Image depicts the Europe Hotel in Prince George prior to its demolition in the 1980s; however, the slide itself was only made in 1999 and the date of the photo is otherwise unknown, but most likely around 1979.
Image depicts an atmometer. According to the slide, it is being used for measuring the rate of water evaporation "from carborundum stone." The location is uncertain.
Image depicts an evaporation pan for water evaporation measurements. The location is uncertain.
Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Tillie November 12/77, accident day, Eve Rockett, Tillie Laplante, Juanita, Mike”.
Photograph depicts evergreen trees surrounding the base of a snow-covered mountain.
Photograph depicts an ex Canmore Mines Ltd. 0-6-0 locomotive located at Heritage Park in Calgary. Internally, the locomotive is gutted and is chain-driven on the rear axle by a caterpillar tractor engine mounted inside the boiler.
Photograph depicts the ex CPR Coquihalla Line of the Kettle Valley Railway. The view is looking northeast, between Iago and Romeo depots at about mile 29 from Brookmere. There was a rock fall at the west portal in 1971. The line closed abruptly on 23 November 1959, after a massive washout near Jessica. The grade at this point is 1 in 49.
Photograph depicts the ex CPR Glenwalker station on the Merritt Subdivision. It is located at mile 49.2 from Spences Bridge and used to consist of a passing loop, spur, and section house. The sign is located in the yard of a ranch belonging to the Glenwalker Cattle Co. Ltd.
Photograph depicts the ex C.P.R. "Moyie" sternwheeler, now a museum at Kaslo.
Photograph is one of five depicting EP 106.
Photograph is one of five depicting EP 106.
Image depicts a group of individuals who appear to be examining a rock. It is possibly part of an educational trip.
Image depicts three unidentified individuals examining rocks near a set of railway tracks at an uncertain location in the Peace River Region.
Photographer's photo number R881. Caption on back of photograph states: "Typical patch of reproduction left uninjured by logging. 2 [chains] NE of plot 15."
Photograph depicts the excavation area in forest where dragline cranes had been operating.
Photograph depicts an excavator fitted with magnets that lift rails to the track side. It also put ties and fish plate as well as bolts in a heap, visible on the right.
Photograph depicts an excavator fitted with magnets that lift rails to the track side.
Caption describing photograph: "Excellent form. Note columnar bole, only slight taper, no butt swell."
Photograph depicts the ex CPR Coquihalla Line, looking northeast between Iago and Romeo depots, at about mile 29 from Brookmere. The tunnel was built of concrete and the west end was blocked by a rock fall in 1971. The grade is now used by auto traffic, which is about 20-50 cars per day in summer weekends. The grade at this point is 1 in 49.
Photograph depicts the ex CPR Coquihalla Line of the Kettle Valley Railway. This is one of the several tunnels on the line. The short tunnel is about 50 yards. The entrance on this side was faced in concrete in 1944. Inside the raw rock is supported by steel or wooden beams and the north portal is faced with timbers. It is now used by cars. It is about 1 mile north of Iago Depot. The view is looking north at about mile 28.5 from Brookmere, BC.
Image depicts the Exhibition Sports Centre, which used to be a drill hall army base, on Keller Street in Prince George, B.C.
Image depicts the Exhibition Sports Centre, which used to be a drill hall army base, on Keller Street in Prince George, B.C.
Photograph depicts the existing south end of Rosebury to Nakusp branch. Line extends for 1/4 mile to booming ground/sawmill. Beach Lake was former building site of CPR steamers/scows. Rails are: Cammell 1901, Lorain 1902, Barrow 1903. All weigh 85 Ibs. The branch used to extend 3 1/2 miles to New Denver, but pulled up in 1982.
Photograph depicts an ex-locomotive tender, now a mobile water tank at the Canadian National Railway (CN) depot at Spences Bridge. The mobile water tank holds 11, 600 gallons.
File consists of a speech given by Gary Runka entitled "Expanding Needs from a Finite Resource: the Necessity for Sound Land Use Planning" for the Manitoba Land Use Conference Land User for the 80's - Private Rights and Public Interests, March 11 & 12,1981.
Commentary on this speech by Barry Smith of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands:
"The conference theme of "Private Rights and Public Interests" is one that GGR often turned to. In this fairly lengthy speech GGR pulls together, in one paper, many of the themes and positions he has turned to in other speeches. He explains the 'land and water maze' and lists 12 uses competing for limited land and water resources. It is noted that the imbalance between agriculture vs urban uses, due to urban uses commanding much higher values resulting in agriculture finding itself in a defensive position, is discussed.
