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              38 archival descriptions results for Exploration, discovery and travel

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              A.G. McDonald fonds
              CA KMA 0.456 · Fonds · 1896-1927

              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.

              McDonald, Angus George
              Atlee Bridges fonds
              CA CMX 03.12 · Fonds · 1948-1949

              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 Strathcona Park from July 17-25, 1948 and one trip to Mount Angeles in Washington USA; and a brochure advertising Forbidden Plateau area and Mount Angeles in Washington USA.

              Bridges, Atlee
              Fonds · 1897-1903

              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.

              Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Nanaimo Station Agent
              Cominco Limited fonds
              CA TCA 86.1;91.9;1997-4 · Fonds · 1896-1981

              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 in, and annual reports of the company's Refining Department (1950-1954). Fonds also includes indexes to Cominco historical correspondence and miscellaneous items: 1. "Alphabetic Index to Cominco's Historical Correspondence and Records, 1896-1981"; 2. Box/Envelope List (filelist) of Cominco historical records, 1896-1981 (relates to the alphabetic index); 3. File list of PRC reports, with microfilm/reel numbers; 4. Manuscript (typed) of "A Portrait of Progress: the Consolidated Cominco Story" (two looseleaf binders - 441 pages plus appendices, parts 1-2); 5. Another, edited version of "A Portrait of Progress" (unbound, no table of contents); 6. Submission on tax reform to Parliamentary Committee, 1970; 7. Miscellaneous, including notes from a Nov. 13, 1986 meeting of Cominco staff re disposition of historical records, and a numerical list/index of company names, place names, etc. (no indication is given as to which set of files the numerical index covers).

              Cominco
              E.A. Morris fonds
              CA MMB L2532 · Fonds · 1877-1892

              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 Cassiar.

              Morris, E.A.
              Emery family fonds
              CA EMA 989-20;994-45-1;V989-34 · Fonds · 1770-[ca. 1980]

              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 and by train across Canada and settlement in the Port Renfrew area.

              Emery (family)
              Ernest F. Keir fonds
              Fonds · [ca. 1900]

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

              Keir, Ernest F.
              George H. Inskip fonds
              CA MMB L1957;L1958 · Fonds · 1846-1859

              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).

              Inskip, George Hastings
              George T. Allan fonds
              CA LCM MSS 22 · Fonds · 1841

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

              Allan, George T.
              Gerrard Burke Nagle fonds
              Fonds · 1894-1908

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

              Nagle, Gerrard Burke
              Hans Blakstad fonds
              CA MMB L752 · Fonds · 1899

              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.

              Blakstad, Hans
              CA MMB L556 · Fonds · 1838-1840

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

              Winnington-Ingram, Herbert Frederick
              James C. Peters fonds
              Fonds · 1852-1879

              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 to the Barque Valparaiso. The log of the Earl Grey is written by Master John Sharp, detailing voyage from Liverpool to Valparaiso. Fonds includes letters to Peters from the Commander-in-Chief, India and from the Collector of Customs, Kurachee (Karachi). Fonds also includes charts of Indian Ocean, China, Africa, lighthouses in the British Isles, English Channel, Bay of Bristol and South America as well as Board of Trade wind charts. Also included is a plan of the Queen of the Seas, maps of England and Ireland, and an oil painting of the Queen of the Seas.

              Peters, James Carter
              Fonds · [ca. 1890]-1995

              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 maritime vessels of World War I and World War II vintage, Royal Navy vessels, and naval officers.

              Pullen family fonds
              Fonds · 1827-1955

              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 of HM ships, whalers, St.Paul's Church (Esquimalt, B.C.), and fishing boats at Masset, B.C. Fonds also includes an oil painting of W.J.S. Pullen, partial plans for HMS North Star, Porcupine and Termagant, "The Pullen Records" (transcriptions of historical records concerning W.J.S. Pullen and T.C. Pullen in their expeditions to the Arctic) and ephemera, including a typed history of the SS Beaver.

              Pullen (family)
              R.A. Donnelly fonds
              CA MMB L3502a-b;P4835;P4836 · Fonds · 1915-1918

              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 Niobe.

