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File consists of a floppy disk with digital manuscript chapters from Audrey L'Heureux's book "Trail to Rail: Settlement Begins". Data could not be migrated.

File consists of deleted content from Audrey L'Heureux's "Trail to Rails: Out of the Heart of British Columbia".

File consists of deleted content from Audrey L'Heureux's "Trail to Rails: Out of the Heart of British Columbia".

File consists of a floppy disk with digital manuscript chapters from Audrey L'Heureux's book "Trail to Rail: Settlement Begins".

File consists of a floppy disk with digitized chapters from Audrey L'Heureux's book "Surveys and Gold 1862-1904". Data could not be migrated.

File consists of Audrey L'Heureux's manuscript entitled "Trail to Rail: Out of the Heart of British Columbia"; this is an abridged version of L'Heureux's master copy of the manuscript. The manuscript is a collection of 61 oral stories recorded by L'Heureux from early settlers of British Columbia. "Trail to Rail: Out of the Heart of British Columbia" is the first collection in a series of three publications titled "Trail to Rail: Settlement Begins and Surveys and Gold". However, "Out of the Heart of British Columbia" was never published. The other two volumes of the "Trail to Rail" manuscript were later published under the title "From Trail to Rail" in 1989.

File consists of Audrey L'Heureux's manuscript entitled "Trail to Rail: Out of the Heart of British Columbia". The manuscript is a collection of 61 oral stories recorded by L'Heureux from early settlers of British Columbia. "Trail to Rail: Out of the Heart of British Columbia" is the first collection in a series of three publications titled "Trail to Rail: Settlement Begins and Surveys and Gold". However, "Out of the Heart of British Columbia" was never published. The other two volumes of the "Trail to Rail" manuscript were later published under the title "From Trail to Rail" in 1989.

File consists of material relating to Charles Melville Hays (May 16, 1856 - April 15, 1912) who was the president of the Grand Trunk Railway. He began working in the railroad business as a clerk at the age of 17 and quickly rose through the ranks of management to become the General Manager of the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway. He became Vice-President of that company in 1889 and remained as such until 1896 when he became General Manager of the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) of Canada. He died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic before his plan was complete. File consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and reproductions of articles.

File consists of collected research materials regarding Simon Fraser. Fraser was a Canadian explorer and fur trader who charted much of what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia. He also built the first European settlement in British Columbia at Fort McLeod. Materials include reproductions from BC Archives, such as photocopies of correspondence, booklets, reports, and newspaper clippings. Other highlights include:

• The British Columbia Genealogist, Vol. 21 No.1 March 1993
• The British Columbia Genealogist, Vol. 22 No.1 March 1993

File consists of material regarding George Mercer Dawson who in 1875 joined the Geological Survey of Canada. His survey of BC strongly influenced government decisions on the proposed route of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Dawson was a charter Royal Society of Canada member (1882) and by 1883 was the assistant director of the Geological Survey of Canada. Includes reproductions of reports written by Dawson, articles, and research materials.

File consists of material collected on Frederick William Knewstubb. Frederick William Knewstubb, who first foresaw the possibility of the Kenney Dam/Nechako Reservoir project, which was carried out by the Aluminium Company of Canada (ALCAN). Knewstubb joined the Water Rights Branch as a draughtsman in 1911, became a hydrological engineer in 1926, and was Chief Hydrologic Engineer for the Water Rights Branch at the time of his death, 16 December 1937. Materials includes reproductions of articles, and correspondence.

File consists of research material collected on the history of Fort George including a Provincial bulletin, newspaper clippings, pamphlet, and reproductions of articles and images. Highlights include:

• Robert Arthur Williams, Province of British Columbia Lands Service, "The Fort Fraser- Fort George Bulletin Area", No.7. 1973 (bulletin)
• Fort George Park, "Fraser-Fort George Museum", [197-?] (pamphlet)
• W.J. MacAllan, "The Moving of the Fort George Indians", Cariboo & Northwest Digest, Summer 1948 (photocopied article)
• Nellie R. Campbell, "When Steel Came to Prince George", Cariboo & Northern B.C. Digest, Summer 1947
• Fraser Fort-George Museum, "Museum Mirror", Vol. 2 No. 1, 1986

File consists of research material regarding David Douglas (25 June 1799 - 12 July 1834), a North American explorer and botanist best known as the namesake of the Douglas fir. Includes photocopied articles and photocopies of his correspondence from an archives.

File consists of research materials pertaining to a Japanese war balloon that was found east of Fort Babine. Includes a 1993 booklet by Captain Charles A. East entitled "White Paper: Japanese Balloons of World War Two". Also includes two reprints of 1945 photographs that depict the Japanese war balloon chandelier with one bomb attached as well as Sergeant Smith east of Fort Babine beside the Japanese war balloon suspended in a tree.

File consists of research materials and correspondence collected regarding Skook Davidson, who was known for being a packer in the Fort St. John area and for being a World War I veteran.

File consists of a 1936 thesis written by Arthur J. Johnson entitled "The Canadian Pacific Railway and British Columbia, 1871-1886" from the University of British Columbia.

