File consists of copies of 1972 records from the City of Prince George related to Island Cache that were photocopied and organized by researchers involved with the Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes real estate indentures between property owners and the City of Prince George for Island Cache properties.
File consists of copies of 1972 records from the City of Prince George related to Island Cache that were photocopied and organized by researchers involved with the Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes correspondence from the city to Island Cache residents and correspondence from Island Cache residents to the city. Much of the correspondence from residents are offers to the city to sell their property.
File consists of copies of 1972 records from the City of Prince George related to Island Cache that were photocopied and organized by researchers involved with the Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes correspondence from persons external to Island Cache, particularly internal city correspondence. Also includes correspondence from other city residents and organizations to the city regarding Island Cache.
File consists of copies of 1972 records from the City of Prince George related to Island Cache that were photocopied and organized by researchers involved with the Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes tax assessments for Island Cache properties.
File consists of copies of 1973 records from the City of Prince George related to Island Cache that were photocopied and organized by researchers involved with the Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes correspondence from Island Cache residents to the city and correspondence from the city to Island Cache residents regarding purchase and demolition of property.
File consists of copies of records from the City of Prince George from 1974 onwards related to Island Cache that were photocopied and organized by researchers involved with the Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes the 1975 "Cottonwood Island Study" and correspondence regarding a Cottonwood Island trail and park.
File consists of copies of correspondence to residents of Island Cache from the City of Prince George and correspondence from residents of Island Cache to the city.
File consists of photocopies of undated city records related to Island Cache. Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence between the City of Prince George and residents of Island Cache, internal municipal correspondence, a "Report to City of Prince George - Purchases Cottonwood Island Properties", "Cottonwood Island - A Report on Desirable Land Use", and notices of hearings.
File consists of photocopies of material from the collection of Bob Parris. Includes material dated from 1970 organized by Island Cache Recovery Project researchers. Includes copies of newspaper clippings, the summary of a Cottonwood Island Community Survey, City of Prince George Letters Patent, Island Residents' Association newsletters, correspondence, and "Cottonwood Island: A Report on Desirable Land Use".
File consists of photocopies of material from the collection of Bob Parris. Includes material dated from 1971 organized by Island Cache Recovery Project researchers. Includes copies of newspaper clippings; a "Report on Flood Protective Measures for Cottonwood Improvement District" from 1969; and newsletters, correspondence, and a petition from the Island Residents' Association.
File consists of photocopies of material from the collection of Bob Parris. Includes material dated from 1972 organized by Island Cache Recovery Project researchers. Includes copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence regarding the installation of a municipal water system on Cottonwood Island, a document of "Thirteen Little-Known Facts About Cottonwood Island", a notice regarding "Clean-up Procedures Following Flooding", Prince George city bylaw no. 2419, a listing of Island Cache properties "Worth Fixing, Maybe Worth Fixing, and Not Worth Fixing", and notices of hearings from the city.
File consists of photocopies of material from the collection of Bob Parris. Includes material dated from 1973 organized by Island Cache Recovery Project researchers. Includes photocopies of photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence to and from the City of Prince George, records of property assessment, and personal correspondence to Bob Parris.
File consists of photocopied newspaper articles about Island Cache (Cottonwood Island) and the relocation of its residents.
File consists of photocopies of Island Cache photographs provided by participants in the Island Cache Recovery Project.
File consists of copies of research material related to Island Cache and Cottonwood Island from libraries, museums, and archives. Includes photocopies of public records, photographs, and oral history transcripts.
File consists of photocopied maps of Island Cache (Cottonwood Island) and Prince George.
File consists of correspondence and paperwork regarding grants for the Island Cache Recovery Project.
File consists of completed researcher privacy forms for the Island Cache Recovery Project.
