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

Government House and the Royal Engineers Camp from the Fraser River, ca. 1862

The Government House (left) was the home of Colonel Moody until the Detachment’s disbandment.

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.

Old Yale Road winding through the bush, ca. 1900

Photograph of an unknown portion of the Old Yale Road.

The Hastings Sawmill, 1872

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

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 […]

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 […]

Blazing the trail through the Rockies: the story of Walter Moberly and his share in the making of Vancouver by Noel Robinson and the old man himself

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 […]

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 […]

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.