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Image depicts rows of water, possibly being irrigation ditches, somewhere in Lillooet, B.C.

Image depicts some farmland in Lillooet, B.C.

Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "43. Large crop of Potatoes." Photograph depicts a large field of potatoes in the fore and mid ground and a fence and stand of trees in the background. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.

Photograph depicts John Wessel holding lead reigns of two bulls in field. Hermina sits in cart behind bulls, Sarah stands on far right. A second field crosses midground behind fence, and building and forest stand in background.

Photograph features one apple tree, field in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "This shows size of trees." It is believed that this photograph was given to Lillian & A.K. Bourchier by their niece Jean.

Handwritten caption along bottom of photograph reads: "Japanese freighters 'Yeiufuku Maru' and 'Aden Maru' in Prince Rupert Harbor to load first cargo of grain from this port, Oct. 22, 1926. Photo W.W.W." The Prince Rupert Feed Co. Coal, Grain, Hay & Feed Company building visible from Trotier's Dock.

Image depicts a pile of irrigation pipes on a dairy farm somewhere near Quesnel, B.C.

Image depicts an irrigation ditch in Lillooet, B.C.

Image depicts an irrigation ditch in Lillooet, B.C.

Image depicts what is possibly an irrigation channel somewhere in Seton Portage, B.C.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo sitting and talking with an unidentified man in a home garden in Prince Rupert.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo sitting and talking with an unidentified man in a home garden, possibly in Prince Rupert.

Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo sitting and talking with an unidentified man in a home garden, possibly in Prince Rupert.

Tractor pulling the trailer is being driven by the head of the family Campagnolo posed with in front of a log cabin (see item 2009.6.1.68).

Photograph depicts two horses grazing behind log fence along the beach of Stuart Lake. Forested peninsula and distant hills are visible in background. Handwritten photo caption below photograph reads: "Stuart Lake, BC".

Signature at bottom right corner reads: “Love you always! Merv”; handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Hon. P.A. ‘Flying Phil’ Gaglardi on his Ranch near Kamloops. CBC Show 1981, One of a Kind, Picture from Producer Friend Merv Compone”.

Photograph depicts two men in fenced garden, forest in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Yours truly and Jack [Chilmen?] picking turnips at 3rd [?] July 31 +- /[?]. Bert."

Greenhouses stand in front of house in field, hills in background.

Photograph depicts a landscape shot of a grassy area with fruit-bearing trees in the background.

Image depicts a farm in Giscome, B.C.

Image depicts the dairy farm in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°03'53.3"N 122°21'22.6"W

Image depicts the dairy farm in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°03'53.3"N 122°21'22.6"W

Image depicts the dairy farm in Giscome, B.C. Map coordinates 54°03'53.3"N 122°21'22.6"W

Photograph depicts a river or lake, and opposite shore in background. A garden can be seen behind fence in foreground.

Photograph depicts hedges and creeping foliage around picket fence in foreground. House stands in background featuring enclosed porch. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Merry Xmas + Happy New Year Aunt Lillian. This is my garden in the foreground the main thing in view being the morning glories. Lots of love Jean."

Photograph depicts a Gaar Scott traction engine in working order, steamed twice a year at least. It was built by the M. Rumely Co. in Richmond, Indiana, U.S. The engine is a #16541, has 25 horse power, and 2 cylinders. It was photographed at Texaco Station in Nanton, Alberta. It was owned by Jack burrows of Nanton.

Photograph depicts the rear view of the Gaar Scott traction engine parked at Texcoc Station in Nanton, Alberta. The rear wheels have a 2'9" tread. It was used on farms for haulage, threshing, chaff cutting etc., but not plowing.

This fonds illustrates the life and work of G. Gary Runka and his contributions to the province of British Columbia. Gary Runka was the first General Manager of British Columbia's Agricultural Land Commission and helped establish the provincial Agricultural Land Reserve. After transitioning from a government career to private consulting, Runka provided comprehensive professional services through his land consultancy business, G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., offering land capability and environmental assessments, integrated resource management, land and water use conflict resolution, and interdisciplinary land use planning. Described by colleagues as one of BC's most highly respected agrologists and influential land use planners, Runka had a 52-year career working on (or against) an incredible number of landmark projects in British Columbia, such as the Site C Project. Gary Runka’s partner in life and vocation, Joan M. Sawicki, worked with Gary on many of these projects—as well as her own; her contributions are also represented throughout the records of this fonds.

Gary Runka's deep connection to the land is evident from his earliest papers on aerial photo interpretation, his work with the Canada Land Inventory, through his speeches and his work establishing the BC Agricultural Land Reserve and in his subsequent consulting career through G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. Gary Runka's influence and legacy was recognized in the tributes paid after his death, including the post-humus award as the Real Estate Foundation's "Land Champion" for 2014.

The G. Gary Runka fonds has been divided into the following nine series:
1) Personal Records
2) Speeches & Publications
3) Professional Records
4) Agricultural Land Commission
5) Land Sense Ltd.
6) Client Files
7) Maps
8) Photographs
9) Digital Records

Photograph depicts young fruit trees planted in fenced area with small wind mill, hills in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "This is part of the fruit trees if you place it along side of the other one you can see the location the farm buildings are on the other side I didn't get one of them."

Image depicts an unidentified man in a greenhouse, possibly somewhere in Fort St. John, B.C.

Image depicts a group of unidentified individuals in a greenhouse, possibly somewhere in Fort St. John, B.C.

Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "20. Vegetable Garden growing every kind of vegetable near Ft. Fraser." Photograph depicts rows within a vegetable garden. Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.

Firewood pile in left foreground. Buggy, wood house, and porch in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "Wishing Aunt Lillian + Uncle Alan a very Merry Xmas and Happy New Year. Please do not criticize the stitches too closely Aunt Lillian. These snaps are some of part of my flock of 102 this year. These were snapped about a week before Thanksgiving. All the birds you see are this year's hatch. Some of them dressed 17 1/2 + 18 lbs at Thanksgiving. With love from Jean."

Barbed wire fence in foreground, shed in background.

Turkeys in foreground, shed in background.

Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "81. Field of Oats and Potatoes near Fort Fraser." Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.

Photograph depicts farmstead in cleared area of forest. Plowed and fenced area on left, buildings and firewood on right.

Image depicts a street, possibly in Kamloops, which has been closed for a Sunday morning Farmer's Market.

Photograph depicts snowy area speculated to be a farm yard in foreground. Frozen water crosses midground, opposite shore in distance.

Photograph depicts two horses in one of many fenced areas, buildings and machinery in background. Highway, house, and forest also visible in distance.

Image depicts a farm at an uncertain location.

Image depicts a farm likely in Woodpecker, B.C.

Image depicts a farm likely in Woodpecker, B.C.

Image depicts a farm likely in Woodpecker, B.C.

Image depicts what appears to be a farm at an uncertain location.

Image depicts a farm at an uncertain location; possibly somewhere in the McGregor Valley.

Image depicts a farm at an uncertain location.

Image depicts a farm at an uncertain location.

Image depicts a farm at an unknown location.