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File consists of a group portrait photograph depicting Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC) No. 4 Platoon 26, Admin unit 20 C.I.(B)T.C.-C.A., Brantford, Ontario in 1944. These service members were likely completing their Canadian Infantry Basic Training at the Brantford, Ontario training centre.

Depicted are the following persons:
Back row: Bingham, S.M.; Jones, B.M.; Bowie, S.M.; Coleman, P.; VanSomeren, J.C.; Kastrukoff, M.; Dietz, P.A.; Allard, H.K.
Centre row: Szalak, I.; Martin, M.; Park, N.A.; Birks, Y.M.; England, T.E.; Glendillen, E.J.; Byrom, A.; Trenchard, M.L.; Haines, A.L.
Front row: Waschuk, A.; Cpl. Clark, E.L.; Cpl. Starkie, K.; Sgt. Dickman, C.M.; Lieut. Bertha Schenk; Sgt. Stevenson, J.Y.; Sgt. Dyck, A.; Cpl. Teasdale, E.; Cpl. Cameron, M.D.; Smith, L.M.

File consists of a group portrait photograph depicting Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC) soldiers in 1942. Bertha Schenk [Wood] is believed to be pictured in the third row from the front, ten from the left.

Photograph depicts Pioneer Sash and Door Company Ltd. Davies suggests that it may have been the same as S.C. Smith Ltd., which commenced operating in Vernon in 1883. In the early days, products were verandah posters, balusters, and fancy trim. Most products were sent to the U.S. Most of the fancy trim in early north Okanagan homes came from this plant. In 1972, its main output was cedar panelling for Florida.

Photograph depicts the CPR depot at Proctor, located at mile 117.5 from Cranbrook on the Nelson Subdivision. David Davies notes: "The view is looking east and shows the spur at right leading to a barge slip on Kootenay Lake. The majority of the spur rails here are dated 1908-1910." An updated description provided by a subject expert suggests that this view is actually looking west.

Photograph depicts water car #415319 standing on a little used spur in Nelson. It consists of a locomotive tender mounted on a flat car. It could be used as a firefighting unit, but it is merely lettered "service."

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:

• David Mills, "Aleza Lake Research Forest Historical Internship Summary" (2 Jan. 2007), 26 p. - In print and original digital .doc file
• David Mills, "Aleza Lake Forest Experiment Station Socio-Economic Time Line 1905-1937" (2007), 68 p. - In print and original digital .doc file
• ALRFS employment paperwork for David Mills, the ALRFS Natural Resource History Intern
• Research notes, including a copy of a map of the town of Aleza Lake in the 1920s

Photograph depicts a typical section shed scene anywhere in B.C. It was taken on the C.P.R. track near Flat Creek or Illecillewaet, between Rogers Pass and Revelstoke. The April 25, 1965 CPR Employee timetable lists the mileage at Illecillewaet as 98.2.

Photograph depicts a C.P.R. eastbound freight train at passing loop at Illecillewaet, between Rogers Pass and Revelstoke. The April 25, 1965 CPR Employee timetable lists the mileage at Illecillewaet as 98.2 with a siding capacity of 85 cars. The view in this photograph is taken from a string of work cars on the siding.

Photograph depicts the C.P.R. westbound freight train at passing loop at Illecillewaet, between Rogers Pass and Revelstoke. The April 25, 1965 CPR Employee timetable lists the mileage at Illecillewaet as 98.2 with a siding capacity of 85 cars.

Photograph depicts a man sitting on a truck that is transporting logs at Peden Hill Sawmill.

Photograph depicts a lomen planer in operation at Peden Hill Sawmill lumber yard. Other workers and stacks of timber are nearby.

Photograph depicts a log boom in the Fraser River. These logs were waiting to go into jackladder and down the log chute into the Fraser River backchannel at Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts Cornel Neronovitch at a Peden Hill sawmill. Caption on back of photograph states: "Cornel Neronovitch".

Photograph depicts horse logging.

Photograph depicts a male worker operating a gin pole, winch and jammer to hoist logs onto a logging truck at Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts two men perched on top of a freight truck carrying a load of timber at Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts a freight truck carrying timber at Peden Hill Sawmill.

Photograph depicts a young man sitting at the top of an active sawmill jackladder at Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts a man standing next to a log chute bringing logs out of the Fraser River into a backchannel at Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts a man standing near a log deck at a sawmill, possibly at Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts workers cutting timber with a lomen planer at Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts a Fraser River backchannel with logs at Peden Hill sawmill. The jackladder to the sawmill is visible on the bottom right.

Photograph depicts two men on a log deck, possibly at Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts the lumber yard at Peden Hill sawmill, likely after the fire that burnt down the first mill at that location.

Photograph depicts a log jack-ladder up to Nash Sawmill, co-owned by Cornel Neronovitch and Fred Tesluk. This sawmill was steam powered and burnt down in 1941. The sawmill was located on a back-channel of the Fraser River.

Photograph depicts a sawmill with a dry kiln next to a rail line. The location and name of the sawmill is unknown.

Photograph depicts the Peden Hill sawmill, after the mill was rebuilt after the first mill burnt down in 1941. The first mill was operated by steam; the second mill was powered by a diesel-powered motor.

Photograph depicts a loaded logging truck on corduroy log road near Peden Hill sawmill. The truck has three passengers--a man and two women--sitting on top of the loaded logs. The leftmost passenger is Mrs. Fred Tesluk; Fred Tesluk co-owned the Peden Hill mill with Cornel Neronovitch. Cornel Neronovitch stands at the right of the photograph, in front of the truck.

Photograph depicts two men using a gin pole, winch and jammer to load raw logs onto a logging truck, likely near Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts two men felling a tree using a two-man crosscut saw in the Prince George area for processing at Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts Cornel Neronovitch standing by a 'Maple Leaf' Chevrolet truck near the Peden Hill sawmill. Raw logs are stacked and chained on the truck.

Photograph depicts three men loading raw logs onto a 'Maple Leaf' Chevrolet truck near the Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts two men on a 'Maple Leaf' Chevrolet truck's running board in an active logging area near Peden Hill sawmill. The truck is hauling raw logs. The man at the right of photograph is Cornel Neronovitch.

Photograph depicts a male worker standing amid stacks of lumber in a lumber yard at Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts piles of stacked logs awaiting processing near Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts a man standing on a pile of logs in the Peden Hill sawmill yard, after the mill was rebuilt after the first mill burnt down in 1941. The first mill was operated by steam; the second mill was powered by a diesel-powered motor.