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Established September 1915

Edward (Ted) Lloyd Affleck was born in Nelson, B.C. on April 5, 1924. Growing up in Nelson, he accompanied his father, a civil engineer and land surveyor, on field trips at a young age. He graduated from UBC with honours in chemistry, briefly served in the Pacific Infantry Battalion in 1945 and taught high school in Alberni, Kelowna and Mission. In Seattle he studied to become a librarian, later working at the University of Oregon as a science librarian. He became an accountant in Vancouver and compiled two histories of chartered accountants in B.C. In 1963 Affleck married Jean Galbraith; they had two children, Carolyn and David, and were married until her death in 1989.

Affleck established the Alexander Nicholls Press, (the name was derived from his maternal grandparent) and was the writer and editor of many books on the history of the Kootenay region, on transportation, and on sternwheeler and paddlewheeler vessels in particular. These works include: Sternwheelers, Sandbars and Switchbacks; Kootenay Lake Chronicles; Kootenay Pathfinders: Settlement in the Kootenay District; The Settlement and Development of the Kootenay Lake Outlet Area; Affleck's List of Sternwheelers Plying the Inland Waters of British Columbia 1858-1980; A Century of Paddlewheelers in the Pacific Northwest, the Yukon and Alaska; High Grade & Hot Springs: A History of Ainsworth Camp; Kootenay Yesterdays: Three First Hand Accounts of Mining, Prospecting, Ranching; A street railway system for Nelson, B.C.; Memoirs of Lorris E. Borden, B.A., M.D., C.M. : pioneer surgeon in Nelson, B.C. ; Columbia River chronicles : "A history of the Kootenay District in the 19th century"; Historic shipwrecks of the West Kootenay District, British Columbia; Kootenay Railway & Navigation Company: steamboat rivalry on Kootenay Lake; Railcar barging on Kootenay Lake.

Edward Affleck died in Vancouver in 2003.

BC helicopter pioneer.

Kathleen Agnew was a Victoria philanthropist and socialite.

The Agricultural Fairs Association of British Columbia was founded in 1910 under the auspices of the Dept. of Agriculture. Several years prior to the founding of the Association, the Dept. of Agriculture had been paying for judges to travel to fall fairs to provide outside, competent judging. It was the aim of the Dept. of Agriculture to form an agricultural fairs association to hold an annual convention and to take up all matters with reference to the management of agricultural fairs and exhibitions throughout the province. The first convention of the Association was called for and chaired by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, W.E. Scott and was addressed by the Premier.

George Aitken was Chief Geographer of the Survey Branch, Department of Lands.

Isamu Akino was born in Kyoto in 1935. He attended the Tokyo University of the Arts in the 1960s and spent time in India and Nepal. In the late 1960s and early 1970s he traveled throughout the world and then lived for a while in Vancouver and Victoria. While in Victoria, he worked with local sculptor Elza Mayhew, making paper rubbings of her bronze pieces. He returned to Japan and continued to work as a painter and illustrator. He died in 2011.

Cecil Norton Akrigg was registrar in the Supreme Court of B.C.

Incorporated in 1954 in Vancouver as Aragon Recordings. Changed name to Al Reusch Enterprises Ltd in 1971. Dissolved in 1985.

The Alabama Mining Company had mining interests in the Cariboo.

The company was incorporated as Alaska Pine Company Ltd. on May 16, 1939 by the Koerner brothers, Leon Joseph (1892–1972), Otto (1894-1946) and Walter C. (1898–1995). From a wealthy, fourth-generation lumber company in Czechoslovakia, they fled Europe in 1938-1939 and settled in Vancouver.

The Koerners gained a foothold in the lumber business in British Columbia through the innovation of seasoning Western Hemlock, a species previously regarded as inferior and almost unmarketable, and rebranding it as “Alaska Pine.” They successfully marketed it by exporting to the UK and Europe; during the war they supplied 75% of the ammunition and ration boxes used by the armed forces of the British Commonwealth. The Koerners began by assembling some of their old firm’s highly skilled personnel from Europe, and acquired idle or run-down sawmills, including International Products Co., in New Westminster. They followed in by acquiring a box factory in Marpole, incorporated the subsidiary company, Universal Box Company Limited, on January 28, 1943, which became Universal Lumber & Box Company Limited on November 3, 1949.

Working at first without their own timber holdings, in 1940 they gradually made acquisitions on the coast, on Vancouver Island, in the Fraser Valley and the Queen Charlotte Islands. In 1942 they acquired Jones Lake Logging Co. Ltd (incorporated June 17, 1942) and the following year acquired control of Pioneer Timber Co. at Port McNeill, and set up a subsidiary, Northern Timber Company Ltd., (incorporated August 29, 1945) to acquire timber land in the same area.

In 1946, the Koerner brothers, together with an Australian businessman and shipping line owner, Sir Walter Randolph Carpenter, purchased Lake Logging and Lumber Limited which had operated at Cowichan Lake since 1933. On September 24, 1946 they incorporated Western Forest Industries Limited (WFI). This new company continued the logging and mill operations at Cowichan Lake, functioning as part of the lumber division of Alaska Pine Co. Ltd. (this lumber division continued to include Alaska Pine Co. Ltd. sawmills at Marpole and New Westminster). The president of Western Forest Industries was Leon J. Koerner, and Carpenter served as vice-president. Other directors included Clarence H.V. Carpenter, Randolph B. Carpenter, Walter Koerner and Leon J. Ladner.

