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Fraser Valley district (B.C.)
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Dyking records

  • GR-1569
  • Series
  • 1916-1975

The series consists of the records of the Sumas Drainage, Dyking and Development District created between 1916 and 1975. The records conain general files, orders-in-council, financial statements, engineering reports, assessments, purchase agreements, minutes, history. In addition there are 73 photographs and maps.

British Columbia. Office of the Inspector of Dykes

Ivy Watkins interview

CALL NUMBER: T1939:0001 track 1 RECORDED: Mission (B.C.), 1975 SUMMARY: Mrs. Ivy Watkins of Vancouver discusses families in Hatzic during the early 1900s; coming to Hatzic; and the old Henry house.;

CALL NUMBER: T1939:0001 track 2 RECORDED: Mission (B.C.), 1975 SUMMARY: Mrs. Ivy Watkins of Vancouver discusses people, families and places in Hatzic, Mission, and vicinity during the early 1900.;

CALL NUMBER: T1939:0002 track 1 RECORDED: Mission (B.C.), 1975 SUMMARY: Mrs. Ivy Watkins of Vancouver discusses people, families and places in Hatzic, Mission, and vicinity during the early 1900.;

Inspector of Dykes records

  • GR-1011
  • Series
  • 1895-1974

Correspondence, general files and accounts files relating to dyking and drainage districts, improvement districts, flood control and agricultural development in the Fraser Valley, 1917-1974. Minute books of dyking districts; Pitt Meadows, 1895; Nicomen, 1912-1930; South Westminster Dyking District, 1920, 1923, 1928.

British Columbia. Office of the Inspector of Dykes

William Hope interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hammond Cedar Company, 1921-1946 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-09-16 SUMMARY: Started work at Hammond Cedar Mill in 1921; operation of the Hammond Cedar Mill on the Fraser River; modifications to the mill in the 1920s; the Hammond Cedar baseball team; problems for the mill in the early 1930s; Hope was a councilman starting in 1929; problems of relief and unemployment; more on the mill's economic problems during the Depression; changes in the mill during the Second World War; wages; takeover by BCFP in 1946.

Acton Kilby interview : [Hesse, 1973]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Acton Kilby of Harrison Mills : Early settlers on the Fraser RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Train noises. Acton Kilby is heard pointing out old tools, clothes and furniture at Harrison Mills Store. He discusses how he came to Harrison Mills. TRACK 2: Acton Kilby talks about life along the Fraser at the turn of the century, and since, including railroads, sternwheelers, and the floods of 1894 and 1948. Mrs. Acton Kilby also speaks. Footsteps and dogs barking. More train sounds.

Circulars

  • GR-0955
  • Series
  • 1927-1973

This series consists of circular letters from District Forester to field staff pertaining to forest protection, forest management, etc. Includes some circular letters from Chief Forester to District Foresters.

British Columbia. Vancouver Forest District

Agriculture today : reel 4, part 2

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:
Mushroom growing in the Fraser Valley. Mushroom house, harvesting by hand and packing for the fresh market; quick freezing process, canning, transporting fresh mushrooms to market via Air Canada; cooking at home.

Gliding and ghost town footage

The item is a film reel of unedited footage from ca. 1971 to 1973. It contains extensive footage shot from and of gliders, probably in the Fraser Valley near Hope. Includes a hundred-foot segment that probably shows the remnants of the abandoned settlement of Walhachin. The ghost town footage included in this reel resembles the brief "Walhachin" sequence in the travelogue "Mirrors to the Sun", so this reel probably consists of footage shot for that film.

Plan of Lac la Hache cemetery and associated material

The file consists of a copy of a plan of Lac la Hache cemetery and list of persons buried there, compiled by Mrs. Percy Ogden, Lac la Hache, five letters to Joanne Hughes from Molly Forbes, Lac la Hache re cemetery, and a 2 p. autobiography by Mrs. Forbes titled "Fraser Valley cemeteries and how they reflect the social history of the area." It also contains field notes on the Fraser Valley cemeteries [history essay, Douglas College, 1972, Joanne Hughes].

Jane Downie interview

CALL NUMBER: T0083:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jane Downie RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-07-13 SUMMARY: Jane Downie (nee Letson) was born in 1890 in Glasgow, Scotland. She was raised, schooled and worked as a sales clerk there until 1913. She received training as a Deaconess in Methodist Church. She worked during WWI in London and in Paisley. She married a Canadian war veteran and came to Abbotsford in 1919. Description of home, United Church, detail on "set-up". Attitudes towards "moral conditions"; etc.

CALL NUMBER: T0083:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jane Downie RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-07-14 SUMMARY: Jane Downie's recollections of a lifetime devoted to public service. Social work and air raids in London, England (1915-1918).

CALL NUMBER: T0083:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jane Downie RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-07-14 SUMMARY: Jane Downie makes comparisons between the World Wars. Volunteer work with St. John's during WWII. Flood of 1948. Background. St. John's Assistant Matron at Burnaby home (United Church home for unwed mothers). Changing attitudes in society. Her opinions on child raising, etc. Woman's role in society and changes.

[Forest camp activities, Haney area]

Stock shots. "Subjects covered: Inmates working in sawmill. General scene of camp. Clearing brush. Planting seedlings. Cutaways include logging truck fully loaded along mountain road. Seedling close-ups. Mountain flowers."

Duty Officer's radio log during the fire season

  • GR-1234
  • Series
  • 1967-1970

This series contains Duty Officer's log of radio messages received during the fire season. The majority of the messages refer to the Vancouver Forest District, but there are a significant number which concern other Districts.

British Columbia. Vancouver Forest District

The Miracle Valley story

Promotional film. The construction and operation of the Salvation Army's Miracle Valley Detox Centre near Mission. Its quiet environs are contrasted with the temptations of the street life in Vancouver.

[Roberts Bank rail routes : newsclip]

Promotional film. Shows the relative merits of three proposed rail routes from the Fraser Valley to the Roberts Bank coal port. Composed of shots from the film RAIL ROUTES TO ROBERTS BANK (see), this silent news clip was intended for press or PR release.

Joe Louie interview

CALL NUMBER: T0437:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967-01-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Louie speaks about Indian languages of the Fraser Valley; legends about drought and Cultus Lake; Indian religions and values; Indian boundaries respecting land, hunting, and fishing, and; the preservation and respect of natural resources. TRACK 2: Mr. Louie continues to speak about respect for life and beliefs associated with hunting; the Indians' quality of respect that was the sam;e as prayer; respect for elders; elders teaching of skills; Indian life; skills; longhouses; trails in the Abbotsford area; Indian names in the area; and the treatment of Indians by white men.

CALL NUMBER: T0437:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967-01-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Louie discusses Indian-white relations; chiefs in his family; the Matsqui settlers' relationships with Indians; education; Coqualeetza School; Indians in the work force; Mount Baker; BC Electric; East Indian workers; conditions of Indians in Washington State; and his father, Chief Joe Kelly. [TRACK 2: blank.]

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