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LOCAL HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY - Prince George and Region

Links

  • History of Prince George (City of PG website)
    https://www.princegeorge.ca/Things%20to%20Do/Pages/Learn%20about%20Prince%20George/HistoryofPrinceGeorge.aspx
  • Prince George Historical Photograph Collection
    https://search.nbca.unbc.ca/index.php/prince-george-historical-photograph-collection
  • Exploration Place (Fraser-Fort George District) Archives and Collections
    http://www.theexplorationplace.com/collections/archives-collections
  • Canadian Encyclopedia: Prince George
    http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/prince-george/​
  • BC Archives: Prince George
    http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/prince-george-b-c-history
  • Prince George Culture & History
    https://www.hellobc.com/prince-george/culture-history.aspx
  • Prince George, BC, history you probably didn't know
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/prince-george-b-c-history-you-probably-didn-t-know-1.2983933
  • Prince George Citizen - digital archives of all local papers
    http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/
  • Settlers' Effects: Prince George 1805-1972
    http://www.settlerseffects.ca/pls/cats_web/web_exhibitions.show_exhibition?weid=54&lang=EN
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Aerial view of Prince George, BC, 1958
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Mr. Peegee, the iconic "wood-man" of Prince George (made of fiberglass), and the noteworthy Pil Can from Ben Ginter's Tartan Brewery in Prince George

Questions

Exploring local history and geography can take many forms. Researchers and students can begin with a topic, or can simply dive into the research material and see what what they find.  Once initial research is done, it is important to settle on a question. Based on Prince George and its region, here are some examples or areas or themes from which to derive questions:
TIME PERIODS
  • Early history or Indigenous peoples versus early history of pioneers and settlement
  • Fur Trade era, railway and sawmill era, pulp mills and rapid growth era, modern era, etc.
PEOPLE
  • Early "characters" such as George Hammond, Charles Millar, Six Mile Mary, Granny Seymour
  • Interesting mayors such as W.G. Gillette, Carrie Jane Grey, Harold Moffat
PLACES
  • Parks and their stories, e.g. Fort George Park / Lheidli Tenneh Memorial Park, Moore's Meadow, Ginter's Meadow, Cotttonwood Island, Duchess Park, Paddlewheel Park
  • Streets and Roads, i.e. the history behind the names -- start with The Street Names of Prince George - Our History by Canadian Federation of University Women (2005 edition)
  • ​Neighbourhoods or historic areas, e.g. South Fort George, Central Fort George, Downtown, Millar Addition, College Heights. Island Cache
  • The Reserve at Shelley
  • Local features, e.g. Connaught Hill, The Cutbanks, Hudson Bay Slough
CHANGE OVER TIME
  • evolution of landscapes, layers of history, development and expansion, erasing vs preserving the past
  • evolving use of greenspace and recreational space, how our community responds to need for recreation
ISSUES
  • housing, crime, homelessness, racial tolerance, development concerns, social services vs business in the downtown
INSTITUTIONS
  • schools (elementary, secondary, college, university), hospital/health care, courts and policing, civic government
INDUSTRIES
  • sawmills, pulpmills, stores, oil refinery
TRANSPORTATION
  • trains, planes, automobiles, paddlewheelers (plus scows and barges)

Local History Sources
PG Local History
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