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[Views of British Columbia photograph album]

The album consists of 65 pages, which contain 58 b&w photographs from various creators, and 5 engravings. The photographs primarily depict scenery throughout British Columbia, as well as some photographs of First Nations people and villages. Many of the photographs appear to have been taken by George Mercer Dawson during Geological Survey of Canada expeditions (1878 and 1879), and are complemented by the Survey reports. However, there are also some photographs by Frederick Dally and by Richard Maynard. When known, the photographers and any identifying information are provided (see the attached list of photographs). Many of the unidentified photographs may be Geological Survey of Canada photographs by Dawson as several are numbered in a similar way.

William McColl diary

The item consists of one diary written by William McColl between September 26 and November 23, 1861. The diary also includes a rough tally of daily expenses as well a list of the cost of provisions. In the diary, McColl documents his trip with the Royal Engineers from New Westminster to Yale for the purpose of marking out a road from Boston Bar to Hells Gates [sic]. McColl includes a rough copy of a report on the route of the proposed road. The diary also includes entries on McColl's work exploring a road between Yale to Chapman's Bar, and from Chapman's Bar to Boston Bar.

McColl, William, 1819-1865

Fort Yale (Paddle Steamer)

Passenger ticket, dated 14 April 1861, for passage on the Fraser River to Yale signed by ship's purser Barnard. Inscription on matte board reads: "Saved from the wreck of the stern wheel steamer "Yale". Exploded on Union Bar one mile above Hope, 14 April 1861."

Transferred from Visual Records Division, 1982.

Fort Yale (Paddle Steamer)

Charles Hardy journal

The series includes the transcript of an 1862 gold rush-era diary of Charles Hardy. The diary details Hardy’s activities from March 23, 1862 until “after Easter” 1863 traveling to the Cariboo. The diary details travel routes, weather conditions, and living experiences during this time, providing a firsthand account of life during this period. It is understood the original has not survived.

The pen and ink transcript was undertaken by Charles Hardy’s daughter, Florence Hardy in ca.1945 after she immigrated to Canada in the 1930s.

Hardy, Charles

Cariboo District.

Contractor's ledger for the building of the Yale-Cariboo wagon road ,1862 [possibly Thomas Spence or J.W. Trutch]. Details of men and wages, cargo for the Cariboo, tools and cooking utensils.

Cariboo District

George Marchant naval records

File contains naval service records of George Marchant. The records consist of Marchant's certificate of service in the Royal Navy; his certificate of continuous service; and a certificate of service as master of a steamship in the coasting trade (1884) with an accompanying memorandum (1914) and correspondence (1916).

John Waddell diary

The diary documents the journey of miner John Waddell (1818-1870) to Vancouver Island in 1862 in search of gold during the Cariboo Gold Rush. Also included are notes on his journey to San Francisco in early 1862 aboard the California steamer Northern Light. The diary also describes his dealings with George A. Walkem, third Premier of British Columbia.

The transcript, completed by the donor in May 2017, includes and introduction and notes relevant to the diary's content.

Cariboo gold rush records

File consists of textual records including licenses to sell liquor, free miners certificates, receipts for goods purchased, telegraph messages, Royal Engineers discharge papers, a will, correspondence, a list of persons entitled to vote in electoral district of Cariboo, and other records created between 1863 and 1885. They are generally related to the Cariboo region, especially Richfield, Barkerville, Quesnel, William Creek, and Yale.

Voyage Round the World album

The item consists of one album of approximately 150-200 large scale, or mammoth plate, photographs depicting landscapes, architecture, and people in Victoria (Esquimalt, the Gorge, James Bay) as well as Madeira, Bahia, Rio Janeiro, Paraguay, Melbourne, New Zealand, Kamakuya (Kamakura, Japan), Honolulu, the Sandwich Islands, Chili, Jamaica, Egypt, and possibly the Sudan.

Photographers include Felice Beato and Javier Lopez. Photographs of B.C. taken by Frederick Dally. All photographs have been captioned by the album creator, most with elaborate script in red and black ink and some in pencil.

At the top of the first page a portrait of a man has been adhered and captioned “Rear Admiral G. Phipps Hornby” (1785-1867). In the centre of the page is an image of approximately seven sailing vessels with the caption “The Flying Squadron, 19th July, Plymouth, 1869.” At the bottom of the page is an image of numerous men posed aboard a ship, with a dingo. Their names have been captioned below.

Records removed from probate files

The file consists of records that were found in collection at the BC Archives. They were located in November 2021 in a box of miscellaneous court records. The majority of these records had been pulled from files in GR-1304 (Victoria Supreme Court probate files) during the microfilming of those records in the 1980s. While the majority of the records in that box were reunited with their original files, the records in this file remain loose. Archives staff cannot be sure that they were all pulled from GR-1304 and they may belong to records in another series.

The file consists of 3 leather pocket books and several small scraps of paper. The file includes a receipt dated 1864 between an Edward Finch (?) and a P. Uhart (?).a receipt dated June 21 1864 at Victoria for payment between Peter McQuade and the Schooner North Star (master William McCulloch), a receipt dated at Victoria June 11, 1864 between Samuel Smith and Peter McQuade, a receipt dated at Kamloops July 31, 1873 mentioning an Alexander Smith, Joseph Bushie, and Edward [Chund?], a reciept dated at New Westminster February 4 [no date] regarding Sir Patrick Killey and William Farson (?), and a receipt written in French on 13 February 1865 between a Rene Sazet and a Pierre (?) Bonaparte. There is also a receipt dated November 2 1892 that mentions the estate of Morris Moss, as well as an M. Manson and an Alex McLean. The file also consists of material pulled out of GR-1304 file 1726 (Thomas Smith, d. 1892). These items are marked in the file but include an empty leather pocketbook, a copy of a poem entitled "When the Rye Come Hame," a receipt dated at Victoria on December 31, 1861 and a letter written by a James Smith in Charlotteville, January 2 1885. These records do not appear to relate to the Thomas Smith file and were removed in the 1980s.

Of the two remaining pocketbooks, one contains a Pacific Diary for the Year 1872 published in San Francisco. The diary itself is blank. The other notebooks is in very fragile condition and has various notes that have been crossed out. These include notes on Metlakakklah (sic), Fort Simpson, Skeena, Wrangel, Victoria. It also includes various assorted other notes.

Testimonial

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.

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