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This series contains records of the Water Recorders and Government Agents of Barkerville and Fort George relating to water licences. Includes correspondence, licence certificates and plans of licences issued to the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, and the Fort George Citizens Water Company.

The fonds consists of photographs, maps and technical drawings that document the railway line building activities of the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway in British Columbia. The seven photograph albums consist of black and white photographs taken between 1911 and 1913 of the construction of the railway line from Port Mann in the Lower Fraser division to mile 421 near Valemount. The albums are arranged by division and mile number and most have captions. The first four albums also contain small copies of blueprint maps showing the extent of the division. These maps are glued into the back page of the albums. The fonds also includes a gatefold technical drawing in a leather case. This drawing is a progress profile created by the construction department for the building of the Patricia Bay rail line on Vancouver Island. The drawing goes from mile 1.2 at North Quadra Street to mile 8 at Martindale Road and was probably drawn by Lawrence P. Macrae, engineer ca. 1913. In 2021 three technical drawings were added to the fonds. These are sheets that contain both profile plans and surveys of the CNPR line on both Vancouver Island and on the mainland. Number 24925E shows the extra width right of way from mile 210 to mile 212.50 (east from New Westminster Bridge), 1913. Number 24926E shows a proposed level crossing at mile 23.6 at West Sooke Road on Vancouver Island, 1911. Number 24927E shows a proposed connection with New Westminster Southern Railway at Port Kells, mile 82.77 west from Yale, 1911.

Personal correspondence, chiefly concerning Liberal party fortunes around the 1928 provincial election, private memos and reports on provincial taxation and reports on buildings being constructed at the University of British Columbia.

Finding aid. file list.

This series consists of incoming and outgoing general correspondence files, 1912-1953, concerning railways operating in British Columbia. Includes extensive correspondence files on the Westminster Bridge (the Fraser River railway bridge at New Westminster); the British Columbia Electric Railway; correspondence relating to common carriers and industrial railroads; legislation affecting the Railway Department, etc. Box 14, Files 1 to 28 are Minister of Railways: general [correspondence] and Box 14, Files 29 to 38 are miscellany.

This series consists of records of the Railway Department, 1904-1952. Records include agreements regarding running rights over Fraser River bridge at New Westminster; certificate regarding the amalgamation of the Howe Sound and Northern Railway and the Pacific Great Eastern Railway; contract for PGER locomotives; and leases for land and equipment.