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The series consists of transcripts of court proceedings, cross-examinations, examination of discovery, exhibit indices, closing statements, briefs, and reasons for judgement of Delgamuukw v. The Queen. The case was heard in the Smithers Supreme Court between 1987 and 1989 (case file 0843). Following the hearings in Smithers, the case reached the BC Court of Appeal and eventually made its way to the Supreme Court of Canada where a landmark ruling was finally issued in 1997.

The transcripts of the proceedings at trial, which consist of 369 spiral-bound volumes, provide a wealth of information on First Nations genealogies, traditional resource knowledge, and language, as well as details of the extent of traditional territories. The series consists of more than 23,000 pages of trial transcript and includes the testimonies of more than 60 witnesses. The series also includes the reasons for judgment. Gitxsan hereditary chief Delgamuukw (Albert Tait), who filed the Statement of Claim, passed away shortly before the trial opened in 1987 and was succeeded by Kenneth Muldoe who was in turn succeeded by his brother, artist Earl Muldon. The claim covered 133 traditional territories, which amounted to 58,000 square kilometers of northwestern British Columbia. Peter R Grant served as lead counsel for the Gitxan and Wet-suwet'en chiefs, and D.M.M. Goldie served as lead counsel for the Province.

The files are arranged as they arrived from the Smithers court registry. Boxes 1 to 13 contain the proceedings at trial. Boxes 16 and 17 include lists of exhibits which provide information on relevant archival collections held in repositories across the province.

This series contains probate/estate files from both County and Supreme courts, 1921-1947; 1951-1953.

Judge's notebooks: Volume 1: Smithers civil and criminal cases in both Supreme and County courts, April 1931 - December 1946; Volume 2: Burns Lake and Smithers civil and criminal cases in both Supreme and County Courts, September 1936 - June 1955.

Adoption case files.

Case files from appeals: 1936, R. v. Sam Luke Pete, R. v. Tom Pete, R. v. George Alexander Heffernan and 1940, R. v. Chow Sauy.

Cause books. Volumes from 1941-1965 are indexed.

Chamber applications

Civil case files with the exception of divorce and adoption files which have been removed from this series and are filed separately in GR-2754 and GR-2755.

The series consists of original civil orders and reasons for judgement created in the Smithers Supreme Court registry between 1969 and 1974. One additional record from 1958 was added in 2009. Civil orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court and reasons for judgement provide the court's rationale.

The 1969-1974 records are arranged by volume and folio number as assigned by the court registry. Within this series, there are divorce orders interfiled with other Supreme Court orders. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51400-25.

The series consists of divorce case files created by the Smithers Supreme Court registry between 1929 and 1983. The series does not include records from 1949 to 1967 and the whereabouts of those records are unknown. The majority of case files include divorce orders. Typical divorce case files can include petitions, affidavits, court orders, and relate documents. The records dating from 1968 to 1983 generally contain court orders, correspondence, and the registration of divorce form.

Records dating from 1968 to 1983 are arranged by the number assigned by the Central Registry for Divorce Proceedings.

Letters probate (Form A). There are two overlapping volumes; 1944-1966 and 1961-1974.

Orders and judgments. The orders and judgments from 1931-1946 have been numbered from 1-83. File 1 contains an index which shows the name of the plaintiff or defendant and the order number.

Probate cause books (indexed), 1921-1956, 1957-1970, 1970-1977 and photocopied loose probate index sheets for 1978-1982.

Probate/estate files.

Registrar's minute book for criminal and civil cases heard in the Supreme and County courts at Smithers, May 1931 - June 1953.