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Brown Envelope
CA MRM 01170-1-6-13 · Item · n.d.
Part of Lawrence Broe fonds

Envelope received by Lawrence from unknown sender (but speculated to be from Helen).

Envelope recto shows handwritten addresses in black ink. Sender address: "410 King St W., ; Kitchener, Ont." Receiving address: "Dr. Broe, ; Hammond B.C." Black ink handwriting on bottom left: "Printed Matter". Two Canadian postage stamps for 2 cents are are affixed, depicting King George V (issued 1935). Verso is blank.

Item · April 4 1989
Part of Martin Keeley fonds

Photographs show one of the committee's founding members, Linda George, giving an interpretive presentation to a group of Boundary Bay Brownies (Girl Guides) on the great blue heron. The group of girls is sitting in front of the woman while she is standing or kneeling. The woman is seen holding a sheet of paper with pictures of the great blue heron in some of the photographs. An enlarged floating great blue heron has been constructed behind the woman. The heron was used as a puppet or prop for the Committee. The photographs were taken in Point Roberts, Washington at the Baptist Church Camp, for the Point Roberts Heron Preservation Committee. There is a short article regarding the event in The Heron News for Summer 1989, published by the Point Roberts Heron Preservation Committee.

Item · 1989
Part of Martin Keeley fonds

Photographs show one of the committee's founding members, Linda George, giving an interpretive presentation to a group of Boundary Bay Brownies (Girl Guides) on the great blue heron. The group of girls is sitting in front of the woman while she is standing or kneeling. The woman is seen holding a sheet of paper with pictures of the great blue heron in some of the photographs. An enlarged floating great blue heron has been constructed behind the woman. The heron was used as a puppet or prop for the Committee. The photographs were taken in Point Roberts, Washington at the Baptist Church Camp, for the Point Roberts Heron Preservation Committee. There is a short article regarding the event in The Heron News for Summer 1989, published by the Point Roberts Heron Preservation Committee.
Of the photographs, the following have been scanned:
2010-029-31

Item · April 4 1989
Part of Martin Keeley fonds

Photographs show one of the committee's founding members, Linda George, giving an interpretive presentation to a group of Boundary Bay Brownies (Girl Guides) on the great blue heron. The group of girls is sitting in front of the woman while she is standing or kneeling. The woman is seen holding a sheet of paper with pictures of the great blue heron in some of the photographs. An enlarged floating great blue heron has been constructed behind the woman. The heron was used as a puppet or prop for the Committee. The photographs were taken in Point Roberts, Washington at the Baptist Church Camp, for the Point Roberts Heron Preservation Committee. There is a short article regarding the event in The Heron News for Summer 1989, published by the Point Roberts Heron Preservation Committee.

Item · April 4 1989
Part of Martin Keeley fonds

Photographs show one of the committee's founding members, Linda George, giving an interpretive presentation to a group of Boundary Bay Brownies (Girl Guides) on the great blue heron. The group of girls is sitting in front of the woman while she is standing or kneeling. The woman is seen holding a sheet of paper with pictures of the great blue heron in some of the photographs. An enlarged floating great blue heron has been constructed behind the woman. The heron was used as a puppet or prop for the Committee. The photographs were taken in Point Roberts, Washington at the Baptist Church Camp, for the Point Roberts Heron Preservation Committee. There is a short article regarding the event in The Heron News for Summer 1989, published by the Point Roberts Heron Preservation Committee.

Buildings on Block 152
CA UNBC 2004.5-2004.5.1-2004.5.1.49 · Item · ca. 1914
Part of Fort Fraser historical photograph collection

Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "25. Building on Block 152." Photograph depicts two wooden buildings situated on a cleared section of land. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.

Bulkley Sheet
CA UNBC 2008.2-2008.2.1-2008.2.1.20 · Item · 1937
Part of Northern BC cartographic collection

Colour-coded map depicts lands surveyed as alienated, available for purchase or lease under Taxation Act, or reserved. Depicts land district boundaries, land recording divisions, triangulation stations, telegraph/telephone lines, communities, bodies of water, and transport routes.

Bullion Mines Ledger
CA UNBC 2000.15-2000.15.1-2000.15.1.2 · Item · 1896-1989
Part of Bullion Mines collection

File contains a record of the mine’s monthly expenses from August 31, 1896 to October 1898. Pages 1 - 67 are torn out and missing.

Burning a Brush Pile
CA UNBC 2002.17-2002.17.1-2002.17.1.04 · Item · [between 1912 and 1914]
Part of Henderson-Roe collection

Photograph depicts a burning brush pile in front of a snow-covered cabin and lean-to. Trees in background. Reads on verso as follows : "Burning a brush pile, taken during my visit to West Lake last December. Williams just at the back of the fire. The smoke shows up well (4)".

Camping at Stuart Lake, BC
CA UNBC 2004.6-2004.6.17 · Item · [between 1920 and 1940]
Part of Stuart Lake Photograph Collection

Typed annotation on recto: "Camping at Stuart Lake - B.C." Two men and one woman kneeling among miscellaneous equipment on ground in front of small tent on the lake side. Large tree and bushes behind tent, hills in distance.

CA VAG GLN19 · Item · 1968
Part of Gary Lee-Nova fonds

This notebook is comprised entirely of newspaper and article clippings from the Canada 101 at the 22nd Edinburgh Festival, Scotland: An Exhibition of Contemporary Art. The clippings consist of publicity for the exhibition, and there are also notes within that comment on and record where all the newspaper articles relating to this exhibition have been posted.

Item · [ca. 1935]

Postcard depicts Canadian Fish & Cold Storage employees at the Seal Cove plant in Prince Rupert, ca. 1935. Included in the photograph are Alex Strachan, Alec Murray, Arthur Bell, Bob Woods, Pete Christ, Mr. Pick, Tom Elliott, Bill Hunter, John Murray, Jimmie Hillman, Alec Gomez, William Baillie, Joe Martin, Harry Worsfield, Joe Davidson, Jim Taylor, Ted Davidson, Mr. Lawson, Charles Baptie, and James H. McGlashan.

Baillie, William
[Cattails]
Item · [1980-1995]
Part of Martin Keeley fonds

Colour photograph of cattails in a field. In the background there is triangular shaped structure made from wood and what appears to be string. The phtoograph was intended to be used for the Fraser for Life Membership Pamphlet. This photograph relates to three other photographs because of its intended use, although the photos themselves are of different subjects.

Central British Columbia
CA UNBC 2008.2-2008.2.1-2008.2.1.21 · Item · 1 May 1940
Part of Northern BC cartographic collection

Topographic map depicts communities, bodies of water, transport routes, parks, game reserves, posts, ports, radio stations, power sites (figures in horse power), steamship routes (distance in nautical miles), and precipitation. Mineral resources summarized locally in red ink.