File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from BC Archives.
File consists of two original copies of the Volume 17, No. 3 issue of UBC Forestry's Branch Lines newsletter from December 2006. This issue features various articles relating to the Aleza Lake Research Forest, including the front page article, "Percy Barr's Research Forest Legacy". Also includes correspondence relating to the newsletter issue.
File consists of two signs:
- "Government of British Columbia Official Use Only"
- "British Columbia Forest Service Research Plot No Cutting or Disturbance".
File consists of a licence and framed certificates and photographs for Harry Coates. File includes:
- Scaling Licence (1962)
- two certificates celebrating Harry Coates' 25 years of service with the Forest Service (1982)
- photograph of Harry Coates, [Ted or Jed?] Baker, and John Revel at Aleza Lake Research Forest Re-opening July 9, 1992.
- Photograph of Harry Coates and John Revel, identifying plaque reads "Buckhorn Lake E.P. 660".
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from the Canadian Forest Service Archives in Victoria. Also includes handwritten notes.
Photographs are panoramas taken from the Churchill BC Forest Service Lookout, located at latitude 54°04' and longitude 122°16'. The photographs were bound together and include a transparent grid that was intended to be used for locating forest fires.
File consists of:
- Draft "Joint Protocol for Co-ordination of Research and Operational Planning Activities at the Aleza Lake Research Forest" between the BC Ministry of Forests, Small Business Forest Enterprise Program, and Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd. (7 Feb. 1996)
- Application for an Exemption to a Silvicultural Prescription and Logging Plan (19 Dec. 1996)
- Amendment to Special Use Permit #19070, Bowron Floodplain Addition, Aleza Lake Research Forest (1 Aug. 1995)
File consists of a letter to Harry Coates from Ev Van Eerden 1992/1993; Christmas card to Harry Coates from Aleza lake Research Forest 2014; Colouring page "3 R's of Forestry"; Letter to Alan Hunter from Dr. Art Fredeen 2004.
File contains an original "Do's and Don't's When Marking Stands For Cutting" booklet illustrated by J. Pickford.
File consists of:
- Correspondence from Everett Peterson to Paul Sanborn, dated 6 July 2001, which includes photocopied photographs taken at Aleza Lake in summer 1956
- Photocopied version of Everett Bruce Peterson's 1956 "Study of Coniferous Reproduction by Direct Seeding Methods on Various Forest Site Types at Aleza Lake, B.C.: An essay submitted during the Third Year of the Course in Forestry at the University of British Columbia" (original is held at NBCA 2007.1.25.3.12)
File consists of a compilation of Experimental Projects in the Prince George Region. This compilation work was done by Stewart Taylor of the Ministry of Forests. Included are Experimental Projects regarding the Aleza Lake Research Forest that were selected from Taylor's larger project, which contained over 400 EP summaries for the Prince George Region.
File consists of two copies of the Forest History Association of British Columbia Newsletter, Issue No. 88, published July 2010. This issue contains a synopsis of the 2009 Forest History Conference that look place at UNBC Prince George.
File consists of research materials related to the history of forestry on BC and the Aleza Lake Research Forest.
File consists of an original Forest Research Note published by the BC Forest Service Prince George Forest Region. This March 1999 note (#PG-16) is an article by Paul Sanborn, Marty Kranabetter, and Chuck Bulmer on "Soil Rehabilitation in the Prince George Forest Region: A review of two decades of research".
File consists of a forestry tool called a dibble and mile marker.
File consists of:
- Newspaper clipping from the February 14, 2007 issue of the Prince George Citizen with the obituary of Franklyn Allan Hellenius (Jan. 3, 1944 - February 7, 2007)
- "Memories of Frank Hellenius: Interviewed by John Revel, also present Peter Hellenius, at Prince George, BC, March 2004" (3 copies, one of which is annotated by Mike Jull)
File consists of:
- A computer database print-out of photographs held at the Fraser-Fort George Museum that relate to sawmills (as of 1993)
- The Fraser-Fort George Museum's "Northwood Archives Donation Inventory"
File consists an oral history with Harry Coates recorded by David Mills. Includes a transcript and audio recording.
File consists an oral history with Harry Coates recorded by Barbara Coupe. Includes a transcript and audio recording.
