- GR-1382
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- 1959
This series contains project files from the Mitchell River Bridge, Invermere Ranger District, Project 196. Types of records includes photographs and brief construction history.
British Columbia. Nelson Forest District (1913-1978)
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This series contains project files from the Mitchell River Bridge, Invermere Ranger District, Project 196. Types of records includes photographs and brief construction history.
British Columbia. Nelson Forest District (1913-1978)
Item consists of one bound atlas measuring 43 x 57 cm. It contains one index map and 35 location maps of the lands of the former "Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood" in the Kootenay and Similkameen Land Districts. There are land utilization maps based on 1951 provincial government "vertical air photos" and coloured soil classification maps for the following communities: Champion Creek, Oteshenie, Brilliant, Raspberry, Glade, Shoreacres, Pass Creek, Krestova, Koch Siding, Lebahdo, Winlaw, Claybrick, Perry Siding, Grand Forks (north and south), Gilpin, and Caesar. The atlas accompanies "Doukhobor lands. A report on a study of the condition and value of the Doukhobor lands, 1952" by N.T. Drewry, Assistant Director, Land Utilization Research and Survey.
Part of Arthur Bushby fonds
Bushby, Arthur Thomas, 1835-1875
Fernie Supreme Court adoption case files
Adoption case files.
British Columbia. Supreme Court (Fernie)
Part of Chauncey Donald Orchard fonds
CALL NUMBER: T1858:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Allen H. De Wolf : logger and engineer (part 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1887-1935 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1958-01-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Born in 1887 in Minnesota. Started timber cruising with his father about 1900. Old cruising methods. Becomes B.C. Land Surveyor in 1913. Worked as logging superintendent near Yahk, 1918-19. Building flumes. Became mill superintendent at Merritt. Building and operating a logging railroad in Nicola area. TRACK 2: More anecdotes about logging railroads. Saw demonstration of early crawler tractors, 1920. Economic conditions in the sawmill business. Business slump of 1920s. Economic problems of the town of Merritt.; CALL NUMBER: T1858:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Allen H. De Wolf : logger and engineer (part 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1958 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1958-01-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Financial problems of the forest industry and the town of Merritt, 1930s. Comments on the costs of transporting logs by various methods. De Wolf becomes an engineering contractor. Anecdote about raising money during the Depression. De Wolf's involvement in the eastern forest industry. More on business and finance. Worked for A.S. Nicholson. De Wolf's early experiences in the woods in Minnesota after 1900. Woods working conditions. Logging camp conditions. TRACK 2: Anecdotes about the forest industry in the East Kootenays, ca. 1910. Union activities, especially IWW in the East Kootenays, 1920s. Mills in the East Kootenays, 1910.
Cranbrook County Court letters probate
Cranbrook letters probate (Forms 161 & 162). For letters probate from 1916-1924 see GR-2248 [B11349(5)].
British Columbia. County Court (Cranbrook)
Plaint and procedure books (indexed) from Donald, 1896-1898 and from Golden, 1899-1957.
British Columbia. County Court (Golden)
Collected for the 1958 Centennial, this material consists of typescripts, newspaper clippings, photographs and signatures. The collection addresses most aspects of early life at Nakusp and district including railway construction and maintenance, recreation, sawmills, steamboats and church history. The focus is on the people of the district with lists of residents and thumbnail sketches of individuals and families.
Nakusp, B.C.
Alfred Carmichael business records
Part of Alfred Carmichael fonds
The series consists of correspondence, minutes, reports and agreements of the Saseenos Water, Light and Power Co., documents pertaining to the B.C. Oil and Coal Development Co., Cameron Lake Timber, the Fraser-Cariboo Gold Syndicate, Port Alberni Syndicate, Towner Park subdivision; coal mining on Vancouver Island, mining leases in the Horsefly River area and property in Victoria, B.C.
Part of Land Settlement Board records
Shows lots in Ootischenia. "Sales plan no. 10"
Miles, Frank Bruce, 1882-1955. Cranbrook; Dentist.
Part of Frank Bruce Miles fonds
Series includes 11 volumes of diaries (1896-1906) providing a day-to-day account of personal affairs in New Brunswick, in dental college at Tufts University in Boston and in Cranbrook where Dr. Miles settled in 1904.
