Natural Resources

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  • Land, water, minerals, forests, fisheries, soil, oil, and gas
  • Energy (eg. hydroelectric, thermal, solar)
  • Game management
  • Individuals, industries, and businesses related to natural resources
  • Regulatory and professional organizations
  • SEE ALSO: Business and Commerce; Environment; Industries; Land, Settlement and Immigration

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          6040 Archival description results for Natural Resources

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          2003.8.4.02.09.13 · File · 1966-1967
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains various legal documents regarding the negotiation of the freight rate of chips to be hauled by the Pacific Great Eastern Railway for Northwood.

          Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
          2003.8.4.02.10.15 · File · 1966
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains brief correspondence regarding arrangements for the opening of the Northwood Pulp Mill in Prince George, as well as an official opening program for the event.

          Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
          2003.8.4.02.01.39 · File · 1966-1967
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains legal correspondence, contracts, and other miscellaneous legal material generated by Northwood.

          Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
          2003.8.4.02.02.06 · File · 1966-1972
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains correspondence regarding financial arrangements between Northwood, the Royal Bank of Canada, the Bank of Montreal, and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

          Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
          2003.8.4.02.05.06 · File · 1966
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains documents detailing the terms and circumstances of the takeover by Northwood Pulp Ltd. of Eagle Lake Sawmills Ltd. Includes memoranda of the agreement with draft and notes, documents outlining the purchase by Fichtner Lumber of Lamac Investments Ltd, the timber holdings of Eagle Lake Sawmills, a summary of Eagle Lake timber sales, Cargill licenses, Penny and Dome Creek licenses, information about the quota situation in Monkman, documentation of legal fees for the Eagle Lake purchase, and personal correspondence from David Brittain of Mead Pulp urging Zimmerman to purchase a fishing lodge on Stuart Lake (with pictures enclosed).

          Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
          2003.8.4.02.09.05 · File · 1966-1969
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains logging production reports, efficiency reports, log cost reports, and various other interoffice correspondence.

          Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
          2003.8.4.05.10 · File · 1966-1968
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, operating reports, financial statements and so on regarding the takeover of British Columbia Forest products Limited by Northwood.

          British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.
          2003.8.1.2.29 · File · 1966-1970
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains grant applications, senate briefs, and other research information compiled by the research branch of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association and the Pulp and paper Research Institute of Canada.

          Noranda Inc.
          2006.25.1.15 · Item · Jul. 1966
          Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

          Footage of Tom Engebretch loading a Honda motorbike with gun and gunny sack and driving off through a creek and up a hill.

          Location is believed to be East Ranch, possibly located in near Bella Coola, Tweedsmuir Provincial Park or Chilcotin area.

          2006.25.1.73 · Item · Apr. 1966
          Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

          Begins with footage of maps of the Bella Coola area, Tweedsmuir Park, and Wells Gray Park. Then there is a title slide that reads "Steelhead Unlimited on the Bella Cover River". There is general scenery footage of mountains, streams, rivers, a black bear, a white robin, Eagles.

          Footage of men floating down minor river rapids in a rubber boats the men banking their boat and fishing from shore.

          Footage of Ooligan fishing and processing : paddling the long dugout canoe with the nets in the water, hauling the fish to shore, placing them in "stink boxes" to extract the grease, and wrapping up the nets .

          Possible locations of the footage is Bella Coola, Bella Bella, Bella Coola River, Dean River, Chilcotin region, Tweedsmuir Provincial Park or Wells Gray Park.

          2006.25.1.76 · Item · Apr. 1966
          Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

          Film begins with aerial footage of mountains believed to be around Bella Coola. Then recording of men loading barrels, supposedly of gas, into a boat using a "home made" winch and boom construction. They ferry the barrels up stream, the river is assumed to be Dean River. and use a similar construction to bring the barrels to shore.

          There is also footage of men fishing in the river.

          Noranda Exploration
          2003.8.2.2 · Subseries · 1966-1987
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          Subseries consists of records created or accumulated by Adam Zimmerman in his various roles with Noranda Mines (Comptroller, 1961-1966; Vice President and Comptroller, 1966-1974; Executive Vice President, 1974-1982). Includes reference and correspondence files regarding various exploration companies owned by Noranda Mines.

          Noranda Exploration
          Administration
          2003.8.4.01.1 · Sub-subseries · 1966-1985
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          Sub-subseries consists of administrative records concerning Northwood Mills that were created or accumulated by Adam Zimmerman during his tenures as the company's President, Director, and Chairman. Includes general correspondence files and Board of Directors documents. Also includes financial, legal, and personnel records.

          Northwood Mills Ltd.
          2003.8.4.02.01.02 · File · 1966-1967
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains MacMillan Bloedel correspondence, legal correspondence, meeting agendas, minutes, and various general correspondence.

          Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
          2003.8.4.02.04 · Sub-subseries · 1966-1986
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          Sub-subseries consists of market research and competitor analysis for Northwood Pulp and it's renamed successors Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd. (1972-1998) and Northwood Forest Industries Ltd. (1979-1998). These records were created or accumulated by Adam Zimmerman during his tenures as the company's President and Director, as well as his Presidency of Northwood Pulp's parent company, Northwood Mills. Includes market surveys, research on other pulp companies, and files on individual competitors.

          Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
          Northwood Pulp - Government
          2003.8.4.02.06.12 · File · 1966
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File primarily contains government correspondence with the Forest Service. Includes letters, legal documents, photocopies of maps, financial statements, and correspondence with Ray Williston and the deputy minister of forests.

          Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
          Labour Relations
          2003.8.4.02.08 · Sub-subseries · 1966-1988
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          Sub-subseries consists of records relating to labour relations for Northwood Pulp and it's renamed successors Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd. (1972-1998) and Northwood Forest Industries Ltd. (1979-1998). These records were created or accumulated by Adam Zimmerman during his tenures as the company's President and Director, as well as his Presidency of Northwood Pulp's parent company, Northwood Mills. Includes records regarding labour negotiations, union agreements, the Northern Interior Lumberman's Association, and the Pulp and Paper Industrial Relations Bureau.

          Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
          2003.8.4.02.10.09 · File · 1966
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports concerning contractor companies constructing the Northwood Pulp mill.

          Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
          2003.8.4.04.04 · File · 1966
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains correspondence, reports, financial statements and other miscellaneous documents regarding Northwood's dealings with BC Chemicals.

          BC Chemicals Ltd.
          Tours
          2016.5.1.33 · File · 1966-2008
          Part of Harry Coates fonds

          File consists of itinerary, correspondence, and related documents regarding various field tours.

          2006.25.1.80 · Item · Apr. 1966
          Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

          The first portion of the film begins with a map of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park and then cuts to a motor boat on a lake, possibly Fenton Lake, and men fishing on the lake. The next clip is of more men fly-fishing on a river, possibly the Bella Coola River or the Dean River. A short clip follows of two children in a boat with a man pushing them along with a rod. There is footage of the scenic landscape, which is most likely the Bella Coola Valley, and a cabin, which is believed to be Elsey's. A woman believed to be Mrs. Elsey sits on the porch and then arranges her flowers. The film shows some ducks on the lake, two squirrels playing and the Elsey's dog in a boat. Mrs. Elsey pulls the boat ashore in the next clip and then the film shows her working in her vegetable garden. There is more scenic filming of the valley and a man cutting down a tree with a chain saw. There is footage of a grouse beating it's wings, chipmunk looking for seeds, birds in a marsh, three moose in a marsh, and a bald eagle perched and flying.

          There is a break in the film and the second portion begins with footage of cabin in the mountains, a baby in a cradle, an elder First Nations woman, and a gathering of First Nations peoples by a tent. There is a shot of a picnic site sign labelled "Burnt Bridge Picnic site Parks Branch" and another sign that reads "Kalyskt Creek." There is then footage of the creek and a truck driving down a dirt road. There is then a group of people boarding a motor boat in a river and driving up and down the river, which could possibly be the Dean River or the Bella Coola River. There is then more filming of a cabin in the mountains, possibly Elsey's, and a man cleaning a large fish he caught. Then there is footage of men in a rubber raft floating down a river and fishing from the raft, and then some other men traveling in a motor boat.

          There is an another break and the third portion of the film begins with footage of birds on a lake and footage from a boat showing the mountains. On land there is filming of two bears walking, men hunting the bear, killing the bear, and skinning the bear. The film cuts back to the boat and the filming the mountains along the water. The people on the boat then pull up crab traps from the water and cook the crabs on the boat. The film ends with footage of salmon jumping and a man filleting his fish catch.

          Finance
          2003.8.4.02.02 · Sub-subseries · 1966-1992
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          Sub-subseries consists of financial records of Northwood Pulp and it's renamed successors Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd. (1972-1998) and Northwood Forest Industries Ltd. (1979-1998). These records were created or accumulated by Adam Zimmerman during his tenures as the company's President and Director. Includes accounting, tax, and bank records. Also includes auditor's reports and financial summaries.

          Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
          2003.8.4.02.05.07 · File · 1966
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains correspondence between Adam Zimmerman and W.B. Milner of Eagle Lake Sawmills concerning the specifics of the takeover, legal correspondence regarding the Eagle Lake takeover, agreements concerning pulp production and timber harvesting between Eagle Lake and Northwood, and price sheets.

          Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.
          2003.8.4.04.15 · File · 1966
          Part of Adam Zimmerman fonds

          File contains several copies of agreements between Prince George companies regarding the details of a new chemical manufactory to be located in Prince George.

          BC Chemicals Ltd.