File consists of material relating to gold mining in British Columbia. Materials include articles, a magazine, and newspaper clippings. Highlights include:
- Envex Investments Inc., "The Gold Guide: The Buy & Sell in The Mining Industry", Vol. 1 No. 2, 1982
- "First Gold in British Columbia: The Pend-d'Oreille", BC Historical News, Summer 1980
File consists of notes, clippings, and reproductions relating to the gold rush in Quesnel and Likely, British Columbia. Includes: "Guide to the Goldfields: Cariboo Country" newspaper edition (1998); "Cariboo, Chilcotin Coast, Likely" brochure published by Likely & District Chamber of Commerce [199-]; "The UNBC Quesnel Rover Research Centre" pamphlet published by the University of Northern British Columbia (2002); "New Nugget Restaurant" paper placemat (1972); and "Likely" brochure from the Likely Chamber of Commerce [198-]. Also includes photographs depicting a camping trip in Likely, British Columbia (2010).
Photograph depicts a view from a hill of a river winding through the forest with marshlands nearby.
Photograph depicts a view from a hill of a river winding through the forest with marshlands nearby. This may be a double exposure and there is an indiscernible image in the center of the photo.
Sub-subseries consists of records relating to the government liaison required by Noranda Forest Inc. These records were created or accumulated by Adam Zimmerman during his tenures as the company's CEO (1987-1991), Chairman (1987-1993), and Director (1987-1994). Includes correspondence with government officials at various levels (municipal, provincial, federal).
Sem títuloSub-subseries consists of records relating to the government liaison required by Northwood Pulp and it's renamed successors Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd. (1972-1998) and Northwood Forest Industries Ltd. (1979-1998). These records were created or accumulated by Adam Zimmerman during his tenures as the company's President and Director, as well as his Presidency of Northwood Pulp's parent company, Northwood Mills. Includes correspondence with government officials at various levels (municipal, provincial, federal), records of negotiations with the BC government for pulp harvesting areas and licenses, and material regarding provincial stumpage rates and timber appraisal.
Sem títuloSubseries consists of records related to liaison with governments at the provincial and federal level that were created and accumulated by Adam Zimmerman at the Noranda Inc. (formerly Noranda Mines) corporate office in Toronto. Includes correspondence, reports, and memoranda.
Sem títuloFile consists of forest research materials in various stages of publication, which informed Harry Coates' professional practice. File includes:
- "Forestry Canada in the Pacific & Yukon Region" contact list pamphlet
- "Summary of Forestry Canada Forest File Research in the Prince George Forest Region 1966-94" prepared by Stephen W. Tylor and Bruce D. Lawson, Revised February 1995
- "Silviculture Opportunities in the Vanderhoof Area" tour
- "Hardwood Stand Rehabilitation: Stand and Site Treatment Evaluations at Stewart Lake"
- "Contortatallens Rotstabilitet Proveniensens inflytande" by Owe Martinsson och Jan-Erik Lundh 1981 *
"Soil Disturbance Workshop" - "Bednesti Site: Testing the Biological Effectiveness of Mechanical Site Preparation Equipment" MSP Contractors Tour May. 5, 1992
- Hand-drawn map to Shelley attached to "Silviculture Site Preparation Equipment Study" by J Maxwell, revised 1989
- "A Joint Swedish Canadian Forest Industry University Project: A species-genotype-environment-interaction study"
- "Silviculture Policy and Treatment Guidelines for the Prince George Forest Region"
- R.H. Tables 0-Over 6,000 Feet Elevation
- "The Armason Method: Comparing Techniques Required in a Study of Root Development" by Elaine Goodvin, CNC Forest Resource Student, December 4, 1991
- Faxed forestry project descriptions (1993)
- "Some 'Physioclimatic' Background Information"
- "Lodgepole pine toppling, and a review of some factors which may be related to toppling" by G. Dykstra.
File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC to the government of Canada as well as incoming correspondence to BCUC from the government of Canada. Prominent correspondents include Harry Wruck and law firm Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy.
