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This original film footage clip depicts a Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Open Passenger Car riding along Seton and Anderson Lakes in British Columbia.

This original film footage clip depicts a Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) train trip in winter from Lake District to Alta Lake.

This original film footage clip depicts the inaugural train run of the Pacific Great Eastern (PGE) Railway line into Fort St. John in Oct. 1958. W.A.C. Bennett stops to speak at communities along the route, including Prince George and Dawson Creek. Other personalities, such as "Ma" Murray were also in attendance. The train was called the "Peace River Special". BC centennial flags are visible at the events. This film clip is believed to be a continuation of film clip 2017.5.2.3 "Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) Trip with Premier Bennett from Vancouver to Prince George".

Data set "Yukon-AK 2004 soils data (Lost Chicken).xls" consists of Pliocene Rego Humic Gleysol (peaty) data from the Lost Chicken Mine site.

Data set consists of data collected for Inlin Brook (sites N04-02, -03, -04) and Red Ochre River (N04-05).

This born-digital document consists of field observations for Mackenzie Valley sites N04-06 to -08, Aug. 9-10.

This born-digital document is an unpublished report to the Geological Survey of Canada on field work data and interpretations of Inlin Brook paleosols.

Data sets associated with the Arocena & Sanborn 1999 regional soil mineralogy study:

• S234FINL.XLS [data report for mineral horizons from MoF Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, June 20 1996]
• S235FINL.XLS [data report for organic horizons from MoF Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, June 20 1996]
• SAMPLIST.XLS [conversion table for sample numbers used in MoF lab data reports]
• Fe Al extractions.xlsx [assembled from lab data report by L. Arocena for oxalate & dithionite extractions; pyrophosphate extraction data from MoF lab]
• MINSTUDY.XLS [consolidated lab data for organic & mineral horizons, except for BaCl2 exchangeable cations]
• MINCEC.XLS [BaCl2 exchangeable cations & Morgan’s extraction for organic & mineral horizons]

During a year away from studies in 1987-88, Dr. Paul Sanborn developed a successful grant proposal to the Science Council of BC (SCBC) to pursue a postdoctoral project with Dr. Tim Ballard in relation to sulphur-deficient soils in BC and prescribed fire. This project built on an existing broadcast burning study conducted by Macmillan Bloedel Ltd. near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, led by Bill Beese (later at Vancouver Island University). Dr. Sanborn's work addressed sulphur forms and amounts in the soils at these sites, and the chemical processes influencing sulphur availability in relation to prescribed fire.

Only one part of this work was eventually published:
Sanborn, P.T. and T.M. Ballard. 1991. Combustion losses of sulphur from conifer foliage: Implications of chemical form and soil nitrogen status. Biogeochemistry 12: 129–134. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00001810

The remainder of the work was documented in this Project Completion Report to SCBC, dated February 28, 1990, and entitled "Effects of Prescribed Fire on Sulphur in Forest Soils".

Thirty-four data files were selected for archival retention. There is some redundancy of content among these, with some formatted for incorporation as tables in the report appendices, and others containing some of the same data, but set up as input files for a statistics program. These account for almost all of the data listed in the Project Completion Report appendices. No glossary of variable names is provided, but these should be identifiable by referring to the Report.

Data sets associated with the Cluculz retrospective study (E.P. 886.10):

• 082036.xls -- Elemental analysis (XRF) for mineral horizon samples from profile at Cluculz EP 886.10 site
• CLUCINC.xls -- Summary chemical properties for composite samples in aerobic incubation
• Cluculz Ck 2002 Foliar Analysis.xls -- Analyzed for individual single-tree plots
• Cluculz Ck 2002 Forest Floor.xls -- Forest floor mass data
• Cluculz composite list (2003 samples).xls -- Composite groups (3 original samples in each) used for organic & mineral soils
• Cluculz composite list (incubation experiment).xls -- Composite groups (3 original samples in each) used for organic & mineral soils
• Cluculz composite list for incubations (2003 samples).xls -- Composite groups (3 original samples in each) used for organic & mineral soils
• Cluculz Creek S mineralization - initial fractions (2).xls -- S fractions - organic & mineral soil composites
• Cluculz Creek S mineralization - initial S fractions.xls -- S fractions - organic & mineral soil composites
• Cluculz Creek S mineralization (IC).xls -- S mineralization data for aerobic incubation - organic & mineral soils
• Cluculz foliar and soil data.xls -- Chemical properties of foliage, composite forest floors, composite mineral soils
• Cluculz pH.xls -- pH - organic & mineral soil composites
• Cluculz S fraction graphs.xls -- S fractions - organic & mineral soil composites
• Elemental Analysis of Standard by XRF (2005).xls -- Published & XRF analysis of CANMET TILL-1 soil standard (used in Cluculz XRF analysis)

