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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          1190 Archival description results for Land, Settlement and Immigration

          1190 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
          2020.4.2.2.09 · Item · [1972 or 1973]
          Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

          Item is a reproduced conference paper for the 4th North American Forest Soils Conference entitled "Bio-Physical Land Classification in Canada" by authors M. Jurdant (Canadian Forestry Service), D.S. Lacate (UBC), S.C. Zoltai (Northern Forest Research Center), G.G. Runka (B.C. Department of Agriculture), and R. Wells (Newfoundland Research Centre).

          Bjorn Norheim
          2003.11.1.33 · File · 1999-2000
          Part of Island Cache Recovery Project Collection

          File consists of an oral history given by Bjorn Norheim, 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.

          2002.12.10 · Item · c.1970 - c.1989
          Part of Bob Harkins fonds

          Item consists of interview with Walter Gill who discusses his career in the BC Provincial Police in Central Interior. Also talks about trapping in region.

          Harkins, Bob
          Bradley Johnson
          2003.11.1.18 · File · 1999-2000
          Part of Island Cache Recovery Project Collection

          File consists of an oral history given by Bradley Johnson, 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.

          Bridges at Telkwa River
          2020.05.19 · Item · [Sept. or Oct. 1936]
          Part of Gordon Wyness Album

          Photograph depicts two bridges crossing the Telkwa River. Wyness notes (on photograph verso) that this is where their survey crew traversed the river; he also noted erosion in the area.

          2001.1.054 · Item · Feb. 1912
          Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

          Item is issue Vol. 2 No. 4 from February 1912 of the "British Columbia Bulletin of Information", a promotional mouthpiece of the Natural Resources Security Company. The publication is self-described as "About the vast natural resources and commercial, agricultural and mining progress, together with a synopsis of the laws regulating public lands, timber, coal and other minerals, and current record of development in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan for the business man, the farmer and the investor". The headline of this issue is "B.C. Government Guarantees Bonds of Railway to connect Fort George with Vancouver". The Natural Resources Security Company was a development company that sold a significant amount of land in Fort George.

          2020.4.3.17 · File · 2008-2012
          Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

          File consists of selected correspondence, mailings, newsletters, pamphlets and workshop information from the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists (BCIA). Gary Runka was a long-time BCIA member. Includes issues of the British Columbia Institute of Agrologists (BCIA) Newsletter, the BCIA Special Report for the 65th Annual General Meeting, workshop materials for the BCIA 2012 ethics workshop, and the BCIA Committee on Principles of Stewardship Report to Council (29 March 2010).

          Bruno Randt
          2003.11.1.39 · File · 1999-2000
          Part of Island Cache Recovery Project Collection

          File consists of an oral history given by Bruno Randt, 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.

          Buckhorn Elementary School
          2012.13.2.16.41 · File · [between 2001 and 2005]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes relating to Buckhorn Elementary School. Also includes photographs depicting the old Buckhorn School building and the Prince George Snowmobile club building from the exterior (between 2001 and 2005).

          Business card collection
          2020.4.3.29 · File · 1970-2013
          Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

          File consists of G. Gary Runka's business card collection, which includes many unique examples of business cards from BC, Canada, and beyond. Includes cards for personal contacts and businesses as well as business contacts.

          Campsite at Sheraton
          2020.05.29 · Item · [Sept. or Oct. 1936]
          Part of Gordon Wyness Album

          Photograph depicts (from left to right) Gordon Wyness and Jack Lee at their campsite at Sheraton. This location may reference the small community east of Burns Lake on the Canadian National Railway line. Wyness notes that "Sherton" [Sheraton?] Mountain is visible in the background of the photograph; the current name of that geographical feature could not be determined. The survey crew's car and tent are also visible in the image.

          2020.4.8.2.005 · Item
          Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

          Photograph is a group portrait of the Canada Land Inventory team , possibly related to the National Soil Survey. Individuals identified: Norm Sprout (back row, 5th from left); Les Lavkulich (back row, 6th from left); Dr. Charlie Rowles (back row, 6th from right); Pat Duffy (3rd row back, 6th from right); Gary Runka (3rd row back, 5th from right).

          2020.4.8.2.008 · Item · [197-?]
          Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

          Photograph is a group portrait of the attendees at a Canada National Land Use meeting. Back row, left to right: Gary Runka, Bruce Chambers, Frank Heaps, Vern Spencer, Peter Whiting. Middle row, left to right: Bob Scace, Lee Munn, Bill Bourgeois, Jim Murphy, Gerry Acott, Dave Rochefort. Front row, left to right: Mike Simmons, Les Cooke, John Hetherington, Betty McGregor, Daniel Paquette, Peggy Thompson, Patsy Murphy.

          2020.4.2.3.048 · File · Sept. 1979
          Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

          File consists of two original unbound volumes of the draft report "Carcross Valley - Marsh/Tagish Lakes - Atlin Road Land Management Planning Project" released September 1979 by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the Government of the Yukon. Volume 1 consists of "Review Framework and Resource Data" and Volume 2 consists of "Resource Data Maps".

          Cariboo region
          2000.23.1.018 · File · 1977-1986
          Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

          File consists of material relating to the Cariboo District and reproductions of articles and newspaper clippings. Highlights include:

          • Reproduction of Isabel M.L. Bescoby, "Some Aspects of Society in Cariboo from it's discovery until 1871", 1932 (booklet)
          • "Gold Country '86", a commemorative Expo 86 supplement to the Quesnel Cariboo Observer, 25 June 1986
          Carmella Canino
          2003.11.1.03 · File · 1999-2000
          Part of Island Cache Recovery Project Collection

          File consists of an oral history given by Carmella Canino, 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.

          Cassiar Land
          2000.1.1.3.25 · File · 1979 - 1983
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          This file contains images of a land dispute around Cassiar. The photographs depict a cabin on a lot, a destroyed cabin, and outhouses. The accompanied documents in the original file refer to the subjects of "Claims, Leases, and Land lots," and it is implied that there were issues of squatters, illegal occupation, and mineral claims.