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Peace River
2008.2.1.25 · Item · 2 January 1945
Part of Northern BC Cartographic Collection

Colour-coded topographic map depicting surveyed lands alienated, available for purchase or lease, or available for pre-emption. Depicts land districts, land recording districts, parks, communities, bodies of water, transport routes, communication lines, and triangulation stations.

2002.1 · Collection · 1887-1999

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

2002.12.16.2 · Item · 1979
Part of Bob Harkins fonds

Item consists of transcript and tape summary of interview with Tom Waller who discusses fire protection and forest fires in the Prince George and Peace River region.

Harkins, Bob
2002.12.20.2 · Item · c.1970-c.1989
Part of Bob Harkins fonds

Item consists of transcript and tape summary of interview with Elmer Nelson who discusses Axel Wenner- Gren's business interest in the Rocky Mountain Trench area of Northern British Columbia in the 1950s.

Harkins, Bob
H.G.T. (Harry) Perry fonds
2002.7 · Fonds · 1877-1960

Fonds consists of records relating to the personal, business and political life of H.G.T. Perry and as such, has been divided into the following four series: 1) Photographs; 2) Political Activities; 3) Business Ventures; 4) Personal Life; and 5) Miscellaneous Historical Information Files. Also includes material relating to his son, Frank Perry, and his failed political campaign. Includes World War II and Post-War printed materials.

Types of records included in this fonds include Speakers' Decisions (1877-1943) in the BC Legislative Assembly, maps, publications, reports, correspondence, advertisements, telegrams, resolutions, minutes, annual reports, telegrams, resolutions, reports, speeches, press releases, proposals, plans, charts, file notes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, ephemera, postcards and photographs.

Perry, Harry G.T.
Peace River
2012.13.1.091 · Subseries · [between 1974 and 1979]
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File contains slides depicting places along the Peace River.

Peace River
2012.13.1.91.12 · Item · Oct. 1978
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the Peace River, possibly near Clayhurst or Hudson's Hope, B.C.

Peace River
2012.13.1.91.13 · Item · Oct. 1978
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts the Peace River, possibly near Clayhurst or Hudson's Hope, B.C.

A Bridge
2012.13.1.91.30 · Item · Oct. 1978
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a truck on a bridge, possibly crossing over the Peace River.

Bee Colony
2012.13.1.91.56 · Item · 1979
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a man in a yellow cap who appears to be blowing smoke into a bee colony at a bee farm. It appears to be an educational demonstration.

Parking Lot Frisbee
2012.13.1.93.18 · Item · 1979
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a group of people throwing a frisbee in a parking lot at an uncertain location, likely in the Peace River Region.

Examining Rocks
2012.13.1.93.21 · Item · 1978
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts three unidentified individuals examining rocks near a set of railway tracks at an uncertain location in the Peace River Region.

Group and a Bus
2012.13.1.93.34 · Item · 1978
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a group of individuals and a bus with words that read: "Prince George Limousine & Charter." The river in the background is possibly the Peace River, and the location is possibly somewhere near Fort St. John, B.C.

Bare Trees
2012.13.1.93.35 · Item · 1978
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a forest of bare trees, possibly somewhere near Fort St. John, B.C.

Observatory Window
2012.13.1.93.53 · Item · 1978
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a group of unidentified individuals look through an observatory window at an uncertain location, possibly in Fort St. John, B.C.

2003.13 · Collection · [after 1909]

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.

Bonney, Parker
2009.6.13.45.04 · Item · [between 1974 and 1979]
Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

Map depicts the proposed electoral districts of British Columbia, including: Burnaby, Capilano, Cariboo-Chilcotin, Comox-Powell River, Cowichan-Malahat-The Islands, Esquimalt-Saanich, Fort Nelson-Peace River, Fraser Valley East, Fraser Valley West, Kamloops-Shuswap, Kootenay East, Kootenay West, Mission-Port Moody, Nanaimo-Alberni, New Westminster-Coquitlam, North Vancouver-Burnaby, Okanagan North, Okanagan-Similkameen, Prince George-Bulkley Valley, Richmond-South Delta, Skeena, Surrey-White Rock-North Delta, Vancouver Centre, Vancouver East, Vancouver Kingsway, Vancouver Quadra, Vancouver South, and Victoria.

Chetwynd
2012.13.1.91.32 · Item · Nov. 1978
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a view of Chetwynd, possibly from Highway 97.

Examining a Rock
2012.13.1.91.38 · Item · 1979
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts a group of individuals who appear to be examining a rock. It is possibly part of an educational trip.

People and a Bridge
2012.13.1.91.50 · Item · 1979
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

Image depicts several unidentified individuals and a bridge behind them; it is possibly crossing the Peace River.