A report about the Northwest Territories and the Yukon prepared by Major L.T. Burwash (L.T. standing for Lachlin Taylor, variously spelled Lachan and Lachlan). There are 142 typed pages plus appendices, photos, and maps. The photographs depict the...
Burwash, Lachlin Taylor
View on CPR Winnipeg to Vancouver 1887
An album of photographs by WM. Notman and Son, documenting travel between Winnipeg and Vancouver along the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mostly landscape photographs in the mountains, but also some cityscapes and buildings in Winnipeg. Also included i...
Notman, William
A Visit to British Columbia 1898
An album of photographs from a trip to British Columbia (plus Spokane, Washington), by a man identified only as F.L.M., accompanied by at least two others (McMillan and English). The images depict a number of cities as well as landscapes and some ...
F.L.M
[Canada and the United States in the 1880's]
Photographs from Quebec, Ontario, New York state, Alberta, and BC, taken by various photographers. Likely an album documenting travel along the Canadian Pacific Railway. The album and the photos are in good shape, with some foxing and staining. Mo...
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
An album of photographs, possibly assembled by Jock Taylor. At least some of the photos were taken by ‘Bodurtha’. Others were taken by Frederick Dally (many available through Library and Archives Canada). The images are believed to depict travels ...
Taylor, Jock
A photo album kept by the family of Dr. A.E. Porter of their travels throughout Canada, the United States, and South America. The album is in moderate shape, with a lot of the pages falling apart at the edges. The photos are thoroughly captioned, ...
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[Photos of Gibraltar, Canada, and the United States]
An album of photographs from throughout the United States and Canada, as well as two photos from Gibraltar, United Kingdom, by a number of different photographers; likely assembled as a souvenir from travel. Housed in a red souvenir album, the pho...
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[Photos of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, California, and New York]
An album of photographs by different photographers from throughout Canada and the United States. Likely an album compiled by an individual documenting their travels. Housed in a red souvenir album, the photos and book are still in fairly good, tho...
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
A photo album documenting the world travels of a Canadian family. They appear to have spent time living in Ontario as well as British Columbia, and travelled extensively. The photos are well captioned and dated, and often include individual names....
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[Canada and United States Travel Album]
An album of what appears to a trip taken by "A.H. Starkey, Miss Starkey, and Miss A.M. Cory" of England, throughout North America by rail in 1894. The first mounted photograph is captioned with a newspaper clipping about them being visit...
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Souvenir of my Trip Though the Canadian Rockies on the Canadian Pacific Railway
A preprinted album purchased as a souvenir. The inside cover is inscribed: "To Mother + Dad from their every loving son Chas".
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[Edith Thompson's Photo Album]
A family and travel photo album believed to be kept by Edith E. Thompson. It depicts travels throughout Canada, particularly in the Rockies, as well as Europe (the United Kingdom, Belgium, and France), and Alaska. The album and photos are still in...
Thompson, Edith E.
[Travel and Family Photographs]
An album of family and travel photographs; including some of a cruise to Alaska. There are also photos from British Columbia, the Yukon, Alberta, and Ontario, as well as a few from other parts of the United States. The album and the photographs ar...
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[Ten Annual Cycling Trips, 1938-1947]
Photo album documenting sisters Clara and Kitty Wilson’s ten annual cycling trips taken throughout British Columbia in July and/or August of 1938 through 1947. The first seven trips were on Vancouver Island, the eighth in the Okanagan, and the nin...
Wilson, Clara
Laura Glenn was a chairman of the Canadian Red Cross Corps in Windsor, Ontario, and also a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. This album covers much of her life, though predominantly between 1940 and 1950 during her time t...
Glenn, Laura E.
An album of photographs taken by an unknown photographer, believed to be of their family and travels. Also included are some additional photographs, postcards, and a typed text of a speech on the subject of female suffrage that was delivered in Se...
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[British Columbia Travel in 1920]
An album of personal photographs of an unknown man documenting his travels primarily around B.C., plus photos of his friends and family. Some of the photos are fading, but generally the album and images are in fairly good shape.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[National Parks in the United States and Canada]
A photo album of hand-coloured images of scenery throughout National Parks in the United States and Canada. “Dr. William S. Evans” is stamped on the front of the album. The album and the images are still in good shape.
Evans, William S.
[Family Album of BC and Europe]
An album from an unknown family living in British Columbia, consisting mainly of family photos throughout BC, as well as a few purchased souvenir photographs from Europe. Many of the photos are captioned and/or dated, and they are not in specific ...
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Album of personal photographs of a woman presumably from Regina, Saskatchewan, which depicts her travels in British Columbia (including the Harrison Hot Springs, Victoria, and Vancouver) and Alberta with some friends.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
[Vancouver Family Photo Album]
An album of a Vancouver family, documenting their travels throughout B.C. and the United States as well as life in Vancouver, including the royal visit of 1939. The pages are beginning to tear out of the album, but the photos are still in relative...
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
The Cassiar Gold Rush collection contains materials related to the Cassiar gold rush which occurred in the late 19th century, prompting an influx of transportation, industry, and resource extraction in the northwest region of British Columbia know...
Thomas K. Fleming research collection
The Thomas K. Fleming research collection consists of materials related to the settler colonial history of British Columbia, and more broadly, the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Record types include correspondence, newsletters, press clippings, pri...