Image depicts the Alcan smelter in Kitimat, B.C.
File contains records created or collected by Bob Stowell over the course of his employment with The Pas Lumber Company (B.C.) Ltd. (1965-1991):
- Invoice from Howard J. Lloyd Logging Ltd., 1970
- Correspondence from Flynn Bros Logging Ltd., 1971
- Report for "Proposed Purchase of Ferguson Lake Sawmill Ltd. Shares", April 1971
- Photocopied "Report on Timber Sale Harvesting Licence Administration" by the B.C. Forest Service, June 1972
- Photocopied newspaper article clippings, primarily from the Prince George Citizen, that include mention of The Pas Lumber Company, 1972-1973. Many of the articles relate to the company's controversial decision to open a new sawmill near Bear Lake.
- Photocopied letter from Ray Williston in support of the proposed new mill at Bear Lake, Feb. 3, 1972
- Photocopied letter from the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George in support of the proposed new mill south of Bear Lake, Feb. 22, 1972
- Photocopied letter from Spruce City Wildlife Association to Ray Williston regarding the proposed industrial site near Bear Lake, Feb. 15, 1972
- Photocopied letter from Howard J. Lloyd Logging Ltd. to The Pas Lumber Company Ltd. regarding difficulties with their company to contractor relationship, 1973
- Pamphlet for Central Interior Loggers' Association 9th Annual Convention, Prince George, 1976
- Photocopied rough draft by Ken Bernsohn sent to Bob Stowell for article "The Biggest, Fastest Operation in the North Pioneers a New Type of Environmental Logging", [after 1976]
- 1979 Annual Report of The Pas Lumber Company Ltd., Prince George, B.C.
File contains photographs depicting close view of drill bits used in the Cassiar mine. The photos were taken for documentary purposes during an evaluation procedure in which the bits were tested and compared. 32 of the photos are adhered to three reports containing detailed analysis of the condition and function of the drill bits used. Reports were addressed to "E. Komperdo / Assist. Mine Superintendent, Production," and were sent by "Bob Clark / Industrial Engineer" and "E. Isaaks / Engineer Trainee." All of the photos are heavily annotated on verso and recto, often documenting the date, bit number, drilling depth, and notes on general condition.
Photograph depicts the inside of a mill.
File contains photographs depicting four different tours that took place at the mine, plant, and towns owned by Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. Tours include Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's visit to Clinton Creek in 1968 and Member of Parliament Iona Campagnolo's visit to Cassiar in 1978. Photographs also depict a party of ambassadors touring Cassiar in 1970, and the dedication of a building in the Cassiar plant in the late 1970s.
Technical drawing of the proposed boat basin in Kitimat depicts the tailings opening into the port on the upper NE corner of the proposed port.
Technical drawings of the proposed boat basin in Kitimat depicts the tailings opening to be in the middle of the proposed port facing east.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo talking with an unidentified employee of Frank Beban Logging while standing beside a large piece of heavy machinery.
Photograph depicts an unidentified fishing boat at the Prince Rupert marina. Several other fishing boats are visible in the background.
Photograph depicts the "Northern Dawn" and an unidentified fishing boat at the Prince Rupert marina.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo talking with a logging truck driver of Frank Beban Logging at Athili Gwaii (Lyell Island) during a 1978 Skeena riding tour.
Image depicts a view of a saw mill in Chetwynd, B.C.
This collection of photograph is a Cassiar trip report to Weldotron Inc. Industrial Packaging Systems in Piscataway, New Jersey to look at the shrink wrap system. The ten photographs depict the wrap applicator, bag maker placer, feed side of wrap applicator, shroud wrap machine, and before and after packaged asbestos. One photograph is of the Kellogg Plant in Michigan depicting forklifts. There is also a commercial photograph of the "Weldotron Pallet Pak Shrouder & Shrink Tunnel for shrink wrapping pallet loads."
A black and white photographic print of Iona Campagnolo in the Cassiar mill wearing a ‘VISITOR’ hard hat and overalls. Two unidentified workers provide a tour of the mill and show sample of the asbestos fibres.
File contains photographs depicting superintendents accepting safety awards on behalf of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation ltd, and BCIT Scholarship Winners.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo talking with two unidentified logging truck drivers at the Frank Beban Logging camp in Athili Gwaii (Lyell Island) during a 1978 Skeena riding tour.
Map depicts the Shuswap Lakes, Rogers Pass, Kamloops, Yellowhead Pass, Thompson Valley, and the Nicola Valley. Also includes the first clues to a treasure hunt.
