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Photograph depicts a man standing on a pile of logs in the Peden Hill sawmill yard, after the mill was rebuilt after the first mill burnt down in 1941. The first mill was operated by steam; the second mill was powered by a diesel-powered motor.

Annotation on slide: "Log skidding on main haul road, Fleet Creek Trial SS054, Jan. 1995"

Item is a photograph of a raft of logs being guided through a log boom by a boom boat and a man or log driver with a pike pole standing on a nearby log raft.

Photograph depicts a view of a log jam on the Kettle River from Billings siding.

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)

Photograph depicts several long logs laid out across a wide ditch with a forest landscape in the background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Early in April trees put across ditch to make footing for caterpillar tractor".

Photograph depicts a man standing near a log deck at a sawmill, possibly at Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts a man standing next to a log chute bringing logs out of the Fraser River into a backchannel at Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts a log boom in the Fraser River. These logs were waiting to go into jackladder and down the log chute into the Fraser River backchannel at Peden Hill sawmill.

Caption describing photograph: "Very good Lodgepole Pine 22" DBH - 115' high. Main Access Road F.E.S. Aleza Lake"

Caption describing photograph: "Encroachment of an old field by Lodgepole pine and Spruce regeneration. Junction of Highway 16 and Giscome turnoff. Surrounding forest mainly aspen, some scrubby Spruce, Douglas fir, and Lodgepole pine 20 chains away. Moderately drained stoney, sandy silt."

Caption describing photograph: "Young Pine and Black Spruce growing in spahgnum, ledum carex and betula. Lodgepole Pine and Black Spruce. 30 yrs 18' high. Note Film 2 Frames 3, 4, and 5 (2007.1.30.2.015-017) within 1 chain of edge of swamp. Main Access Road, F.E.S. Aleza Lake."

Photograph depicts a man in work clothes and hard hat standing with hands placed on the first of many tram buckets hanging in a line. Steel beam framework of station building rises above him. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "[F1?] LOADING STATION EL. 5800". Photograph was glued to cardboard backing with the annotation: "1962".

Photograph depicts three men loading raw logs onto a 'Maple Leaf' Chevrolet truck near the Peden Hill sawmill.

Attached description: A railway spur built for materials handling during construction was designed to be converted after startup into a shed for handling railway loading of Skeena Kraft pulp. A forklift is shown loading a railcar with prime Skeena bleached kraft pulp in bales.

Six men visible on hillside and wood plank roadway, working together to roll cut logs down the hill and load them onto the truck.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso read: “logs up to 32 feet in length.”

Photograph depicts three or more men near a wagon loaded with supplies. A team of two or more horses are hitched to the wagon. Lake and rolling treed hills in the background.

Caption describing photograph: "Loaded logging truck on way to log dump on Eagle Lake. East Loop, F.E.S. Aleza Lake."

Caption describing photograph: "As GBW Film 4 Frame 4 (2007.1.30.2.042)"

Item is a photograph of the Lloyd Bros. Cluculz Lake Operation in April 1964.

Photograph depicts a view from the ocean toward a lighthouse on a rocky ocean shore point. There are a few building near the lighthouse.

Photograph depicts a cluster of wooden buildings including a flagpole and church spire at a Lheidli T'enneh village site. Original photo identified this image as "Indian Village, Fort George".

Caption describing photograph: "Leaf morphology of Betula papyrifera. Revels garden."

Caption describing photograph: "Leaf morphology of Betula glandulosa. General distribution in sphagnum bogs and muskeg through Northeast B.C. Quesnel North."

Photograph depicts several men and a dog stand on snowy ground, a canvas tent on the left. A rough hewn table on the right background.

Photograph depicts a skiff of fresh snow covering a fallen tree in the foreground. Tents and suspended tarps in the midground. A haze of wood smoke drifts into the snowy forest in the background.

Caption describing photograph: "Larix larciana (Tamarack). Wildling transplanted Autumn 1964 from Tamarack Lake 30 miles West of Prince George. Age 6 years. Height 29", 65 leader 4", 66 growth 9". All measurement taken June 23, 1966."

Photo depicts a large sled loaded with large metal tubing, a tent and a pile driver(?)

Photographic print contains the following writing on verso:
"Larch and Douglas fir seed trees under (?) seed bed preparation, 1986 Nelson BC, J Revel"

Photograph depicts a landscape perspective featuring construction of two water flumes across a narrow valley between a forested landscape.

Photograph depicts a landscape perspective featuring a water flume in the shape of a horseshoe built along a forested hillside. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Horshoe Creek"