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Tourist map of Prince George depicts city area, including railway trackage.

Tourist map of Prince George depicts city area, with annotations by Davies to emphasize locations of rail lines.

Map depicts the City of Prince George in 1976, including the Fraser River, Nechacko River, Cariboo Highway, Carney St., and Patricia Blvd. where the electoral district boundary was proposed along for the two districts of Fort Nelson-Peace River and Prince George-Bulkley Valley.

Map depicts British Columbia in its entirety as-well as smaller subsequent maps of Vancouver, Victoria and Vicinity, Prince George, Kamloops, Nelson, and Vancouver Island.

The Aleza Lake Research Forest Society (ALRFS) records encompass material that was created or collected by the Society over its existence (2001-present). Records created by the ALRFS consist of administrative and operational records, as well as publications from the Society. Collected records include historical records relating to the Aleza Lake Experiment Forest gifted to the Society or its members. These include maps, photographs, reference material, and documents. Members and associates of the ALRFS also documented the history of the forest through the creation of oral history recordings and written histories such as John Revel's "Devil's Club, Black Flies, and Snowshoes".

The fonds includes a significant amount of reproduced archival material about Aleza Lake from other institutions, such as BC Archives, the Canadian Forest Service, and the BC Forest Service. Many of these reproductions were created as part of the 2006 ALRFS Natural Resources History Internship in an effort to compile the history of the research forest.

Also included are cartographic and photographic materials that depict the Aleza Lake Research Forest and surrounding areas.

The Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Society Collection consists primarily of textual, photographic, and cartographic records related to the regional developments of the railway industry in Northern BC. A predominant portion of the collection is made up of material from the Canadian National Railway; other railways represented include the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, the British Columbia Railway (BC Rail), the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, the Grand Trunk Railway, the Intercolonial Railway, and the Okanagan Express. Significant geographical areas covered include Prince George, the Peace River Region, Terrace, Bulkley Valley, Hazelton and Prince Rupert.

The forestry industry is represented in the collection with operational and financial records from Fyfe Lake Sawmill Ltd., which operated southwest of Prince George in the 1950s.

The collection has been organized into series according to creator, each of which also has been arranged to subseries, file and item level, where applicable. This collection consists of eight series, as follows:

1) Canadian National Railway
2) Grand Trunk Railway
3) Pacific Great Eastern Railway
4) British Columbia Railway (BC Rail)
5) Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)
6) Intercolonial Railway
7) Fyfe Lake Sawmill ltd.
8) PGRFM
9) Photographs

File consists of trail maps and recreation guides from various places in British Columbia, especially Northern British Columbia. Maps include:

• British Columbia Road Map and Parks Guide
• Northwood Pulp and Timber Limited Forest Operations Recreation Map
• Provincial Parks of Northern British Columbia
• Visitor's Guide: Mackenzie Woodlands
• Visitors Guide: Mackenzie Woodlands
• Mackenzie Forest District Recreation Map
• Dawson Creek Forest District Recreation Map
• Morice Forest District Recreation Map
• Fort St. James Forest District Recreation Map
• Lakes Forest District Recreation Map
• Cariboo Forest Region Recreation Map
• Lakes District Visitors Map
• Prince George Forest District Recreation Map
• Vanderhoof Forest District Recreation Map
• Fort St. John Forest District Recreation Map
• Cariboo Forest Region Recreation Map (East)
• Robson Valley Forest District Recreation Map
• Fort Nelson Forest District Recreation Map
• Forest Service Recreation Sites: Valemount - Blue River
• Forest Service Recreation Sites: McBride - Goat River
• Forest Service Recreation Sites: Prince George West
• Forest Service Recreation Sites: Moberly - Sukunka
• Forest Service Recreation Sites: Nation - Takla
• Forest Service Recreation Sites: Murrat - Kiskatinaw
• Recreation Road Map for the Prince George Forest Area (1987-1988)
• Recreation Road Map for the Prince George Forest Area (1997)
• The Bobtail Forest Service Road Tour
• Forest Recreation Map: Northwood Pulp and Timber Limited
• Forest Operations Recreation Map: Northwood pulp and timber limited
• Forest Service: Recreation Sites Williston/Mackenzie
• Forest Service Recreation Sites Prince George West
• The Official Prince George Tourist Street Map
• Ecological Reserves in British Columbia (July 1990)
• Prince George Forest District map (April 1990) with annotations regarding trials.

Item is McNaughton Lake, B.C. Map 83D and Part of 83C Second Status Edition (1975) from "Classification and Interpretation of some Ecosystems of the Rocky Mountain Trench, Prince George Forest Region, British Columbia: First Approximation" (1984).

Series contains material created and collected by Kent Sedgwick over the course of his work with the Prince George Heritage Commission, the Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail Association, and other local organizations. The files primarily consist of meeting minutes, typescript documents, and correspondence between Sedgwick and the organizations.

Subseries consists of material collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research regarding various areas within Prince George. These files include material on neighbourhoods and notable areas within the city, as well as the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George. Notable areas include the Fort George Canyon, downtown Prince George, and Cottonwood Island. The files primarily contain notes and newspaper clippings relating to the development and history of these areas.

Subseries consists of materials collected by Kent Sedgwick for research relating to Lheidli T'enneh First Nations. The Lheidli T'enneh are a sub-group of the Dakelh people whose traditional territory includes the city of Prince George, British Columbia. These files primarily consist of material regarding the original Lheidli T'enneh reserve and cemetery, the reserve relocation, and the desecration of the cemetery.

Subseries consists of material collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research regarding parks and outdoor recreation in Prince George. Material on parks includes Fort George Park (renamed to Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park in 2015); Cottonwood Island Park; Connaught Hill; Moore's Meadow; L.C. Gunn Park; the Nechako Cutbanks; Paddlewheel Park; Monkman Provincial Park; Fraser Canyon Park; and Carp Lake. Also includes information on the creation of plaques and monuments, including the Alexander Mackenzie monument; the “Arrival of Steel” CN railway plaque; heritage interpretative signs for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway; the Millar addition; and flooding and rivers. The files consists of various pamphlets and correspondence regarding the development of parks and the creation of interpretive materials.

Subseries consists of material collected and created by Kent Sedgwick for research regarding transportation. Includes notes and research on airplanes, specifically Prince George aviation and the Junkers aircraft named "The City of Prince George"; highway transportation; the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway; ferry boat service including the Fraser River Fort George ferry, the Isle Pierre ferry, and the Miworth ferry; the Pacific Great Eastern Railway line; the British Columbia Railway; and the Canadian National Railway. Also includes essays and typed documents on railway history in Prince George.