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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

Consists of two photograph albums that illustrate 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.

Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, October 1, 1944 to July 1, 1945:

• September 28-October 21, 1944: Fort Ware trip to pick up food and machinery left after the Bedaux expedition
• October 22-December 31, 1944: Diamond J Ranch
• January 1-May 26, 1945: Diamond J Ranch
• May 26-June 1, 1945: Trip to Fort Ware
• June 3-7, 1945: Trip to Thutade Lake as a packer for Emil Bronlund, mining engineer for Consolidated Mining and Smelting
• June 7-October 5, 1945: Thutade Lake

Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, October 1, 1942 to December 31, 1943:

• October 1-13, 1942: Employed with the United States Army in Northern BC, packing and outfitting for the survey crews of the Alaska Highway in the areas of Deserters Canyon, Fort Ware, Sifton Pass, and Fox Pass
• October 16-29, 1942: Journey to Kechika River and Skook Davidson's Diamond J Ranch
• October 30-December 31, 1942: Working and establishing residence at Skook Davidson's Diamond J Ranch
• January 1-May 19, 1943: Working at Diamond J Ranch with Craig Forfar
• May 19-30, 1943: Trip to Fort Ware
• May 30-June 30, 1943: At Fort Ware, preparing for packing BC Government triangulation survey trip to surveying location and waiting for Skook Davidson to arrive with horses purchased from Jim Beattie
• June 18-July 13, 1943: Travel to surveying location
• July 15-August 17, 1943: Taking care of case camp while survey crews in field
• August 17-26, 1943: All crews working together
• August 27-October 23, 1943: Return trips between Fort Ware and Diamond J Ranch
• October 23-December 31, 1943: Diamond J Ranch

Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, July 1, 1945 to March 31, 1946:

• June 3-7, 1945: Trip to Thutade Lake as a packer for Emil Bronlund, mining engineer for Consolidated Mining and Smelting
• June 7-October 5, 1945: Thutade Lake
• October 5-12, 1945: Trip to Fort Ware
• October 14-26, 1945: Return trip to Diamond J Ranch
• October 27-December 31, 1945: Diamond J Ranch
• January 1-February 25, 1946: Diamond J Ranch
• February 25-March 3, 1946: Trip to Fort Ware
• March 3-13, 1946: Fort Ware
• March 13-26, 1946: Fort Ware to Fort St. James
• March 27-April 15, 1946: Fort St. James, working with Hendry Kinniburgh

Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, January 1, 1944 to September 30, 1944:

• January 1-May 27, 1944: Diamond J Ranch
• May 27-June 6, 1944: Travel to Lower Post
• June 6-18, 1944: Waiting for C.H. Ney, land surveyor for the Dominion Geodetic Survey
• June 19-August 28, 1944: Packing for the Dominion astrofix survey
• August 28-September 7, 1944: Lower Post
• September 7-24: Return trip to Diamond J Ranch
• September 28-[October 21], 1944: Fort Ware trip to pick up food and machinery left after the Bedaux expedition

Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, April 1, 1946 to September 30, 1947:

• March 27-April 15, 1946: Fort St. James, working with Hendry Kinniburgh
• April 15-May 3, 1946: Took the Greyhound bus from Prince George to southern BC to visit family (Keremeos, Penticton, Cawston)
• May 3-5, 1946: Travelled with family to Wenatchee, Washington to see a flower show
• May 6-11, 1946: Returned with family to Cawston, BC
• May 12-14, 1946: Return trip north to Fort St. James on the Greyhound bus via Keremeos, Ashcroft, Quesnel, and Prince George
• May 15-28, 1946: Preparing for summer work in Fort St. James
• May 28-September 4, 1946: Departed from Fort St. James for employment with Emil Bronlund and the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co., packing through the Omineca District up to Thutade Lake
• September 9-October 25, 1946: Return trip to Diamond J Ranch
• October 26, 1946-May 27, 1947: Diamond J Ranch
• May 27-June 17, 1947: Travel to the British Columbia-Yukon Boundary Survey and preparations for work
• June 18-October 11, 1947: Head packer for the British Columbia-Yukon Boundary Survey

Item consists of transcript of interview with writer, film maker, and guide outfitter Andy Russell conducted by Bob Harkins at Prince George Radio Station, CJCI regarding Russell's experiences with guiding in Northern Rockies. Russell also discusses his new work The Life of a River and discusses the environmental impact of hydro-electric development on rivers