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This series consists of architectural plans and technical drawings for townsite buildings and millsite buildings and machinery at Ocean Falls.

Variations in spelling occur throughout the titles of plans and drawings.

Letters following a drawing number indicates a revision (eg 18347A is the revision to 18347). In some cases, numbers were also used to note revisions.

Secondary numbers, where they exist, do not appear to have been assigned by staff at Ocean Falls but by contractors or companies, including Crown Zellerbach in Vancouver, who were consulted and made drawings or plans for the Ocean Falls site.

Letter prefixes of drawing numbers exist, in some cases, for the Townsite plans/drawings (T) and the Ocean Falls Company plans/drawings (OC).

Plans and drawings were made on linen, paper, and vellum and were stored in flat cabinets, rolled on wooden doweling and/or housed in cardboard boxes.

In most cases, physical storage of records, in the drawers of the cabinets in sequential order, reflects the filing system used while records were active at the millsite.

The series consists of indexes created by the Ocean Falls Corporation from 1916 to around 1980. The index is a townsite maintenance card file and register for architectural plans and technical drawings for townsite buildings and millsite buildings and machinery. The indexes reflect an alpha-numeric classification/sub-classification system, recording the title of the drawing, the date it was created and, in some instances, the name of the engineer. The register is a sequential list of plans and drawings indicating those drawings that may have been obsolete during operations, 1916-1980.

The series consists of photographs of engineering projects managed by the Dept. of Public Works. The photographs were held in the Office of the Senior Bridge Design Engineer and consist of both prints and negatives. The projects photographed include bridges, roads, ferries, machinery, damage, buildings, topography, culverts, miscellaneous structures, portraits, signs, events and accidents. While almost all of the photographs were taken in British Columbia ca. 1913-1954, there are also photographs of engineering projects in the United States. The photographs, including negatives, were kept in envelopes, either large or small, and were filed by a three part number system. The first part of the number refers to a map square, the second part of the number refers to the classification and the third part is the project number. Details about the project were typed on the envelopes along with the file number. Each envelope contains photographs and negatives of that particular project and each photograph has an individual number, usually a sub-set of the file number.

A card index was used to manage the photographs, see the series Index to engineering photographs. As photographs were taken or acquired, they would be entered in the card index and added to the appropriate envelope. Occasionally photographs were removed by Public Works staff and never returned.

The fonds consists of landing warrants, tickets and receipts of the ship Enterprise.

This series consists of the Environment And Land Use Committee Secretariat background notes. Records include program and project briefing notes on resource developments, highway, pipeline and transmission line projects, environmental impact studies, parks and recreation management, forestry operations, university endowment lands, salmonid enhancement, and agricultural land reserve matters, 1976-1978.

The series has been divided into the following subseries:
I. Integrated Resource Planning Studies
II. Policy, Procedures and System Development Studies
III. Project Impact Studies, by ELUC Secretariat
IV. Project Impact Assessment Reviews.
V. Miscellaneous Projects
VI. Agricultural Land Reserve Processing

This series contains various cabinet committees and working groups representing environmental issues. These particular files were kept by the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks. The committees were made to advise the Deputy Minister and Minister on important environmental issues to bring to Cabinet. Currently, the majority of the records pertain to the Green Economy Initiative for which there was a Deputy Minister’s Committee and a Working Group. This Initiative worked on boosting the province’s economy using eco-friendly innovation and investments into green companies. A smaller portion of the files belong to the Forest Renewal BC Environment Committee which worked on a terrestrial ecosystem restoration program.
The records of these committees typically contain agenda, presentations, summary reports, appointment letters and accompanying materials for discussion meetings. The series also contains minister’s briefing books for the Green Economy Initiative as well as a cabinet submission form for reducing gas emissions. There is also a file with government’s policy on security for Cabinet documents.

This series contains the correspondence referral replies of the Ministry of Environment and its predecessors from 1995-2009. Executive correspondence referral replies, also known as minister’s letters, include letters to the executive and their reply letters.

Correspondence deals with a variety of issues related to the environment. Some records record the concerns and complaints from the public about environmental factors, such as the presence of pollution clouds, bad odours or waste in the environment. Others relate to different initiatives and programs proposed by the ministry. A small number of Information Notes and Decision Notes sent internally to executive members of the Ministry are also in the records. There are also letters to the editor written by the Minister to various newspapers in response to articles concerning the Ministry or the environment.

