Photograph is a printed postcard depicting scattered small buildings and a tent. Trees have been removed from the area around the buildings and many stumps remain.
Photograph depicts a bulldozer clearing land for road making north of Stuart Lake.
File consists of a physical development plan prepared by Stanley Associates Engineering Ltd. for the Burns Lake Band, currently known as Ts'il Kaz Koh.
File consists of G. Gary Runka's business card collection, which includes many unique examples of business cards from BC, Canada, and beyond. Includes cards for personal contacts and businesses as well as business contacts.
File consists of by-law 385 for the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George establishing a settlement plan for Area A and Summit Lake. By-Law 374 is also included.
File consists of notes relating to the Cale Creek Elementary School.
The publication is a commemorative newsletter for the 180th Birthday celebration of Fort St. James. The publication was created by the Fort St. James Chamber of Commerce as a supplement to the Caledonia Courier. The publication also depicts the early pioneers of Fort St. James.
File consists of notes relating to Camp Creek Elementary School.
Item is a copy of "Campbell River Area Park Plan" by the Regional District of Comox Strathcona.
Photograph depicts (from left to right) Gordon Wyness and Jack Lee at their campsite at Sheraton. This location may reference the small community east of Burns Lake on the Canadian National Railway line. Wyness notes that "Sherton" [Sheraton?] Mountain is visible in the background of the photograph; the current name of that geographical feature could not be determined. The survey crew's car and tent are also visible in the image.
File consists of a report about the Canada Land Inventory Program that examines disparities between urban and rural communities and offers solutions. Also includes a document entitled "The Place of the Canada Land Inventory Program in Resource Management: The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George".
Photograph is a group portrait of the Canada Land Inventory team , possibly related to the National Soil Survey. Individuals identified: Norm Sprout (back row, 5th from left); Les Lavkulich (back row, 6th from left); Dr. Charlie Rowles (back row, 6th from right); Pat Duffy (3rd row back, 6th from right); Gary Runka (3rd row back, 5th from right).
Item is a pamphlet entitled "Canada Land Use Monitoring Program (CLUMP)".
Photograph is a group portrait of the attendees at a Canada National Land Use meeting. Back row, left to right: Gary Runka, Bruce Chambers, Frank Heaps, Vern Spencer, Peter Whiting. Middle row, left to right: Bob Scace, Lee Munn, Bill Bourgeois, Jim Murphy, Gerry Acott, Dave Rochefort. Front row, left to right: Mike Simmons, Les Cooke, John Hetherington, Betty McGregor, Daniel Paquette, Peggy Thompson, Patsy Murphy.
Item is an original copy of "Canada's Environment: An Overview" by Environment Canada.
Photograph depicts the Canadian Airways Ltd Fairchild 71C CF-AWV float airplane at the shore of Burns Lake. The float plane was serving as a photography plane.
File is a Greenpeace presentation folder with a package of reports and ephemera about the Canadian Great Bear Rainforest.
File consists of meeting minutes from the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Institute of Planners. Includes one package of meeting minutes and a supplementary package of financial statements.
File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Canadian Pacific Railway, colonization and immigration, and the 4th Duke of Sutherland.
File consists of correspondence regarding the Forest Health Development Plan and maps from Canfor Forest Products Ltd. (Canfor).
File consists of notes relating to Hixon Elementary School (formerly Canyon Creek Elementary School). Also includes photographs depicting the old Canyon Creek School site (2001).
File consists of two original unbound volumes of the draft report "Carcross Valley - Marsh/Tagish Lakes - Atlin Road Land Management Planning Project" released September 1979 by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the Government of the Yukon. Volume 1 consists of "Review Framework and Resource Data" and Volume 2 consists of "Resource Data Maps".
Item is a draft of "Cariboo Forest Region Resource Inventory Database".
File consists of material relating to the Cariboo District and reproductions of articles and newspaper clippings. Highlights include:
- Reproduction of Isabel M.L. Bescoby, "Some Aspects of Society in Cariboo from it's discovery until 1871", 1932 (booklet)
- "Gold Country '86", a commemorative Expo 86 supplement to the Quesnel Cariboo Observer, 25 June 1986
Photograph depicts the Cariboo Road near Clinton, B.C.
Item is a draft of "Cariboo-Chilcotin Grasslands Strategy: Interim Report on Grassland Encroachment and In-growth".
Collection consists of various originals, drafts, and photocopies of development planning reports for the Cariboo-Chilcotin region of British Columbia. Many of the reports were authored by the Cariboo Economic Action Forum.
