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2023.7.3.65 · Item · 1972
Part of Grant Hazelwood fonds

Item is a compilation of BC Forest Service Inventory Division Reports. Includes:

  • "Recreational and Land Use Review" by Mike Lane, Forester
  • "The Recreational Potential of the Klappan River Drainage and the Area Bordering the Stikine River from its Junction with the McBride River to the Klappan River" by Larry Sigurdson, Forester
  • "Recreation Survey Report - Klappan P.S.Y.U. Upper Stikine and Chuckachida Rivers" by Gregor William Lee, Forester
  • "The Recreational Potential of the Spatsizi River Drainage and the Area Bordering the Stikine River from its Junction with the Spatsizi to the McBride River" by G. Stenberg, Forester
BC Forest Tenures
2016.5.1.44 · File · June, 2012
Part of Harry Coates fonds

File consists of materials for a presentation given by the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations in June 2012. File consists of an information package entitled "Timber Tenures in British Columbia: Managing Public Forests in the Public Interest" and a printed slide presentation entitled "Overview of BC Forest Tenures".

2001.1.103 · File · 1929-1953
Part of NBCA Document and Ephemera Collection

File consists of original typescripts and correspondence from the British Columbia Logger's Association regarding the provincial government's amendment of the Forestry Act, primarily in regards to negotiation of timber royalties and the work of the Sloan Commission. Includes a 1953 summary document regarding "Timber Tenure in British Columbia", a speech draft regarding forest tenures, and statistical data collected by industry and government.

2000.13.1.43 · Item · 1970.
Part of Ray Williston fonds

Item is a photograph of Ray Williston at a banquet hosted by Sanyo Pulp Ltd. in May 1970. Mr. Williston is flanked by Vern Stothert of Stothert Veco Consultants Ltd., who designed BC Forest products’ mill in Mackenzie and Margaret Nagy, who was scouting financing for a pulp mill in Bella Coola.

B.C. Ghost Town Map
2000.23.1.070.13 · Item · [between 1970 and 1987]
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

This map depicts where to find ghost towns, forts, First Nation villages, and sites with supposed hidden treasures in British Columbia.

2020.4.9.2.14 · File · 2004
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

This CD-ROM contains digital records collected and produced by Gary Runka during his consultancy work for client job 593 / 601, the Grasslands Conservation Council of BC's "Facilitation and Consultations for Mitigating the Fragmentation and Development of BC Grasslands Workshop" project. Includes the following documents:

  • "BC Grasslands Mapping Project: A Conservation Risk Assessment - Final Report" (May 2004)
  • "The Grasslands of British Columbia" (April 2004)
2012.13.2.17.08 · File · 2003
Part of J. Kent Sedgwick fonds

File consists of notes and reproductions relating to the Upper Fraser historical geography field trip for the BC Historical Federation by Kent Sedgwick. Includes photographs depicting a group from the BC Historical Federation standing outside at one of the East Line communities listening to a presentation by Kent Sedgwick and Greg Halseth (May 2003).

BC Hydro
2000.23.1.076 · File · 1978-1984
Part of Audrey Smedley L'Heureux fonds

File consists of collected research material regarding BC Hydro, including development reports, community attitudes towards B.C. Hydro, and expansion plans. Materials include photographic negatives, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets. Highlights include:

  • B.C. Hydro, "Duncan Dam Columbia River Power", 1983 (pamphlet)
  • B.C. Hydro, "Cathedral Square Substation", 1984 (pamphlet)
  • B.C. Hydro, "Cheekye-Dunsmuir Transmission Project", 1984 (pamphlet)
  • B.C. Hydro, "Diesel Generating Stations", 1983 (pamphlet)
  • B.C. Hydro, "Kootenay Canal Hydroelectric Development, Columbia River Power", 1978 (pamphlet)
  • B.C. Hydro, "Trees and Overhead Powerlines, A Guide to safe, sensible tree selection", 1983 (booklet)
  • B.C. Hydro, "Revelstoke Dam & Generating Station, Columbia River Power", 1984 (booklet)
  • B.C. Hydro, "Mica Dam Columbia River Power", 1983 (booklet)
  • B.C. Hydro, "W.A.C. Bennett Dam & G.M. Shrum Generating Station, Peace River Power", 1982 (booklet)
  • B.C. Hydro, "Peace Canyon Dam & Generating Station, Peace River Power", 1983 (booklet)
  • Trade and Commerce, "10th Annual Market Survey, Northwest Territories, one of Seven Reports", 1974 (magazine)
  • Photographic negative of a map titled "Early Days in Stewart"
BC Hydro correspondence
1996.7.1.08 · File · 1993-1994
Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC (and others) to BC Hydro as well as incoming correspondence to BCUC from BC Hydro. Prominent correspondents include Thom Thompson, Vice President of Corporate and Aboriginal Affairs for BC Hydro.

