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2006.25.1.73 · Item · Apr. 1966
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

Begins with footage of maps of the Bella Coola area, Tweedsmuir Park, and Wells Gray Park. Then there is a title slide that reads "Steelhead Unlimited on the Bella Cover River". There is general scenery footage of mountains, streams, rivers, a black bear, a white robin, Eagles.

Footage of men floating down minor river rapids in a rubber boats the men banking their boat and fishing from shore.

Footage of Ooligan fishing and processing : paddling the long dugout canoe with the nets in the water, hauling the fish to shore, placing them in "stink boxes" to extract the grease, and wrapping up the nets .

Possible locations of the footage is Bella Coola, Bella Bella, Bella Coola River, Dean River, Chilcotin region, Tweedsmuir Provincial Park or Wells Gray Park.

2006.25.1.59 · Item · [between 1961 - 1967]
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

Footage of thee men in dugout canoe bringing in ooligan nets full of ooligan fish on what is believed to be the Bella Coola river. Two of the men bring in the net while the third bails water. The men then bring in the canoe to shore using long poles. Women then join and help transport the fish to shore and then place the fish in large "stink box" where they are stirred with a stick.

2006.25.1.71 · Item · Nov. 1962
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

Footage of ducks on a lake and flying away, horses in a corral, a campsite, caribou in the high country of the mountains, probably the Rainbow Mountains, a campsite where men are packing horses and game kill and their journey home in pack train.

Possible locations of filming include Anahim Lake, Chilcotin area, Holt Homestead, Rainbow Mountains, Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, or Wells Gray Provincial Park.

2006.25.1.63 · Item · [between 1961 - 1967]
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

Footage includes salmon jumping in a river, men filleting fish in fishing boat in tide water, a beaver in the water, and a bird, probably a heron, flying.

Recordings from the boat on a river, some loons on a lake, either Anahim or Fenton lake, and a panoramic view of the lake with mountains in background.

Also some footage of men fishing from the shore of a river, children catching fish, children swimming, some river rapids, footage of an eagle, a pelican on the lake, a group of birds, probably sand pipers, in water.

There are two young girls playing on a boat near shore, a view of white and brown house, and an older boy pulling a young girl in a wagon.

Include is footage of a backyard BBQ picnic, two young girls fishing, a cabin at a lake, and general scenery of birch trees, a boat house, and a dock at lake.

There is also a sign that reads "Breezy Cove," people relaxing on porch in front of cabin, and footage of a woman believed to be Mrs. Elsey and a friend walking on a forest path.

The film ends with footage of more fishing off a motor boat and unloading the motor boat at a dock.

Possible locations of the filming include the Bella Coola River, the Bella Coola Valley, the Bulkley Valley, the Hagensborg area, and Nimpo Lake.

2011.9 · Fonds · 1981-2020

Fonds consists of records in speakers at the 2009 Annual General Meeting in Prince George and all of the FHABC newsletters along a with other publications up to March 2020, Issue 105.

Forest History Association of BC
Forestry Videos
2016.5.3.16 · File · 1959 & 1994
Part of Harry Coates fonds

File consists of two videos:

  • A VHS video tape containing "Mark of Progress" promotional and possible training video for the BC forest industry in and around Prince George
  • A VHS tape "Reforestation in British Columbia: A Growing Success" published by the Province of British Columbia Ministry of Forests.
1994.1.1.5.2.336 · Item · 2004
Part of UNBC Office of External Relations

Videotape contains footage of: 13-Dec-04 - Fort St John doctors donate $100,000 to Northern Medical Programs Trust - Page, Kevin / 13-Dec-04 - Fort St John residents develop plan for expanding UNBC's presence in the North Peace - Vander Linden, Julie

2006.9.8 · File · 1999
Part of Bob Harkins fonds

File consists of 1 VHS tape entitled "Vote of Confidence: Politics in the Central Interior" one of a five part series on Prince George's Past, Present and Future entitled Forum 2000 produced by Prince George Millennium Committee. This video recording looks at the issue of regional politics with following panelists: Mayor Colin Kinsley, former Mayor John Backhouse, Regional District Chair Bob Headrick, and broadcaster and former city councilor Bob Harkins.

1994.1.1.5.3.24 · Item · 17 Aug. 1994
Part of UNBC Office of External Relations

Videocassette contains raw footage of the Queen's arrival at the Founder's event, shots of the large UNBC banner displaying the names of Northern BC communities, a speech by Iona Campagnolo at the Founder's event in the UNBC library building, a speech by Dr. Smith (Western Washington University), a speech by Geoffrey Weller at the Founder's event, and shots of Earl's Restaurant in Prince George.

"Fraser Gold"
2006.9.6 · File · c.1990 - c.2000
Part of Bob Harkins fonds

File consists of 1 VHS recording entitled "Fraser Gold," produced by the Fraser River Discovery Centre.

