by duc_admin | Nov 26, 2021
Prince George Public Library The Prince George Public Library’s former location on Brunswick Street (now a senior’s centre) was used until 1981. Designed by Architect Trelle Morrow, the building had a popular ‘reading pit’ inset into the...
by duc_admin | Nov 26, 2021
Prince George’s First Apartment Building The Fichtner Apartment Building on Third Avenue was Prince George’s first, built in 1951. Go back to 100+ PG...
by duc_admin | Nov 26, 2021
Prince George’s First Electric Traffic Light This electric “stop-and-go” traffic light was installed at the intersection of George Street and Third Avenue in 1953. It hung suspended by wires over the centre of the intersection, where it remained in operation until the...
by duc_admin | Nov 26, 2021
Reaction Ferry at Miworth In his book Silent Passage, Fort George Reaction Ferries Trelle Morrow details the important role of these ferries before bridges crossed the Fraser and Nechako Rivers. This picture shows the remains of the pontoons of a reaction ferry that...
by duc_admin | Nov 26, 2021
Reverend F.E. Runnalls Reverend Francis (Frank) Edwin Runnalls was born in 1895 in the farming community of Mt. Brydges, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a B.A. in 1917, and from Knox Theological College (Toronto) in 1921 with a Bachelor of...