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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.
Item is a document written entitled "Faller's Selection".
No caption provided with photograph. Photograph depicts a fallowed field at Red Rock Nursery.
Series consists of records reflecting the activities of the Dezell and Rustad families. Series include mayoral records from Bea and Garvin Dezell when Garvin served as Mayor of Prince George. Series includes materials celebrating Bea Dezell's life created by her family. Series also includes fundraising efforts for the Northern Medical Programs Trust. Finally, series includes a collection of "spruce" dollars and commemorative coins.
Photograph depicts a field in the foreground, trees and mountains in the distance.
File consists of the "Feasibility Study of Nass River Valley Log Transport Systems," which includes:
File consists of copies of computer-generated data tables from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans database (NAQUADAT) and from the BC provincial database (EQUIS). Measurements of heavy metal content in the Bulkley River were taken at Fort Fraser, Kenney Dam, Vanderhoof, Prince George, Smithers, and Morice River.
Photograph depicts a felled deer on a snow-covered hillside with a rifle behind the deer.
Photograph depicts a felled deer on a snow-covered hillside with a rifle behind the deer.
Photograph depicts a felled moose on a snow-covered hillside.
Photograph depicts a felled moose on a snow-covered hillside.
Photograph depicts a young female standing beside a stump dressed in outdoor clothing, a tent is in the background.
Photograph depicts a young female standing beside an open tent in outdoor clothing (possibly a crew member?).
Caption describing photograph: "Female flowers of Abies lasiocarpa prior to pollenation. Pine Pass, July 1, 1968."
Caption describing photograph: "Female flowers of White Spruce. Davie Lake, prior to pollenation. June 16/1968."
This short colour film depicts logging and sawmill operations at Ferguson Lake in March 1959. Scenes include tree felling, log hauling equipment, the Ferguson Lake lumber yard, use of Ferguson Lake to float logs, and the inside operations of the Ferguson Lake sawmill. Film also includes a brief clip of family film footage of the McKay family home and garden on Melville Street in Prince George with scenes showing a Newfoundland dog named Barney with Donald McKay and Joan McKay.
Photograph depicts a scow loaded with three or more pack horses with men attending. The scow is crossing the river, guided by a cable. There is one building, and forest in the background.
Photograph depicts a man standing near a rough log shed. A fence line leads toward a lake. This small settlement with treed hills in the background was located near Fort Fraser.
Photograph depicts a man standing near a fenced garden plot is nearby. A body of water, a small settlement and treed hills in the background. Settlement believed to be situated near Fort Fraser, BC.
File consists of two copies of the Forest History Association of British Columbia Newsletter, Issue No. 88, published July 2010. This issue contains a synopsis of the 2009 Forest History Conference that look place at UNBC Prince George.
File consists of Field Cards from site G, and Field Notebooks from Sites J, K, M, N.
File consists of a field notebook recording notes from experimental plots, phone numbers, and other notes. Notebook contained four photographs found together in a section of blank pages of the notebook. The photographs depict research trial seedling assessment for E.P. 668.
File consists of an original set of field notes from 1986 Nechako River studies compiled by Alger and Charbonneau. Includes notes for field work between May and July 1986 with raw microhabitat data. Also includes a copied set of the same field notes.
File consists of Shirvell's field notes for August 1985 field work on the Nechako River. Also includes photocopies of field notes by Lauzier, Alger and Kotyk from scuba diving in the Nechako Canyon, 1986.
File consists of a photocopy of a report by Beschta et al. for the U.S. Department of Energy entitled "Field Review of Fish Habitat Improvement Projects in Central Idaho".
Caption describing photograph: "Field south of windbreak fallowed in readiness for Autumn seeding, most of visible area had been in clover prior to breaking."
File consists of guidebooks for trips – both in Canada and international – that Paul Sanborn attended. Also includes guidebooks that were given to him by colleagues. Most of these guidebooks relate to soil science, but some deal with Quaternary and bedrock geology.
Includes the following items:
4th International Workshop on Disturbance Dynamics in the Boreal Forest. 2002. A Naturally Disturbing Tour of the Central Interior of British Columbia. August 12, 2002.
18th Biennial Meeting of the American Quaternary Association. 2004. Guidebook for Field Trips. Compiled by Rolfe D. Mandel. June 25, 28-30, 2004.
19th World Congress of Soil Science. 2010. Excursion 2: Brisbane Bayside, 1 August 2010.
19th World Congress of Soil Science. 2010. New Zealand “Volcanoes to Ocean”, Pre-Conference North Island Guidebook, 26th – 30th July 2010.
ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting. 2011. SSSA Soils-Geomorphology Field Tour: Blackland Prairies, Edwards Plateau, and Texas Central Basin. October 20-21, 2011.
Canadian Geophysical Union. 2002. Rocky Mountain highlights and dirt: C.G.U. Field Trip. May 18, 2002. Prepared by: C. Henderson.
Canadian Geophysical Union. 2006. The Burgess Shale and Rocky Mountain Highlights: C.G.U. Field Trip. May 14, 2006. Compiled by C.J. Collom.
Canadian Society of Soil Science. 2014. Soils and Landscapes of the Front Ranges, Foothills, and Great Plains: Field Guide. Compiled by Dan and Lea Pennock. May 2014.
Friends of the Pleistocene – Rocky Mountain Cell. 1995. Late Pleistocene – Holocene Evolution of the Northeastern Yellowstone Landscape: Field conference guidebook. August 25-27, 1995. Compiled by Grant A. Meyer.