Consists of a photograph album that contains 224 photographs that depict Parker Bonney's early years as a Forest Engineer. Includes photographs of the expedition to the Nass Valley undertaken by Parker Bonney, Sam Brown, and others. May also include photographs of later surveying expeditions. Also includes three photographs of the University of Washington rowing team, of which Parker Bonney was a member between 1909 and 1913.
Consists of a photograph album that contains photographs that depict Parker Bonney's early years as a Forest Engineer. Includes photographs of the expedition to the Nass Valley undertaken by Parker Bonney, Sam Brown, and others. May also include photographs of later surveying expeditions.
Photographs within this file document natural and artificial features across the landscape of Northern British Columbia. This landscape also includes the physical, built, urban and industrial landscapes; topography; site plans; boundaries, districts, reserves, parks, sanctuaries, towns, villages and cities, etc.
Photographs within this file pertain to the early exploration of northern British Columbia.
Photographs within this file document stern wheelers operating in Northern BC from ca. 1901 - 1915.
File consists of clippings, notes, and reproductions relating to the incorporation of the city of Prince George. Includes: "Looking back 90 years" in Prince George Citizen Saturday Report (5 Mar. 2005); "Prince George Public Library Historical Costume Workshop - 1915" Workshop description by Jannice Closson (Jan. 1990); "The Three Georges" maps of Prince George, Fort George, and South Fort George at Incorporation of the city of Prince George in 1915 (Feb. 2000); "Incorporation dates" notes by Sedgwick on the incorporation of Prince George dates; and a photocopy of the Fort George Incorporation Act, "An Act to Incorporate the City of Fort George" (6 Mar. 1915).
File consists of clippings, notes, and reproductions relating to the naming of the city of Prince George and the origins of the name. Includes: "Proclamation" photocopy of British Columbia Gazette discussing the naming of the city of Prince George (1915); "Prince George needs a new name" print of pgcitizen.ca article by Neil Godbout including comments on the article (July 2009); "Prince George" in Prince George Citizen, Northern Explorer (May 2006); and "History of Prince George" in a Prince George Towncenter Business Association publication (July 1985).
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to encouraging settlement and immigration to Prince George. Includes material on Dutch settlement in Prince George; the Hornby Plan, a 1933 settlement plan by the Canadian National Railway to develop communities and stimulate business for the railway, particularly in Prince George; promoting Prince George for settlers; reserved land for veterans; and auction of lands to cover delinquent taxes in British Columbia.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to research conducted by Kent Sedgwick on Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer and fur trader. Includes: "Simon Fraser: The Birth of Modern British Columbia" special edition issue of the Vancouver Sun newspaper (3 Jan. 2006).
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to George Mercer Dawson (August 1, 1849 - March 2, 1901), a Canadian geologist and surveyor with the Geological Survey of Canada.
File consists of a bound typescript book titled "Land Settlement (A report by a C.S.T.A Committee)" produced by the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists in 1941.
File consists of a report titled "A Study of Land Settlement in the Prince George-Smithers area, British Columbia" by W.J. Anderson and published by the authority of the Right Hon. James G. Gardiner, Minister of Agriculture in Ottawa, Canada (Oct. 1947).
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, 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 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 and reproductions relating to West Lake Elementary School.
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Mud River Elementary School. Also includes photographs depicting old Mud River buildings and roads.
File consists of notes and clippings relating to Dunster Elementary School.
File consists of notes relating to Hixon Elementary School (formerly Canyon Creek Elementary School). Also includes photographs depicting the old Canyon Creek School site (2001).
File consists of notes relating to Camp Creek Elementary School.
File consists of notes relating to the Cale Creek Elementary School.
File consists of notes relating to Buckhorn Elementary School. Also includes photographs depicting the old Buckhorn School building and the Prince George Snowmobile club building from the exterior (between 2001 and 2005).
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Japanese internment and work at Sinclair Mills during World War II. File also includes photographs depicting the pit and field site for the old North Road camp for Sinclair Mills, where Japanese internment workers worked (2010).
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the community of Shelley.