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The file contains a photocopy of an index to Indian related correspondence in the Dept. of Lands and Works files, 1871-1912, compiled by Dr. John Pritchard.

The file consists of a large photo album with 'Bridge Lumber Co. Ltd., Vancouver, B.C.' embossed in silver-coloured writing on the front. Inside are pages containing 17 mostly 8'x10' black and white photographs depicting sawmill operations alongside a river, likely the Fraser, as well as North Vancouver. On the inside of the back cover 'Leonard Frank Photos' is embossed in silver-coloured typeset, however, not all the photos inside the album are by Frank. Other photographers include Aero Surveys Ltd., Williams Bros., A. John McGinnis, and Jennings Photographer.

Most of the photos depict operations at a sawmill, and a couple show flooding along an area called Mitchell Road in 1967. Most of the photos are undated. The item is likely a presentation photo album.

The photo album was Found in Collection in 2024 and accessioned in 2025. No provenance information is known.

The item is an undated copy of an essay by Michael Bocking called "The Maritime Museum". 19 leaves: illus., maps. University of Victoria, no date.

Account book for menagerie, museum and saloon operating in Victoria, 1876-1882. Household expenses for the family operating the establishment are also included. The museum and menagerie may have been the one opened by Mr. Bristol on Government Street in 1872. The collection includes feather and preserved snakeskin samples. The account book itself was a former ship's logbook and has records from the Trafalgar, 1857-1859 and the Anglesey, 1860-1861.

11 black and white and 1 colour photograph depicting construction of the whaling canoe tableau made for the entrance to the bulidings of the Provincial Museum.

The item is a copy of a 1976 thesis on microfiche by Stuart Bruce Backerman. It is called "Social impacts of large scale development projects. Case study: Hugh Keenleyside dam construction. 1975." ix, 91 leaves: maps, tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1975. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 75-78. Canadian theses on microfiche, 25097.

This files includes two appointments for William Brooke Naylor by Governor James Douglas. The first, dated 11 July 1860 appoints Naylor as the Sheriff of the colony of Vancouver Island. The second dated 19 February 1861 appoints Naylor as the Marshall of the Court of Admiralty.

File consists of military commissions, letters of introduction, appointments as Sheriff of Vancouver Island, and a Masonic letter of condolence. Also includes a Masonic apron and medal.

This file consists of 67 case photographs found in collection at BC Archives in 2025 and described. 19 are discrete items and 48 are tintypes inside a gem photograph album. See file list for details.

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.

The file consists of correspondence sent to Charles Pooley, mostly in his capacity as public administrator. The correspondence was found in collection in a file of miscellaneous court records. The majority of these records were removed from GR-1304 (Victoria probate files) during microfilming in the 1980s. It is assumed that these letters were also pulled from files, but the files could not be identified.

The file consists of correspondence received by James C. Prevost, mostly during his time as public administrator. The records were found in collection in a box of miscellaneous court records, although since the majority of the records were found to have been pulled from GR-1304 (Victoria probate records), it is assumed that these letters were also removed from files in that series.

The file contains mining engineer Charles Moore's examination and report of the Royal Flush group of mineral claims (Telegraph, Royal Flush, Anaconda and the United Verde mineral claims) in the Nelson Mining Division of the West Kootenay District of British Columbia (original and copy).

Clippings from British newspapers, compiled by Durrant's Press Cuttings, ca. 1898 re mining activity in British Columbia; share certificates, mainly for mining companies in the Kootenay district of British Columbia (a few from the United States and from other types of corporation).

File consists of three indentures of land conveyances between prominent figures in British Columbia History. They are:
1.) 9th March 1883 between I.W. Powell and Peter O'Reilly, concerning lot 183 along Granville and Hastings Road near Burrard Inlet.
2.) 19th Oct 1889 between Robert Fox and James Charles Prevost concerning 2/3rds of lot 468 of group 1, New Westminster District.
3.) 14 May 1885 between Charles Hayward, William Parson Sayward, and James Charles Prevost, concerning lot 2 along Montreal Street, James Bay, Victoria, belonging to the Moore estate.

File consists of 63 maps of provincial parks throughout British Columbia produced by B.C. Parks 1987-1988 to promote and support outdoor tourism in British Columbia.

