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2016.7.3.49 · File · June 1990
Part of Dr. Joselito Arocena fonds

File consists of slides depicting Joselito Arocena's University of Alberta PhD fieldwork. Arocena started his PhD fieldwork in 1988 under the supervision of Dr. Steve Pawluk.

2016.7.3.47 · File · June 1988
Part of Dr. Joselito Arocena fonds

File consists of slides depicting Joselito Arocena's University of Alberta PhD fieldwork at a research site in the Alberta foothills near Hinton. Arocena had just started his PhD fieldwork in 1988 under the supervision of Dr. Steve Pawluk. Persons depicted in the photographs include: Joselito Arocena (red hat), Dr. Steve Pawluk (blue hat), and Dr. Marvin Dudas. The photographer was Paul Sanborn, who was near completion of a 1-year post-doc with Dr. Pawluk.

2016.7.3.48 · File · May 1988
Part of Dr. Joselito Arocena fonds

File consists of slides depicting Joselito Arocena's University of Alberta PhD fieldwork at a research site in the Alberta foothills near Hinton. Arocena had just started his PhD fieldwork in 1988 under the supervision of Dr. Steve Pawluk. Persons depicted in the photographs include: Joselito Arocena, Dr. Steve Pawluk (blue hat), and Paul Sanborn.

2023.2.2.8.10 · File · 2003
Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

This file contains the following photographs in both print photograph and negative format:

Slims River delta
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 00’ 16.5” N, 138° 30’ 45.6” W, 790 m asl (± 11.0 m)
Print roll 3, #5A-6A: delta surface with salt efflorescences (Deschampsia caespitosa, Puchinella nuttalli, Aster siberica, Triglauca palustre); Juncus & Ranunculus on more active surface near river.

7A-9A: moister Deschampsia site, polygonal cracking patterns (W side of highway)

10A-12A: closeups of efflorescences

Cultus Bay / Rat Lake
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 09’ 57.1” N, 138° 25’ 25.5” W, 806 m asl (± 6.2 m)
Slides #17-15: Rat Lake area (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 3, #13A-16A)
Print roll 3, #17A-19A: Collema & Psora crusts on exposed ridge on coarser substrate where loess has blown off (Corresponding slides: Slide Roll 2 #14-13)

Y03-03 (Rat Lake)
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 10’ 3.5” N, 138° 25’ 37.2” W, 798.3 m asl (± 13.0 m)
Site Description: SW aspect, 45% slope; vegetation: Carex filifolia, A. frigida, Elymus trachycaulis
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

  • Y03-03-01 - Crust
  • Y03-03-02 - 0-9 cm - Ahk (10YR 4/2 m; weak-moderate, fine granular)
  • Y03-03-03 - 9-53 cm+ - Ck (2.5Y 6/3 m; massive)
    Print roll 3, #20A-22A (Corresponding slides: Slide Roll 2: #12-10)

Y03-04 (Rat Lake)
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 10’ 10.5” N, 138° 26’ 3.7” W, 800.2 m asl (± 8.7 m)
Site Description: S aspect, 40% slope; vegetation: Elymus, Artemisia, flax, Penstemon, Linum lewisii
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

  • Y03-04-01 - Crust
  • Y03-04-02 - 0-6 cm - Ck (strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-04-03 - 6-16 cm - Ahkb
  • Y03-04-04 -16-75 cm+ - Ck (strongly effervescent; includes Bmk pockets)
    Print roll 3, #25A-28A (Corresponding Slides: Slide Roll 2: #9-7)

Y03-05 (SE of Rat Lake)
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 9’ 43.2” N, 138° 25’ 34.8” W, 811.5 m asl (± 8.9 m)
Site Description: upper slope / crest; recent local sandy eolian veneer over older loess; vegetation: Carex, Elymus, Poa, Erigeron
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

  • Y03-05-01 - Crust
  • Y03-05-02 - 0-5 cm - Ahk
  • Y03-05-03 - 5-19 cm - Ck1
  • Y03-05-04 - 19-31 cm - Ahkb (siltier)
  • Y03-05-05 - 31-50 cm+ - Ck2
    Print roll 3, #34A-#E (Corresponding Slides: Slide Roll 2: Slides #6-1)
2023.2.2.8.11 · File · 2003
Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

This file contains the following photographs in both print photograph and negative format:

Y03-06
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 4’ 1.5” N, 138° 21’ 57.4” W, 825.3 m asl (± 9.5 m)
Site Description: top of slope, E aspect
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

  • Y03-06-01 - Crust
  • Y03-06-02 - 0-6 cm - Ahk (10YR 3/2 m; strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-06-03 - 6-14 cm - Bmk (2.5Y 3/3 m; strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-06-04 - 14 cm+ - IICk (strongly effervescent)
    Print roll 4, #1-2 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 3 #36-35)

Y03-07 (peninsula near Kluane visitor centre, Sheep Mt.)
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 1’ 42.8” N, 138° 29’ 36.2” W, 786.7 m asl (± 5.7 m)
Site Description:

  • recent (?) landslide with loess accumulation in pockets, thinner on boulder surfaces, dominated by dark cyanobacteria crusts
  • limited loess accumulation due to exposure of site
  • crust is calcareous at surface
    Sample Depths & Descriptions:
  • Y03-07-01 - Crust
  • Y03-07-02 - 0-6 cm - Ck
  • Y03-07-03 - 6-9 cm - Ahkb
  • Y03-07-03 - 9 cm+ - Rock
    Print roll 4, #3-10 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 3 #34-30)

Lower Slims River (lookout knoll at parking lot N of visitor centre)
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 56.4” N, 138° 33’ 36.4” W, 844.8 m asl (± 7.3 m)
Site Description: some fire disturbance, but lower slopes have more intact crusts on loess (calcareous to surface)
Print roll 4, #11-17 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 3 #29-26)

Lower Slims R (lowest bench below lookout knoll)
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 51.8” N, 138° 33’ 36.2” W, 814.3 m asl (± 7.9 m)
Site Description: not burned; good intact crust; vegetation: A. frigida, Calamogrostis purpurea, Erigeron caespitosus, Linnaea, Carex filifolia (sparse cover ~ 50%)
Print roll 4, #18-20 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 3, #25-23)

