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  • Includes: environmental issues; nature, wilderness and scenery; climate and weather; environmentalists; environmental organizations and businesses; parks and natural areas; wildlife management; habitat and species protection/recovery; conservation activities.

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          2012.13.2.21.06 · File · 1973-1980
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of records created and collected by Kent Sedgwick regarding Cottonwood Island in connection with his employment with the City of Prince George Planning Department. Includes briefs, proposals, memoranda, correspondence, newspaper clippings, questionnaires, legal correspondence, meeting minutes, and photocopied excerpts from maps/plans. Also includes two polaroid photo prints depicting garbage in Cottonwood Island Park circa 1979. Highlights include:

          • Prince George Kiwanis Club, "Brief to City Council, City of Prince George, re: Nechako Riverfront Park", 12 Mar. 1973.
          • New Caledonia Institute of Environmental Studies, "Proposal for Cottonwood Island as a Park Reserve", Summer 1973.
          • "Cottonwood Island Study", [before 1975] (photocopy).
          • Mary Fallis, "Letter to the Editor of The Citizen", 5 Mar. 1976 (photocopy).
          • City of Prince George Planning Department, "Ownership, Legal and Assessment Data - Private and School District Properties within the Proposed Replot Area [Island Cache]", 11 Oct. 1978.
          • "Assessed Values for City and Crown Lands within the Proposed Replot Area North of First Ave" (handwritten table), 16 Oct. 1978.
          2012.13.2.21.04 · File · 1973-1978
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of proposals and documents by Kent Sedgwick regarding Cottonwood Island. Includes: "Proposal for Cottonwood Island as a Park Reserve" and "Some Comments on the Cottonwood Island Park Designation of the Official Community Plan".

          2012.13.2.21.03 · File · 1973-2001
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File consists of records created and collected by Kent Sedgwick regarding Cottonwood Island. Includes: "Welcome to Cottonwood Island Nature Park" brochure [197-?]; "A Brief History of Cottonwood Island Park" by Kent Sedgwick (2001); "History of Cottonwood Island Park and Side Channel Restoration" (2001?); a Regional District of Fraser-Fort George "Notice of Public Hearing" (1973); an outline for "Cottonwood Island Brief" (1973); an original copy of the "Cottonwood Island Study" by the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George (1975); annotated hand-drawn small maps of Cottonwood Island; photocopied aerial photographs; and photocopied newspaper clippings about Cottonwood Island and Island Cache. Also includes 15 colour photographic prints and accompanying negatives taken of Cottonwood Island by Bob Nelson.

          Cottonwood Island
          2012.13.1.023 · Subseries · 1973
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          File contains slides depicting Cottonwood Island in Prince George, B.C. These photographs were taken by Kent Sedgwick when he was an instructor in Geography at the College of New Caledonia. The images were taken in support of a proposal by the New Caledonia Institute of Environmental Studies to create a municipal park at Cottonwood Island.

          Cottonwood House
          2012.13.1.126.49 · Item · [1990?]
          Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

          Image depicts the Cottonwood House Historic Site along Barkerville Highway, east of Quesnel, B.C. A sign posted by the fence reads: "For over half a century the Boyd family operated this haven for man and beast. Here weary travellers found lodging, food, and drink. Here fresh horses were hitched to stage-coaches and miners bought supplies. This historic road-house, built in 1864, stood as an oasis of civilization on the frontier of a rich new land."

          2002.14.4.07 · File · 2003
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File consists of research, conference travel and other correspondence; abstracts for Ainley's articles; conference proceedings for, "Re-explorations: science and environment in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia" and other conference proceedings by Ainley for presentations on the history of women scientists, women's studies methodologies and women naturalists; drafts of articles and material about Catharine Parr Traill; and short biographies of William Rowan and Alice Wilson.

          2003.4.1.42 · File · 1995-1997
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          File consists of copies of outgoing correspondence to Rafe Mair, copies of Harold Mundie's correspondence with Rafe Mair, and correspondence from Connell Lighbody Barristers and Solicitors regarding the Siddon v. Mair court case. Also includes Alderdice's notes regarding the issues discussed, an untitled speech, and a printed email from Rafe Mair.

          2003.4.4.5.03 · File · 1988-1989
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          File consists of correspondence relating to the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program. Includes a project plan for the Juvenile Chinook Salmon Overwintering Habitat study, NFCP correspondence to the DFO Technical Committee Members, a copy of the "1988-89 Nechako River Program Rationale", and a draft copy of the NFCP "Preliminary Proposal 1989/90 for the Juvenile Outmigration Monitoring".