File consists of the "Government of Canada Outline of Evidence for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Inquiry into the Kemano Completion Project: Phase 3".
File consists of Alderdice's copy of "Government of Canada Outline of Evidence for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Inquiry into the Kemano Completion Project: Phase 3". Also includes a document entitled "Questions for Mr. Lemon Relating to the Canadian Government Outline of Evidence", likely written by Alderdice.
File consists of the "Government of Canada Outline of Evidence for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Inquiry into the Kemano Completion Project: Phase 4".
Photograph depicts several men on a long scow loaded with supplies amidst swirling deep river water.
Photograph depicts several men on the river's edge pulling on a long rope attached to a large scow downstream.
Photograph depicts a long scow on the river's edge, supplies are being loaded. There is a smoke rising from the wood stove at the center of the scow. Several men are assisting.
Photograph depicts a Grand Trunk Pacific track laying machine near John Brown creek. [55th parallel]
File consists of selected review work by Grant Hazelwood.
Fonds consists of material created and collected by wildlife biologist Grant Hazelwood in relation to his work and research regarding wildlife, habitat, and wilderness parks. Includes material regarding Hazelwood's Tailed Frog (Ascaphus truei) research. Also includes records regarding his contracted biologist work via his consultancy business, Alpenglow Resources, on the BC Ministry of Environment's "Upper Nass Assessment Project", a project that included the biophysical mapping of the Northwest-Klappan Road Access Area.
Sem títuloFile consists of Grant Hazelwood's speeches. Includes:
- Grant Hazelwood, "Lands, Parks and Access Committee Report" to the BC Wildlife Federation 1987 Annual Convention
- Grant Hazelwood, "Land Use and Wildlife towards the Year 2000", B.C. Wildlife Federation, 1988
- Grant Hazelwood, "Nocturnal Piscatorial Predations", after 1987
- Grant Hazelwood, "Will There Ever Be Enough Park and Wild Lands in BC??", March 1990
File consists of Grant Hazelwood's work plan and employment classification during the period he was employed with the Ministry of Environment as a Forest Ecosystem Specialist.
File consists of records related to Grant Hazelwood's period of employment with Northwood Pulp & Timber Ltd. as a Resources Biologist. Includes:
- Don Morberg, "'More concern shown by private companies'" article clipped from the Prince George Citizen
- W.G. Hazelwood, "Underwater Survey of Northwood's Babine Lake Water Log Transport and Bubble System", 1980 - includes original photographic prints pasted into report
- "Changes in the air" article clipped from 7 June 1983 newspaper (likely the Prince George Citizen)
- "Submission to City Council on the Intercontinental Level 'B' Recovery Boiler Emission Application", 7 Feb. 1983
A comparative study of grassland soils at 3 sites in northwestern BC and southern Yukon was published as:
Sanborn, P. 2010. Topographically controlled grassland soils in the Boreal Cordillera ecozone, northwestern Canada. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 90: 89-101. https://doi.org/10.4141/CJSS09048
This grew out of a field trip with Ministry of Forests range personnel to the Stikine and Tuya River valleys, near Telegraph Creek BC on August 27-28, 2007. (Two pedons were sampled in 2007, BC07-03 and BC07-04, but those results were not included in the paper.)
In August 2008, Dr. Paul Sanborn returned to the Stikine to sample pedon BC08-06, after field work in Yukon which collected the other two pedons used in the paper, from near Carmacks (Y08-39) and Kluane Lake (Y08-41). (An additional pedon from Kluane, Y08-43, was sampled and analyzed, but it was from a forested site and was not included in the paper.)
