Map depicts locations of all mining properties in British Columbia. Includes index with names of owners of properties.
Map depicts producing mines and prospects in British Columbia and parts of Alberta.
Plan depicts the location of the Lyon Creek Bridge and borrow pit on the CNR Clearwater subdivision.
Series consists of research material relating to steam and diesel locomotives that were used on British Columbia railways. Includes information about the steam to diesel transition period, details about specific locomotives, locomotive manufacturers, and self-propelled coaches.
Photograph depicts a log boom probably in the Lower Mainland or on Vancouver Island.
Photograph depicts a log boom probably in the Lower Mainland or on Vancouver Island.
Photograph depicts a log boom in the Fraser River. These logs were waiting to go into jackladder and down the log chute into the Fraser River backchannel at Peden Hill sawmill.
Photograph depicts a man standing next to a log chute bringing logs out of the Fraser River into a backchannel at Peden Hill sawmill.
Photograph depicts a man standing near a log deck at a sawmill, possibly at Peden Hill sawmill.
Photograph depicts a log dump on seashore about 5 miles north of Powell River and opposite Hardwood Island. The view is looking north.
Photograph depicts a log on an old trailer bed.
Photograph depicts a man standing on a pile of logs in the Peden Hill sawmill yard, after the mill was rebuilt after the first mill burnt down in 1941. The first mill was operated by steam; the second mill was powered by a diesel-powered motor.
Photograph depicts logger sports at Squamish, B.C.
Photograph depicts pole climbing in logger sports probably at Squamish, B.C.
Photograph depicts pole climbing in logger sports probably at Squamish, B.C.
Photograph depicts pole climbing in logger sports probably at Squamish, B.C.
Photograph depicts two men felling a tree using a two-man crosscut saw in the Prince George area for processing at Peden Hill sawmill.
Photograph depicts two men using a gin pole, winch and jammer to load raw logs onto a logging truck, likely near Peden Hill sawmill.
Image depicts a logging area somewhere near Prince George, B.C.
Image depicts a logging area somewhere near Prince George, B.C.
Photograph depicts a logging bridge over Lois River between Saltery Bay and Lang bay, south of Powell River.
Photograph depicts a logging museum in Ladysmith on Vancouver Island.
Photograph depicts logging on a side road on the Sechelt Peninsula about 2 miles southeast of Halfmoon Bay.
Subseries contains records related to logging operations. Includes scaling booklets, monthly scale return, lumber tallies and other records of logging and logging operations.
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "41. Looking South from Block 171 Nechac[k]o River at a distance & logging operations south of Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts a cleared section of land in foreground and a wooden building and three tents situated beside the Nechako River in midground. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.
Fully loaded logging truck driving along a switchback, wood plank logging road.
Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “Truck Logging / Giscome BC.”
Photograph depicts a loaded logging truck on corduroy log road near Peden Hill sawmill. The truck has three passengers--a man and two women--sitting on top of the loaded logs. The leftmost passenger is Mrs. Fred Tesluk; Fred Tesluk co-owned the Peden Hill mill with Cornel Neronovitch. Cornel Neronovitch stands at the right of the photograph, in front of the truck.
Fully loaded logging truck driving along a wood plank logging road. Another road under construction is also visible through forest in background.
Photograph depicts the unloading of logs from rail cars into the Mamquam River Blind Channel in Squamish (then Newport). The valley bottom around Squamish was logged from Mamquam River north to across the Cheakamus River before the construction of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway.
Photograph depicts three men sitting on large logs on a logging truck. The men are believed to be, from left to right: unknown, Al Lassmann, Jack Phelps.
Photograph depicts dumping logs at Gold River on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
Photograph depicts a lomen planer in operation at Peden Hill Sawmill lumber yard. Other workers and stacks of timber are nearby.
File consists of material relating to Louis Adelbert LeBourdais (June 26, 1888 - September 27, 1947) was a telegraph operator, life insurance agent and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1937 to 1947 as a Liberal. LeBourdais had mining interests in the Barkerville area. He was also an amateur historian. From 1941 to 1948, he was a member of a Liberal-Conservative coalition in the provincial assembly. LeBourdais died in office in 1947. Materials include reproductions of articles, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
Two men bent over ground (one with a shovel) inside semi-finished wood structure. Mountainside in background.
Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "Lowering Crusher Base into place." Square crusher base in foreground is being lowered by a traveler crane on wheels. Two construction workers stand watching on left. Crane stands against mountainside in background.
Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "Placing Crusher Pinion; Pitman; weight approx. 20 tons". Man stands on top of a very tall, red peice of equipment believed to be a crusher pitman. Boom of crane is visible in foreground, and two other men stand on a high level of the crusher building. Crusher foundations, an unidentified building, and mountain in background.
Photograph depicts a mill on the north stream of the north arm of the Fraser River, looking east from the Fraser St. bridge.
Photograph depicts a lumber mill probably in the Lower Mainland.
Photograph depicts a lumber mill probably in the Lower Mainland.
Photograph depicts a lumber mill probably in the Lower Mainland.
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "79. Lumber yard at Fort Fraser." Photograph depicts lumber yard and sawmill. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.
Photograph depicts a lumber yard on the north side of Porpoise Bay in Sechelt on the Sechelt Peninsula. The tank in the photograph is about 8 to 10 feet in diameter.
Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "Lunchroom Damaged by Boulder". Large boulder stands to right of small building, walls of right corner partially destroyed. Lumber, upturned saw horse, and various other material lie on ground. Dirt road in foreground, mountainside in background.
Image depicts a large, old piece of machinery, possibly some form of mining or prospecting equipment; it is located in Quesnelle Forks, B.C.
Image depicts a large, old piece of machinery, possibly some form of mining or prospecting equipment; it is located in Quesnelle Forks, B.C.
Image depicts a large, old piece of machinery, possibly some form of mining or prospecting equipment; it is located in Quesnelle Forks, B.C.
Image depicts a large, old piece of machinery, possibly some form of mining or prospecting equipment; it is located in Quesnelle Forks, B.C.
File consists of two journals both in binding marked Daily Journal 1974. One journal has "Strapper" written across the cover and is mostly empty but contains handwritten strapper maintenance notes and loose paper with diagrams; dates range from 1978-2008. The other journal includes handwritten maintenance notes and loose pages with diagrams, no dates are included.
Photographs depict different construction projects at separate locations in Cassiar. Photographs were originally housed in envelopes with the following annotations: "POLICE STATION. July 15, 1977."; "Aggregates and Concrete (PERMASTEEL)"; "Fibre Storage and Handling"; "Powerhouse Expansion"; "Sewage Collection Plant."; "Sewage Treatment Plant"; "Single Person Accommodations - Site Work."; "Outside Work - Camp Nos. 1,2,3." Photos generally feature the work sites, supplies, vehicles, machinery, and work in progress at each location.
Additional photographs integrated into file include maintenance project on lining of tubes, lining of aspiration hood, and lining of willow fiberizer. Also five photographs of maintenance in the townsite to fix in ground piping.
Map depicts the whole of Canada and notes: gas pipelines, gas gathering lines, proposed gas pipelines, oil pipelines, oil gathering lines, proposed oil pipelines, gas fields, oil fields, refining centres, extraction plants, and oil sands. There is a smaller subsequent map of Alberta highlighting these features in greater detail.