Sports, Recreation and Leisure

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  • Physical activity, occupations or amusements for the purpose of wellness, socializing, relaxation, entertainment or competition
  • Sports, outdoor recreation, hobbies, games, travel, etc.
  • Individuals, organizations, clubs
  • Professional and amateur competitors/teams
  • Education and training related to sports, recreation and leisure
  • Businesses related to sports, recreation and leisure

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          1110 Archival description results for Sports, Recreation and Leisure

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          Babcock Creek
          2012.13.1.55.27 · Item · 1971
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts two unknown individuals pulling a canoe through Babcock Lake's three mile creek.

          Baseball records
          1996.2.2.2.07 · File · [before 2006]
          Part of Brian Fawcett fonds

          File consists of records relating to Brian Fawcett's baseball hobby, including Little League certificates, baseball scoresheets, and team records.

          2009.5.4.52 · Item · [ca. 1955]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Edna & Alan Baxter - [guided?] with A. Hanson. Bob & Violet Baxter - Bob delivered mail to & from Quesnel in the 1940s." Young Edna sits on Alan's knee. Bob sits behind Violet as she pets the Cocker Spaniel. Large tree trunk stands behind Bob and Violet. A cabin and gate-like structure are semi-visible in background against forest. It is believed that this photograph was taken at Cluculz Lake, BC. Note on negative envelope: "Edna, Alan, Bob & self. Darkie at the Lake."

          Bear killed at Kinsquit(?)
          2004.2.1.67 · Item · 1898-1920
          Part of Reverend R.W. Large fonds

          Photograph depicts a man holding a rifle over a dead bear in front of a wooden building. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Bear killed at Kinsquit(?)"

          Bear shot near Stewart, BC
          2011.13.29 · Item · ca.1910-ca.1930
          Part of Parker photograph collection

          Photograph of a group of men gathered outside of "G.A. Clothier Assay Office." Two of the men are carrying a large bear carcass between them on a tree branch. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Bear Shot Near Stewart B.C. Hughes #18."

          Board of Directors
          2000.1.1.4.3 · File · ca. 1951 - ca. 1960
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          File contains photographs featuring members of the Board of Directors of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd., which was formed on the 17th of May, 1951. Cassiar's forerunner was a company named Conwest, formed in 1534, a consolidation of two companies owned by Fred Martin Connell and his brother W. Harold Connell. The first board of directors included the Connell brothers, George Armstrong, John E. Kennedy, Charles & Arthur Mortimer, and Charles Rainforth Elliot (chartered accountant and secretary-treasurer of Conwest & Cassiar). Directors depicted in this file include F.M Connell, Harold Connell, Charles Elliot, John E. Kennedy, George Armstrong, Ken A. Creery, John Drybrough, Tam Zimmermann, George Washington Smith (president of Bell Asbestos Mines), Nick Gritzuk, Jack Christian (general manager, president, and CEO). Other individuals depicted include Fred Murry, Andre Beguin, Plato Malozemoff from Newmont Mining (co-founder of Cassiar with F.M. Connell), Alfred Lloyd Penhale (founder and CEO of Asbestos Corporation of Canada Ltd.), C.B. Brown, Pierre Marcotte, Francis Parker Smith (brother of George Smith), Bill Oughtred, Bill Johnson, and a Mr. Janitsch. File also includes a portrait of an unidentified director of Cassiar from Turner and Newall in England, taken at the corporate club in Toronto. Group portraits were taken at the Cassiar Valley, the office building, "House 130," fishing outings, and at formal events in unidentified locations.

          Boat Launch
          2012.13.1.60.17 · Item · July 1973
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a boat launch with several people nearby; it is possibly at War Lake in Carp Lake Provincial Park.

          Boat Launch
          2012.13.1.60.21 · Item · July 1973
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a boat launch; it is possibly at War Lake in Carp Lake Provincial Park.

          Boating - Starting Down
          2012.13.1.15.21 · Item · [1975?]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a group of people in boats, with Ray Mueller steering one of them, on the Fraser River in the Grand Canyon, B.C.

          2009.5.4.3 · Item · [1937?]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts Bob standing to right of house, holding an eagle by the wings. A very young Alan stands beside him, and younger brother Fred in front. Short wood fence crosses midground, trees in background. Typed annotation on recto of photograph: "Quesnel B.C. 1936 Northern B.C. Eagle shot at Dragon Lake, B.C. 7 ft. 6 in spread. Mounted by Jack Lestin, Prince George,"

          2002.12.28 · Item · 1987
          Part of Bob Harkins fonds

          Item consists of transcript of interview with Ambrose Trick discussing the sawmilling and logging industry in Northern BC, c.1930s-1950s including the 1953 strike; the creation of the Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association. Trick also discusses his involvement in railway work, his involvement with hockey in Prince George and discusses Prince George politics, prominent personalities in the North.

          Harkins, Bob
          2002.12.30 · Item · c.1970s
          Part of Bob Harkins fonds

          Item consists of transcript and tape summary of recorded interview with Gordon Wood, pharmacist, businessman and sports enthusiast who lived in Prince George c.1920s-c.1970s. He discusses various events that impacted Prince George including the Great Depression of the 1930s and set up of relief camps; the set up of army camps during World War II. He also discusses local politicians, his drugstore business and community members.

          Harkins, Bob
          2002.12.29.1 · Item · c.1970-c.1989
          Part of Bob Harkins fonds

          Item consists of transcript and taped summary of recorded interview with long-time resident Ted Williams who discusses his father' Chuck Williams early years in Prince George c.1920s. He also discusses river transportation, steam boats on the Fraser River and river scowing adventures on the Grand Canyon (BC) and fatalities that occurred.

          Harkins, Bob
          2002.12.29.2 · Item · c.1970-c.1989
          Part of Bob Harkins fonds

          Item consists of typed transcript and tape summary of recorded interview with long-time resident Ted Williams who discusses his involvement in Boy Scouts Association of Canada as District Commissioner and setting up a group in Prince George c.1930s-c.1950s

          Harkins, Bob
          2009.5.3.138 · Item · [ca. 1910]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts interior of one of Mr. & Mrs. Bourchier's "camp cabins" on the Upper Fraser River. A cushioned chair stands next to decorated shelf on log wall, wall hangings in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph duplicate: "Mr. Bourchier's bedroom."