Photograph depicts a ditch cut into a forested landscape. Handwritten annotation on recto of photograph reads: "New Germansen ditch length 10 miles; width of ditch bottom 15 feet"
Photograph depicts a creek running through a forested landscape. Handwritten annotation on verso of photograph states: "View up Germansen Creek"
Photograph depicts two unidentified men standing beside a log pile on the edge of a river that flows alongside a forested landscape. Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "Logs skidded ready to float down to mill, Germansen Placer Ltd."
Photograph depicts a ditch constructed by a bulldozer within a forested area. Annotation on recto of photograph reads: "Bulldozer on Sec. #4 - partly finished ditch"
Photograph depicts a ditch cut through a forested landscape.
Photograph depicts a gas (?) shovel digging out a ditchline through a forested landscape.
Photograph depicts the front end of a steam shovel in a cleared gravel area in front of a forested landscape.
Photo depicts a large sled loaded with large metal tubing, a tent and a pile driver(?)
Photograph depicts a steam shovel operating in a ditch cut through a forested landscape. Handrwitten annotation on recto of photograph: "steam shovel sec. #3 July 15th"
Photograph depicts a caterpillar tractor and a bulldozer working on a ditch cut through a forested landscape. Handwritten annotation on recto reads: "see #1 cut go wide on top". Handwritten annotation on verso reads: "caterpiller tractor and bulldozer working on ditch"
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 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 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.
File consists of photocopied material regarding the Aleza Lake Experimental Station from BC Archives.
Photograph depicts four men posed within or beside two horse drawn carriages in a winter forest landscape. Annotation on recto of photograph reads: "Skookum Davis (?) Bert McCorkell, Bert McDonald - Coming out Nov. 10th, 1934"
File contains photocopy of related study, photocopied handwritten notes, loose handwritten ledger pages, and working copies of photocopied data report listings for Plot 150.
File contains photocopied related report, loose handwritten ledger pages, and photocopies of handwritten notes and data listing reports for Plot 149.
File contains photocopied report, loose handwritten ledger pages, photocopies of handwritten notes and data listing reports for Plot 148.
File contains a report, working copies of charts, and handwritten ledger pages of Plot 50.
File contains a report, germination summaries, photocopies of permanent sample plot data charts, photocopies of logging inspection reports, maps, timber sales contracts, and related correspondence pertaining to Plot 45.
Photograph depicts a two horse driven wagon being pulled off a snowy bank onto a gravel road amidst a forested landscape.
Photograph depicts four men and five sled dogs standing beside a horse-drawn wagon loaded with dog sleds with a forested landscape in the background.
Photograph depicts two men driving a loaded two horse driven wagon as it traverses through a river that runs through a forest landscape.
Photograph depicts a loaded dogsled being pulled by four sled dogs against a winter forest backdrop.
Photograph depicts six sled dogs and three men standing beside a loaded two horse wagon on a forest road.
Photograph depicts a freight truck carrying timber 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 landscape perspective of Germansen Placers including the pipeline.
Photograph depicts a landscape perspective of Germansen Placers including the pipeline.
Collection consists of records created and collected by Robert "Bob" Stowell (1922-2018) and his son Bill Stowell over the course of their careers in the British Columbia forestry industry.
Bob Stowell spent the majority of his 50+ year forestry career with The Pas Lumber Co. (B.C.) Ltd. in Prince George, BC as their Woodlands Manager between 1965-1991. Bob Stowell's records from The Pas Lumber Co. (B.C.) Ltd. include photographs, company histories, speeches, memoranda, correspondence, reports, and news clippings.
Bill Stowell worked for numerous forestry companies across British Columbia over the course of his forestry career (1977-2018). His collected material predominantly consists of forestry-related clippings from newspapers and periodicals, along with forestry-related publications like pamphlets, booklets, and reports. Represented among Bill Stowell's records are correspondence, memoranda, reports, and ephemera from Tolko Industries Ltd. and other various forestry companies.
Sans titreMap of Timber Sale X9696 shows the area for the TSX with spruce balsam timber. Location is 4 miles from the Myra Station of the Kettle Valley Railway.
Caption of back of photograph states: "R877 Forest Branch Cabin X9696"
Photographer's photo number R883. Caption on back of photograph states: "Typical patch of old windfall in cutting in X9696."
Photographer's photo number R884. No caption on back of photograph to glean further information. Title provided based on contextual information from related photographs and documents.
Photographer's photo number R885. Caption on back of photograph states: "Plot '9' X9696 --McCulloch"
Caption on back of photograph states: "Facing W on Plot 13 showing windfall"
No caption on back of photograph to glean further information. Title provided based on contextual information from related photographs and documents. Photograph may depict windfall on Plot 13 similar to the previous photograph 2007.1.45.49.38.
Map of Timber Sale X9696 shows the area for the TSX with the location of plots, roads, traverse posts, and the Forest Branch cabin. Location is 4 miles from the Myra Station of the Kettle Valley Railway.
Map of Timber Sale X9696 shows topography for the area. Location is 4 miles from the Myra Station of the Kettle Valley Railway.
Map of Timber Sale X9696 shows topography for the area. Location is 4 miles from the Myra Station of the Kettle Valley Railway.
Photographer's photo number R880. Caption on back of photograph states: "Taken from near S.E. corner (most easterly corner) of Plot 15. Exp. Plot 160. X9696. See sketch of plot."
Photographer's photo number R882. Caption on back of photograph states: "Photo no. 1. Subplot 13. X-9696. Exp. Plot 160. See sketch of plot for location of photo."
Photographer's photo number R886. No caption on back of photograph to glean further information. Title provided based on contextual information from related photographs and documents.
Caption on back of photograph states: "Facing N on Sub Plot 16 showing [Reproduction] coming up"
Caption on back of photograph states: "Facing N.W. on Sub Plot 10 showing patch of small timber left after logging still intact."
Photographer's photo number R881. Caption on back of photograph states: "Typical patch of reproduction left uninjured by logging. 2 [chains] NE of plot 15."
No caption on back of photograph to glean further information. Title provided based on contextual information from related photographs and documents.