Collection consists of 30 audio cassettes containing 46 interviews conducted primarily by radio & TV broadcaster Bob Harkins with local personalities. Most recordings were conducted at CJCI Studios, Prince George. The station was launched in 1970 by Central Interior Radio, broadcasting on 620 AM. In 1983, Central Interior also launched CIBC-FM in the city. Central Interior Radio was acquired by the Vista Broadcast Group in 2005.
Harkins, BobWillow River, BC
35 Archival description results for Willow River, BC
Item consists of typed transcript of interview with Ivor Guest discussing his early memories of Prince George as a river man and logging. Includes discussion of Cataline, and Quaw family.
Harkins, BobFile consists of pamphlets and brochures including:
- "The Ancient Forest: A Walk through British Columbia's Hidden Treasure"
- Northern Silviculture Committee "Research Using the Past to Step into the Future"
- "Jumpingpound Demonstration Forest: A Self-Guided 10 kilometer Discovery Trip"
- "Willow River Demonstration Forest"
- "Roads, Rivers and Trails of the Lower Blackwater River"
- Roads, Rivers and Trails of the Bella Coola Valley"
- "Teapot Mountain Hiking Trail"
- "Bobtail Bluff Hiking Trail"
- "Fort George Canyon: Hiking Trail"
- Northwood informational booklet.
Subseries consists of material collected by Kent Sedgwick for research regarding the communities along the East Line of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in Central British Columbia, particularly between Prince George and McBride. These communities and locations include, among others, Shelley, Willow River, Sinclair Mills, Longworth, Dunster, Tete Jaune, Valemount, Mount Robson, and the Yellowhead Pass. Research on these communities was conducted during Kent Sedgwick's involvement in the UNBC-led Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project. The files primarily consist of research notes, audio and transcripts of oral interviews, and photographs of the East Line communities.
File contains slides depicting places along the east line of the BC Railway.
Image depicts a grave-marker with several names, it reads: "In Memory of Edith Golder, Winnifred Golder, Baby Pelton, Mrs. Nazarek, Baby Nazarek, Baby Wazylyk 1915 - 1929." It is located in the Willow River Cemetery.
File contains slides depicting various types of instruments at various locations, including Willow River.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Buster Brown. Includes two copies of the original recorded audio cassette; the original recording is not held by the archives
File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Buster Brown.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Carl Strom. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.
File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Carl Strom.
File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Dennis Spoklie.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Dennis Spoklie. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.
File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Frank and Carmen Vassallo.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Frank and Carmen Vassallo. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Joe Rositano. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.
File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Joe Rositano.
File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Kate Anderson and Mae Romanin.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Kate Anderson and May Romanin. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and three copies.
Item consists of transcript of recorded interview with Reverend Francis Edward Runnalls who discusses his career as a United Church minister in Prince George c.1920s-1940s. Also discusses his historical works written about Northern British Columbia and Prince George.
File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Ruth Cunningham, Lillian Coulling, and Evelyn Rebman. Also includes photocopies of Ruth Cunningham's personal records, such as photographs and newspaper clippings.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Ruth Cunningham, Lillian Coulling, and Evelyn Rebman. Includes two original recorded audio cassettes and two copies.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with the Perry Family. Includes one original recorded audio cassette and one copy.
File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with the Perry Family.
This collection contains two tapes of interviews by Kent Sedgwick and Megan Heitrich, and one tape by Megan Heitrich alone. Interviews focus primarily upon the Japanese Internment during WWII in the Prince George – Valemount corridor. The interviews are with women who lived near an internment camp during the war, and had some contact with the Japanese men.
The interviewees were selected for having mentioned the Japanese internment in prior interviews: Louisa Mueller and Ruth Cunningham in interviews by the Prince George Oral History Group, and Karlleen Robinson in “A History of Logs and Lumber.” In the Cunningham Interview, Ruth’s daughter Lillian Coulling is also present.
File consists of recreational guides from various places in British Columbia, especially Northern British Columbia. Guides include:
- The North Ridge Ecr-Trail Guide: Aleza Lake Research Forest
- Cluculz Lake Silviculture Demonstration Area: Trail Guide
- Willow River Interpretive Trail
- Crooked River Forest Self-Guided Circle Tour
- Forests for the World Interpretive Trail Guide
- Cottonwood Island Nature Park: Habitat Enhancement.
The Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project was conducted by UNBC faculty and a team of researchers between 1999 and 2002. The lead researchers were Aileen Espritiu, Gail Fondahl, Greg Halseth, Debra Straussfogel, and Tracy Summerville. The project resulted in the creation of 93 oral history records and their transcripts. Participants included regional forest industry executives, politicians (including former MLA Ray Williston, local mayors and Fraser Fort George Regional District representatives), forest industry workers, and former and contemporary Upper Fraser community residents. The oral histories document the rise, consolidation and demise of the forestry-based settlements along the Upper Fraser River between 1915 and 2000.
Image depicts the cableway in Willow River, B.C.
Image depicts the cableway, stretching over a river, in Willow River, B.C.
Image depicts the cableway in Willow River, B.C.
Image depicts a group of people somewhere in Willow River, B.C. The man in the plaid shirt and beige cap is identified on the slide as being Lloyd Edwards.
Image depicts a playground in Willow River, B.C. The slide labels it as being a "former hotel site." Map coordinates 54°04'23.7"N 122°28'26.9"W
Image depicts the Willow River General Store. Map coordinates 54°04'23.7"N 122°28'26.9"W
Image depicts a snowy street in Willow River, B.C. with a row of houses. The white building on the end with the Pepsi sign is the Willow River General Store. Map coordinates 54°04'18.3"N 122°28'14.7"W
Image depicts a snowy street in Willow River, B.C. There are several buildings, one is an Esso station and another is labelled as "Red & White Food Store."