Fraser Valley district (B.C.)

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Oliver Wells interview

CALL NUMBER: T0733:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Oliver Wells discusses Indian oral testimony and legends; Dan Milo; Bob Joe; Chilliwack Indian origins and history; missionaries; reserves; changes in native life; church schools; Indian traditions; place names including Chilliwack and Cheam; Atchelatz River and Mount Baker. TRACK 2: Mr. Wells talks about the first white settlers in the Chilliwack area; the arrival of his grandfather,; A.C. Wells, in 1867; the family farm; A.C. Wells; Edenbank Creamery; transporting farm produce; Chief Supass; Cultus Lake Harry; Liumchen Park; Cultus Lake Park; the Reverend Crosby; the course of the Chilliwack and Vedder River.;

CALL NUMBER: T0733:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Wells continues by discussing flooding and drainage problems of the Sardis and Sumas areas. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Margaret Blatchford interview

RECORDED: Mission (B.C.), 1976-02-17 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2: Mrs. Margaret Blatchford (nee Cleary) recalls her childhood in Hatzic and Hatzic Prairie. School days. The family later lived in Mission, where her parents worked at the cannery. She recalls people, places and businesses in Mission and the vicinity.

Living memory : Sumas Lake

SUMMARY: "Sumas Lake", the eleventh episode, recounts the story of land reclamation. The 1894 Fraser Valley flood, and the drainage of Sumas Lake to reclaim land for farming, are recalled by Joy Starr, John Fraser, Fred Sinclair, and Fred Toop.

The recording is incomplete.

Living memory : Matsqui Prairie

SUMMARY: "Matsqui", the eighth program, features people of the Prairie and the hills around. Alf Hawkins recalls the flood of 1894, and Constance Cruickshank tells the story of John Maclure and his family, who settled in the Matsqui area in 1868.

The recording is incomplete.

Ira Biggar interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-01-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Biggar recounts his father's coming from P.E.I. to the Langley area in 1887; homesteading in Biggar Prairie; other settlers from P.E.I.; settling the prairie; building; flooding; early settlers; Eric Anderson; schooling; comparison to P.E.I.; winter on the prairie; the railway; Blaine; pioneer life; improvements to the homestead; farming; taking produce to market; roads and trail; livestock. TRACK 2: Mr. Biggar discusses various jobs; the BC Electric; Fred Sinclair; working for the BC Electric; storms; Biggar homesteads; logging; churches; Alexander Tate; doctors; naming of the; community.

Harry Weaver interview

CALL NUMBER: T1657:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-05-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Weaver recounts his parents' arrival in Vancouver from Cheshire; England in 1887; his grandfather [Woodward] was already living in BC; his family later moved to Delta in 1894. He discuss;es early life on the family farm; schooling; game; draining and preparation of the land; mud shoes for the horses; ploughing; soil conditions; drinking water; crops; Brackman and Ker; transportation; ;roads; schooling; other settlers; the McKee family; farm produce; West Delta settlement; flooding and dyking. TRACK 2 Mr. Weaver continues his discussion about the dredging operation; the Oliver Slough; the Great Northern Railway; Old Man Morgan; recollections of John Oliver; fish trapping; picnics at Blackie's Spit; Frank Burns; early settlers; Old Man Morgan; John Woodward; logging in the area.

CALL NUMBER: T1657:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-05-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Weaver talks about the roads in the area; weather conditions; mosquitoes; Butler's Corner; Tom Ladner's property; threshing work; [pause]; local incidents. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The Fraser Valley, British Columbia

Travelogue. The Fraser Valley from White Rock to Hope, via Vancouver and the Trans-Canada Highway. Includes footage of: King George VI Highway; White Rock; Peace Arch Park; Canada customs inspection; dairy, poultry and vegetable farming; brickmaking; Stave falls power plant; the Fraser Valley Union Library; Chilliwack Cherry Carnival Parade; Chilliwack Air Show; fishing on Vedder River; Harrison Lake resort; etc. Also shows use of an Avro Anson (registration CF-EKM) to transport live baby chicks by air, and use of a Republic Seabee seaplane to fly in to Chilliwack Lake for an afternoon's fishing.

