The series consists of film footage shot by Allan Hatch DeWolf, mainly in the East Kootenay Region of British Columbia. Subjects include: construction and operation of B.C. Spruce Mills' 14-mile-long Moyie River flume near Lumberton, ca.1925; construction of the Mammoth Mine concentrator at Silverton; a portable McKowan Mill cutting Ponderosa pine in the Kamloops or Nelson Forest District, ca.1934; logging sled (colour); tie-cutting operation with portable mill; trucking, unloading and scaling of logs; Cranbrook Dominion Day parade, 1927; family and friends at play, etc. Also includes the four-reel title A BIG GAME HUNT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA (1926).

The item consists of nature videos. Fictional narrator uses motion picture camera to track big game in Tweedsmuir Park and Cassiar district. Subjects include mountain caribou, mountain goats, grizzly bear, California bighorn sheep, whitetail deer, elk, stone sheep, moose and Osborn caribou.

The item is a composite print of a nature film made from 1957-1962. A fictional narrator uses motion picture camera to track big game in Tweedsmuir Park and the Cassiar district. Subjects include mountain caribou, mountain goats, grizzly bear, California bighorn sheep, whitetail deer, elk, stone sheep, moose and Osborn caribou.

The item is a reel of film footage showing the game checking station at Cache Creek. Includes aerial footage of a moose.

CALL NUMBER: T2798:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Boyhood of a young trapper ; trapping around Hobson Lake and Horsefly, B.C. RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-08-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Arrival of the DeWees family on foot from Washington when Dick was 10; the family camped for a while, then settled in an old cabin at Antoine Lake, northwest of Horsefly, where they lived for two years in the 1920s; life when Dick was a young boy; story of fishing on Horsefly Lake; trapping at Antoine Lake; schooling at Horsefly at the first and second schools there; how he earned $60.00 a month as a janitor while going to school; school at Black Creek. TRACK 2: Trapping as a young boy at Hobson Lake; his family winters on Quesnel Lake at Killdog Creek; story of trapper Bill Miner and trapping with Lloyd Walters. CALL NUMBER: T2798:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Stories of old-timers and of the local dances, Horsefly, B.C. RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dick DeWees talks about the old Miocene Mine in 1918; mining at Jawbone Pool; mining near Joe Williams' house, east of the river, in 1923. Dick tells the story of cooking for a suppression crew when he was 13; trapping with Fred and B. Hooker and Lloyd Walters; stories about Tom Hooker and the Hooker family; blacksmith; sawmill; hunting lodge. TRACK 2: Stories of old timers in Horsefly; Spencer Hope Patenaude and the telegraph office; John Wawn, a central figure in the community; Justice of the Peace; school trustee; his shoe repair shop; Alec and Matilda Meiss of the Meiss Hotel; the Bull Moose Club as bachelor's headquarters; dances at the community hall. CALL NUMBER: T2798:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Transportation and hunting in the Cariboo RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: The trip from the United States to Horsefly in 1918; early roads; Horsefly in 1918. TRACK 2: Trapping around Horsefly Lake and Quesnel Lake. CALL NUMBER: T2798:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Big game hunting in the Cariboo RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: Big game hunting around Horsefly, B.C. CALL NUMBER: T2798:0005 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this tape.] CALL NUMBER: T2798:0006 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Prospecting and mining in the Horsefly area; both placer and hard-rock. TRACK 2: Mining around Horsefly; dances in the community hall.

The item is a film reel of a nature film from around 1967. Winter scenes of elk and moose on Vancouver Island; some zoom shots and aerial shots; dead deer or elk beside road. Shows elk being weighed and transported by helicopter.

The series consists of films and footage that depict Tommy and Marion Walker's guiding-outfitting operation at Cold Fish Lake, and the flora, fauna and scenery of the surrounding Spatsizi Plateau. This material documents the operating seasons of 1957 to 1968; events and activities at Cold Fish Lake Camp; the TW Ranch at Hyland Post; packtrains; hunting and fishing trips; the local wildlife; the Walker's annual journeys in and out of the region by horse, floatplane, and automobile; and their winter home at Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island. Early films were made by Walker as publicity for his guide outfitting business and later films were made to show around the Province in his (eventually successful) attempts to have the Spatzizi designated a park.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [1972 summer?] SUMMARY: Interviews, animal sounds, etc., recorded at the Okanagan Game Farm, probably in the summer of 1972. Portions of this material were incorporated into the radio program or item entitled "Okanagan Game Farm".