Slims Soil
(Holocene paleosol with well-developed B horizon under Neoglacial calcareous loess – location not recorded, but likely from roadcut exposure along main Slims R trail)
Print roll 4, #21 (Corresponding slides: Slides roll 3, #22)

S-facing opening above main trail
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 53.1” N, 138° 34’ 9.0” W, 822.9 m asl (± 15.0 m)
Site Description:

  • Nostoc crust, also with Collema
  • calcareous to surface
  • site has later successional stage, with Arctostaphylos & Juniperus starting to move in
    Print roll 4, # 22-25

Lower end of Sheep Creek
Date: August 11, 2003
Misc. views of grassland vegetation and landscape (locations not recorded)
Print roll 4, #26-33 (Corresponding slides: Slides roll 3, #21-18)

Overlook at lower end of Sheep Creek canyon
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 42.2” N, 138° 34’ 38.1” W, 878.0 m asl (± 9.5 m)
Site Description: heavy use by sheep (abundant droppings) but still has ~ 50% crust coverage
Print roll 4, #34-35 (Corresponding slides: Slides roll 3, #17-16)

Downvalley view toward Slims R delta, near Sheep Creek (?)
Date: August 11, 2003
(location not recorded)
Print roll 4, #36-E

2023.2.2.8.12 · File · 2003
Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

This file contains the following photographs in both print photograph and negative format:

Slims River delta
Date: August 11, 2003
(location not recorded)
Print roll 5, #1-3 (Corresponding slides: Slides roll 3, #15-14)

Grizzly bear
Date: August 12, 2003
(beside Cultus Bay Rd.; location not recorded)
Print roll 5, #6-7

Y03-08 (Cultus Bay Rd. – at top of switchbacks)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 3’ 43.1” N, 138° 21’ 4.0” W, 833.8 m asl (± 5.1 m)
Site Description: good exposure of loess (35 cm) with Slims Soil over glaciofluvial terrace – pinches out downslope [note: this site was sampled because of development of buried paleosol, and was not part of biological crust study by Marsh et al. (2006)]
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

  • Y03-08-01 - 45-48 cm - Ahkb (7.5YR 3/3 d; strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-08-02 - 48-56 cm - Bmkb (7.5YR 4/3 d; strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-08-03 - 56-70 cm - Ccab (2.5Y 5/2 d; strongly effervescent)
  • (not sampled) - 70 cm+ - IICca (glaciofluvial; strongly effervescent)
  • Intact sample: 56-36 cm - depth (including Slims Soil)
    Print roll 5, #8-10, 17-18 (Corresponding slides: Slides roll 3, #13-11, 5-4)

Y03-09 (cliff top on E. shore of Kluane L. at Christmas Bay)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 4’ 0.0” N, 138° 22’ 35.3” W, 828.3 m asl (± 7.3 m)
Site Description: ~ 60 cm loess over glaciofluvial gravels
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

  • Y03-09-01 - Nostoc crust
  • Y03-09-02 - Tortula ruralis – Cetraria crust
  • Y03-09-03 - 0-14 cm - ACk (10YR 3\2 d)
  • Y03-09-04 - 14-16 cm - Ahkb1 (10YR 2/2 d)
  • Y03-09-05 - 16-18 cm - Ck1 (10YR 4/3 d)
  • Y03-09-06 - 18-20 cm - Ahkb2 (10YR 3/2 d; discontinuous)
  • Y03-09-07 - 20-27 cm - Bmkb1 (10YR 4/3 d)
  • Y03-09-08 - 27-33 cm - Bmkb2 (7.5YR 4/3 d)
  • Y03-09-09 - 33-46 cm - Bmkb3 (10YR 4/3 d)
  • Y03-09-10 - 46-55 cm - Ck2 (2.5Y 5/3 d)
  • (not sampled) - 55-60 cm+ - IICk (glaciofluvial gravels)
    Print roll 5, #11-15 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 3, #10-6)

Y03-10 (shore bluff N. of Silver City)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 2’ 55.0” N, 138° 23’ 17.2” W, 806.7 m asl (± 7.3 m)
Site Description: 70% slope, SW aspect; vegetation: Elymus, Carex, Artemisia, Erigeron
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

  • Y03-10-01 - Crust
  • Y03-10-02 - 0-18 cm - ACk (10YR 4/2 m; strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-10-03 - 18-25 cm - Ahkb(?) (10YR 4/2 m; strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-10-04 - 25-40 cm - Ck (2.5Y 5/2.5 m; strongly effervescent)
  • (not sampled) - 40 cm+ - IICk (glaciofluvial gravels; strongly effervescent)
    Print roll 5, #19-22 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 3, #3-1)

Silver City ghost town (location not recorded)
Date: August 12, 2003
Print roll 5, #23-24

Y03-11 (Silver City road section)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 2’ 3.6” N, 138° 22’ 48.8” W, 806.7 m asl (± 8.7 m)
Site Description: roadcut through SW-facing hill exposes loess over glaciofluvial gravel, with 4 paleosols in colluviated loess
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

  • Y03-11-01 - 0-18 cm - ACk (fresh loess)
  • Y03-11-02 - 18-47 cm - Soil 1 – Bmk
  • Y03-11-03 - 47-100 cm - Loess
  • Y03-11-04 - 100-110 cm - Soil 2 – includes charcoal
  • Y03-11-05 - 110-160 cm - Loess with secondary carbonate in root channel
  • Y03-11-06 - 160-170 cm - Soil 3 – Ahk with charcoal
  • Y03-11-07 - 160-170 cm - Soil 3 – Bmk
  • Y03-11-08 - 170-198 cm - Loess with secondary carbonate in root channel
  • Y03-11-09 - 198-202 cm - Soil 4 – Ahk – laterally continuous for ~ 1.5 m
  • Y03-11-10 - 202-230 cm - Loess with secondary carbonates in roots
  • Y03-11-11 - 230-255 cm - Soil 5 – Ahk – includes abundant charcoal bands
  • Y03-11-12 - 230-255 cm - Soil 5 – Bmk – infilled squirrel burrows immediately below
  • Y03-11-13 - 255-300 cm+ - Loess
    Additional notes on modern soil & paleosols:
    Soil 1
  • consists of Bmk horizon material with 2 distinct colours: 7.5YR 4/3 d & 10YR 4/3 d
  • loess between Soils 1 & 3 is sandier
    Soil 2
  • 90% Ahk material, 2-10 cm thick
  • Ahk – 10YR 3/2 d
  • Bmk – 7.5YR 4/2 d
  • less abundant carbonate than in paleosols & loess below
    Soil 3 - most of exposure has Ahk (2-5 cm thick) over Bmk (4-10 cm thick), with carbonates as for Soil 5
    Soil 4 - mostly Ahk (10YR 3/2 d) material 2-8 cm thick, some Bmk (10YR 4/2 d) < 2 cm thick, with carbonates as for Soil 5
    Soil 5
  • complex intermixing of Ahk & Bmk material, charcoal most abundant in Ahk
  • individual colour bands 2-10 cm thick
  • overall dip of horizons (10° to W) is parallel to surface
  • similar size & density of secondary carbonates as in loess above & below; associated with root channels, < 5 mm diameter, covering ~ 5% of surface
    Print roll 5, #26-30 (Corresponding slides: Slide roll 4, #36-32)
2023.2.2.8.07 · File · 2003
Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