As the conference theme enunciates - GGR explores the tug-of-war between the myth of limitless land and community needs vs property rights and the fallacy that individual land use decisions do not impact the larger community. GGR emphasises the slowness of changing attitudes and the even slower political response and policy change. The confusion of jurisdiction concerning what level of government is best positioned to deal with resources issues is considered. GGR emphasizes the need to plan the use of land resources in an integrated and comprehensive fashion and the need for shared decision making.
Policy 3 of Manitoba's Regulation #217/80 - "Rural residential development should not be thought of, nor normally planned, as an evolutionary step from a rural landscape to an urban development" is noted. It is emphasized that the planning process has to catch up with the rural reality.
Central message - the importance of planning land and water use must be in keeping with the natural characteristics of the land and the needs and values of the local community. This latter point is of interest from the point of view that local community values and plans may dash with provincial values or policy."
Image depicts a view of an experimental farm, possibly taken from Tabor Mountain.
Caption on back of photograph states: "Facing W on Plot 13 showing windfall"
Photographer's photo number R879. No caption on back of photograph to glean further information. Title provided based on contextual information from related photographs and documents.
Photographer's photo number R880. Caption on back of photograph states: "Taken from near S.E. corner (most easterly corner) of Plot 15. Exp. Plot 160. X9696. See sketch of plot."
No caption on back of photograph to glean further information. Title provided based on contextual information from related photographs and documents.
Photographer's photo number R887. Caption on back of photograph states: "Plot '2' X9696 --McCulloch"
Photographer's photo number R889R. No caption on back of photograph to glean further information. Title provided based on contextual information from related photographs and documents.
Photographer's photo number R885. Caption on back of photograph states: "Plot '9' X9696 --McCulloch"
Caption on back of photograph states: "Facing N.W. on Sub Plot 10 showing patch of small timber left after logging still intact."
Photographer's photo number R882. Caption on back of photograph states: "Photo no. 1. Subplot 13. X-9696. Exp. Plot 160. See sketch of plot for location of photo."
Item is a compiled hand-written data set for "Experimental Plot No. 116 (252): Rate of Growth and Mortality in the Mature Uneven-Aged White Spruce-Balsam Type" at the Aleza Lake Experimental Station.
This 3.5" floppy contains the following EP 1148 .TXT data sets from 1995-1997:
- sbsapc.txt "Long-term soil productivity study, Sub-Boreal Spruce" Intact soil cores
- sbsbd.txt "Long-term soil productivity study, Sub-Boreal Spruce" Bulk density mineral soil 0-20cm
- sbsffc.txt "Long-term Soil Productivity Study, Sub-boreal Spruce" SBS forest floor bulk density and mass3
- sbsfc.txt "Long-term Soil Productivity Study, Sub-boreal spruce" SBS forest floor chemistry
- sbsmc.txt "Long-term Soil Productivity Study, Sub-boreal Spruce sites" SBS mineral soil chemistry
- sbskgff.txt "Long-term soil productivity study, Sub-boreal spruce zone" SBS forest floor nutrient mass in kg/ha
- sbskgmm.txt "Long-term soil productivity study, Sub-boreal spruce" SBS mineral nutrient mass in kg/ha
- sbsom.txt "Long-term Soil Productivity Study, SBS" "SBS bole-only treatment, slash levels"
- sbscr.txt "Long-term soil productivity study, Sub-boreal spruce zone" Timber cruise of initial stands
- sbshtcr.txt "Long-term soil productivity study, SBS" Age vs height curves - pretreatment data (mature stand)
- sbssi.txt "Long-term soil productivity study, Sub-Boreal Spruce zone" Carmean estimates of site indices for initial stand
- sbstr.txt "Long-term soil productivity study, Sub-Boreal Spruce" Tree measurements
File contains the following data sets:
- S300FINL.XLS [Ministry of Forests lab data report: non-woody forest floor components]
- S301FINL.XLS [Ministry of Forests lab data report: woody forest floor components]
- 660FF97.xls [non-woody and woody forest floor components: mass / unit area (corrected to oven-dry basis)]
- BUCKLIST.xls [table showing internal sample numbers corresponding to lab sample numbers used in MoF lab reports]
Item is a photocopy reproduction of "Exploring and Plant Collecting in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry, reprinted from the 1933 Year Book of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.