Photograph depicts a shipping terminal in Prince Rupert. Shipping containers are in the distance.
Photograph depicts a shipping terminal in Prince Rupert. The ocean is visible in the background.
Photograph depicts the "Ocean Gem" fishing boat at the Prince Rupert marina. The Prince Rupert Fisherman's Co-operative Assocation Building is visible in the background.
Photograph depicts the an unidentified fishing boat at the Prince Rupert marina.
Photograph depicts the "Northern Dawn" and the "Comanchero II" at the Prince Rupert marina.
Photograph depicts the "Little Current" and other boats at the Prince Rupert marina.
Photograph depicts a hoist and many unidentified boats at the Prince Rupert marina.
Photographs from Cassiar trip report to Brenda Mines in British Columbia. These photographs depict pit design, landscape of field and pit, cable stations, mine rescue truck, and equipment such as graders, trucks, drills and cats.
Photographs from Cassiar trip report to Kal Tire Retread Plant at Kamloops, British Columbia. These photographs are of tires that are in the process of being retreaded.
Photograph of the Mill Modification program in 1970. This photo is part of larger collection of 71 photographs of regarding the improvements to the mill as part of the plantsite and was compiled into a report in 1978.
Photograph depicts a safety sign in a mill work area that reads, "You can bet your life on safety."
Photograph depicts a work area in a mill.
Photograph depicts a work area in a mill with danger signs in English, French, German, and Spanish.
Photograph depicts the inside of a mill.
Photograph depicts the inside of a mill.
File consists of research material collected on the history of Fort George including a Provincial bulletin, newspaper clippings, pamphlet, and reproductions of articles and images. Highlights include:
- Robert Arthur Williams, Province of British Columbia Lands Service, "The Fort Fraser- Fort George Bulletin Area", No.7. 1973 (bulletin)
- Fort George Park, "Fraser-Fort George Museum", [197-?] (pamphlet)
- W.J. MacAllan, "The Moving of the Fort George Indians", Cariboo & Northwest Digest, Summer 1948 (photocopied article)
- Nellie R. Campbell, "When Steel Came to Prince George", Cariboo & Northern B.C. Digest, Summer 1947
- Fraser Fort-George Museum, "Museum Mirror", Vol. 2 No. 1, 1986
Publication contains background paper for parliamentarians entitled "Mining in Canada: The Reality and the Promise" by John DeGrace of the Research Branch, Library of Parliament.
Publication is entitled "West Coast Oil Ports Inquiry Statement of Proceedings", a summary of the proceedings of the inquiry commissioned by the Government of Canada into oil tanker ports and tanker traffic on the Canadian west coast.
Publication is entitled "Proposal for a New Grain Terminal at Prince Rupert", which outlines a grain shipping terminal at Prince Rupert, its design, a suggested site and estimated costs.
Photograph depicts a Dorosz Tool Company tri-cone rock bit on a Prince Rupert pamphlet.
Image depicts a view of a saw mill in Chetwynd, B.C.
Image depicts an unknown woman standing in front of a truck that either weighs 80 tonnes, or is capable of carrying that much; the slide is simply labelled "80 tons." It is located at the Gibraltar mine site.
Photographs from Cassiar trip report to Afton Mines in British Columbia. This collection of photographs depicts the road maintenance by cat. and grader, the bench heights, levels, scaling, holes and maintenance, and equipment used such as drills, buckets, trucks, crusher for pit maintenance of walls, slopes and angles.
Photographs from Cassiar trip report to Similkameen Mine in British Columbia. This collection of photographs depicts road conditions of mine pit, bench maintenance, landscape of pit, cable equipment, and machinery such as drills and graders.
Photograph of two workers in background working on the Mill Modification program in 1970. This photo is part of larger collection of 71 photographs of this program, compiled into a report in 1978.
Photograph depicts the inside of a mill.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo shaking hands with an unidentified employee of Frank Beban Logging while standing beside a large piece of heavy machinery.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo talking with an unidentified employee of Frank Beban Logging standing beside a large piece of heavy machinery.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo talking with a group of logging truck drivers at the Frank Beban Logging camp in Athili Gwaii (Lyell Island) during a 1978 Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts a shipping terminal in Prince Rupert. The photo is taken from a hill, and several shipping containers sit in the almost empty lot. The ocean is visible in the background.
Photograph depicts the "Comanchero II" boat in the Prince Rupert Marina. Another building and boat are visible in the background.
Photograph depicts an unidentified fishing boat at the Prince Rupert marina. An unidentified person stands beside a building in the far background.
Photograph depicts an unidentified fishing boat at the Prince Rupert marina.