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G. Gary Runka Writing
2020.4.2.2 · Subseries · 1961-1998
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

Subseries consists of publications, manuscripts, and drafts of worked written, co-written, or edited by G. Gary Runka over the course of his career. Also includes conference proceedings that contain contributions by G. Gary Runka.

Collected Works
2020.4.2.3 · Subseries · 1945-2009
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

Subseries includes works collected by G. Gary Runka. Runka collected a comprehensive resource library of publications, reports, and rare grey literature that reflected the depth and breadth of natural resource issues in British Columbia. Material from this resource library was intrinsically tied to Runka's work; selected unique items from the resource library are contained within this sub-series to contextualize the scope of land management issues.

2020.4.6.107 · File · 1984
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Corporation of the Township of Richmond for the "Preparation of Background Agriculture Study for Community Plan" project in Richmond. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #107; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Includes:

  • Township of Richmond Planning Department, "The Richmond Official Community Plan", Sept. 1986
  • Township of Richmond Planning Department, "Official Community Plan Issue Paper No. 3 - Agricultural Issues", Sept. 1984.
2020.4.6.671 · File · 2012
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for B.C. Women's Institutes for the "Site C - Environmental Impact Statement Technical Review" project in Site C. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #671; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. Also includes an oversize bound map book by BC Hydro entitled "Preliminary Impact Lines and Preferred Highway 29 Realignments Maps" for the Site C project, published April 2012.

2020.4.4.01 · File · 1972-1978
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of Gary Runka's records during his roles as general manager of the BC Land Commission (appointed 1973) and as the chairman of the Agricultural Land Commission (1975-1978) during its formative years. Includes correspondence, reports, informational material, and maps. Highlights include:

  • A statement by Gordan Gram delivered 30 March 1976 entitled "Land Commission: Acquisition and Land Management"
  • "Brief to the Commission of Inquiry on Property Assessment and Taxation" submitted by the B.C. Land Commission (29 April 1976)
  • "Possibilities for Improved Land Management of Class 4 Lands in ALR: A Report to the British Columbia Land Commission" by Terence Lewis (12 Dec. 1975)
  • Newspaper articles about the Commission's work and Runka's departure in 1978
  • "Script for: Saving the Land - Bernholtz Study Project - A Slide Tape Presentation"
  • "Green Paper on Planning for Agriculture: Food Land Guidelines" from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (1977)
  • "Where Have the Farm Lands Gone?" pamphlet (1979)
  • "Official Regional, Settlement, Community Plan Project 1978-1979"
  • "Preserving Agricultural Land: Guidelines for Action" booklet (1978)
  • Gary Runka's 1978 resignation letter

Maps include:

  • Photocopy of BC Provincial Land Commission, "Agricultural Land Reserve Plan, East Kootenay Regional District", map no. 82K/9, base sheet 16 of 17, last amended July 1994.
  • Photocopy of BC Provincial Land Commission, "Agricultural Land Reserve Plan, East Kootenay Regional District", map no. 82G/12, base sheet 8 of 17, last amended Oct. 1995.
  • Photocopy of BC Provincial Land Commission, "Agricultural Land Reserve Plan, Thompson-Nicola Regional District", map no. 92L/1, base sheet 14 of 43, original dated August 1974.
  • Photocopy of BC Provincial Land Commission, "Agricultural Land Reserve Plan, Thompson-Nicola Regional District", map no. 92L/2, base sheet 15 of 43, last amended Oct. 1998.
  • Reproduction of B.C. Land Inventory (C.L.I.) base map 82E/3 showing Agricultural Land Reserve Boundary in the Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, amended to July 1996.
  • Reproduction of B.C. Land Inventory (C.L.I.) base map 82E/6 showing Agricultural Land Reserve Boundary in the Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, originally dated February 1974.
  • Reproduction of B.C. Land Inventory (C.L.I.) base map 82E/12 showing Agricultural Land Reserve Boundary in the Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District, amended to Oct. 1995.
2020.4.6.650 · File · 2009
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Canoe Creek Indian Band for the "Overview of Issues and Concerns Related to Transmission Line Corridor Component" project in Dog Creek. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #650; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. File also includes 2 accompanying DVDs.

