Transportation and Utilities

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  • Act of means of transporting from one place to another

  • Act of means of providing water, power, sewage, etc. to communities

  • Facilities and infrastructures (eg. harbours, highways, airports, hydroelectric projects)

  • Vehicles, rolling stock, aircraft, equipment, ships and boats, ferries

  • Accidents (eg. highway crashes, derailments, air crashes, ship wrecks)

  • Rescue services (eg. towing, coast guard)

  • Businesses and corporations (eg. motor associations)

  • Professional organizations and unions

  • SEE ALSO: Agriculture; Business and Commerce; Industries; Military

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          4835 Archival description results for Transportation and Utilities

          4835 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
          Helicopter and Man
          2012.13.1.63.05 · Item · Aug 1989
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a man standing in front of a helicopter; a waterfall is visible on the cliffs in the background. The slide itself is labelled "BC Parks Tour."

          Henry J. Cambie
          2000.23.1.014 · File · 1978
          Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

          File consists of reproductions of reports, articles, newspapers, and documents containing information about Henry J. Cambie who was employed by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway as a land surveyor in 1867.

          2011.3.3.20 · Item · [ca. 1910]
          Part of North Coast & Central BC Postcard Collection

          View of fish boat in water, with net spread and smaller boat on opposing side of net. Several gulls can be seen flying in the air. Rail cars town and treed hills in background. Printed annotation on recto reads: “Herring Fishing In Prince Rupert Harbour McRae Bros.” Handwritten message in ink on verso is addressed to “Mr. H. Smart 2550 Blackwood St. Victoria B.C.”

          H.F. Glassey aboard Ship
          2009.5.2.78 · Item · [ca. 1935]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts H.F. Glassey sitting on bench on upper deck of unidentified watercraft, rope ladder in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "To Sarah for old Times Sake. Yours Bert."

          2009.5.2.85 · Item · 18 April 1936
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts Bert Glassey in winter gear standing with snowshoes and what appears to be a dogsled. Bushes and trees in background. Typed annotation on recto of photograph: "The Tribulations and privations of a Coroner in Northern British Columbia. April 18th, 1936. Taken in the Teslin Lake country of B.C."

          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.
          Highway
          2012.13.1.7.246 · Item · Mar. 2003
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a highway, possibly Highway 97, in Prince George, B.C.

          Highway 97
          2012.13.1.3.164 · Item · May 2001
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a section of Highway 97 looking south. Map coordinates 53°55'10.3"N 122°46'54.9"W

          Highway and Mountains
          2012.13.1.98.68 · Item · 1999
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a van on a highway with mountains in the distance; the location is uncertain, though it is possibly along the Alaska Highway.

          Highway and Mountains
          2012.13.1.98.70 · Item · 1999
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts a van on a highway with mountains in the distance; the location is uncertain, though it is possibly along the Alaska Highway.

          2012.13.2.15.08 · File · 1991-2004
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to highway transportation in and around the Prince George area. Includes material regarding the Old Cariboo Highway; the Yellowhead Highway east; and Highway 97 north. Includes: "RE: Proposed Bridge at Isle Pierre" typescript letter from Kent Sedgwick to Ken Pedergast, District Manager (4 Oct. 1991) and "Year 2000 Calendar Bridges of BC" calendar for the year 2000 produced by Argentis (2000).

          HMCS St. Croix
          2013.6.36.1.062.08 · Item · [23 May 1971]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts the HMCS St. Croix that was built by Marine Industries Ltd. Of the Restigouche class and was one of the 22 Canadian destroyer escorts.

          Horse drawn mowing machines
          2013.6.36.1.080.13 · Item · [July 1966]
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph depicts a horse drawn mowing machines on an Indian Reserve. The machine in the foreground was named "Champion" made by B.F. Avery and Company. The other one was named "McCormack Deering."