Records are mainly arranged by referral (reference) number with each chain of correspondence filed in its own folder. There are cases in which multiple people wrote in the same complaint or concern; these letters have been filed in the same folder. Records from the Minister’s Office are arranged chronologically by the date of receipt with records arranged into folders by month. Some boxes contain file lists with either a list of the sender/recipient's name and/or the subject of the letter.

The series is arranged by accession number, which contains the records created by a particular office or executive. Currently, the series contains the following eight accessions:

Accession 96-3526 contains the correspondence from the Environment Protection Division of the ministry.

Accession 93-2700 contains correspondence from the Minister’s Office Correspondence Unit. Records consist mainly of interim responses, minister reply drafts sent to the minister for approval and signing, as well as direct replies written by the Environment Protection Division on behalf of the minister.

Accession 95-5840 contains the correspondence of B.C. Environment, Prince George office, specifically correspondence sent, copied or for reply by the Director of Omineca-Peace region, Environmental Protection.

Accession 96-0105 contains the correspondence of the Environmental Stewardship and Protected Areas Division, Lower Mainland Region.

Accession 96-3531 contains correspondence from the Water Stewardship Division, Lower Mainland Region.

Accession 96-3525 contains correspondence of the Environmental Stewardship Division, Lower Mainland Region. All files also contain copies of the original letters received.

Accession 93-0681 contains letters referred to the Minister for reply.

Accession 96-9659 contains correspondence referrals from the Biodiversity Branch with topics mainly concerning wildlife protection.

Accession 95-9854 contains records from the Minister's Office with topics related to environmental protection, environmental stewardship, water stewardship and conservation officer service.

Accession 96-0944 contains correspondence related to the enforcement program and include topics such as investigations into violations of environmental laws, memos regarding BC Conservation Officer Service achievements and misconduct complaints (includes appendices on their powers and responsibilities), letters from animal rights activists, wildlife-human conflicts and general services provided by the COS.

Records in this series are classified under ARCS number 280-30.

This series consists of appeal files and other records from the Environmental Appeal Board, 1981-1987. The series also includes some appeal or hearing files from its predecessors, the Pesticide Control Appeal Board and Pollution Control Board dating back as early as 1964.

The appeals relate to a variety of permits and licences issued by the government to manage the use of various natural resources and other aspects of the environment. Appeal files are grouped by the piece of legislation they relate to.

Appeals and hearings under the Pesticide Control Act (RSBC 1979 c. 322) include the use and application of pesticides and herbicides for purposes including weed control, mosquito control, and wildlife (wolf and coyote) control. Most appeals wish to amend or cancel pesticide permits due to concerns including poison leeching into water supply, and injury to people or other animals.

Appeals under the Wildlife Act (SBC 1982 c. 57) relate to restoring hunting and guide outfitter licences which had been cancelled or amended as a result an of alleged contravention of the Wildlife Act.

Appeals under the Water Act (RSBC 1979 c. 429) may relate to the application, cancellation or amendment of water licences as well as other issues relating to water quality and quantity.

Appeal under the Waste Management Act (SBC 1982 c.41) and the Pollution Control Act (RSBC 1979 c. 332) relate to attempts to cancel or amend waste management permits. Permits may relate to disposing of sewage and other waste materials through burning, landfills, and release into the air or a body of water.

Appeal files may include respondent’s submissions, precedents, transcripts, exhibits, petitions, copies of permits, correspondence from stakeholders, maps, photographs, decisions, responses to decisions, permits, court records, newspaper clippings, and administrative records related to organizing the appeals.

The series also includes some transcripts of proceedings; reports or other reference material; day copies of correspondence from the Associate Deputy Minister E.H. Vernon and Deputy Minister Lloyd Brooks; and other administrative records relating to the operation of the Appeal Boards. There are also some court records related to cases that were appealed to the Supreme or Provincial courts.

Transferred under one-time schedule number 870581.

The series contains the records from the Environmental Emergency Services Branch (EESB) of the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks and its predecessors. The records relate to the province’s preparedness and responses to environmental emergencies, such as marine oil spills, floods, dam failures, and landslides. The records also cover planning for future management of such emergencies.
Within the records are several reviews, reports and evaluations. One such review discusses the Anderson Report and briefs the Premier on oil transportation and oil spills. It provides an action plan for the report’s recommendations for the provincial cabinet to adopt. There are also reports reviewing and evaluating the Ministry’s response activities during major oil spills including Sooke/Alaska oil spill 1989, Exxon Valdez oil spill 1989 and Nestucca oil spill 1988. Additionally, there is a final report produced by the United States/British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force as well as an EESB service plan and Year End Review (1991-1992) detailing major activities and accomplishments.