File is a packet of 9 maps published by the Geological Survey of Canada showing auriferous creeks in the Cariboo Mining District, British Columbia, based on the work of Amos Bowman. It includes the following maps:

364 Placer mines and quartz locations of Williams Creek
365 Placer mines and quartz veins of Lightning Creek
366 Placer mines of Antler Creek
367 Quartz veins and placer diggings of Grouse Creek
368 Placer mines of Cunningham Creek
369 Quartz veins and placer mines of Little Snowshoe and Keithley Creeks
370 Veins and placer mines of Sugar, Hardscrabble and Slough Creeks
371 Placer mines of Harvey Creek
372 Sections along Harvey Creek

File consists of 8 maps. 6 are general maps of areas of Vancouver Island published by the Island Blueprint and Map Company between 1946 and 1980. 1 map is by Parks Canada and another was published by Doris Stastny and John Boby. The following maps can be found in this file:
1.) Nanaimo Alberni, rev. 1946, Island Blueprint and Map Company
2.) South District Vancouver Island, rev. 1946, Island Blueprint and Map Company
3.) Pacific Northwest, rev. 1957, Island Blueprint and Map Company
4.) Langford & Metchosin, rev. 1978, Island Blueprint and Map Company
5.) Sooke & District, rev. 1973, Island Blueprint and Map Company
6.) Greater Victoria, rev. 1975, Island Blueprint and Map Company
7.) Pacific Rim National Park, 1980, Parks Canada
8.) Campbell River and Buttle Lake, 1970, Doris Stanstny, John Boby

File consists of maps published in 1987 by the British Columbia Ministry of Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources, and the Canada Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Resources, showing the geology of various regions of British Columbia. The following maps can be found in this file:
Geology of the Dome Mountain Area, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, Energy Mines and Resources Canada, 1987
Mineral Potential of the Warner Pass Area, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, Energy Mines and Resources Canada, 1987
Geology of the Warner Pass Area, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, Energy Mines and Resources Canada, 1987
Geology of Whitesail Reach and Troitsa Lake Areas, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, Energy Mines and Resources Canada, 1987
Tootsee Lake map area [5 sheets], British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, Energy Mines and Resources Canada, 1987
Bedrock geology of the Bullmoose creek area northeast British Columbia, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, Energy Mines and Resources Canada, 1987
Bedrock geology of the Sukunka river area northeast British Columbia, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, Energy Mines and Resources Canada, 1987
Geology of Skookumchuk map area (W1/2) southeast British Columbia, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, 1987
Vertical cross sections of the Skookumchuck map area (W1/2), British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, 1987
Geology of the Eureka peak – MacKay River area central British Columbia, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, 1987
Geology of the Gold Bridge Area, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources, 1987
Geological map of part of NTS 92I/13 [Pavilion area], 1987-18
Areas alienated or restricted from mining in British Columbia 1983 (Preliminary map ; no. 55)
Geology of the Cranbrook sheet and Sullivan Mine area 1984 (Preliminary map ; no. 54)

File consists of 17 maps created by the Surveys and Mapping Branch in the 1970s, running at least as late as 1979, showing British Columbia divided into regions or districts based on corresponding administrative needs. The maps include the following:
1.) Land management regions and districts
2.) Land districts
3.) Land recording districts
4.) Mining division
5.) Collection districts
6.) Electoral districts
7.) Counties Sheriff's districts
8.) Forest and grazing districts
9.) Land registration districts
10.) National topographic system
11.) Human resources regions
12.) Regional districts
13.) Census divisions
14.) Assessment areas
15.) Resource management regions
16.) Highways districts
17.) Water districts

The file consists of three letters: memorandum for Mr. Work, signed D. Finlayson, Fort Simpson, July 27, 1836, issuing instructions for ship Lama; letter (copy) to John Work from James Douglas, Fort Tako, July 13, 1840, re ship Vancouver; letter (copy) to Captain Duncan from John McLoughlin, Fort Vancouver, March 28, 1844, with instructions for the ship Beaver.

File consists of three sheets, showing indexes 1-18 to departmental reference maps for the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources Lands Service.

The file contains a letter and enclosure to Alexander Macdonald, lawyer and MLA, from Fred Pressacco, President, Independent Petroleum Agents Association of British Columbia. Includes a brief submitted by Mr. Pressacco to the Government of Ontario Royal Commission on Petroleum pricing (1976).

The file contains five letters and three religious cards relating to Alexander MacDonald, a Bishop in Victoria and Nova Scotia.

The file consists of nine letters from the Duke of Argyll concerning Alastair Douglas Macdonald's army career, friends in Victoria, etc.; one letter from the Maharajah of Cooch Behan. Also contains a printed program of the Royal Procession to St. Paul's Cathedral, June 22, 1897.

Share certificates of a number of mining companies which operated in the Kootenay district.

Presented by the Rossland Museum Association.

The file consists of a ledger account book for the Cornish Co. in Richfield. A name plate for E.L. Kepner is on the inside front cover. The ledger includes various account information for the period 1870 to 1897.

File consists of 12 glass plate negatives showing scenes in and around Prince George British Columbia between about 1900 and 1920. They may have been taken by J. Simonson. Subjects include the following:
Highwater June 10, 1911
South Fort George ferry
[Paddlewheeler Chilcotin]
[Crowd near paddlewheeler]
[Paddlewheeler]
Auto parade Prince George, July 2 1917
[Skating]
Foley's cash Prince George
Second St. Ft. George
Saw Mill Ft. George B.C.
[Canoes on river]
B.X. Excursion [paddlewheeler], May 24 1912