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Bedrock geology along Ingenika and Finlay Rivers, Peace river reservoir area, British Columbia

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1968

Author: Rutter, N.W. and Taylor, G.C.

Publisher: Ottawa Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources : The Queen's Printer

Call Number: 03.2 R93b

Author: Rutter, N.W. and Taylor, G.C.

Publisher: Ottawa Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources : The Queen's Printer

Published Date: 1968

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Series: Geological Survey of Canada -- Paper 68-10

Subjects: British Columbia; British Columbia - Surveys and Mapping; Geological Survey of Canada; Geology; Rocky Mountains; stratigraphy; Rivers

Notes: Ben Gadd Personal Library

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 03.2 R93b

Collection: Archives Library

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[British Columbia] Mineral Map

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets); Map

Published Date: 1951

Publisher: Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys

Call Number: C7-3.18 A & B

Publisher: Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys

Published Date: 1951

Physical Description: 1 map : col

Scale: Scale: 20 miles: 1 inch

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets); Map

Subjects: British Columbia

Accession Number: 673

Call Number: C7-3.18 A & B

Collection: Archives Library

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Canada West magazine, vol.1, no.3, fall 1969

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1969

Call Number: 08.2 C16c Pam

Published Date: 1969

Physical Description: 32 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Archaeology; British Columbia; Pictographs

Notes: Original magazine

Call Number: 08.2 C16c Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Canada's El Dorado

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1892?

Author: Ralph, Julian

Call Number: 07.2 R11c Pam

Author: Ralph, Julian

Responsibility: Julian Ralph

Published Date: 1892?

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: British Columbia; Travel

Abstract: Pertains to a Julian Ralph publication, where he shares his input and observations of the Indigenous Peoples of North America.

Accession Number: 3069 a

Call Number: 07.2 R11c Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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The cariboo story

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1958

Author: Lindsay, F.W.

Publisher: [Quesnel, B.C.] : [Quesnel Advertiser

Call Number: 08.2 L64t

Author: Lindsay, F.W.

Responsibility: F.W. Lindsay

Publisher: [Quesnel, B.C.] : [Quesnel Advertiser

Published Date: 1958

Physical Description: 52 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Gold rush; British Columbia; History; History of Alberta; Cariboo Mountains

Abstract: Pertains to a collection of stories combined to tell the story of Cariboo, British Columbia. While not entirely complete in nature, the author dedicates the history to the men who chose the disgruntled forest life, over that of comfort and stability. The author, F.W. Lindsay explains the relationship between pioneers and Americans, arguing that our best pioneers were American men. Readers can expect to learn more about Cariboo, while taking in the patriotic undertones of the publication.

Notes: by F.W. Lindsay ; with pen and ink illustrations by Gwen Lewis.

Accession Number: 3069 a

Call Number: 08.2 L64t

Collection: Archives Library

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Cross in the wilderness

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1960

Author: Cronin, Kay

Publisher: Vancouver : Mitchell Press

Call Number: 08.2 C88

Author: Cronin, Kay

Publisher: Vancouver : Mitchell Press

Published Date: 1960

Physical Description: xxiii, 255p. : ill., ports

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: British Columbia; Catholic church

Notes: Bibliography

Accession Number: 5500

Call Number: 08.2 C88

Collection: Archives Library

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Explorations in Alaska and North-west British Columbia

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1891

Author: Seton-Karr, Heywood Walter

Publisher: Royal Geographical Society

Call Number: GB500 S48

Author: Seton-Karr, Heywood Walter

Publisher: Royal Geographical Society

Published Date: 1891

Physical Description: incl. map

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Geography; Mountains; Alaska; British Columbia

Accession Number: AC608

Call Number: GB500 S48

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National parks: where rivers are born

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1965

Author: Baird, David M.

Publisher: Ottawa, Geological survey of Canada, Dept. of mines and technical surveys

Call Number: 13.115 B11g Pam

Author: Baird, David M.

Responsibility: David M. Baird

Publisher: Ottawa, Geological survey of Canada, Dept. of mines and technical surveys

Published Date: 1965

Physical Description: v, 104 pages illustrations, maps (1 folded color). 18 cm.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Geology; Geology - British Columbia; Mount Revelstoke National Park; Glacier National Park; British Columbia; Banff National Park

Abstract: Pertains to the geology of Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National parks. While providing an overview of the geology, the author also provides the reader with specific details making the experience well rounded. The content pertains to the Rocky Mountains and makes specific mention to Banff and Banff National park

Contents: Introduction; Divides; Boundaries of the parks; Origin of the mountains; The rocks; The sculpturing of the mountains; Regional differences in the mountains; Shapes of mountains; Roadlog and points of interest along the Trans-Canada Highway; Epilogue; Index

Notes: The page numbers for the following locations listed in the abstract are as follows; Banff (37), Banff National Park (vi, 4, 19, 37 and 40)

Accession Number: 2017.8683

Call Number: 13.115 B11g Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Historic Yale : British Columbia

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1954

Author: Rev. Gordon Forbes, O.M.I, John E. Gibbard, Norman Hacking, D.A. McGregor, Bruce Ramsey, Noel Robinson and H.B. Scudamore.

Publisher: Vancouver Section, British Columbia Historical Association

Call Number: 08.2 F74h Pam

Author: Rev. Gordon Forbes, O.M.I, John E. Gibbard, Norman Hacking, D.A. McGregor, Bruce Ramsey, Noel Robinson and H.B. Scudamore.

