Special event coverage. Chronicles the August 28-30, 1956, inauguration of through-service on the Pacific Great Eastern Railway between North Vancouver and Prince George. Premier W.A.C. Bennett and other dignitaries ride the three inaugural trains, which are eagerly greeted by the residents of towns along the route. A rockslide at Mile 18 on Howe Sound delays the journey until a bulldozer clears the tracks. At Williams Lake station, a mock frontier lynching is staged for the entertainment of the premier and his party. Following footage of the arrival in Prince George, the film also shows progress on northward expansion of the PGE line (including bridge and grade construction), and ends with shots of oil rigs in the Peace River Region.

SUMMARY: This program presents a trip from Clinton to Williams Lake via back roads near the Fraser River. It includes descriptions of the landscape along the way, as well as recollections about gold rush days, people and events in the area, and early days of Williams Lake. Voices heard include: Phyllis Bryant Kellis, Elliot Weisgarber, Tom Carolan, Albert Drinkell, F.W. Pinchbeck, S.H. Patenaude, and Bryson Patenaude.

SUMMARY: This program deals with the early days and growth of the town of Williams Lake, and some of the early settlers in the area. Voices heard are: Mrs. C.D. Stevenson, Bryson Patenaude, Tom Carolan, Roy Blackwood, and Mayor Herb Gardner.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973 SUMMARY: Phil Coxon left England in 1911. Early adventures in United States and Canada. He homesteaded near 100 Mile House in 1918 and moved to Williams Lake in 1919. He talks about making ties for the railway, other jobs, the Maple Leaf Hotel, Fox mountain, a soldier settlement homestead, Hargraves ranch, the Log Cabin Hotel, the local clergy, schools, stores, wood leases, and other settlers.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): 100 Mile House and Williams Lake, 1919-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: Phil Coxon left England in 1911. Early adventures in United States and Canada. Returned to 100 Mile House in 1918, after World War One, and homesteaded there. Cutting railroad ties. Moved to Williams Lake in 1919. Early Williams Lake and its settlers. First institutions: schools, churches, police, doctors, stores, courthouse. Wood cutting, 1940s.

CALL NUMBER: T0611:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Phyllis Bryant Kellis recalls some of her experiences homesteading in the Cariboo-Chilcotin area, 1919 to 1928. Mrs. Kellis offers a description of her rail journey to Clinton, her first few months in the area, her experience working for Mr. Becher at a hotel in Riske Creek, the ranch at Soda Creek, the story of how her wagon burned on the way to Tatla Lake, a detailed description of her journey to Tatla Lake, her first Christmas there, her life there and hard times at Soda Creek. TRACK 2: Mrs. Kellis discloses more details of life at Tatla Lake: school, stages, a description of her cabin there. She describes how the arrival of mail was seen as a social event, an unfriendly neighbor, an encounter with a traveling pianist while playing for a dance at Soda Creek, her move to Williams Lake and her music.

CALL NUMBER: T0611:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Kellis discusses her musical background, Lord Tweedsmuir's visit to Tweedsmuir Park in 1937, Mrs. Kellis's piano, Mrs. Kellis's health problems being the impetus for a move to BC from Seattle, and more on her first days in BC. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The item consists of four reels of unedited film elements that make up a documentary from 1958. It shows Princess Margaret's 1958 royal visit to mark BC's Centennial. Includes: numerous official welcomes and ceremonies; Royal Review of ships of the RCN, USN and Royal Navy; visit to natural gas development at Fort St. John; rodeo at Williams Lake; opening of Okanagan Lake Bridge & Fort Langley restoration; UBC convocation (and bestowal of honorary degree on Princess Margaret); aerial and travelling shots from planes and trains. Premier W.A.C. Bennett and Lieutenant-Governor Frank Ross appear throughout.

Documentary. Princess Margaret's 1958 royal visit to mark BC's Centennial. Includes: numerous official welcomes and ceremonies; Royal Review of ships of the RCN, US Navy and Royal Navy; visit to natural gas development at Fort St. John; rodeo at Williams Lake; opening of Okanagan Lake Bridge and Fort Langley restoration; UBC convocation (and bestowal of honorary degree on Princess Margaret); aerial and travelling shots from planes and trains. Premier W.A.C. Bennett and Lieutenant-Governor Frank Ross appear throughout.

