Collection consists of records related to the Alcan/Kemano project on the Nechako River circa 1980-2000 from the Nechako Neyenk'ut Society, the Rivers Defense Coalition, and the Smelter Study Group.
Sin títuloPhotograph depicts a view of lot 912 near Nechako River.
Photograph depicts a view of lot 912 near Nechako River.
Photograph depicts a view of Nechako River near junction of Stuart River.
Photograph depicts a view of Nechako River near junction of Stuart River.
Photograph depicts a view from the front of a canoe. A man is paddling from the stern, the river in the midground, rolling treed hills in the background.
Photograph depicts a view of the Nechako River, BC.
Photograph depicts seven or more persons, some standing on river bank with ropes, some standing in a loaded canoe with poles, forest in the background, grass, river shore and anchored boat in foreground.
Photograph depicts two persons holding long poles, standing on a canoe on the Nechako river. The water vessel appears to be very near a falls. Image is out of focus.
Image depicts a cutbank on the Nechako River in Prince George, B.C.
Aerial view of Prince George featuring roadways and the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako rivers.
Annotation on verso: “Prince George from air 1936”.
Photograph depicts the major buildings and streets of the town. Sloped cutbank visible across the Nechako River in background. It is believed that this photograph was taken from Connaught Hill. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph reads: "PRINCE GEORGE, B.C."
Photograph depicts bridge over Nechako River. Sloped cutbanks on opposite shore in background. Buildings and railroad tracks can be seen on town shore in right foreground.
Snow and trees can bee seen on opposite shore in background. Sign posted at top of bridge reads: "NOTICE. ANY PERSON OR PERSONS DRIVING OVER BRIDGE AT A PACE FASTER THAN A WALK WILL BE [?] BY [?] DISTRICT FRONTIER".
View of a scow loaded with provisions and several people passing through rapids of the Grand Canyon. Printed annotation on recto reads: “A scow loaded with provisions passing through the Grand Canyon on it’s way to Fort George.” Handwritten annotation in pencil on recto reads: “Nearly Bumped, Nachaco River” Handwritten annotation in pencil on verso reads: “My address will be Fort George BC. Dear Mrs. Cooper, I am up in the wild part of BC now where men horses and everything get drowned every day, sometimes automobiles get drowned also. This is the way we travel up where I am now. I saw a boat upside down in this Canyon it had a bundle of blankets tied on it and one oar was dancing in the whirlpool. This made my hair stand straight up and down.”
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "46. Bridge over Nechac[k]o view of Fraser Lake and Hudson Bay Post." Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.
Typed caption glued to album page directly below photograph reads: "60. Nechac[k]o River at Fort Fraser." Photographer: Dominion Stock & Bond Corporation.
Fonds consists of records of the Nechako Environmental Coalition.
File consists of an original copy of the British Columbia Utilities Commission's "Kemano Completion Project Review: Report and Recommendations to the Lieutenant Governor in Council".
File consists of correspondence regarding the BCUC Kemano Completion Project Public Review. Includes internal Department of Fisheries and Oceans memoranda, news releases, a schedule for the BCUC technical hearings schedule, agendas, and a copy of "Conceptual Alternatives for a Release Facility at Kenney Dam: An Interim Report of the KDRF Working Group" sent from the T. Buck Suzuki Foundation.
File consists of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Public Review hearings transcripts, pages 5191-5266 and 5450-5470. Includes transcription of discussion with Clark, Jenkins, Chapman, Mitchell, and Rublee.
File consists of Shirvell's preparation for questioning during the BCUC hearings, which include reference material organized with dividers by subject.
