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File consists of photographs taken by Paul Sanborn during the May 9, 2002 UNBC/UBC Aleza Lake Research Forest Field Tour for UNBC and UBC faculty members.

File consists of photographic prints and slides depicting partial-cutting and select logging during the EP 1162 Summit Lake research project.

File consists of photographs of the Upper Fraser Canfor administration buildings, bunkhouse, and fire hall following the 2003 mill closure.

File consists of photographs of John Revel taken above the old Aleza Lake Forest Experiment Station site. John Revel was a retired pioneering BC Forest Service silviculture forester.

File consists of a booklet prepared for the May 9, 2002 UNBC/UBC Aleza Lake Research Forest Field Tour.

The fonds consists of six company ledgers: 1894 - 1896, 1896, 1898 - 1901, 1900, 1904 - 1905, 1923 - 1926. Also includes 15 pages of correspondence and notes. The ledgers note expenses for various operations in the mine and in the company owned premises in town. The letters and notes concern the purchase of explosives for the mine and discusses the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Company.

Fonds consists of the McGregor Model Forest records documenting the operational history of the model forest from 1992 through 2007. These records document the various functions of the McGregor Model Forest reflected in the four series:

• 1) Projects and Research consisting of reports, proposals, and project and research materials ranging from 1994 to 2006
• 2) McGregor Model Forest Association Administration records largely consisting of Board of Directors Meeting Minutes from 1993 - 1997; work plans from 1994 - 1997, 2002 - 2003; annual reports from 1995 - 2006; Technical Steering Committee Meeting Minutes from 1993 - 1997
• 3) Publications by the McGregor Model Forest Association, the Canadian Model Forest Network, Natural Resources Canada, or other forest research organizations
• 4) Promotional Materials including materials from outreach events such as posters, presentation slides, and ephemera.

Fonds consists of original, silent 16mm reels that portray the natural, social and land use history of the Bella Coola and Chilcotin regions named the "Natural and Guiding History of the Bella Coola and Chilcotin Regions".

Possible locations that Al Elsey filmed include: Bella Coola, Bella Bella, Anahim Lake, Alert Bay, Nimpo Lake, Bulkey Valley, the Rainbow Mountains, Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, Dean River, Bella Coola River, Tchaha Lake, the Chilcotin region, the Ulkatcho Mountains, Lassard Lake, Fenton Lake, Atnarko River, Wells Gray Park, and Holt Homestead.

Collection consists of 1 map of "Status of Sustained-Yield Forestry Programme as at December 31, 1969" by British Columbia Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources and 10 pages of handwritten instructions for opening a ranger station in Smithers and annual Forest Insect and Disease Survey, dated 1980.

The Aleza Lake Research Forest Society (ALRFS) records encompass material that was created or collected by the Society over its existence (2001-present). Records created by the ALRFS consist of administrative and operational records, as well as publications from the Society. Collected records include historical records relating to the Aleza Lake Experiment Forest gifted to the Society or its members. These include maps, photographs, reference material, and documents. Members and associates of the ALRFS also documented the history of the forest through the creation of oral history recordings and written histories such as John Revel's "Devil's Club, Black Flies, and Snowshoes".

The fonds includes a significant amount of reproduced archival material about Aleza Lake from other institutions, such as BC Archives, the Canadian Forest Service, and the BC Forest Service. Many of these reproductions were created as part of the 2006 ALRFS Natural Resources History Internship in an effort to compile the history of the research forest.

Also included are cartographic and photographic materials that depict the Aleza Lake Research Forest and surrounding areas.

Contains significant materials covering a wide range of topics related to forestry research and forest management practices in Central British Columbia from the 1920s to the 1980s with the bulk of the materials dating from 1924 to 1963. Includes early surveys and descriptions of the Upper Fraser area, early maps and plans of the Research Forest, and historical meteorological registers from the area. Also includes unpublished scientific reports, communications, administrative and technical reports, timber sale records, and general forestry related reports and publications. Photographs include images of the Experimental Station dating from its inception and images of the Young Men's Forestry Training Program situated at Aleza Lake in 1936. Research records include experimental plot files that contain field notebooks dating from 1928 to 1958 which note locations of the experimental plots as well as sample plots from the surrounding areas of Hutton, Penny, and Foreman. The field notebooks also record growth and mortality data of white spruce balsam from 1928 to 1958 and soil types. The fonds also contains some records related to the re-emergence of the Aleza Lake Research Forest (ALRF) in the 1980s and 1990s.