The item consists of a film reel of out-takes from 1958. It shows the royal visit by HRH Princess Margaret and centennial celebrations in BC. Footage includes: Naval review; New Westminster City Hall; Williams Lake Stampede (from grandstand); last cruise of the ferry "David Lloyd-Jones"; long shot of Okanagan Lake Bridge; Nanaimo cake; first arrival at Empress Hotel; Fleet review; Langley; Williams Lake Stampede (from fence); UBC convocation procession; UBC Memorial Gymnasium; Prince George; Quesnel; train parked; Chilliwack; HMCS "Crescent"; Naval review; New Westminster City Hall; Vancouver City Hall; Mayor Hume; church attendance in Kelowna; crowds at Vancouver City Hall and New Westminster City Hall; Pattullo Bridge, New Westminster; children's wing at Vancouver Preventorium; RCAF honour guard review at Comox airport; Comox hospital; arrival and convocation procession at UBC; HMCS "Crescent"; Veterans hospital, Vancouver; presentation of First Nations gift and dances.

The item is a reel of original out-takes from 1958. It contains footage of a royal visit by HRH Princess Margaret and centennial celebrations in BC. Footage includes: Last crossing of Okanagan Lake by ferry "David Lloyd-Jones"; views of Okanagan Lake Bridge and Kelowna from ferry; Chilliwack [?]; Williams Lake stampede; arrival at float plane, Kelowna; bridge ceremony preparations and crowds arriving; ceremony at Parliament Buildings, Victoria; garden party at Government House (Princess arrives at end); Nanaimo cake; departing for Naval Review, Victoria; barge leaving and fleet; Kelowna Bridge opening ceremonies; Victoria to Nanaimo, arrival in Duncan, through Ladysmith; Agassiz Bridge; driving to Chilliwack; arrival at Memorial Gymnasium, UBC; Kamloops; Okanagan Lake Bridge plaque (July 19, 1958); aerial views of Vancouver Island; presentation of Indian totems and chiefs, Courtenay; Fraser Valley; Mission [?]; Comox airport departure; aerial views of Gulf Islands; arrival at Vancouver airport; church at Haney; travelling shots of Thompson River from train; RCAF honour guard review at Comox airport; aerial views, Gulf to Portland Island; aerial shots of Fraser Canyon on way to Fort St. John; arrival in Vancouver; Vancouver Preventorium; naval review seen from HMCS "Skeena".

The item is a reel of film out-takes from 1958. It contains footage of the royal visit by HRH Princess Margaret and centennial celebrations in BC. Footage includes: preparations for bridge opening ceremonies, Bernard Avenue, Kelowna; plane in air; armed services review in front of Empress Hotel; parade; arrival from Parliament Buildings for review; travelling [shots of?] Savona and Shuswap Lake; Army camp, Chilliwack; Nanaimo city hall & cake ceremony; Penticton; equestrian square dance at Williams Lake stampede; departure for Nanaimo from front of Empress Hotel; arrival at Williams Lake; armed services parade in front of Empress Hotel; crowds arriving and bridge opening ceremonies, Kelowna; float plane leaving Kelowna; Penticton [?]; aerial views; Victoria armed services parade fly past; helicopter on Parliament Buildings lawn; aerial views of naval review; ministers leaving Parliament Buildings; Fort Langley [poor focus]; HRH receives honorary degree at UBC Convocation; Veterans hospital; presentation inside Parliament Buildings.

The item is a film reel of out-takes from 1958. It contains footage of the royal visit by HRH Princess Margaret and centennial celebrations in BC. Footage includes: Victoria airport arrival and salute; drive into Victoria; arrival at Empress Hotel; drive from Victoria to Nanaimo up Malahat, stop at lookout; speech on steps of Parliament Buildings, Victoria; naval review, helicopter shots, crowds on shore; aerial views of Victoria from helicopter; granting of degree at UBC convocation; dome car on train; near Pattullo Bridge, New Westminster [?]; aerial view of Penticton [?]; church service at Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria; aerial shots (clouds); ceremony at Fort Langley; Williams Lake stampede; arrival at Fort St. John [?] and panning for gold.

This collection contains both British Columbia Provincial Police Veteran's Association (BCPPVA) records and British Columbia Provincial Police (BCPP) records which were collected by the BCPPVA. The BCPPVA records consist of minutes (1978-1985) bulletins and correspondence (1964-1983); membership lists; correspondence re BCPP exhibits at museums; a scrapbook, 1905-1988 compiled by the BCPPVA on microfilm reel A01724(3); and "Off Patrol", the magazine of the BCPPVA, 1980-1984. BCPP records include General Orders; C.I.B. special circulars; seniority lists; nominal rolls; police pocket diaries, including those kept by Constable Tom Scales on Highway Patrol in the Fraser Canyon, Fraser Valley and New Westminster areas; Air Raid Precaution training lectures and pamphlets; and the daily diary of the Savona Detachment.