2011.9.01.07 · Item · Sept. 19, 2009
Part of Forest History Association of BC fonds

Item consists of a recording of the panel "From Exploration to Development: Bringing Forest History Forward" (part 2) at the the "Exploring Our Roots: Forest History in Our Communities Annual Conference of the Forest History Association of BC" at UNBC in Prince George, September 19, 2009.

Generator 4
2005.18 · Item · 1957-1960

Film is a dramatization of the construction of the fourth generator at the Kemano hydro-electric power plant in Kitimat

George Lamanes
2003.11.1.21 · File · 1999-2000
Part of Island Cache Recovery Project Collection

File consists of an oral history given by George Lamanes, which was gathered as part of Dr. Mike Evan's Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes consent forms, transcripts, and the recorded oral history on the original media.

2006.25.1.81 · Item · 2000
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

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."

Harkins History
2006.9.2 · File · 1998 - 2000
Part of Bob Harkins fonds

Consists of 1 DVD entitled "Harkins' History" consisting of clips from Bob Harkins TV interviews with various personalities in Prince George covering a range of topics related to local and regional history. DVD includes two sets of clips of segments broadcasted from October 1999 to June 2000.

Harkins, Bob
Harry Coates fonds
2016.5 · Fonds · 1957-2014

Fonds consists of records Harry Coates created or received and retained during his career as a BC Forest Service Research Technician and into his retirement as a Sustainable Forest Management activist. Fonds includes materials from his work at the Aleza Lake Research Forest.

Coates, Harry
Harry Gairns Address, UNBC
2011.9.01.01 · Item · Sept. 18, 2009
Part of Forest History Association of BC fonds

Item consists of Harry Gairns address for the "Exploring Our Roots: Forest History in Our Communities Annual Conference of the Forest History Association of BC" at UNBC in Prince George, September 18, 2009.

1994.1.1.5.6.20 · Item · [199-?]
Part of UNBC Office of External Relations

This video provides an introduction to mixedwood management in the boreal forests of Northeastern B.C., particularly in the Fort Nelson region. A variety of experts describe how to work and manage hardwood stands with an immature spruce component. This video was created for Forest Renewal BC by Slocan Forest Products (Fort Nelson Woodlands), with assistance provided by University of Northern British Columbia.

Heinz Bartkowski
2003.11.1.01 · File · 1999-2000
Part of Island Cache Recovery Project Collection

File consists of an oral history given by Heinz Bartkowski, which was gathered as part of Dr. Mike Evan's Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes consent forms, transcripts, and the recorded oral history on the original media.

Hilliard Clare
2003.11.1.06 · File · 1999-2000
Part of Island Cache Recovery Project Collection

File consists of an oral history given by Hilliard Clare, which was gathered as part of Dr. Mike Evan's Island Cache Recovery Project. Includes consent forms, transcripts, and the recorded oral history on the original media.

Historical Information
2006.18.1 · Series · 1990-2016
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest Society fonds

Series consists of records created or accumulated by the Aleza Lake Research Forest Society regarding the research forest's history. Includes oral histories and material from long-time personnel that worked at the ALRF, such as Harry Coates, John Revel, and Frank Hellenius. Also contains copies of archival records from other archival institutions that concern the history of ALRF, which were compiled as part of a 2006/2007 history internship project.

Horsefly Lake
2012.12.2 · Item · [ca. 1951]
Part of Viksten collection

Digitized video clip of silent film footage depicts Erik and Adolph Viksten, as well as other members of the Viksten family, fishing at Horsefly Lake.

2006.25.1.79 · Item · Apr. 1963
Part of Al Elsey Moving Images Collection

There are three different sections of film footage on this reel.

The first is of two men and a young boy going fishing from a river bank, gutting and cleaning the fish they catch and baiting their hooks with mill eggs. There is more filming of three other men going down the river in a small boat and then banking it to fish. They gut and clean their fish as-well. They load their small boat into the back of a red pick-up truck after they are finished their day.

The second part of this film reel begins with a map of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park. Men on snowmobiles traveling to an abandoned log home and acreage. They then break through the ice on the nearby lake and begin to retrieve their previously set beaver trap, which has a caught beaver. The men then travel to a different location and set up a beaver trap. There is some additional footage of two moose in the snow as the men travel to a third location and retrieve another caught beaver from under the ice. The men return to their cabin and skin the beavers.

The third part of this film is footage of Anahim Lake village, birds in the area, wild flowers, cattle drive, children fishing on the river and swimming, a pelican on a lake, and people in a boat traveling.

Possible other locations of filming include Bella Coola River, Dean River, Ulkatcho, Ulkatcho Mountains, and Tweedsmuir Provincial park.