File consists of a plaque dedicating a tree to Harry Coates for his work in the Prince George Forest Region (1957-1993).
Photograph depicts Harry Coates, Ted Baker, and John Revel at Aleza Lake Research Forest re-opening ceremony on July 9, 1992.
File consists of five posters Harry Coates created to convey his ideas about sustainable forest management. Posters contain photographs and text.
File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Ray Williston.
File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Ray Williston. Includes three original recorded audio cassettes and three copies.
File consists of:
- Poem written by John Revel in 1963 entitled "Cruisers (To George Silburn)"
- Eulogy for John Revel by Mike Jull, May 2015
- Obituary for John Revel in July-August 2015 issue of BC Forest Professional
- Photograph printed on foamcore of John Revel and two others checking cones from 1972 seed crop
File consists of:
- "Devil's Club, Black Flies, and Snowshoes" by John Revel, 2007, 44 p. (3 copies)
File consists of:
- Drafts of "Devil's Club, Black Flies, and Snowshoes" by John Revel from 2004
- Correspondence regarding publication of "Devil's Club, Black Flies, and Snowshoes" by John Revel
- Photocopied excerpts from Forest Service Annual Reports with highlighted portions relating to Aleza Lake Experiment Station
- Signed permissions for the photographs used in the book
File consists of:
- Photocopied version of John Revel's problem analysis entitled "Reforestation in the Vancouver Forest District (Plantation Assessment)" for E.P. 585 with the Research Division of the BC Forest Service.
File consists of:
- An original final draft of John Revel's problem analysis entitled "Silviculture in Spruce-Alpine Fir Types in the North Central Interior of British Columbia" for E.P. 639 with the Research Division of the BC Forest Service.
File consists of:
- An original manuscript of John Revel's 1963 thesis for registration with the Association of BC Foresters entitled "The Effect of Browsing by Columbia Black-tailed Deer and Sooty Blue Grouse on the Establishment of Conifers on Vancouver Island, British Columbia"
- A 1996 informational pamphlet on the Coastal Black-tailed Deer Study (No. 3 of 5) on "How Black-tailed Deer React to Logging in their Winter Habitat"
File consists an oral history with John Revel recorded by Barbara Coupe. Includes are transcripts and audio recordings.
File consists of a photocopy of the article "Local history regained at Aleza research forest".
File consists of two journals both in binding marked Daily Journal 1974. One journal has "Strapper" written across the cover and is mostly empty but contains handwritten strapper maintenance notes and loose paper with diagrams; dates range from 1978-2008. The other journal includes handwritten maintenance notes and loose pages with diagrams, no dates are included.
File contains an original BC Forest Service report for E.P. 443 by S. Benteli entitled "Marking of Douglas Fir: A Preliminary Investigation of the Problems, Restricted to Interior Dry Types and the Cariboo".
File consists an oral history with Michael Jull recorded by Barbara Coupe. Includes are transcripts and audio recordings.
File consists of:
- Correspondence regarding the transfer of the Ministry of Forests records related to the Aleza Lake Experimental Station
- Aleza Lake Research Forest research notes on historical records
- Ministry of Forests Records Classifications
- Inventory report of BC Forest Service records relating to Aleza Lake
- Database print-out from the BC Forest Service Prince George Forest Region Research Installation Archive
- Ministry of Forests website print-outs from 2007, including a page on "Research Branch History"
File consists of various documents including:
- plantation charts at McLeod Lake
- notes on lodgepole pine
- notes entitled "A Sustainable Forest for Tomorrow"
- notes on white spruce
- "B.C. Natural Resources"
- E.P. 966 Post-Planting Ecophysiology on Interior Spruce Handout, 92.07.30 Tour
- "The Rise and Fall of Lodgepole Pine"
- Aleza Lake Research Forest "Historic Timber Sales" map (2013)
- "The Need to Develop a Sustainable Forest"
- "1992 N.S.C. Field Tour" Aleza Lake Research Forest"
- Typed notes entitled "Fifty Years of Practical Research - White Spruce and Lodgepole Pine" consisting of brief point-form notes on white spruce, lodgepole pine, and other species
- "E.P. 972.01 The Biological Effectiveness of Mounding and Herbicide Treatments Handout, 92.07.30 Tour"
- Photocopy of page from Appendix II of EP 668
- Edits to text entitled "Forest Management in BC: Evolve or Die" and accompanying email exchange
- handwritten notes
- photocopied pages from E.P. 786.06 and 859.03 report
- correspondence regarding presentation.
