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Similkameen District water rights records

  • GR-0840
  • Series
  • 1873-1929

This series consists of records of the Water Commissioner, Fairview, B.C., related to water rights, 1873-1929. Contains copies of water grants, applications, indentures, expropriations, agreements, letters inward from the Comptroller of Water Rights and Deputy Comptroller 1919-1923; and water rights determinations by the Board of Investigation. Also includes water rights records pertaining to the Grand Forks Water District, Osoyoos Water District and the Okanagan Valley generally.

British Columbia. Water Rights Branch. Similkameen Water District

Boundary Gold Commissioner records

  • GR-0231
  • Series
  • 1890-1922

The series consists of records created by the Boundary Gold Commissioner between 1890 and 1922. It includes correspondence inward, records of claims, certificates of work, conveyances of claims, water record and records of free miners certificates. Records may also relate to the Kettle River and Osoyoos Mining Recorders.

British Columbia. Gold Commissioner (Boundary)

Robinson family records

Series consists of some family memorabilia, and records relating to the career of J.M. Robinson as a school teacher, MLA and newspaper proprietor (Brandon Times and the Portage La Prairie Printing and Publishing Co.) in Manitoba. Several notebooks and a diary relate to his interest in prospecting in B.C. (area between Rossland and Okanagan) and to his interest in spiritualism, including its use in prospecting.

The bulk of the series consists of minute books, correspondence, financial and legal records relating to Robinson's various development companies: Okanagan Securities, Canadian Irrigated Orchards, Okanagan Realty, Naramata Supply Co., Hotel Naramata, Hotel Summerland and Crescent Beach Co.

The series also contains letters inward to the Headmistress of Naramata School for Girls, 1942-1946 and photographs of school activities, Visual Records accession 198504-16. Microfilm (neg.) 1879, 1897, 1929-1931 35 mm 6 reels [A01438-A01443] John Moore Robinson (1855-1934) moved to the Okanagan in 1898 and acquired and developed property at Peachland, Summerland and Naramata. He also had a career as a school teacher, MLA and newspaper proprietor (Brandon Times and the Portage La Prairie Printing and Publishing Company) in Manitoba. He had an interest in prospecting in British Columbia (area between Rossland and Okanagan) and spiritualism, including its use in prospecting. His business interests included the Summerland Trust Company, incorporated in 1907. The company name changed to Okanagan Trust Company Limited, on September 12, 1911, and finally to Okanagan Securities Limited on August 28, 1915. He was also involved with the Naramata Development Company (incorporated in 1907) which became Canadian Irrigated Orchards Limited in October 5, 1926. The bulk of the records consist of minute books, correspondence, financial and legal records relating to Robinson's companies: Okanagan Securities, Canadian Irrigated Orchards, Okanagan Realty, Naramata Supply Company, Hotel Naramata, Hotel Summerland and Crescent Beach Company. There are several notebooks and a diary related to prospecting and spiritualism. Also included is some family memorabilia and letters inward to the Headmistress of Naramata School for Girls, 1942-1946. Maps transferred to Map accession 19419.

Royal Commission Investigating the fruit industry (and inter-related conditions) of the districts territorially known as the Okanagan, Kootenay and Kettle River (1930)

  • GR-0904
  • Series
  • 1929-1930

This series consists of records of the Royal Commission Investigating the Fruit Industry (and interrelated conditions) of the Districts Territorially Known as the Okanagan, Kootenay, and Kettle River of the Province of British Columbia, 1929-1930. Commission records consist of correspondence and the report.

Royal Commission Investigating the Fruit Industry (and interrelated conditions) of the Districts Territorially Known as the Okanagan, Kootenay, and Kettle River of the Province of British Columbia

Registers relating to Crown Grants

  • GR-1129
  • Series
  • 1900-1924

This series includes registers relating to Crown Grants, Similkameen Division and Osoyoos Division, Yale District (2 vols.) Volume 1 is a register of Crown Grant applications forwarded to Victoria and includes date and disposition of application, name and address of applicant, legal description of land, Crown Grant number. Volume 2 is a register of Crown Grants and includes date of notice, number of grant, legal description of land, payment schedule, disposition and Grown Grant number. The registers are arranged chronologically.