          2003.4.3.120 · File · 1997-1999
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          File consists of correspondence regarding the Fraser Basin Council's effort to set up the Nechako Watershed Council. Includes correspondence to and from Gordon Hartman; David Marshall (Fraser Basin Council); David Lane; T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation; B.C. Wildlife Federation; Fraser Basin Council; Rivers Defense Coalition; Iona Campagnolo (Chairperson, Fraser Basin Council); Nechako River Alliance; and Alcan Smelters and Chemicals Ltd. Also includes copies of Ben Meisner's column, newspaper clippings, "Nechako Watershed Council Terms of Reference", a "Proposal to the Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund from The Nechako River Alliance", and an article by Hartman entitled "Nechako River--An Uncertain Future".

          2003.4.4.6.29 · File · 1994-1997
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          File consists of correspondence regarding the BCUC Kemano Completion Project Public Review. Includes internal Department of Fisheries and Oceans memoranda, news releases, a schedule for the BCUC technical hearings schedule, agendas, and a copy of "Conceptual Alternatives for a Release Facility at Kenney Dam: An Interim Report of the KDRF Working Group" sent from the T. Buck Suzuki Foundation.

          2002.14.1.09.034 · File · 2001
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File contains material by and about Leslie M. Johnson. It consists of catalogues records; correspondence sent and received by Ainley and her research assistant, Anna-Stina Kjellstrom; a description of a research project; a printout of guidelines for submissions to a conference that cites an article by Johnson; and a list of articles from a journal that includes an article by Leslie M. Johnson.

          2002.14.1.09.016 · File · 2001-2002
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File contains material about and by Charlotte Flett King. It consists of correspondence sent by Ainley and her research assistant, Anna-Stina Kjellstrom, relating to research requests. File also contains notes, excerpts from articles, photocopies of archival material, excerpts from finding aids, and other material.

          2002.14.1.06.05 · File · [between 1993 and 1994]
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File consists of a photocopy of the British National Catalogue on books published between 1837 and 1857; correspondence and early draft manuscripts of "Science in Canada's 'Backwoods'?: Catharine Parr Traill" under its original title, "Catharine Parr Traill (1802-1899): A Woman Science Writer in 19th Century Canada;" Ainley's research notes; correspondence relating to research at the National Archives of Canada; a curatorial essay for an exhibition at McGill University, entitled, "Leaves from the Physick Garden: Historic Herbals from the Osler Library and the Department of Rare books and Special Collections;" a photocopy of the National Union Catalog of the United States of pre-1956 imprints; and transcripts of correspondence sent by Parr Traill to Katie Traill, Parr Traill's granddaughter, and Frances Stewart, Parr Traill's neighbour and friend.

          2003.4.4.4.47 · File · 1986-1987
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          File consists of documents, correspondence and memoranda related to the Nechako River court action. Includes correspondence regarding the Nechako River court action (including correspondence from legal counsel); documents regarding Nechako River aerial photography; a copy of a summary of "Nechako River Water Temperature and TGP Studies, 1986" along with accompanying maps and technical drawings; meeting agendas; and copies of Alcan and Envirocon documents.

          2003.4.4.4.42 · File · 1986
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          File consists of correspondence and memoranda related to the Nechako River court action. Includes DFO memoranda regarding preparation for the Canada vs. Alcan court case; a list of documents held by Alcan relating to the case; a list of bioengineering reports produced by DFO, which DFO scientists needed to review for documents that were not to be given to Alcan; and correspondence to legal counsel.

          2003.4.4.4.46 · File · 1987
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          File consists of correspondence and memoranda leading up to the 1987 settlement agreement. Includes correspondence regarding a Reid Crowther & Partners Ltd. report, legal counsel for the court case, the out-of-court settlement, and the final settlement agreement. Also includes a reprint of Mundie's article "Predictability of the Consequences of the Kemano Hydroelectric Proposal for Natural Salmon Populations"; a copy of Behnke's "Critique of Instream Flow Methodologies"; copies of documents with advice for expert witnesses, including a "Guidebook on the Preparation and Submission of Expert Witness' Evidence"; a copy of Langer's article "The Professional Fisheries Scientist as an Expert Witness"; a 1987 paper by Robert Behnke entitled "The Illusion of Technique and Fisheries Management"; the "Agreement Respecting Studies and Data Between Attorney-General of Canada and the Aluminum Company of Canada Limited"; lists of documents agreed to by DFO and Alcan; copies of the documents "Summary of Remedial Measures Options" and "Proposed Nechako River Monitoring and Remedial Measures"; copies of depositions of Clair B. Stalnaker and Robert T. Milhous; graphics intended for display during expert witness testimonies; a background paper from Alcan regarding "Court Proceedings involving the Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans versus Alcan and the Province of British Columbia"; a copy of the 1987 settlement agreement; and a folder for DFO employees for the announcement of the agreement including a news release, biographies, and a copy of the agreement.

          2003.4.3.037 · File · 1990-1993
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          File consists predominantly of copied and faxed Department of Fisheries and Oceans memoranda and correspondence from 1990-1993, likely obtained through an Access to Information request from the Cheslatta Carrier Nation. Also includes correspondence regarding the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review.

