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2009.7.1.277 · Item · [ca. 1880-1920]
Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

Wide angle photograph of many buildings scattered in a clear cut area. Foreground shows several businesses, including "Kelly Carruther's Supply" and "Prince Rupert Hardware and Supply Co." Some remaining forest is visible in the background. Annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert, BC 1659."

Oversize Material
2013.6.35 · Series · 1909-2011
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Series consists of large format maps and plans relating to railways in British Columbia and Canada. Also includes oversize documents.

2013.6.36.1.010.75 · Item · [May 1965]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Pacific Coast Bulk Terminals on the North Shore, 1 mile east of Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver. Previously owned by Hillcrest Lumber #11 and Merrill & Ring #5. In the foreground is 90-ton Shay locomotive #115 from the Railway Appliance Research Ltd. It was built by Lima Locomotive Works in 1929 and is builders #3350. It was last owned by Canadian Forest Products on Nimpkish Valley Railway on North Vancouver Island, up until at least the mid-1960s.

2013.6.36.1.011.33 · Item · [May 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts that Pacific Great Eastern depot at Horseshoe Bay, awaiting the dayliner to Quesnel. A two-coach Budd car runs from North Vancouver to Lillooet, and then a different 1-coach Budd car continues to Quesnel. It is possible to do a roundtrip from North Vancouver to Lillooet in one day.

2013.6.36.1.011.10 · Item · [8 May 1966]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Pacific Great Eastern depot in Lillooet. In the photograph is the front coach #31 of a two-coach Budd car train, 5 minutes after arrival, being checked and serviced. On this day this two-coach unit left from North Vancouver at 8 am and arrived at Lillooet at 1:15 pm. It left Lillooet at 4:05 pm and returned to Vancouver at 9:30 pm. The total mileage run was 315 miles.

2017.5.1 · Item · [between 1951 and 1971]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Film Collection

This film reel of original footage depicts various views of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, including:

  • Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Budd Car from Shalath and Seton Lake to Kelly Lake
  • Laying Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Track in Northern British Columbia
  • Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Track Inspection with V-10 Vehicle
  • Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Track Inspection with V-8 Vehicle
  • Cariboo Williams Lake Stampede and Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Track Inspection
2017.5.2 · Item · [between 1958 and 1968]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Film Collection

This film reel of original footage depicts various views of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, including:

  • Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Open Passenger Car riding along Seton and Anderson Lakes
  • Opening of Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Line in Fort St James with Premier Bennett, 1 August 1968
  • Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Trip with Premier Bennett from Vancouver to Prince George, 1958
  • Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Trip from Lake District to Alta Lake
  • Inaugural Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) "Peace River Special" train to Fort St. John with Premier Bennett, 1958
2017.5.3 · Item · [between 1954 and 1971]
Part of Pacific Great Eastern Railway Film Collection

This film reel of original footage depicts various views of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, including:

  • Recovery of the April 1, 1954 Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Train Wreck at Seton Portage
  • Opening of the new Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Car Shop in Squamish with Premier Bennett
  • Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Budd Car running along Seton Lake
  • Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Track Inspection with V-10 Vehicle, Fort Nelson to Fort St John, October 1971
  • First Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Revenue Train from Fort Nelson with Premier Bennett, September 1971
  • Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Track Inspection Trip with V-10 Vehicle, Fort Nelson to Fort St John, October 1971
2017.5 · Collection · 1951-1971

Collection consists of three original color film reels that compile footage clips from various dates. Subjects include the following:

Premier W.A.C. Bennett on the PGE Railway:

  • Vancouver to Prince George Trip with Premier Bennett, 1958
  • Fort St. James Opening of Line with Premier Bennett, 1 August 1968
  • Opening of Squamish Car Shop with Premier Bennett, 1970
  • Fort Nelson Opening of Line with Premier Bennett, September 1971
  • First Revenue Train South from Fort Nelson with Premier Bennett, 1971

    PGE Track Inspection and New Construction:

  • V-8 PGE Track Inspection
  • V-10 PGE Track Inspection
  • V-10 Track Inspection
  • Fort Nelson South to Fort St. John, October 1971
  • Cariboo, Williams Lake Stampede, and PGE Track Inspection

    Seton Lake:

  • Seton Portage Steam Train Wreck Recovery, 1 April 1954
  • Open Air Passenger Cars riding along Seton and Anderson Lake
  • Budd Car from Shalath and Seton Lake to Kelly Lake
  • Budd Car running along Seton Lake
2012.13.2.15.32 · File · 1987-2005
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

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).

2002.1.3 · Series · 1912-1980
Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Pacific Great Eastern Railway series consists of correspondence between departments, records pertaining to train movements, and ephemera. Series includes publications concerning the topics of unionized labour, railway operation, and public interest. Also consists of maps and technical drawings depicting Pacific Great Eastern Railway lines and structures.

Pacific Great Eastern Railway