File contains four maps of the Aleza Lake Research Forest showing locations of Permanent Sample Plots in partial cut timber sales.
File consists of a draft of "My History" from "Our Forests can be Sustainable through Research and Silviculture" with handwritten notes on the back of the pages; a page entitled "The foundations of forestry"; and "The Way It Was: the History of Aleza Lake" by Ethelwynn MacArthur.
File consists of "History of the Buckhorn Research Demonstration Area Prince George Forest Region" by J. Revel Nov. 1988 and maps, diagrams, and documentation for:
- Sx 84119G
- Sx 87109G
- EP 976.02.02
- EP 697
- EP 1185
- File also include three large maps: a reproduction of a BC Forest Service Aleza Lake Research Forest map, North Eastern British Columbia Fire Location Map (1961), and map of Summit Lake, Cariboo District B.C. (1966).
File contains an original "Prince George Land and Resource Management Plan" published by the Government of British Columbia.
File contains an original "Proceeding of the Experimental Forests Workshop, April 28-29, 1992" co-published by the Government of Canada and the BC Ministry of Forests. Item is noted to be FRDA Report 202 and BCFRAC Report 2.
File consists of:
- Original version of Ralph Schmidt's 1993 BC Forest Service publication entitled "The Aleza Lake Experiment Station (1920's and 1930's)"
File consists of recreational guides from various places in British Columbia, especially Northern British Columbia. Guides include:
- The North Ridge Ecr-Trail Guide: Aleza Lake Research Forest
- Cluculz Lake Silviculture Demonstration Area: Trail Guide
- Willow River Interpretive Trail
- Crooked River Forest Self-Guided Circle Tour
- Forests for the World Interpretive Trail Guide
- Cottonwood Island Nature Park: Habitat Enhancement.
File consists of an original and a copy of a BC Forest Service pamphlet entitled "Reforestation in the Central Interior: A glimpse of the past and a view to the future". This pamphlet includes discussion of the Aleza Lake Experiment Station and John Revel's work.
File consists of information on the research done at Aleza Lake Research Forest and the history of that research.
File is a Resource Folio of maps and accompanying information created by Northwood Pulp & Timber regarding Timber Sale Harvesting Licence A01847, Willow River Block, Willow River P.S.Y.U. Includes maps that depict ungulates, waterfowl, recreation areas, special influence areas, and timber types. Most of the sheets have a duplicate, some with very slight variations. The following maps are supposed to be included in the but were missing upon arrival at the Archives: fish & topography, cutting permits & roads, and soils.
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.
File consists of 35 photographs of trees, cleared forest land, experimental plots sites, plantations, equipment, and one photograph of Harry Coates.
- 8 photos in folder "FES [Forest Experiment Station] [Stem?] Mapping"; photos include pictures of the Aleza Lake Research Forest Sign, trees, 3 photos from CP 410 Oct. 1992, and photo of Aleza Lake E loop [trail?] 1992
- Black and white photo of a young Harry Coates
- 5 photos in folder "SHEEP July 1990" include 2 photos of cleared land (back of each photo reads "Sheep penny?") and 3 photos of a an unknown piece of forestry equipment
- 8 photos in folder "Fire" of various locations of fire damaged forests in 1992
- 13 photos in "More Planting" envelope; photos include 1 from Red Rock plantation in 1971; 2 from Cedar Plot in Valemont in Fall 1992; 2 from Cedar Goat R[oad] Fall 1992; 2 from [Compan Plantation?], Spittal Creek Fall 1992; Douglas Fir, Valemount - Cedar [Creal?]; Spaced Aspen Spittal Creek Fall 1992; 2 Cedar Plot, Spittal Creek, Fall 1992; Whit Pine Spittal Creek Fall 1992; Buckhorn B. Spruce 1978.
File consists of slides depicting the Aleza Lake Research Forest and area taken by John Revel.