          2003.4.3.036 · File · 1986-1989
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          File consists predominantly of copied and faxed Department of Fisheries and Oceans memoranda and correspondence from 1986-1989, likely obtained through an Access to Information request from the Cheslatta Carrier Nation. Some items were also used as exhibits in the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review.

          2002.14.1.09.024 · File · 2001
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File contains material about Beryl Amaron. It consists correspondence relating to an interview of Amaron by Ainley's research assistant, Anna-Stina Kjellstrom, as well as correspondence relating to and catalogue records for Amaron's Master of Arts thesis, entitled, "More than Useable Tools: Towards and appreciation of Ne?kepx Fibre Technology as a Significant Expression of Culture."

          Correspondence 1991
          2002.14.1.01.18 · File · 1981-1993
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File consists of professional correspondence. File includes handwritten and typescript letters largely concerning Ainley's work with the Ornithologist's Union.

          1996.7.3.9 · File · 1993-1994
          Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

          File consists of copies of discovered Department of Fisheries and Oceans documents relating to the Kemano Completion Project. These documents were requested from DFO by the British Columbia Utilities Commission in conjunction with the Kemano Completion Project Review hearings.

          2006.18.2.04 · File · 1995-1996
          Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest Society fonds

          File consists of:

          • Draft "Joint Protocol for Co-ordination of Research and Operational Planning Activities at the Aleza Lake Research Forest" between the BC Ministry of Forests, Small Business Forest Enterprise Program, and Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd. (7 Feb. 1996)
          • Application for an Exemption to a Silvicultural Prescription and Logging Plan (19 Dec. 1996)
          • Amendment to Special Use Permit #19070, Bowron Floodplain Addition, Aleza Lake Research Forest (1 Aug. 1995)
          2000.1.1.3.18.012 · Item · June 1987
          Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

          Photograph depicts yellow conveyor belt in foreground over gravel pit, dump truck behind in midground. Mountains visible in background. Photo speculated to have been taken at the plant or near the Cassiar airstrip. Stamped annotation on recto of photograph: "JUN. 1987".

          2003.4.1.43 · File · 1994-1996
          Part of Kemano Completion Project Dispute Collection

          File consists of records relating to the development of the Siddon v. Mair court case. Includes a document written by Alderdice entitled "Notes on Controversy between T. Siddon and Rafe Mair", clippings, correspondence from Connell Lightbody Barristers and Solicitors regarding the case, the 'Statement of Claim' for the Siddon v. Mair case, Alderdice's notes, and the "Statement of Dr. Donald Alderdice" for the case.

          2002.14.1.06.01 · File · [1993?]
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File consists of photocopies of Catharine Parr Traill's correspondence, the Traill's family tree, bibliographies with lists of publications by Traill, national catalogues with information about Traill's publications, receipts of Ainley's requests for Parr Traill archival material, maps and a finding aid for the Traill family collection with listings of correspondence.

          2002.14.4.19 · File · 2003-2004
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File consists of conference proceedings and conference proceedings notes; draft edited versions of Ainley's book chapter, "Gendered Careers: Women Science Educators at Anglo-Canadian Universities, 1920-1980"; shortened curricula vitae; and the text for didactic panels for an art exhibition at the University of Northern British Columbia.

          2002.14.1.06.08 · File · [between 1993 and 1996]
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File consists of 4 overhead transparencies, photocopies of images and proceedings from a lecture at Concordia University in 1994, entitled, "Science from the 'Backwoods'?: Catharine Parr Traill (1802-1899);" conference proceedings from Ainley's lecture, "Women and the Popularization of Science: 19th-century Women Science Writers in Canada" at 8th Kingston Conference of the Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association in Kingston, Ontario in 1993; two copies of the proceedings from "An 'Active Botanist': Catharine Parr Traill (1802-1899) and Women's Science Writing in Canada" at the Catharine Traill Naturalists' Club in Montreal, Quebec in 1994; a listing of women who corresponded with Charles Darwin; research notes by Ainley; an agenda from a History of Science Society (HSS) Women's Committee meeting in October 1994, a program addendum from an HSS conference; correspondence relating to submissions to "Science in the Vernacular" and archival research relating to Parr Traill; a curatorial essay for an exhibition at McGill University, entitled, "Leaves from the Physick Garden: Historic Herbals from the Osler Library and the Department of Rare books and Special Collections;" a photocopy of an excerpt of from "Studies of Plant Life in Canada;" and a photocopy of a biography of Parr Traill by J.L. McKeever.

          2002.14.4.13 · File · 2005
          Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

          File consists of conference proceedings relating to presentations on Catharine Parr Traill and Ainley's research project, "Re-explorations: new perspectives on gender, environment and the transfer of knowledge in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia"; correspondence; notes on a publication; and notes on Louise de Kiriline Lawrence correspondence.