Maps include:

  • Reproduction of NTS map Bambrick Creek 92-O/11 Edition 2 showing photocopied overlay depicting planned transmission line corridor
  • Reproduction of NTS map Mount Alex 92-O/10 Edition 3 showing photocopied overlay depicting planned transmission line corridor
  • Reproduction of NTS map Gustafsen Lake 92-P/12 Edition 2 showing photocopied overlay depicting planned transmission line corridor
  • Reproduction of NTS map Dog Creek 92-O/9 Edition 3 showing photocopied overlay depicting planned transmission line corridor
  • Reproduction of NTS map Mount Tatlow 92-O/5 Edition 2 showing photocopied overlay depicting planned transmission line corridor
  • Reproduction of NTS map Elkin Creek 92-O/12 Edition 2 showing photocopied overlay depicting planned transmission line corridor
  • Jacques Whitford - AXYS Ltd. for Taseko Mines Ltd. Prosperity Project, "Taseko Transmission Corridor Orthophotography Series 1" draft map, August 2008 (revision #2).
  • Jacques Whitford - AXYS Ltd. for Taseko Mines Ltd. Prosperity Project, "Taseko Transmission Corridor Orthophotography Series 2" draft map, August 2008 (revision #2).
  • Jacques Whitford - AXYS Ltd. for Taseko Mines Ltd. Prosperity Project, "Taseko Transmission Corridor Orthophotography Series 3" draft map, August 2008 (revision #2).
  • Stswecem'c Xgat'tem Natural Resources Department, untitled map showing reserves and transmission corridor, scale 1:26,779, May 2009.
  • Stswecem'c Xgat'tem Natural Resources Department, untitled map showing reserves and transmission corridor and transmission line, scale 1:35,705, May 2009.
  • Stswecem'c Xgat'tem Natural Resources Department, untitled map showing reserves and transmission corridor, scale 1:63,476, May 2009.
2020.4.6.578 · File · 2002-2005
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management for the "Facilitation and Mediation of Central Coast Land and Resource Management Plan" project in Central Coast. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #578; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Maps include:

  • BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management Decision Support Services for Treaty Negotiations Office, "Central Coast LRMP", Nov. 2003.
  • Nature Conservancy Canada, "Bella Coola Valley CIT Input and Analysis", Dec. 2005.
Maps & Oversize
2020.4.7 · Series · 1965-2009
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

Series consists of maps, technical drawings, and other oversize material collected by Gary Runka that are not associated with specific Land Sense Ltd. client jobs.

2020.4.6.021 · File · 1979-1980
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Royal Commission of Inquiry, Health and Environmental Protection, Uranium Mining for the "Overview of Potential Land Use Conflicts related to Proposed Uranium Mining in British Columbia" project in Okanagan-Kettle Valley and Birch Island. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #021; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Includes the following reports:

  • G. Gary Runka, "Overview - Potential Land Use Conflicts: Proposed Uranium Mining - for Royal Commission of Inquiry Health and Environmental Protection Uranium Mining", March 1980
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry Health and Environmental Protection Uranium Mining, "First Interim Report on Uranium Exploration of the Commissioners", April 1979.

Maps include:

  • "Prairie Creek Flats (Summerland) Auger Holes with Uranium Content", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Sept. 1979 ;
  • "Prairie Creek Flats (Dale Meadows) Post Glacial Uranium Deposit, Summerland, BC", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Oct. 1979 - 3 copies;
  • "Sinkhole Pond Uranium Content", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Sept. 1979 ;
  • "Oliver Property, North Wow Lake Area, Auger Sections", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Aug. 1979 ;
  • "Brent Flat & Swamp Uranium Content", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Sept. 1979 ;
  • "Meyers Flat & Swamp Uranium Content", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Sept. 1979 ;
  • "Sinking Pong & Flats Uranium Content", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Sept. 1979 ;
  • "Oliver Property, South Wow Lake Area, Auger Sections", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Sept. 1979 ;
  • "Distribution of Uranium Exploration Mineral Claims and Radioactive Occurrences", BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources adapted by Talisman Graphics, n.d. ;
  • "Uranium Exploration Sites in BC", BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources adapted by Talisman Graphics, n.d.
2020.4.6.065 · File · 1982
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Environment Canada, Lands Directorate for the "Okanagan Fruitlands: The Location, Nature, Amount and Rate of Land Use Change (Report to Accompany Land Use Change Maps)" project in Penticton South. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #065; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Includes map:

  • "Okanagan Fruitlands Study - Land Converted to Built-up Uses 1958-1981; Agricultural Land Reserves and Built-Up Uses in 1981; Land Use in 1981", [1982?]
2020.4.6.079 · File · 1982
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing for the "Moberly DPA" project in Fort St. John. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #079; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Maps include:

  • "Moberly River" NTS map annotated with Soils & Landforms;
  • "Moberly Crown Land Plan Area - Land Capability for Agriculture Interpretation" by G. G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., 1982;
  • "Hudson Hope" 1964 NTS map annotated with Soils & Landforms;
  • "Moberly Crown Land Plan Area", n.d. - 2 copies;
  • "Climate Capability for Agriculture 94A-SW", 1970.
2020.4.6.112 · File · 1984
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Richmond Landfill Ltd. for the "Assessment of Land Use Opportunities and Conflicts" project in Richmond. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #112; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Maps include:

  • "Fraser Richmond" showing legal lots, Fraser River Harbour Commission, May 1980 ;
  • "Posting Plan of Portion of Sections 10, 15, 22, 27 and 28, Block 4 North; Range 5 West, New Westminster District", Crockford, Scobbie & Associates Surveyors & Engineers, Jan. 1977.
2020.4.6.162 · File · 1986
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work with Don Ference and Associates for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada for the "Analysis of Sequential Land Use Change - IR#172 (Montney Reserve)" project in relation to the legal case Apsassin et al v. Her Majesty. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #162; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. Includes correspondence, invoices, photocopied map areas, handwritten notes, photocopied legal documents, and photocopied government documents.