Also includes diary (1909) presented by Mrs. M. Pennington (Miles' daughter) in 1984.
Miles, Frank Bruce, 1882-1955
Windermere Small Debts Court record book
Record book, 1950-1955. Part of file 90/59 removed from GR-0419.
British Columbia. Small Debts Court (Windermere)
The file consists of the reminiscences of Frederick William Adolph who operated a lumber mill at Baynes Lake in the Kootenay district in the early twentieth century; photocopy of marriage certificate, 1861, of Frederick Adolph and Margaret Lamont, parents of F.W. Adolph and genealogical notes by Valerie Adolph.
Presented by Valerie Adolph, Delta, 1979.
Trail District Police Court record books
Provincial Police Court record books 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. Police Court (Trail)
Fernie Supreme Court criminal case files
Criminal case files.
British Columbia. Supreme Court (Fernie)
Series contains a sales book, lands in Kootenay District. Arranged by lot number. Includes owner, acreage, improvements, and assessed values in 1911-1912.
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands
Provincial Police Court record book 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", April 1939 - December 1954.
British Columbia. Provincial Court (Fruitvale)
Inquiry into the circumstances of landslides at Whatshan
This series consists of records of the Inquiry into the Circumstances of Landslides at Whatshan, 1953-1954. Records include argument of counsel, transcripts of evidence presented at the proceedings (1953-1954), exhibits (1953-1954), and Commissioner Clyne's original signed report with bound copy (1954). Although the BC Archives never received some exhibits, details about missing exhibits are recorded in the files.
British Columbia. Inquiry into the Circumstances of Landslides at Whatshan
Letters regarding the McBride cup
The file contains a letter to W.D. MacDonald from T.A. Love, 1954 re the McBride Cup, instituted in 1913 for the interior hockey championship. It also includes a letter from W.D. MacDonald, 1985, presenting the T.A. Love letter to the Provincial Archives of British Columbia and giving additional information on the McBride cup and on his own family background.
Wilmer Small Debts Court record book
Record book, 1925-1954. Part of file 90/59 removed from GR-0419.
British Columbia. Small Debts Court (Wilmer)
William Dickey papers re Kootenay district
Part of William Earle Dickey fonds
Correspondence, notes and newspaper clippings concerning the history of Revelstoke, the Big Bend area of the Kootenay district and the pioneers of the area. Also includes collected notes and correspondence of Benjamin Richard Atkins as well as his dictionary history of Revelstoke.
Material is files MS-0560.1.1 to 1.17 contain Earle Dickey's general correspondence files, incoming and outgoing, 1937-1953 (includes Dickey's correspondence with the Vancouver Sun as that newspaper's correspondent in Revelstoke). Files 1.18 to 1.51 contain drafts, rough notes etc. concerning Revelstoke pioneers, Revelstoke history etc. Files 2.1 to 2.8 contain Benjamin Richard Atkins' correspondence and files 2.9 to 2.19 contain Dickey's miscellaneous materials.
James, Alfred George. Chapman Camp; Retired.
Part of Alfred James fonds
Scrapbook of clippings, typescripts, and photographs of historical articles written by George James in the 1950s. Subjects include, Kimberley district, street names, schools, camps, mines and miners, local personalities and autobiographical material.
James, Alfred
This series contains transcripts of hearings before the Minister of Lands and Forests and the Cabinet regarding the application of Celgar Ltd. for a Forest Management Licence (1952) in the Arrow Lakes.
British Columbia. Forest Service
Revelstoke Supreme Court criminal case files
Criminal case files
British Columbia. Supreme Court (Revelstoke)
This series contains certificates granted with the object of facilitating registration of title to a portion of Crown lands granted to the Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway Company and the Kaslo and Slocan Railway Company (2 vols.), 1901-1904. It includes notices from the Deputy Minister of Lands certifying grants, 1920, 1937, 1941, and 1952.
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands
Revelstoke Supreme Court probate/estate files
Probate/estate files.
British Columbia. Supreme Court (Revelstoke)
Revelstoke Supreme Court adoption files
Adoption files.
British Columbia. Supreme Court (Revelstoke)
New Denver Senior Baseball Club.
Series consists of score books, schedules of games, lists of players, etc.