Land, Settlement and Immigration

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  • Claiming, settling, and moving to a new land

  • Land titles, distribution, grants, etc.

  • Community and regional settlement patterns

  • Land settlement companies

  • Land surveys and surveyors

  • Real estate companies and activities

  • Organizations involved in sponsoring and supporting immigrants

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    Land, Settlement and Immigration

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      Land, Settlement and Immigration

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        Land, Settlement and Immigration

          1387 Archival description results for Land, Settlement and Immigration

          1387 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
          2012.13.2.01.01 · File · 1979-2006
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of clippings, notes, and reproductions relating to the incorporation of the city of Prince George. Includes: "Looking back 90 years" in Prince George Citizen Saturday Report (5 Mar. 2005); "Prince George Public Library Historical Costume Workshop - 1915" Workshop description by Jannice Closson (Jan. 1990); "The Three Georges" maps of Prince George, Fort George, and South Fort George at Incorporation of the city of Prince George in 1915 (Feb. 2000); "Incorporation dates" notes by Sedgwick on the incorporation of Prince George dates; and a photocopy of the Fort George Incorporation Act, "An Act to Incorporate the City of Fort George" (6 Mar. 1915).

          2012.13.2.20.02 · File · 2010-2011
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions relating to immigration to British Columbia between 1910 and 1915. Includes material regarding James Mackay, an immigrant from Scotland who came to Canada in 1912, and his wife Dorothy Mackay; and passenger lists for immigration to Canada.

          Hudson's Hope
          2000.19.2.33 · Item · 29 Aug. 1927-26 Sept. 1927
          Part of Prentiss Gray Collection

          Photograph depicts the townsite of Hudson's Hope featuring a number of small wooden buildings clustered in a field. The Hudson's Bay post is building visible on far left.

          Houston, BC
          2000.23.1.063 · File · 1971-1979
          Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

          File consists of material relating to the town of Houston, British Columbia and its namesake John Houston. John Houston (November 1850-March 8, 1910) was a newspaper publisher and politician in British Columbia. Materials include a postcard, a newspaper, and reproductions of articles.

          Hilliard Clare
          2003.11.1.06 · File · 1999-2000
          Part of Island Cache Recovery Project Collection

          File consists of an oral history given by Hilliard Clare, which was gathered as part of Dr. Mike Evan's Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes consent forms, transcripts, and the recorded oral history on the original media.

          2020.4.6.663.1 · Item · 2010-2011
          Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

          DVD disc contains two documents:

          • "KCB Design Update for L-L Dam Crest Elevation 1279 m.pdf"
          • "Piteau 2605-R02-FINAL_Revised_Sep2010.pdf" which is a Piteau Associates report for the Highland Valley Copper mine at Logan Lake regarding "Open Pit Geotechnical Assessments and Slope Design Criteria for the Lornex Pit L16 Expansion"
          2020.4.9.2.18 · File · 2011
          Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

          This CD-ROM contains digital records collected by Gary Runka during his consultancy work for client job 663, Nlaka'pamux Nation Tribal Council's "Consultation on Tech-Highland Valley Mining Permit Amendments" project. Includes a single report prepared for Teck Highland Valley Copper Partnership by Klohn Crippen Berger entitled "Highland Tailings Storage Facility: 2010 Annual Review of Tailings Dams".

          Henderson-Roe collection
          2002.17 · Collection · 1912-1914

          Collection consists of materials related to Fort George surveying and preemption, including both legal and personal correspondence, legal documents and records, plans of lots, photographs, and a map. Includes records from the Cariboo Investment Company, Ltd., J.B. Henderson-Roe and C.H. Henderson Roe.

          Heinz Bartkowski
          2003.11.1.01 · File · 1999-2000
          Part of Island Cache Recovery Project Collection

          File consists of an oral history given by Heinz Bartkowski, which was gathered as part of Dr. Mike Evan's Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes consent forms, transcripts, and the recorded oral history on the original media.