File contains the following data sets:
- BC & Yukon 2008 soils data – compiled.xls [combined chemical & physical data for BC08-06, Y08-39, Y08-41, Y08-43]
- S925finl.xls [chemical analysis data, Ministry of Forests & Range, Analytical Chemistry Laboratory for pedons BC07-03 & BC07-04; also includes data for Y07-06 & Y07-07 (Klutlan Glacier – see associated file note)]
- S979finl(revised) – PS edits.xls [chemical analysis data, Ministry of Forests & Range, Analytical Chemistry Laboratory for BC08-06, Y08-39, Y08-41, Y08-43]
- S994finl_revised.xls [chemical analysis data, Ministry of Forests & Range, Analytical Chemistry Laboratory for BC07-04 (CaCO3-equiv, total & inorganic C, pyrophosphate, oxalate & dithionite extractions) & selected horizons from BC07-07 & BC07-09 (Nazko basaltic soils))
- CANTEST lab report 91010076.pdf [particle size analyses for BC08-06, Y08-39, Y08-41, Y08-43]
- CANTEST lab report 90206003.pdf [particle size analyses for Tuya pedons BC07-03 & BC07-04 & Klutan Glacier pedons Y07-06 & Y07-07]
File consists of thin section micrograph images from the Boreal Cordilleran grassland soils study (2007 & 2008).
File consists of reports and documents relating to British Columbia grasslands.
Includes the following items:
B.A. Blackwell & Associates Ltd. 2007. Cariboo-Chilcotin ecosystem restoration plan: grassland benchmark.
Cariboo-Chilcotin Grasslands Strategy Working Group. 2001. Cariboo-Chilcotin grasslands strategy: forest encroachment onto grasslands and establishment of a grassland benchmark area. Prepared for Cariboo-Mid Coast Interagency Management Committee.
Grasslands Conservation Council of British Columbia. 2003. Changes in the grassland-forest interface: A BC grasslands conservation risk assessment communication tool.
Ross, T.J. 2008. Becher Prairie range unit ecosystem restoration strategic plan. Prepared for British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range Central Cariboo Forest District.
Photograph depicts a gravel road carved into the forested landscape.
Photograph depicts a gravel road carved into the forested landscape.
Photograph depicts a gravel road carved into the forested landscape.
Item consists of transcript of documentary consisting of forum with prominent members of the forest industry discussing the history of forestry in North Central British Columbia c.1960s-c.1980s. Participants include Bill Young, Keith Yorston, Ken Bernsohn, Hector Richmond, Russ Cousins, Harry Gairns, Don Gould, Orville Gorley, Frank Oberle, Includes 'logger's commandments' song.
Sem títuloFile consists of photocopy of Triton Environmental Consultants proposal for "Greer Creek Habitat Enhancement".
Photograph depicts the skins of two grizzlies, heads attached. A man stands beside the skins spread on elevated poles. There is alpine meadow and scrub trees in the background.
Item is an original Wildlife Section Report No. 60 by R.Y. Edwards of the Provincial Parks Branch entitled "Grizzly Bear Survey Tweedsmuir Park".
File consists of research collected regarding the Groundhog coalfield, 150 miles north of Hazelton and 95 miles northeast of Stewart. Materials include newspaper clippings, as well as reproductions of maps, mine reports, and an article. Highlights include:
- Fleet Robertson, "The New Coalfield at The Headwaters of the Skeena River: North of Groundhog Mountain", 1912 (reproduction)
- George Hanson, "The Groundhog Coalfield: British Columbia", 1949 (article reproduction)
Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr.
Caption describing photograph: "Growth of Lodgepole Pine on imperfectly drained clay of lacustrine origin. Aleza Lake, Main Access Road. Age 12 years, Height 14', 1966 leader 16"" Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
Photograph depicts a hunting guide (Bruce Otto?) holding up a large mountain goat shot by Prentiss Gray with a forested area in the background.
Photograph depicts hunting guide, Bruce Otto holding up the trophy mountain goat shot by Prentiss Gray.
Photograph depicts hunting guide Bruce Otto standing next to a felled moose on a snow-covered hillside with trees in the background.
File consists of a draft of "Guidelines for Vegetation Management SX Trials (Draft)" by Jacob O. Boateng (1984).