The Fraser Valley, British Columbia

The item is an answer print of a travelogue film from 1947-1948. It shows the Fraser Valley from White Rock to Hope, via Vancouver and the Trans-Canada Highway. The film includes footage of: King George VI Highway; White Rock; Peace Arch Park; Canada customs inspection; dairy, poultry and vegetable farming; brickmaking; Stave falls power plant; the Fraser Valley Union Library; Chilliwack Cherry Carnival Parade; Chilliwack Air Show; fishing on Vedder River; Harrison Lake resort; etc. Also shows use of an Avro Anson (registration CF-EKM) to transport live baby chicks by air, and use of a Republic Seabee seaplane to fly in to Chilliwack Lake for an afternoon's fishing.

Tax assessments and financial records kept by the Inspector of Dykes

  • GR-1988
  • Series
  • 1898-1976

Tax assessment rolls for South Westminster, Sumas, Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, Matsqui, Chilliwack, Nicomen Island, and Nicomen Dyking Districts, 1898-1976; general expenditure journals, voucher records, receipts, and financial statements, 1917-1974.

British Columbia. Office of the Inspector of Dykes

Inspector of Dykes administrative records

  • GR-0972
  • Series
  • 1874-1981

This series consists of indexes to records relating to dyking and drainage held by the Inspector Office, Surrey, B.C. Records include subject file lists of correspondence regarding dyking districts and general administration, 1871-1881; index of maps, plans, topographical maps, etc. regarding dykes and dyking rights-of-way; index of engineers' drawings, Fraser Valley Dyking Board. These file lists and indexes were created between 1974 and 1981, but they make reference to records dating from 1871 to 1981.

British Columbia. Office of the Inspector of Dykes

Dyking records

  • GR-1569
  • Series
  • 1916-1975

The series consists of the records of the Sumas Drainage, Dyking and Development District created between 1916 and 1975. The records conain general files, orders-in-council, financial statements, engineering reports, assessments, purchase agreements, minutes, history. In addition there are 73 photographs and maps.

British Columbia. Office of the Inspector of Dykes

Correspondence and other material

  • GR-1197
  • Series
  • 1893-1897

This series contains official correspondence, reports, and related papers of Premier John H. Turner. Records include correspondence pertaining to provincial railway charters (1893-1897), agriculture, and mining; also includes B.C. Agent-General's Report (1895), applications for employment, and miscellaneous letters.

Papers in this series are those of the Honourable John Herbert Turner (1833-1923), premier of British Columbia from 4 March 1895 to 8 August 1898. Since Turner's administration was characterized by rapid industrial development (notably in railways, mining, and agriculture), and by no little political controversy, his official papers are especially valuable.

Most of the reports and correspondence in GR-1197 originated while Turner was the province's chief minister and, as such, they have been included in the archive's collection of Premier's Papers. As will be seen, though, some of the papers pertain to Turner's tenure as Minister of Finance and Agriculture, a portfolio he held from 1887 to 1898.

GR-1197 may be regarded as a supplement to GR-0441 (British Columbia - Premier: 1883-1933), Series II, volumes 2-13, which also contains official correspondence of Premier Turner. Researchers may find that Volume 354 of GR-0441 (Index to Official Correspondence, 1895-1897) will assist them in locating other related records.

British Columbia. Premier

Engmand A. Iverson interview

CALL NUMBER: T0445:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Iverson recalls his work on the Sumas Lake dredging project and the King Edward Dredge. He talks about his family; his Norwegian father; his early life; his father's work as a fisherman; arriving at Sunbury in 1901; riverboats; living in scow houses; Collingwood; Tronjeim (Little Norway); Norwegian fishermen. TRACK 2: Mr. Iverson continues discussing the community of Norwegian fishermen; Mr. George Mackie; other ethnic groups in the area; Chinese workers in the canneries; canneries along the lower Fraser River; methods of fishing; Easthope brothers engines; setting nets.

