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Item is a copyprint reproduced from the British Columbia Forest Service photographic records held at BC Archives.

Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.

Caption describing photograph: "Overmature Cottonwood growing in alluvial deposit, Bowron River. Coarse silts with fluctuating water table. Low volume of poor quality spruce removed--due to open grown limby form - presently occupied by willow, alder HB cranberry, birch, spirea, water hemlock."

Caption describing photograph: "Outline of Black Spruce showing dense crown form, high occurrence of multiple tops, long columnar crown with drooping branch form. Trees range between 55-70' and 10-14" DBH. Imperfectly drained clay - E.S. site. Note W Spruce vol removed by logging. Main Access Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake."

File contains 1998 proposals and other correspondence between the Ministry of Forests and the Aleza Lake Steering Committee regarding the future management of the Aleza Lake Research Forest.

Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr.

Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.

"I originally prepared this slide in 1992 to make the point that many of those researchers who worked at Aleza lived to a ripe old age. Two of these men died in 1993, Eric Garman and Dr. Joe Falconer. Joe never quite made his 100th birthday." -- quote from the notes of Ralph Schmidt in accompanying file

Caption describing photograph: "Old growth Douglas fir 300 yrs, 28" DBH 90' Ht. Wind shook, coarse limbed sweeping bole, heart rot, survivor of old fire. Weakly drained lacustrine deposit. Note typical of isolated distribution (single or groups occuring in Sub-Alpine zone). Very infrequent cone crops - low viability, suspect high level inbreeding. No regeneration though receptive bed. West branch, F.E.S. Aleza Lake." Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.

Item is an original "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr. Includes original photographic prints.

Item is a poorly photocopied version of Percy Barr's "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station Progress Report". Location of original is unknown.

Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.

Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.

Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.

Item is a copyprint reproduced from the British Columbia Forest Service photographic records held at BC Archives.

Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.

Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.

Prior to 1936, there was no electrical power at Aleza Lake.

Item is a photocopied excerpt from an issue of "The Forestry Chronicle" entitled "Natural Reproduction Following Fires in Central British Columbia" by E.H. Garman.

Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.

Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.

Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr. Marked plot reads: "F ^ B, Plot No. 112, North End".

Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.

Item is "Memorandum regarding Future Logging at Aleza Lake" by F.S. McKinnon.

Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.

Caption describing photograph: "Maturing 2nd year cones on right, mature non-serrotinous cone with seed dispersed on left."

Caption describing photograph: "Frames 8, 9, and 10. Mature stand of Aspen growing on moderately drained Bednesti silt (Sandy silt). Ht 95', 22" DBH. Age 110 years. Excellent form. Mile 11 Hart Highway. Adjacent field has excellent crop of potatoes and timothy."

Item is a copyprint reproduced from the British Columbia Forest Service photographic records held at BC Archives.

Item is a copyprint reproduced from the British Columbia Forest Service photographic records held at BC Archives.

Item is an original issue of British Columbia Forest Service Research Notes on "Marking of Spruce in the Fort George Forest District" by L.A. deGrace, E.W. Robinson, and J.H.G. Smith.

Item is a marking manual compiled by D.R. Glew, Assistant Forester.

Map reflects reserve boundary, roads, trails, 20 feet contour intervals, air photo centre, declination, swamps, and mile post at the Aleza Lake Forest Reserve.

Item is a photocopied map of the Aleza Lake area annotated to show transects.

Item is a reproduced map of Aleza Lake annotated to show a 1994 RFP study area.

Item is an original BC Forest Service "Management Manual" that was published circa 1955 and amended many times up to 1973.

Photograph shows Aleza Lake Research Forest in spring season.

Photograph a man standing in the Aleza Lake Research Forest in spring season.

Photograph a man standing in the Aleza Lake Research Forest in spring season.

Photograph a man standing in the Aleza Lake Research Forest in spring season.

File contains various correspondence regarding 1964 annual cuts for sawmills in the area, memoranda consisting of various administrative issues such as the 1973 amalgamation of Purden Lake and Aleza Lake, and the sale of lumber previously infested by spruce beetles. File also contains 1972 applications to purchase Crown timber and road use, as well as 1966 logging permits.

Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.

"Another expression of the high morale which prevailed was a joint project which we pursued after hours, on our own time. Out of one huge spruce log we made a set of furniture using an axe and a crosscut saw. We made chairs, a table and a sofa." -- quote from Cedric W. Walker (1907-2003) in "An Early History of the Research Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range" (p. 48)

Caption describing photograph: "Very good Lodgepole Pine 22" DBH - 115' high. Main Access Road F.E.S. Aleza Lake"

Caption describing photograph: "Encroachment of an old field by Lodgepole pine and Spruce regeneration. Junction of Highway 16 and Giscome turnoff. Surrounding forest mainly aspen, some scrubby Spruce, Douglas fir, and Lodgepole pine 20 chains away. Moderately drained stoney, sandy silt."

Caption describing photograph: "Young Pine and Black Spruce growing in spahgnum, ledum carex and betula. Lodgepole Pine and Black Spruce. 30 yrs 18' high. Note Film 2 Frames 3, 4, and 5 (2007.1.30.2.015-017) within 1 chain of edge of swamp. Main Access Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake."

Caption describing photograph: "Loaded logging truck on way to log dump on Eagle Lake. East Loop, F.E.S. Aleza Lake."

Caption describing photograph: "As GBW Film 4 Frame 4 (2007.1.30.2.042)"

Caption describing photograph: "Leaf morphology of Betula papyrifera. Revels garden."

Caption describing photograph: "Leaf morphology of Betula glandulosa. General distribution in sphagnum bogs and muskeg through Northeast B.C. Quesnel North."

Caption describing photograph: "Larix larciana (Tamarack). Wildling transplanted Autumn 1964 from Tamarack Lake 30 miles West of Prince George. Age 6 years. Height 29", 65 leader 4", 66 growth 9". All measurement taken June 23, 1966."

Photographic print contains the following writing on verso:
"Larch and Douglas fir seed trees under (?) seed bed preparation, 1986 Nelson BC, J Revel"

Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.

"Ken McCannel, a forester in the Surveys Division was in charge of the YMFTP for the entire province. He dropped in at Aleza Lake on an inspection trip at the same time as Malcolm Knapp. Professor Knapp of the forestry department of UBC went from camp to camp giving lectures on forestry to the YMFTP crews. They posed for this picture. Sills were being whip-sawn for foundations on the older buildings." -- from the notes of Ralph Schmidt in accompanying file

Caption describing photograph: "Low quality Hemlock isolated in understory. Junction West Branch and Main Access Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake. 8" D.B.H. 120 years., 20-25' high." Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.