Series consists of documents providing information on the Columbia Cellulose Company, Limited including its history, historical and geographical context, and plans for the future. These documents often include photographs, maps, and technical drawings of the mills. Series consists of Skeena Kraft press kit; Feasibility Study of Nass River Valley Log Transport Systems; A Summary History and Progress; Development Study: Northern resources; Columbia Cellulose Company, Limited.

File consists of:

• "Development Study - Northern Resources" by the Columbia Cellulose Company, Limited, September, 1963. This report includes: background information on the company and a contextual background of forestry in British Columbia; a description of resources and proposed facilities, which covers northern wood resources and requirements for future sulphite and sulphate mills; an economic study for new Kraft operations.
• 2 maps: one of British Columbia entitled "Status of Sustained-Yield Forestry Programme as at 31 December 1962" by the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources; the other of British Columbia Forest Service Forest: Surveys and Inventory Division, Key Map Showing: Maps published on scale 1 inch to 2 miles and summary zones of the provincial forest inventory by the Department of Lands and Forests (1957).

File consists of a document entitled "A Summary: History and Progress," which contains an overview of Columbia Cellulose Company's operations, ownership and financing, management staff, progress during 1968, three-year profit plan targets 1969-1971, and general information (magazine reprints, photographs, 1967 annual report, and 1968 interim reports).

File consists of the "Feasibility Study of Nass River Valley Log Transport Systems," which includes:

• Present log transportation methods
• Factors affecting Nass Valley log transportation
• Recommended road improvement
• Recommended trucking methods and equipment
• Alternative transportation systems
• Comparison of system costs
• Cycle times and production estimates
• Estimated main-line trucking costs
• Alternative dumping sites
• Advantages of truck transport
• Other considerations
• Time schedule to carry out changes
• Alternative routes
• Appendices.

File consists of a 33 paged report on the history of the Columbia Cellulose Company, Limited as of August 20, 1959.

File consists of a folder containing documents describing Skeena Kraft Limited. Folder consists of:

• Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget--A Forest Products Giant
• Columbia Cellulose Company, Limited--A Corporate History
• Two World-Wide Sales Organizations to Market Skeena Kraft Pulp
• Skeena Kraft Limited Adopts Distinctive Housemark Symbol Adapted from Sun Totem, Kee-War-Kow, Family Crest of Sky People
• The Nass and Skeena Valleys--A New Economic Region Terrace and Prince Rupert are Hubs in Finance and Services
• MISSING: Twinriver Timber Limited: New Company Created to Administer Two Tree Farm Licence Areas
• The Forests Behind the Coast Range Produce Superior Pulp
• Efficient New Woodroom Highlights Skeena Mill
• Integrating Two Power Systems--A Marriage with Convenience One Power Group Serves Two Mills
• Pulping Group Features Flexible Bleaching Sequence and World's Largest Flakt Drier
• New Dams Create Huge Storage Area for Skeena Water Supply
• Advanced Process Control Techniques Employ Computers Extensively
• Skeena Kraft Mill Quality Control and Process Control Tune Mill to Produce Prime Quality Pulps
• Co-ordination and Administration of Construction and Design of Skeena Kraft Shared by H.A. Simons and Central Engineering of Columbia Cellulose
• Purchasing and Traffic Departments Buy and Move More than 25,000 Tons of Materials During Skeena Kraft Construction Co-ordinated Sea and Land Transport System Introduced
• Skeena Kraft--Hundreds of New Jobs Canada-Wide Recruiting Programme Attracts New Workers to Growing Nass-Skeena Region;
• Also includes 19 photographs; 12 technical drawings and diagrams; 2 maps;
• Promotional pamphlet "The Skeena Kraft Story."

Map depicts species of forest trees in British Columbia and their regional distribution.

Colour-coded topographic map depicts forest stands of different heights.