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"Arrival of Steel" in Fort George
2012.13.2.15.05 · Dossiê · 2006
Parte de J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the arrival of the railway in Fort George. Includes material on railway development and building of the railway in Fort George.

2012.13.2.15.08 · Dossiê · 1991-2004
Parte de J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to highway transportation in and around the Prince George area. Includes material regarding the Old Cariboo Highway; the Yellowhead Highway east; and Highway 97 north. Includes: "RE: Proposed Bridge at Isle Pierre" typescript letter from Kent Sedgwick to Ken Pedergast, District Manager (4 Oct. 1991) and "Year 2000 Calendar Bridges of BC" calendar for the year 2000 produced by Argentis (2000).

Sternwheelers
2012.13.2.15.10 · Dossiê · 1988-1989
Parte de J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to sternwheelers. Includes material regarding Pacific Great Eastern sternwheelers on the Fraser River; the B.X. sternwheeler; Trelle Morrow's book "Sternwheelers on the Upper Fraser" published in 2009; and sternwheeler travel on the Fraser River. Includes: "The Pirates of South Fort George" clipped article from Today's Consumer magazine (April 1989).

Canadian Pacific Railway survey
2012.13.2.15.15 · Dossiê · 1983, 2003-2005
Parte de J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the land surveys conducted between 1871 and 1876 to find a route across British Columbia for the Canadian Pacific Railway. File contains material regarding surveyor Charles Horetzky; surveyor Sir Sandford Fleming; surveyor Joseph Hunter and the Pine Pass; and the proposed routes for the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia.

Landslides
2000.1.1.3.06 · Dossiê · 1979 - 1989
Parte de Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

File contains images depicting various landslides near Cassiar BC. Set of 20 photographs (with 9 corresponding negative strips) date stamped June 1987 depict landslide near creek and dirt road with a Cassiar company truck. Set of 5 black and white photographs found in envelope marked "D. Stewart" are likely from 1988-1989 and depict a rockslide on the south western side of the pit mine, near the tramline. Album entitled “6200 DUMP SLIDE / SPRING, 1979” contains 34 photographs depicting aerial shots of a massive rockslide on the eastern slope of McDame Mountain, originating from the mine waste dump. Several images from album show greenish water pooling in the toe of the slide.

Superintendent’s Office 1988
2000.1.1.3.08 · Dossiê · July 1987 - Apr.1989
Parte de Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

File contains images of mine operations and construction, as well as a variety of other subjects.

  • Elements of the underground mine are depicted, including miners working, the marked rock face, yellow ducting and ventilation fan, the portal, mesh rockbolted onto adit walls, shotcrete being applied, and stacked mining construction materials.
  • Mining equipment depicted in this file includes underground ore haulage truck, Wabco ore haulage truck, jackleg drill, stoper drill, scoop tram, jumbo drill, conveyor, pickup trucks, unidentified mixing or grinding machine, a cable wagon and half constructed ore haulage truck in the shop, and a continuous miner (also known as alpine miner or roadheader).
  • A set of images show a dozer and a lowbed truck transporting a temporary building down the pit mine access road.
  • Several images depict drill core fragments, asbestos ore, and geological features of the mine.
  • Mining related process are depicted, including a young man sluicing and panning, a mine building under construction, and an unidentified steel frame structure with a hydraulic device suspended on a rail.
  • A set of images shows a railway or highway construction project, including stockpile of construction materials, rail cars, caboose, locomotive, front end loader, dump truck, concrete mixing trucks, semi-trucks, and a rail car with large steel drums which are speculated to be specialized for tunnel construction.
  • Further images show what is speculated to be tunnel construction.
  • A set of images at a high ceiling underground mine which is not Cassiar depicts a man in a suite by a underground ore haulage truck, and other mining vehicles including a crane.
  • A set of images depict an ungulate herd, possibly bighorn sheep, on a mountain side.
  • The file includes several images which depict personal life, presumably from a family vacation, and access to these images may be restricted. These images depict man with children on a fishing trip, adults and children around a pool, a woman on a motorcycle, and a house and kitchen. Several groups of images are contained in envelopes annotated with dates and “K. Minty”.
The Bourchier Album
2009.5.3 · Dossiê · [ca. 1895 - 1950]
Parte de Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

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.

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Columbia Coast Mission Ship
2007.17.4 · Dossiê · [ca.1930] , [ca. 1960]
Parte de James Joseph Claxton Photograph Collection

This file consists of 32 photographs pertaining to the Yukon steamship Tutshi, ca. 1936 and J.J. Claxton’s time aboard the Columbia Cost Mission Ship M.S. Columbia III, ca. 1960. General subject areas identified in these photographs include: individuals and communities visited by the Columbia III; families involved in receipt of pastoral services such as marriages and baptisms; as well as medical care.

Industries
2006.20.10 · Dossiê · [ca. 1900 - 1940]
Parte de Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

Photographs within this file document resource industries within Northern BC such as mining, fishing, forestry etc. They also represent resource industry cooperatives, processing, packing and shipping industries, construction and ship building, as well as salvage companies and operations.