Publisher: Vancouver Section, British Columbia Historical Association

Published Date: 1954

Physical Description: 32 pages.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Yale; British Columbia

Abstract: Pertains to a brief collection of information working to tell the story of Yale, in British Columbia. The publication tells the history of the small town, while also grounding it with more modern comparisons.

Accession Number: 3069 a

Call Number: 08.2 F74h Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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Jurassic and Cretaceous stratigraphy between Peace and Tetsa Rivers, northeastern British Columbia

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1967

Author: Stott, D.F.

Publisher: Ottawa Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources : The Queen's Printer

Call Number: 03.2 S6j

Author: Stott, D.F.

Publisher: Ottawa Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources : The Queen's Printer

Published Date: 1967

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Series: Geological Survey of Canada -- Paper 66-7

Subjects: British Columbia; British Columbia - Surveys and Mapping; Geological Survey of Canada; Geology; Rocky Mountains; stratigraphy; Cretaceous; Jurassic

Notes: Ben Gadd Personal Library

Accession Number: 2021.20

Call Number: 03.2 S6j

Collection: Archives Library

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Kwadacha park proposal

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: c1967?

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Department of Recreation and Conservation, Parks Branch

Call Number: 13.122 D44k Pam

Responsibility: Department of recreation and conservation, Parks Branch

Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : Department of Recreation and Conservation, Parks Branch

Published Date: c1967?

Physical Description: 32 pages : illustrations, maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: British Columbia; Conservation; Provincial Parks; Rocky Mountains, Canada, North

Notes: Summary - "This report recommends to the Government of British Columbia establishment of a new Wilderness Provincial Park, in the northern Rocky Mountain Ranges

Accession Number: tbd

Call Number: 13.122 D44k Pam

Collection: Archives Library

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The letters and journals, 1806-1808

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1960

Author: Fraser, Simon

Publisher: Toronto : Macmillan

Call Number: F1060.7 F3

Author: Fraser, Simon

Responsibility: Edited with an introduction by W.K. Lamb

Publisher: Toronto : Macmillan

Published Date: 1960

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: British Columbia

Call Number: F1060.7 F3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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The letters and journals of Simon Fraser, 1806-1808

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1966; c1960

Author: Fraser, Simon

Publisher: Toronto : Macmillan of Canada

Call Number: 02.5 F86

Author: Fraser, Simon

Responsibility: edited with an introduction by W. Kaye Lamb; maps by C. C. J. Bond

Publisher: Toronto : Macmillan of Canada

Published Date: 1966; c1960

Physical Description: 292p. : maps

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: British Columbia; Fraser River

Notes: Bibliography and index

Accession Number: 376

Call Number: 02.5 F86

Collection: Archives Library

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A little town and a little girl

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1951

Author: Carr, Emily

Publisher: Toronto : Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited

Call Number: 06 C23a

Author: Carr, Emily

Responsibility: With a Foreword by Ira Dilworth

Publisher: Toronto : Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited

Published Date: 1951

Physical Description: xvii, 124 pages

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Artists; Artists books; Arts; Carr, Emily; British Columbia; Autobiography

Abstract: Emily Carr describes her life in Victoria, British Columbia.

Contents: Beginnings ; James' Bay and Dallas Road ; Silence and Pioneers ; Saloons and Roadhouses ; Ways of Getting Round ; Father's Store ; New Neighbours ; Visiting Matrons ; Servants ; East and West ; Cathedral ; Cemetery ; Schools ; Christmas ; Regatta ; Characters ; Loyalty ; Doctor and Dentist ; Chain Gang ; Cook Street ; Waterworks ; From Carr Street to James' Bay ; Grown Up

Accession Number: 3069A

Call Number: 06 C23a

Collection: Archives Library

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Mount Pleasant early days : memories of Reuben Hamilton, pioneer, 1890

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1957

Author: Hamilton, Reuben and Vancouver City Archives

Publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : City Archives, City Hall

Call Number: 08.1 H18m

Author: Hamilton, Reuben and Vancouver City Archives

Responsibility: Reuben Hamilton and Vancouver City Archives

Publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : City Archives, City Hall

Published Date: 1957

Physical Description: 64 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Vancouver, British Columbia; British Columbia; History

Abstract: Pertains to a collection of letters and images pertaining to Reuben Hamilton. Reuben Hamilton had been a pioneer in Vancouver, British Columbia since 1890. Through the use of his letters, readers are offered insight into the life of Hamilton, as told by him.

Contents: Mount Pleasant School, 1892-3 (pg. 8); Mount Pleasant School class, 1894 (pg. 9); William Hamilton, portrait of (pg. 10); Kingsway and St. Catherines St. (pg. 13); Cedar Cottage Brewery, 1902 (pg. 19); Cedar Cottage Brewery, 1944 (pg. 20); "North Arm Road" - Hutson home (pg. 22); Lot 301, Plan of subdivision of (pg. 23); Lot 301, Price list (pg. 24); District Lot 301 School, 1902 (pg. 27); Joseph Jones' milk ranch, cottage (pg. 29); Joseph Jones' milk ranch, barn (pg. 29); Doering and Marstrand Brewery (pg. 31); Fifth Avenue, East, circa 1898-1900 (pg. 31); Gladstone Inn, 1909 (pg. 32); Jones, of Jones Park, portait of (pg. 38); Mt. Pleasant, from False Creek bridge, July 1rst, 1890 (pg. 45); Garvin Milk Ranch, circa 1890 (pg. 46); McCleery Farm House, 1948 (pg. 55); Broadway and Main street, 1899 (pg. 64); Broadway and Kingsway, 1898 (pg. 64)