Northern BC Archives

Canadian National Rail Conductor

2002.1.9.6.001
Stuk
[ca. 192-?]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Photograph depicts an unidentified Canadian National Rail conductor in uniform leaning up against a rail car.

Hand car

2002.1.9.6.031
Stuk
[192-?]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Photo depicts two men on a hand car: handwritten descriptor with photo reads: "Hand car photo, Chicken Lake (now Lake Kathlyn just west of Smithers on CN mainline; was the Grand Trunk Pacific ice house. Sunday March 14th, 19__."

A group of 5 males, two females and a dog posing for a photograph at Lindup railroad station near

2002.1.9.1.041
Stuk
[193?]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.

Rear view of logs being pulled to landing

2002.1.9.4.003
Stuk
[197-?]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Winter scene, logs being pulled to bush landing. Photograph depicts arch logging truck, pulling several logs in winter. Notes on envelope read: " c. 1970 Barney Creek, Summit Lake east of Highway 97. Maximum negotiable grade1/2 % up to 3/4 % for short distances (100 yards)."

Repurposed Canadian National Railroad Car

2002.1.9.6.027
Stuk
[197-?]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Photo depicts a second view of a re purposed railroad car. Railroad car is stationary, a roof and steps have been added. There is a log building in the background. Location unknown.

Repurposed Canadian National Railroad Car end view

2002.1.9.6.029
Stuk
[197-?]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Photo depicts a fourth view of a re purposed railroad car. Railroad car is stationary, a roof and steps have been added. Location unknown.

Smithers Roundhouse

2002.1.9.6.024
Stuk
[197-?]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Photo depicts a large brick building adjacent to railroad tracks. Handwritten annotations on verso read, "Smithers Roundhouse"

Arch-logging truck pulling a large cluster of logs

2002.1.9.4.005
Stuk
[197-?] (Creation)

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

logging truck dragging a large cluster of logs

Arch-logging truck dragging a large load of logs uphill on a snowy road

2002.1.9.4.006
Stuk
[197-?]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Photograph depicts an Arch-logging truck dragging a large load of logs, uphill on a snowy road. Notes on envelope read: " Arch-logging truck, Barney Creek, Summit Lake east of Highway 97. Maximum negotiable grade1/2 % up to 3/4 % for short distances (100 yards)." The truck in this image is a 1962 Pacific model SUD-A serial number T6261-192, purchased by Church Sawmills of McGregor River, BC. The truck was delivered October 16, 1962 came equipped with a Cummins NH250 engine, 5 speed main transmission and 4 speed auxiliary with power tower (for running the winch on the arch).

Repurposed Canadian National Railroad Car

2002.1.9.6.026
Stuk
[197-?]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Photo depicts a re purposed railroad car. Railroad car is stationary, a roof and steps have been added. Location unknown.

Arch truck logging

2002.1.9.4.002
Stuk
[197-?]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Photograph depicts an Arch logging truck. The truck in this image is a 1962 Pacific model SUD-A serial number T6261-192, purchased by Church Sawmills of McGregor River, BC. The truck was delivered October 16, 1962 came equipped with a Cummins NH250 engine, 5 speed main transmission and 4 speed auxiliary with power tower (for running the winch on the arch).

Arch-truck logging in winter

2002.1.9.4.004
Stuk
[197-?]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Photograph depicts arch logging truck. Notes on envelope read: " Arch-logging truck, Barney Creek, Summit Lake east of Highway 97. Maximum negotiable grade1/2 % up to 3/4 % for short distances (100 yards)."

Repurposed Canadian National Railroad Car

2002.1.9.6.028
Stuk
[197-?]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Photo depicts a third view of a re purposed railroad car. Railroad car is stationary, a roof and steps have been added. Two unnamed women are occupied with an undetermined task. Location unknown.

Repurposed Canadian National Railroad Car fifth view

2002.1.9.6.030
Stuk
[197-?]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Photo depicts a fifth view of a re purposed railroad car. Railroad car is stationary, a roof and steps have been added. Location unknown.

Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

2002.1
Collectie
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

Canadian railways

2002.1.6.01
Deelreeks
1887-1992

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Subseries contains material created by various Canadian railways. Includes forms, condensed profiles, time tables and promotion material.

Miscellaneous railway history material

2002.1.6
Reeks
1887-1992

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

This series consists of material created by various societies, companies, railways, unions and government branches for the use and instruction of railway companies and employees. Includes publications, time tables, training materials, union materials, forms, maps and plans related to rail operations in North and South America, but predominately related to Canadian railway operations. Also comprises material created by several American and Canadian railways and transportation companies.

Miscellaneous forestry photographs

2002.1.9.4
Deelreeks
[190-?]-[195-?]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Consists of photographs depicting various forestry and forestry railway scenes, including early sawmills, Church Logging (Prince George) logging trucks, the Eagle Lake Spruce Mills (Giscome) railway locomotive and train cars loaded with logs, early logging with horse-drawn skids, an aerial of Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, among others.

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

2002.1.2
Reeks
1900-1939

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

The Grand Trunk Railway and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway series consists of administrative records, correspondence between railways, and ephemera. Also consists of maps and technical drawings depicting Grand Trunk Railway and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway rail lines and structures.

Miscellaneous railway photographs

2002.1.9.7
Deelreeks
1900-1980

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Consists of photographs depicting unidentified rail stations, locomotives, equipment, communities and people.