British Columbia. Dept. of Lands

Correspondence and other material

  • GR-1228
  • Series
  • 1933-1954

This series contains general correspondence files regarding Provincial Forest Reserves coded MFR Supervision according to the Forest Service filing system described in Operational Manual with instructions to Forest officers ... (Victoria, 1942), pp. 109-110, 341-353. For a copy see GR-0944, Box 1. Files containing this code pertain to all correspondence and reports dealing with Forest Reserves, policy, methods of classification for Reserve, regulations, Orders-in-Council establishing boundary surveys, etc.

British Columbia. Kamloops Forest District (1913-1978)

Indexes

  • GR-2375
  • Series
  • 1927-1930

Debtor and creditor judgement indexes.

British Columbia. County Court (Kelowna)

Record books

  • GR-2534
  • Series
  • 1952-1955

Provincial Police Court record books from Vernon City showing name of prosecutor, name of defendant, nature of the charge, costs, name of arresting officer, name of gaol or lockup, order or conviction, amount of fine, name of presiding magistrate or justice and "remarks".

British Columbia. Provincial Court (Vernon)

J.W. Inglis interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. J.W. Inglis, born 1897, talks about life in the Lumby area, 1892 to 1914. He describes his father's background; coming to the Okanagan Valley, including the trail they took and their first impressions; Creighton Valley; impressions of the Lumby area after 1897; the people in Lumby; the French Canadian settlers; other people in the area; logging; the Richland Land Boom from 1910 to 1912; Cherry Creek gold rush and the development of Lumby. TRACK 2: Mr. Inglis continues with more on mining; the Monashee Pass area around 1900; people; school days; growing up in Lumby; his father's dairy farm; social life; the effects of World War I; Indians; encounters with various animals; the Lumby Hotel; a bank robbery in 1913; blacksmiths; hockey in Lumby, including the "Flying Frenchmen"; and French songs.

Kelowna County Court appeals case files

  • GR-2752
  • Series
  • 1930-1948

Case files from appeals of judgments by the Police and Stipendiary Magistrate (some from Small Debts Court).

British Columbia. County Court (Kelowna)

Correspondence and other material

  • GR-1022
  • Series
  • 1921-1951

Series consists of correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to irrigation, the hydrometric programme (1944) and hot springs and mineral wells. Includes list of water records within various Okanagan irrigation districts.

British Columbia. Water Rights Branch

Project files

  • GR-0880
  • Series
  • 1949-1976

This series consists of records of the Ministry of Environment (previously the Dept. of Lands, Forests and Water Resources), Power and Special Projects Division. Records include correspondence, feasibility studies, consultants' reports, engineering studies, application hearings, submissions, progress reports, contract drawings and tender documents regarding hydro-electric projects, water licenses, flood control, petroleum refinery pollution, sewerage treatment plants, fisheries and wildlife, and environmental impact, 1949-1976.

The collection largely contains materials relating to Arrow Lakes Dam, 1949, 1954-1969; the Jordan River redevelopment project, 1968-1972; the Babine Lake development (Fulton River dam), 1967-1970; the Columbia River Mica Dam project, 1954-1970; the Duncan Lake storage development, 1971-1973; the Kootenay canal development, and the Portage Mountain development (Peace River W.A.C. Bennett Dam), 1958-1967. It also includes hearings and submissions regarding the Iona Island sewage treatment plant, 1957-1959; records of Canada - B.C. Consultative Committee on the Okanagan basin agreement, 1970; B.C. Comptroller of Water Rights hearings regarding Nechako River, 1949; various B.C. Research Council reports, 1966-1973; and International Joint Commission (U.S. and Canada) hearings, 1955.