The series also contains a collection of contingency plans for environmental emergencies submitted by different corporations and government services. These include plans for dealing with disasters caused by the mishandling of dangerous goods, such as oil, gas, sour wells, ammonia etc.

Finally, a portion of the records relate to litigation by the province against perpetrators of oil spills for the environmental damage caused. The records include information about the the Rubin Lotus oil spill settlement but are mainly about the Nestucca Barge oil spill lawsuit against Sause Bros. of the United States. The records contain details of the valuation of natural resource damages as well as the out-of-court settlement from which the Province of British Columbia, Canada and the Nuu-cha-nulth Tribal Council received damages. There is also information about the resulting Trust Fund that was established to administer the money awarded through the settlement.

The series consists of reports documenting oil and gas development research and studies funded primarily through the Science and Community Environmental Knowledge (SCEK) fund. The fund financially supported and facilitated research, technological innovations, and demonstrations of findings on environmental issues relating to oil and gas exploration and development in BC . The final project reports were created by the Oil and Gas Commission under the Oil and Gas Commission Act (SBC 1998, c. 39), the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act (RSBC 1996, c. 361), the Pipeline Act (RSBC 1996, c. 364), the Forest Act (RSBC 1996, c. 157, s. 51) and the Waste Management Act (RSBC 1996, c. 482) between 2002 and 2009.
The records are arranged by year and internal project number. They include correspondence, reports, and maps. In the 2005 version of the Oil and Gas Regulation ORCS (schedule 163507), the final reports are classified as environmental fund projects – pending/approved (21300-20). In the 2019 Oil and Gas Regulation ORCS, this classification was closed because the funding program was replaced by an independent society external to the Oil and Gas Commission.

The series consists of the records of the British Columbia Environmental Laboratory, dating from 1965 to 1986, which document their functions and activities.
The records in this series relate predominantly to the day-to-day administration of the lab as well as project files containing analytical reports produced by scientists working there. Despite the presence of two separate filing guides from different years in the series, the actual records don’t appear to have been arranged in any specific order, except perhaps by topic. Some project file folders contain file codes corresponding to a project number, arranged in ascending order, however both administrative files and laboratory project files appear intermittently throughout the boxes.
Administrative records include financial reports, organizational charts, correspondence, meeting minutes, laboratory management systems information, lab brochures (with original photograph proofs), seminar notes, lists of lab services, standards and methods for maintenance of lab equipment, submissions to the Treasury Board, report templates and two architectural plans for a proposed new laboratory.
Project files pertain to different analyses projects requested from government clients, by the Environmental Lab administration and occasionally by private sector clients. Types of files found within the project files include requisition forms and a summary of which tests were performed with the results. Other types of records within these files include different research articles, pollution licenses and permits, data sets for the analyses of pesticides and other chemical compounds in water, general research and reference files, and draft reports. Other project files pertain to the management and efficiency of the laboratory. These projects center on determining the costs for services, creating new procedures, and studies regarding the overall efficiency of the lab in terms of tests completed over a given period.

The series contains records related to public relations projects, mainly educational programs, organized by the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks and its predecessors. Currently, the series covers records relating to the following exhibits, travelling shows and school programs: Eco Village at Enviro-Expo, Globe ’92, Ecozibit, Handle With Care mall show and Handle with Care school tour, and the Eco Educational School Program.

Records pertaining to the Eco Village include records from Pastiche Productions who produced the Eco Village display and produced the accompanying video for Enviro Expo in 1992. These records include correspondence to the Ministry in regards to the project, draft scripts, proposals, features, budgets and descriptions.

Travelling shows include records relating to schedules, locations, guests appearances, a guestbook, feedback, costs, publications, notes and related correspondence.

Records pertaining to school programs include correspondence and files received from Force Four Productions who produced the educational videos ft. Eddie and the Ecosaurus for the school programs. Other records include schedules of school visits, request for school materials, teacher’s guide, reading lists, thank you letters, and student activity sheets.

In addition to these records, there are also executive summaries, correspondence, schedule of visits, feedback and comments, promotional material, launch details, news releases, agenda, speaking notes, status reports, budgets, briefing notes, and copies of news articles.