Slide roll contains the following photographs:

Cultus Bay / Rat Lake
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 09’ 57.1” N, 138° 25’ 25.5” W, 806 m asl (± 6.2 m)
Slides #17-15: Rat Lake area (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 3, #13A-16A)
Slides #14-13: Collema & Psora crusts on exposed ridge on coarser substrate where loess has blown off (Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 3, #17A-19A)

Y03-03 (Rat Lake)
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 10’ 3.5” N, 138° 25’ 37.2” W, 798.3 m asl (± 13.0 m)
Site Description: SW aspect, 45% slope; vegetation: Carex filifolia, A. frigida, Elymus trachycaulis
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

  • Y03-03-01 - Crust
  • Y03-03-02 - 0-9 cm - Ahk (10YR 4/2 m; weak-moderate, fine granular)
  • Y03-03-03 - 9-53 cm+ - Ck (2.5Y 6/3 m; massive)
    Slides #12-10 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 3, #20A-22A)

Y03-04 (Rat Lake)
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 10’ 10.5” N, 138° 26’ 3.7” W, 800.2 m asl (± 8.7 m)
Site Description: S aspect, 40% slope; vegetation: Elymus, Artemisia, flax, Penstemon, Linum lewisii
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

  • Y03-04-01 - Crust
  • Y03-04-02 - 0-6 cm - Ck (strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-04-03 - 6-16 cm - Ahkb
  • Y03-04-04 -16-75 cm+ - Ck (strongly effervescent; includes Bmk pockets)
    Slides #9-7 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 3, #25A-28A)

Y03-05 (SE of Rat Lake)
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 9’ 43.2” N, 138° 25’ 34.8” W, 811.5 m asl (± 8.9 m)
Site Description: upper slope / crest; recent local sandy eolian veneer over older loess; vegetation: Carex, Elymus, Poa, Erigeron
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

  • Y03-05-01 - Crust
  • Y03-05-02 - 0-5 cm - Ahk
  • Y03-05-03 - 5-19 cm - Ck1
  • Y03-05-04 - 19-31 cm - Ahkb (siltier)
  • Y03-05-05 - 31-50 cm+ - Ck2
    Slides #6-1 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 3, #34A-#E)
2023.2.2.8.08 · File · 2003
Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

Slide roll contains the following photographs:

Y03-06
Date: August 10, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 4’ 1.5” N, 138° 21’ 57.4” W, 825.3 m asl (± 9.5 m)
Site Description: top of slope, E aspect
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

  • Y03-06-01 - Crust
  • Y03-06-02 - 0-6 cm - Ahk (10YR 3/2 m; strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-06-03 - 6-14 cm - Bmk (2.5Y 3/3 m; strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-06-04 - 14 cm+ - IICk (strongly effervescent)
    Slide roll 3 #36-35 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #1-2)

Y03-07 (peninsula near Kluane visitor centre, Sheep Mt.)
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 1’ 42.8” N, 138° 29’ 36.2” W, 786.7 m asl (± 5.7 m)
Site Description:

  • recent (?) landslide with loess accumulation in pockets, thinner on boulder surfaces, dominated by dark cyanobacteria crusts
  • limited loess accumulation due to exposure of site
  • crust is calcareous at surface
    Sample Depths & Descriptions:
  • Y03-07-01 - Crust
  • Y03-07-02 - 0-6 cm - Ck
  • Y03-07-03 - 6-9 cm - Ahkb
  • Y03-07-03 - 9 cm+ - Rock
    Slide roll 3 #34-30 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #3-10)

Lower Slims River (lookout knoll at parking lot N of visitor centre)
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 56.4” N, 138° 33’ 36.4” W, 844.8 m asl (± 7.3 m)
Site Description: some fire disturbance, but lower slopes have more intact crusts on loess (calcareous to surface)
Slide roll 3 #29-26 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #11-17)

Lower Slims R (lowest bench below lookout knoll)
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 51.8” N, 138° 33’ 36.2” W, 814.3 m asl (± 7.9 m)
Site Description: not burned; good intact crust; vegetation: A. frigida, Calamogrostis purpurea, Erigeron caespitosus, Linnaea, Carex filifolia (sparse cover ~ 50%)
Slide roll 3, #25-23 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #18-20)

Slims Soil
(Holocene paleosol with well-developed B horizon under Neoglacial calcareous loess – location not recorded, but likely from roadcut exposure along main Slims R trail)
Slides roll 3, #22 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #21)

Lower end of Sheep Creek
Date: August 11, 2003
Misc. views of grassland vegetation and landscape (locations not recorded)
Slides roll 3, #21-18 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #26-33)

Overlook at lower end of Sheep Creek canyon
Date: August 11, 2003
Location Coordinates: 60° 59’ 42.2” N, 138° 34’ 38.1” W, 878.0 m asl (± 9.5 m)
Site Description: heavy use by sheep (abundant droppings) but still has ~ 50% crust coverage
Slides roll 3, #17-16 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 4, #34-35)

Slims River delta
Date: August 11, 2003
(location not recorded)
Slides roll 3, #15-14: salt efflorescences (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 5, #1-3)

