Item is a photograph of Princess Margaret on July 17, 1958 at an event staged in the Prince George railway yards. Alex Moffat dressed as a prospector demonstrates panning for previously salted gold nuggets, which were later given to the Princess.
Item is a photograph of Alex Moffat dressed as a prospector holding gold nuggets he salted into a gravel bed and later panned out and gave to Princess Margaret.
File contains an original "Do's and Don't's When Marking Stands For Cutting" booklet illustrated by J. Pickford.
This short colour film depicts logging and sawmill operations at Ferguson Lake in March 1959. Scenes include tree felling, log hauling equipment, the Ferguson Lake lumber yard, use of Ferguson Lake to float logs, and the inside operations of the Ferguson Lake sawmill. Film also includes a brief clip of family film footage of the McKay family home and garden on Melville Street in Prince George with scenes showing a Newfoundland dog named Barney with Donald McKay and Joan McKay.
File consists of two videos:
- A VHS video tape containing "Mark of Progress" promotional and possible training video for the BC forest industry in and around Prince George
- A VHS tape "Reforestation in British Columbia: A Growing Success" published by the Province of British Columbia Ministry of Forests.
A VHS tape containing "The Mark of Progress" film created by the British Columbia Forest Service and first played for a live audience in 1959 in Prince George, BC.
File consists of one VHS tape showing the building of the Northwood Pulp Mill in Prince George. Video has no sound.
Series consists of photographs created or accumulated by the Aleza Lake Research Forest Society.
File contains a photocopied version of "Tree Farm Licence No. 29 - Eagle Lake Sawmills Ltd. Cutting Permit Application No. 7". Although this item is not related to the Aleza Lake Research Forest, it is relevant to forest history in the Prince George area and therefore retained by the Society.
Photographs are panoramas taken from the Churchill BC Forest Service Lookout, located at latitude 54°04' and longitude 122°16'. The photographs were bound together and include a transparent grid that was intended to be used for locating forest fires.
Item is a photograph of Ray Williston and John Liersch in a small wood area southwest of Prince George.
Item is a photograph of Mr. Williston, Chief Forester John Stokes and Tom Wright of Canadian Forest Products examining an area near Prince George in order to determine the timber area required for a Pulp Harvesting License for a proposed pulp mill that would depend completely on waste wood.
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from BC Archives.
Slide depicts a black bear eating garbage by wooden outbuildings, possibly at the Aleza Lake Experiment Station.
Slide depicts a detonation in an area of cleared ground in a forested area, likely the Aleza Lake Experiment Station. Work may have been undertaken for roadbuilding activities at the Experiment Station.
Slide depicts a cleared area at the Aleza Lake Experiment Station with plant regeneration.
Slide depicts a heavily forested area with fallen logs, likely at the Aleza Lake Experiment Station.
Slide depicts the original wooden BC Forest Service sign for the Aleza Lake Forest Experiment Station.
Slide depicts a burning building at the Aleza Lake Experiment Station on the date it was shut down by the BC Forest Service.
Slide depicts a view of what is possibly the Upper Fraser River.
Slide depicts the Ranger Station at the Aleza Lake Experiment Station.
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from BC Archives.
Slide depicts a man operating heavy equipment in a forest, likely at the Aleza Lake Experiment Station.
Slide depicts a sawmill in operation, likely located in the Upper Fraser area, with a pile of burning wood products and a beehive burner.
Slide depicts a bulldozer clearing ground, likely at the Aleza Lake Experiment Station.
Slide depicts a cleared area in a forest, likely at the Aleza Lake Experiment Station.
Slide depicts cleared ground and felled trees in a forested area, likely at the Aleza Lake Experiment Station.
Large-format map depicts the Monkman Public Sustained Yield Unit (PSYU) and Tree Farm Licence 30 east of Prince George.
File consists of:
- An original final draft of John Revel's problem analysis entitled "Silviculture in Spruce-Alpine Fir Types in the North Central Interior of British Columbia" for E.P. 639 with the Research Division of the BC Forest Service.
Large-format map depicts the Monkman Public Sustained Yield Unit (PSYU) east of Prince George.
File consists of:
- Photocopied version of John Revel's problem analysis entitled "Reforestation in the Vancouver Forest District (Plantation Assessment)" for E.P. 585 with the Research Division of the BC Forest Service.
Item consists of typed transcript of interview with Ivor Guest discussing his early memories of Prince George as a river man and logging. Includes discussion of Cataline, and Quaw family.
Sin títuloItem consists of transcript of interview with Bob Dunsmore, CNC Forestry Dean who discusses forestry and agriculture education at College of New Caledonia.