2023.7.4.33 · Item · 1990, 2015
Part of Grant Hazelwood fonds

Item is a draft of "B.C. Hydro Proposed 287 kV Transmission Line - Kitimat to Terrace - Preliminary Environmental Assessment of Fish and Wildlife Values" by Grant Hazelwood. Also includes accompanying print pages for a 2015 BC Hydro powerpoint slideshow regarding the Terrace to Kitimat Transmission Project (TKTP).

BC Hydro Railway
2013.6.25.4 · File · 1983-2013
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

File consists of research material regarding the BC Hydro Railway. Predominantly consists of photocopy reproductions, excerpts from books, and clippings from periodicals. Includes information about the formation of the BC Hydro Railway in 1961, specifications of locomotives 960 and 961, and schedules. Contains the following works: "B.C. Hydro Rail: A Brief History"; "Map of Railway Freight Lines Operated by British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority"; and "B.C. Hydro Railway (The 'BCE' Route)"; "The Big Boys Little Helper in the British Columbia Lower Mainland: She Makes rail Ends Meet--Makes Projects--And a Host of Friends Through Efficient Service" by Adams; and "B.C. Electric - B.C. Hydro: A Brief Survey of Rail Operations" by Ewert.

BC Hydro Railway Abbotsford
2013.6.36.1.049.43 · Item · [3 June 1973]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a westbound way freight switching at the Matsqui Industrial Centre on the north side of Abbotsford. Train consisted of BC Hydro Railway locomotives and 25 box cars.

BC Hydro Railway Burnaby
2013.6.36.1.049.23 · Item · 2 Jan. 1972
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Central Park Branch in Burnaby. Taken just west of the Stride Avenue grade crossing. The spur visible in the background led to the Dominion Glass Company Ltd. bottle plant.

2013.6.36.1.049.49 · Item · [22 June 1975]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts the Clayborn diamond crossing on mile 37.0. An eastbound 45 car BC Hydro Railway freight had just cleared the crossing. Now it was stopped, awaiting the conductor who had just worked the signals in an interlocking shanty.

2013.6.36.1.049.41 · Item · 8 Oct. 1972
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts a CPR unit coal train travelling eastward at the Livingstone Road grade crossing, near the freeway and with half of the train already on the CNR connector. This connects the main line of BC Hydro Railway with the CNR main line (known as the Rawlison Subdivision CNR).

2013.6.36.1.049.29 · Item · [June 1970]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts part of the new 2 1/2 mile railway that was built to connect the CPR main line just east of Fort Langley with existing BCER trackage found on Living Stone Road. Trackage was not in operational use.

BC Hydro Railway Langley
2013.6.36.1.049.13 · Item · [22 June 1975]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken from the cab of locomotive #382 on the eastbound freight travelling from New Westminster to Huntingdon and was composed of 45 cars. Langley was the only place where freight stopped and switched cars.

BC Hydro Railway Langley
2013.6.36.1.049.25 · Item · 2 Jan. 1972
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken on the western outskirts of Langley on the Latimer Road grade crossing. The abandoned grade was the former main line right-of-way through the centre of Langley. It was was replaced by a north by-pass in about 1968-69.

BC Hydro Railway Langley
2013.6.36.1.049.11 · Item · [22 June 1975]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph depicts locomotive #382 which consisted of 3 locomotives and switching cars at an industrial steel fabrication plant. Freight was travelling from New Westminster to Huntingdon.

BC Hydro Railway Langley
2013.6.36.1.049.14 · Item · [22 June 1975]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken approaching Langely from the west at about mile 16 at the by-pass diversion point. Image captured from the cab of locomotive #382, looking eastward as the locomotive pulled 45 freight cars to Huntingdon.

BC Hydro Railway Langley
2013.6.36.1.049.24 · Item · 2 Jan. 1972
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photograph taken looking southwest at the Langley town centre. Fraser Highway was 2 pole lengths away. The track used to be the main line with a spur leading to the right. Now all of the trackage was spur with the main line skirting the north side of the city.