Acknowledgements

The Bulkley Valley Museum acknowledges that it is located on the traditional unceded territory of the Witsuwit'en. 

We would also like to acknowledge the financial support of the Town of Smithers, the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, and the Government of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council and the Community Gaming Grant.

Additional Sources & Further Reading

Bulkley Valley Museum artifact and archival collections

Interior News (Newspapers.com)

Canadian Patent Database, Government of Canada

"Joseph Coyle," Bulkley Valley Museum, Ingenium Canada, August 26th 2016.

"BC's Joseph Coyle - Inventor of the Egg Carton," Michaela Ludwig, British Columbia Magazine, February 23rd 2018.

"The Egg Carton Invented in BC," M. Gale Smith, BC Food History, September 3rd 2018.

"Egg-citing Inventions," Alison Oswald, Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, March 7th 2022. 

"A Brief History of the Egg Carton," Taylor Ray, ConsiderPastures.com, c. October 2021.

"Packaging History: The Egg Carton," PBFYCOM, PBFY Flexible Packaging, June 7th 2017.

"The History of Ordinary Things: The Egg Carton & Other Egg Tidbits," Doris Montag, 50 Plus Life PA, accessed December 2022.

"Egg Carton," Wikipedia, last modified August 28th 2022. 

"The Complete Beginner's Guide to Egg Candling," The Happy Chicken Coop, March 9th 2021.

"What Makes an Egg Grade A?", get cracking: Egg Farmers of Ontario, June 26th 2020.

"Egg grading," Canadian Food Inspection Agency, last modified November 12th 2019.

Canadian Inventions

"List of Canadian inventions and discoveries," Wikipedia, last modified January 23rd 2023.

"16 Amazing Things Invented by Canadians," Tracey Lindeman, CBC, July 10th 2017.

"Top 100 Inventions Made in Canada," Mary Bellis, ThoughtCo., February 28th 2020.

"150 Years of Canadian Innovation," EDC (Export Development Canada), last modified April 10th 2019.

"11 Inventions to Celebrate," Michelle Mulder, Canada's History, October 29th 2018.

"Made in Canada: Handy to Have," Canada's History, November 12th 2018. 

"True North: 15 Amazing Canadian Women," 'Katherine,' A Mighty Girl, July 1st 2022. 

"Canada Invents - Inventive Women," Kirby IP Canada, March 27th 2017. 

"Honouring Black Canadians in Science and Technology," Sonia Mendes, Ingenium Channel, February 19th 2018. 

"Innovations from the Aboriginal Peoples," Elle Andra-Warner, Northern Wilds, June 29th 2017. 

"Indigenous Inventions," Lois Farley, The Great Canadian Travel Group Inc., June 29th 2022. 

"Vaccines and Immunizations: Epidemics, Prevention and Canadian Innovation - Profiles," Museum of Health Care at Kingston, c. 2014.

"Walter Harris Callow, 1896-1958," Vanguard: 150 Years of Remarkable Nova Scotians, Nova Scotia Museum, c. 2017

"Snowshoes and the Canadian First Nations," Nigel Boney, Snowshoe Magazine, October 2nd 2022. 

"Woman of the Week - Dianne Croteau," 'Imno24,' GlobalSpec, August 12th 2019. 

"Dianne Croteau - The Canadian Inventor," Michael Hocker, My Weblog for Gender and Technology Observation and Learning. 

"Thomas Ming Swi Chang," McGill Biological & Biomedical Engineering. 

"First Patent Granted to Woman Inventor for Cook Stove," Linda Peterat, BC Food History, July 14th 2019. 

"How one Canadian woman changed the parenting game with this baby invention," Dani-Elle Dubé, Global News, June 1st 2017. 

"Who Invented the Green Garbage Bag?", Mary Bellis, ThoughtCo., March 21st 2019.

"Who Invented Peanut Butter?", National Peanut Board. 

"Robert Boyle," University of Alberta Centennial: People, c. 2008. 

"Elsie MacGill," Crystal Sissons & Nathan Baker, The Canadian Encyclopedia, last modified September 13th 2021. 

"Leone Norwood Farrell," Christopher J. Rutty, The Canadian Encyclopedia, last modified March 18th 2021.

"Snowshoes," Rene R. Gadacz & Michelle Filice, The Canadian Encyclopedia, last modified June 3rd 2020.

"William Peyton Hubbard," Kevin Plummer, The Canadian Encyclopedia, last modified January 14th 2019. 

"Yvonne Brill," David Berry, The Canadian Encyclopedia, March 4th 2020. 

"IMAX," Wikipedia, last modified January 21st 2023. 

"James Archibald Houston," Wikipedia, last modified November 6th 2022. 

"Joseph-Armand Bombardier," Wikipedia, last modified January 14th 2023. 

"LongPen," Wikipedia, last modified May 27th 2022. 

"Marquis wheat," Wikipedia, last modified May 22nd 2022. 

"Olivia Poole," Wikipedia, last modified November 4th 2022. 

"Reginald Fessenden," Wikipedia, last modified December 17th 2022. 

"Roman Kroitor," Wikipedia, last modified January 20th 2023. 

"Sonar," Wikipedia, last modified January 17th 2023. 

"Thomas Chang," Wikipedia, last modified November 23rd 2020. 

"Walkie-talkie," Wikipedia, last modified November 27th 2022.