Y03-08 (Cultus Bay Rd. – at top of switchbacks)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 3’ 43.1” N, 138° 21’ 4.0” W, 833.8 m asl (± 5.1 m)
Site Description: good exposure of loess (35 cm) with Slims Soil over glaciofluvial terrace – pinches out downslope [note: this site was sampled because of development of buried paleosol, and was not part of biological crust study by Marsh et al. (2006)]
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

  • Y03-08-01 - 45-48 cm - Ahkb (7.5YR 3/3 d; strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-08-02 - 48-56 cm - Bmkb (7.5YR 4/3 d; strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-08-03 - 56-70 cm - Ccab (2.5Y 5/2 d; strongly effervescent)
  • (not sampled) - 70 cm+ - IICca (glaciofluvial; strongly effervescent)
  • Intact sample: 56-36 cm - depth (including Slims Soil)
    Slides roll 3, #13-11, 5-4 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 5, #8-10, 17-18)

Y03-09 (cliff top on E. shore of Kluane L. at Christmas Bay)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 4’ 0.0” N, 138° 22’ 35.3” W, 828.3 m asl (± 7.3 m)
Site Description: ~ 60 cm loess over glaciofluvial gravels
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

  • Y03-09-01 - Nostoc crust
  • Y03-09-02 - Tortula ruralis – Cetraria crust
  • Y03-09-03 - 0-14 cm - ACk (10YR 3\2 d)
  • Y03-09-04 - 14-16 cm - Ahkb1 (10YR 2/2 d)
  • Y03-09-05 - 16-18 cm - Ck1 (10YR 4/3 d)
  • Y03-09-06 - 18-20 cm - Ahkb2 (10YR 3/2 d; discontinuous)
  • Y03-09-07 - 20-27 cm - Bmkb1 (10YR 4/3 d)
  • Y03-09-08 - 27-33 cm - Bmkb2 (7.5YR 4/3 d)
  • Y03-09-09 - 33-46 cm - Bmkb3 (10YR 4/3 d)
  • Y03-09-10 - 46-55 cm - Ck2 (2.5Y 5/3 d)
  • (not sampled) - 55-60 cm+ - IICk (glaciofluvial gravels)
    Slide roll 3, #10-6 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 5, #11-15)

Y03-10 (shore bluff N. of Silver City)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 2’ 55.0” N, 138° 23’ 17.2” W, 806.7 m asl (± 7.3 m)
Site Description: 70% slope, SW aspect; vegetation: Elymus, Carex, Artemisia, Erigeron
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

  • Y03-10-01 - Crust
  • Y03-10-02 - 0-18 cm - ACk (10YR 4/2 m; strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-10-03 - 18-25 cm - Ahkb(?) (10YR 4/2 m; strongly effervescent)
  • Y03-10-04 - 25-40 cm - Ck (2.5Y 5/2.5 m; strongly effervescent)
  • (not sampled) - 40 cm+ - IICk (glaciofluvial gravels; strongly effervescent)
    Slide roll 3, #3-1 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 5, #19-22)
2023.2.2.8.09 · File · 2003
Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

Slide roll contains the following photographs:

Y03-11 (Silver City road section)
Date: August 12, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 2’ 3.6” N, 138° 22’ 48.8” W, 806.7 m asl (± 8.7 m)
Site Description: roadcut through SW-facing hill exposes loess over glaciofluvial gravel, with 4 paleosols in colluviated loess
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

  • Y03-11-01 - 0-18 cm - ACk (fresh loess)
  • Y03-11-02 - 18-47 cm - Soil 1 – Bmk
  • Y03-11-03 - 47-100 cm - Loess
  • Y03-11-04 - 100-110 cm - Soil 2 – includes charcoal
  • Y03-11-05 - 110-160 cm - Loess with secondary carbonate in root channel
  • Y03-11-06 - 160-170 cm - Soil 3 – Ahk with charcoal
  • Y03-11-07 - 160-170 cm - Soil 3 – Bmk
  • Y03-11-08 - 170-198 cm - Loess with secondary carbonate in root channel
  • Y03-11-09 - 198-202 cm - Soil 4 – Ahk – laterally continuous for ~ 1.5 m
  • Y03-11-10 - 202-230 cm - Loess with secondary carbonates in roots
  • Y03-11-11 - 230-255 cm - Soil 5 – Ahk – includes abundant charcoal bands
  • Y03-11-12 - 230-255 cm - Soil 5 – Bmk – infilled squirrel burrows immediately below
  • Y03-11-13 - 255-300 cm+ - Loess
    Additional notes on modern soil & paleosols:
    Soil 1
  • consists of Bmk horizon material with 2 distinct colours: 7.5YR 4/3 d & 10YR 4/3 d
  • loess between Soils 1 & 3 is sandier
    Soil 2
  • 90% Ahk material, 2-10 cm thick
  • Ahk – 10YR 3/2 d
  • Bmk – 7.5YR 4/2 d
  • less abundant carbonate than in paleosols & loess below
    Soil 3 - most of exposure has Ahk (2-5 cm thick) over Bmk (4-10 cm thick), with carbonates as for Soil 5
    Soil 4 - mostly Ahk (10YR 3/2 d) material 2-8 cm thick, some Bmk (10YR 4/2 d) < 2 cm thick, with carbonates as for Soil 5
    Soil 5
  • complex intermixing of Ahk & Bmk material, charcoal most abundant in Ahk
  • individual colour bands 2-10 cm thick
  • overall dip of horizons (10° to W) is parallel to surface
  • similar size & density of secondary carbonates as in loess above & below; associated with root channels, < 5 mm diameter, covering ~ 5% of surface
    Slide roll 4, #36-32 (corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 5, #26-30)

Y03-12 (island off Slims River delta)
Date: August 13, 2003
Location Coordinates: 61° 1’ 9.1” N, 138° 29’ 27.9” W, 819 m asl (± 6.0 m)
Site Description: good grassland development on undulating aeolian veneer over bedrock, SW aspect; vegetation: A. frigida, C. purpurescens, P. glauca, Erigeron, Plantago, Oxytropis; good crust cover, mossy on more northerly aspects
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

  • Y03-12-01 - Crust
  • Y03-12-02 - 0-10 cm - ACk
    Slide roll 4, #31-10 (miscellaneous site views of Y03-12 & Slims R delta island)
2023.2.2.8.17 · File · 2004
Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

This file contains the following photographs in both print photograph and negative format:

