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Photograph depicts a wooden trestle constructed along a steep cliff through a wooded environment. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Trestle work through upper canyon 1/2 mile below intake, Germansen Placer Ltd."

Photograph depicts a shallow ditch cut into rocky terrain that leads through a forested landscape.

Photograph depicts several long logs laid out across a wide ditch with a forest landscape in the background. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph: "Early in April trees put across ditch to make footing for caterpillar tractor".

Photograph depicts four men standing in front of a float plane on the shore of a lake surrounded by their bags. Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Leaving Stuart Lake by plane, Left to right: Mason, Keith, Ferguson, MacMillan (Pilot)"

Photograph depicts two miners standing on either side of wooden sluicing trough in rocky area. Man on left pans for gold. Hills in background. Handwritten annotations on verso of photograph: "PLACER MINERS AT WORK INGINECA RIVER BC", "PHOTO WWW".

Photograph depicts four men wearing suits and ties, standing in front of mine adit in rocky area, bushes in background. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph: "1939 H.F. (Bert) Glassey with black hit in middle" (information regarding Glassey believed to be incorrect).

Photograph depicts two men and bulldozer near what appears to be many piles of logs. Unidentified buildings in background.

Violet sits wearing a fur coat next to younger brother Dixon who wears a suit and hat. They are seated in unidentified area on a wood structure between tall piles of planed lumber. A tall shelter can be seen behind them, and forest trees in background. Dixon Taylor worked at the sawmill in Penny, BC.

Photograph depicts a two men on small fishing boat, called a gillnetter, moored at a fish packer dock with six men at work. One man is transferring materials from crates into large bags while several others watch. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Fish Packer”

An “Indiana” flatbed logging truck releases logs from its load onto a makeshift log slide at the edge of a road.

Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso: "unloading logs".

Five unidentified miners pose for a photo. Logs and wood scraps in foreground, forest in background.

Printed annotation on recto of photograph: "PLACER MINING, ATLINTOD RIVER, ATLIN, B.C. A.C. HIRSHFELD NO. 753."

Photograph of a team of horses pulling a large load of logs. Several men are posed around the sleigh. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Eagle Lake Spruce Mills, Giscome, B.C." Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "4/ This is them after loading. You will observes that this four horse team has two loads, each sleigh has 14 ft banks[??] and is loaded with about 5 thousand feet of logs. In one camp they have a cattepillar[sic] tractor that takes as high as eight sleighs from the bush to the loading [??]. Will try and get you a picture for you. Elizabeth has has very poor health since last March. May have to change residences befor[sic] long very poor doctor here."

Photograph of a fisherman brandishing a large knife next to a halibut on a hook. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Pacific 'HALIBUT'- 275lbs 30000000lbs shipped to Eastern Canada & US in 1923 from Prince Rupert BC."

Photograph of many fishing boats in a Prince Rupert harbour. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Fishing Boats Prince Rupert, BC Photo by J. Wrathall." Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "Greetings from British Columbia Ruth and Jim Warner[??]." Postcard is addressed to: "Mr. and Mrs. C. Ott 426 So. Humboldh Denver 9. Colorado U.S.A." Verso is affixed with a 4 cent Canadian stamp. Postmark reads: " Vancouver B.C. Canada. Jun 5 5 PM 1954."

Photograph of Prince Rupert businesses amidst clear cut stumps. Businesses include "Stewart and Mobley Groceries, Fruits and Produce." Printed annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert, B.C., Oct. 09."

Hand coloured photo of a clearing in Prince Rupert with a sawmill in the distance. Printed annotation on recto reads: "Prince Rupert, B.C. : Saw Mill Grand Trunk Pacific Railway." Artist's stamp in the lower right corner reads: "103112 J.V."

Photograph depicts winter landscape with track and logs in foreground. Bridge, trees and cleared land in background.

Photograph depicts a forested mountain, the bottom half of which has been logged and terraced; beneath the mountain is a railroad track and parked vehickes including a schoolbus and two dumptrucks.

Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “Fairview Sodturning, Prince Rupert, 1/3/75”.

Photograph depicts two fisherman on a boat--one holding a crab trap and another looking at the catch.

