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Series consists of minute books.

Series consists of correspondence, financial records, membership rolls, minutes, briefs and newsletters of the branch of this organization of forest officer civil servants in the Prince George Forest District.

Series consists of minute books.

Series consists of a diary of Monica Storrs' experiences as a mission worker with the Anglican Church in the Peace River district, 1929-1939.

Series consists of by-laws, 1930; minute book, 1938-1969; cash book, 1949-1961.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Del Miller recalls his arrival in BC in 1909 from Ontario; a wide variety of jobs he worked at upon arrival; South Fort George in 1911; Hudson's Hope; trapping; shipping freight on Peace; River; Finlay Rapids; more on trapping; living with his family in Deserters Canyon; trading posts; river transportation and freights; scows; more on Hudson's Hope; living in the region, including other pioneers and supplies and the Beaver Indians; trapping; medical care; and a story about his son who was accidentally shot. TRACK 2: Mr. Miller continues with his story about his son; how airplane;s brought in supplies and mail; how he was a mail carrier for a year; how he got supplies from the Fraser River with barges; an account of river accidents; climate; trails; and family history.

The sub-series consists of oral history interviews about the history of the Liard, Finlay, Parsnip and Peace River regions, before and during the First World War.

RECORDED: Comox (B.C.), 1965-08-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Rupert Williams describes how he came to Canada from Britain in 1905; homesteading in Alberta; working on a ranch; and a job in the civil service. He tells stories of how he went with h;is old boss prospecting to Mica Mountain; traveling to the mountain; unwillingly smuggling liquor through Peace River crossing; the frozen Peace River; prospecting for gold and trapping. TRACK 2: Mr;. Williams goes on to talk about Finlay Forks; a Hudson's Bay Company factor named William Fox; homesteading; a man named Bob Ferguson with whom Mr. Williams went to Mica Mountain with; another HBC factor named Bed Benson; Colonel Hardesty; Grande Prairie; the fake prospector who told the story about Mica Mountain; the land office.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-11-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. John Lamont describes how he came to Canada from Scotland via the United States; the trip from Edmonton to the Peace River country; homesteading; building farm houses; and the developmen;t and growth of the Peace River country. He describes starting a cattle breeding establishment with a prize calf; crops; social events; old characters; the town of Peace River; Hudson's Hope and Dawson Creek. TRACK 2: Mr. Lamont describes Herman Trelle, a German farmer who won awards for his wheat, and talks about the "D.A. Thomas", a riverboat that ran from Hudson's Hope and Vermillion.

CALL NUMBER: T0692:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. William Blackman describes his father, a miner who came from Ohio. William was born in Pennsylvania, and he describes how his father went west to Strathcona, Alberta, as a packer. He describes the family as they traveled across Alberta, including time at the Pocahontas Mine, until settling in Mile 49, which was then the end of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad. He describes the area around Cranberry Lake at that time. He describes the family homestead around 1906. He discusses several of the old timers who surveyed the land around that time. Mr. Blackman describes a winter where the temperature got down to 60 degrees below zero in 1915 and 1916. He continues to describes winters and how the weather was tough and working for a lumber company. He describes the now abandoned town of Lucerne; the activities there; the CPR; and the lumber industry. He describes journeys down the Canoe River including the geography. TRACK 2 Mr. Blackman offers anecdotes about the hot springs off the Canoe River and then describes lakes in the area and more on the Canoe River. He describes Swift Creek and the boating activity there. He describes the river from Mile 49 to Golden and how some of it was impassible. He describes several ways to get into the area, mentioning the towns and geography, including trading routes. He describes Athabasca Pass; the CPR; the Yellowhead and general difficulties of passing through the area. He discusses Indian reservations at Tete Jeune. He tells an anecdote of an Indian, Johnny Moullier, who came through the area who walked from Mil;e 49 to Chu Chua in 1916. More anecdotes about people carrying things along the Canoe River in 1908.

