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This series consists of the inspection log of Ranger E.F. Wynne-Heath. of Tete Jaune Cache, 1919.

This series contains the log of the Forest Branch launch "Cherry".

This series includes carbon copies of Orders-in-Council related to forest management and protection.

This series contains miscellaneous papers of Project 87. This project was established in 1981 to do research in preparation for the 75th anniversary of the Forest Service in 1987 and to facilitate transfer of archival records to the Provincial Archives. This series consists of papers and reports prepared, coordinated, or collected by the project. Contents are: (1) Working Paper No. 7, Historical headquarters staff and organizational tables, 1888-1979. (2) Catalogue of Original Timber Leases, 1870-1906, prepared by A. Lazenby. (3) Early history of the B.C. Forest Service, by D. Climenhaga. (4) Forest protection a government responsibility, a draft by Stephen Gray. (5) Protection as conservation - Safeguarding B.C.'s forests from fire, 1874-1921, by John Parmenter.

This series consists of patrol diaries of forest protection patrolman, Eric Bergenham, of North Vancouver, May - September 1929 and May 1930.

This series contains records from the Department of the Interior particularly General Township Registers for the Coast (also called New Westminster) Division of the Railway Belt. The records are annotated by Forest Branch, ca. 1927, to show forest reserves. Vol. 1 covers W.C.M., E.C.M., and W.7th; vol. 2 covers W.6th. The registers, arranged by legal description, indicate the nature of the grant, the number, date of entry, file number, patent approval date, and name of grantee.

This series contains the records of the Forest Surveys Division. Records include cruise and survey reports, instructions for surveys and machine tabulation of records as well as a typescript report on the work of the Division.

This series contains records relating to Whalen Pulp and Paper Mills Ltd. Records include copies of leases and legal documents filed against the company's licences and leases, including wood pulp, booming ground, and quarry leases. Filed with the Minister of Lands.

This series contains registers of timber leases and royalties (7 vols.). The series also consists of registers of leaseholds and licences maintained by the Lands and Works Dept., Victoria and the Timber Inspector, Vancouver; journals of timber lease payments in arrears (1891-1910), and a ledger of timber royalty payments (1908-1913). Volume 7 is oversize.

This series contains a typescript (carbon copy) of The Young Men's Forestry Training Plan: A Statement of its Progress to Date and its Possibilities September 1, 1935. It is illustrated with pasted-in photographs.

This series contains a report by Irene Mounce of the Division of Botany and Plant Pathology, Central Experimental Farm, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa on the "Forest Mycology of British Columbia, May-October 1938". The paper contains a report on the work of the Cowichan Lake Experiment Station and a discussion of the desirability of, as well as possible sites for, the establishment of a forest pathology laboratory in British Columbia.

This series contains a report on post-war export markets for Canadian lumber compiled by L.R. Andrews, Secretary-Manager, Lumber Trade Extension Committee, of the British Columbia Lumber and Shingle Manufacturers Association.

This series contains a report on the timber conditions in the Peace River Division submitted to the District Forester by George Townshend, Division Ranger.

This series contains reports presented to the Forestry Committee of the Legislative Assembly by the Chief Forester. The 1936 Report was further amplified by a presentation by the Forester in charge of the Forest Surveys Division, and the 1940 Report was presented by the Assistant Chief Forester due to the absence of the Chief Forester on war-related business.

This series contains an outline of the work of the Research Division with reports on general reforestation investigations, studies of forest yield, work done at the Aleza Lake and Cowichan Lake Experiment Stations, as well as reports on the Experimental Forest Nursery and Green Timbers Forestry Station.

This series consists of Scalers' licences, Nos. 1-3000; and receipt book.

This series consists of 117 volumes of special timber licences from 1884-1920. The series also includes one receipt book for the renewal of special timber licences in 1910.

This series consists of special use permit files relating to forest lands. The Forest Branch, and its successor agencies, approved these permits to give municipalities, companies and individuals the authority to use Crown forest land for a variety of land uses. Some of the permitted uses include logging, recreation, agriculture, fisheries and housing.

The records date from 1889-2011 and were created and maintained by the Victoria Forest Office. The records deal with all regions of the province. The records are arranged by special use permit number which consists of the prefix S, or SUP, and a sequential number. Note that this order may not be exact, particularly for later records.

The files contain copies of the permit, applications for a permit, correspondence, sketches and maps of the area covered by the permit, receipts for the lease payments, reports, and clearance forms. Some documents in the file have been stamped with 6-7 digit correspondence register numbers and references to the “O” lands file number.

The ministry maintained a register and index that provides additional information for each file. This index listed the following information: file number, district, forest, applicant/holder, function, location, atlas reference, date received, date cleared and comments. Although the original registers have not been transferred to the archives, the ministry provided the archives with scans of the registers.

There were multiple government offices responsible for managing these records between 1931 and 1992.

The following ministries and offices were responsible for the creation of these records:
1931-1945 Forest Branch (1931-1945)
1945-1979 Forest Service (1945-1979)
1979-1986 Ministry of Forests (1979-1986)
1986-1988 Ministry of Forests and Lands (1986-1988)
1988-2005 Ministry of Forests (1988-2005)
2005-2010 Ministry of Forests and Range (2005-2010)
2010-2011 Ministry of Forests, Mines and Lands (2010-2011)

The records have been classified as 19570-25 of the Forests ORCS (schedule 881261).

This series contains speeches to community groups by the Chief Forester. The records include an address given to the Fish and Game Protective Association in Duncan, B.C. on May 17, 1938 and the Nanaimo and District Fish and Game Protective Association on June 9, 1938. The records also include a proposed address to the Kiwanis Club, Vancouver, B.C., on June 10, 1943.

This series consists of Forest Branch Spruce Permit files, numbers 1-330 and unnumbered.

This series consist of Forest Branch statements of royalty and timber royalty correspondence files, 1914-1918. Records are arranged by Forest District.

This series contains a table of average log prices, 1937-1938, and a historical review of provincial timber royalties, 1914-1937.

This series consists of Timber Inspector reports to Minister of Lands and Chief Forester, March 1911 to December 1912.

This series consists of Forest Branch timber investigations and inspections files, 1913-1915. Records include correspondence and reports from Nelson, Prince Rupert, Vancouver and Vernon Forest Districts. Includes file on early logging railroads, Vancouver Forest District.

This series consists of Forest Branch timber photographs correspondence files, 1913-1918.

Transcript of a public meeting regarding the Timber Royalty Act of 1914, held at the Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C., 3 September 1924, between John Oliver, Premier, T.D. Pattullo, Minister of Lands, A.M. Manson, Minister of Labour and representatives of the lumber industry.