topic:"gold" found 6 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Notes: In Canada's History, vol.96, no.6, December 2016/January 2017; William Scouse and his three companions discovered a fortune in the Klonkide. Scouse's long lost diary has been located

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

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Wagon road north : the story of the Cariboo gold rush in historical photos

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

Published Date: 1967

Author: Downs, Art

Publisher: Quesnel, B.C. : Northwest Digest

Author: Downs, Art

Responsibility: Art Downs

Publisher: Quesnel, B.C. : Northwest Digest

Published Date: 1967

Physical Description: 80 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 28 cm

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

Subjects: Gold rush; Cariboo Mountains; British Columbia; Mining

Contents: Routes to the creeks (pg. 2); Foreword (pg. 4); Stampede to the river (pg. 5); The golden gravel (pg. 12); Wagon Road North (pg. 22); The road houses (pg. 28); Freighting to the gold fields (pg. 34); Creeks to the mountaisn (pg. 40); Stage coaches on the Cariboo road (pg. 50); Communities on the way (pg. 56); Rest in peace (pg. 66); The land today (pg. 72)

Notes: Inside cover has been annotated, likely by author. Text reads: “Regards Art Downs”

Accession Number: 3069 a

Collection: Archives Library

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White Pass - Yukon Route - Railway

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Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Scope & Content: Item consists of two 16 mm motion pictures. Reel 1 pertaining to various scenes from around the Yukon, mostly focused around Dawson City. Includes shots of the townsite, a ferry carrying cars across the river, a historic paddlewheel boat being repaired on shore, large-scale and small-scale gold pan…

Date Range: 1961

Reference Code: V190 / VI / NF - 20 a,b

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Film; Motion picture

2 images

Part Of: Bruno Engler fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M323 / S40 / V190

Series: VI : Retained file

Sous-Fonds: V190

Accession Number: 7436

Reference Code: V190 / VI / NF - 20 a,b

GMD: Film; Motion picture

Date Range: 1961

Physical Description: 2 motion pictures (2 film reels: ca. 400'): 16 mm, original, col., silent

History / Biographical: See fonds level description

Scope & Content: Item consists of two 16 mm motion pictures. Reel 1 pertaining to various scenes from around the Yukon, mostly focused around Dawson City. Includes shots of the townsite, a ferry carrying cars across the river, a historic paddlewheel boat being repaired on shore, large-scale and small-scale gold panning, historic trains [possibly a museum], military graveyard, a local theatre play, and a parade. Reel 2 includes shots of a boat docking, street scenes [presumably Dawson City], and a train ride along the White Pass to Whitehorse - scenes here also include people getting on/off the train, scenic views from along the tracks, river boats, the interior of train cars, and arriving in Whitehorse. The original label on the first case reads "White Pass - Yukon Route, Date: 1960, Camera: B. Engler, Footage: 200ft, Time: 5 min." The label on the second case reads "White Pass - Yukon Route - Railway, Camera: B. Engler, Date: 1961, Footage: 200 ft, Time 5 min."

Subject Access: Airplanes; Boats; Buildings; Gold; Mines and mineral resources; Mining; Mountains; Museums; Parades; Period costume; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Scenery; scenic; Theatre; Tours; Tourism; Trains; Women

Geographic Access: Dawson City; Whitehorse; Yukon

Language: English

Creator: Engler, Bruno

Title Source: Original title kept

Processing Status: Processed

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