Image depicts a woman standing on a rocky shore somewhere on Haida Gwaii, B.C.
Image depicts Kent Sedgwick walking along the coastline of Haida Gwaii, B.C.
Image depicts numerous trees in the coastal forest of Haida Gwaii, B.C.
Image depicts numerous trees in the coastal forest of Haida Gwaii, B.C.
Image depicts Kent Sedgwick sitting with a dog on a log on the shore of Haida Gwaii, B.C.
Image depicts a downward view of a small section of the shore of Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts an aerial view of the coastline of Haida Gwaii, B.C.
Image depicts the waters of the Hecate Strait.
Image depicts the waters of the Hecate Strait, possibly on approach to Haida Gwaii, B.C.
Image depicts a row of houses in the village of Masset on Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts a tall pine tree somewhere on Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts an individual walking on a path through a forest somewhere on Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts a view of the coast of Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts a shed on the shore somewhere on Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts a pile of dead trees in a forest somewhere on Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts a slug on the forest floor somewhere on Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts a trail through the forest somewhere on Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts a house on the shore somewhere on Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts the community of Skidegate on Haida Gwaii.
File consists of documents recording the founding, funding, explorations, and investments of the pioneering Queen Charlotte Islands General Development Company, Ltd. (London, England). Includes approximately 150 pages of manuscript and the following items of interest:
- "Memorandum and Articles of Association, London, 1911
- Notice of First General Meeting, 1912
- First and later minutes of meetings in Victoria, BC and elsewhere
- Extensive correspondence with their representatives in the Queen Charlotte Islands including mining surveyors
- Reports from Queen Charlotte Islands from their representatives at Cumshewa, Skidegate, and Alliford Bay
- Records regarding all aspects of financing the company
Most of the items date from 1912-1913, providing a very detailed account of the founding and aspirations of the company, and revealing the difficulties in doing business in the remote Queen Charlotte Islands. Also notably includes correspondence and reports from Henry Collison.
File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Natural Resources Canada & BC Ministry of Forests for the "Facilitation of South Moresby Forest Replacement Account Strategic Plan Negotiations" project in Haida Gwaii. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #543; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.