Contains significant materials covering a wide range of topics related to forestry research and forest management practices in Central British Columbia from the 1920s to the 1980s with the bulk of the materials dating from 1924 to 1963. Includes early surveys and descriptions of the Upper Fraser area, early maps and plans of the Research Forest, and historical meteorological registers from the area. Also includes unpublished scientific reports, communications, administrative and technical reports, timber sale records, and general forestry related reports and publications. Photographs include images of the Experimental Station dating from its inception and images of the Young Men's Forestry Training Program situated at Aleza Lake in 1936. Research records include experimental plot files that contain field notebooks dating from 1928 to 1958 which note locations of the experimental plots as well as sample plots from the surrounding areas of Hutton, Penny, and Foreman. The field notebooks also record growth and mortality data of white spruce balsam from 1928 to 1958 and soil types. The fonds also contains some records related to the re-emergence of the Aleza Lake Research Forest (ALRF) in the 1980s and 1990s.
Slide depicts a detonation in an area of cleared ground in a forested area, likely the Aleza Lake Experiment Station. Work may have been undertaken for roadbuilding activities at the Experiment Station.
Aerial photograph depicts a view overlooking the Georges farm. Note on back stated that this photograph was presented in a frame to the Georges in 2008.
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from the Canadian Forest Service Archives in Victoria. Also includes handwritten notes.
Series consists of publications created by those associated with the Aleza Lake Research Forest as well as the Aleza Lake Research Forest Society itself. Includes various clippings and articles from serial publications such as newspapers and newsletters that focus on the ALRF. Also includes publications that served as reference material on topics relevant to the ALRF.
File contains a trail guide co-published by the BC Forest Service and Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd. entitled "The North Ridge Eco-Trail Guide: Aleza Lake Research Forest".
File contains a photocopy of the BC Forest Service publication entitled "The Aleza Lake Research Forest: 'A Rich Past and a Bright Future' Provincial Colleges Tour" from June 1991.
Map is a photocopy reproduction of the Aleza Lake Experiment Forest working circle timber sale map that was included in the appendix to the 1957 Aleza working plan.
Mylar map is a plot map of a research plot at the Aleza Lake Research Forest. Provides date the plot was established, the harvest history, the silviculture history, remeasurement history, and information about individual trees.
Mylar map is a plot map of a research plot at the Aleza Lake Research Forest. Provides date the plot was established, the harvest history, the silviculture history, remeasurement history, and information about individual trees.
Mylar map is a plot map of a research plot at the Aleza Lake Research Forest. Provides date the plot was established, the harvest history, the silviculture history, remeasurement history, and information about individual trees.
Mylar map is a plot map of a research plot at the Aleza Lake Research Forest. Provides date the plot was established, the harvest history, the silviculture history, remeasurement history, and information about individual trees.
Mylar map is a plot map of a research plot at the Aleza Lake Research Forest. Provides date the plot was established, the harvest history, the silviculture history, remeasurement history, and information about individual trees.
Mylar map is a plot map of a research plot at the Aleza Lake Research Forest. Provides date the plot was established, the harvest history, the silviculture history, remeasurement history, and information about individual trees.
Mylar map is a plot map of a research plot at the Aleza Lake Research Forest. Provides date the plot was established, the harvest history, the silviculture history, remeasurement history, and information about individual trees.
Mylar map is a plot map of a research plot at the Aleza Lake Research Forest. Provides date the plot was established, the harvest history, the silviculture history, remeasurement history, and information about individual trees.
Mylar map is a plot map of a research plot at the Aleza Lake Research Forest. Provides date the plot was established, the harvest history, the silviculture history, remeasurement history, and information about individual trees.
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.
File consists of a letter to Harry Coates from Ev Van Eerden 1992/1993; Christmas card to Harry Coates from Aleza lake Research Forest 2014; Colouring page "3 R's of Forestry"; Letter to Alan Hunter from Dr. Art Fredeen 2004.
notes entitled "A Sustainable Forest for Tomorrow"
notes on white spruce
"B.C. Natural Resources"
E.P. 966 Post-Planting Ecophysiology on Interior Spruce Handout, 92.07.30 Tour
"The Rise and Fall of Lodgepole Pine"
Aleza Lake Research Forest "Historic Timber Sales" map (2013)
"The Need to Develop a Sustainable Forest"
"1992 N.S.C. Field Tour" Aleza Lake Research Forest"
Typed notes entitled "Fifty Years of Practical Research - White Spruce and Lodgepole Pine" consisting of brief point-form notes on white spruce, lodgepole pine, and other species
"E.P. 972.01 The Biological Effectiveness of Mounding and Herbicide Treatments Handout, 92.07.30 Tour"
Photocopy of page from Appendix II of EP 668
Edits to text entitled "Forest Management in BC: Evolve or Die" and accompanying email exchange
handwritten notes
photocopied pages from E.P. 786.06 and 859.03 report
