1860-1900 Expeditions: Overlanders and CPR Survey
- Series
- 1875 - 2011
Part of Peterson papers fonds
"These records cover the early expeditions into the Yellowhead area from 1860 to 1900, including the Overlanders group of settlers and early surveys by the Canadian Pacific Railway to expand the railroad through this area and into western Canada. This series contains newspaper articles, photocopies of books and journal articles, photographs, transcripts of documents, and handwritten notes of commentary and research.
This series consists of the following files:
- Milton & Cheadle 1863
- Overlanders 1862
- Dr. John Rae’s Telegraph Survey Edmonton-Yellowhead to Quesnel 1864
- CPR Survey T.W. Trutch Present conditions of trails 1821
- Fleming, Sandford Ocean to Ocean
- Pierre Berton The Railway Pathfinders chapter 4 Moberly disobeys orders
- 1872 Walter Moberly - Diary (Dave Suttell) Wood River Trail
- Moberly - Columbia River 1871-1872 Building Scene
- Moberly - Walter Blazing the Trail Through the Rockies
- Moberly, Walter and the Northwest Passage by Rail - Daphne Sleigh
- Reports to Sandford Fleming Jan 13? 1873
- Walter Moberly petition for compensation 1875
- Klettl, Shirley Sept 12 1973 depot location
- Cook, Ken 1990-92 re Memories of a building structure in upper Whirlpool River
- Moberly, Walter 1872 Ross Cox Creek Building T. Peterson record of finding locations
- CPR Survey 1873 Temporary Storage Area opposite Wabassa campground
- Moberly, Frank
- Rylatt, RM 1871-73 Memories of a CPR Surveyor
- Athabasca Depot
- Green, Ashdown diary 1872-73-74
- Thomas Trapp general information
- 1876-77 Trapp, T J Journal
- CPR Surveys - E.W. Jarvis and C.F. Hanington
- Railroad Searching for a Seaport Author James Sirios
- Canadian Pacific Railway Report on Program rep to January 1874 Sandford Fleming
- 1877-78 Two Excursions H Percy & Mrs. Percy Jasper Area
- 1899 NW Mounted Police Patrol Edmonton-Jasper-Jasper House
- Maps of Jasper"