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1996.7.1.06 · File · 1993-1994
Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC (and others) to the province of British Columbia as well as incoming correspondence to BCUC from the province. Also includes a "Summary of Alcan's Proposed Kemano Completion Flow Regime" and a copy of Slaney et al's "Habitat Capability Analysis of the Nechako River for Rainbow Trout and Char and the Effects of Various Flow Regimes".

Alcan correspondence
1996.7.1.07 · File · 1993-1994
Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC (and others) to Alcan as well as incoming correspondence to BCUC from Alcan and their solicitors. Prominent correspondents include Bill Rich, Vice President for British Columbia for Alcan, and their solicitors, Lawson Lundell Lawson & McIntosh.

BC Hydro correspondence
1996.7.1.08 · File · 1993-1994
Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

File consists of outgoing correspondence from BCUC (and others) to BC Hydro as well as incoming correspondence to BCUC from BC Hydro. Prominent correspondents include Thom Thompson, Vice President of Corporate and Aboriginal Affairs for BC Hydro.

BCUC documents
1996.7.2.2 · File · 1993-1994
Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

File consists of miscellaneous documents created or received by the British Columbia Utilities Commission regarding the Kemano Completion Project review hearings. Includes news releases, newsletters, meeting notes, excerpts from hearings transcripts, lists of registered participants, schedules, terms of reference, "Kemano Completion Project Review Draft Public Hearing Procedures", and a chronology of DFO's involvement in the project.

Alcan promotional material
1996.7.2.4 · File · 1993-1994
Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

File consists of photocopies of promotional material produced by Alcan. Includes Alcan Special Reports, "Kemano: Energy for the Future", pamphlets, news releases, and a "Statement by William J. Rich, Vice President for British Columbia Alcan, at Press Conference, 9 July 1993". Also includes an original "Kemano Completion Project Information" newsletter.

Reference material
1996.7.2.6 · File · 1993-1994
Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

File consists of photocopies of reference material sent to BCUC for the Kemano Completion Project review hearings. Includes excerpts from Shirvell's thesis "Effects of Abstraction on a Trout Stream"; Shirvell's lecture notes on Instream Flow Incremental Methodology; a 1974 article by Larkin entitled "Play it Again Sam--An Essay on Salmon Enhancement"; graphs of results from the Fraser River Temperature Program; a copy of a September 28, 1989 agreement between Alcan and the Cheslatta Band; and a "Response to Department of Fisheries and Oceans Discussion Paper, Toward a Fish Habitat Decision on the Kemano Completion Project" by Save the Bulkley.

Information Requests
1996.7.3 · Series · 1993-1994
Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

Series consists of responses to information requests from registered participants in the Kemano Completion Project Review. Also includes copies of Department of Fisheries and Oceans records released for the British Columbia Utilities Commission Kemano Completion Project Review.

1996.7.3.7 · File · 1993-1994
Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

File consists of requests for information sent to various participants by the British Columbia Utilities Commission and other registered participants in the Kemano Completion Project Review. Also includes responses to those information requests, summaries of information requests, and accompanying correspondence.

1996.7.3.8 · File · 1993-1994
Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

File consists of an index created by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to all of their discovered documents relating to the Kemano Completion Project. This information was requested from DFO by the British Columbia Utilities Commission in conjunction with the Kemano Completion Project Review hearings.

1996.7.3.9 · File · 1993-1994
Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

File consists of copies of discovered Department of Fisheries and Oceans documents relating to the Kemano Completion Project. These documents were requested from DFO by the British Columbia Utilities Commission in conjunction with the Kemano Completion Project Review hearings.

1996.7.4 · Series · 1993-1994
Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

Series consists of submissions and final arguments submitted by registered participants and intervenors to the British Columbia Utilities Commission Public Review of the Kemano Completion Project. Includes submissions to community hearings, submissions to the review hearings, final arguments, and rebuttals to submissions and final arguments. Submitters include Alcan, BC Hydro, the province of BC, the Government of Canada, private individuals, environmental organizations, community groups, and others.

1996.7.4.06 · File · 1993-1994
Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

File consists of submissions from various participants in the BCUC hearings on the review of the Kemano Completion Project. Includes submissions from Mike Robertson, W.G. Hazelwood, the Village of Fraser Lake, Allan Lamb, the Peace Valley Environmental Association, the Canadian Autoworkers Local 102, Terry Slack, Erythana Ventures Corporation, and Douglas Massey.

