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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).

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to ferry boat service in and around Prince George. Includes material regarding the Fraser River Fort George ferry; the Isle Pierre ferry; and the Miworth ferry. File also includes photographs depicting a building at Isle Pierre in the 1970s and the ferry crossing at Isle Pierre in 2005.

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).

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.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Joseph Hunter, a Scottish-born surveyor, civil engineer and political figure in British Columbia. Joseph Hunter was the first European to find and cross the Pine Pass. He was sent by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1877 to locate the pass. Hunter later represented Cariboo from 1871 to 1875 and from 1900 to 1904 and Comox from 1890 to 1898 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

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.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Canadian Northern Railway. File contains material regarding the CNR railway station at Boston Bar; the community and railway stop at Basque; development of the CNR; and the CNR in Lucerne, British Columbia.

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.

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).

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. File contains material regarding mileages, railway stations, and lists of the GTP railway line stations.

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.

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.

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Grand Trunk Pacific Railway stations. Includes 2001 and 2009 photographs depicting various Grand Trunk Pacific stations and areas along the railway.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Penny station. Also includes photographs depicting the Penny train station (1980?).

File consists notes and reproductions relating to the Dunster station and Mcbride station. Includes: "Re: Dunster Station - Grants, etc". typescript letter from Derek Trimmer, Heritage Advisory Committee, to Karen Craigue, Dunster Community Association (21 Apr. 1988) and "Proposal for the Acquisition, Restoration and use of the Dunster C.N.R. Station" typescript document prepared by Heritage Committee of Dunster Community Association (Feb. 1986). Also includes a photograph depicting the Dunster station (1980?).

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).

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to townsites along the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Includes material regarding townsite planning for McBride, Willow River, Prince George, Terrace, Prince Rupert, and South Hazelton.

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Salmon River.

File consists of notes and reproductions relaintg to the Willow River townsite.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Stewart River townsite. Includes photographs depicting newspaper articles about the Stuart River.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Vanderhoof and area.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Vanderhoof and area townsites. Also includes a map depicting the South Hazelton townsite before 1980.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in Prince Rupert. Also includes a map depicting the Prince Rupert townsite (before 1980).

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the original Pacific Great Eastern Railway line. Also includes photographs depicting various dirt roads (2001-2010).

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).

File consists of clippings relating to the Canadian National lease of the BC Rail line. Includes material on economic benefits of the lease for CN and for the provincial government. Also includes material regarding perceptions of the sale by British Columbia MLA's and the public.

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).

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).

File consists of photocopied articles relating to townsite planning and development in the plains and along the railway. The articles have handwritten annotations by Kent Sedgwick. File includes: "International perspectives on ralway townsite development in Western Canada 1877-1914" by John Gilpin; "Towns of the Western Railroads" by John C. Hudson; and a photocopied book "Plains Country Towns" by John C. Hudson.

File consists of a typescript document titled "Railway and Geological Surveys in North-central British Columbia during the 1870s" by Frank Leonard.

File consists of an exhibit brochure titled "Grand Trunk Pacific: The transcontinental line" prepared by the Fraser-Fort George Museum.

File consists of a duotang containing a typescript essay titled "Land Speculation and the Railway Station in Prince George" by Alistair Mcvey for a geography class.

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the South Fort George Elementary School.

File consists of transcript of an oral interview with Trelle Morrow regarding the architectural development of Quinson Elementary School.

File consists of notes relating to the Millar Addition Elementary School.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Millar Addition High School.

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the King George V Elementary School in Prince George. Includes: "RE: Heritage Designation of KGV School" typed letter from George Paul, City Manager to Secretary of the Heritage Commission (21 Apr. 1997). File also includes photographs depicting the exterior of the King George V school prior to its demolition (2005).

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Island Cache Elementary School.

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Duchess Park Secondary School. Prince George Junior High changed its name in 1958 to Duchess Park Junior High School when Connaught Junior High School opened. The school was named after the existing city park where it was located. The first building used as Duchess Park Junior High School was the old Prince George High School located at 9th and Winnipeg. This was across the school grounds from the new Prince George Senior Secondary School, which was built on Ross Crescent in 1956.

File consists of a clipping and a note relating to the Connaught Jr. Secondary School.

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Ron Brent Elementary School (formerly Connaught Elementary School). Includes: "Official Opening of Connaught Elementary School" pamphlet by School District No. 57 (11 May 1954).

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the Central Fort George Elementary School. Also includes photographs depicting the Central Fort George School prior to its demolition (2004).

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Prince George Secondary School (formerly Baron Byng High School and Prince George High School).

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the Prince George school dormitories. Includes: "Old Dormitory Property - Senior Citizens Development" typescript letter from the Secretary-Treasurer of School District #57 to Mr. Jefferies, City Manager (20 June 1979).

File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Prince George schools. Includes: "Educational Heritage Committee compilation of Newspaper articles, pertaining to education from various publications" typed document from the Retired Teachers' Association Prince George Branch (199?).

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Woodpecker Elementary School. Also includes photographs depicting the Woodpecker School, weathered with the roof beginning to cave in (2001).

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Willow River Elementary School.

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to West Lake Elementary School.

File consists of notes relating to the Thompson Elementary School. Includes a photograph depicting the exterior of a house at a 4818 Giscome Road, Prince George (2005).

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Tabor Creek Elementary School and Tabor Creek South Elementary School