Photograph depicts an aerial view of the Haida Gwaii shoreline near Kiusta.

Photograph depicts pipeline construction workers for the Pacific Northern Gas pipeline from Summit Lake to Kitimat with a helicopter on the north end of Prudhomme Lake.

Image depicts the Northwood pulpmill in Prince George B.C.

Image depicts Prince George, possibly with the Northwood Pulpmill in the background.

Image depicts Prince George Sawmill taken from across the Nechako River looking southwest. Map coordinates 53°56'00.0"N 122°44'29.7"W

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Earl Lousier and Harry Gairns.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with the Perry Family.

File consists of a transcript of an oral history interview with Horst Sander. Also includes photocopies of Horst Sander's personal records, such as a tree farm license.

Photograph depicts a man standing on a pile of logs in the Peden Hill sawmill yard, after the mill was rebuilt after the first mill burnt down in 1941. The first mill was operated by steam; the second mill was powered by a diesel-powered motor.

Photograph depicts a male worker standing amid stacks of lumber in a lumber yard at Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts Cornel Neronovitch standing by a 'Maple Leaf' Chevrolet truck near the Peden Hill sawmill. Raw logs are stacked and chained on the truck.

Photograph depicts two men using a gin pole, winch and jammer to load raw logs onto a logging truck, likely near Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts a log jack-ladder up to Nash Sawmill, co-owned by Cornel Neronovitch and Fred Tesluk. This sawmill was steam powered and burnt down in 1941. The sawmill was located on a back-channel of the Fraser River.

Photograph depicts a young man sitting at the top of an active sawmill jackladder at Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts two men perched on top of a freight truck carrying a load of timber at Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts a log boom in the Fraser River. These logs were waiting to go into jackladder and down the log chute into the Fraser River backchannel at Peden Hill sawmill.

Photograph depicts a man sitting on a truck that is transporting logs at Peden Hill Sawmill.

Item consists of a map of British Columbia showing Status of Sustained-Yield Forestry Programme as at December 31, 1969 with colour coded areas indicating Public Sustained Yield Units, Special Scale Areas, Tree Farm Licences, and Major Parks.

Attached description: The graph indicates how Skeena Kraft pulping characteristics compare with the burst-tear properties of other bleached kraft market pulps. In this relationship, Skeena Kraft develops the high bursting strength typical of northern Canadian krafts while retaining a distinct advantage in tearing strength.

Attached description: Brilliant lights outline the 750 t/d Skeena Kraft mill at night. Lights on the two Kamyr continuous digesters give the vessels the appearance of missiles in position for takeoff. Lights outline graphically the shape of the spacious and bright structure housing the pulping group, the pulp machine including wet-end equipment and Flakt Drier, and the large warehouse which is nearest the camera.

Attached description: Sample bales of Skeena Kraft bleached pulp are displayed by a receptionist, Jan Thompson, in front of a large aerial picture of the combined operations of the Columbia Cellulose sulphite mill and the Skeena Kraft mill at Prince Rupert. Sample bales are used to ship pulp to prospective customers who wish to test this new product, which, is already gaining recognition in world markets at a high quality pulp.

Attached description: The Skeena Kraft Group occupies the center of this picture showing the bleaching towers and the continuous Kamyr digesters. In the foreground is the Administration building, the Personnel and Safety building, and the employees' parking lot. The covered conveyor leading to the digesters carries chips. An emergency 1,000,000 water tower stands on the hill in the background.

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.

Item is a diagram of recausticizing plant and lime kiln.

Item is a diagram of the layout of Skeena Kraft recovery and recausticizing.

Item is a diagram showing the process through chip preparation and continuous digesting, brown stock washing, brown stock screening and cleaning, bleach plant, and bleach stock screening and cleaning.

Item is a map showing the watersheds of Diana Lake, Rainbow Lake and Prudhomme Lake.

Attached description: Workmen place last steel plates of Kamyr continuous digester - one of two which now feed the Skeena Kraft mill.

Attached description: Unitized bundles of eight strapped pulp bales weighing 16 tons are loaded into the ship's hold by specially designed over-running cranes.

Item is an aerial photograph of mill by a waterway.