Sin títuloItem consists of transcript and tape summary of interview with Elmer Nelson who discusses Axel Wenner- Gren's business interest in the Rocky Mountain Trench area of Northern British Columbia in the 1950s.
Sin títuloFile consists of trail maps and recreation guides from various places in British Columbia, especially Northern British Columbia. Maps include:
- British Columbia Road Map and Parks Guide
- Northwood Pulp and Timber Limited Forest Operations Recreation Map
- Provincial Parks of Northern British Columbia
- Visitor's Guide: Mackenzie Woodlands
- Visitors Guide: Mackenzie Woodlands
- Mackenzie Forest District Recreation Map
- Dawson Creek Forest District Recreation Map
- Morice Forest District Recreation Map
- Fort St. James Forest District Recreation Map
- Lakes Forest District Recreation Map
- Cariboo Forest Region Recreation Map
- Lakes District Visitors Map
- Prince George Forest District Recreation Map
- Vanderhoof Forest District Recreation Map
- Fort St. John Forest District Recreation Map
- Cariboo Forest Region Recreation Map (East)
- Robson Valley Forest District Recreation Map
- Fort Nelson Forest District Recreation Map
- Forest Service Recreation Sites: Valemount - Blue River
- Forest Service Recreation Sites: McBride - Goat River
- Forest Service Recreation Sites: Prince George West
- Forest Service Recreation Sites: Moberly - Sukunka
- Forest Service Recreation Sites: Nation - Takla
- Forest Service Recreation Sites: Murrat - Kiskatinaw
- Recreation Road Map for the Prince George Forest Area (1987-1988)
- Recreation Road Map for the Prince George Forest Area (1997)
- The Bobtail Forest Service Road Tour
- Forest Recreation Map: Northwood Pulp and Timber Limited
- Forest Operations Recreation Map: Northwood pulp and timber limited
- Forest Service: Recreation Sites Williston/Mackenzie
- Forest Service Recreation Sites Prince George West
- The Official Prince George Tourist Street Map
- Ecological Reserves in British Columbia (July 1990)
- Prince George Forest District map (April 1990) with annotations regarding trials.
Item consists of typed transcript and tape summary of interview with Olive Foote who discusses her family's history in Fort Fraser, Stellaco area c.1930s and later move to Prince George region.. Includes discussion of her father working mineral claims in Endako area c.1950s
Sin títuloForest cover map showing a crossing area of the McGregor River is annotated with a road and ferry crossing.
Map reproduction of the Aleza Lake Research Forest depicts timber sale areas, forest cover, and other details.
Map reproduction of the Sinclair Spruce Lumber Co. Ltd. T.S.H.L. A01848 C.P. 310 cutting area, likely in the Aleza Lake Research Forest.
File is a Resource Folio of maps and accompanying information created by Northwood Pulp & Timber regarding Timber Sale Harvesting Licence A01847, Willow River Block, Willow River P.S.Y.U. Includes maps that depict ungulates, waterfowl, recreation areas, special influence areas, and timber types. Most of the sheets have a duplicate, some with very slight variations. The following maps are supposed to be included in the but were missing upon arrival at the Archives: fish & topography, cutting permits & roads, and soils.
Large-format map depicts Northwood Pulp & Timber operating areas in 1975.
Map reproduction depicts major areas of the Aleza Lake Experiment Forest.
Image depicts an area undergoing logging somewhere in Prince George, B.C.
File consists of 1 audiocassette of people interviewed by Bob Harkins. Side A consists of interviews with Bill Jones of the Fort George Railway Society, Walter Gill formerly of the BC Provincial Police, and Bob Sebastian, of the Carrier First Nation. Side B consists of interviews with Ella Fry, a trapper from Valemount and Prince George boxer Harold Mann.
File consists of 1 audiocassette of interviews by Bob Harkins with John Backhouse, city librarian discussion of referendum on construction of new library. Also contains interview with Don Thatcher, conservation officer.
Item consists of transcript of interview with Alex and Chris Muldowan discussing family history and Muldowan's involvement in forestry in North Central BC.
Sin títuloFile consists of 1 audiocassette of public presentation hosted by Bob Harkins discussing the history of sawmilling in Prince George Region. Introduces several people involved in sawmilling industry and also discusses history of the Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association. Also shows a historical film about sawmilling and provides commentary.
Sin títuloItem is McNaughton Lake, B.C. Map 83D and Part of 83C Second Status Edition (1975) from "Classification and Interpretation of some Ecosystems of the Rocky Mountain Trench, Prince George Forest Region, British Columbia: First Approximation" (1984).
Harry Weaver Memories consists of a copy of the typed manuscript of Harry Weaver's autobiography, as well as various other related trapping information.
Item is a BC Forest Service beverage coaster.