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Newsreel footage. Depicts hydraulic mining operation at "Lowhee Pit" site near Wells, BC. A shorter version of this film forms part of the NFB film JOBS THAT ARE DIFFERENT.

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), [197-?] SUMMARY: [No documentation is available for this tape.];

SUMMARY: Three parts of a radio program entitled "A View from the Inside", by Robert Cummings of Prince George radio station CJCI. The three parts focus on the history of Prince George and Barkerville.;

CALL NUMBER: T2602:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Metchosin memories : the Helgesen family PERIOD COVERED: 1861-1910 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: Christian Helgesen tells the story of his father, Hans Helgesen, who settled in Metchosin, B.C., in 1861.;

CALL NUMBER: T2602:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Miracle of the sea : a sealing tale PERIOD COVERED: 1890-1900 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: Christian Helgesen tells the story of Hans Helgesen's adventures on a sealing schooner that overturned in a storm.;

The item is a testimonial presented to James Wattie of Camerontown, a miner and woolen mill owner, on his leaving the Cariboo to return to Canada.

The item is an assessment notice for income tax, for George Cowan, Barkerville M.L.A. and Registrar of the County Court.

The item is a Free Miner certificate from 1876, made out to William Lyons, a Barkerville miner.

The item consists of a photocopy of an account book, kept by William Lyne, a blacksmith at Williams Lake, between 1886 and 1896.

The item consists of a typescript copy of an essay by Angus Gordon Ryder titled "Recollections of Four Years at the Fifty Nine Mile House, Cariboo Road, 1910 to 1914".

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Margaret Mary Whitehead titled "Missionaries and Indians in Cariboo: a history of St. Joseph's Mission, Williams Lake, British Columbia." viii, leaves: illus., map. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1979. Bibliography: leaves 184-189. Vita. Canadian theses, 44541.

The item is a copy of a thesis by Robert Galois titled "Gold mining and its effects on landscapes of the Cariboo." vii, 188 leaves, illus., figs., maps, tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of Calgary, 1970. Bibliography: leaves 170-178.

The item is a photocopy of a typescript account of the missionary work done by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in St. Joseph's District (Cariboo) and autobiographical notes by Father Thomas (1950) with one photograph of Father Thomas outside his cabin.

The item is a reel of travelogue film showing scenic highlights and points of interest along Highway 97 in the Okanagan and Cariboo. Includes footage of car ferries (the M.V. "David Lloyd-Jones" and M.V. "Lequime") on Okanagan Lake; highlights of Kelowna International Regatta; abandoned mine equipment and shaft; Barkerville (before its restoration); sawmill in Quesnel; a parade and rodeo events at the Williams Lake Stampede.

The item is a reel of documentary film. It shows the BC Centennial Committee's special project "Stagecoach," re-enacting a journey by stagecoach from Victoria to Barkerville by way of Nanaimo, Vancouver, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Hope, Yale, Lillooet, Ashcroft, Soda Creek, Quesnel and Wells. Many ceremonies and events are enacted en route, including a number of "hold-ups" and attacks by "wild Indians." Paul St. Pierre talks to stage drivers Jack Turnbull and Hank Rudofsky. Also interviewed are Frank Barnard and Yale historian Gus Milliken; Mr. Milliken disputes the authenticity of the re-enactment.

The item is a reel of amateur film made by Winstock A. Shilvock, who worked in advertising for Home Oil Distributors in the 1930's and also worked as Assistant Manager of the Pacific National Exhibition from 1939-1940. The reel contains miscellaneous footage: the opening of Vancouver International Airport (including RCMP musical ride); Home Oil gas stations; Home Gas Optimists on tour in Cariboo and in Victoria; race driver "Cannonball" Parker; logging trucks; Exhibition Park, including construction of Exhibition Gardens.