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

The Grotto Saloon, 1886

The Grotto Saloon, as it appeared in approximately 1886, a few years after it was Jackman’s Beehive Saloon.

Philip Jackman Jr., ca. 1885

This portrait of Philip Jackman’s eldest son was taken in New Westminster shortly before his move to Aldergrove. Philip Jr. was listed as being a clerk and living […]

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 […]

Sir James Douglas

A portrait of Governor James Douglas likely taken in the 1860s.

Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Lytton was a British poet, playwright, and novelist. He also happened to be the Secretary of State for the Colonies in London when Governor Douglas requested assistance. Lytton […]

Dr. John Vernon Seddall of the Royal Engineers, ca. 1860

Seddall was the assistant staff surgeon for the Columbia Detachment who had previously served in the Crimean War. Seddall joined the detachment band while on the Thames City […]

Captain Henry Reynolds Luard, ca. 1860

Luard was Jackman’s Captain onboard the Thames City, where he was fondly nicknamed “Old Scrooge” due to the monocle he wore, and because he read the works of […]

Colonel Richard Clement Moody

Colonel Richard Clement Moody attended the Royal Military Academy before enlisting in the Royal Engineers, and was later appointed Governor of the Falkland Islands from 1841 to 1849. […]

Captain James Marshall Grant

A reproduction of an oil painting of Captain James Marshall Grant in the anniversary edition of The Emigrant Soldiers’ Gazette and Cape Horn Chronicle. The painting was done […]

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.

The journal of Robert M. Rylatt, 1885

Rylatt wrote notes of his journeys with the CPR and later revisited his journal, adding more detail and coloured drawings. Rylatt’s wife, Fanny Rylatt (née Morrison), remained at […]

Walter Moberley and the Canadian Pacific Railway Geological Survey Party in Victoria

Walter Moberly (seated second from the right) was the district engineer in charge of organizing survey expedition parties to Howse Pass and Eagle Pass in the Rocky Mountains […]