CALL NUMBER: T0302:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. James F. (Jimmy) White recalls his arrival in Golden in 1889; his first impressions; a trip to Fort Steele, including a description of the police and the lifestyle; gold mining; Wildhorse Indians; Michael Phillips; Robert Galbraith; ships; Captain Armstrong; prospecting; gold mining; hydraulic mining; and the decline of Fort Steele. TRACK 2: Mr. White continues with more on hydraulic gold mining; the CPR in Cranbrook and Fort Steele; mines -- Sullivan, North Star, Stemwinder and Moyie; Father Coccola; doctors; possible murders in Fort Steele; the cemetery; horse racing and riding; practical jokes.

CALL NUMBER: T0302:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. White talks about interesting characters, including an incident involving the naming of Tata Creek; other incidents; the Yukon; mining; dancing girls; hunting wild mountain goats and sheep; Indians; Old Kaplo; working in the mountains; men whom Mr. White guided in the mountains; Von Hindenburg's trip. TRACK 2: More about Von Hindenburg's trip; incidents involving bears; the Rockies; and the Selkirks; ministers in Fort Steele; women; families; the red light district incident; the Lum family; English settlers; remittance men; Cranbrook; Golden; gambling; maintenance of law and order in Fort Steele.

CALL NUMBER: T0302:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. White describes some of the pioneers in the Kootenay such as the Lum family; Tom Cochrane and Lady Adelaide. Then he continues discussing Englishmen whom he guided; settlers; a murderer; named Bulldog Kelly; a grizzly bear incident; Buffalo Bill; more anecdotes involving a runaway girl; the police; More's suicide; Old Ben Pugh attempting to get into jail. TRACK 2: More about Ben Pugh; drinking; Mr. White's arrival in BC; packing with Pugh; reasons why he came to BC; an Indian uprising in Fort Steele in 1886; Michael Phillips; the Mounties; Colonel Steele and the Boer War; William Reginald Wyndham; various anecdotes; Mr. White's English and American clients.

CALL NUMBER: T0302:0004 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-11-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. White tells a story about the buying and selling of hay; interesting characters such as Billy Hop; claim jumping; more interesting characters such as Jerry Sullivan; an anecdote about a priest drinking; other characters; and one last anecdote about tall stories. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Item consists of film showing animals found in the mountains of BC: birds, squirrels, chipmunks, black bear, deer, bighorn sheep, mountain goats, etc.

SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Interview with manager of the Okanagan Game Farm near Penticton. Sounds include animal and reptile noises. [Edited item?] [TRACK 2: blank.];

The item consists of a film reel containing a documentary. It shows the unique wilderness of the Spatsizi Plateau, and the area's flora, fauna and scenery, as observed by guide-outfitter Tommy Walker. The film points out the negative impact of recent development in the area, and emphasizes the importance of preserving the Spatsizi. Mountain sheep, Stone sheep, Osborn caribou, moose, eagles, beaver, marmots, and many other wildlife species are shown.

The item is a recreational colour film from ca. 1960. It depicts hunting and fishing trips in the Bridge River Country. A group travel by power boat and pack horse to a lakeside cabin. Shows alpine scenery and wildlife, trail riding and camping scenes, building and using a wilderness sauna. Hunting scenes include a hunter who stalks, shoots, and skins a mountain goat, stalking, shooting and packing out deer, moose, etc., pack train with carcasses, cabin with skins and quarter hung up and trophies.

Recreational. Series of pictures showing hunters, dead game and fish, and big game in their natural habitat.

Stock shots

Stock shots. Includes footage of wildlife, birds, flowers, alpine meadows, trail riding, snow and skiing on Mount Seymour, other outdoor recreation shots and scenery.

The item is a film reel of stock shots. Includes shots of: squirrels, a fox, Canada geese, mountain goats, bear, beaver, mountain (bighorn) sheep, elk, moose.