Includes the following:

  • Photocopied history and compilation of government documents by A.F. Honner relating to the history of the St. John Indian Reserve, 1961
  • Photocopied version of a report entitled "Peace River Agricultural Land Valuation" prepared by the Department of Finance, 1954.

Maps include:

  • Canada Department of Agriculture, "Canada Land Inventory, Land Capability for Forestry - Fort St. John, British Columbia, Peace River Land District - 94 A/SE", 1973.
  • Reproduction of BC Land Registry, "Plan of Subdivision of St. John Indian Reserve No. 172 Peace River District", Plan 3986, 1947.
  • Agriculture Canada, "Soils of Fort St. John-Dawson Creek Area, British Columbia, Soil Survey Report No. 42", 1985.
  • BC Ministry of Environment, "Climatic Capability for Agriculture - Fort St. John", 1983.
  • Reproduction of NTS map of "North Pine, British Columbia" with annotated overlay. Date of base map 1956, date of overlay unknown.
  • Reproduction of NTS map of "North Pine, British Columbia sheet 94 a/7 East Half" with annotated overlay. Date of base map 1956, date of overlay unknown.
  • Reproduction of Canada Land Inventory Ungulate Capability for Fort St. John 94 A/SE, [197-?]
  • NTS "Charlie Lake, Peace River Land District 94 A Edition 3", 1985.
2020.4.6.184 · File · 1987
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Ministry of Forests and Lands, Land Policy Branch for the "Coastal Resource Identification Study: Desolation Sound - Johnstone Strait" project in Victoria. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #184; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. Includes BC Ministry of Forest and Lands map "Coastal Resource Identification Study - Aquaculture Opportunities - Desolation Sound - Johnstone Strait", March 1987.

Maps include:

  • Regional District of Comox-Strathcona, "Cortes Island - Electoral Area 'I' - Zoning Map", Feb. 1974
  • "Quadra Island Zoning Bylaw 1986" bylaw No. 895, Schedule A map, 1986 (one map on 10 sheets)
2020.4.6.230 · File · 1989
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Public Works Canada for the "Assessment of Alleged Soil Degradation on Skeetchestn Indian Reserve #1" project in Deadman's Creek. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #230; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Maps include:

  • Reproduction of B.C. Land Surveyors, "Plan and Field Notes of Survey of Parcel C in Deadman's Creek Indian Reserve Township 21, Range 22, West of the 6th Meridian, Province of British Columbia, Kamloops District", 1966.
  • Canada Land Survey, "Reference Plan of Deadman's Creek Indian Reserve, Kamloops District, Province of British Columbia", 1969.
2020.4.6.244 · File · 1989
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work with McKay, Rivard and Co. Ltd. for Penticton Indian Band for the "Analysis of Land Suitability for Irrigated Crops, Penticton Indian Reserve #1" project regarding assessment of alleged soil degradation on Skeetchestn Indian Reserve #1. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #244; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. Includes correspondence, invoices, photocopied map areas, handwritten notes, photocopied legal documents, and reports.

Includes the following:

  • J.W. Ngai, BC Ministry of Environment, "Penticton Indian Band Proposed Irrigation Water Supply Project Preliminary Study", July 1980
  • "Penticton Indian Band Proposed ARDSA Irrigation Project - Potential Irrigable Areas and Distribution System", BC Ministry of Environment Inventory and Engineering Branch, July 1980
  • G. Gary Runka for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Public Works Canada, and Department of Justice, "Assessment of Alleged Soil Degradation on Parcel C, Plan 53050, Skeetchestn Indian Reserve #1"
  • Flynn & Associates, "Appraisal of Merryfield Leases, Deadman's Creek Indian Reserve", April 1983
  • John T. Crowe of Flynn & Associates for Deadman's Creek Indian Band, "Appraisal of Agricultural Land, Deadman's Creek Indian Reserve", April 1985

Maps include:

  • Ministry of Environment, "Brent Lake South Dam - To accompany report on Penticton Indian Band Proposed ARDSA Irrigation Project", July 1980.
  • Ministry of Environment, "Brent Lake North Dam - To accompany report on Penticton Indian Band Proposed ARDSA Irrigation Project", July 1980.
  • Ministry of Environment, "Brent Lake Storage Development General Layout - To accompany report on Penticton Indian Band Proposed ARDSA Irrigation Project", July 1980.
  • Ministry of Environment, "Potential Irrigable Areas and Distribution System - To accompany report on Penticton Indian Band Proposed ARDSA Irrigation Project", July 1980.
  • Ministry of Environment, "Brent Lake Reservoir - Cross-Sections of Dam - Storage Inventory Programme Okanagan Basin - Columbia System", Jan. 1981.
  • Ministry of Environment, "Brent Lake Reservoir - Topographic Map of North End of Brent Lake including existing diversion from Shingle Creek - Storage Inventory Programme Okanagan Basin - Columbia System", Jan. 1981.
  • Ministry of Environment, "Brent Lake Reservoir - Plan of Reservoir - Storage Inventory Programme Okanagan Basin - Columbia System", Jan. 1981.
  • Ministry of Environment, "Brent Lake Reservoir - Storage and Basin Data Accompanying Plan of Reservoir - Storage Inventory Programme Okanagan Basin - Columbia System", Jan. 1981.
  • Ministry of Environment, "Brent Lake Reservoir - General Plan and Longitudinal-Section of Dam, Longitudinal-Section and Cross-Sections of Spillway Channel - Storage Inventory Programme Okanagan Basin - Columbia System", Jan. 1981.
  • Ministry of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, "Photomap of Part of Pentiction I.R. 1, I.R. 3a - Osoyoos Division of Yale District, British Columbia" with survey overlay, Sheet 1 of 5, 1986
  • Ministry of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, "Photomap of Part of Pentiction I.R. 1 - Similkameen and Osoyoos Division of Yale District, British Columbia" with survey overlay, Sheet 3 of 5, 1986
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. using IMC Consulting Group base map, Penticton Indian Band Map 1 - draft map with no legend
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. using IMC Consulting Group base map, Penticton Indian Band Map 1 - annotated draft map showing land use
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. using IMC Consulting Group base map, Penticton Indian Band Map 2 - annotated draft map showing land use
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. using IMC Consulting Group base map, Penticton Indian Band Map 3 - annotated draft map on transparency (2 copies)
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. using IMC Consulting Group base map, Penticton Indian Band Map 3 - draft map with no legend (7 copies)
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. using IMC Consulting Group base map, Penticton Indian Band Map 3 - edited to show "Annual Water Requirements and Peak Flow/Acre"
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. using IMC Consulting Group base map, Penticton Indian Band Map 3 - edited to show "Land Suitability for Irrigated Crops", June 1989 (4 copies)
  • Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, "Survey Overlay Photomap of Part of Penticton I.R. 1 - Osoyoos Division of Yale District, British Columbia", Sheet 2 of 5, Sept. 1986
  • Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, "Survey Overlay Photomap of Part of Penticton I.R. 1 - Similkameen Division of Yale District, British Columbia", Sheet 4 of 5, Sept. 1986
2020.4.6.245 · File · 1989
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Penticton Indian Band for the "Analysis of and Suitability for Irrigated Crops and Consultation on Water Management Strategy" project in Penticton. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #245; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Includes the following:

  • Urban Systems Limited for Penticton Indian Band, "Water Demand Study for the Penticton Indian Band", June 1990

Includes the following maps:

  • Land Sense Ltd. and Craig Brownlee for Penticton Indian Band, "Annual Water Requirements and Peak Flow/Acre", July 1989.
  • Urban Systems Ltd., "Penticton Indian Band Future Land Use - P.I.R. No. 1 - Appendix 1", April 1990.
2020.4.6.274 · File · 1990
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Commission on Fraser Valley Petroleum Exploration for the "Advisement on Fraser Valley Land and Water Use Issues" project. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #274; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Maps include:

  • Photocopy of Corporation of Delta, Master Legal Plan, M-L-F3
  • Annotated overlay on top of Corporation of Delta, Master Legal Plan, M-L-F3
  • Segment of municipal land map showing Sec. 28
  • Segment of municipal land map showing Sec. 2 and Canada/USA border
  • "Water Well Location Map" in T.P. 10 area, Surrey, 1982
  • Annotated and hand col. segment of Surrey municipal plan, T.P. 10 area
  • Photocopy of segment of Surrey municipal plan, T.P. 10 area
  • Photocopy of segment of Surrey municipal plan, ML-10-33
  • Surrey municipal plan, ML-10-34
  • Photocopy of segment of Langley municipal plan
  • Photocopy of handdrawn overlay over untitled municipal plan
  • Surrey municipal plan, ML-10-34
  • Photocopy of Langley Master Legal Plan sheet ML-10-2
  • Langley Master Legal Plan sheet ML-10-28
  • Photocopy of Langley Master Legal Plan sheet ML-10-28
  • Langley Master Legal Plan sheet ML-10-33
  • Photocopy of Langley Master Legal Plan sheet ML-10-33
  • Langley Master Legal Plan sheet ML-10-3
  • Langley Master Legal Plan sheet ML-10-2
  • Langley Master Legal Plan sheet ML-10-1
  • Photocopy of Langley Master Legal Plan sheet ML-10-1
  • Langley Master Legal Plan sheet segment
  • Photocopy of Corporation of Delta, Master Legal Plan, M-L-G1
  • Photocopy of Corporation of Delta, Master Legal Plan, M-L-E3
  • Photocopy of Corporation of Delta, Master Legal Plan, M-L-F1
  • Photocopy of Corporation of Delta, Master Legal Plan, M-L-F2
  • Photocopy of Corporation of Delta, Master Legal Plan, M-L-F3
  • Regional Planning Commission, "The Town of Drayton Valley", Jan. 1985
2020.4.6.325 · File · 1992
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for North Okanagan Regional District for the "Coldstream Ranch Land Use Concept Plan" project in Coldstream. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #325; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Maps include:

  • Photocopy of BC Land Commission, "Agricultural Land Reserve Plan for the Regional District of North Okanagan - District of Coldstream", 1974.
  • Photocopy of Coldstream topographical map
  • Photocopied segment of District of Coldstream map
  • Regional District of North Okanagan, District of Coldstream, "Official Community Plan", Sheet 1 of 2, 1987. (2 copies)
  • Regional District of North Okanagan, District of Coldstream, "Official Community Plan", Sheet 2 of 2, 1987. (2 copies)
  • Regional District of North Okanagan, District of Coldstream, "Official Community Plan", Sheet 2 of 2, 1987 - annotated and hand col. to show Coldstream Ranch
  • BC Ministry of Crown Lands, "Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park", July 1989
  • Regional District of North Okanagan, "Coldstream", May 1992.
  • Regional District of North Okanagan, "Coldstream Ranch Land Use Concept Plan", July 1992.
2020.4.6.336 · File · 1992
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for W.D. McIntosh Land Surveying Ltd. for the "Fawcett Farm Subdivision and Consolidation" project in Vanderhoof. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #336; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Includes the following map:

  • W.D. McIntosh B.C. Land Surveyor, "Plan of Proposed Subdivision of the SE 1/4, SW 1/4 of Section 33, and the N 1/2 of Section 32, all in Township 3, Range 4, Coast District", 1988.
2020.4.6.057 · File · 1983-1985
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Hydro for the "Capability Analysis and Land Use Concept Plan - West Arrow Park" project in West Arrow Park. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #057; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. File also includes 12 accompanying aerial photographs.

Includes the following reports:

  • Sigma Resource Consultants for British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Land Division, "Assessment of Land Capability - Wigwam, Demars, West Arrow Park, Whatshan, Needles - Arrow Reservoir Region - Final Report", July 1975
  • Sigma Resource Consultants for British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Properties Division, "Arrow Reservoir Region Perspective on Resources and Settlement", 1979
  • Sigma Resource Consultants for British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Land Division, "Arrow Reservoir Region Regional Resource Study", October 1975
  • G. G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. for B.C. Hydro Reservoir Land Management, "Explanatory Notes - West Arrow Park Land Disposal (Central Section) - Agriculture Unit Concept Plan", January 1985.

Maps include:

  • "Composite Plan of Central Section (Between Mosquito Creek and Dixon Creek) of West Arrow Park", 22 Oct. 1984 - 2 copies, one annotated with overlay;
  • "Columbia River Arrow Lakes Region: Edgewood to Nakusp", 2 Nov. 1964 - 6 different sheets showing differing mosaic units ;
  • "Columbia River Development Arrow Lakes Relocation Programme: Middle Narrow - BC Hydro Needles x Nakusp 138 Kv Transmission Line Route Plan", n.d. - 2 copies;
  • "BC Hydro Land Mosaic Columbia River Developments Arrow Project", March 1965 - 4 different sheets with annotations ;
  • "Composite Sketch Plan of North Section (Glendevon Area) of West Arrow Park Area", n.d. ;
  • "Part of Whatshan to Saddle Mountain Forest Service Road in the Arrow park-Glendevon Area";
  • "BC Ministry of Forests Forest Cover Series 82-K-4-d";
  • "West Arrow Park oversize printed aerial photograph map", ca. 1970.
2020.4.6.149 · File · 1985
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Buildings Corporation for the "Land Resource Inventory of Tranquille Institution" project in Kamloops. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #149; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. File also includes 4 accompanying aerial photographs (2 with overlays) and 1 photographic print. Includes report by G. G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. for B.C. Buildings Corporation entitled "Tranquille Farm, Kamloops, B.C., Land Resource Attributes and Constraints", January 1986.