CALL NUMBER: T0445:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Iverson discusses gillnetting and seining methods; Steveston; canneries; Annieville; selling fish; contracts with canneries; fish runs of 1913; salmon prices; nets. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Edith Bell interview

CALL NUMBER: T0736:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], [ca. 1960] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Bell recounts the early history of the Ladner area: William H. Ladner; Thomas Ellis Ladner; first settlement in 1868; early residents; subdivision; the Sutherby family; C.F. Green, her ;grandfather; A.R. Green; a journey on the "Tynemouth" from England; the Green family in 1871 in the Ladner area; family history; family stories; floods; building of dykes circa 1895; other residents; ;the McNeely family; steamships; Chinatown in Ladner. TRACK 2: Mrs. Bell continues with her recollections about the Chinese community in the Ladner area; canneries; other ethnic groups; ship building; fishing; fish plants; mills; navigation in the area; farming; family history; Canoe Pass Cannery; Wellington Cannery; the Ladner family; social life; her parents; the Reverend Bell; the McNeely estate; establishment of the monastery; memorial park; community hall; transportation to Vancouver; the land boom of 1911 and 1912.

CALL NUMBER: T0736:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [ca. 1960] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Bell continues with her discussion about transportation to Vancouver; the Delta district; BC Packers; the Japanese community; social amusements; camping at Boundary Bay; history of Point; Roberts; the Icelandic settlers. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Albert Drinkwater interview

CALL NUMBER: T0772:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-03-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Drinkwater recounts his parents' arrival in Langley Prairie, and later Surrey, in the 1890s. He describes schooling; early life; childhood experiences; incident with a bear; New Westminster fire of [1898]; potlatches at Semiahmoo; Indian encampments; family life; farm chores; fishing. TRACK 2: Mr. Drinkwater continues with a discussion about fishing; winter; logging in Surrey; sawmills; Ross McLaren Mill; Yale Road; traveling store, Kidds and Isaac; sounds common at the turn of the century; a cougar incident; railways.

CALL NUMBER: T0772:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-03-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Drinkwater continues with his discussion about logging; logging methods; equipment; working horses; teamsters; oxen teams; selection of timber; loggers; the scaler; skid roads; transportation of logs. TRACK 2: Mr. Drinkwater continues with his discussion about logging; life in the logging camps; skid roads and donkey engines. He talks about Surrey Centre; early residents; Reverend; Bell.

CALL NUMBER: T0772:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-03-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Drinkwater continues with his recollections of early residents of Tynehead; the Bell family; Halls Prairie settlers; the MacKenzie family; the Robertson family; incidents; the Brown family; Johnny Wise and the Clarendon Hotel; riverboats. TRACK 2: Mr. Drinkwater talks about the Yale Road; dredging and dyking, methods, procedures and equipment; Sumas Prairie dyking; constructing the; route for BC Electric; logging.

The Fraser Valley public library

The item is a promotional film about library service in the Fraser Valley, funded by the Carnegie Corporation. Follows a bookmobile from community to community, and depicts various aspects of the library service. Shots of places visited, rural landscape, and the Agassiz-Rosedale ferry.

The Fraser Valley public library

The item is a video copy of a promotional film about library service in the Fraser Valley, funded by the Carnegie Corporation. Follows a bookmobile from community to community, and depicts various aspects of the library service. Shots of places visited, rural landscape, and the Agassiz-Rosedale ferry.

Guy and Lucy Richardson interview

CALL NUMBER: T0768:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Guy Richardson recounts his parents' early life in Iowa and Tacoma in 1881; his father-in-law, the Reverend Bell, coming to Ladner in 1881, and later Surrey Centre; his mother-in-law's arrival; his parents' friendship with the Bell family; the Richardson family settling in Surrey Centre in 1887; building of the church in 1884; logging; early family life; the family's teaming business; railways; the 1912 fire; the family's logging operation and mills. TRACK 2: Mr. Richardson continues with recollections about mills in the area; bear incidents; shingle bolts; Christmas celebrations; communities in Surrey; dances and childhood activities. Mrs. Lucy Richardson talks about her father, the Reverend Bell; the family; childhood activities; area residents; picnics; clothing; church; people; doctors; anecdotes about her mother and her father.

CALL NUMBER: T0768:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Richardson talks about her father, the Reverend Bell; his missionary work; his living in Sapperton and Central Park; Orangemen; his appearance; Johnny Wise. [TRACK 2: blank.]

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