Photographs have been transferred to Visual Records as accession 199009-004. The map has been registered with the map collection as registration number 24332A.

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-07-01 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Reginald J. Rankin of Williams Lake. He discusses local history of the area, including Fraser River boats and their captains.;

The item is a release print of a promotional film from 1964. It depicts the history of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, and a look at the area through which it passes. Shows inaugural run from North Vancouver to Fort St. John, Oct. 1958, (with Premier W.A.C. Bennett aboard) and driving of the Golden Spike at Fort St. John, Oct. 5 1958. Also includes footage of the Williams Lake Stampede, Peace River grain fields, oil/gas drilling and refining; also the operations of the PGE (North Vancouver rail yards, winter operations).

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), [197-?] SUMMARY: [No documentation is available for this tape.];

CALL NUMBER: T0375:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Roderick "Roddy" Roy Moffat discusses how his father came out to the Chilcotin from Ontario and began ranching near Alexandria. Moffat offers several stories about his father when he drove a stagecoach. He discusses the tests necessary for a person to be a driver for the BC Line Company. He describes horses and drivers and the relationship between the two. There are many more stories about freighting days. Jerk-line teams had anywhere between four and twelve horses and three carriages. He describes how the horses were handled just outside of Ashcroft when the road became hilly and curved.

TRACK 2: Mr. Moffat discusses the competition between freighters to get the business of the Hudson's Bay Company out of Quesnel, alcohol consumption being a problem to achieving the contract, and then more on freighting. His father invented the snow roller for easier freighting in the winter. He describes the town of Barkerville. He discusses Chinese people as ranchers and as miners in the region. He discusses the Pinchbeck farm as the first farm in the area in Williams Lake and other early ranches: Levy Ranch in Soda Creek, McGuiness Ranch, 4 Mile Ranch, Sam Bohanon Ranch and that was all the farming until Quesnel. He describes many people in the area, old timers, and miners. Steve and Andrew Olsen are two characters he discusses, other Moffatts in the area, Alexander Flats, irrigation, the Hudson's Bay post at Alexandria, and the war between the Chilcotin Indians and the Alexander Indians.

CALL NUMBER: T0375:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-07-29 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Moffat describes the trail used by the Chilcotin Indians to invade the Alexander Indians, and how this route was used by Simon Fraser. He describes farmland and how technology has improved its uses. He discusses cattle farming near Quesnel. He describes his childhood and schooling. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Roy Blackwood was the Clerk Administrator of Williams Lake and, at the time of this interview, had been so for six and a half years. Mr. Blackwood explains that ten years prior, populations began to grow quickly, as much as nine percent per year. He sites the consolidation of six lumber mills as the cause. He outlines the boundaries of the municipalities; the types of wood forested; how the lumber industry grosses eighty percent of the money in the area; and the oldest government positions in the area. TRACK 2: Mr. Blackwood discusses provincial offices; land value; the tourist industry; roads; the Williams Lake Stampede; what the town was like prior to 1929; and he describes the city hall in detail.

CALL NUMBER: T3533:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Reminiscences of a missionary sister in British Columbia RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-05-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Sister Patricia of the Sisters of the Child Jesus recalls her life as a missionary in B.C.: her background in Ireland; her desire to become a nun; choosing the Sisters of the Child Jesus; journey over to Canada; landing in Quebec, memories of Montreal and Trois Rivieres; had no idea what to expect of the Natives; beginning her life in B.C. at Sechelt -- Father Lepage, helping the teachers, learning about the Natives; impressions of the Native children; going up to Williams Lake -- first impressions of the landscape up there, description of the school buildings at St. Joseph's when she arrived, mosquitoes in summer, very cold in winter; discussion of Fathers and Sisters at the Mission school when she first arrived; Native children at Mission school were harder to understand than the ones at Sechelt; mainly Shuswap, some Chilcotin, differences between the two groups; enjoyed her time at Williams Lake very much; roles of Sisters, Fathers, Brothers; she found the boys easier to teach than the girls. TRACK 2: Sister Patricia: boys were easier to please; Natives were very reserved at first; describes a typical school day; she believes that residential schools allowed Natives to keep own culture; when she was a teacher, students learned practical things -- cooking, baking, sawing wood, sewing; Natives were very good at art; children and staff were always busy -- chores and school left little free time, but recreation did occur in the evenings (not organized games, children used imagination); music in the school; difficult for parents to visit children; believes children were very happy; Sisters made retreat to Vancouver at Christmas; children forgot much of what they learned over the summer holidays; teaching the children English; the Chinook language; going to mass on Sundays. CALL NUMBER: T3533:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Reminiscences of a missionary sister in British Columbia RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-05-30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Sister Patricia of the Sisters of the Child Jesus recalls her life as a missionary in B.C.: mass was attended by white people in the surrounding area; description of Father Thomas, his duties, and his relationship with the Natives; Father Maillard was principal of the Mission school; ranch supported the school; received only a small salary; growth of school over the years; development of the Williams Lake area; arrival of the railway; run-away children; relationship with settlers in Williams Lake region; in later years, the school became more integrated with the white community; illnesses at the Mission school. CALL NUMBER: T3533:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Reminiscences of a missionary sister in British Columbia RECORDED: [location unknown], 1980-07-08 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this tape.] NOTE: This tape (and interview) end with an abrupt cut-off.