Maps include:

  • British Columbia Buildings Corporation, "Tranquille School & Farm", Aug. 1979
  • British Columbia Buildings Corporation, "Tranquille", Feb. 1980
  • British Columbia Buildings Corporation, "Tranquille Wasterwater Management System Upgrading", Feb. 1981 (2 copies)
  • R. B. Stothers, City of Kamloops, "Posting Plan of Outer Boundaries of DL 341,342 & 343 all of Group 1 KDYD; LS6,11 & 12 of Sec 25; and NW Cor Sec 25, TP 20 Rge 19 W6M KDYD, Dec. 1985 (3 copies, 1 of which is annotated)
  • Untitled map of D.L. 342 & 343 etc.
  • Enlargement of Untitled map of D.L. 342 & 343 etc.
  • Reproduction of [1916?] "Plan of Part of Lot 343 G1 Kamloops District"
  • Reproduction of Canada Department of Agriculture Water Development Branch, "General Plan - Tranquille Farm Lands", Dec. 1953
  • Annotated draft map showing Red Plateau grazing permit, Tranquille Reserve, existing fence, and proposed fence, circa [198-?]
  • Reproduction of Department of Lands and Forests, "Plan of Tranquille School", Oct. 1961
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., draft mylar map negative depicting Tranquille Farm entitled "Map 1: Landforms", 1985
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., draft mylar map negative depicting Tranquille Farm entitled "Map 2: Land Capability for Agriculture", 1985
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., draft mylar map negative depicting Tranquille Farm entitled "Map 3: Land Suitability for Agriculture", 1985 (with overlays)
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., draft mylar map negative depicting Tranquille Farm entitled "Map 4: Present and Surrounding Use", 1985
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., draft mylar map negative depicting Tranquille Farm entitled "Map 5: Legal and Jurisdictional", 1985
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., draft mylar map negative depicting Tranquille Farm entitled "Map 6: Proposed Land Use and Legal Parcel Replot", 1985
  • BC Ministry of Environment, 92I.078.1.4.1 Orthophoto map, Jan. 1985
  • BC Ministry of Environment, 92I.078.1.4.1 Orthophoto map (reproduced with overlay), Jan. 1985
  • BC Ministry of Environment, 92I.078.1.4.2 Orthophoto map, Jan. 1985
  • BC Ministry of Environment, 92I.078.1.4.2 Orthophoto map (reproduced with overlay), Jan. 1985
  • BC Ministry of Environment, 92I.078.1.4.4 Orthophoto map, Jan. 1985
  • BC Ministry of Environment, 92I.078.2.3.1 Orthophoto map, Jan. 1985
  • BC Ministry of Environment, 92I.078.2.3.1 Orthophoto map (reproduced with overlay), Jan. 1985
  • BC Ministry of Environment, 92I.078.2.3.3 Orthophoto map, Feb. 1985
  • Partial photocopy reduction of "Soil Map of Tranquille Sanatorium Farm", 1957 (on 2 sheets)
  • Department of Lands and Forests Topographic Division Surveys & Mapping Branch, "Plan of Tranquille School" original detailed large reproduction annotated in colour, October 1961
  • Large original reproduction of "Plan of Tranquille School", undated, possibly circa 1958-1961
2020.4.6.297 · File · 1991
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Ministry of Development, Trade and Tourism for the "Natural Resource Tourism Inventory" project in Kamloops. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #297; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. File also includes 47 accompanying photographs.

Maps include:

  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., "Natural Resource Tourism, Kamloops Resource Management Area - Tourism Capability Map", Sept. 1991
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., "Natural Resource Tourism, Kamloops Resource Management Area - Visual Resource Significance", Sept. 1991
  • Reproduction of BC Ministry of Forests, "Map of Rec. Proj. 900-1-3-4716 (Chuwhels Mtn Trails), June 1967
2020.4.6.376 · File · 1994
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Spallumcheen Indian Band, Pape & Salter for the "Review of Impact and Future Use of Hydro Right of Way Land by Spallumcheen Indian Band" project in Spallumcheen. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #376; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. File also includes 32 accompanying aerial photographs.

Includes the following:

  • Land Use and Impact BC Hydro Right-of-Way Enderby Indian Reserve #2. Prepared by G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. for Spallumcheen Indian Band Negotiating Team. 1995.

Maps include:

  • Terra Engineering Ltd. for Spallumcheen Indian Band, "Enderby Gravel Pit, Depth to Bedrock", sheet 2 of 3, Jan. 1995.
  • Terra Engineering Ltd. for Spallumcheen Indian Band, "Enderby Gravel Pit, Bedrock Surface", sheet 3 of 3, Jan. 1995.
  • Energy, Mines and Resources Canada Surveys and Mapping Branch, "General Purpose Photomap Survey Overlay Photomap of Enderby I.R. No. 2, Kamloops Division of Yale District, British Columbia", sheet 1 of 1, scale 1:10000, NTS map sheet 82L/11, Aug. 1992. (2 copies)
  • Energy, Mines and Resources Canada Surveys and Mapping Branch, "Survey Overlay Photomap of Enderby I.R. No. 2, Kamloops Division of Yale District, British Columbia", sheet 1 of 3, scale 1:5000, NTS map sheet 82L, Sept. 1993. (2 copies)
  • Energy, Mines and Resources Canada Surveys and Mapping Branch, "Survey Overlay Photomap of Enderby I.R. No. 2, Kamloops Division of Yale District, British Columbia", sheet 2 of 3, scale 1:5000, NTS map sheet 82L, Sept. 1993. (2 copies)
  • Energy, Mines and Resources Canada Surveys and Mapping Branch, "Survey Overlay Photomap of Enderby I.R. No. 2, Kamloops Division of Yale District, British Columbia", sheet 3 of 3, scale 1:5000, NTS map sheet 82L, Sept. 1993. (2 copies)
  • Energy, Mines and Resources Canada Surveys and Mapping Branch, "Photomap of Enderby I.R. No. 2, Kamloops Division of Yale District, British Columbia", sheet 3 of 3, scale 1:5000, NTS map sheet 82L, n.d.
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., overlay for "Survey Overlay Photomap of Enderby I.R. No. 2", sheet 1 of 3, July 1995.
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., print reproduction of overlay for "Survey Overlay Photomap of Enderby I.R. No. 2", sheet 1 of 3, July 1995.
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., overlay for "Survey Overlay Photomap of Enderby I.R. No. 2", sheet 2 of 3, July 1995.
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., print reproduction of overlay for "Survey Overlay Photomap of Enderby I.R. No. 2", sheet 2 of 3, July 1995.
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., overlay for "Survey Overlay Photomap of Enderby I.R. No. 2", sheet 3 of 3, July 1995.
  • G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., print reproduction of overlay for "Survey Overlay Photomap of Enderby I.R. No. 2", sheet 3 of 3, July 1995.
  • Energy, Mines and Resources Canada Surveys and Mapping Branch, "Survey Overlay Enderby I.R. No. 2, Kamloops Division of Yale District, British Columbia", sheet 1 of 3, scale 1:5000, NTS map sheet 82L, [1995?] - annotated
  • Energy, Mines and Resources Canada Surveys and Mapping Branch, "Survey Overlay Enderby I.R. No. 2, Township 18, Ranges 8 and 9, W. 6 M., District of Kamloops, British Columbia", sheet # of 3, scale 1:5000, NTS map sheet 82L, n.d. - annotated
  • Energy, Mines and Resources Canada Surveys and Mapping Branch, "Reference Plan of Enderby I.R. No. 2, Kamloops Division of Yale District, British Columbia", scale 1:10,000, NTS map sheet 82L/11E, revised to August 1992. (3 copies)
  • Reproduction of BC Hydro and Power Authority, "Plan and Field Notes of Survey of Transmission Line Right of Way through a part of Enderby Indian Reserve No. 2 TP. 18 Rge. 8 and 9 W. 6M., Kamloops Division Yale District, Province of British Columbia", 1976
  • Reproduction of BC Hydro drawing No. 300-T07-X15 showing transmission line through Enderby Indian Reserve No. 2", n.d.
  • Reproduction of BC Hydro drawing showing transmission line through Enderby Indian Reserve No. 2", n.d.
  • Reproduction of BC Hydro Structure Location Plan 300-T07-X16 drawn on top of "Field Notes of Survey of Transmission Line Right of Way through Part of Enderby Indian Reserve No. 2 TP. 18, R. 8 and 9, W 6th Mer., Kamloops Division, Yale District, Province of British Columbia", 1976. (4 copies)
  • Reproduction of BC Hydro Structure Location Plan 300-T07-X17 drawn on top of "Plan and Field Notes of Survey of Transmission Line Right of Way through Part of Enderby Indian Reserve No. 2 TP. 18, R. 8 and 9, W 6th Mer., Kamloops Division, Yale District, Province of British Columbia", 1976. (5 copies)
  • Reproduction of "Plan and Field Notes of Survey of Transmission Line Right of Way through Part of Enderby Indian Reserve No. 2 TP. 18, R. 8 and 9, W 6th Mer., Kamloops Division, Yale District, Province of British Columbia", Jan. 1976.
  • BC Ministry of Crown Lands, "82L.055 Digital", n.d.
2020.4.6.429 · File · 1996
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Nadleh Whut'en Indian Band for the "Forage Land Value Assessment for Lejac Residential School Property" project in Fraser Lake. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #429; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. File also includes 3 accompanying aerial photographs.