Boxes contains the following material:
Box 1 : Hydro-electric projects, miscellaneous reports and correspondence
Box 2: Tsitikia-Schoen Resource Study Hearings (Date: 1975)
Box 3: B.C. Hydro and Power Authority Reports, Mica, Arrow Lake, Duncan Lake Dams, 1965-1973; Recreation in Columbia River basin, 1961; Soil Convention Papers, 1964; Committee on International Hydro decade (Dates 1961, 1964-1973)
Box 4: Water License, Dam Applications, Hearings and Submissions (Dates 1949-1976)
Box 5: Fraser River (Dates 1957-1974)
Box 6: B.C. Research Council Reports (Dates 1966-1973)
Box 7: Okanagan Valley, Kettle Valley (Date 1975)
Box 8: Sewage Disposal, Iona Island (Dates 1957-1959)
Box 9: Wildlife and Fisheries (Dates 1965, 1969)
Box 10: Petroleum Refineries Pollution, Solid Waste Disposal
Box 11-13: Jordan River Redevelopment Project (Dates 1968-1972)
Box 14-28: Arrow Lake Dam (Dates 1958-1969)
Box 29-30: Babine Lake Development (Fulton River Dam) (Dates 1967-1970)
Box 31-39: Columbia -River Hydro-Electric Projects (Dates 1954-1966)
Box 40-45: Duncan Lake Storage Development (1961-1973)
Box 46-51: Kootenay Canal Development (Dates 67-1973)
Box 52-72: Portage Mountain development (W.A.C. Bennett Dam, Peace River) (Dates 1958-1968)
Box 73-86: Miscellaneous Contract Drawings and Tender Documents
Box 87: Additional Jordan River Redevelopment reports (Dates 1968-1969)
Box 88: Author and title catalogue cards

British Columbia. Power and Special Projects Division

Penticton Supreme Court letters of administration

  • GR-3227
  • Series
  • 1910-1976

Penticton grants of letters of administration from the County Court, 1910-1911; 1919-1922; 1928-1957 (Form 156) and from the Supreme Court, 1925-1976 (Form C). An item list is available for the records from the Supreme Court. The volumes include: Volume# Contents Number Range Date range Penticton County Court letters of administration 1910-1911 Penticton County Court letters of administration 1919-1922 Penticton County Court letters of administration 1928-1939 Penticton County Court letters of administration 1939-1945 Penticton County Court letters of administration 1945-1954 Penticton County Court letters of administration 1956-1957 1 Penticton Supreme Court letters of administration 49-415 1925-1938 2 Penticton Supreme Court letters of administration 418-781 1938-1946 3 Penticton Supreme Court letters of administration 787-1169 1946-1951 4 Penticton Supreme Court letters of administration 1173-1571 1951-1955 5 Penticton Supreme Court letters of administration 1572-1999 1955-1958 6 Penticton Supreme Court letters of administration 2009-2489 1955-1958 7 Penticton Supreme Court letters of administration 2497-3001 1961-1965 8 Penticton Supreme Court letters of administration 3004-3637 1965-1968 9 Penticton Supreme Court letters of administration 3641-4230 1968-1971 10 Penticton Supreme Court letters of administration 4233-4919 1971-1974 11 Penticton Supreme Court letters of administration 4923-5472 1974-1976

British Columbia. Supreme Court (Penticton)

Papers of John Fall Allison and Susan Louisa Allison

The series consists of a microfilm copy of the papers of John Fall Allison and Susan Louisa Allison, pioneer ranchers in the Similkameen and Okanagan regions. Includes letters from John to his parents, 1857-1869, and manuscripts of stories; "When the river rose", "Scenes from our life in British Columbia on the Okanagan Lake", "What I know of Ogopogo" and "Memoirs of a pioneer of the 60s" and other untitled work. "Memoirs..." appears to a manuscript for a series of articles that were written by Susan L. Allison and published in the Sunday Province in 1931. The other manuscripts are undated and unsigned.