Photographs

2002.1.9
Reeks
1900-1986

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Consists of photographs depicting the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, the British Columbia Railway, the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the Canadian National Railway. Also includes photographs of various forestry-related scenes.

Railway employees Carl Wagner and other at Mountain Park, AB

2002.1.9.7.016
Stuk
[190-?]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Photograph depicts 2 railroad workers. Annotation on verso of photograph reads, "Carl Wagner (top) leaning on car loader - early 1900's; Mountain Park Alberta".

CNR locomotive with snow removal equipment 51070

2002.1.9.7.017
Stuk
[19-?]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Photograph depicts a CNR locomotive pushing snow removal equipment #51070 near a building, possibly a railway station.

Ephemera

2002.1.6.07
Deelreeks
1901-1991

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Subseries contains ephemera created and used by various railways and railway associations. Includes invitations, pamphlets, advertisements, a petition, and other ephemera materials related to railways in North America.

Forms

2002.1.6.08
Deelreeks
1902, 1969

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Subseries contains used and unused railway and financial forms.

Administrative records

2002.1.2.1
Deelreeks
1902-1912

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Subseries contains material relating to the administrative functions of the Grand Trunk Railway, including financial records.

Correspondence

2002.1.2.2
Deelreeks
1902

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Subseries consists of correspondence between Grand Trunk Railway and other railway systems, particularly the Wabash Railroad Company.

Ephemera

2002.1.2.3
Deelreeks
1902

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Subseries contains ephemera related to the Grand Trunk Railway.

Maps and plans

2002.1.6.10
Deelreeks
1904-1988

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Subseries contains maps and plans depicting railway sites in British Columbia and the Yukon.

Four men ride a railway track speeder in the winter

2002.1.9.2.064
Stuk
[ca. 1907]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Second man in from left is believed to be R.A. Harlow.

Group photo of men in suits aboard a steamship holding up a "Ketchikan" pennant

2002.1.9.2.072
Stuk
ca. 1907]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

R.A. Harlow is believed to be man in front to the immediate right of the pennant.

Man (R.A. Harlow?) looking through a leveling instrument

2002.1.9.2.059
Stuk
[ca. 1907]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Landscape perspective of the Bulkley River taken from the railroad tracks at Mile 188

2002.1.9.2.066
Stuk
[ca. 1907]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Unidentified man sitting on a felled tree which spans over a small waterfall

2002.1.9.2.067
Stuk
[ca. 1907]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Man of Japanese descent wearing suit and tie and posing for a photograph

2002.1.9.2.069
Stuk
ca. 1907]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Handwritten annotation in ink on verso reads: "My Jap cook. Tomiachi (?) Katsamuata (?)

Wooden structures on docks and a moored boat laden with lumber

2002.1.9.2.070
Stuk
ca. 1907]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Partially visible handwritten annotation on verso reads: "...floats 3 miles west of Rupert"(?)

Landscape perspective of the harbour at Skagway, Alaska

2002.1.9.2.071
Stuk
ca. 1907]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Partially visible handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Mrs. O.M. Helgerson, Prince Rupert, BC"

Three men posing outside of a log building

2002.1.9.2.061
Stuk
[ca. 1907]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Man on far right is believed to be R. A. Harlow.

Man standing next to a hand car

2002.1.9.2.062
Stuk
[ca. 1907]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Man is believed to be R. A. Harlow. Sign on hand car reads: "Buda Motor Car".

Three men stand with a leveling instrument in the middle of a set of railway tracks in the winter

2002.1.9.2.063
Stuk
[ca. 1907]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Residency #1, GTP Construction

2002.1.9.2.068
Stuk
[between April and October 1907]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Handwritten annotation in ink on recto consists of an arrow pointing to a tent-like structure

Man (R.A. Harlow?) standing on a large boulder overlooking a railway track

2002.1.9.2.058
Stuk
[ca. 1907]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Three men, two woman and two dogs pose for a photo beside a snowy river

2002.1.9.2.060
Stuk
[ca. 1907]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Man on far left is believed to be R. A. Harlow.

Landscape perspective of river running through a steep valley

2002.1.9.2.065
Stuk
[ca. 1907]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

This might be the Bulkley River

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

2002.1.9.1
Deelreeks
1908-1933

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Consists of a set of original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.

Overview of buildings and wooden boardwalk next to the Prince Rupert shorline

2002.1.9.1.028
Stuk
[ca.1908]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.

Maps and plans

2002.1.2.4
Deelreeks
1908-1932

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Subseries contains maps and technical drawings produced by Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk Pacific Railways. Predominantly consists of plans of the rail line in the BC area. Also includes technical drawings of Grand Trunk Railway structures.

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway office in Prince Rupert, BC

2002.1.9.1.009
Stuk
[ca. 1908]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.

Dry dock and construction at the Prince Rupert wharf

2002.1.9.1.004
Stuk
[ca. 1910]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.

Lone structure nestled into the base of clear cut mountains lining the Athabaska River

2002.1.9.1.021
Stuk
[1910 or 1911]

Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

Part of a set of 41 original black & white photographs [1908-1933-?]) of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line in BC depicting surveying crews, town sites (Prince Rupert and its port, Hazelton and Fort George), and First Nations Peoples.

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