A homestead saga of the Peace River valley / Esme Tuck
- MS-0752
- Item
- [ca. 1957]
The item is a copy of "A homestead saga of the Peace River valley", reminiscences of Esme Tuck, who emigrated from England to Pouce Coupe in 1919.
A homestead saga of the Peace River valley / Esme Tuck
The item is a copy of "A homestead saga of the Peace River valley", reminiscences of Esme Tuck, who emigrated from England to Pouce Coupe in 1919.
SUMMARY: Half-hour radio program about the development of Dawson Creek, B.C., and the construction of the Alaska Highway. Includes songs and a recording of Dawson Creek's first city council being sworn in.;
George Henderson, Hudson Hope, B.C. Surveyor, Prospector.
Notebook of George Henderson, Slocan, BC, containing diary of trip from Vancouver to Hudson Hope, 1912; notes re land locations, mineral findings, vicinity Hudson Hope, Nation River, 1912, 1913.
Loaned for copying by Mrs. T. Cooper, Slocan, 1975.
History at Silver Sands, 1952-1968
The file consists of reminiscences of life in the Peace River district by Marian Bratt, the operator of the Silver Sands fishing lodge, called "History at Silver Sands, 1952-1968" The file also includes ca. 140 photographs that show construction of lodge, activities at lodge, oil drilling, P. G. E. railway construction, highway construction, snow and winter scenes 1952-1962.
Bratt, Marian
The file consists of correspondence inward to James Walker Beattie, guide and outfitter, 1912-1916. Contains correspondence and monthly game reports of the Hudson Hope detachment of B.C. Provincial Police.
Muirhead, Cecil Davidson, 1899 - 1976.
Reminiscences entitled "Three weeks or there about in the life of a Northern policeman". Mr. Muirhead was appointed police constable at Finlay Forks in the fall of 1924. This is an account of a winter journey made from Finlay Forks to Fort McLeod then on to Prince George and back to Finlay Forks, ca. December-January, 1924/1925. It includes descriptions of people met, methods of crossing rivers, and police cases.
Presented by Mr. Muirhead's great niece, Charlene Rees, Victoria, 1989.
Muirhead, Cecil Davidson, b. 1899
[Pacific Great Eastern Railway inaugural run, August 1956]
Special event coverage. Chronicles the August 28-30, 1956, inauguration of through-service on the Pacific Great Eastern Railway between North Vancouver and Prince George. Premier W.A.C. Bennett and other dignitaries ride the three inaugural trains, which are eagerly greeted by the residents of towns along the route. A rockslide at Mile 18 on Howe Sound delays the journey until a bulldozer clears the tracks. At Williams Lake station, a mock frontier lynching is staged for the entertainment of the premier and his party. Following footage of the arrival in Prince George, the film also shows progress on northward expansion of the PGE line (including bridge and grade construction), and ends with shots of oil rigs in the Peace River Region.
The file is a print out copy of a partial list of Peace River homesteaders, 1912-1929, for Townships 77-80, Ranges 14-16, West of 6th meridian: Dawson Creek, Rolla and Pouce Coupe. It was prepared by G.R. Clare of Dawson Creek in 1984 using data from the BC Provincial Archives. The list is sorted alphabetically by date of application for entry as a homesteader on land parcel, and by Provincial Archives file number.
Percy Gray : origins of the Central British Columbia Development Project
RECORDED: [location unknown], 1980-08 SUMMARY: In a tape-recorded reminiscence, Percy Gray discusses the origins and history of the Central B.C. Development Project, directly concerned with the Peace River, Williston Lake and W.A.C. Bennett Dam areas.
The file consists of a photocopy of a report on trip taken in August, September and October 1923 by John M. Holzworth in Northeastern British Columbia in the interests of the United States Biological Survey on the subject of mountain sheep and caribou distribution.
Reports on education by William Plenderleith
The file consists of two reports by William Plenderleith from 1937. The first is titled "An Experiment in the Reorganization and the Administration of a Rural Inspectoral Unit in British Columbia." The second is a typescript copy titled "Report on Education in New Brunswick", with appendices dealing with the Matsqui - Sumas - Abbotsford Administrative Area and the Peace River Plan.
The Peace of the North; the story of a frontier country and a great river / James Lawrence Ruxton
The file consists of a bound photocopied copy of "The Peace of the North; the story of a frontier country and a great river" by James Lawrence Ruxton. File includes a map used in the work and photographs used by Ruxton in developing his manuscript.
Ruxton, James Lawrence
The file contains photocopied information about two Peace River trips, one from 1911 by John W. Mercer and the second in August-September 1987 by Mercer's daughter "Bobs" Kirkham (Alice Katharine Mercer), granddaughter Tinkey Turner and Mathlene Leiding. J.W. Mercer traveled from Vancouver to Edmonton via Pine Pass and the Athabasca River locating coal and gas claims in 1911. In 1987 his daughter's party travelled from Norwick, Vermont to B.C. to retrace his route.
Unidentified female near Pouce Coupe ; Ma Murray on the Alaska Highway
CALL NUMBER: T4036:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1953? SUMMARY: An unidentified woman (with an English accent) near Pouce Coupe talks about isolation, local customs, and "moonshine".
CALL NUMBER: T4036:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1953 or 1954] SUMMARY: In a 1953 or 1954 speech, "Ma" Murray talks about the "menace" of the Alaska Highway opening the region to Anglo-Saxon settlement.