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Wanted advertisement for Canadian Pacific Railway Survey workers

An advertisement from the July 13, 1871 issue of The Daily British Colonist and Victoria Chronicle.

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 […]

The Mainland Guardian on the steamer Onward

This newspaper clipping from the August 10, 1872 issue of the Mainland Guardian refers to Philip Jackman while he was on his journey home from working with the […]

Road work noted in the BC Public Works Report.

Improvements made on the road from Murray’s Hill to Sumas Prairie with Philip Jackman Sr. as foreman as documented in the Report of the Chief Commissioner of Lands […]

Murray’s Corners, ca. 1890

A view of Murray’s Corners (in Murrayville, Langley), from the Old Yale Road.

Fisheries Commissioner’s Report, 1906

An interview transcription that identifies Philip Jackman as a “Fishery Officer at Whonnock for five years.” This interview on the depletion of fish stocks due to the use […]