Photograph depicts (from left) Jack Lee and Gordon Wyness sitting on a car next to their equipment while surveying at an Indian Reserve. A cabin on the reserve is also depicted. According to the transcription on the photograph verso, they were surveying road through an "Indian Reserve South of South bank François Lake".
Photograph depicts (from left) Jack Lee and Philip Monckton leaning up against their 1930 Buick Series 40 car before leaving for Southbank Francois Lake. Behind them is the cabin they stayed in at Burns Lake, which was owned by Ben[?] Smith.
Photograph depicts Jack Lee with gear in front of a tent at Bobtail [Lake?] campsite after returning from Bobtail Mountain where the crew had camped overnight without a tent.
Photograph depicts Jack Lee with gear in front of a tent at Bobtail [Lake?] campsite after returning from Bobtail Mountain where the crew had camped overnight without a tent.
Photograph depicts Jack Lee rafting with a sail on Bobtail Lake, as he was going over to other side of the lake to locate traverse posts (without success, according to the annotation on the photograph verso).
Photograph depicts (from left to right) Jack Lee, Gordon Wyness, and Lavender Monckton standing in front of a wooden moose. The wooden moose was located on top of a hill to the east of Prince George. The wooden moose was an advertisement for John A. Lestin's taxidermy business on Third Avenue in Prince George.
Photograph depicts (from left to right) Jack Lee, Gordon Wyness, and Lavender Monckton sitting on their 1930 Buick Series 40 car in front of their temporary cabin lodgings in Prince George. This photograph was taken before the group left Prince George to head to 6 Mile Lake or Tabor Lake.
Photograph depicts (from left to right) Jack Lee, Gordon Wyness, Jessie McInnes, and Archie McInnes at Pioneer Ranch.
In 1903, brothers Neil and Archie McInnes pre-empted a section of land two miles east of Cote Flat, each taking half. Archie McInnes' land later became known as Pioneer Ranch (later known as the Barnett Ranch); Neil McInnes' land became Meadowbrook Ranch. Archie McInnes married Jessie Aitken in October 1905. Pioneer Ranch became known as a stop-over for travellers en route from Hazelton to the Ootsa Lake area via the Telegraph Trail. Archie and Jessie McInnes had three daughters: Vera (m. Ivan Frank), Ivy (m. Eric Strimbold), and Neva (m. John Ivan Nickolichuk).
Photograph depicts (from left to right) Jack Lee, Philip Monckton, and Gordon Wyness by car at Monckton's residence.
Photograph depicts (from left to right) Jack Lee, Philip Monckton, Jessie McInnes, and Archie McInnes at Pioneer Ranch.
In 1903, brothers Neil and Archie McInnes pre-empted a section of land two miles east of Cote Flat, each taking half. Archie McInnes' land later became known as Pioneer Ranch (later known as the Barnett Ranch); Neil McInnes' land became Meadowbrook Ranch. Archie McInnes married Jessie Aitken in October 1905. Pioneer Ranch became known as a stop-over for travellers en route from Hazelton to the Ootsa Lake area via the Telegraph Trail. Archie and Jessie McInnes had three daughters: Vera (m. Ivan Frank), Ivy (m. Eric Strimbold), and Neva (m. John Ivan Nickolichuk).
Item is an original "Jasper National Park Management Plan Review Comment Form" for Parks Canada.
Item consists of a letter documenting Johns McCormick’s experiences at Williams Creek in Barkerville during the winter of 1869. He describes the poor gold mining conditions on Williams Creek and his hopes for future prosperity.
Item consists of a letter written by John McCormick to a person named James; it is not made clear if James is a friend or relative. In both his letter to James, John McCormick makes several references to Victoria. His familiarity with Victoria suggests that he may have travelled from Victoria to Barkerville to mine for gold. In his letters to James, John McCormick describes having no money and living under poor conditions. He mentions the great fire that swept through Barkerville and that he lost nothing due to its distance from his house. McCormick also mentions that the Indians are dying quickly of Small Pox in Victoria.
Two Kitamaat Band Council members sitting at a table during the Kitamaat Band North Coast District Council meeting and land claim presentation. A third man is sitting in the background with crossed arms.
Item is an original BC Ministry of Agriculture publication entitled "Knapweed: Its Cause and Effect in British Columbia".
Photograph depicts Lake Chelan in Washington state.
Item is a typescript by J.C. Hertherington and R.C. Kowall entitled "Land Capability for Forestry: A Report to the British Columbia Forest Service by the Canada Land Inventory Staff - East Kootenay (Region 13)".
Item is an original article reprint by G.S. Swinnerton from BC Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Technical Bulletin No. 30 on Land Capability Classification entitled "Land Classification and Environmental Planning".
Item is an original unbound copy of "Land Productivity in British Columbia" by the Select Standing Committee on Agriculture of the BC Legislative Assembly.
Item is an original report prepared by Salasan Associates Inc. & Erlandson and Associates for the Forest Resources Commission entitled "Land Use Planning System for British Columbia".