              Donnelly, R.A.
              R.E. Cape fonds
              CA MMB L231 · Fonds · 1904-1905

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

              Cape, R.E.
              Richard Ronald Burns fonds
              CA MMB P988.12.1 · Fonds · [ca. 1913]

              The fonds consists of a photographic record of a journey up the B.C. coast by steamer by Ronald Burns and family.

              Burns, Richard Ronald
              CA LMA MS 34 · Fonds · [Copied 1999]

              The fonds consists of 29 photographs copied from the presentation album sent to Sir Bulwer-Lytton. Includes scenes of New Westminster in 1864, steamboats, lakes along the Harrison route, scenes in the Fraser Canyon, towns of Yale, Lytton, Port Douglas, Pemberton, Clinton, and also groups of people, including A.C. Elliott and Joseph W. Trutch. The photographs are arranged in the order of the two gold-rush routes to the Cariboo, one by the Harrison-Lillooet route and one by the Fraser Canyon route.

              Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
              Stanley Henderson fonds
              CA MMB L459 · Fonds · 1891

              The fonds consists of diary of Henderson's sealing venture as a hunter on the schooner Vancouver Belle in 1891.

              Henderson, Stanley
              T.E. Lee fonds : 1920
              Fonds · [Photocopied 198-?]

              The fonds consists of Lee's notebook describing travels as a surveyor accompanying F.C. Swannell on the north coast and in the northwest interior of B.C.

              Lee, T.E.
              Fonds · 1926-2006

              The records in this research collection were created and received by three separate juridical entities carrying out three different administrative functions. Firstly, the research collection includes records created and received by the crew of the St. Roch and other members of the RCMP and its governing body during the ships active existence. Secondly, the collection includes records that were created and received by the Vancouver Maritime Museum regarding the restoration and ongoing preservation and display of the ship. The collection also includes the records created and received by Parks Canada pertaining to the time during which that organization was responsible for the care and display of the ship. Finally this collection includes records relating to the fundraising voyage of the RCMP vessel the Nadon, during the period in which in was renamed the St. Roch II, as well as the records of the ice breaker the Simon Fraser which accompanied the Nadon on this voyage.;The records relate to the building of the St. Roch, the activities carried out by its crew members during its active career, the retirement of the St. Roch to Vancouver, the construction of the A-frame shelter, the preservation of the ship, exhibition of the ship and related items, as well as records created through research to support these curatorial activities. The records also relate to various fundraising activities carried out by the both the Vancouver Maritime Museum and the RCMP, specifically the voyage of the Nadon and the Simon Fraser and the sale of Ken Kirbys painting, Isumataq.;The collection consists of agreements, articles, artifact lists, books, business cards, budgets, guest books, contact lists, correspondence, drawings, ship plans, architectural plans, financial records, invitations, memoranda, minutes of meetings, permission forms, photographs, notes, press releases, publications (books, pamphlets newspaper articles), receipts, reports, schedules, slides, negatives, surveys, manuals, audio cassettes, video cassette, log books, reports, maps, and a flag.;The collection is arranged in six series: Administrative; Crew; Logs and Reports of the St. Roch; Research Materials; Technical Documents from the St. Roch; and St. Roch II / Simon Fraser.

              A. Thomas fonds
              CA MMB L1137;P470;P3171-78;P4677 · Fonds · 1895-1918

              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.

              Thomas, A.
              Mabel E. Jordon fonds
              CA FTST MS 48 · Fonds · 1929, 1947-1969

              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 other Kootenay photographers).

              Jordon, Mabel E., 1908-1993
              CA UNBC 2000.10-2000.10.5-2000.10.5.2 · Item · [ca. 1982]
              Part of David G. Fish fonds

              Consists of 1 copy of article from National Geographic entitled "The Marvelous Maldive Islands : Sun-drenched Atolls in the Indian Ocean Hold a Seagirt Sultanate Where Phones Rarely Ring and Kites Fly from Office Windows," by Alan Villiers.