SUMMARY: In "Prince Rupert", #5 in the series, pioneer Walter Wicks talks about the coming of the railroad to the Skeena country, and the early days of Prince Rupert.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Lloyd Bowman : a discussion of Prince Rupert PERIOD COVERED: 1943-1968 RECORDED: Prince Rupert (B.C.), 1968 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Lloyd Bowman speaks about coming to Prince Rupert as part of a Canadian Army regiment (1943) involved in coastal defence. He recalls his impressions of the community, incidents during the war; years in Rupert army camps, roads, coastal defence, rain, U.S. troops, post war buildings, docks and development. He discusses changes in Prince Rupert since the war, the Indian settlement, the pulp industry, "The Pacific Great Eastern", the "Canadian National Railway" and thoughts about Rupert's future. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Loran Kenney recalls his arrival in Prince Rupert from Nova Scotia via Medicine Hat in 1910. Kitselas and Hazelton (circa 1910) are recalled, as are several local pioneers, including Wig;gs O'Neill, Cataline (Jean Caux), and Dave Wiggins. Various jobs on the telegraph and railroad from 1912 to 1959. TRACK 2: Mr. Kenney speaks about his time on the railroad [the Grand Trunk Pacific, later the Canadian National], "riding the engine", and living conditions for the railroad crew. He recalls local incidents and characters from the Kitselas and Hazelton areas, including George Birnes, Barney Mulvaney, and Sperry Cline.

The series consists of magistrates’ returns sent to, and subsequently filed by, the Prince Rupert County Court between 1963 and 1971. The returns were generated by magistrates operating in Prince Rupert as well as in locations on Haida Gwaii (then known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), in Cassiar, Hixon, Bella Coola, Port Edward, Clinton, Ocean Falls, Eddontenajon and Yukon Territory, among others. Records in this series list the name of person convicted, nature of offense, date of conviction, amount of fine, amount of costs, and total. The returns list individuals charged under both the federal and provincial legislation and provide evidence of judicial operations in remote BC and Yukon settlements.

The records appear to have originally been housed in shannon folders, but the records were removed and placed in folders prior to transferal to the Archives. The records are arranged both by receipt number, which was often handwritten under the Prince Rupert County Court stamp, or alphabetically by magistrate’s surname. The records are then arranged chronologically by year.

Records in this series were managed and selected for retention under ORCS 50000-01 of the Court Services Operational Records Classification System (schedule 100152).

The item is a travelogue film. It depicts a pleasure cruise by a family of three Vancouver sailors, 400 miles up the B.C. coast to the port of Prince Rupert. Includes footage of logging activity at Powell River and Kitimat; totem poles and a First Nations cemetery (at either Alert Bay, Calvert Island or Hecate Island).

Monthly "Record of Writs of Execution and Sheriff's Returns" from Supreme and County Courts which were mailed to the Office of the Comptroller-General in Victoria (court action number, plaintiff, defendant, name of Sheriff, amount, date forwarded, date returned and endorsement on writ).

Stock shots. Bucking, limbing and burning wood and slash from affected trees. Felling, bucking, and piling trees, working in snow. Infected (red) trees. Sawmill.

The item is a photocopy of "My Life Story" by Belle Delia Watt of Calgary, a machine operator and real estate agent. It is an account of Watt's family and early days in Terrace, along with brief reminiscences of Port Essington and Prince Rupert.

The file consists of copies of essays by Martin Adolphus Kroeger. "My Memories" and "My voyage to South America on the MS 'Caliche', July 1929." Mr. Kroeger emigrated with his family from England to Edson, Alberta, in 1911 and subsequently lived in California and Victoria (where he was involved with the motion picture business), Vancouver, and South Africa, before returning to Victoria in 1965.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02-25 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this interview.];

The sub-series consists of photographs of Prince George, Chetwynd, Prince Rupert, Dawson Creek, the Alaska Highway, Roberts Bank and Vancouver. The sub-series contains four files numbered from K-1 to K-4.