Image depicts the Kwinitsa CNR station, which is Prince Rupert's railway museum.
Collection consists of a travel scrapbook created by Jill Singleton documenting a trip to Alaska, Yukon, Haida Gwaii, and northern BC. Includes photographs, ephemera, handwritten notes, pamphlets, issues of local newspapers, and maps.
This travel scrapbook was created by Jill Singleton to document a trip to Alaska, Yukon, Haida Gwaii, and northern BC. Jill Singleton and Eric Stathers embarked on a 1985 car camping trip using the BC Ferries and Alaska Ferry systems. Includes postcards, ephemera, handwritten notes, pamphlets, issues of local newspapers, and maps. Also includes 37 photographs.
Includes the following:
- "Queen Charlotte Islands Observer" newspaper issue for August 8, 1985
- "A Walking Tour and Business Directory for Queen Charlotte City", June 1985
- "A Walking Tour and Business Directory for Tlell + Port Clements", June 1985
- "A Walking Tour and Business Directory for Skidegate Landing, Skidegate and Sandspit", June 1985
- "A Walking Tour and Business Directory for Masset", June 1985
- "Explorations Q.C.I." pamphlet advertising guiding, outfitting, and touring
- "Sandspit Inn, Queen Charlotte Islands" pamphlet
- "Visit the Queen Charlottes" pamphlet
- Queen Charlotte Islands map, circa 1985
- BC Ferries pamphlet "New in 1985... Inside Passage Day Cruise"
- BC Ferries pamphlet "Tickets and Boarding Information, Inside Passage"
- "Alaska Marine Highway" pamphlet
- "Discover Southeast Alaska, Ketchikan" pamphlet
- "Alaska State Parks" pamphlet/map
- "Tongass National Forest, Alaska" pamphlet/map
- "Alaska Marine Highway Summer Schedule - May 1, 1985 through September 30, 1985" pamphlet
- History leaflet for St. Michael's Cathedral, Sitka, AK
- Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute leaflets, 1984
- Anchorage 1984 Visitors Guide, Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau
- "Skagway... some Steps on the Gold Rush Trail... walking Tour of the Historic District - Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park"
- "Skaguay Alaskan" newspaper issue, Vol. VIII, No. 1880 (1985)
- "Klondike Gold Rush" pamphlet for tourists
- "Broadway, Skagway, Alaska" pamphlet
- "S.S. Tutshi, Carcross" pamphlet
- "Moon Watching" pamphlet by BC Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing (1980)
- "Some Insects of Provincial Parks" pamphlet by BC Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing (1980)
- "Stewart, British Columbia - Hyder, Alaska... Your Gateway to Alaska and the Yukon!" pamphlet
- "Stewart-Cassiar Highway 37" map
- "Prince Rupert City Map & Guide" pamphlet
- "Explore Canada's Yellowhead, Western Canada's New Interprovincial Highway" pamphlet (1983)
- "101 Things To Do in Yukon" booklet published by Tourism Yukon (1985)
- "Your Guide to B.C. Ferries' Inside Passage" booklet by British Columbia Ferry Corporation (1985)
- "Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada" booklet (1981)
Trip itinerary:
- Vancouver, BC
- Nanaimo, BC
- Port Hardy, BC
- Prince Rupert, BC
- Yakoun River, BC
- Haida Gwaii, BC (formerly Queen Charlotte Islands)
- Rennell Sound, BC
- Graham Island, BC
- Queen Charlotte City, BC
- Sandspit, BC
- Prince Rupert, BC
- Ketchikan, AK
- Sitka, AK
- Tenakee Springs, AK
- Juneau, AK
- Skagway, BC
- Carcross, YK
- Atlin, BC
- Telegraph Creek, BC
- Kitwanga, BC
- Prince Rupert, BC
- Prince George, BC
- Lillooet, BC
- Vancouver, BC
Image depicts numerous boats docked by the Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-operative Association from the deck of a ferry, possibly as it's leaving Prince Rupert, most likely for Haida Gwaii.
