File contains photocopied report, loose handwritten ledger pages, photocopies of handwritten notes and data listing reports for Plot 148.
File contains photocopied related report, loose handwritten ledger pages, and photocopies of handwritten notes and data listing reports for Plot 149.
File contains photocopy of related study, photocopied handwritten notes, loose handwritten ledger pages, and working copies of photocopied data report listings for Plot 150.
Item is a photocopy reproduction of part 3 of "Collecting Plants Beyond the Frontier in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry. The article is a photocopy of a reprint from the 1934 issue of the National Horticultural Magazine.
File contains Aleza Lake Research Forest weather records from 1927 to 1934 and 1928 to 1933.
Item is a photocopy reproduction of part 1 of "Collecting Plants Beyond the Frontier in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry. The article is a photocopy of a reprint from the 1934 issue of the National Horticultural Magazine.
Item is a photocopy reproduction of part 4 of "Collecting Plants Beyond the Frontier in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry. The article is a photocopy of a reprint from the 1934 issue of the National Horticultural Magazine.
Item is a photocopy reproduction of part 2 of "Collecting Plants Beyond the Frontier in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry. The article is a photocopy of a reprint from the 1934 issue of the National Horticultural Magazine.
File contains handwritten tables and graphs of measurements of plots, photocopied reports, 9 black and white photos, and handwritten notes.
Item is a photocopy reproduction of "A Thousand Miles Exploring on Horseback in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry. The original document may have been a draft article written for the Canadian Geographical Society in 1935.
Item is a photocopy reproduction of part 5 of "Collecting Plants Beyond the Frontier in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry. The article is a photocopy of a reprint from the 1935 issue of the National Horticultural Magazine.
Item is a photocopy reproduction of part 6 of "Collecting Plants Beyond the Frontier in Northern British Columbia" by Mary Gibson Henry. The article is a photocopy of a reprint from the 1935 issue of the National Horticultural Magazine.
File contains photocopied working copy of data listings, loose handwritten ledger pages, and a photocopy of the original study for Plot 291.
File contains loose handwritten ledger pages, a photocopy of the original report, photocopied handwritten notes, and data report sheets for Plot 292.
Item is the office copy of a 1929 BC Forest Service report from Myra, BC titled "Southern Interior District Experimental Plot No. 160: Conditions After Logging of a Spruce-Balsam Forest in Relation to Spruce Reproduction and to the Rate of Growth of the Second Story".
Item is "Memorandum regarding Future Logging at Aleza Lake" by F.S. McKinnon.
Item is the 1936 strip notes accompanying the BC Forest Service report from Myra, BC titled "Southern Interior District Experimental Plot No. 160: Conditions After Logging of a Spruce-Balsam Forest in Relation to Spruce Reproduction and to the Rate of Growth of the Second Story".
Item is a photocopied version of G.H. Barnes' "The Development of Unevenaged Stands of Engelmann Spruce, and Probable Development of Residual Stands after Logging" reprinted from The Forestry Chronicle, 1937, Vol. 13, No. 3.
File contains original handwritten metereological registers.
File consists of the following original items:
- Letter to G.G. Aitken from K.F. McCusker (Jan. 9, 1934)
- Letter to G.G. Aitken from K.F. McCusker (June 20, 1934)
- Letter to G.G. Aitken from K.F. McCusker (May. 9, 1938)
- Certificate no. 484 bestowed upon Knox Freeman McCusker enabling him to be admitted as an Articled Pupil with the Dominion Lands Surveyors. (Feb. 22, 1909)
The Grand Trunk Railway and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway series consists of administrative records, correspondence between railways, and ephemera. Also consists of maps and technical drawings depicting Grand Trunk Railway and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway rail lines and structures.
File contains photocopies of timber sale contracts and general correspondence regarding timber sales between the Department of Lands and Forests and surrounding mills of the Aleza Lake Experiment Station.
Item consists of photocopied documents regarding Mary Gibson Henry's expeditions in Northern BC. Includes itineraries for her team's 1931 trip and 1932 trip. Also includes a document that provides additional details about the expeditions.
Item is a photocopied version of F.S. McKinnon's "Spruce Regeneration in British Columbia" reprinted from The Forestry Chronicle, 1940, Vol. 16 Supplementary issue.
Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, April 1, 1942 to October 20, 1942:
- April 1-May 30, 1942: Trapping cabin along the Ingenika River
- May 30-June 16, 1942: In the Finlay River area, Freer sold furs to the HBC at Fort Grahame and helped portage supplied through Deserters Canyon for Del Miller and priest
- June 17-October 13, 1942: Employed with the United States Army in Northern BC, packing and outfitting for the survey crews of the Alaska Highway in the areas of Deserters Canyon, Fort Ware, Sifton Pass, and Fox Pass
- October 13-20, 1942: Journey to Skook Davidson's Diamond J Ranch
Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, October 1, 1942 to December 31, 1943:
- October 1-13, 1942: Employed with the United States Army in Northern BC, packing and outfitting for the survey crews of the Alaska Highway in the areas of Deserters Canyon, Fort Ware, Sifton Pass, and Fox Pass
- October 16-29, 1942: Journey to Kechika River and Skook Davidson's Diamond J Ranch
- October 30-December 31, 1942: Working and establishing residence at Skook Davidson's Diamond J Ranch
- January 1-May 19, 1943: Working at Diamond J Ranch with Craig Forfar
- May 19-30, 1943: Trip to Fort Ware
- May 30-June 30, 1943: At Fort Ware, preparing for packing BC Government triangulation survey trip to surveying location and waiting for Skook Davidson to arrive with horses purchased from Jim Beattie
- June 18-July 13, 1943: Travel to surveying location
- July 15-August 17, 1943: Taking care of case camp while survey crews in field
- August 17-26, 1943: All crews working together
- August 27-October 23, 1943: Return trips between Fort Ware and Diamond J Ranch
- October 23-December 31, 1943: Diamond J Ranch
Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, January 1, 1943 to December 31, 1943:
- January 1-May 19, 1943: Working at Diamond J Ranch with Craig Forfar
- May 19-30, 1943: Trip to Fort Ware
- May 30-June 30, 1943: At Fort Ware, preparing for packing BC Government triangulation survey trip to surveying location and waiting for Skook Davidson to arrive with horses purchased from Jim Beattie
- June 18-July 13, 1943: Travel to surveying location
- July 15-August 17, 1943: Taking care of case camp while survey crews in field
- August 17-26, 1943: All crews working together
- August 27-October 23, 1943: Return trips between Fort Ware and Diamond J Ranch
- October 23-December 31, 1943: Diamond J Ranch
Summary of the diary transcript of Willard Freer, October 1, 1942 to December 31, 1943:
- October 1-13, 1942: Employed with the United States Army in Northern BC, packing and outfitting for the survey crews of the Alaska Highway in the areas of Deserters Canyon, Fort Ware, Sifton Pass, and Fox Pass
- October 16-29, 1942: Journey to Kechika River and Skook Davidson's Diamond J Ranch
- October 30-December 31, 1942: Working and establishing residence at Skook Davidson's Diamond J Ranch
- January 1-May 19, 1943: Working at Diamond J Ranch with Craig Forfar
- May 19-30, 1943: Trip to Fort Ware
- May 30-June 30, 1943: At Fort Ware, preparing for packing BC Government triangulation survey trip to surveying location and waiting for Skook Davidson to arrive with horses purchased from Jim Beattie
- June 18-July 13, 1943: Travel to surveying location
- July 15-August 17, 1943: Taking care of case camp while survey crews in field
- August 17-26, 1943: All crews working together
- August 27-October 23, 1943: Return trips between Fort Ware and Diamond J Ranch
- October 23-December 31, 1943: Diamond J Ranch
File contains original studies, and black and white photos for Plot 104.
Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, January 1, 1944 to September 30, 1944:
- January 1-May 27, 1944: Diamond J Ranch
- May 27-June 6, 1944: Travel to Lower Post
- June 6-18, 1944: Waiting for C.H. Ney, land surveyor for the Dominion Geodetic Survey
- June 19-August 28, 1944: Packing for the Dominion astrofix survey
- August 28-September 7, 1944: Lower Post
- September 7-24: Return trip to Diamond J Ranch
- September 28-[October 21], 1944: Fort Ware trip to pick up food and machinery left after the Bedaux expedition
Item is a photocopied version of Alexander's "A Fifteen Year History of the Virgin Spruce-Balsam Type at Aleza Lake Experiment Station and Suggestions for Management". Location of original unknown.
Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, October 1, 1944 to July 1, 1945:
- September 28-October 21, 1944: Fort Ware trip to pick up food and machinery left after the Bedaux expedition
- October 22-December 31, 1944: Diamond J Ranch
- January 1-May 26, 1945: Diamond J Ranch
- May 26-June 1, 1945: Trip to Fort Ware
- June 3-7, 1945: Trip to Thutade Lake as a packer for Emil Bronlund, mining engineer for Consolidated Mining and Smelting
- June 7-October 5, 1945: Thutade Lake
Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, July 1, 1945 to March 31, 1946:
- June 3-7, 1945: Trip to Thutade Lake as a packer for Emil Bronlund, mining engineer for Consolidated Mining and Smelting
- June 7-October 5, 1945: Thutade Lake
- October 5-12, 1945: Trip to Fort Ware
- October 14-26, 1945: Return trip to Diamond J Ranch
- October 27-December 31, 1945: Diamond J Ranch
- January 1-February 25, 1946: Diamond J Ranch
- February 25-March 3, 1946: Trip to Fort Ware
- March 3-13, 1946: Fort Ware
- March 13-26, 1946: Fort Ware to Fort St. James
- March 27-April 15, 1946: Fort St. James, working with Hendry Kinniburgh
Item is an original report by H.M. Pogue titled "Regeneration and Growth of White Spruce After Logging".
File contains timber sale contracts and logging inspection reports for Eagle Lake Sawmill from the Department of Lands and Forests.
Summary of the diary of Willard Freer, April 1, 1946 to September 30, 1947:
- March 27-April 15, 1946: Fort St. James, working with Hendry Kinniburgh
- April 15-May 3, 1946: Took the Greyhound bus from Prince George to southern BC to visit family (Keremeos, Penticton, Cawston)
- May 3-5, 1946: Travelled with family to Wenatchee, Washington to see a flower show
- May 6-11, 1946: Returned with family to Cawston, BC
- May 12-14, 1946: Return trip north to Fort St. James on the Greyhound bus via Keremeos, Ashcroft, Quesnel, and Prince George
- May 15-28, 1946: Preparing for summer work in Fort St. James
- May 28-September 4, 1946: Departed from Fort St. James for employment with Emil Bronlund and the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co., packing through the Omineca District up to Thutade Lake
- September 9-October 25, 1946: Return trip to Diamond J Ranch
- October 26, 1946-May 27, 1947: Diamond J Ranch
- May 27-June 17, 1947: Travel to the British Columbia-Yukon Boundary Survey and preparations for work
- June 18-October 11, 1947: Head packer for the British Columbia-Yukon Boundary Survey
File contains handwritten germination summaries and measurements, charts, and the original study relating to Plot 111.