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Downtown Aleza Lake
2007.1.25.7.21 · Item · 1925
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

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.

Field trip to Giscome Mills
2007.1.25.7.29 · Item · [between 1925 and 1936]
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

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.

2007.1.25.7.59 · Item · 1927
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

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.

"A large Douglas-fir veteran on the ridge above the camp towered above the Spruce-Balsam forest. A decision was made to convert it into a forest fire lookout. This photo shows a climber going up to top it. After the top was removed, a platform was built. Large spikes were used to provide steps." --from the notes of Ralph Schmidt in accompanying file

2007.1.25.7.60 · Item · 1927
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

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.

"A large Douglas-fir veteran on the ridge above the camp towered above the Spruce-Balsam forest. A decision was made to convert it into a forest fire lookout. This photo shows a climber going up to top it. After the top was removed, a platform was built. Large spikes were used to provide steps." --from the notes of Ralph Schmidt in accompanying file

2007.1.25.7.52 · Item · 1927
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

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).

2007.1.25.4.19 · Item · [1998?]
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

Item is Ted Newbery's thesis proposal titled "Gap Dynamics in the Sub-Boreal Spruce wk1 Biogeoclimatic Sub-Zone: Spatiotemporal Patterns, Inonotus tomentosus, and Partial Cutting". He submitted his UNBC thesis in 2002 as "Small-scale disturbances and stand dynamics in Inonotus tomentosus infected and uninfected old-growth and partial cut wet, sub-boreal forests in British Columbia".

2007.1.25.7.30 · Item · 1926
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

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.

George Barnes, mensurationist, eventually taught at O.S.U. Eric Garman, silviculturist. Dr. Braham Griffith was in the Research Division 1926-1936. Fin McKinnon was eventually Chief Forester and then Dept. Minister.

2007.1.25.7.78 · Item · 1936
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

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.

"Jim Kinghorn (now retired from CFS) [d. Feb. 2014] and his dad [H.C. Kinghorn] in front of the boarded-up research residence. Although Aleza was a busy place there was no money for research and no need for housing." -- from the notes of Ralph Schmidt in accompanying file

2007.1.25.7.14 · Item · 1936
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

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.

H.C. Kinghorn worked briefly for the B.C. Forest Service and was in charge of the YMFTP crew at Aleza Lake in 1936.

2007.1.25.7.75 · Item · 1936
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

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.

"The Y.M.F.T.P. (Young Men's Forestry Training Plan) supported a big crew at Aleza Lake in 1936. Jim Kinghorn's dad [H.C. Kinghorn] was the foreman. Many improvements were made at Aleza. Jim Kinghorn (10 years old) is sitting on the newly constructed dam." -- from the notes of Ralph Schmidt in accompanying file

2007.1.25.7.77 · Item · 1936
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

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

2007.1.25.7.22 · Item · 1925
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

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)

Meat house
2007.1.25.7.28 · Item · [between 1925 and 1936]
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

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.