VANCOUVER, WESTMINSTER, NORTHERN AND YUKON RAILWAY COMPANY

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Vancouver, Westminster, Northern and Yukon Railway Company, creator.
Title:Financial records.
Dates:1899-1903.
Abstract:Paid vouchers (1899-1902) and journal vouchers (1901-1903) documenting a railway in British Columbia.
Quantity:0.2 cubic feet (4 folders in partial box).
Location:See Detailed Description for shelf location

Expand/CollapseHISTORICAL NOTE

The Vancouver, Westminster, Northern and Yukon Railway Company was incorporated in 1899 to construct a rail line from Vancouver to Hazelton, British Columbia, and into Yukon Territory. It appears to have been connected to the Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Company and the Vancouver, Westminster and Yukon Railway Company. It was dissolved in 1926.


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Vancouver, Westminster, Northern and Yukon Railway Company Financial Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples

Accession Information:

Accession number: 3343

Processing Information:

Processed by: Duane Swanson, November 2007

These records form a part of the Great Northern Railroad Records.

Catalog ID number: 990065398580104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Location
132.D.19.5BPaid vouchers nos.1-50, undated, January 1899-September 1901.
Paid vouchers nos.51-84, September-October 1901.
Paid vouchers nos.161-240, February-September 1902.
Assorted journal vouchers, September 1901, February-September 1902, August-September 1903.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Railroads -- British Columbia.
Organizations:
Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) -- Records and correspondence.
Vancouver, Victoria, Eastern Railway and Navigation Company.
Vancouver, Westminster and Yukon Railway Company.

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