          Hazelton
          2000.23.1.058 · File · 1975-1984
          Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

          File consists of collected research materials regarding the re-branding of Hazelton into a historic town. Materials include newspaper clippings, photographs, pamphlets, reproductions of articles, photographs, and a map. Highlights include:

          • BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Mule Train at Hazelton, B.C.", [191-?] (photograph)
          • BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Hazelton, B.C. Believed to be a Hudson Bay Pack Train", [191-?] (photograph)
          • BC Provincial Archives reproduction, "Resembles terrain encountered in the Skeena area", 1865 (photograph)
          • Kasan, "An Authentic Indian Village Hazelton, British Columbia", [197-??] (pamphlet)
          • Hazelton, "Discover the Hazeltons - your Entrance to a New and Exciting Northern Frontier", [197-?] (pamphlet)
          • Parks Canada, "Kitwanga Fort National Historic Site", 1984 (pamphlet)
          • Hazelton, "Hand of History, Tour of the Hazelton Area Highway 16", [198-?] (pamphlet)
          1996.8.4.38 · File · 2006
          Part of Chander Suri fonds

          File consists of contract documents for Hayer Homes residential subdivisions on 5th and Hill in Prince George, prepared by L&M Engineering.

          Harold Moffat
          2003.11.1.31 · File · 1999-2000
          Part of Island Cache Recovery Project Collection

          File consists of an oral history given by Harold Moffat, which was gathered as part of Dr. Mike Evan's Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes consent forms, transcripts, and the recorded oral history on the original media.

          Hard Drive
          2020.4.9.1 · Subseries · 1997-2021
          Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

          This external hard drive contains back-up files from Gary Runka and Joan Sawicki's computers. The digital files consist of personal, professional, and business records. Includes textual documents (PDF and Word format), spreadsheets (Excel), digital images (JPEG), and email backup files.

          Hansard and McGregor
          2012.13.2.17.26 · File · 1984, 2004
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes and reproductions relating to Hansard, a community along the East Line. File contains material regarding the community and the building of a railway bridge over the Fraser River at Hansard. File also includes photographs depicting the new Hansard bridge (2005).

          "Guide to Placer Staking"
          2020.4.2.3.056 · Item · 1982
          Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

          Item is an original BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources publication entitled "Guide to Placer Staking".

          2009.7.1.268 · Item · 28 September 1920
          Part of Archdeacon W. H. Collison fonds

          Photograph of a partially sunken sailboat near a harbour. Individuals on debris and in a rowboat are surveying the damage. Annotation on recto reads: "GTP. SS Prince Rupert Sept 28th 1920 McRae." Handwritten annotation on verso reads "CTP "Prince Rupert" Sunk at Prince Rupert BC 1920."

          2020.05.55 · Item · 1936
          Part of Gordon Wyness Album

          Photograph depicts a group of people leaning up against the survey crew's Buick car in Francois Lake. Based on the transcription on the photograph verso, from left to right the individuals are: "Mrs. Hunter", "Bobby", Jack Lee, "Edna", "Verna", "Banker's wife", and Gordon Wyness.

          2000.16.2.4 · Item · 1906
          Part of Prince Rupert Empire collection

          Item is a copy print of a photograph of a group of people in a cleared area with a small tent in the background in Prince Rupert on June 1, 1906. The people in the photograph are identified as: Mrs. J.L. Williams, Jack or Jock Williams, Mrs. Porter, Miss Mai Johnston, Mrs. R.L. McIntosh, J.H. Pillsbury, Mr. Pinder ? (Engineer), Captain Jenner ?, Mrs. S.G. Harris, and Cannon Rushbrook.

          2012.13.2.15.19 · File · 2005-2006
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to a failed tunnel build for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line between McBride and Goat River and a potential homestead on the land surrounding the tunnel. The land was later owned by Russ Purvis of Dunster in 2006.

          2020.05.10 · Item · Sept. 1936
          Part of Gordon Wyness Album

          Photograph depicts (from left to right) Gordon Wyness, Philip Monckton, and Lavender Monckton by their 1930 Buick Series 40 car in the Williams Lake area. In this image, the car may be broken down; Wyness noted that they "were forced to spend the nite in a school house due to condenser burning out in the car". Wyness also noted that they had "just finished tying in Fraser Mtn", suggesting that they had just completed survey work in the Fraser Mountain area.