File consists of research and newspaper clippings collected on Sir Arthur Curtis surrounding the Klondike Gold Rush and Curtis' mysterious disappearance on the Yukon Trail.

File consists of material relating to the Cariboo District and reproductions of articles and newspaper clippings. Highlights include:

• Reproduction of Isabel M.L. Bescoby, "Some Aspects of Society in Cariboo from it's discovery until 1871", 1932 (booklet)
• "Gold Country '86", a commemorative Expo 86 supplement to the Quesnel Cariboo Observer, 25 June 1986

File consists of a photocopied newspaper clipping (1934) and a newspaper article transcription (1930) regarding the economic depression in Prince George and northern BC in the 1930s.

File consists of material relating to Edward R. Gosnell. Gosnell was the first Provincial Librarian from 1893 to 1898 and also the first Provincial Archivist from 1908 to 1910. He wrote one of the earliest histories of British Columbia. Research materials include reproductions of photographs from BC Archives and reproductions of articles. Highlights include:

• Reproduction of photograph from BC Archives depicting the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway entitled "Track layer laying steel from Kitselos to Hazelton", 1913
• Reproduction of photograph from BC Archives depicting the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, [191-??]

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter U, including Bill and Mary Umphreville.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter T, including: Harry Thacker, Connie Tiljoe, Stephen Tingley, Philip and Emily Tompkins, George and Mary Tomlinson, Mack Toodick, George Toombs, Charles Trowse, Kenneth and Phillip Trombley, Joe Trulson, and Pat Turkki.

File consists of a typed index to the Fort George Herald for 1910 through 1916.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter W, including: Olga Walker, Bill Wallace, Milt Warren, Jim Watson, Paul Watson, Hilary Wearne, Norm Weseen, Fred Wells, Moses Wesley, William Anthony Augustine West, Willis West, Wiley Wilford, Jimmie Williams, Ray Williston, Earl and Alice Willsie, Art Wilson, Jack Wilson, Peter Wilson, James Shaver Woodsworth, Kate Helen Woods, James William Woods, Steven Wong, Bill Woycik, William W. Wrathall, Bob R.J. Wylie, Keith Yorston, Bill and Eleanor Zelisney, Martha Zlot, and Wally and Alice Zubrecki.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter S, including: Sage Noble Walter, Polly Sargent, John Sargent, Arthur Sampson, Sater Synove, Louis Schibli, Sam Service, Granny Seymour, Dave Shaw, Arthur Shelford, George Simpson, Alexander Sinclair, Marcus Smith, Andy Spisak, John Stephens, Monica Storrs, Jessie Sugden, and Twain Sullivan.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter V, including: Elizabeth Anderson Varley, Jim Somer Van, Rhyn B. J. Van, William Cornelius Van Horne, and Vaart Ralph Vander.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter R, including: Jane Bertha Ranahan, Bertha Ranahan, Wharton Redman, Merle Redding, Harper Reed, Ernst Reimann, Bill Robertson, Sammy Robinson, Winnie Robinson, Hans Roine, Leo Rossi, and Bert Russell.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter M, including: Ben Muma, Vic Morgan, Martha Morgan, Mazie Armitage Moore, Dorothy Moore, Joanne Monaghan, Walter Moberly, Alfred A. Milne, Olive Miller, Beryl Miller, Joe Mettler, Anna Maria Mellace, Adrien and Jo Meeuwissen, Mildred M. Matheson, Jacob Martens, and Ruth Marko.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter N, including: E.J. Norman, John Nilson, Frank Neurauter, John Neilsen, and Harold Neave.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter O, including: William Ogilvie, Ken and Sadie Olson, Wiggs O'Neil, Imbert Orchard, Annie Ormandy, and Ted Owen.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter P, including: Thor Paulsen, Frank and Adele Paquette, Louie and Flora Perrin, Margret and Milles Perry, Duncan Pitman, and Clarence and Laura Pollard.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter Q, including Bill and Bea Quadros.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter J, including: Alfred Joseph, Dan Jones, Jimmy Joseph, Joseph Jollymore, Lukin Johnston, Chester Jeffery, and Captain Jackman.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter K, including: Henry John Keefe, Jack Kendrick, Alma Kerr, Archie Kerr, Carol Kerr, Vera Kerr, Jean Kilpatrick, Eileen Kimball, Marion and Don Knoerr, Anne Konst, Bonne Koopmans, Hilda and Barney Kruisselbrinks, Barney Kruisselbrink, and Maria Kryklwyj.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter H, including: Harry Hagman, Brown Haig, Lynn Hancock, John Bishop Hannen, Ernest Hann, Addie and Ernie Hann, John Canon Hannen, Thomas Hankin, Bob Harlow, Eliff Harrison, Donald Graham Harvie, Lester Hawkes, Ernest Heal, Harmon Helmericks, Della Herman, Jessie Hewlett, Yvonne Hibder, Clarence Hickey, Clarence Higenbotham, Herd Hill, Sarah Hindle, Ann and George Holdways, Christine Holland, Arthur Richard Holzworth, Jack Hotell, James Houston, Ivor Howells, Peter and Ellen Huber, Norman Hueston, Tony Hunt, Ivy Hunter, and Bruce Hutchison.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter I, including: T.A.K Irwin, Harold Adams Innis, and Guy Ilstad.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter Mc, including: Bill and Alice McFadyen, Murray McDonald, R.G. McDougall, Frank McGibley, Carmon McGomery, Norm McGinnis, John McInnis, J.G. McGregor, Bruce Alistair McKelvie, John and Denise McLean, Nellie McClung, and Ian Cowan McTaggart.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter L, including: Sarah Lacroix, Duke Lavington, Douglas Lay, Bea Leach, Louis LeBourdais, Frances Lee, Peter Leech, Jack Lestin, Bob Letchford, Gwyneth Lindsay, John Little, Alex Charlie Long, Sheldon Luck, and Roy Lyons.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter D, including: Carl Davidson, Arnold Jean Davis, Foot Davis, Chiyo Deguchi, Walter Derrick, Martin Dettweiler, H.W. Detwiller, Capt. Doderich, Claude Dohler, Hunt Marion Doig, Chief Dornbierer, Capt. Douglas, David Douglas, William Duff, Wilson Duff, William Red Duncan, William Duncan, Bill Dungate, and Julie Durban.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter E, including: Vina Eby, Johnathon Edgar, Alfred N. Edmonds, Bill E.B. Edwards, Berger Eichen, Frieda Eichler, Gwen Ellis, Albert J. Elliott, Gwen Ellis, Lincoln Ellsworth, Vic Engstrom, Nick Eugenio, Gerry Evans, and Ruth Everson.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter F, including: Johan Bakke Fulse, Mike Fry, Mary Fridlington, Frame Duncan, Muriel Fowler, Jack Fossum, Mae Flynn, and Lawrence Ralph Flynn.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter G, including: John Galloway, Hamlin Garland, Mary George, Elsie Gerdes, George and Fran Gibbins, Adam Scott Gillespie, George Gilmour, Alec Goheen, Hubert Goheen, Clarence and Winnie Goodacre, Roger Goodlad, Fred Gordon, James Gowans, May Graham, Grant George, Nigel Green, James Green, Luther Collins Gunn, and Ruby Gyger.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter C, including: Robert Cunningham, Henry J. Cambie, Nick Cachia, Guy Chipman Canning, Les Capewell, Emily Carr, Sperry Cline, Jack Clotworthy, Elizabeth Cloarec, Bill Olive Collison, William Cooke, Dick Corless, Mary Corless, Les Cox, Author Mike Crammond, Paddy Cram, Donald Creighton, and Thomas Crosby.