Thorsen Bay
Print roll 11, #01-2A
Corresponding slides: slide roll 6, #12-10

Y04-19 (27.5 km on Cultus Bay Rd., near Thorsen Bay)
Date: July 22, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 12’ 3.0” N, 138º 28’ 58.3’ W, 819 m asl (± 18.9 m)
Site Description: Roadcut at base of 30º, E-facing slope. Colluviated loess overlies sandy glaciofluvial at 120 cm. Prominent paleosol with “cumulic” B horizon at 80-120 cm, with strong effervescence throughout exposure.
Print roll 11, #3A-5A (profile), #6A-10A (landscape)
Corresponding slides: slide roll 6, #9-7 (profile), #6-1 (landscape)

Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-19-01 – charcoal at 95 cm
Roadcut opposite ~ 30 m to NE on grassy S aspect (10° slope) with 15-20 cm of calcareous loess and sand over 2 cm White River ash; strongly effervescent throughout.
Print roll 11, #11A-12A (profile)
Corresponding slides: slide roll 7, #36-35 (profile)

Thorsen Bay landscape
Print roll 11, #13A-16A
Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #34-32

Y04-20B
Date: July 22, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 10’ 16.5” N, 138º 26’ 18.7’ W, 797.5 m asl (± 5.9 m)
Site Description: wind-eroded Slims soil on glaciolacustrine with contorted bedding (exposed on blown-out roadcut); calcareous to surface; White R ash pockets at 10-20 cm; S aspect, 5° slope.
Print roll 11, #17A-21A
Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #31-26

Y04-22
Date: July 22, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 9’ 39.24” N, 138º 25’ 7.8’ W, 790.6 m asl (± 6.4 m)
Site Description: toe of 30° slope, W aspect (grassy slope with poplar at toe); 1.0-1.2 of colluviated loess over gravelly glaciofluvial with buried soil at 70-80 cm
Print roll 11, #22A-24A
Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #25-24

2023.2.2.8.18 · File · 2004
Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

This file contains the following photographs in both print photograph and negative format:

Cultus Bay Rd.
(landscape views looking W from road; lake is likely at ~61°4’ 10.5”N, 138°22’ 31.5”)
Print roll 12, #0A-2A
Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #23-22

Keyhole Pond (landscape views)
Print roll 12, #3A-4A

Y04-23 (Saddle W of Keyhole Pond)
Date: July 22, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 4’ 46.5” N, 138º 22’ 32.2’ W, 828 m asl (± 8.0 m)
Site Description: 7º, NW-facing slope. Cumulic profile in colluviated loess with White River tephra at 10 cm, brownish paleosol at 23-27 cm, glaciofluvial sand at 50 cm.
Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-23-01 – charcoal at 23-27 cm, immediately above paleosol
Print roll 12, #5A-6A
(Location not recorded: Print roll 12, #7A-8A)

Y04-24 (W side of Rat Lake)
Date: July 22, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 9’ 54.6” N, 138º 25’ 41.6” W, 807.7 m asl (± 13.5 m)
Site Description: 23° slope, NE aspect; cumulic profile with White R ash at 20 cm; no obvious charcoal bands.
Print roll 12, #9A-10A (9A print is missing)

"Ian's Lake"(W of NW corner of Rat Lake)
Location Coordinates: 61º 10’ 1.4” N, 138º 25’ 47.7” W, 773.4 m asl (± 9.8 m) (coordinates are for ridge crest on NE side of lake)
Site Description: basal date 700 BP in terrestrial sediments; NE side has grassy 30°slope
Print roll 12, #11A

Y04-25 (S shore of “Ian’s Lake”, NW of Rat Lake)
Date: July 22, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 10’ 0.7” N, 138º 25’ 49.2” W, 781.8 m asl (± 8.8 m)
Site Description: 35 cm of colluviated loess over gravelly sandy glaciofluvial; no visible charcoal bands; buried soil at 25-35 cm; White R ash at 6-8 cm.
Print roll 12, #12A-13A

Y04-26 (EW)
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 1’ 59.8” N, 138º 21’ 53.6” W, 836.1 m asl (± 7.7 m)
Site Description: grassland at crest of 33° terrace scarp, S aspect.
Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-26-01 – 0-10 cm
Print roll 12, #14A-15A
Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #21-20

Y04-27
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 2’ 0.9” N, 138º 21’ 53.6” W, 843.6 m asl (± 5.8 m) (~ 35 m N of Y04-26)
Site Description: spruce forest on terrace surface; level.

  • 0-8 cm - Loess-rich forest floor; strongly calcareous.
  • 8-13 cm - Bmk
  • 13-15 cm - Discontinuous pockets of White R ash
  • 15-35 cm - Bmk (Slims soil) – no charcoal visible
  • 35-75 cm - Gray calcareous loess.
  • 75 cm+ - Gravelly sandy glaciofluvial deposit.
    Print roll 12, #16A-17A
    Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #19-18

Y04-28 (EW)
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 2’ 34.4” N, 138º 21’ 57.0” W, 820.2 m asl (± 6.1 m)
Site Description: grassland on esker crest W of Jenny L; 30° slope, SW aspect
Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-28-01: 0-10 cm
Print roll 12, #18A-19A
Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #17-16

Y04-30 (between eskers, W of Jenny Lake)
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 2’ 31.6” N, 138º 21’ 52.3’ W, 817.6 m asl (± 6.1 m)
Site Description: Level (base of saddle). Colluviated loess to 90 cm+, with White River tephra at 15-17 cm, brownish paleosol at 17-35 cm, underlain by turbated Bmku with multiple charcoal-rich bands.
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

  • Y04-30-01 – charcoal at 13 cm (above WR tephra)
  • Y04-30-02 – charcoal at 22 cm (below WR tephra)
  • Y04-30-03 – charcoal at 75 cm
    Print roll 12, #20A-22A
    Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #15-13

Jenny Lake (landscape views)
Print roll 12, #23A-24A

2023.2.2.8.19 · File · 2004
Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

This file contains the following photographs in both print photograph and negative format:

Y04-31 (EW)
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 3’ 9.2” N, 138º 21’ 30.3’ W, 837.2 m asl (± 6.4 m)
Site Description: crest of N-S esker ridge
Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-31-01: 0-10 cm
Print roll 13, #1-3
Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #12-11

