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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          4829 Archival description results for Transportation and Utilities

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          Two Men Cutting Fire Wood
          2005.3.7 · Item · [ca. 1945]
          Part of John Hart Highway Photograph Collection

          Handwritten caption beside this photo reads: "Cutting Fire Wood". Photograph depicts two men on either side of large log using chain saw in wood clearing. A small snow-covered building can be seen in background.

          Two Men Cutting Fire Wood
          2005.3.8 · Item · [ca. 1945]
          Part of John Hart Highway Photograph Collection

          Handwritten caption above this photo reads: "Cutting Fire Wood". Photograph depicts two men on either side of large log using chain saw in wood clearing. A third man is watching them from behind the saw. A wood pile and small snow-covered building can be seen in background, as well as what is believed to be a caterpillar bulldozer.

          Two Men in Railway Camp
          2009.5.3.95 · Item · [1914?]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts two men standing in snow-cleared area next to firewood pile. Two tent buildings stand behind them, forest trees visible in background. Photograph taken at what is believed to have been a railway construction camp.

          Two Men with Horse
          2009.5.3.111 · Item · [ca. 1910?]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts two men believed to be North-West Mounted Police officers standing on either side of white packhorse. Forest and mountains in background. Photograph may have been taken in Vanderhoof, B.C.

          2009.5.1.80 · Item · [ca. 1910]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Team on left pulls wagon with the sign "RUDDY & MACKAY. BAGGAGE. STAGE & TRANSFER." Driver believed to be same man featured in items 2009.5.1.79 & 2009.5.1.81. A second man sits in wagon on luggage. Team on right pulls a man driving a buggy. A large three story building with detailed porch stands in background behind teams in street.

          Two Vans
          2012.13.1.65.30 · Item · May 1975
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts the hiking group packing their gear into two vans.

          2009.5.2.141 · Item · [ca. 1910]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts two women (one sitting on chair) on bow of small steamboat. Men can be seen standing on stern and on second boat in background. One man stands in canoe floating alongside boat. Hills on opposite shore visible in distance.

          2007.17.2.3 · Item · [ca. 1964]
          Part of James Joseph Claxton Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts two unidentified, young First Nations girls standing hand in hand on a rocky beach. Rail tracks extending from the water to the shore are visible in the lower right corner and in the background. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Kingcome Reserve”

          Unidentified Man Reclining
          2005.3.22 · Item · [ca. 1945]
          Part of John Hart Highway Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts unidentified man with glasses reclining on blanket, coats hanging behind him. Some type of shelving or roofing can be seen in background. Man is wearing pants, belt, and striped shirt with a pencil in the pocket. It is speculated that this man may be Bert Youngstrom, (see items 2005.3.4 & 2005.3.59).

          Union material
          2002.1.6.05 · Subseries · 1914-1982
          Part of Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Collection

          Subseries contains publications and charters developed by various unions representing Canadian and American railway workers. Includes union newspapers, pamphlets, constitutions, medical and dental plan information, and union ephemera.

          Unknown Man & Talus Ore
          2000.1.1.3.14.07 · Item · [ca. 1951]
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Image of man seated with shovel in mountainous area, loose asbestos fibre in background. This photograph is believed to be either a double exposure of two images, or a print made from two negatives at once. Photo depicts an unidentified man sitting on the south ridge of the Cassiar ore body, where the crusher and rock reject plant would eventually sit. Valley in background appears to depict the "Footwall Road," which was cut into the mountain from the pit to the crusher plant and became the mine's main haul road.

          Unknown Women and Child
          2009.5.2.18 · Item · 1937
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts an elderly woman standing beside two younger women who kneel beside small girl on front yard. Trees, car, road, and neighbouring yards visible in background. Young girl speculated to be also featured in item 2009.5.2.5.

          Unknown Women and Child
          2009.5.2.268 · Item · 1937
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts an elderly woman standing beside two younger women who kneel beside small girl on front yard. Trees, car, road, and neighbouring yards visible in background. Young girl speculated to be also featured in item 2009.5.2.5.

          2006.25.1.52 · Item · Apr. 1963
          Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

          Footage of men unloading hay for cattle from a horse-drawn flat bed trailer, a panoramic view of the surrounding mountains, and people being driven in flat bed tractor out to a small silver plane and taking off.

          2006.20.12.29 · Item · [ca. 1940]
          Part of Northern BC Archives Historical Photograph Collection

          Handwritten photo album caption below this photo reads: "Unloading at Watson Lake." Photograph depicts plane with the number "553"on its side landed in airstrip. Group of luggage, three men in uniform, and movable staircase in front of plane. Snow in foreground, trees in background.

          Royal Canadian Air Force
          Upper Fraser Mill
          2012.13.1.87.062 · Item · [between 1975 and 1995]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts the entrance to the Upper Fraser mill yard in Upper Fraser, B.C. Map coordinates 54°07'10.8"N 121°56'51.7"W

          Upper Fraser Mill
          2012.13.1.87.063 · Item · [between 1975 and 1995]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts the Upper Fraser mill yard with a CN train in Upper Fraser, B.C. Map coordinates 54°07'10.8"N 121°56'51.7"W

          Upper Fraser Mill
          2012.13.1.87.061 · Item · [between 1975 and 1995]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts the entrance to the Upper Fraser mill yard in Upper Fraser, B.C. Map coordinates 54°07'10.8"N 121°56'51.7"W

          Upper Fraser Mill
          2012.13.1.87.066 · Item · [between 1975 and 1995]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts the Upper Fraser Road running through Upper Fraser, B.C. A newer style round burner is seen in the background. Map coordinates 54°07'05.7"N 121°56'38.9"W

          2012.13.1.87.041 · Item · [between 1975 and 1995]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts the Upper Fraser Road running through Upper Fraser, B.C. A beehive burner is seen in the background on the left and the mill office is seen on the right. Map coordinates 54°07'05.7"N 121°56'38.9"W

          US military plane
          2013.6.36.1.084.16 · Item · 2 Aug. 1981
          Part of David Davies Railway Collection

          Photograph taken at the Penticton Airport where WWII military airplanes meet. This US military plane was flown by a US Air Militia on a courtesy visit. It was built in the early 1950's.