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter B, including: Herb Badey, Georgina Ball, Balmain, Joe Banyay, Marius Barbeau, Billy Barker, Fred Barr, Charlie Barret, Violet Baxter, Alfred Bayne, Joseph Beaudoin, Lulu Beaver, Sir Matthew Begbie, Alexander Begg, George Beirnes, Bill Bellos, Arthur and William Bellos, Irving Bell, Clarence Benson, Clear and John Berg, Edwin Berry, Pierre Berton, Leo and Juliette Bilodeau, Samuel Black, Edgar Blackwell, Guy Blanchet, Elinar Blix, Nan Bourgon, Gordon Bowes, Marc Boyer, Albert Bradley, Jim Briggs, Hugh Brody, Mardy Brown, and Eric Burr.

File consists of material relating to women in Canada. Highlights include:

• Victoria Public Library, "Sisters! about women's issues", 1987 (pamphlet)
• Gillian Marie Loggy, "A Guide to the Writing of Women into the History of B.C.", 1975 (photocopied paper)
• Ministry of Women's Equality, Government of Canada, "Heritage Women's History Month", 1993 (booklet)

File consists of material relating to pioneers and their stories. Materials include newspaper clippings, a booklet, and reproductions of articles. Highlights include:

• Canadian Federation of University Women, "Street Names A-Z", 1970 (booklet)

This subject file consists of collected information about people with last names starting with the letter A, including: Jim Adams, Joseph Manson Adams, Muriel Adams Rosenblatt, Richard Adkins, Dr. Terry Agnew, Dr. Agnew, Neil Brearley, Bob Algar, Henry Robert Anderson, Eva Allen, Helen Anderson, Charles John Anderson, and Tommy Hershel Armstrong.

File consists of material relating to George Williams, a Prince George pioneer and author. File includes reproductions of records and journal articles.

File consists of material related to turbine transportation. Materials include newspaper clippings and a photocopied journal article.

File consists of material relating to University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC). Materials include pamphlets, newsletters, a booklet, and a photocopied report. Highlights include:

• University of Northern British Columbia, "1992 Election The Candidates for the Chancellorship", 1992 (booklet)
• University of Northern British Columbia, "Update", 1991-1993 (newsletter)
• University of Northern British Columbia, "Quick Start", 1993-1994 (calendar)
• University of Northern British Columbia, "UNBC North to the Future Campaign", 1992 (photocopied report)
• University of Northern British Columbia, "Progress", 1992 (pamphlet)