Maps include:

  • M.E.C., "Preliminary Plan of Lejac School Site, Seaspunkut I.R. No. 4", July 1973.
  • Energy, Mines and Resources Canada Surveys and Mapping Branch, "Survey Overlay Photomap of Seaspunkut I.R. No. 4, Range 5, Coast District, British Columbia", scale 5000, NTS map sheet 93K/2, Nov. 1992.
2020.4.6.360 · File · 1993-1994
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Commission on Resources and Environment (CORE) for the "Mediation of Regional Land Use Plan - East Kootenay Table" project in East Kootenay. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #360; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. File also includes an accompanying 3.5 inch floppy disk and audio recordings of meetings.

Includes the following:

  • West Kootenay-Boundary and East Kootenay Land Use Plans. Explanation of the Methodology Used to Complete the Impact Analysis. Commission on Resources and Environment. 1995.
  • East Kootenay Land Use Plan and Summary Report. Commission on Resources and Environment. Victoria, BC. October 1994 and March 1995.
  • Conserving Working Landscapes: A Framework for Conservation on Private Land. East Kootenay Conservation Program. Undated.

Maps include:

  • Timberland Consultants Ltd., "Kootenay-Boundary C.O.R.E. Table - Southwestern Kootenays - Negotiation Units - CORE Table Scenario 1", 1994
  • Timberland Consultants Ltd., "Kootenay-Boundary C.O.R.E. Table - Southeastern Kootenays - Negotiation Units - Alternative 2", 1994 - annotated and hand col.
  • Timberland Consultants Ltd., "Kootenay-Boundary C.O.R.E. Table - Northern Kootenays - Negotiation Units - Alternative 2", 1994 - annotated and hand col.
  • Timberland Consultants Ltd., "Kootenay-Boundary C.O.R.E. Table - Southwestern Kootenays - Negotiation Units - Government Services Team", 1994
  • Nelson Region GIS Center, "Kootenay-Boundary C.O.R.E. Table - Northern Kootenays - Land Use Designations - East Table", 1994
  • Nelson Region GIS Center, "Kootenay-Boundary C.O.R.E. Table - Southeastern Kootenays - Land Use Designations - East Table", 1994
2020.4.4 · Series · 1968-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

Series consists of records created and collected by Gary Runka during and after his time with the British Columbia Agricultural Land Commission. In the early 1970s, Runka served as the first general manager of the BC Agricultural Land Commission, the independent provincial body that has administered BC's Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) for over 40 years. As the first manager, Runka spearheaded the establishment of the ALR undertaking the technical tasks of setting ALR agricultural use boundaries, policies and procedures, as well as the building awareness and support for farmland preservation within government and with the public. He later served as Commission chair. Records include correspondence, informational material, publications, clippings, news releases, memoranda, symposium/conference material, reports, speech notes, and other textual material. Also includes seven maps, two buttons, six floppies, eighty slides, and one audio cassette tape.

G. Gary Runka fonds
2020.4 · Fonds · 1945-2013

This fonds illustrates the life and work of G. Gary Runka and his contributions to the province of British Columbia. Gary Runka was the first General Manager of British Columbia's Agricultural Land Commission and helped establish the provincial Agricultural Land Reserve. After transitioning from a government career to private consulting, Runka provided comprehensive professional services through his land consultancy business, G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., offering land capability and environmental assessments, integrated resource management, land and water use conflict resolution, and interdisciplinary land use planning. Described by colleagues as one of BC's most highly respected agrologists and influential land use planners, Runka had a 52-year career working on (or against) an incredible number of landmark projects in British Columbia, such as the Site C Project. Gary Runka’s partner in life and vocation, Joan M. Sawicki, worked with Gary on many of these projects—as well as her own; her contributions are also represented throughout the records of this fonds.

Gary Runka's deep connection to the land is evident from his earliest papers on aerial photo interpretation, his work with the Canada Land Inventory, through his speeches and his work establishing the BC Agricultural Land Reserve and in his subsequent consulting career through G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. Gary Runka's influence and legacy was recognized in the tributes paid after his death, including the post-humus award as the Real Estate Foundation's "Land Champion" for 2014.

The G. Gary Runka fonds has been divided into the following nine series:
1) Personal Records
2) Speeches & Publications
3) Professional Records
4) Agricultural Land Commission
5) Land Sense Ltd.
6) Client Files
7) Maps
8) Photographs
9) Digital Records

Runka, G. Gary
2020.4.6 · Series · 1976-2012
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

Series consists of the client file project records of G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., Gary Runka's consultancy business (co-owned with Joan Sawicki until 1991). G.G. Runka Land Sense Limited was incorporated as a company on 30 Nov. 1978 and dissolved on 30 Nov. 2018. Most business activity ceased after Gary Runka's death in July 2013. The company provided comprehensive professional services in land inventory, environmental assessment, integrated resource management, land and water use conflict resolution and interdisciplinary land use planning. Over the course of the company's operation, Gary Runka and his firm consulted on 681 assignments ranging from very large projects (such as the Site C project) to small residential/commercial land capability assessments.

The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. Some client files are accompanied by related maps, photographs, aerial photographs, and/or digital records on storage media.