Caption describing photograph: "Soil (sod) development over lacustrine deposits. Depth to carbonated layer (1922 fire) 2.5", depth to parent material 6". Note blocky structure of deposit (clay). Root penetration to 1'. Root penetration of willow and aspen to 1.5'. Blocky structure from fluctuating water table, gentle slope to land form."
Photograph of a vessel filled with lumber just off the coast of a shore also littered with lumber. Mountains are barely visible in the background.
Wooden piles driven into a river bed, pile driver visible in background. Handwritten annotation on recto reads: "South fork intake before gate built, pile driven to refusal".
Photograph depicts scattered buildings, an outhouse, and tents on a rough clearing. A river and its cutbacks are in the background.
Photograph is one of five depicting EP 106.
Photograph depicts man standing in front of large streams of water spraying from pipe into mining area, hills in background.
Photograph depicts a miner spraying enclosed area of river bed with water at high velocity. Cliffs in background.
Photograph depicts water being sprayed from a pipe at high velocity over edge in mining area. Man's leg in foreground, cliffs in background.
Photograph depicts water being sprayed from pipes at high velocity in mining area. Unidentified man in midground, cliffs in background.
Photograph depicts large stream of water spraying from pipe in mining area, steep cliffs in background.
Photograph depicts three men standing behind salmon hung to dry on a wooden deck. Annotation on recto of photograph states: ""Spring Salmon" Rivers Inlet, B.C"
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.
"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)
Item is a copyprint reproduced from the British Columbia Forest Service photographic records held at BC Archives.
Item is a copyprint reproduced from the British Columbia Forest Service photographic records held at BC Archives.
Item is a copyprint reproduced from the British Columbia Forest Service photographic records held at BC Archives.
Photograph shows an aerial view of Aleza Lake Research Forest in spring season.
Photograph depicts passengers on the deck of the S.S. Prince Rupert. A man stands in the foreground while two women read books on deck.
Photograph depicts passengers sitting on a bench on the deck of S.S. Prince Rupert. The passengers appear to be a mother and father with their young boy, along with an older man and woman who is knitting.
Photograph depicts a snow covered pile of logs. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "A stack of logs".
Item is a photograph of a stack of saw logs.
Photograph depicts piles of stacked logs awaiting processing near Peden Hill sawmill.
Photograph depicts three piles of stacked lumber located in a forested landscape. Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Lumber for flumes. Co. has its own sawmill"
Photograph depicts a stage coach with a team of horses harnessed to it. The stagecoach driver sits on the front bench, sitting beside the coach driver are; a woman with a small child and a man. There is a building in the background.
Photograph depicts stage coach pulled by four horses, loaded with freight and people, a large building in the background.
Photograph depicts a team of four horses harnessed to a wagon loaded with freight and people.
Photograph depicts a side view of 2 stage coaches meeting on a narrow dirt road.
Caption describing photograph: "1922 burn Giscome, stand of immature birch 35', 20 yrs, Dom stem 8" D.B.H. Understory Rubus, Rosa, Cornus moss, Aralia Snowverry, Columbine - scat Corylus. Stand originally Douglas fir, Spruce and Balsam. Well drained lacustrine deposits. Potential grazing." Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
Caption describing photograph: "Fine stand of immature birch on imperfectly drained clay of lacustrine origin. Scattered Spruce, Douglas fir and balsam, understory mountain ash, thimbleberry, RO Dogwood, corylus, rosa, Mtn maple and willow. Ht 45', 10" DBH age 25 years. (Dom 200 stems/ac) South of Ranger Station, Aleza Lake." Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
Caption describing photograph: "Excellent stand of Lodgepole Pine on coarse gravelly sily (old beach). Height 90' 7-11" DBH. Age 65 years. 6 miles SW of Prince George, Highway 16 West."
Caption describing photograph: "Good stand of Lodgepole Pine pulp wood, on Pine View Series, with scattered understory of Black Spruce. Pine 5-9" DBH. 65' high, 80 years. Black Spruce, 4.6" DBH. 35' high. Moderately drained silty clay. Cale Creek, Highway 97."
Caption describing photograph: "As GBW Film 4 Frame 11 (2007.1.30.2.048)." Harry Coates stands in the photograph for scale.
Photograph depicts three steamboats anchored near the shore of the Fraser river at Quesnel, BC.
Photograph depicts a steamshovel at work.
Photograph depicts the front end of a steamshovel located on a rocky terrain with a forested landscape in the background.