Image depicts a number of townhouses in Chetwynd, B.C.
Image depicts several businesses in a small section of Chetwynd, B.C. There is a motor hotel and a half-visible sign for an Esso gas station.
Image depicts a large group of people sitting and eating near a bridge at an uncertain location, though possibly near Hudson's Hope, B.C.
Image depicts a crowded cafeteria, most likely somewhere in Hudson's Hope, B.C. The slide is labelled "Camp at H.H."
Image depicts a view of Chetwynd, possibly from Highway 97.
Image depicts a truck on a bridge, possibly crossing over the Peace River.
Image depicts a dam and a reservoir of water, possibly on the Peace River.
Image depicts a dam, possibly on the Peace River.
Image depicts the W.A.C. Bennett Dam in Hudson's Hope, B.C.
Image depicts a street with a building which is labelled "MacKeigan Enterprises Ltd." in Hudson's Hope, B.C.
Image depicts a street in Hudson's Hope, B.C.
Image depicts what appears to be a Fire Hall in Hudson's Hope, B.C.
Image depicts two houses in Hudson's Hope, B.C.
Image depicts what appears to be a Fire Hall in Hudson's Hope, B.C.
Image depicts a road and numerous buildings in Hudson's Hope, B.C.
Image depicts what appears to be a motel in Hudson's Hope, B.C. The slide is labelled "camp HH."
Image depicts a cabin and several other buildings, possibly located in Hudson's Hope, B.C.
Image depicts a street of shops at an uncertain location somewhere in the Peace River Regional District. A pink and blue building, possibly a theatre, is labelled "Lux."
Image depicts a dam on what is possibly the Peace River.
File contains slides depicting places along the Peace River.
The Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Society Collection consists primarily of textual, photographic, and cartographic records related to the regional developments of the railway industry in Northern BC. A predominant portion of the collection is made up of material from the Canadian National Railway; other railways represented include the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, the British Columbia Railway (BC Rail), the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, the Grand Trunk Railway, the Intercolonial Railway, and the Okanagan Express. Significant geographical areas covered include Prince George, the Peace River Region, Terrace, Bulkley Valley, Hazelton and Prince Rupert.
The forestry industry is represented in the collection with operational and financial records from Fyfe Lake Sawmill Ltd., which operated southwest of Prince George in the 1950s.
The collection has been organized into series according to creator, each of which also has been arranged to subseries, file and item level, where applicable. This collection consists of eight series, as follows:
1) Canadian National Railway
2) Grand Trunk Railway
3) Pacific Great Eastern Railway
4) British Columbia Railway (BC Rail)
5) Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)
6) Intercolonial Railway
7) Fyfe Lake Sawmill ltd.
8) PGRFM
9) Photographs