SUMMARY: Program elements (actualities, etc.) for a CBC Radio documentary, written by Peter Haworth, re-tracing the travels of explorer David Thompson.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Annie York of Spuzzum recounts her grandparents' recollection of Simon Fraser coming down the Fraser River and arriving at Lytton. She speaks about the song sung to Fraser when he left Spuzzum. She recites the words of the song in English, and sings a version in English. She then sings a version in her native language. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The item is a film print of special event coverage. To commemorate the hundred years since British Columbia joined the confederation of Canada as a province, the ten provinces and two territories each sent a seven-man crew into the B.C. interior for a nineteen-day sojourn over some 817 miles of provincial waters. The purpose was to draw attention to the challenge of Canada's outdoors and canoeing, and at the same time retrace the past routes followed by explorers. Travelling in twenty-five Norwester canoes, the flotilla began its journey from Fort St. James and concluded at Victoria's Inner Harbour.

SUMMARY: "A Journey of Two Summer Moons" is about the first crossing of the Rockies by explorer David Thompson in 1807, and a trip made by Imbert Orchard and Peter Haworth in 1972, re-tracing Thompson's route;. The program combines excerpts from Thompson's journal with recordings made on the 1972 journey.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: A speech by C.D. Stevenson about the life and achievements of Alfred Waddington.;

Series consists of 13 volumes of diaries of Canadian Pacific Railway exploration and construction. Also includes an account of a traverse of trail from Edmonton to Landing on the Athabasca River, August 1877, and an account book, 1885-1889.

Diaries, May 27 to August 19, and August 20 to September 21, 1875, of an exploring trip made from Telegraph Creek to Hazelton and from Hazelton via the Nass to Fort Simpson.

SUMMARY: "The Encounter" is number 1 in the series: a program about the encounter of the white man with the wilderness, and with the native people, in the early days of British Columbia -- and the effects of these encounters. Voices heard include: Constance Cox, Annie York, Blanche Jordan-Williams, Shelagh Dehart, Rhoda White, Lizette Hall, Agnes Johnson, Leon Ladner, Gerry Gorges, Walter Wicks, and Chief William Scow.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1955 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. James Bacon Knowles discusses the development of Kelowna from 1905; the coming of the railways; aquatic associations; the water supply; ferry service; the civic centre and city parks. TRACK 2: Mr. Knowles discusses the first white men in the Okanagan in 1811; details of their travels; the Okanagan brigade trail; fur trading in the area; mining around Rock Creek; Father Pandosy and the first white settlement in the valley; other early settlers; transportation; land development; Mr. Knowles' arrival in the area; his first impressions of Kelowna in 1905; Kelowna people; orchards in the area; the development of Kelowna; recreation; social life; the Guisachan property at Kelowna and more on Guisachan Ranch.;

The fonds consists of a microfilmed copy of John T.E. Gowlland's log books for the Ganges and the Plumper, including one completed during a survey of Vancouver Island in 1859-1860.

Journal of Columbia River Exploring Party, 1865 (original: printed version in Library NW 971.1Ko B868 1869); 2. Diary kept as a transit man with CPR survey party “S”, January 1872 to October 1873 (original); 3. and 4. Diary kept as a transit man with CPR survey part “S”, January 1872 to October 1873 (transcript and copy); 5. Notice of election as warden, Corporation of North Cowichan and oath of office; 6. Diary of a survey of Saltspring Island, June to November 1874 (original); 7. Diary of a survey of Saltspring Island, June to November 1874 (transcript).

CALL NUMBER: T0635:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Hannah Clarissa (Mickey) Dorsey talks about life in the Anahim Lake area of the Chilcotin, 1932 to 1965. Mrs. Dorsey describes her family background; Bella Coola; Indians in the Port Simpson area around 1928; the Anahim Lake area; her husband and ranches they have owned; cabins; supplies; trucks coming in from the east; the story of how they came to Anahim Lake in 1932; people in the area then; the Stuie Stampede; the Bryant family and Jane Bryant Lehman as a nurse in the area. TRACK 2: Mrs. Dorsey discusses life on an isolated ranch; the countryside; sounds; wolves; evenings; Paul St. Pierre and his books on the Chilcotin; Lord Tweedsmuir's visit; bears; general comments on ranch life; how her husband came to the Chilcotin; settlers in the area; Paul Christanoff, a fur trader; and a story about a man with pneumonia.

CALL NUMBER: T0635:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Dorsey tells a story of a trip with Rich Hobson through the Chilcotin and Central Interior. Then she discusses Hobson, Pan Phillips and the Home Ranch; Kluskus village; lakes and rivers around Ulkatcho; Alexander MacKenzie's route; reasons for lack of development in the area; hay meadows; and a trip on horseback from Anahim Lake to Vanderhoof. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Series consists of a family register and diary, 1815-1904, consisting of notices of births and deaths of Marcus Smith and his wife and children, obituary notices of Marcus Smith, and extracts from his diaries copied in 1896; [A00856]; various documents relating to C.P.R. exploration, 1862-1874, letter book, 1872-1875, diary, 1867, various memoranda, diary extracts and biographical notes, reel A00857; reel A00858 contains a 15 page typed autobiography of Marcus Smith and the family register and diary.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-11-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Primrose Upton talks about settlement and life in the Okanagan Mission area, 1859 to 1910. She describes her father's arrival; early days in Keremeos around 1894; her father's background; his land at Okanagan Mission; orcharding in the area; shipping fruit; her maternal grandfather G.R. Thompson, and his background; her grandmother's family; characters; remittance men; the Indians; Father Pandosy and the other Oblates who started the Mission in 1859; other early settlers; David Douglas in 1833; more on Oblates; other people in the Kelowna/Okanagan Mission area, such as Lequime and Knox and Brent; general comments and more on Pandosy. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The item is a copy of a thesis by James J. Denholm titled "The Palliser Survey: 1857-1860." iv, 194 leaves (plus appendices), maps. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1950. Bibliography: (appendix) xii-xix.