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2007.1.25.7.53 · Item · 1927
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.

Frank Dickson was a UBC pathologist who studied heart rot in balsam at Aleza Lake Experimental Station (and also gave great haircuts).

2007.1.25.7.64 · Item · 1927
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.

"Ray Sansom, an assistant ranger at Aleza Lake, was hired as station foreman by the Research Division. He and his family moved into the log cabin at A.L.E.S." --from the notes of Ralph Schmidt in accompanying file

2007.1.25.7.63 · Item · 1927
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.

"Ray Sansom, an assistant ranger at Aleza Lake, was hired as station foreman by the Research Division. He and his family moved into the log cabin at A.L.E.S." --from the notes of Ralph Schmidt in accompanying file

2007.1.25.3.13 · Item · 1952
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

Item is "An Analysis of the Difference in Gross Merchantable Cubic-foot Volumes of the Upper Fraser Uneven-aged Spruce-Balsam Type When Computed by 2-, 4-, 6-, and 8-inch D.B.H. Classes" from the BC Forest Service "Research Notes" series.

2007.1.25.4 · File · 1926-1998
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

File contains articles and government publications on the results of research projects and policies regarding the Aleza Lake Experiment Station with years ranging from 1945 to 1992. Also included are a photocopied 1926 progress report, a 1967 management manual, and guides pertaining to trails and marking stands for cutting.

2007.1.25.3 · File · 1924-1984
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

File contains reports and essays on certain research projects ranging from the year 1924 to 1984. The topics of these research projects include cutting methods, guidelines for marking techniques, and scarification.

2007.1.25.7.50 · Item · 1926
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.

"After we made the acquaintance of several girls living in Aleza Lake village, they would be invited to come to the camp on a Sunday to enjoy the music. Social events were infrequent, so they did not complain about having to travel three miles by rail and then walking another three-quarters of a mile on a foot trail that was sometimes quite muddy." -- quote from Cedric Walker in "An Early History of the Research Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range" (p. 48)

2007.1.25.2 · File · 1924-1968
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

File consists of documents, radiograms, and correspondence regarding various administrative issues ranging from costs, living conditions, timber sales, research projects, and queries from the public. Much of this correspondence is between Tim Decie, Forester in Charge of Aleza Lake, and R.P Silsbury, Head of the Research Division between the years of 1953 and 1967. Also included are contracts and receipts from 1964, documents regarding the closure of the Aleza Lake Experiment Station, and meeting minutes.

2007.1.80.1.14 · Item · Mar. 1994
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

Large scale map shows Aleza Lake Research Forest permanent sample plot 112. Includes information about live and dead trees and their species (spruce, balsam, birch, douglas fir). Also includes remeasurement history. Plot 112 was established in 1926 and is an unlogged, old growth, uneven aged, spruce-balsam stand.

2007.1.80.1.13 · Item · Mar. 1994
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

Large scale map shows Aleza Lake Research Forest permanent sample plot 103. Includes information about live and dead trees and their species (spruce, balsam, birch, douglas fir). Also includes remeasurement history. Plot 103 was established in 1926 and is an unlogged, old growth, uneven aged, spruce-balsam stand.

2007.1.80.1.10 · Item · [after March 1992]
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

Map reflects forest type boundary line, bogs and swampy non-forested areas, creeks, lakes, rivers, tree species labels of spruce, balsam, and birch, stand descriptions, historical timber sale boundaries, stand history symbol, gravelled secondary roads, unimproved old roads, management compartment boundary, research forest boundary, ecological reserve boundary, and old growth emphasis areas.

2007.1.80.1.11 · Item · [after March 1992]
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

Map reflects forest type boundary line, bogs and swampy non-forested areas, creeks, lakes, rivers, tree species labels of spruce, balsam, and birch, stand descriptions, historical timber sale boundaries, stand history symbol, gravelled secondary roads, unimproved old roads, management compartment boundary, research forest boundary, ecological reserve boundary, and old growth emphasis areas.

2007.1.80.1.12 · Item · 1993
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

Map reflects forest type boundary line, bogs and swampy non-forested areas, creeks, lakes, rivers, tree species labels of spruce, balsam, and birch, stand descriptions, historical timber sale boundaries, stand history symbol, gravelled secondary roads, unimproved old roads, management compartment boundary, research forest boundary, ecological reserve boundary, and old growth emphasis areas.

2007.1.20.2 · File · 1959-1999
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

File contains various documents pertaining to the history of the Aleza Lake Experiment Station, correspondence regarding various administrative issues and research projects ranging from 1972 to 1996, field notes, 1996 meeting minutes, memoranda containing details on the management and preservation of the Aleza Lake Research Forest, various reports on research projects, 1987 permits, field notes, a 1970 working plan, and 6 colour photographs of the Aleza Lake Garbage Dump.

2007.1.20.1 · File · 1946-1998
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

File contains plot summaries of selected permanent sample plots, correspondence regarding field courses, records of management committee meetings from 1991 and 1990, documents and correspondence pertaining to the re-opening of the Aleza Lake Research Forest, partial cutting summaries, research proposals and studies, cost and revenues documents, a 1961 biography on Percy Barr, charts covering remeasurements of permanent sample plots, hand written correspondence from 1990 discussing the history of marking crews, and a brief history of the Aleza Lake Experiment Station.

2007.1.80.1.18 · Item · Sept. 1998
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

Map commissioned from Ministry of Forests Prince George Region from Madrone Consultants shows an Aleza Lake Research Forest TRIM Base Map. Map is 4 of 6. Map shows the following: roads, old roads, buildings, rail line, transmission line, definite streams, intermittent streams, indefinite streams, marshes, swamps, lakes, wooded area boundaries, intermediate contour lines (20m intervals), and index contour lines (100m intervals).