Item is a copyprint reproduced from the British Columbia Forest Service photographic records held at BC Archives.
Item is a copyprint reproduced from the British Columbia Forest Service photographic records held at BC Archives.
Item is a copyprint reproduced from the British Columbia Forest Service photographic records held at BC Archives.
Photograph shows Aleza Lake Research Forest in spring season.
Photograph shows a clearcut at or near Aleza Lake Research Forest in spring season.
Photograph a man standing in the Aleza Lake Research Forest in spring season.
Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.
Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.
Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.
H.C. Kinghorn worked briefly for the B.C. Forest Service and was in charge of the YMFTP crew at Aleza Lake in 1936.
Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.
Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.
Prior to 1936, there was no electrical power at Aleza Lake.
Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.
Bob St. Claire was an American forester who came to BC with an MF degree and some experience in the US Forest Service. He was familiar with the US Forest Experimental Stations. In 1923, as Assistant Chief Forester, he wrote a report recommending: 1) a research station centred in Victoria, and 2) an experiment station in each major forest region in the province. His recommendations were followed. In 1924, Aleza Lake Experimental Station was established and in 1929 Cowichan Lake Experimental Station was established. Bob St. Claire was Assistant Chief Forester three times, but never became Chief Forester.
Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.
Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.
"Another expression of the high morale which prevailed was a joint project which we pursued after hours, on our own time. Out of one huge spruce log we made a set of furniture using an axe and a crosscut saw. We made chairs, a table and a sofa." -- quote from Cedric W. Walker (1907-2003) in "An Early History of the Research Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range" (p. 48)
Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.
Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.
Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.
George Barnes, mensurationist, eventually taught at O.S.U. Eric Garman, silviculturist. Dr. Braham Griffith was in the Research Division 1926-1936. Fin McKinnon was eventually Chief Forester and then Dept. Minister.
Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.
Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.
Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.
Alec Gordon was a soil specialist who conducted land use surveys separating forest land from potential agricultural land.
Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.
Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.
"After we made the acquaintance of several girls living in Aleza Lake village, they would be invited to come to the camp on a Sunday to enjoy the music. Social events were infrequent, so they did not complain about having to travel three miles by rail and then walking another three-quarters of a mile on a foot trail that was sometimes quite muddy." -- quote from Cedric Walker in "An Early History of the Research Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range" (p. 48)
Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.
Back, left to right: Pinker, Rigler, Frank Dickson, Jack Freeborn
Front, left to right: Proste, Eric Garman, John Gerlitsky, Herbert (Ray) Sansom
Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.
Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.
Item is a photograph of a copy print that has been reproduced as a slide, resulting in low photographic quality. Location of original photograph unknown.
Photograph copy print contains the following writing on verso:
British Columbia Archives and Records Service Visual Records Unit
Negative No. H-5387
GR 1348
B.C. Forest Service : The Young Men's Forestry Training Plan
September 1, 1935
Series consists of timber sale contracts, correspondence, logging inspection reports, diagrams, datasheets, prescription reports, and maps.
File contains correspondence regarding logging in the Aleza Lake Research Forest from the Ministry of Forests.
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.
Photograph is one of six depicting the Aleza Lake nursery in Spring 1964. Annotations note these photographs may be associated with EP433.
Photograph is one of six depicting the Aleza Lake nursery in Spring 1964. Annotations note these photographs may be associated with EP433.
Item is "Memorandum regarding Future Logging at Aleza Lake" by F.S. McKinnon.
Item is "A Study of Coniferous Reproduction by Direct Seeding Methods on Various Forest Site Types at Aleza Lake, B.C.: An Essay submitted during the Third Year of the Course in Forestry at the University of British Columbia" by Everett Bruce Peterson.
Item is "An Analysis of the Difference in Gross Merchantable Cubic-foot Volumes of the Upper Fraser Uneven-aged Spruce-Balsam Type When Computed by 2-, 4-, 6-, and 8-inch D.B.H. Classes" from the BC Forest Service "Research Notes" series.
Item is a report on EP 639 entitled "Silviculture in Spruce-Alpine Fir types in the North Central Interior of British Columbia" for the Research Division, BC Forest Service by John Revel.
Item is a photocopied excerpt from an issue of "The Forestry Chronicle" entitled "Natural Reproduction Following Fires in Central British Columbia" by E.H. Garman.
Item is a marking manual compiled by D.R. Glew, Assistant Forester.
Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr. Photograph depicts mature spruce and balsam reproduction.
Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr.
Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr.
Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr.
Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr.
Original photographic print included in "Northern Interior Forest Experiment Station: Report of Preliminary Investigations" by Percy Barr.
Series consists of copies of correspondence sent to and from the British Columbia Utilities Commission regarding the Kemano Completion Project review hearings.
File consists of correspondence and memoranda between members of the British Columbia Utilities Commission involved in the Kemano Completion Project hearings.
File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC to registered participants and others regarding the Kemano Completion Project review hearings.
File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC to the government of Canada as well as incoming correspondence to BCUC from the government of Canada. Prominent correspondents include Harry Wruck and law firm Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy.
File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) as well as incoming correspondence to BCUC from DFO. Prominent correspondents include J.H. Mundie, Gordon Hartman, Cole Shirvell, and Don Alderdice. Also includes news releases from DFO sent to BCUC.
File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC (and others) to Alcan as well as incoming correspondence to BCUC from Alcan and their solicitors. Prominent correspondents include Bill Rich, Vice President for British Columbia for Alcan, and their solicitors, Lawson Lundell Lawson & McIntosh.