Data sets for the Sulphur stable isotope tracer study (E.P. 886.15) include:

• 03-095 UNBC PS-For.xls Particle size analyses (Kenneth Creek 0-20 & 20-40 cm)
• 03-096 UNBC PS-For.xls Particle size analyses (Holy Cross 0-20 & 20-40 cm)
• 082037.xls XRF elemental analysis (Holy Cross pedon)
• 082038.xls XRF elemental analysis (Kenneth Creek pedon)
• 084996.xlsx XRF elemental analysis (HC & KC parent materials)
• EP 886 15 S isotope data (2001-2005) - foliage_completed (Feb 18).xls Pine foliage d34S (total S & total SO4-S)
• EP 886.15 2003 Foliage & Soil Chemistry Summary.xls
• EP 886.15 Foliar Analyses (selected) 2001-2006.xls Total N & S, SO4-S
• EP 886.15 Holy Cross & Kenneth Creek 2005 foliage.xls
• EP 886.15 Holy Cross & Kenneth Creek 2006 foliage.xls
• EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2001 FH (S516FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2001 Foliage (T727FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2001 Litter (S515FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2001 Mineral Soil (0-20 cm) (S507FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2002 Foliage (T785FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2003 FH (S642FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2003 Foliage (T836FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2003 Litter (S641FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2003 Mineral Soil (0-20 cm) (S643FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2004 FH (S702FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2004 Foliage (T904FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2004 Litter (S701FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Holy Cross 2004 Mineral Soil (0-20 cm) (S703FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2001 FH (S521FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2001 Foliage (T727FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2001 Litter (S520FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2001 Mineral Soil (0-20 cm) (S508FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2001 Mineral Soil (20-40 cm) (S509FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2002 Foliage (T785FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2003 FH (S645FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2003 Foliage (T837FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2003 Litter (S644FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2003 Mineral Soil (0-20 cm) (S646FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2003 Mineral Soil (20-40 cm) (S647FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2004 FH (S705FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2004 Foliage (T905FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2004 Litter (S704FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2004 Mineral Soil (0-20 cm) (S706FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Kenneth Creek 2004 Mineral Soil (20-40 cm) (S707FINL).xls
• EP 886.15 Sample Inventory.xls Listing of MoF Lab Job No.'s
• Fertilizer March 2003.xls d34S data for commercial fertilizer S sources
• hc_2002.xls Initial (2002) pine tree measurement data - Holy Cross
• kc_2002.xls Initial (2002) pine tree measurement data - Kenneth Creek

This born-digital document provides a description of the Topley LTSP site pedon.

This born-digital "Profile Descriptions" document provides descriptions of Williams Lake (Skulow Lake), Aleza 1 & 2, Log Lake, and Lucille Mountain pedons.

This born-digital "Lucille Mountain soils" document provides a description and basic data for the Lucille Mt. pedon.

This "Soil Profile Description: Kiskatinaw LTSP Site" document provides a description of Kiskatinaw pedon.

The key results from the regional soil mineralogy study were later published as:
J.M. Arocena and P. Sanborn. 1999. Mineralogy and genesis of selected soils and their implications for forest management in central and northeastern British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 79: 571-592. https://doi.org/10.4141/S98-07

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 is a formal portrait of Gary Runka.

Photograph is a portrait of Gary Runka and Joan Sawicki.

Photograph depicts Cayla Runka, Gary Runka, and Shaundehl Runka.

Photograph depicts Gary Runka in Ottawa, Ontario in 1971.

Photograph depicts Gary Runka, Terry Lewis, and Gordon Gram at the end of a backpacking trip in the Lower Stein River Valley.

Photograph depicts Gary Runka and Joan Sawicki on a BC central coast beach.

Photograph depicts Gary Runka hiking on Southern Vancouver Island.

Photograph depicts Joan Sawicki and Gary Runka on an outcropping overlooking South Bentinck Arm, Great Bear Rainforest on the BC Central Coast.

Photograph depicts Gary Runka backpacking in South Tweedsmuir Provincial Park.

Photograph depicts Gary Runka on his farm in Baldonnel, BC.

Photograph depicts Gary Runka in his Land Sense Ltd. office in Burnaby.