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  • Energy (eg. hydroelectric, thermal, solar)
  • Game management
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  • SEE ALSO: Business and Commerce; Environment; Industries; Land, Settlement and Immigration

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          29 Archival description results for Natural Resources

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          2011.3.3.98 · Item · [ca. 1909-1930]
          Part of North Coast & Central BC Postcard Collection

          Photograph of a line of rail cars along a track next to a blasted pile of rubble. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Photo by McRae Bros. Prince Rupert." Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Hello Charly. I have been dead for 2 month and just woke up tell the folks out home I am doing[??] fine. don't know when I will be down again Remember me to the good little woman, and weave[??] all Well. you're[??] friend Stan C." Postcard is addressed to: "Mr. Charles Chislett 96 Colonist Printing Co. Broad Street Victoria B.C." Verso is affixed with a one cent Canadian stamp. Postmark reads: "Prince Rupert B.C. [illegible date]."

          Saw mill in Prince Rupert BC
          2011.3.3.118 · Item · [ca. 1909-1930]
          Part of North Coast & Central BC Postcard Collection

          Hand coloured photo of a clearing in Prince Rupert with a sawmill in the distance. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert, B.C. : Saw Mill Grand Trunk Pacific Railway." Artist's stamp in the lower right corner reads: "103112 J.V."

          2009.10 · Collection · 1921-1933

          The Fred Jeffery Collection consists of three photograph albums comprising a total of 303 b&w photographs all dating from ca.1924-1933. The subject matter of these images consist primarily of the fishing industry, river & landscapes, salmon cannery images (housing, people, workers, machinery, boats) on the Nass River and North Pacific Coast. Notable are the photographs depicting indigenous (Nisga'a) people and places and Chinese and Japanese cannery workers. Identified canneries featured in these photographs include: Mill Bay Cannery, Namu Cannery, Klemtu Cannery, Shushartie Bay Cannery, Balmoral Cannery, North Pacific Cannery, Nass Harbour Cannery, Port Essington Cannery, Kitwanga Cannery, Port Nelson Cannery, Alert Bay Cannery, Dominion Cannery and ABC Co. Cannery. Photographs also include images of the Canadian Pacific Railway in both Vancouver and Sicamous, BC., as well as, images of the Legislative Assembly buildings in Victoria, the 1924 Special Service Squadron ships in Vancouver, early construction of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and town overviews of Yokohama, Japan (pre WWII).

          Jeffery, Fred
          2011.3.3.99 · Item · 5 June 1954
          Part of North Coast & Central BC Postcard Collection

          Photograph of many fishing boats in a Prince Rupert harbour. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Fishing Boats Prince Rupert, BC Photo by J. Wrathall." Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Greetings from British Columbia Ruth and Jim Warner[??]." Postcard is addressed to: "Mr. and Mrs. C. Ott 426 So. Humboldh Denver 9. Colorado U.S.A." Verso is affixed with a 4 cent Canadian stamp. Postmark reads: " Vancouver B.C. Canada. Jun 5 5 PM 1954."

          2012.05 · Fonds · 1959-1970

          Fonds consists of documents providing information on the Columbia Cellulose Company, Limited covering the period of 1959-1970. These documents detail the company’s history, historical and geographical context, and plans for the future. Files often include photographs, maps, and technical drawings of the mills.

          Columbia Cellulose Company, Limited
          2012.05.01 · Series · 1959-1970
          Part of Columbia Cellulose Company, Ltd. fonds

          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.

          2012.05.01.01 · File · Jun. 1967
          Part of Columbia Cellulose Company, Ltd. fonds

          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."
          Aerial view of Prince Rupert
          2012.05.01.01.29 · Item · [ca. 1967]
          Part of Columbia Cellulose Company, Ltd. fonds

          Attached description: The thriving city of Prince Rupert is shown in this aerial picture. Prince Rupert has been enjoying a construction boom which includes the construction of the $80 million Skeena Kraft mill, hundreds of single-family homes, and hundreds of units in apartments, motels, and hotels. The construction of Skeena Kraft provided the stimulus for a population expansion to over 17,000. The Columbia Cellulose and Skeen a Kraft payrolls account for well over a third of the incomes of the city. Prince Rupert is, along with Terrace, the hub of a new economic region encompassing the Nass and Skeena valley regions.

          2009.6.1.115 · Item · 3 January 1975
          Part of The Honourable Iona Campagnolo fonds

          Photograph depicts a forested mountain, the bottom half of which has been logged and terraced; beneath the mountain is a railroad track and parked vehickes including a schoolbus and two dumptrucks.

          Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Fairview Sodturning, Prince Rupert, 1/3/75”.

          2009.5.2.59 · Item · [ca. 1930?]
          Part of Taylor-Baxter Family Photograph Collection

          Photograph depicts power plant by waterfall. Extensive construction materials and structures can be seen scattered to left of plant. River in foreground, forest and hills in background. Typed annotation on verso of photograph: "Northern B.C. Power Co. Falls River Plant Prince Rupert B.C."