File consists of material related to Ainley's administration and teaching at the University of Northern British Columbia, including course outlines and syllabi.
File contains administrative material for Ainley's research project, "Re-explorations: science and environment in 19th and 20th century Canada and Australia." It consists of thematic analyses, correspondence relating to analyzing and organizing research, planning and research coding documents, summaries of her research, notes on Louise de Kiriline Lawrence, a short biography of Kata Dalstrom and other administrative material.
Series consists of records relating to the management and administration of the Aleza Lake Research Forest.
Annotation on slide: "BC[?] advance regen. releasing in logged cedar block, ICHwk3"
Aerial photograph depicts a view overlooking the Georges farm. Note on back stated that this photograph was presented in a frame to the Georges in 2008.
No annotation on slide.
During the 1980s, Agriculture Canada pedologists Scott Smith (retired from Summerland Research Station, formerly based in Whitehorse) and Charles Tarnocai (retired from Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa) had a large field program which addressed the trends in soil development in the central Yukon. Across this region, particularly between Whitehorse and Dawson City, the land surfaces and surficial deposits vary greatly in age due to the differing extents of glaciations over the past ~2 million years.
This work built on a pioneering study from the previous decade:
Foscolos, A.E., N.W. Rutter, and O.L. Hughes. 1977. The use of pedological studies in interpreting the Quaternary history of central Yukon Territory. Bulletin 271. Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa. 48 p. https://doi.org/10.4095/103066
Tarnocai and Smith presented their results in two publications:
C. A. S. Smith, C. Tarnocai, and O. L. Hughes. 1986. Pedological investigations of Pleistocene glacial drift surfaces in the central Yukon. Géographie physique et Quaternaire, 40 (1): 29–37. https://doi.org/10.7202/032620ar
Tarnocai, C. and C. A. S. Smith. 1989. Micromorphology and development of some central Yukon paleosols, Canada. Geoderma 45 (2): 145-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7061(89)90047-5
Tarnocai and Smith shared the unpublished data and soil samples from this work with Dr. Paul Sanborn, and this resulted in a student project published as:
Daviel, E., P. Sanborn, C. Tarnocai, and C.A.A. Smith. 2011.Clay mineralogy and chemical properties of argillic horizons in central Yukon paleosols. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 91: 83-93. https://doi.org/10.4141/cjss10067
In July 2009, Dr. Paul Sanborn undertook the first soils field research at the Fort Selkirk volcanic field in central Yukon, with helicopter support and funding from the Yukon Geological Survey. This file consists of prints of aerial photographs that depict the area accessed for the study, upstream from the confluence of the Yukon River and the Pelly River.
Air photographs include:
Flight line A17210, Photo Nos. 54-60 (taken 1960)
Flight line A22354, Photo Nos. 43-45, 47-48 (taken 1971)
Flight line A27516, Photo Nos. 48-52 (taken 1989)
File consists of a paper written by W.G. Hazelwood entitled "Alcan Environmental Baseline Studies: A Critique".
File consists of promotional material produced by Alcan. Includes "Notes for an Address by W.J. Rich, Vice President for British Columbia, Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd." given in Smithers in March 1983; a March 13, 1983 Alcan Bulletin entitled "Most Nanika Diversion Water to Come from High Summer Flows--Winter Flows Increased"; a March 1983 issues of Alcan's "Update" newsletter on the Kemano Completion Project; and an Alcan promotional brochure for the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of various promotional materials produced by Alcan regarding the Kemano Completion Project. Includes "Alcan in British Columbia" newsletter (vol. 5, no. 4), a transcript of an alcan press conference, an Alcan Special Report entitled "Flows Designed to Protect Salmon: Comprehensive Report on Nechako River Flows After Kemano Completion Project", an article entitled "Kemano: Energy for the Future", "The Kemano Completion Project" pamphlet, and a May 1994 newsletter "Kemano Completion Project Information".
File consists of Rankin and Finlay report entitled "Alcan's Kemano Project: Options and Recommendations". Annotated by Dr. Gordon Hartman and/or John Hummel, Cheslatta Band researcher.
File consists of Alcan's "Outline of Evidence" for Technical Hearing Phase One: KCP Facilities and Operation for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review.
File consists of Alcan's "Outline of Evidence" for Technical Hearing Phase Three: Fisheries (Volume 1) for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review.
File consists of Alcan's "Outline of Evidence" for Technical Hearing Phase Three: Fisheries (Volume 2) for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review.
File consists of Alcan's "Outline of Evidence" for Technical Hearing Phase Two: Hydrology for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review.
File consists of a faxed copy of a part of an Alcan Bulletin responding to the BC Liberal Party Caucus Background Paper on Kemano Completion.
File consists of Alderdice's handwritten notes regarding various aspects of the Alcan-Nechako River controversy.
