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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 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)

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"

Photograph depicts large stream of water spraying from pipe in mining area, steep cliffs in background.

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 is one of five depicting EP 106.

Photograph depicts scattered buildings, an outhouse, and tents on a rough clearing. A river and its cutbacks are 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 of a vessel filled with lumber just off the coast of a shore also littered with lumber. Mountains are barely visible in the background.

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 depicts a view of a small village near a river, a narrow dirt road boarders the river.

Group of five miners stand in mining area on left. Woman, man, and young girl sit and stand on far right in more formal attire. Mining tools and equipment throughout.

Printed annotation on recto of photograph: "Société Minière de B.C., Atlin B.C. July 28th, 1901, A.C. Hirschfeld, No. 707".

Photograph depicts a snowy mountain landscape in the Canadian Rockies where Prentiss Gray found his prized mountain goat.

Photograph shows snow melt at Aleza Lake Research Forest in spring season.

Photograph depicts an open air work or woodshop covered with snow, surrounded by lumber and steel drums.

Item is a photograph of Ray Williston and John Liersch in a small wood area southwest of Prince George.

Item is a photograph of from left, Ralph Robbins and Jack Paine of the BC Forest Service, Ray Williston, Chief Forester for Canadian Forest Products Tom Wright, Deputy Minister of Forests Finley McKinnon, Canadian Forest Products Vice-President in Charge of Development John Liersch, and BC Chief Forester John Stokes investigating small wood in an area near Prince George.

Item is a photograph of Mr. Williston, Chief Forester John Stokes and Tom Wright of Canadian Forest Products examining an area near Prince George in order to determine the timber area required for a Pulp Harvesting License for a proposed pulp mill that would depend completely on waste wood.

Photograph depicts reeds and marsh grasses in the foreground, a beaver house at center of photograph with open water and treed shoreline in the distance.

Photograph depicts the bow of a boat in the foreground, a wide shallow channel extending beyond the boat perhaps opening to a lake beyond. Treed forest on the far shore, a lone mountain peak in the distance.

Photograph depicts a two men on small fishing boat, called a gillnetter, moored at a fish packer dock with six men at work. One man is transferring materials from crates into large bags while several others watch. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Fish Packer”

Caption describing photograph: "Small area of transplants on West side of clearing, established Spring 1966. Note thrifty stand of aspend with Spruce understory, typical of stands on this soil type and history of burning."

Photograph depicts sluice trunk in mining area, men on tall structure in background.

Photograph depicts a dock and building near the water. A few buildings are being constructed on some newly cleared land nearby.

Item is a copyprint reproduced from the British Columbia Forest Service photographic records held at BC Archives.

Reproduced map on mylar depicts locations of elevations and benchmarks at the Aleza Lake forest.

Attached description: The Skeena Kraft Group occupies the center of this picture showing the bleaching towers and the continuous Kamyr digesters. In the foreground is the Administration building, the Personnel and Safety building, and the employees' parking lot. The covered conveyor leading to the digesters carries chips. An emergency 1,000,000 water tower stands on the hill in the background.