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2012.05.01.01.14 · Item · [ca. 1967]
Part of Columbia Cellulose Company, Ltd. fonds

Attached description: The two black tanks in the foreground are blow tanks for the two Kamyr digesters which tower behind them. This picture, taken from ground level, shows graphically the 210-foot height of the digesters. Chip conveyors lead in from the right. Each digester is served by a separate conveying line, providing flexibility in the type of wood used, and also ensuring that operation of one digester can continue.

2007.1.25.7.20 · Item · 1913
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

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.

2007.1.25.7.43 · Item · 1926
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

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.

Braham Griffith and woman
2007.1.25.7.48 · Item · 1926
Part of Aleza Lake Research Forest fonds

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." -- from An Early History of the Research Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range (p. 48)