British Columbia Fruit Growers' Association records

Minutes of executive meetings, 1929-1971; convention packages, containing programmes, minutes, resolutions lists, etc., and sometimes verbatim records, 1939-1965; minutes, Southern, Central and Northern District Councils, 1960-1963; various drafts, agreements, announcements, circulars, speeches; growers lists, 1975.

British Columbia Fruit Growers' Association

Registers of brands (cattle and horses)

  • GR-1487
  • Series
  • 1873-1914

This series contains registers of brands (for both cattle and horses) kept by district recording offices prior to 1914. Registers pertain to brands registered in Cariboo, Similkameen, Okanagan, and Nanaimo districts. This series may be used in conjunction with other district brands registers (GR-0409 - GR-0412) and with post-1914 brands registers (GR-1488). A regulated system of branding or marking livestock in British Columbia began with the Cattle Ordinance of 1869 (32 Vic., No. 114) which established a procedure whereby cattle brands and other distinctive markings could be registered with district magistrates for a fee of 25¢. The system developed further with the Cattle Marking Act, 1875 (BCS 38 Vic. c.14) which defined "cattle" to include "horses, mares, fillies, foals, geldings, colts, bulls, bullocks, cows, heifers, steers, calves, sheep, hogs, mules and asses." Recording officers were appointed by cabinet for each electoral district and were authorized to keep a register of brands and markings; local justices of the peace were empowered to ensure that brands were not duplicated, obliterated, or defaced and penalties were set for infractions. In 1881 the registration fee was raised to 50 ¢ (Cattle Brands Act, 44 Vic. c.4) and in 1888 provisions were made for regional cattle districts, whose boundaries were not necessarily identical to those of electoral districts. A distinction was also made in 1888 between the Mainland and Vancouver Island: in Mainland districts, brands were to be registered by an "authorized recording officer" usually the local Government Agent while on the Island brands were to be recorded by district magistrates. These distinctions were abolished in 1894 by the Cattle Act Amendment Act which confirmed Government Agents as "authorized recording officers" throughout the province. The procedure of registering brands was streamlined and centralized by the Brand Act of 1914 (4 Geo. 5 c.9). With this act, provision was made for a Recorder of Brands (responsible to the Minister of Agriculture) and a three man Board of Brand Commissioners. After 1 July 1914 all applications for brand registers or transfers were made through the Recorder's office in Victoria. The fee for brand registration was increased to $1.00 and henceforth all brands were to be renewed annually at a cost of 50 ¢. GR 1487 consists of brands registers and indexes kept prior to 1914. In most cases, the registers show the name and address of brand owners, the date and certificate number of the brand registration, and a description of registered brands and markings. Registers pertain to both cattle and horses. Since the districts covered by the registers were not rigidly defined, researchers may have to consult more than one volume to locate specific brands or brand owners. This series may be used in conjunction with GR 0409 GR 0412 (Registers for Cariboo, Lillooet, and New Westminster, 18701913) and with GR 1488 (post1914 brands registers and indexes).

British Columbia. Recorder of Brands

Vernon County Court chambers books

  • GR-1854
  • Series
  • 1904-1910

Chambers books. v. 1: October 1904 - 1907 and v. 2: 1908-1910.

British Columbia. County Court (Vernon)

Bench books

  • GR-2310
  • Series
  • 1930-1946

Bench books, cases heard by Judge John D. Swanson, 1930-1941, and Judge James Ross Archibald, 1942-1946.

British Columbia. County Court (Kelowna)

Penticton County Court plaint and procedure books

  • GR-3223
  • Series
  • 1914-1955

Penticton plaint and procedure books. There is a gap in the records for 1928, and 1933-1935 (volumes 7, 9 & 10 are missing).

British Columbia. County Court (Penticton)

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