Item is an original copy of "Wildlife Habitat Mapping in British Columbia: Atlas of Inventories" by the BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks.
File consists of material relating to William John "Wiggs" O'Neill, a riverboat pioneer. Wiggs began working on a Skeena River sternwheeler in 1898 and continued working on the river until the end of the steamboat era in 1911. He then moved to Smithers, where he operated the first power plant and owned an auto agency for 43 years. Materials include two books, newspaper clippings, and reproductions of journal articles. Highlights include:
- Wiggs O'Neill, "Steamboat Days on the Skeena River British Columbia", 1963 (book)
- Wiggs O'Neill, "Whitewater Man of the Skeena", 1960 (book)
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the community of Willow River.
File consists of notes and reproductions relaintg to the Willow River townsite.
File consists of a speech given by Gary Runka entitled "Winter Range for Ungulates" for the Symposium on Threatened Species and Habitats in British Columbia and the Yukon.
File consists of consent forms from participants who did not wish to continue with the Island Cache Recovery Project or who did not wish their material to be archived.
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to Woodpecker and Hixon. Includes: "Heritage Week" poster with photographs depicting Huble Homestead, Valemount Museum, St Mark's Anglican Church, and the Church of St Pius X (Feb. 1994). File also includes photographs depicting various buildings in Woodpecker and Hixon, including the Woodpecker Church (2001).
File consists of a speech given by Gary Runka entitled "Working Together Towards Identifying and Protecting Land for Nature in the Kamloops Area" to an unknown audience.
Series consists of material collected and created by Kent Sedgwick in relation to his writings, publications, editorial work, and lectures. The files contain material regarding Kent Sedgwick’s writing and lectures on the Lheidli T’enneh cemetery; his book "Monumental Transformation: The Story of Prince George's National Historic Monument"; his book chapter "Crossing the Divide: Northern Approaches to New Caledonia"; his book "Giscome Chronicle: The rise and demise of a sawmill community in central British Columbia, 1912-1976"; edits done to June Chamberland’s book "From Broadaxe to Clay Chinking: Stories about the Pioneers in and around the Prince George area"; writing for the Prince George Heritage Advisory Committee; and Sedgwick’s MA thesis on the Peyto Glacier. The files primarily consist of notes, correspondence, and completed works.
Audio cassette titled "Workshop 2, Tape 2: 2:00 pm" is believed to contain a recording of a workshop related to the Vernon commonage project.
Audio cassette titled "Workshop 2, Tape 3: 3:30 pm" is believed to contain a recording of a workshop related to the Vernon commonage project.
Audio cassette titled "Workshop 2, Tape 5" is believed to contain a recording of a workshop related to the Vernon commonage project.
Optical disc holds a full CD version of the "www.BCRock.com" website. From the home page on the disc:
"In the Central Coast Regional District of British Columbia, near the town of Bella Coola, No Cents Holdings and Arthon Construction initiated a Federal and Provincial Environmental Assessment for the purposes of permitting a rock quarry, an expansion to an existing sand & gravel quarry and a marine loading facility.
Exclusive to the CD Version ..... A Quicktime movie Greening the Gravel
Also, some bonus information related to the project and activities.
We are pleased to report in a press release dated May 9, 2001, that the companies have entered into an agreement with Polaris Minerals Corporation that gives Polaris the right to become a joint venture partner in the Bella Coola Aggregates Project.
Nuxalk Nation General Election - Results from Wednesday, Mar. 7, 2001
Congratulations to Chief Anfinn Charles Siwallace and the new councillors .... M O R E
Three public Open Houses
have been held in the Bella Coola valley.
This site went live on October 12, 2000 and will remain a work in progress.
Here you may find reports, news, project descriptions, professionals reviews, process descriptions, economic impacts, environmental reviews, archaeological reviews, geotechnical and hydrologist input, and a great many photo tours of the area."