The Lake Logging and Lumber Limited assets which were transferred to Alaska Pine (operated by its affiliate, Western Forest Industries) included the plant at Honeymoon Bay and timber assets which were some of the largest stands of accessible timber on Vancouver Island. On October 29, 1946 the Koerners also purchased the old-established Victoria firm, the Canadian Puget Sound Lumber and Timber Company Limited, including its logging operation at Jordan River on Vancouver Island. That company had previously had assets transferred to it (May 12, 1941) from Island Logging Company, Limited (incorporated February 14, 1921).

In the late 1940s the Koerners decided to expand into pulp production and began to negotiate the purchase of the British Columbia Pulp and Paper Company Ltd. from the Isaac Walton Killam Group. In the Toronto-based Abitibi Power and Paper Company Ltd. they found a partner to help finance the deal. In 1950 this purchase was completed, and the combined properties of Alaska Pine Company Ltd. and the British Columbia Pulp and Paper Company Ltd. were merged. On April 25, 1951 the British Columbia Pulp and Paper Company Ltd. became Alaska Pine and Cellulose Ltd., with ownership split between the Koerner interests and Abitibi. The company now owned the pulp mills at Woodfibre, near Squamish, B.C., and at Port Alice, on northern Vancouver Island, and in total employed 4,950.

On December 15, 1954, the Koerners sold their controlling interest in Alaska Pine and Cellulose Ltd. to Rayonier Inc. of New York. Leon Koerner retired from the presidency of the company and Walter Koerner became president. Alaska Pine and Cellulose Ltd. continued, now controlled by Rayonier; by 1959, Rayonier had purchased the balance of the stock of the company. On September 16, 1959 the Alaska Pine and Cellulose Ltd. name was changed to Rayonier Canada Limited, although Rayonier continued to make use of the “Alaska Pine” brand name.

Walter Koerner retired in 1972, ending a long relationship with Alaska Pine and Rayonier. In addition to their notable philanthropic contributions, the Koerner brother have been recognized for introducing progressive practices in the B.C. forest industry, including new amenities for workers. Under the Koerners’ direction, their company towns and facilities, such as those at Honeymoon Bay and Gordon River Camp on Vancouver Island, were developed into the most modern company communities in the province.

The Alberni Farmers' Institute represented farmers and agricultural interests in the Alberni Valley.

The Alberni Valley Mountain Rescue Squad was incorporated on August 30 1956, and was created to coordinate search and rescue operations for persons lost in the woods and mountains of the area. Its name was changed on December 22 1976 to Alberni Valley Rescue Squad.

The Alberta Lumber Company was founded in the 1890s by Christopher McRae and was located in the False Creek area of Vancouver.

The Albion Bed Rock Flume Company was based in Richfield, B.C

The Albion Cricket club was formed in Victoria, B.C. in 1891. Early leaders of the club included president F. H. Worlock and vice president Venerable Archdeacon Scrivener. In 1893, the Club was captained by H. J. Martin, and early patrons included Colonel Prior, M.P., Robert Beaven, R.P. Rithet, Major Nicholles, and C. E. Renouf. The Club played teams from all over the Pacific Northwest, including those based in Washington State.

Albion Iron Works was founded in Victoria on May 4, 1863 by Joseph Spratt.Early directors included Robert Dunsmuir, R.P. Rithet, Robert Ward, and Joseph Trutch. The company was reorganized in 1882 with James Dunsmuir as president. The company was reincorporated in 1904 and dissolved in 1928. Albion Iron Works was the predecessor to the Victoria Machinery Company Depot Limited.

Name changed from Aluminum Company of Canada in 1971; however, some documents continue to bear the name Aluminum Company of Canada. A subsidiary of the holding company Aluminium Limited (founded 1928) which changed its name in 1966 to Alcan Aluminium Limited. This is the company which controls all operations outside the United States; in the U.S., it is called Aluminum Company of America. Documents by this body are found under the name used at the time of their creation.

In 1915, the British Columbia Prohibition Association was formed in reaction to Premier McBride's decision to put the question of prohibition to the people. In 1933 the Association changed its name to the British Columbia Temperance League. In 1952, the Alcohol Research Council was formed to lobby against the sale of liquor by the glass. In 1952, the B.C. Temperance League and the Alcohol Research Council joined forces and became known as the B.C. Alcohol Research and Education Council.

In 1915, the British Columbia Prohibition Association was formed in reaction to Premier McBride's decision to put the question of prohibition to the people. In 1933 the Association changed its name to the British Columbia Temperance League. In 1952, the B.C. Temperance League and the Alcohol Research Council joined forces and became known as the B.C. Alcohol Research and Education Council. The council was iIncorporated July 30, 1959. The name was changed to the Alcohol-Drug Education Council on October 15 1970, and was changed again to the Alcohol-Drug Education Service on November 21, 1972.