CALL NUMBER: T3876:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], [ca. 1970] SUMMARY: Notes from cassette label: "Hope Patenaude, telegraph operator, photographer, interviewed [by] Reg Beck . . . about 1970".;

CALL NUMBER: T3876:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [197-?] SUMMARY: Notes from cassette label: "Hope talks about early days in Quesnel. This side -- talk with Hope Patenaude -- Johnie Bowles -- pranks re hotel laundry lights in Occidental Hotel".;

CALL NUMBER: T3876:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-09-06 SUMMARY: Notes from cassette label: "A: Stories by Hope told by B. [Branwen?] Patenaude. B: Talks with Hope Patenaude, Sept. 6/1973".;

CALL NUMBER: T3876:0004 RECORDED: [location unknown], [197-?] SUMMARY: Notes from cassette label: "A: Bill Broughton, Leonard Butler, Roddy Moffat, Jess Higdon, Jim Williams. B: Jim Williams, Hope Patenaude, Mrs. Kathleen Telford, Dick Roddis".;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A Cariboo pioneer, 1895-1974 RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), [1968?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Came to Cariboo 1895 (age 8), from eastern Canada. Train travel, 1895. Education in Pavilion, 150 Mile House and Victoria. Joined telegraph service, 1902. Worked as a telegrapher in Horsefly ;and Quesnel. Quesnel described. Riverboats on the Fraser River. Transportation in the Cariboo. Returned to 150 Mile House in 1913. Then to Blackwater River. Early days at Williams Lake, ca. 1900. Anecdotes. [TRACK 2: blank; end of interview]

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1964 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Spencer Hope Patenaude describes how he came to 150 Mile House from Quebec with his father, Joseph P. Patenaude, around 1896. He describes his memories of 150 Mile house, how he came there from Ashcroft, and the Bachelors Ball, which was a three day party with about 600 people from all around the area in the winter. Then he describes how he moved to a ranch in Williams Lake with his family in 1898. He describes the area and his memories, the Primrose Dairy, the trails in the area, English settlers who were unprepared for BC. Patenaude tells a story of a cattle drive of 1,500 miles to Dawson Creek from Williams Lake to make a fortune -- which proved to be unrealistic, and almost all were lost. He discloses how his family moved to a ranch in Horsefly which was 600 acres or so with 150 head of cattle. He describes Horsefly as a gold mining town and the town as he remembers it. He discusses his school years including a time in Victoria at the Collegiate College at Beacon Hill, run by Mr. Church, in 1900 and 1901. He goes on to speak about how he became a telegraph operator when he was sixteen. He describes how the telegraph system was set up and how he worked within the telegraph for 47 years. Then he mentions the progress of the railroad which never quite reached Prince George.

TRACK 2: Mr. Patenaude describes the area around Vanderhoof including the roads around Black Creek to Prince George. He describes how he went to the area, a story about a Chief of the Black Water Tribe named Jimmy who had the ability to foresee who was coming to the area with great accuracy, a man named Dr. Ringwood, and observations and anecdotes about trusting Indians. Patenaude goes on to describe his job as a telegraph operator, the installation of howler telephones in 1910, stories about a phone operator named Bob who was caught eavesdropping, telephone lines, and teamsters.

RECORDED: Williams Lake (B.C.), 1975-06-25 SUMMARY: An oral history interview with Ted and Patricia Cornwall of Williams Lake. [No content summary available.];

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. A rodeo documentary, recorded at ;the Williams Lake Stampede.;