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Photograph taken at the defunct Okanagan Landing which was a rail/water transfer point from 1892 to 1940. A buggage trolley from the site still existed.

File consists of an article written by Gary Runka entitled "Balanced Agriculture - Its Social Value" for the Symposium o n Decoupling, Ottawa - February 10-12,1988.

Commentary on this speech by Barry Smith of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands:
"This speech was prepared for publication in the July 1988 edition of t he "Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics".

The Symposium explores the social and economic values of agriculture and this paper primarily pursues the social value side of the equation and asserts that a healthy agricultural sector has a social as well as economic value to Canada.

The paper is broken into four sections:
(I) The Farm;
(II) Rural Communities and Regions;
(III) Canada and Beyond; and
(IV) Summary.

Under these broad topics the paper considers several themes, many of which have a strong or direct relationship to farmland preservation. B.C. and Quebec programs are directly mentioned. A few of these themes are captured here:

• "balanced agriculture" ... let it imply a balance between economic considerations (market forces) and social values
• It is not easy to design legislative programs that will accommodate both the legitimate financial concerns of those who husband the land and the desire of society to protect a scarce resource
• Society must share in t he responsibility to retain foodlands. "...both Quebec and British Columbia accepted this responsibility in their agricultural land preservation legislation by bring in associated commodity income insurance programs along with the provincial designation of land within agricultural land reserve zoning."
• A need for balance between private rights of land ownership with stewardship and the responsibility of government to intervene when private interests do not coincide with public interests.
• The urban majority will have a growing influence on the way farmers and agriculture will be treated in coming decades
• Any country is wise to ensure that it retains the option to produce at least a portion of its own food
• Do we want agriculture driven by a "trade environment" or do we as a country have other social goals that we wish to pursue, of which international trade is part?
• It is in Canadian society's general interest to have economic and social cohesion when considering agricultural policy reform."

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Bald Eagle, Skidegate, 2007”.

Photograph depicts ballast cars at Squamish, near government wharves and chemical plant. They were built by the Western Wheeled Scrapper Co. in Aurora, Illinois and do not have a date.

Photograph depicts a ballast packing machine found at the CN Kamloops Junction.

Photograph depicts part of a ballast removal and cleaning special train at the CN Kamloops Junction.

Photograph depicts a ballast wagon awaiting demolition at repair shed of the B.C. Electric Railway in New Westminster. The car was built in 1948.

Photograph depicts ballasting re-laid new track at the Pacific Great Eastern yards in North Vancouver, beside the Vancouver Wharves Ltd.

Photograph depicts a cannery building on a wharf, a cluster of small houses on the shore and a hillside of dense forest. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Skeena River, B.C.".

Photograph depicts the Balmoral Cannery building on a wharf, treed hillside behind and snowy mountains in the distance. Handwritten annotation below photograph reads, "Balmoral Cannery - wharf, 1924".

Annotation on recto: "I-33251" which denotes the same photograph in the collection of the BC Archives.

Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr.

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).

Photograph depicts a Balsam timber pile adjacent to Aleza Lake Research Forest sign on the Giscome highway. Mark Clark is pictured.

Photograph depicts a Balsam timber pile adjacent to Aleza Lake Research Forest sign on the Giscome highway. Mark Clark is pictured.

Photograph depicts a dirt street with houses and a band stand. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "Band Stand + Front ST Port Simpson B.C. 1920"

Photograph depicts a bandstand at English Bay in Vancouver, B.C.

Item is a photograph of a river bend and the surrounding country taken from the air.

Item is a photograph of a rural area taken from the air.

Item is a photograph of a pile of bamboo in a field.

Item is a photograph of a bicycle repair shop.

Item is a photograph of a boat under construction.

Item is a photograph of boats docked on the shore behind piles of grain or straw.

Item is a photograph of a boy carrying a bundle of books on his head.

Item is a photograph of the Chittagong Research Institute buildings.

Item is a photograph of men doing wood construction.

Item is a photograph of building construction with bamboo scaffolding.

Item is a photograph of people fishing in a boat with nets.

Item is a photograph of a fishing boat with the net deployed with other boats and people on shore.

Item is a photograph of a street food vendor.

Item is a photograph of a forested area.

Item is a photograph of a man making furniture.

Item is a photograph of rows of plants in a garden.

Item is a photograph of a house under construction. Unknown individual sits on ground in foreground.

Item is a photograph of two men swede sawing a log.

Item is a photograph of lumber piled along a commercial street.