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Registrar's record books. Volume 1: October 12, 1927 - July 27, 1938; December 13, 1944. Volume includes entries from the Supreme Court. Volume 2: October 1945 - December 1947. Volume includes entries from Chambers.

This series contains a Police Court record book dated April 12, 1929 - April 15, 1950.

This series contains Chilliwack Provincial Court record books.

This series contains the record of proceedings in the matter of the Sumas Dyking District Relief Act, 1928; evidence taken, March 31, 1929 to April 23, 1929. The Sumas Dyking District Relief Commission was established to investigate the reduction of dyke construction taxes, to recommend adjustments of tax assessments and to evaluate damages caused by the Sumas Reclamation Project in the vicinity of Sumas and Chilliwack.

This series contains a Police Court record book covering the period April 11, 1929 - Dec. 31, 1934.

Chilliwack Township Provincial Court record books

The fonds consists of recordings of advertisements and programs on radio station CHWK Chilliwack, as well as reminiscences by two early station employees and a 1982 broadcast remembering the 1948 Fraser River flood.

Civil case files, 4/1939; 1/1942 - 46/1949 with the exception of probate, divorce and adoption files which have been removed from this series and are filed separately.

Partnership declarations, #253-1003.

The series consists of Chilliwack divorce case files from 1939 to 1949.

Adoption case files.

Civil case files, 1947-1949 with the exception of probate/estate files (GR-2205) which are filed separately.

Criminal case files: 28/47 Rex v. Gus M. Sandwick and 29/47 Rex v. Oliver Lindstrom.

Debt attachment book, 1947-1970, indexed for 1947-1949.

Case files from appeals of criminal convictions.

The series consists of original decrees nisi, decrees absolute, divorce orders, and orders for the restoration of maiden name by the Chilliwack Supreme Court. Records date from January 1949 to December 1953, January to June 1964, and August 1984 to July 1985. Between 1968 and 1985, a judgement by way of decree nisi required a three-month waiting period before a judgement by way of decree absolute could be applied for. During this time, a divorce was not legally in effect without a decree absolute. After 1985, divorce orders automatically came into effect 31 days after the divorce was granted, barring an appeal.

The records are arranged by volume and folio numbers, as assigned by the Court Registry. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51440-25.

Register of judgments for cases heard in both the County and Supreme Courts.

The series consists of the records of the Advisor on Forest Resources created between 1954 and 1960. The series includes 18 volumes of transcripts of the Royal Commission on Forestry, projects 1-4, held by the Commissioner and Advisor on Forest Resources, Gordon McGregor Sloan in 1958 and concluded by Commission C.W. Morrow in 1959. The series contains a further 22 boxes of records created by the Advisor including exhibits acquired during the Commission hearings, reports by the Commissioners, bench books, correspondence, subject files and clippings.
In February 1958 Sloan announced public hearings to be held in Chilliwack concerning a proposal to establish a public working circle (sustained yield unit) in the Fraser Canyon region. This was known as the Royal Commission on Forestry, project 1.

In May 1958 Sloan announced public hearings to be held in Chilliwack concerning a proposal to establish a marketing area in the Fraser Canyon sustained yield unit. This was known as the Royal Commission on Forestry, project 2.

In June 1958 Sloan announced public hearings to be held in Victoria concerning competitive bidding of tree farm licences. This was known as the Royal Commission on Forestry, project 3.

In October 1958 Sloan announced public hearings to be held in Victoria concerning the tree farm licence of Empire Mills Limited. This was known as the Royal Commission on Forestry, project 4.

Project 4 was halted in November 1958 due to Sloan's ill health and he died in 1959. On July 27, 1959, Judge C.W. Morrow was appointed Commissioner under the "Public Inquiries Act" to complete the work of project 4. Morrow commenced hearings in September 1959 and produced his report on December 31, 1959.

This series consists of silviculture records from the Chilliwack Forest District, 1972-1995. The Ministry of Forests defines silviculture as “the art and science of controlling the establishment, growth, composition, health, and quality of forests and woodlands to meet the diverse needs and values of landowners and society on a sustainable basis.”

The location of the silviculture plot can be identified by the alphanumeric classification number in its file title. The first six digits (ex. 92H033) correspond with the National Topographic System location codes and the last two digits, separated by a space or a dash, consist of a sequential number applied to each file.

The series is divided into two sub-series:

1. Project files. Project files document contracts for stand tending and tree planting projects. Records include contracts, reports, summaries, correspondence, maps and survival cards. Survival plot cards and summaries track tree growth in reforested areas. There are also includes cash flow sheets tracking project expenses and information on the 1979 herbicide program. These records were likely created before the standardization of silviculture opening files from 1972-1979.

2. Silviculture opening records were created after 1980. These document the historical silviculture treatment work that has been undertaken on specific areas of land that are referred to as openings. These files regard changes in the forest cover, changes in prescriptions, cut boundaries and records involving impacts on silvicultural treatments. Files may contain a wide variety of record formats including textual records, maps and photos. The textual records include computer printouts, photocopies, cards, reports and correspondence.

All opening files include maps or site plans, a forest attribute cover form and other documents related to the opening. Additional documents commonly found in files includes various survey or assessment forms; computer printouts titled the History of Crop Establishment and Tending which provides a history of use and information regarding prescriptions, site preparations, reforestation and stand tending; prescription documents, which provide the management plan for the area; stand tending cards and reports, which show completed forest treatments; and various reports.

Ministries responsible for the creation of this series, and their dates of the responsibility, are:
Ministry of Forests 1976-1986
Ministry of Forests and Lands 1986-1988
Ministry of Forests 1988-2005

Classified as 18750-20 in the Forests Operational Records Classification System (ORCS).

Probate orders from August 1984 to June 1985.

The series consists of original wills probated between 1986 and 1998 in the Chilliwack Supreme Court registry.

The wills are arranged by probate number, which can be found using file list ‘1982-2000 only’ associated with GR-2204. In the GR-2204 file list, each alpha-numeric probate number begins with ‘CH’ or ‘CHH’. On the wills, the number begins with ‘CWH’, ‘H’, or ‘P’. Between 1985-1990 numbers may also include the final two digits of the year. Refer to the final four digits of the number to confirm a match. Not all probate records have an accompanying will. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51460-30.