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Date Range
[1910-1997]
Collection
Dirk Septer collection
Description Level
Fonds
GMD
textual record
graphic material
cartographic material
Scope and Content
Fonds depicts Dirk Septer's research interests, including the dissolution of Walcott, B.C. and a diamond drill located near Coal Creek. Records include biographical information on residents, newspaper clippings, correspondence, hand written notes, photographs, and a sketched map of Walcott, B.C.
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Collection
Dirk Septer collection
Description Level
Fonds
GMD
textual record
graphic material
cartographic material
Fonds No.
C3
Accession No.
1991.226
2004.63
Physical Description
6 cm of textual records
9 b&w photographs
4 colour photographs
8 b&w negatives
12 colour slides
1 map
Date Range
[1910-1997]
History / Biographical
Born and raised in the Netherlands, Dirk Septer moved to Canada in 1973 after serving in the Royal Netherlands Air Force. He is an aviation historian and photographer who focuses on the West Coast and the Canadian Arctic. Dirk has published many articles in aviation magazines in and was the lead investigator in the television documentary Lost Nuke, which first aired on the Discovery Channel in 2004. Dirk is a former director and vice president of the Bulkley Valley Museum Society and now lives on Cortes Island, BC. For more detailed information, see finding aid.
Custodial History
Records were collected by Dirk Septer while researching local history and donated to the Archives in the 1990s. They appear to have been given a new accession number when being arranged in 2004.
Scope and Content
Fonds depicts Dirk Septer's research interests, including the dissolution of Walcott, B.C. and a diamond drill located near Coal Creek. Records include biographical information on residents, newspaper clippings, correspondence, hand written notes, photographs, and a sketched map of Walcott, B.C.
Arrangement
Records were arranged rudimentarily in 2004 by Jane Young and fully described in February 2017 by Manda Haligowski.
Type of Record
Archival Description

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