1996.7.4.07 · File · 1993-1994
Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

File consists of a correspondence file collated by the BCUC staff involved in the Kemano Completion Project Review. Includes incoming correspondence regarding concerns about the review, correspondence regarding submissions to the community hearings, and copies of oral presentations given at the community hearings along with accompanying correspondence.

1996.7.4.08 · File · 1993-1994
Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

File consists of an accumulation of rebuttals from Alcan employees to expert reports submitted by Department of Fisheries and Oceans scientists for the 1987 Nechako River court action. Includes an index to the thirteen rebuttals by authors Bruce Jenkins, A.C. Mitchell, D.W. Chapman, and Rolf Kellerhals.

Final submissions
1996.7.4.11 · File · 1994
Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

File consists of final submissions submitted to the BCUC public review of the Kemano Completion Project. Includes final submissions and accompanying correspondence for the Nechako Environmental Coalition; the District of Vanderhoof/Regional District of Bulkley Nechako/The River Forever/Vanderhoof District Chamber of Commerce; Sustainable BC; J.M. Black; and Rediscovery Prince George. Also includes the Nechako Environmental Coalition's "Rebuttal to Final Submissions of Alcan & the Government of Canada"; the "Final Argument of the Province of British Columbia"; and the "British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority 1993 Revenue Requirements Application Final Argument".

Final arguments
1996.7.4.12 · File · 1994
Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

File consists of final arguments submitted to the BCUC public review of the Kemano Completion Project. Includes final arguments and accompanying correspondence for the Rivers Defense Coalition; the Nechako Valley Regional Cattlemen's Association and the Nechako Valley Dairymen's Association; the Nechako Environmental Coalition; Ben B. Meisner; the Province of British Columbia; the Government of Canada; Ecology Circle Prince George; Rediscovery Prince George; and Rick Berry.

1996.7.4.13 · File · 2 Sept. 1994
Part of BCUC Kemano Completion Project Review Collection

File consists of a copy of the "Argument and Summary of Evidence for the BCUC Review of the Kemano II Project by the District of Vanderhoof, Regional District of Bulkley Nechako, The River Forever, and the Vanderhoof District Chamber of Commerce".

1970 Labour Strike
2000.1.1.3.22 · File · 1970
Part of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. fonds

File contains photographs depicting individuals at Cassiar on strike in the winter time, marching down roads, holding picket signs, carrying small children who hold signs, and driving cars covered with strike slogans. Many of the signs read "U.S.W.A. LOCAL 6536" (United Steel Workers of America).

  • Two photographs depict a man with a video recorder. Some photos feature plant buildings, two were taken at night. One photograph depicts a note that reads: "THERE WILL BE NO AFTERNOON SHIFT THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5th 1970."
  • Many photos depict areas in the mine showing snow impacts, fissures in the mountain, asbestos evidence and other environmental activity. The picket signs contain protests regarding contracts, safety, environment, and ethics.
  • Handwritten annotation on original envelope containing photographs: "Pictures 1970 Strike."
  • Integrated into file are fourteen photos from file marked "Mr. B. Pewsey" that depict an area where a large rock fell, measuring tape, and protest sign.
2000.13.1.19 · Item · 1957
Part of Ray Williston fonds

Item is a photograph of the BC Centennial Committee Board of Directors, wearing their centennial blazers, taken with Lieutenant-Governor Frank Ross in 1957. From left: Mr. Williston, Provincial Archivist Willard Ireland, Alderman Bill Orr of Vancouver, Mr. Ross, Deputy provincial secretary Laurie Wallace, Assistant to Mr. Wallace name unknown, Theodore Adams representing BC Municipalities, Minister of Mines Ken Kiernan and UBC Professor Dr. Malcolm McGregor.

2000.13.1.20 · Item · 1967
Part of Ray Williston fonds

Item is a photograph of Mr. Williston receiving five silver teaspoons with the centennial crest, one for each 100 hundred miles of a personal centennial project which was to run 500 miles, the equivalent of the distance to Prince George. The spoons were presented by YMCA Physical Education Director Art Burgess (left) and YMCA Secretary James A. McConnell. The run took place on the YMCA track in Victoria.