Y04-32
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 3’ 7.4” N, 138º 21’ 27.7’ W, 823.7 m asl (± 13.7 m)
Site Description: toeslope on NE side of same ridge as for Y04-31; 20° slope, NE aspect; Cryosol with permafrost at 34 cm; 30 cm of forest floor organic horizons; abundant charred wood fragments at top of mineral soil & in lowest part of organic horizon.
Print roll 13, #4-5
Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #10-9

Y04-34
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 3’ 47.7” N, 138º 21’ 2.5’ W, 838 m asl
Site Description: Toe of 30º, W-facing grassland slope. Colluviated loess with White River tephra at 8-9 cm, brownish paleosol (9-35 cm), overlying sandy glaciofluvial at 35-70 cm+.
Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-34-01: charcoal at 34 cm
Print roll 13, #6-7
Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #8-7

Y04-35 (EW)
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 3’ 49.9” N, 138º 21’ 1.1” W, 854.4 m asl (± 6.3 m)
Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-35-01: 0 – 10 cm
Print roll 13, #8-10 (Location not recorded: Print roll 13, #11-12)
Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #6-5

Y04-36
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 8’ 11.5” N, 138º 25’ 50.8” W, 825.6 m asl (± 14.5 m)
Site Description:

  • 10-0 cm - LF
  • 0-15 cm - Bmk1 (7.5YR 4/6 m)
  • 15-28 cm - Bmk2 (2.5Y 4/3 m)
  • 28-48 cm - Ck
  • 48-55 cm+ - IICk (sandy gravelly glaciofluvial)
  • No charcoal visible in mineral horizons
    Print roll 13, #13-14
    Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, #4-3

Y04-37
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: (roadcut adjacent to Y04-36)
Site Description: multiple colour bands in Slims soil; some charcoal blobs (not sampled) which are right size to have been roots.
Print roll 13, #15-19
Corresponding slides: Slide roll 7, # 2-1

2023.2.2.8.14 · File · 2004
Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

Slide roll contains the following photographs:

Thorsen Bay
Print roll 11, #01-2A; slide roll 6, #12-10

Y04-19 (27.5 km on Cultus Bay Rd., near Thorsen Bay)
Date: July 22, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 12’ 3.0” N, 138º 28’ 58.3’ W, 819 m asl (± 18.9 m)
Site Description: Roadcut at base of 30º, E-facing slope. Colluviated loess overlies sandy glaciofluvial at 120 cm. Prominent paleosol with “cumulic” B horizon at 80-120 cm, with strong effervescence throughout exposure.
Slide roll 6, #9-7 (profile), #6-1 (landscape)
Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 11, #3A-5A (profile), #6A-10A (landscape)

2023.2.2.8.15 · File · 2004
Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

Slide roll contains the following photographs:

Y04-19 (27.5 km on Cultus Bay Rd., near Thorsen Bay)
Date: July 22, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 12’ 3.0” N, 138º 28’ 58.3’ W, 819 m asl (± 18.9 m)
Site Description: Roadcut at base of 30º, E-facing slope. Colluviated loess overlies sandy glaciofluvial at 120 cm. Prominent paleosol with “cumulic” B horizon at 80-120 cm, with strong effervescence throughout exposure.
Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-19-01 – charcoal at 95 cm
Roadcut opposite ~ 30 m to NE on grassy S aspect (10° slope) with 15-20 cm of calcareous loess and sand over 2 cm White River ash; strongly effervescent throughout.
Slide roll 7, #36-35 (profile)
Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 11, #11A-12A (profile)

Thorsen Bay landscape
Slide roll 7, #34-32
Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 11, #13A-16A

Y04-20B
Date: July 22, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 10’ 16.5” N, 138º 26’ 18.7’ W, 797.5 m asl (± 5.9 m)
Site Description: wind-eroded Slims soil on glaciolacustrine with contorted bedding (exposed on blown-out roadcut); calcareous to surface; White R ash pockets at 10-20 cm; S aspect, 5° slope.
Slide roll 7, #31-26
Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 11, #17A-21A

Y04-22
Date: July 22, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 9’ 39.24” N, 138º 25’ 7.8’ W, 790.6 m asl (± 6.4 m)
Site Description: toe of 30° slope, W aspect (grassy slope with poplar at toe); 1.0-1.2 of colluviated loess over gravelly glaciofluvial with buried soil at 70-80 cm
Slide roll 7, #25-24
Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 11, #22A-24A

Cultus Bay Rd.
(landscape views looking W from road; lake is likely at ~61°4’ 10.5”N, 138°22’ 31.5”)
Slide roll 7, #23-22
Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 12, #0A-2A

Y04-26 (EW)
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 1’ 59.8” N, 138º 21’ 53.6” W, 836.1 m asl (± 7.7 m)
Site Description: grassland at crest of 33° terrace scarp, S aspect.
Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-26-01 – 0-10 cm
Slide roll 7, #21-20
Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 12, #14A-15A

Y04-27
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 2’ 0.9” N, 138º 21’ 53.6” W, 843.6 m asl (± 5.8 m) (~ 35 m N of Y04-26)
Site Description: spruce forest on terrace surface; level.

  • 0-8 cm - Loess-rich forest floor; strongly calcareous.
  • 8-13 cm - Bmk
  • 13-15 cm - Discontinuous pockets of White R ash
  • 15-35 cm - Bmk (Slims soil) – no charcoal visible
  • 35-75 cm - Gray calcareous loess.
  • 75 cm+ - Gravelly sandy glaciofluvial deposit.
    Slide roll 7, #19-18
    Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 12, #16A-17A

Y04-28 (EW)
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 2’ 34.4” N, 138º 21’ 57.0” W, 820.2 m asl (± 6.1 m)
Site Description: grassland on esker crest W of Jenny L; 30° slope, SW aspect
Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-28-01: 0-10 cm
Slide roll 7, #17-16
Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 12, #18A-19A

Y04-30 (between eskers, W of Jenny Lake)
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 2’ 31.6” N, 138º 21’ 52.3’ W, 817.6 m asl (± 6.1 m)
Site Description: Level (base of saddle). Colluviated loess to 90 cm+, with White River tephra at 15-17 cm, brownish paleosol at 17-35 cm, underlain by turbated Bmku with multiple charcoal-rich bands.
Sample Depths & Descriptions:

  • Y04-30-01 – charcoal at 13 cm (above WR tephra)
  • Y04-30-02 – charcoal at 22 cm (below WR tephra)
  • Y04-30-03 – charcoal at 75 cm
    Slide roll 7, #15-13
    Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 12, #20A-22A

Y04-31 (EW)
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 3’ 9.2” N, 138º 21’ 30.3’ W, 837.2 m asl (± 6.4 m)
Site Description: crest of N-S esker ridge
Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-31-01: 0-10 cm
Slide roll 7, #12-11
Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 13, #1-3

Y04-32
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 3’ 7.4” N, 138º 21’ 27.7’ W, 823.7 m asl (± 13.7 m)
Site Description: toeslope on NE side of same ridge as for Y04-31; 20° slope, NE aspect; Cryosol with permafrost at 34 cm; 30 cm of forest floor organic horizons; abundant charred wood fragments at top of mineral soil & in lowest part of organic horizon.
Slide roll 7, #10-9
Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 13, #4-5

Y04-34
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 3’ 47.7” N, 138º 21’ 2.5’ W, 838 m asl
Site Description: Toe of 30º, W-facing grassland slope. Colluviated loess with White River tephra at 8-9 cm, brownish paleosol (9-35 cm), overlying sandy glaciofluvial at 35-70 cm+.
Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-34-01: charcoal at 34 cm
Slide roll 7, #8-7
Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 13, #6-7

Y04-35 (EW)
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 3’ 49.9” N, 138º 21’ 1.1” W, 854.4 m asl (± 6.3 m)
Sample Depths & Descriptions: Y04-35-01: 0 – 10 cm
Slide roll 7, #6-5
Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 13, #8-10
(Location not recorded: Print roll 13, #11-12)

Y04-36
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: 61º 8’ 11.5” N, 138º 25’ 50.8” W, 825.6 m asl (± 14.5 m)
Site Description:

  • 10-0 cm - LF
  • 0-15 cm - Bmk1 (7.5YR 4/6 m)
  • 15-28 cm - Bmk2 (2.5Y 4/3 m)
  • 28-48 cm - Ck
  • 48-55 cm+ - IICk (sandy gravelly glaciofluvial)
  • No charcoal visible in mineral horizons
    Slide roll 7, #4-3
    Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 13, #13-14

Y04-37
Date: July 23, 2004
Location Coordinates: (roadcut adjacent to Y04-36)
Site Description: multiple colour bands in Slims soil; some charcoal blobs (not sampled) which are right size to have been roots.
Slide roll 7, # 2-1
Corresponding prints and negatives: Print roll 13, #15-19

2023.2.2.13.2 · File · Jul. 2007
Part of Dr. Paul Sanborn fonds

These images were obtained on the helicopter flights to and from the Klutlan Glacier study site. The outbound sequence (#5590-5706) starts from the base camp at the White River crossing on the Alaska Highway and heads south, to a point just upvalley of the debris-covered terminus (approx. 10-15 km from Alaska border), and turning back north to the landing spot on the Generc River floodplain close to the study site (see Fig. 1 in paper). On the return leg at the end of the day, the flight initially went upvalley to pick up another party (#5884-5926), before turning north and returning to base camp (#5929-5993).

2012.13.2.02.61 · File · 1989
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to land exploration and surveying in British Columbia by Alfred R.C. Selwyn, who was a British geologist and public servant, director of the Geological Survey of Victoria from 1852 to 1869, director of the Geological Survey of Canada from 1869 to 1894, and President of the Royal Society of Canada from 1895 to 1896. Includes: "Photography: Mirror of the Past" American History magazine special edition (Sept. 1989) and a photocopied article "Ninety Years Later" by F.C. Swannell from The Beaver magazine (1956). File also includes reproduced photographs depicting scenes from Selwyn's exploration around British Columbia (1989).

Maintenance Projects
2000.1.1.2.07 · File · 1977 - 1981, predominant 1977-1978
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photographs depict different construction projects at separate locations in Cassiar. Photographs were originally housed in envelopes with the following annotations: "POLICE STATION. July 15, 1977."; "Aggregates and Concrete (PERMASTEEL)"; "Fibre Storage and Handling"; "Powerhouse Expansion"; "Sewage Collection Plant."; "Sewage Treatment Plant"; "Single Person Accommodations - Site Work."; "Outside Work - Camp Nos. 1,2,3." Photos generally feature the work sites, supplies, vehicles, machinery, and work in progress at each location.

Additional photographs integrated into file include maintenance project on lining of tubes, lining of aspiration hood, and lining of willow fiberizer. Also five photographs of maintenance in the townsite to fix in ground piping.

Minorities in science
2002.14.1.05.015 · File · 1991-1996
Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

File consists of research materials concerning minorities in the sciences. Materials include photocopied newsletter, newspaper clipping from the Montreal Gazette on racial discrimination, a paper by one of Dr. Ainley's students, Dr. Glenda C. Prkachin's CV, printed images of landscapes and women on paper, and 2 overhead transparencies. Finally, file includes a collection of archival reproductions of photographs from Dr. Elinor Huntsman Manson's collection.

2000.1.1.2.06 · File · 1 August - 11 March 1971
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photographs depict construction of the new mill, each taken from approximately the same distance and featuring two different angles of the building. Construction work progresses from framework to sheeting and siding. Vehicles, piles of building supplies, and a construction trailer are often in foreground, mountains in background. It is believed that these photographs were taken during a labour dispute. Each photo has been annotated on recto with the date and time of day, and some document the number of workers on site. Annotations include: "2 days work", "work gets less & less", "not much for 4 men", "very little done - less than usual low performance", "0° - 20° weather must have thickened their blood".

NRES brochures
2016.7.3.41 · File · 2003-2005
Part of Dr. Joselito Arocena fonds

File consists of digital images for use in UNBC NRES brochures. Also includes accompanying text for the brochures.