Froese, D., P. Matheus, and J. Rasic. 2003. Beringian environments and heritage of the Upper Yukon River: A field workshop from Dawson City, Yukon through Yukon Charley Rivers National Preserve, Alaska. May 30-June 3, 2003. [associated with International Mammoth Conference, Dawson]
Froese, D., R. Woywitka, L. Andriashek, D. Smith, and N. Atkinson. 2013. Field trip guide to the Quaternary geology and geoarchaeology of the Oil Sands region, NE Alberta: August 22-25, 2013. Canadian Quaternary Association.
Geological Association of Canada / Mineralogical Association of Canada. 2016. Veins to Valleys: the Klondike District. Field trip leaders: Jim Mortensen, Jeffrey Bond, Peter Tallman, Grant Zazula. May 28-31, 2016.
Luttmerding, H.A. 1992. Vertisolic soils field tour, British Columbia portion. August 19-23, 1992. BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks.
Morison, S.R., C.A.S. Smith. 1987. XIIth INQUA Congress Field Excursions A20a and A20b: Research in Yukon. National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa.
Northwest Forest Soils Council Field Trip. 2001. Boreal Forest Soils in a Changing Climate. July 9-11, 2001. Fairbanks, Alaska.
Tarnocai, C., C.A.S. Smith, and C.A. Fox. 1993. International Tour of Permafrost Affected Soils: the Yukon and Northwest Territories of Canada. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa. https://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/publications/surveys/yt/ytps/ytps_report.pdf
Sanborn, P. 1995. Watershed Restoration in the Olympic National Forest, Hood Canal Ranger District, Washington. September 17-18, 1995. International Conference of Society for Ecological Restoration.
Item is a photograph of a copy print, resulting in a low quality photographic reproduction. Reproduced as a print, slide, and a negative. Location of original photograph is unknown.
File consists of memoranda regarding the 1986 Nechako River studies, original raw data from May 1986 studies on the Nechako, and copies of field notes.
Photograph depicts rolling fields with a newly ploughed area in the center of the image with forest in the background.
Photograph depicts a ranch style gate looking beyond to a road and buildings.
This document includes the figures to accompany the manuscript by Sanborn and Brockley entitled "Litterfall in a lodgepole pine fertilization experiment, Sub-Boreal Spruce zone, central interior British Columbia", which was submitted to the Canadian Journal of Forest Research but not accepted.
Includes the following graphs:
File consists of various maps, figures, and graphs generated in conjunction with Nechako River scientific studies. Includes a map of dune areas at a site in the Nechako River entitled "Comparison of areas predicted by ALCAN's habitat model to be used by chinook salmon for spawning in Reach 2-1 with areas that they have historically used", a graph of "Habitat Predictions for Pre-Migrant Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Nechako River", an annotated graph of "Upper, Lower and Optimum Temperature for Nechako River Chinook Salmon", a hand drawn graph of "Water temperatures at the margins of the Nechako River during the warmest part of the year at three locations downstream from Cheslatta Falls", a hand drawn graph of "Lethal water temperature distribution in a river", a "Nechako River Salmon Study Area Base Map", maps of Nechako River temperature/TGP transects, and a hand drawn graph of maximum usable area for pre-migrant juvenile chinook salmon in the Nechako River.
Footage of a man filleting a fish on an ocean-going boat.
Item is a diagram of the filter plant and lime kiln of the mill.
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.
This 2002 Sanborn & Grilz phytolith report to the M-K Trust Fund presents research results, compiles data, and includes site descriptions and photographs.
File consists of a copy of the "Final Submission on behalf of Alcan Smelters and Chemicals Ltd." for the BCUC public review of the Kemano Completion Project.
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".
Sub-subseries consists of financial records of Northwood Pulp and it's renamed successors Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd. (1972-1998) and Northwood Forest Industries Ltd. (1979-1998). These records were created or accumulated by Adam Zimmerman during his tenures as the company's President and Director. Includes accounting, tax, and bank records. Also includes auditor's reports and financial summaries.
Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd.Subseries consists of financial and sales records that were created or accumulated by Adam Zimmerman at the Noranda Inc. (formerly Noranda Mines) corporate office in Toronto. Includes accounting records, financial reports and summaries, graphs, financial planning material, sales documents, and prospecti.
Noranda Inc.
Photograph depicts a steam paddle wheeler anchored near the shore of a river. A walk plank joins the steamship to the rocky river shore.
Photograph depicts several men sitting on a rough hewn table, under a tarp. Eating utensils cover the table, towels are drying on the ropes that hold the tarp. There is a canvas tent erected on the right.
Photograph depicts several people in a large field. There are buildings and trees in the background.
File consists of the "First Nation Participation in Canada's Model Forest Program 1992-1997: Accomplishments and Opportunities" a report prepared by the Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada. This report describes the First Nations participation in Canada's Model Forest Program with details on the Western Newfoundland Model Forest, the Fundy Model Forest, the Bas-Saint-Laurent Model Forest, the Eastern Ontario Model Forest, Lake Abitibi Model Forest, Manitoba Model Forest, Prince Albert Model Forest, and the Foothills Model Forest.
Crews of sure-footed boom men in the Nass area, largely composed of Indigenous locals, work throughout the year on logging operations of Twinriver Timber Limited. Their homes are located near Nass River in the towns of Aiyansh, New Aiyansh, Greenville, and Canyon City.
File consists of the report "First Nations Resource Management: An Annotated Bibliography" from the 'Linking Forestry and Community in the Tl'at'en Nation: Lessons for Aboriginal Forestry' project by Christine Callihoo.
Caption describing photograph: "First year female strobilus on Lodgepole Pine."
Footage of a lake shore and a dog, Suzie, retrieving an object from the lake. There is footage of a fish flipping around on the ice and another shot a fish swimming under the lake ice. There are also a recording of a white weasel climbing a tree
It is speculated that location of this film is either Anahim Lake or Fenton Lake.