File consists of Shirvell's handwritten notes regarding the BCUC review of the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of a copy of "British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review - Technical Hearings Phase 3: Final Argument for Alcan"
File consists of copies of exhibits 537-719 (incomplete) provided for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project. Includes: a document by L.R. Russell et. al. entitled "Chinook Salmon Studies in the Nechako River: 1980, 1981, and 1982", dated November, 1983 (ex. #537); "Memorandum from C.S. Shirvell to G. Ennis, regarding Corrections to Notes from Nechako Workshop, November 14, 15", dated November 28, 1985 (ex. #538); "Memorandum from M. Fretwell to D.L. Deans, regarding Nechako River Programs: Stream Fertilization Fish Assessment Proposal", dated May 10, 1988 (ex. #540); "Summary of Evidence from the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program for Technical Hearing Phase Ill: Fisheries", dated March, 1994 (ex. #572); and a "Memorandum from the Director General Pacific Region to Mr. Lefebvre, regarding Alcan Trial Proposed Out of Court Settlement", dated March 12, 1987 (ex. #719).
File consists of copies of exhibits 500-531 (incomplete) provided for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project. Includes: a document by T.G. Brown et. al. entitled "Availability of Juvenile Chinook Salmon to Predators Along the Margins of the Nechako and Stuart Rivers, B.C.", dated January 1994 (ex. #500); maps from the Nechako Fisheries Conservation Program entitled "Airphoto Mosaics: Nechako River from Kenney Dam to Vanderhoof" (ex. #520); document by P.A. Slaney entitled "In-Stream Engineering of Fish Habitat Structures in a Large Regulated Central B.C. River" (ex. #521); document by P .A. Slaney et. al. entitled "Debris Structure Placements and Whole-River Fertilization For Salmon ids in a Large Regulated Stream in B.C.", dated 1991 (ex. #522); and a "Submission by H. Brooks" (ex. #531).
File consists of "Hard Copies of Overheads by C.S. Shirvell", which were presented as Exhibit 490 at the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project.
File consists of copies of exhibits 442-464 (incomplete) provided for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project. Includes: a "Memorandum from Assistant Deputy Ministers to Deputy Minister of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, regarding Funding Requirements Resulting from Alcan Agreement", dated December 15, 1987 (ex. #442); document by L. Jaremovic and D. Rowland of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans entitled "Compilation and Analysis of Nechako River Spawning Escapement and Carcass Recovery Data 1983 to 1986", dated January, 1987 (ex. #443a); article by R.W. Kraft of Alcan Smelters and Chemicals Ltd. entitled "Investigations of the Effect of the Power Development on Fisheries" (ex. #444); "Memorandum from J.P. Tuyttens of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to T. Taylor, Regional Supervisor of Fisheries, regarding Kenney Dam Closure and Observations Following Same", dated November 10, 1952 (ex. #445); "Memorandum from C. Clarke to R. Bell-Irving of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, regarding Expert Reports for Nechako Court Action - Temperature Requirements for Juvenile Chinook Salmon, dated May 29, 1986 (ex. #446); "Memorandum from J.G. Stockner and K. Shortreed to S. Samis, regarding Volume 21 - Water Quality", dated September 26, 1984 (ex. #450); document by S.A. McFarlane entitled "Utilization of the Nechako River by Chinook Salmon" by S.A. McFarlane (ex. #452); "Memorandum from P.S. Chamut to P. Asselin, regarding Nechako Steering Committee Meeting", dated January 31, 1990 (ex. #455); "Memorandum from R. Bell-Irving to C.L. Dominy, regarding Minister's Request for Technical Briefing", dated May 27, 1987 (ex. #457); "Document on Salmon Streams by Fishery Officers - Nechako and Stellako Rivers" (ex. #458); "Minutes of Technical Discussions of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans at Yellow Point, Vancouver Island, regarding Nechako River Flows", dated April 23, 1987 (ex. #461); "Memorandum from Director General of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to P. Asselin, regarding Migratory Bird Sanctuary - Nechako River", dated September 9, 1987 (ex. #462); document by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans entitled "Application of the EARP Guidelines to the Kemano Completion Project" (ex. #463); and "Tapes of the Minimum and Maximum Daily Water Temperatures of the Nechako River at Finmoore and Stuart River Above Nechako River from 1988 to 1993" (ex. #464).