Plantsite
2000.1.1.3.18 · File · 1953 - 1989
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

This file contains operations at the plantsite:
Below is synopsis of the item level descriptions (see each item for further description)

  • locations depicted at Plantsite: mill building, dry rock storage building, tailings pile, gravel pit, power house, and office.
  • delivery and installation of a Caterpillar engine, welding repairs underway on a Rustin Diesel Engine in the power house, staff portrait taken by the main office building, and fibre testing
    Not done to item level but integrated into subseries file:
  • Photographic negatives included depict milling and packaging machinery in the mill building.
  • 93 slides depicting various activities and equipment at the plantsite including: dry rock storage, screens, collectors, loading trucks, bagging, pallets, tailing pile, lab work by engineers, lab equipment, fibre testing, and fibre samples.
  • photographs of conveyor foundations, tailings equipment, Grizzly truck, containers from site mechanical inspection, and portable crushing plant in June 1991.
  • photos of fibre samples from lab - on display
  • collection of photos of 1970 Mill modification Program of April 1978
  • collection of photos from 1961 and 1962 of plantsite lab and asbestos samples. file labeled "Suter - Webb VU Graph Analysis" and "Suter - Webb and Turner Comb Analysis"
  • Pressure Packer modification photos done by Chapman Industries in 1986
  • Powerhouse equipment from 1979
  • additional 43 slides of inside the mill in June 1978. Slides were used at a board meeting.
  • negatives of inside of mill
  • A photo album of 162 photographs depicting various operations at the plantsite including: drill dust collector, outdoor surroundings, conveyors, and the mine site. (album was originally labelled "Cassiar Plantsite).
Russian Mine Tour
2000.1.1.1.13 · File · [between 1951 and 1992]
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

Photographic negatives depict men on tour in unknown locations in Russia. Images depict urban areas, mining areas, construction of buildings, railway, mineral samples, and equipment including dump truck and electric shovel. Also includes images of area speculated to be a mine pit. Men on tour are dressed in formal attire.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on envelope containing negatives: "Russian 'Asbest' Mine Slides" "7 copies of each - 23 negatives - 161 prints".

SBS research
2016.7.3.06 · File · 10 Sept. 1995
Part of Dr. Joselito Arocena fonds

File consists of slides excerpted from an envelope entitled "Brandon fire". The slides appear to depict research on SBS soil.

Shipping & Transportation
2000.1.1.3.21 · File · 1962 - 1983
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

File contains photographs pertaining to the transportation of asbestos fibre.

  • These include portraits of Clinton trailer trucks, trucks from the Cassiar Transport Division at Mile 860 on the Alaskan Highway, the assembly of large freight trucks, an unidentified bridge, and ships and buildings at the Cassiar Shipping Facilities at Pier 94 on the Asbestos Warf in North Vancouver, B.C.
  • Twenty-three photographs dated 1982 depict asbestos fiber bales on pallets and inside shipping containers, with accompanying annotations commenting on the quality of the packing. Several images show fibre bales broken during shipment. An accompanying note reads: "SMD - please ensure this cannot reoccur.", and a photo caption reads: "pierced bags are resulting as an environmental problem as fibre is beginning to build up in certain containers." One of the photographs depicting the Cassiar Transport Division was used for promotional posters with the following commentary: "The Cassiar Transport Division operates out of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory and is responsible for delivering the asbestos to the White Pass and Yukon Route terminal in Whitehorse. Fuel oil and supplies are backhauled to the mines. By the end of 1967, the fleet will consist of 65 tractor-trailer units, each of which will carry 23 tons of asbestos. The distance from Whitehorse to Cassiar is 357 miles and Clinton is 403 miles. During the past year, the Division's trucks traveled 2,213,534 miles and handled 75,100 tons, and the mileage to 3.5 million miles. This is a year-round operation and convoys arrive at the mine daily in spite of the long difficult haul. The Division currently employs 43 drivers and 35 mechanics and operates its own maintenance and rebuild facilities in Whitehorse. Over the years these men have established and enviable record of safety, cost and performance."
  • Additional photographs that have been integrated depict the Asbestos wharf and its condition, 31 slides of wharf, maps of shipping routes, storage, forklifts, shipping trucks, and packaged asbestos.
  • Also included in this file are two copies of a "Photo Survey - Cassiar Ton Units - "Amstelveld & Trojoland" on arrival to Brisbane & Sidney - August 1967." This collection of photographs is a part of an assessment of the efficiency of shipping and transport to Australia from Cassiar. Pictures include: loading, forklifts, storage, ripped bags, broken straps, wharfs, trucks, slings. There are accompanied annotations with each of the photos explaining the safety hazards or inefficiency of the situation. This report was found inside a box linked to James Hardie Industries Ltd. This company is not mentioned in the photograph annotations, but could be related to the report since James Hardie Industries Ltd. was a key player in asbestos mining and manufacturing in Australia.
  • Collection of photos of roadside spill of Asbestos, depicting a man with shovel cleaning up on 5 June 1985
  • Photos from Eternit Societe Anonyme (a European company that Cassiar shipped to) of packaged Asbestos in storage in 1967
  • Collection of photos of James Hardie Coy. Pty. Ltd. shipment of asbestos that was not stored or transported effectively. Many photos depict broken bags as a result of inadequate storage and forklift punctures.
  • Collection of photos of Cassiar/Stewart Road Proposal. Photos depict tests of the various stages of shipping and transportation process including forklift tests, Marineo Sling tests, stacking tests, durability tests, container loading tests, problems with current units etc. Also included is a marketing drawing if proposed shipping plan - drawn by "Stewart 1977."
  • Photos of shipping process of Turners Asbestos Fibres Lmt. Photos depict lowering asbestos pallets onto barge with swing, and storage on barge.
  • Collection of photos of a shipment of asbestos, but the bags of fibre are not identified as a Cassiar shipment therefore the location is unknown.
2006.18.6.05 · File · Jan. 1992
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest Society fonds

File consists of a photograph commemorating the signing of the first Aleza Lake Research Forest Management Plan. Front row, left to right: Ken Pendergast, BC Forest Service Prince George District Manager; Harry Coates, BCFS Forest Research Technician (1957-1993); John Revel, BCFS Silviculture Forester (1960-1993). Back row, left to right: Mike [?], BCFS Prince George Silviculture Manager; Henry Benskin, BCFS Research Branch; Michael Jull, BCFS Research Silviculturist, Prince George Region; Dan Lousier, BCFS Prince George Region Research Section Head; Brian Harding, Northwood Pulp & Timber Ltd. Woodlands Manager.

Slides and oral histories
2002.14.1.10.30 · File · 1982-1993
Part of Marianne (Marika) Ainley fonds

File consists of computer disk with "over[looked?] oral histories" files. Slides primarily contain pictures of women who were the subjects of Ainey's research.