Item is an original copy of "Lands of the East Kootenay: Their characteristics and capability for agriculture and forestry - Report to the B.C. Soil Capability for Agriculture and Forestry Committee", a co-operative interim report comprising sections and maps, compiled by G. G. Runka, Soils Division, BC Department of Agriculture. Other authors include J.R. Jungen, T. Lewis, J.R. Marshall, M.J. Romaine, J. van Barneveld, and U. Wittneben.
Item is a report entitled "Landscaped Buffer Investigation" a summary prepared by BC Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for the Land Reserve Commission.
Item is an original copy of the 1998 reprint of "Landscaped Buffer Specifications" by the Agricultural Land Commission.
Item is a copy of "Lil'wat Land Use Plan: Phase 1".
Photograph depicts a view of Lone Butte, BC. The butte formation of the same name (Lone Butte) is visible in the background; a ranch or residence is visible in the foreground. Wyness notes that Lone Butte was the "last one [they] tied in". "Tying in" is a land surveying technique. Since the photograph is dated October 1936 and Wyness described the survey trip as lasting June 5 - October 8, 1936, that implies that Lone Butte was the last location they surveyed on this trip.
Photograph depicts one unidentified man surveying a landscape from a snowy mountain peak with other mountain ranges in the background.
Photograph depicts Mount Begbie, noted by Wyness to be the highest point on the Cariboo Highway at mile 85. Mount Begbie is located at approximately 51°28'33''N, 121°22'00''W, on the east side of Cariboo Hwy, between 70 Mile House and 100 Mile House, in the Lillooet Land District. Also visible in this photograph is the Cariboo Highway road.
Photograph depicts Mount Begbie, noted by Wyness to be the highest point on the Cariboo Highway at mile 85. Mount Begbie is located at approximately 51°28'33''N, 121°22'00''W, on the east side of Cariboo Hwy, between 70 Mile House and 100 Mile House, in the Lillooet Land District. Also visible in this photograph is the Cariboo Highway road.
Item is a map annotated in colour by the City of Prince George Planning Department depicting major residential development proposals from June 1975 to August 1977 in the City of Prince George. This map was drawn for the City of Prince George interim Community Plan.
Item is an original copy of "Making a Difference: The Canada Land Inventory" Fact Sheet 88-5 by the Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada.
Photograph of a happy man reclining on a short exterior staircase. A surveyor's transit can be seen in the background.
Item is an original BC Department of Agriculture publication entitled "Management and Improvement of Meadows on Organic Soils of Interior British Columbia".
Item is a copy of "Management Strategy for the Driftwood-Reiseter Planning Area".
Item is an original copy of the "Manitoba Land Use Conference Proceedings" on March 11-12, 1981 in Winnipeg. Gary Runka presented on his paper, "Expanding Needs from a Finite Resource: The Necessity for Sound Land Use Planning".
Item is a draft of J.W. Schwab's paper for the 10th BC Soil Science Workshop (February 20-21, 1986) entitled "Mass Wasting Impacts to Forest Land: Forest Management Implication, Queen Charlotte Islands".
Item is an original copy of "Methodology - Land Capability for Agriculture - B.C. Land Inventory (CLI)" by G.G. Runka at the Soil Survey Division, BC Department of Agriculture.
Item is a photocopied version of the "Ministry of Transportation and Highways, Province of British Columbia, Cattle Drives on Highways - Draft Policy" by Lorne M. Holowachuk, BC Highway Safety Branch.
Item is an original copy of "Moran Dam Environmental Analysis" by the Cariboo Land Capability Analysis Committee and Intersector Special Study Committee of the British Columbia Canada Land Inventory. The committee members were A. Bedwany, D. Benn, D. Blower, R. Marshall, and G. Runka. Includes 24 original colour photographic prints pasted into the report.
Photograph of a large explosion on a rocky shoreline. A bridge is visible in the foreground and a body of water is partially visible in the background. Annotation on recto reads: "McRae Bros Moving Mountains at Prince Rupert BC Apr 24th"
Photograph of a large explosion on a rocky shoreline. A bridge is visible in the foreground and a body of water is partially visible in the background. Printed annotation on recto reads: "McRae Bros Moving Mountains at Prince Rupert BC Apr 24th" Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Rupert. July 17 1913. Dear [illegible]. Just a card for that album if you've got any room left by now. This is one of the blasts for the clearing of the drydock up here. [Illegible] W.M." Postcard is addressed to: "Miss C.M. Ranip[??] 931 Northlane Av.[sic] Seattle Wash." Two Canadian one cent stamps are affixed on verso. Postmark reads: "Prince Rupert BC. PM Jul 17 13."
Photograph depicts Mount Begbie, noted by Wyness to be the highest point on the Cariboo Highway at mile 85. Mount Begbie is located at approximately 51°28'33''N, 121°22'00''W, on the east side of Cariboo Hwy, between 70 Mile House and 100 Mile House, in the Lillooet Land District. Wyness annotated this photograph with the statement that they "tied this one in"; 'tying in' is a land survey term, implying that the crew may have also been surveying in this area.