Item is a photocopied copy of the 1992 "Cariboo-Chilcotin Tourism Resource Inventory Study: Explanatory Notes" prepared by Ethos Consulting, G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. and Bioquest International Consulting Ltd. for BC Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Cariboo-Chilcotin Region.
File consists of an oral history given by Carmella Canino, which was gathered as part of Dr. Mike Evan's Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes consent forms, transcripts, and the recorded oral history on the original media.
Item is an original BC Wild booklet entitled "Cassiar: British Columbia's Fragile and Imperiled Northern Wilderness".
This file contains images of a land dispute around Cassiar. The photographs depict a cabin on a lot, a destroyed cabin, and outhouses. The accompanied documents in the original file refer to the subjects of "Claims, Leases, and Land lots," and it is implied that there were issues of squatters, illegal occupation, and mineral claims.
File consists of an oral history given by Cecil Nicholls, which was gathered as part of Dr. Mike Evan's Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes consent forms, transcripts, and the recorded oral history on the original media.
Item is an original copy of the presentation booklet "Celebrating 35 Years of the Agricultural Land Reserve: 1973-2008" created by Farmland Defence League of BC for an anniversary event. Includes an article by G. Gary Runka entitled "BC's Agricultural Land Reserve - Its Historical Roots".
File consists of working records of the Central Coast Plan Implementation Monitoring Committee. The purpose of the committee was to monitor and report progress toward implementation of the British Columbia Central Coast land use plan and make recommendations on plan revisions to Provincial and First Nation governments. The land and resource management planning (LRMP) process in the Central Coast area began in 1996. In April 2001, an interim agreement was signed by the Province and stakeholders. Includes a promotional DVD created by the provincial government.
Photograph of residents in motion on Centre Street in Prince Rupert. Buildings are visible on either side of the street and a railway track runs down the length of the road. Annotation on recto reads: "Centre Street, Prince Rupert, BC. 1664."
Street view of Centre Street in Prince Rupert, BC. Buildings are in various states of construction. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Centre St Prince Rupert B.C. June 20/08 JDA.""
This fonds encompasses the planning career of Chander Suri. The head planner for the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George from 1969 to 1977, Chander Suri embarked on numerous community plan projects in the Prince George area. Suri also worked as an independent planning consultant for local businesses and organizations. Chander Suri's records encompass numerous urban and rural projects facilitating population and industry growth within the RDFFG that spanned beyond Suri's career.
Textual records comprise official and draft planning documents, development reports, planning proposals, contracts, published regulations, socio-economic studies of regions near Prince George, financial and other studies for development sites, illustrated promotional packages/proposals for developments, regional/provincial guides and standards, and correspondence relating to Suri's professional consulting activities. The fonds contains a wide array of maps, architectural plans, and technical drawings ranging from municipal planning layouts, industrial land developments, and private property (commercial and residential) development projects, mainly from in and around Prince George.
These records are relevant to researchers of the subjects of land use, land development and land planning issues in the Prince George and Fraser-Fort George Regional District in the second half of the 20th century.
Series include:
- Maps and Plans relating to development projects in British Columbia, predominantly in the Prince George area
- Lower Mainland Planning material from Suri's early career period
- Regional District of Fraser Fort George Planning records and resource material collected by Suri during his employment at the RDFFG
- Planning Consultancy records relating to Suri’s independent planning consultancy work in his later career period
File consists of material relating to Charles George Horetzky or Horetsky (20 July 1838 - 30 April 1900). Horetzky was a Canadian surveyor and photographer noted for his work in western Canada as a member of the Canadian Pacific Survey under Sir Sandford Fleming and Frank Moberly. Materials included a summary write-up by L'Heureux, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and reproductions of articles.
Item is an original copy of "Charlotte-Alplands SRDZ Forest Recreation and Wilderness Tourism Opportunities" prepared by G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. et al. for the Anahim Round Table and Forest Renewal BC.
Photograph depicts "The Chasm" or "The Painted Chasm", located 11 miles north of Clinton, adjacent to the route of the Cariboo Road. In 1940, four years after this photograph was taken, Chasm Provincial Park was created in 1940 to preserve and promote the Painted Chasm feature, a gorge created from melting glacial waters eroding a lava plateau over a 10 million year span.
Photograph depicts "The Chasm" or "The Painted Chasm", located 11 miles north of Clinton, adjacent to the route of the Cariboo Road. In 1940, four years after this photograph was taken, Chasm Provincial Park was created in 1940 to preserve and promote the Painted Chasm feature, a gorge created from melting glacial waters eroding a lava plateau over a 10 million year span.
File consists of a physical development plan for the Cheslatta Carrier Nation, prepared by David Nairne & Associates Ltd.