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RECORDED: [location unknown], [1971?]
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ted Johnstone, who is the Co-Ordinator of Construction for the PGE, discusses contracting for rail laying, all that is involved in surveying in laying down new railways, the reason for a railroad extension in northern BC, how minerals play a large part in the planning of railway routes, the terrain up to Takla, hauling supplies, more on routing, various contracts, the process of laying ties, and rail beds. Irvin Parr, a location engineer, discusses his experiences working for the PGE over the previous 6 years, work surveying, what he was given as a guideline for the area before he began to survey, and work as a location engineer including what the job entails. TRACK 2: Irvin Parr continues by discussing his work from the stage of preliminary plans and staking the land, and the beginning of deciding how to route the railway. Then Gordon Goodkey discusses the timber licensing for the railway, the PGE's Omineca Division, and the unlimited potential of the Tatla area.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: At a surveying camp for the PGE near Takla Lake, various men -- including Neil O'Neal, Frank Archibald, and Mark Norris -- talk with Imbert Orchard about rail lines, including life on a rail line, and the locations of several of Gun-an-noot's cabins. Then the sounds of traveling by barge are heard; Orchard narrates what he sees upon arriving at a camp near Takla Lake; and more sounds are heard. TRACK 2: The track starts with the sounds of a barge on Takla Lake and a description of events while traveling by barge to Stuart Lake. Orchard then comments about the scenery; the atmosphere and the voyage.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Harold Moffat, who was the mayor of Prince George from 1969 to 1979, describes the Moffat family, his childhood, the growth of Prince George, sawmills, pulp mills, the big boom when the PGE railroad came in, development of railroads, and Prince George being a cross-roads. TRACK 2: Mr. Moffat continues by discussing how the big boom affected social life, air and water pollution, population growth, housing developments, city limits, his career as mayor, and job training.

SUMMARY: The story of Prince George's growth from "a little town in the bush" to a modern city; the coming of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway and the pulp mills; and the "boom" in the 1950s and 1960s. Voices heard are: Garvin Dezell, Hans Roine, Peter Russell, and Mayor Harold Moffat.

SUMMARY: [No content documentation is available for this interview.] There are apparently edited and unedited versions.;

CALL NUMBER: T1288:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-03-27 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss Bowron recalls her arrival in Victoria about 1902 and her first impressions of Victoria. She talks about her work for Sir Richard McBride in 1904; his appearance; incidents and anecdotes; his railway policy; the submarines; knighthood; religion; party politics; his farewell in 1915; his early life in New Westminster; training as a lawyer; entry into politics; Miss Bowron's work in the Premier's Office; the Pacific Great Eastern Railway and Captain Tatlow, the Minister of Finance. TRACK 2: Miss Bowron continues with descriptions of Sir Richard McBride in the Legislative Assembly; the opposition; his connections with Britain; relations with working men; relations with Attorney General W.J. Bowser; personal incidents; his family; speeches; his resignation; his death in England at 47; and his relations with Indians. Miss Bowron recalls incidents involving Mr. and Mrs. R.P. Butchart and their garden; and Mrs. R.B. McMicking.

CALL NUMBER: T1288:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-03-27 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miss Bowron continues with her recollections about Mrs. McMicking; Sir Richard McBride; impressions of early Victoria; and comments about Victoria in the 1960s. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Thomas Cole Hurley remembers early days in the Lillooet district. Mr. Hurley recalls how his father, Daniel Edward Hurley, arrived from Nova Scotia around 1883; his uncle Thomas Jameson Cole; more about his father; Bridge River mines and its amalgamation into Bralorne in later years; working at the mine in 1912; his father's Victoria Hotel built in 1900; the town of Lillooet in the 1890s; the Chinese miners; more about Lillooet; the Depression; more on Lillooet in the 1890s, the industry, the town; anecdotes about Halley's Comet; Old Bill; and a New Years Eve prank.

TRACK 2: Mr. Hurley tells two stories about law and order; Lillooet's Chinese section; more anecdotes; Frank Gott; Lytton in the 1890s; the stopping houses; the stages between Lillooet and Lytton; arrival of the PGE Railway from Squamish; hunting; minerals; travel by road; steamers and river traffic in the early years; and the opening of the Golden Cache Mine.