Map is a photocopy reproduction of the "Aleza Lake Experiment Forest" map that was included in the appendix to the 1957 Aleza working plan.
Map is an original linen Aleza Lake Experiment Forest map that reflects the reserve boundary, roads, trails, 20 feet contour intervals, air photo centre, declination, swamps, and mile posts.
Map is a photocopy reproduction of the Aleza Lake Experiment Forest map that was included in the appendix to the 1957 Aleza working plan.
Map is a photocopy reproduction of the Aleza Lake Experiment Forest development map that was included in the appendix to the 1957 Aleza working plan.
Map reproduction depicts major areas of the Aleza Lake Experiment Forest.
Map is a photocopy reproduction of the Aleza Lake Experiment Forest permanent plot map that was included in the appendix to the 1957 Aleza working plan.
Map is a photocopy reproduction of the Aleza Lake Experiment Forest working circle timber sale map that was included in the appendix to the 1957 Aleza working plan.
File consists of:
- "A Summary of Historical Orders-in-Council affecting the Aleza Lake Forest Reserve", Mike Jull, 18 Dec. 1996
- Photocopied memorandum from F.S. McKinnon regarding "Transfer of Aleza Lake to D.F. Prince George", 9 Sept. 1963
- Photocopied 1928 article by P.M. Barr from Forestry Chronicle 4(3) entitled "The Aleza Lake Experiment Station: Its Development and Purpose"
- "A Brief History of the Aleza Lake Experiment Station", [Tim Decie, 1981?]
- Contact information for living relatives of Percy Barr, as of 1990
- Photocopy of 1930 article by Percy Barr entitled "Spruce Reproduction in British Columbia"
- Photocopy of records from BC Archives from a visit by Harry Coates from the file GR 1348 "The Young Mens Forestry Training Program"
- Photocopy of excerpt regarding "Amanita Lake/Diameter Limit Logging"
- Various small-scale maps and charts regarding Aleza Lake
- "Aleza Lake Research Forest Information Session Notes with Mike Jull, Manager of ALRF"
Slide depicts the original wooden BC Forest Service sign for the Aleza Lake Forest Experiment Station.
Map is a mylar reproduction of an Aleza Lake Forest Reserve map.
Item is a small-scale reproduction of a BC Forest Service Aleza Lake Research Forest map.
Map depicts ecosystems in the Aleza Lake Research Forest. Shows areas of: upland sites without wetland components, upland sites with wetland components, lowland wet forest sites, wetlands, and Bowron floodplain benches. Ecosystem classification and mapping by Oikos Ecological Services Ltd.
Map depicts structural stages in the Aleza Lake Research Forest. Shows areas of: pioneer growth, shrub/herb, pole saplings, young forests, mature forests, and old forests. Ecosystem classification and mapping by Oikos Ecological Services Ltd.
Map depicts terrain in the Aleza Lake Research Forest. Ecosystem classification and mapping by Oikos Ecological Services Ltd.
Map depicts terrain themes in the Aleza Lake Research Forest. Ecosystem classification and mapping by Oikos Ecological Services Ltd.
Map is an uncontrolled mosaic of aerial photography of the Aleza Lake Research Forest, with a July 1955 date of the air photography. Duplicate exists.
Map is an uncontrolled mosaic of aerial photography of the Aleza Lake Research Forest, with a July 1990 date of the air photography.
File consists of summary information for Aleza Lake Research Forest field tours.
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.
Aleza Lake Research ForestMap reproduction of the Aleza Lake Research Forest depicts timber sale areas, forest cover, and other details.
Map depicts historical timber sales areas and permanent sample plots (PSPs) at the Aleza Lake Research Forest. This map may be a guide (or otherwise related) to maps 2006.18.5.43-59.
File consists of a three different lists of articles and reports that compile works regarding the Aleza Lake Research Forest.
File contains a computer print-out of the Aleza Lake Research Forest Management Plan #1 for the years 1992 to 2002, which was prepared by Mike Jull.
File contains a computer print-out of the Aleza Lake Research Forest Management Plan #2 for the years 2005 to 2010, which was prepared by Mike Jull and Melanie Karjala.
Mylar map depicts the area encompassed by the Aleza Lake Research Forest.
File consists of the following issues of the Aleza Lake Research Forest Newsletter:
- Spring 2004
- Fall 2004
- Spring 2005
- Fall 2005
- Spring 2006
- Fall 2006
- Spring 2007
- Fall 2007
- Summer 2008
- Winter 2009
- "Highlights from 2013"
File consists of an Aleza Lake Research Forest pamphlet.
Mylar map is a plot map of a research plot at the Aleza Lake Research Forest. Provides date the plot was established, the harvest history, the silviculture history, remeasurement history, and information about individual trees.
Item is a hand-drawn map of a plot in the Aleza Lake Research Forest. Individual trees are marked and numbered.