill ME, U.S.A” 1 cent Canadian postage stamp has been canceled with a date of “Dec 24, 5:30 PM 1915 Buffalo N.Y.”
Tourist map of Prince George depicts city area, with annotations by Davies to emphasize locations of rail lines.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: " '[Naskeena?' anchored off Metlakatla with Dr. [Mc-?] & Capt. Barry standing on its deck".
Photograph depicts the boat "John Antle" motoring on the water near a rocky, tree covered cliff. Handwritten annotation on verso states: "M.S. John Antle on her rounds entering Smuggler Cove". Stamped annotation on verso reads: “The National Film Board”
Map depicts the province of British Columbia. Includes rail lines and historical notes about the province.
Postcard depicts "The Loop," Glacier, BC
Postcard depicts "The Loop," CPR, Selkirk Mountain.
Postcard depicts "The Loop," CPR Selkirks.
Postcard depicts "The Loop, as this great pear-shaped arc of trestle was known along with the spectacular station and hotel facilities at Glacier were replaced by the Connaught Tunnel in 1916."
Postcard depicts the Kicking Horse Canyon near Yoho National Park.
Postcard depicts the Illecillewaet Valley, near Glacier, BCThe view shows the end of the descent over Rogers Pass, if travelling westerly. The scar in the foreground was believed to be the track between the 1st (Glacier Hotel) and 2nd (Loop Brook) loops.
Postcard depicts the Canadian Pacific Railway line where the Great Divide between BC and Alberta.
Postcard depicts the Golden-Field Highway as seen from high up on the mountain side from a tunnel on the CPR run in the Kicking Horse Canyon.
Postcard depicts 'The Gap," the entrance to the Rockies.
Postcard depicts "Twin Bridges in the Fraser Canyon. The CNR and CPR change sides at this point."
Postcard depicts the Four Tunnels on the CPR line through the Rocky Mountains.
Postcard depicts "The Four Tracks."
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to a railway article written by Kent Sedgwick entitled "The East Line Section of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in Central British Columbia" (2010).
Image depicts the Duchess engine, which was built in 1878 and taken out of service in 1919. It was part of a matched set with the Duke and is now a tourist attraction in Carcross, Y.T.
Group of men stand on pier by warehouse, looking out at the boat. Treed mountains visible in background.
Handwritten photo caption beside image reads: "Danube".
Slightly elevated front-facing photograph of a steam engine and cargo coming into a station in Prince Rupert, BC. Coal and lumber yards are visible in the background. Annotation on recto reads: "The C.N.R. Prince Rupert. 79."
Tourist map of Prince George depicts city area, including railway trackage.
File consists of a 1936 thesis written by Arthur J. Johnson entitled "The Canadian Pacific Railway and British Columbia, 1871-1886" from the University of British Columbia.
Postcard depicts "Canadian Pacific's eastbound, "The Canadian," crosing the Kicking Horse River between Golden and Field B.C. in October 1976. Some of the... trains power through some of North America's most spectacular scenery. The morning has brought the season's first snowfall."
Postcard depicts "Canadian Pacific's all Stainless Stel Scenic Dome Streamliner-"The Canadian"-in the Canadian Rockies."
Postcard depicts "VIA Rail Canada Nos. 6456 and 6454 hauling Train No. 1, "The Canadian" between Spences Bridge and Drynoch, British Columbia, on Canadian Pacific's Thompson Subdivision, having been delayed by the need to detour, from its usual route, on Canadian National's Ashcroft Subdivision, seen here across the Thompson River. May 14, 1993."
Map depicts location of treasure hidden between Clearwater and Clemina, BC.
Photograph depicts the bow of a weather ship swamped with water after waves broke over the side of the ship.
Photograph depicts the bow end of a ship getting swamped by a wave in rough water.
Photograph depicts the bow of a weather ship with a large body of water in the background.
This photograph album consists of photographs of remote police barracks at Mile 47 and Mile 29; early settlements and/or mercantile stores at Tete Jaune Cache, McBride, Sand Creek, Fort George and South Fort George; Grand Trunk Pacific Railway forestry and railway camps; scows and paddlewheel conveyors on the Fraser River; automobiles; community leisure activities; as well as, images of the Bourchier family. The following South Fort George establishments are identifiable within these photographs: Empress Hotel, Ah Yee General Merchant, German Bakery, Northern Hotel, South Fort George Drug Store & Post Office, St. Michael’s Church, Prince George Hotel, Ford Monarch dealership, Astoria Hotel, and King George V Elementary School. Identified geographic locations featured in these photographs include: Tete Jaune, Upper Fraser, Mile 47, Mile 29, Fraser River, Mt. Robson, McBride, Sand Creek, Glacier Mountain, Moose River, Giscome Portage, Pott Falls, Red Deer River, Grand Canyon, Summit Lake, Canoe Pass, Connaught Hill, Nechako Bridge, and Island Cache.
Bourchier, Alan K.Stern wheeler passing through rapids. Printed annotation on recto reads: “The B.C. Express passing through the Grand Canyon B.C.” Handwritten annotation in red ink on recto adds: “1913”
Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: "Dad [W.E. Collison] on ‘Naskeena’ – Prince Rupert Harboue en route to Nass River”.
Indian agency boat the “Naskeena” en route to its next destination. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “ ‘Naskeena’ en route”
Indian agency boat the “Naskeena” off Kitkatla B.C. W.E. Collison, Indian Agent standing at the stern.
Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “‘Naskeena’ Gov. patrol boat off Kitkatla BC. W.E. Collison on stern.”
Image depicts a vehicle on a gravel road somewhere near Tête Jaune Cache, B.C.
Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Teslin Lake and River, at 11 000 feet." Photograph depicts winding river below, mountain range in background.
Royal Canadian Air ForceImage depicts a rail road bridge located somewhere near Terrace, B.C.
Photo description on accompanying photo album page: " 'Yonge Street' at Teslin Lake, Yukon. The centre tent was used by the radio men. Teslin, 130 miles south of Whitehorse, is the site of one of the aircraft radio stations on the new Edmonton-Whitehorse circuit, paralleling the Alaska Highway."
Photograph depicts ten ballast cars of the B.C. Electric Railway on newly laid industrial spur on the northeast side of the Langley depot.
Image depicts two bridges in Telkwa, B.C. One is for trains.
Image depicts two bridges in Telkwa, B.C. One is for trains.
Photograph depicts telephone fittings on Vancouver Island.
Photograph depicts telephone fittings on Vancouver Island.
Image depicts a set of railway tracks, and a building with a sign which reads: "Telegraphs." The location is uncertain, but possibly in the Peace River Region.
Item is a photograph of a team of horses pulling a tanker.
Group of men, women, and children stand in field below large sign that reads: "GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC TRACK CONNECTED APRIL 7th 1914 PRINCE RUPERT MILEAGE 373-96 - WINNIPEG MILEAGE 1,374". Two men in formal attire stand on either side of group, women and children in between. A spotted dog stands on right. It is believed that members of the Taylor family are present in group (Hermina holding infant Tom, surrounded by Violet, Lucy, Arthur, Virginia, and Dixon). Man and woman in back left speculated to be Lillian and A.K. Bourchier. Handwritten annotation on envelope of negative reads: "Ft. Fraser 1916".