Subjects - Exploration, discovery and travel

A. Thomas fonds

The fonds consists of Thomas' diary describing his trip across Canada to Halifax and his first few months in Halifax, 1918. Photographs are of ships and shipmates stationed in Halifax and of HM and HMC ships.

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CA MMB L1137;P470;P3171-78;P4677

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A.G. McDonald fonds

The fonds consists of correspondence, bills of sale, accounts, certificates, and wills of McDonald, and records of Croft and Ashby Company of Vancouver, and of the Truth Mining Company.

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CA KMA 0.456

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Agnes Deans Cameron fonds

The fonds consists of photographs taken during Cameron's travels up the Mackenzie River with her niece, Jessie Cameron Brown, May to September, 1908, and photographs taken during Cameron's trip to Britain, 1909-1911. Some Canadian photographs were...

Reference code

CA UVICARCH AR023

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Amy Barrow fonds

The fonds consists of drawings produced by Amy Barrow during travels through the interior of B.C. in 1932.

Reference code

CA SID A988.5

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Atlee Bridges fonds

The fonds consist of textual records and graphic material. The materials are a leather bound album containing photographs, postcards, maps, typed notes, and handwritten notes and comprising a diary of two trips: one trip to Forbidden Plateau in St...

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CA CMX 03.12

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Canadian Pacific Railway Company Nanaimo Station Agent fonds

The fonds consists of a volume recording tickets sold at Nanaimo, with Canadian and international embarkations and destinations. Names of the ticket holders were recorded during one period in 1898.

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CA NCAI

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Cominco Limited fonds

The fonds consists of land survey field notes, mining notes, reports (including a chronological record of outstanding events in the history of the company), correspondence relating to ceremonies and celebrations Cominco sponsored or participated i...

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CA TCA 86.1;91.9;1997-4

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Duncan B. Jennings fonds

Fonds consist of records describing the hardships which Duncan B. Jennings and his brother, Dave, endured. They also tell of events and people in the history of the early settlement of the Bulkley Valley. The records are arranged in chronological ...

Reference code

CA BVM 1971 42

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E.A. Morris fonds

The fonds consists of a diary detailing Morris' departure from England, voyage across the Atlantic, meeting his brother in New York, the train trip across the continent, the voyage on the SS Otter from Victoria up the coast and his journey to Cass...

Reference code

CA MMB L2532

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Emery family fonds

The fonds consists of family photographs and certificates and records of Samuel Emery and William A. Emery. Fonds includes copies of Common Prayer Book containing Emery family history and the diary of Samuel Emery's trip (1893) across the Atlantic...

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CA EMA 989-20;994-45-1;V989-34

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Ernest F. Keir fonds

The fonds consists of Keir's photographs depicting mining in the Yukon and scenes of Dawson City and the Chilkoot Pass.

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CA VPL

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George H. Inskip fonds

The fonds consists of Inskip's diaries, one detailing voyage in the HMS Rattlesnake during a survey of the Australian coastline (1846-1848) and the other detailing a voyage to Siam (1856-1859).

Reference code

CA MMB L1957;L1958

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George T. Allan fonds

The fonds consists of Allan's correspondence and journals written at Fort Vancouver (Washington State) in 1841.

Reference code

CA LCM MSS 22

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Gerrard Burke Nagle fonds

Fonds consists of correspondence relating to activities as a surveyor and timber cruiser in the Revelstoke area.

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CA RMA

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Hans Blakstad fonds

The fonds consists of the log of Hans Blakstad detailing the voyage of the sealing schooner City of San Diego (July, 1899 to October, 1899) from Victoria, B.C., to the North Pacific and return.

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CA MMB L752

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Herbert Frederick Winnington-Ingram fonds

The fonds consists of Winnington-Ingram's log of the proceedings of HMS Talbot (1838-1840) on a journey from England to Malta.

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CA MMB L556

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James C. Peters fonds

The fonds consists of diaries, journals, notes and log books, all written by Peters except the log of the vessel Earl Grey. The voyages of the Sarah and the Queen of the Seas are detailed. One notebook is of correspondence from Peters on the Esk t...

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CA MMB

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Jewish Historical Society of B.C. oral history collection

The collection consists of sound recordings of Jewish pioneer and community figures relating to travel to and life in British Columbia and the Yukon from the Gold Rush era to the present. The memories chronicle Jewish life, community and organizat...

Reference code

CA JHS

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  • 1960-1992 (Creation)

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John Crosse fonds

Fonds consists of Crosse's research notes, journals and annotated photocopies regarding the marine history of British Columbia. This material was primarily generated by Crosse in the course of his research activities from 1985-2006, but the fonds ...

Reference code

CA UBCSP RBSC-ARC-1150

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Mabel E. Jordon fonds

Fonds consists of the textual records of Mabel Jordon from 1929, 1947-1969. Includes correspondence, publications, research materials, certificate, notes, filmstrip, clippings, ephemera, maps, and photographs (H.T. Nation, Mabel Jordon, and ot...

Reference code

CA FTST MS 48

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Maritime Museum of British Columbia photograph collection

The collection consists of photographic prints and negatives of maritime activity (predominantly vessels and ships crews) occurring in North America, the largest percentage relating to the West Coast. The collection includes photographs of maritim...

Reference code

CA MMB

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  • [ca. 1890]-1995 (Creation)

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Noel Humphreys fonds

The fonds consists of eight newspaper clippings: seven being a series of articles on the findings of the expedition, and the eighth being a photograph of the expedition's winter quarters in Etah, Greenland. The articles were written by Noel Humphr...

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CA UNBC

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Pullen family fonds

The fonds consists of log book of W.J.S. Pullen on the HMS Falcon (1855) and Cyclops (1856-57), with an extract from the Master Attendant and Conservator of the Port [Bombay] to the Commissioner of Salt and Opium (1860). Fonds includes photographs...

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CA MMB

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R.A. Donnelly fonds

The fonds consists of a diary entitled "Rough log of the Grilse" (1915-1918) written by R.A. Donnelly detailing activities at sea. Fonds includes memorandum regarding the commissioning of the HMCS Grilse and photographs of the Grilse and the HMCS ...

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CA MMB L3502a-b;P4835;P4836

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R.E. Cape fonds

The fonds consists of a daily diary of events on the voyage of the ship Barfillan from Antwerp to Antofagasta.

Reference code

CA MMB L231

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