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Map of Timber Sale X72108 shows area to be scarified, as well as previously logged areas. Location is outside Prince George in the Upper Fraser area near Kenneth Creek.

Map of Timber Sale X72108 shows area to be scarified. Location is outside Prince George in the Upper Fraser area near Kenneth Creek.

Map of Timber Sale X72108 shows area to be scarified. Location is outside Prince George in the Upper Fraser area near Kenneth Creek.

Item is a photocopied version of Slavoj Eis' "Development of White Spruce and Alpine Fir Seedlings on Cut-Over Areas in the Central Interior of British Columbia" reprinted from The Forestry Chronicle, December 1965, Vol. 41, No. 4.

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

Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr. Caption states: "Note openings made in stand."

Caption describing photograph: "Crown form."

Map reflects highways, main, branch and property roads, trails, public sustained yield unit boundaries, cutting permit boundary, contours, height of land, edge of lake, merchantable and immature timber, non-commercial cover, and swamps.

File contains general correspondence from 1981 through 1998 regarding various administrative issues including road maintenance and the 1992 reopening of the Aleza Lake Research Forest. The file also contains a 1994 inventory of the Northwood donation to the Fraser-Fort George Museum.

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

Caption describing photograph: "Condition after hand pulling, piling and burning, and rough clearing. Note roots in soil. Northwest Cor of present clearing."

Caption describing photograph: "Condition after clear cut logging. Birch, balsam, thimbleberry, raspberry, E.S. and fern. Main Access Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake."

File contains reports on the analysis of permanent sample plots in the Aleza Lake Research Forest.

Caption describing photograph: "Black Spruce as GBW Film 2 Frame 3 ( 2007.1.30.2.015 ). Showing form etc. 13" DBH - 65' high"

Caption describing photograph: "Commercial size Black Spruce and on left very fine Lodgepole Pine. Main Access Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake. Imperfectly drained lacustrine deposit."

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

Caption describing photograph: "Comb like form of White Spruce - good form, slight upsweeping of branches with foliage pendant. Nursery Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake. Similar to the "Comb Spruce" form of Sweden."

Item is "Cluculz Lake Silviculture Demonstration Area Trail Guide" by the BC Ministry of Forests.

Photograph shows a clearcut at or near Aleza Lake Research Forest in spring season.

Photographer's photo number R878. No caption on back of photograph to glean further information. Title provided based on contextual information from related photographs and documents.

Photograph copy print contains the following writing on verso:
British Columbia Archives and Records Service Visual Records Unit
Negative No. H-5387
GR 1348
B.C. Forest Service : The Young Men's Forestry Training Plan
September 1, 1935

File consists of budget proposals and forecasts for 1993/94 and 1994/95 with recommendations of road maintenance as the central expenditure.

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

"After we made the acquaintance of several girls living in Aleza Lake village, they would be invited to come to the camp on a Sunday to enjoy the music. Social events were infrequent, so they did not complain about having to travel three miles by rail and then walking another three-quarters of a mile on a foot trail that was sometimes quite muddy." -- from An Early History of the Research Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range (p. 48)

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.

Alec Gordon was a soil specialist who conducted land use surveys separating forest land from potential agricultural land.

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.

Bob St. Claire was an American forester who came to BC with an MF degree and some experience in the US Forest Service. He was familiar with the US Forest Experimental Stations. In 1923, as Assistant Chief Forester, he wrote a report recommending: 1) a research station centred in Victoria, and 2) an experiment station in each major forest region in the province. His recommendations were followed. In 1924, Aleza Lake Experimental Station was established and in 1929 Cowichan Lake Experimental Station was established. Bob St. Claire was Assistant Chief Forester three times, but never became Chief Forester.

Caption describing photograph: "Excellent form and growth of a blue form of White Spruce wildling. Transplanted Autumn 1964 from 10 miles South of Findlay Forks on Parsnip River. Height 13.5", 1966 growth to date 4.2", Hardened off."

Caption describing photograph: "Black Spruce as GBW Film 4 Frame 7 ( 2007.1.30.2.045) on left. Betula glandulosa and willow on right, resulting from fire history--foreground showing development of organic peat over clay."

Caption describing photograph: "Black Spruce residuals (Ht 35-40', 5-9" DBH Age 80). Potentially commercial pulp wood remaining after pulp logging a fully stock 95 yrs stand of Lodgepole pine and White Spruce on imperfectly drained silty clay. Mile 6.5 Hart Highway. (Illustrate frequent occurrence of P mariana on soils other than organic muck or sphagnum bogs)."

Caption describing photograph: "Black Spruce germinator. EMK seed."

File consists of climate station data printed from computer disks, original and photocopied soil description forms, and original copies of ecological and terrain mapping reports.

Caption describing photograph: "Bark habit at mid-bole."

Caption describing photograph: "Bark habit at base of tree."

Photograph depicts a Balsam timber pile adjacent to Aleza Lake Research Forest sign on the Giscome highway. Mark Clark is pictured.

Photograph depicts a Balsam timber pile adjacent to Aleza Lake Research Forest sign on the Giscome highway. Mark Clark is pictured.

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.

Frank Dickson was a UBC pathologist who studied heart rot in balsam at Aleza Lake Experimental Station (and also gave great haircuts).

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

File contains correspondence relating to project funding and reports on the significance of the project.

Technical drawing reflects depth of sand established as more and less than 6 feet.

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.

"Ray Sansom, an assistant ranger at Aleza Lake, was hired as station foreman by the Research Division. He and his family moved into the log cabin at A.L.E.S." --from the notes of Ralph Schmidt in accompanying file

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.

"Ray Sansom, an assistant ranger at Aleza Lake, was hired as station foreman by the Research Division. He and his family moved into the log cabin at A.L.E.S." --from the notes of Ralph Schmidt in accompanying file