2006.9.11 · Dossiê · c.1977
Parte de Bob Harkins fonds

File consists of 1 audiocassette of people interviewed by Bob Harkins. Side A consists of interviews with Bill Jones of the Fort George Railway Society, Walter Gill formerly of the BC Provincial Police, and Bob Sebastian, of the Carrier First Nation. Side B consists of interviews with Ella Fry, a trapper from Valemount and Prince George boxer Harold Mann.

Wartime Freight
2013.6.29.27 · Dossiê · 1995-2019
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of:

  • Canadian Rail issue no. 447 (July-August 1995) which is devoted to Canada's Railways in World War II
  • Article by David Davies, "Wartime Freight in BC in WWII, 1939-1945"
  • Summary piece by David Davies, "What happened in British Columbia in WWII? 1939-1945: A Review of Military Events"
Bridges
2013.6.36.1.001 · Dossiê · 1964-1966
Parte de David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of documentary photographs taken by David Davies of bridges in British Columbia.

Fort George Railway
2012.13.2.14.17 · Dossiê · 1988
Parte de J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to a brochure about the Fort George Railway and the "Little Prince" 24? gauge steam engine. Includes: "Fort George Railway" brochure prepared by Kent Sedgwick (May 1988); "Fort George Railway Society" typescript letter to George Finsterle from Kent Sedgwick (1 May 1989); and "Fraser-Fort George Regional Museum" brochure (1988).

Cariboo Road
2012.13.2.15.11 · Dossiê · 2006
Parte de J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes and clippings relating to the Cariboo Road. The Cariboo Road (also called the Cariboo Wagon Road, the Great North Road or the Queen's Highway) was a project initiated in 1860 by the Governor of the Colony of British Columbia, James Douglas. The road stretched from Fort Yale to Barkerville, B.C. through hazardous canyon territory in the Interior of British Columbia.

Marcus Smith
2012.13.2.15.13 · Dossiê · 2003-2005
Parte de J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Marcus Smith. Marcus Smith was a railway surveyor and in 1872 he was appointed as deputy to the Engineer-in-Chief of the Canadian Pacific Railway and took charge of British Columbia surveys between 1876-78. He worked as a surveyor for the CPR until 1886.

2012.13.2.15.16 · Dossiê · 2010
Parte de J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to a presentation on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway conducted by Kent Sedgwick. Includes a CD titled "GTP Talk" containing a recording of Kent Sedgwick's presentation on the Grand Trunk Pacific (Oct. 2010).

2012.13.2.15.18 · Dossiê · 1984, 2001
Parte de J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway survey and construction. Includes: "70 years of Rail!" special edition of the Prince George Citizen newspaper (27 Jan. 1984). Includes photographs depicting the Prince George roundhouse in its original location and various trains surrounding it.

Grand Trunk Pacific failed tunnel build
2012.13.2.15.19 · Dossiê · 2005-2006
Parte de J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to a failed tunnel build for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line between McBride and Goat River and a potential homestead on the land surrounding the tunnel. The land was later owned by Russ Purvis of Dunster in 2006.

Goat River Station
2012.13.2.15.23 · Dossiê · 1982, 2002-2010
Parte de J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Goat River railway station. Includes photographs depicting the Goat River station and a painting of the station (2009).

Pacific Great Eastern Railway line
2012.13.2.15.32 · Dossiê · 1987-2005
Parte de J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the Pacific Great Eastern Railway line. Includes: "Remembering" special edition of the Coupler Marking the 75th anniversary of BC Rail and the PGE Railway (Jan. 1987). Also includes a photograph depicting the Ahbau railway bridge (2005).

Railway heritage in British Columbia
2012.13.2.15.34 · Dossiê · 1980-2010
Parte de J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to railway heritage in British Columbia. Includes: "Heritage West" volume 8 number 3 of Heritage West magazine (1984); "Article to be Published" typescript document by Kent Sedgwick sent to Heritage West (1984); "geography 103 Endako - McBride" typescript document by Allan MacDonald (1980); "BC Rail" special edition of the Prince George Citizen newspaper (May 1987); and "Heritage Cranbrook" promotional booklet (2004).

Prince George calendars
2012.13.2.08.05 · Dossiê · 1980-1987
Parte de J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File includes calendars depicting historical Prince George that were published by the Fort George Museum. Includes the following calendars published by the Fraser-Fort George Museum: "1985 Calendar" (1985); "The arrival of the steel" (1983); "Transportation" (Jan 1986-June 1987); and "Prince George: old & new" (1980).

"From Trail to Rail"
2012.13.4.36 · Dossiê · 1989
Parte de J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of reproductions and typescript documents relating to the "From Trail to Rail" book written by Audrey L'Heureux and promotion of the book at the Alexander Mackenzie Trail Association annual meeting in 1989.