Al Elsey compiled this commercial video using footage he filmed in 1964 and 1965 in the Bella Coola area. The video provides a compilation of film footage shot by Elsey and is narrated by him describing the activities related to the Grease Trail. Description verso of VHS commercial box reads:
"Al Elsey's friendship with Margaret Siwallace with other people of the Nuxalk Nation dates back over fifty years. This, his premier documentary, produced from vintage 16 mm movie film taken in the Bella Coola Valley in 1963, invites us to witness their tradition of making Ooligan Grease. The process, followed for centuries by the Nuxalk and other coastal First Nations people, was of such importance that their trading routes from the Coast to the Interior of British Columbia were called Grease Trails. The Ooligan were netted by the ton each year, returning from the ocean to spawn in early spring. The destruction of the Ooligan runs in the Bella Coola and other coast rivers of Southern B.C. probably resulted from over-fishing by shrimp trawl draggers during the late 1990s. GREASE shows catching the Ooligan with conical nets and dugout canoes, rotting them in "stink boxes," then rendering and purifying the Grease. Elsey's captivating narrative and brilliant footage transport us back to another time on the shores of the Bella Coola River."
Al Elsey compiled his original footage from 1965 to produce this commercial film that deals with trapping beaver, the Anahim Lake Stampede and Caribou migration. The video provides a compilation of film footage shot by Elsey and is narrated by him describing the activities documented in the footage
Photograph depicts a landscape shot of a grassy field overlooking a forested shoreline with mountains in the background.
Photograph depicts two unidentified men walking on a wooden bridge in a forest.
Photograph depicts four men in a boat on a lack with a waterfall in the background running through a forest into the lake. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "The water fall + flume for Brown's sawmill Hoscall River BC"
Photograph depicts a cannery on pilings with a body of water in the foreground and houses and trees in the background.
Photograph depicts cannery buildings on pilings with a body of water in the foreground and a deforested area behind the shoreline.
Photograph depicts a lighthouse on a rocky island with water in the foreground. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Dear Dr. Thanks for the cheque received yesterday. Christmas Greetings. Yours Sincerely Mr. Cruickshank (?) Green Island"
Photograph depicts three men fishing in a boat with a cannery and wooden buildings along the forested shoreline in the background.
Photograph depicts a line of cannery fishing boats being towed across the water with the base of a mountain in the background.
Photograph depicts three buildings and a water tower on top of a deforested hill with water in the foreground.
Photograph depicts a large wave breaking over the stern of a weather ship.
Photograph depicts a weather ship sailing amidst large water swells.
Photograph depicts a water swelling over the bow of a weather ship.
Photograph depicts a weather balloon floating in the air, as seen from below.
Photograph possibly depicts a hummingbird on a nest.
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by M.G. Fowle, dated November 9, 1993".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by A. Belsham the Fort Fraser Women's Institute, dated November 18, 1993".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by G. Kopy of the East Francois Lake Community Association, dated November 18, 1993".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by D. Raymond of the Becker Road District Rural Development Society (November 18, 1993)".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by Gwen Yeulet of the Fort Fraser Chamber of Commerce, dated November 18, 1993".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Song entitled "A River Forever" by D. Gow and J. Neilson".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by K.R. Ponsford, dated November 18, 1993".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by C. McNolty, dated November 15, 1993".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by Jenny Mickelow (November 19, 1993)".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by Henry Van Andel (November 19, 1993)".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by June Wood (November 19, 1993)".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by Doug Goodwin on behalf of the New Caledonia Canoe Club (November 19, 1993)".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by Monte Olson (November 19, 1993)".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Document entitled "Alcan's Kemano Completion Project and its Impact on Float Plane Activities on the Nechako River" by McNeal and Associates for the Vanderhoof Flying Club dated November 5, 1993.".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Document by Alcan Smelters and Chemicals Ltd. entitled "Kemano: Energy for the Future"".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Article from Canadian Dimension magazine entitled ''Foiled Again: Alcan Smelters and Chemical Ltd. and Manitoba"".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Play presented by the Nechako Environmental Youth Alliance entitled "Crossroads"".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by E. Cresswell, Councillor of Vanderhoof, dated November 23, 1993".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by G.A. LaBrash, dated November 24, 1993".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled ""Economic Impact Study of Proposed BCTMP Mill in Vanderhoof, B.C."".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by M. Sullivan (November 24, 1993)".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by P. Sholty (November 24, 1993)".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by D. Fawcett, dated November 24, 1993".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by C. Serhan, dated November 24, 1993".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by C. Ford of the Environment Conservation Organization, dated November 25, 1993".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by B.B. Meisner (November 25, 1993)".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by L. Poile, dated November 24, 1993".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission of Mennonite Central Committee, B.C., dated November 26, 1993".
Item consists of an exhibit for the British Columbia Utilities Commission's hearings on the Kemano Completion Project entitled "Submission by B. Gardiner, M.P. for Prince George- Bulkley Valley, dated December 1993".
Item consists of transcript of interview with writer and guide outfitter Jack Boudreau conducted by Bob Harkins at Prince George Radio Station, CJCI regarding Boudreau's experiences with grizzly bears. Boudreau also discusses other guide outfitters and hunters from Northern British Columbia.
Sans titreItem consists of transcript of taped interview with Prince George Fire Chief Harold Dornbierer conducted by Bob Harkins at Prince George Radio Station, CJCI regarding his career in fire protection. Dornbierer also discusses history of of the fire department of Prince George.
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