CALL NUMBER: T0692:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Blackman discusses an expedition up north on a survey party to the Peace River Country in great detail, including anecdotes about the experience, people who worked on the survey and the jobs they did, and the geography in detail. TRACK 2: Mrs. E. Blackman describes how her father, Arthur 'Curly' Cochrane, worked as a cook on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1911. She was born near Montreal and she describes her family, their farming practices and the family homestead. She describes Tete Jeune as it was when she was a child. She discusses the produce on the farm and nearby; farms. She discusses the area between Dunster and McBride. She discusses the variety of berries in the area, which they would sell to the railroaders. She discusses the post-WWII boom in the area.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-11-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 2: Reverend A.H. Sovereign, Bishop of Athabasca, talks about coming to BC as a young deacon in 1906; he recalls his first impressions of Vancouver, streetcars and the city centre. He describes; his first position at Christ Church Cathedral under Reverend C.C. Owen; his work with the Boy's Brigade; first boys' summer camps on Bowen Island 1906; St. Mark's summer camps at Lions Beach in the 1;920s; St. Mark's Church in Kitsilano; early Kitsilano; life in the community; Mr. J.Z. Hall and family; growth of the area and the Sam Greer land dispute. TRACK 2: Reverend Sovereign continues with ;recollections about the J.Z. Hall home in Kitsilano and Mrs. J.Z. Hall; Sam Greer and family; Fred and George Burroughs; Kits Beach; and Captain Dawe. He talks about his interest in mountain climbing; search and rescue work on Grouse Mountain; Don and Phyllis Munday; the BC Mountaineering Club and Mount Garibaldi Park. He continues with recollections of his time spent in Dawson City, Yukon in 193;2, and the Peace River area.

SUMMARY: "The Road To The Yukon" features interviews by CBC reporter Bill Herbert with people who lived along the Alaska Highway, from Dawson Creek, B.C. to Dawson City, Yukon. Part 1 of 9 presents a description of Mile 0 at Dawson Creek, then proceeds to Fort St. John, where Herbert interviews Dan Murray, publisher of the Alaska Highway News, and broadcaster Georgina Keddell about early Fort St. John. This episode ends with comments about Mile 144 and Mile 200 before introducing the topic of the next "installment", Fort Nelson.

SUMMARY: "The story of the newspapering Murray family of B.C." A radio documentary about Margaret "Ma" Murray, British Columbia's legendary and outspoken small-town newspaper editor. The program was first broadcast on the CBC's BC network on 1963-07-12. This (slightly different) version was broadcast in 1967 to mark Mrs. Murray's 80th birthday.

SUMMARY: A radio documentary about Margaret "Ma" Murray, British Columbia's legendary and outspoken small-town newspaper editor.

SUMMARY: A.P. Murray discusses Barkerville newspaper editor Ma Murray talks about Fort St. John.

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Comprehensive plan of Peace River Power Development Company, for the maximum economic development of the Hydro-Electric potential of the Peace River in British Columbia, December 1959, 40 pages, map. Memoranda between Axel Wenner-Gren and the Province of B.C., re: development of the Peace River, 1956 and 1957; photocopies of newspaper clippings, 1961-1964.

Minute books.

Laminated correspondence and reports concerning the Central British Columbia Development Project, a scheme promoted by Percy Gray, Axel Wenner-Gren and others to encourage hydro-electrical development in the Peace River/Liard River districts.

Presented by Percy Gray, London, England and the Morfee Heritage Group Society, 1980.

Minutes, 1923-1960; cash books, 1925-1970; membership book, 1933-1938; minutes and resolutions, District "J" conventions, 1955, 1958, 1962, 1965, 1966; "District 'J' history" (clipping).

Minute books.

Minute books, 1939-1980 (12 vols.); cash books, 1939-1979 (5 vols.); membership books, 1940-1970 (2 vols.); minutes of annual general meetings, 1939-1952 (1 vols.).

Minute books.

The item consists of 20 camera original, unedited films created by Georgiana Ball between about 1957 and 1970. Original films 1-11 and 12-20 were combined onto 2 film reels by the BC Archives upon acquisition.

The film are "home movies", primarily of ranching activities in the Stikine and Liard regions, particularly showing the communities of Telegraph Creek and Trutch. Other locations include Fort St. John, Fort Nelson, Ocean Falls, Dawson Creek, Dease Lake, Stikine River, Mount Edziza and Banff, Alberta. Activities shown include Ball family Diamond B Ranch game guiding operations, ranching, haying, packing and various types of transportation including horseback, pack horses, river boats (incl. Judith Ann), cargo ships (incl. Northland Prince, Skeena Prince), bush planes (North Coast Airways) and helicopters.