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Imbert Orchard fonds Forests and forestry--British Columbia
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Roderick Haig-Brown interview : [Orchard, 1969]

CALL NUMBER: T0834:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969 [summer] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Haig-Brown discusses transportation on the coast; the problems of a magistrate in Campbell River; problems of white/Native relations; and an assessment of the current position of the Indians of BC. He describes Chief Billy Assu of the Cape Mudge band of Kwakiutl Indians; potlatches and other Indian rituals. TRACK 2: Mr. Haig-Brown continues speaking about coastal Indians; and his experiences as a magistrate in a large jurisdiction. He recounts his early experiences in Campbell River, arriving in 1932; the economic conditions of the area through the depression; sport fishing in the Campbell River area.

CALL NUMBER: T0834:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969 [summer] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Haig-Brown describes skin diving in the Campbell River. He discusses commercial and sports fishing in the Gulf of Georgia; economic development of the Gulf of Georgia; pollution problem;s, including coastal pulp mills. TRACK 2: Mr. Haig-Brown continues with his discussion of pulp mill pollution; land tenure system for the forest industry.

Tibor Jando interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tibor Louie Jando discusses logging and the Queen Charlotte Islands PERIOD COVERED: 1958-1969 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Tibor Louie Jando speaks about the background to the MacMillan Bloedel operations at Juskatla, construction of logging roads, types of trees logged, tree growth and replanting. He discusses the Queen Charlotte Division, employees, recreation, facilities, town site and forest management. He compares the Canadian logging industry to other countries and discusses education in the industry. ;TRACK 2: Mr. Jando discusses various methods used for increasing the yield of the trees or "tree farming", new methods of logging and machinery including: grapple yarding, tree snippers, pulp machines; and balloon logging. This interview ends with logging sounds.