Landscape Archives | Royal Engineer to Reeve: The Life and Times of Philip Jackman

The Jackmans’ second house in Aldergrove, ca. 1910

This image of the Jackmans’ second Aldergrove house was published in F. J. Hart & Co.’s promotional real estate booklet titled, “The Apple Lands of Aldergrove,” that was […]

Philip Jackman with his great-grandchildren, Laurie and Bessie Switzer, ca. 1917

Photograph of Jackman with Laurie and Bessie Switzer taken in the yard of Jackman’s Aldergrove home.

The Cariboo Road, 1862: Royal Engineers Push Gold Route through Fraser Canyon

This painting was created by Rex Woods in 1967 as part of a Centennial series called Confederation Life.

Sarah Jackman with her Great Grandchildren Laurie and Bessie Switzer, 1917

This photograph was taken approximately two weeks before Sarah Jackman passed away in February of 1917.

Esquimalt, 1862

Watercolour painting of ships in the Esquimalt Harbour created by Richard Frederick Britten.

Plaque commemorating the Cariboo Wagon Road, 2017

This plaque was installed by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada and is located along the Fraser River in Yale, BC.

The wagon road at the 17 mile post. Road to goldfields

Construction of the Cariboo Wagon Road began in 1862 and continued until 1865. It spanned roughly 650 kilometers, providing a route from Fort Yale to Barkerville. Two of […]

The Hastings Sawmill, 1872

The Hastings Sawmill started production in 1867 on the south side of Burrard Inlet.

Opening page of Robert M. Rylatt’s journal

Rylatt provides an introduction to his diary. This also includes an example of one of the many hand drawn and coloured sketches that he added when he revisited […]

The “S” Party lands on the banks of the Columbia River

An illustration included in Rylatt’s journal that shows the party landing on the banks of the Columbia River during a storm.

Royal City Planing Mills, New Westminster, ca. 1888

A view of New Westminster, taken from the top of the James Cunningham house on Agnes Street near the corner of Eighth Street. The Royal City Planing Mills […]

William Henry Vanetta and another man logging

The Vanettas were another Aldergrove pioneering family that would intertwine with the history of the Jackmans. William Vanetta was a witness to Philip Jackman’s Aldergrove land declaration. Additionally, […]