Image depicts the waters of the Hecate Strait.
Photograph depicts a ferry slip and a rail barge to Alaska. 3 tracks were used for shipping.
Photograph depicts a steam roller on display in front of the Provincial Court House. Manufactured by "Waterous," Brantford, Canada (Waterous Engine Works Company). Similar, if not identical machine was used by the city of North Vancouver for road paving in 1912.
Photograph depicts a Gruman Goose at the Seal Cove Seaplane Base. Several of these planes were in use at this location. At least 6 in total.
Image depicts the Hecate Strait near Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts a dock in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts a large building with numerous vehicles in the foreground.
Image depicts numerous buildings and a small dock somewhere in Prince Rupert, B.C. One of the buildings is labelled "Fishermen's Supply."
Image depicts a view of Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts the City Hall of Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts numerous houses in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts several houses in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Photocopied map depicts mineral and coal mining properties in north western British Columbia.
Photograph depicts trackage connecting the passenger depot in Prince Rupert and freight only section to a seal cove. Image captured at Cow Bay, with the Mason Way grade crossing visible. In 2003, Davies noted that the twin sets of track on the rail bridge survived, but everything else had disappeared.
Photograph depicts a Gruman Goose of the Trans Provincial Airpline that had just landed on on floats and was emerging on wheels to climb a ramp to the seaplane base.
Photograph depicts a Gruman Goose of the Trans Provincial Airpline discharging passengers, having just landed on floats and then taxied on wheels up a ramp.
Image depicts a view of Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts the Pride O' the North shopping mall in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts numerous houses in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts the main street of Prince Rupert, B.C.
Photograph depicts possibly disused fishboats found adjacent to oil wharfs in Prince Rupert.
Photograph depicts a Coastgaurd ship, "Narwhal," at the Department of Transport wharf in Seal Cove.
Photograph depicts an air-sea rescue launch that may been used during World War II. It was located just beside Highway 16, about 5 miles from the centre of Prince Rupert.
Image depicts the Hecate Strait near Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts numerous docked boats somewhere in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts an old building on the main street of Prince Rupert, B.C. Only half of the business name is visible: "Skeena Color [sic]."
Image depicts the Bank of Nova Scotia located on "Besner Block" in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts a large vessel docked at a grain elevator and two smaller boats at a dock in the foreground somewhere in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts numerous boats docked in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Photograph depicts Otto Lang, Minister of Transport, with two unknown men during his visit to the Fairview Cargo Terminal in Prince Rupert.
Photograph depicts Otto Lang, Minister of Transport, being videotaped with two unknown men during his visit to the Fairview Cargo Terminal in Prince Rupert.
Photograph depicts men working on the deck of the fishing vessel “Callistratus” at the Fairview Terminal in Prince Rupert.
Photograph depicts the Prince Rupert grain facility from shore with a helicopter flying overhead.
Photograph depicts a part of the Prince Rupert grain facility.
Photograph depicts the docked ship “Aegean Sea” and a Canadian National grain car in Prince Rupert.
Photograph depicts a Canadian National grain car on railroad tracks by the grain facility in Prince Rupert.
Photograph depicts a Canadian National grain car with a wheat logo in Prince Rupert.
File contains slides depicting places in and around Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts numerous houses on the cliff-sides in Prince Rupert, B.C.
Image depicts a boat docked inside what appears to be a type of boathouse, possibly located in Metlakatla near Prince Rupert, B.C.
Photograph depicts an aerial view of the Prince Rupert Fairview Cargo Terminal.
Photograph depicts an aerial view of a ship at port in Prince Rupert.
Photograph depicts an aerial view of a ship at port surrounded by logs in Prince Rupert.
Photograph depicts an aerial view of ships at the Prince Rupert harbour.
Photograph depicts an aerial view of ships at the Prince Rupert harbour.
Photograph depicts Otto Lang, Minister of Transport, being videotaped while talking to a reporter with a microphone during his visit to Prince Rupert Fairview Cargo Terminal.