Northern BC Archives

2002.1.9.4.015
Item
1929

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Red Mountain Lumber Company mill

2002.1.9.4.016
Item
1929

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Red Mountain Lumber Company mill

2002.1.9.4.017
Item
1929

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Red Mountain Lumber Company mill

2002.1.9.4.018
Item
1929

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Red Mountain Lumber Company mill

2002.1.9.4.019
Item
1929

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Red Mountain Lumber Company mill

2002.1.9.4.020
Item
1929

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Photograph depicts Red Mountain Lumber Company mill owned by Roy Spurr in Penny, BC in 1929. Scattered all around the mill are the remnants of the previous coniferous forest that was destroyed in the Penny Fire that occurred 2 years earlier.

Spruce-Balsam Type Logged and Burned, Penny Ranger Station

2007.1.25.3.19.04
Part
1924

Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr.

Spruce-Balsam Type Cut Over (1919) and Burned (1920), Sample Plot No. 4 (Hope's), Penny

2007.1.25.3.19.12
Part
1924

Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr.

Three Men in Relief Camp at Penny

2009.5.3.92
Item
[ca. 1935]

Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Photograph depicts three men standing in dirt area near fire wood. Tent building semi-visible on left, forest trees behind snow pile in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Relief camp at Penny. 100 men - A.K. Bourchier Foreman - Dixon Taylor timekeeper. [Ted Nevan?] purchasing agent - hungry thirties. Construction days. Mile 29 - A.K. Bourchier J.P." Man in middle is believed to be A.K. Bourchier.

Violet Baxter with Brother Dixon Taylor

2009.5.4.37
Item
[ca. 1935]

Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

Violet sits wearing a fur coat next to younger brother Dixon who wears a suit and hat. They are seated in unidentified area on a wood structure between tall piles of planed lumber. A tall shelter can be seen behind them, and forest trees in background. Dixon Taylor worked at the sawmill in Penny, BC.

Penny CN Station - Sue Sedgwick?

2012.13.1.87.120
Item
[between 1970 and 1990]

Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the CN Station in Penny B.C. A woman, possibly Sue Sedgwick, is sitting against the outside wall.

Penny CN Station

2012.13.1.87.121
Item
[between 1970 and 1990]

Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the CN Station in Penny B.C.

Penny CN Station

2012.13.1.87.122
Item
[between 1970 and 1990]

Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the CN Station in Penny B.C.

Penny - Fraser River?

2012.13.1.88.02
Item
1975

Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts four unidentified individuals standing on the bank of a river, possibly the Fraser, somewhere in or near Penny, B.C.

Penny - Fraser River?

2012.13.1.88.03
Item
1975

Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a river, possibly the Fraser, near Penny, B.C.

Penny - Boat on a River

2012.13.1.88.04
Item
1975

Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a red boat on a river, possibly the Fraser, near Penny, B.C.

Kent Sedgwick

2012.13.1.88.35
Item
1980

Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts Kent Sedgwick sitting on the bank of a river. An old beehive burner is visible in the background. Located somewhere in or near Penny, B.C.

Penny - Railway Crossing Sign

2012.13.1.88.41
Item
1980

Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a railway crossing sign with peeling and cracked paint somewhere in or near Penny, B.C.

Penny - Old House and Sue Sedgwick

2012.13.1.88.44
Item
1980

Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts Sue Sedgwick standing in front of an old, run-down house somewhere in or near Penny, B.C.

Penny - Beehive Burner

2012.13.1.88.46
Item
1980

Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a beehive burner somewhere in or near Penny, B.C.

Penny - Post Office

2012.13.1.88.48
Item
2004

Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the post office in Penny, B.C.

Penny - Hiking Trail Signs

2012.13.1.88.49
Item
2004

Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts two signs for hiking trails in Penny, B.C. One reads: "Hiking trail to Red Mt. Lake (Grizzly Bear Mt.) expect to meet wild animals."

Penny Community Hall

2012.13.1.88.50
Item
2004

Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the community hall in Penny, B.C.

Interview with Cy Bechtel

2017.6.1.05
File
[12 June 2000]

Part of Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project Collection

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Cy Bechtel. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and two copies.

Interview with Jack Boudreau

2017.6.1.07
File
23 Nov. 1999

Part of Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project Collection

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Jack Boudreau. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

Interview with Lea Gobbi and Kate Anderson

2017.6.1.20
File
26 Jan. 2000

Part of Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project Collection

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Lea Gobbi and Kate Anderson. Includes two original recorded audio cassettes and two copies.

Interview with Barb Harkins

2017.6.1.25
File
24 Nov. 1999

Part of Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project Collection

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Barb Harkins. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

Interview with Anna Mellos

2017.6.1.47
File
[11 July 2000]

Part of Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project Collection

File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Anna Mellos. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.

Interview with Cy Bechtel

2017.6.2.05
File
[12 June 2000]

Part of Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project Collection

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Cy Bechtel.

Interview with Jack Boudreau

2017.6.2.07
File
23 Nov. 1999

Part of Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project Collection

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Jack Boudreau. Also includes photocopies of Jack Boudreau's personal records, such as the Diary of Ada (Adelia) Sykes.

Interview with Barb Harkins

2017.6.2.25
File
24 Nov. 1999

Part of Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project Collection

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Barb Harkins. Also includes photocopies of Barb Harkins' personal records, such as photographs.

Interview with Bob Harkins