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File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Hydro for the "Capability Analysis and Land Use Concept Plan - West Arrow Park" project in West Arrow Park. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #057; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. File also includes 12 accompanying aerial photographs.

Includes the following reports:

• Sigma Resource Consultants for British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Land Division, "Assessment of Land Capability - Wigwam, Demars, West Arrow Park, Whatshan, Needles - Arrow Reservoir Region - Final Report", July 1975
• Sigma Resource Consultants for British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Properties Division, "Arrow Reservoir Region Perspective on Resources and Settlement", 1979
• Sigma Resource Consultants for British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Land Division, "Arrow Reservoir Region Regional Resource Study", October 1975
• G. G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. for B.C. Hydro Reservoir Land Management, "Explanatory Notes - West Arrow Park Land Disposal (Central Section) - Agriculture Unit Concept Plan", January 1985.

Maps include:

• "Composite Plan of Central Section (Between Mosquito Creek and Dixon Creek) of West Arrow Park", 22 Oct. 1984 - 2 copies, one annotated with overlay;
• "Columbia River Arrow Lakes Region: Edgewood to Nakusp", 2 Nov. 1964 - 6 different sheets showing differing mosaic units ;
• "Columbia River Development Arrow Lakes Relocation Programme: Middle Narrow - BC Hydro Needles x Nakusp 138 Kv Transmission Line Route Plan", n.d. - 2 copies;
• "BC Hydro Land Mosaic Columbia River Developments Arrow Project", March 1965 - 4 different sheets with annotations ;
• "Composite Sketch Plan of North Section (Glendevon Area) of West Arrow Park Area", n.d. ;
• "Part of Whatshan to Saddle Mountain Forest Service Road in the Arrow park-Glendevon Area";
• "BC Ministry of Forests Forest Cover Series 82-K-4-d";
• "West Arrow Park oversize printed aerial photograph map", ca. 1970.

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Little Beaver Creek Ranch, Glimpse Lake Ranch Estate Ltd. for the "Assistance with Ranch Tourism Land Use Application" project in Glimpse Lake. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #571; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. File also includes 2 accompanying aerial photographs.

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Abbotsford Airport, Chris Raven for the "Assistance with Heliport Land Use Change Proposal Application" project in Abbotsford. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #577; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. File also includes 13 accompanying photographs.

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Grasslands Conservation Council of BC for the "Development of Strategic Plan for Mitigating Fragmentation and Development of BC's Grasslands" project in Kamloops. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #601; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. File also includes 17 accompanying photographs.

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing for the "Fort St. John North Deferred Planning Area (DPA)" project. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #066; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. Includes the "Fort St. John North Deferred Planning Area for the Ministry of Lands, Parks & Housing, Peace Region - Final Report" by Talisman Land Resource Consultants, April 1983. File also includes 173 accompanying aerial photographs.

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing for the "Fort Nelson Deferred Planning Area (DPA)" project. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #067; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. Includes the "Fort Nelson North Deferred Planning Area for the Ministry of Lands, Parks & Housing, Peace Region - Final Report" by Talisman Land Resource Consultants, February 1983. File also includes 186 accompanying aerial photographs.

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Reid-Collins Ltd. and Lornex Mining Corporation for the "Evaluation of Reclamation of Mine Waste Dumps Tailings Deposits and other Areas of Development at Lornex Mining Corporation Mine Site, Logan Lake, British Columbia" project in Logan Lake. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #099; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. File also includes an accompanying aerial photograph.

Includes the following maps:

• "[Forest Land Designations]", McElhaney Associates, 1981 - with 2 "End Use Land Overlays" and 2 "Present Land Use Overlays" and 1 untitled overlay by G.G. Runka;
• "Logan Lake Recreation Complex Specified Area", Thompson-Nicola Regional District, 1974 ;
• "Provincial mineral claims maps", BC Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources - M92I/6E, M92I/7W, M92I/11E, M92I/10W, M92I/11W.

The Mabel Rutherford Photograph Collection consists of 8 photographs depicting images of Red Rock and region: family, road and rail construction, landscape, farming equipment.

Gary Runka was a hobbyist photographer and documented his work and personal life through photography as he travelled across every region of British Columbia. His photographs document the evolution of British Columbia communities and regions over a 30 year period. Gary Runka's core interest was land and changing land uses. Many of his photographs tell a story of urban edge and/or natural resource compatibility/conflict. There are also a substantial number of photographs related to soils, including soil profiles, soil erosion and land (topography, drainage etc.) capability for agriculture. The collection also includes specific client-related photos, tied to Land Sense Ltd. client file job numbers.

The collection also documents personal travels and hiking trips throughout British Columbia and backpacking in some historic areas, such as the West Coast Trail and Cape Scott. These photographs also represent land evolution over time, including extent of alpine glaciation or biodiversity/plant species inhabiting the area.

File consists of clippings, notes, reproductions, and letters relating to the Prince George Experimental Farm. Includes "District 'C' Farmer's Institute" letter correspondence between the director of development services and Marlene Schwartz (19 July 1999) and "RE: Century Farms Project" letter from Kent Sedgwick to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food (13 Sept. 1994). Also includes photographs depicting the experimental farm in Prince George, including the house on the property, a barn with a rainbow painted on the front, and the barn at multiple angles (Aug. 2001).

Gary Runka was a hobbyist photographer and documented his work and personal life through photography as he travelled across every region of British Columbia. This slide collection documents the evolution of British Columbia communities and regions over a 30 year period. Gary Runka's core interest was land and changing land uses. Many of these slides tell a story of urban edge and/or natural resource compatibility/conflict. There are also a substantial number of slides related to soils, including soil profiles, soil erosion and land (topography, drainage etc.) capability for agriculture. The collection also includes specific client-related photos, tied to Land Sense Ltd. client file job numbers.

The collection also documents personal travels and hiking trips throughout British Columbia and backpacking in some historic areas, such as West Coast Trail and Cape Scott. These slides also represent land evolution over time, including extent of alpine glaciation or biodiversity/plant species inhabiting the area.