Royal Engineer to Reeve: The Life and Times of Philip Jackman Royal Engineer to Reeve: The Life and Times of Philip Jackman Langley Centennial Museum
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. […]
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 […]
This painting was created by Rex Woods in 1967 as part of a Centennial series called Confederation Life.
World map showing the voyage of the Tynemouth in red. The Tynemouth followed the same route of the Thames City, going around Cape Horn.
A clipping from the September 17, 1862 issue of The British Colonist printed in Victoria, British Columbia. The article shows the excitement and nervousness of the men awaiting […]
This photograph was taken approximately two weeks before Sarah Jackman passed away in February of 1917.
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 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 […]
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 […]
Moberly was interviewed in his older years to produce this book. It details his role in surveying and determining the path of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. He did […]
Philip Jackman sent this letter to the Executive Council also known as the Cabinet of British Columbia.
Studio portrait photograph of Bishop George Hills likely taken in the 1870s. Bishop Hills was selected in 1859 to be the first bishop of Columbia and arrived in […]