The series also contains colour photographic prints. Photographs have been removed from original sheets of paper to which they were affixed and placed into acid-free paper sleeves for conservation. Photographs are found throughout the records and depict exhibit design, Eco the Ecosaurus mascot with attendees, speakers and audience members.

The records are arranged by program and are classified under the ARCS primary and secondary numbers 336-20: Public relations projects.

The fonds consists of incoming correspondence, reminiscences, diary and research notes and drafts of F.W. Howay and Scholefield's "History of British Columbia". It also contains photographs of the Cariboo road.

The fonds consists of letters and a manuscript and galley proof of Collier's "Three Against the Wilderness".

The fonds consists of Woodburn's certificates of appointment.

The fonds consists of correspondence, reports, notes and speeches created in Martin's capacity as B.C. Minister of Health; private papers; copies of speeches of other cabinet ministers; and, maps (1949-1953) of B.C. electoral districts.

The fonds consists of commissions and scrapbook of Erland Hadow.

The fonds consists two films related to the activities of the Columbia Coast Mission.

The fonds consists of records generated by Ernest Baynes Cale in Burnaby from 1911-1935 in the course of his activities as a breeder and exhibitor of poultry, as manager and editor of the magazine Successful Poultryman, as a member of the BC Poultry Association and as an employee of the firm McLellan and McCarter, Ltd. The fonds includes contest lists, draft advertisements, graphic designs (some by Frank Eastman), correspondence, certificates, a list of ingredients and a nutritional analysis of animal feed, chick records, invoices, blank stationery for Successful Poultryman, certified copies of poultry pedigrees, a booklet by McLellan & McCarter Ltd., an invitation, two “BC Poultry Association Egg Record and Account Books” and a photograph of the “Yesterlaid” poultry ranch in Nanaimo.

The fonds also includes 13 drawings of poultry drawn in 1914 by Frank Eastman as illustrations for Successful Poultryman. Also included are plans to accompany “An open-air poultry home” by Dale R. Van Horn of Milton, Wisconsin; 2 maps of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta (1917); 1 map of Northern Alberta (1917); 1 map of Burnaby Municipality [19--]; 1 map of the BC Railway Belt (1907) and 1 map of a portion of Osoyoos District (1891).

The fonds notably consists of military-related content from the early 1900s until the 1940s. Pre-WW1 photographs include a limited amount of photographs relating to the Canadian Militia. Photographs taken during the First World War including most departures of troops by ship from Victoria and other departures by train from Vancouver and Vernon. There are also images of numerous B.C. training camps which cover topics from training exercises, inspections, mascots and portraiture. For material covering the inter-war and Second World War, images are predominantly of ceremonies, visiting military dignitaries as well as of graduations and groups of soldiers who trained at the Officer’s Training Centre in Gordon Head. There are also photographs of the Women’s Army Corps and of various legions following the end of World War II.
The next largest group of photographs is a collection of city views, natural landscapes and other tourist-centric photography which Crocker used to make postcards which he sold. These cover large Canadian cities but also various stops along the CPR route through the Rocky Mountains, as well as other locations on Vancouver Island, across BC and down the west coast of the United States and even Mexico.
Other potential series in the Ernest Crocker fonds include portraiture, tableaux vivants, Royal Visits, celebrations and parades, and sporting events.
Also included is some ephemera, Trio postcards, correspondence, sales receipts, and an embossed seal with the Trio stamp.

The collection is presently arranged by size and to some extent format. Containers are not organized by date nor by topic and appear to be mixed throughout the collection. The majority of photographic records appear to have been created in Victoria and the surrounding area, with additional photographic records covering Vancouver Island, the British Columbia Interior, Winnipeg, Toronto, London UK, California, U.S.A., and Mexico.

The fonds consists of a diary and photographs of Ernest Godfrey Beaumont.

The fonds consists of a diary of a survey of the West Coast of Vancouver Island.

The fonds consists of two series: The first comprises lesson plans prepared by Ernest Hatch and a list of teachers at Brentwood Elementary School from 1880 to 1962. The second is a photograph album containing 59 black and white prints, and 3 felt badges awarded to Brentwood Elementary school during the 1954 and 1955 Greater Victoria School Drama Festivals.

The fonds consists of a diary.

The fonds consists of papers pertaining to the purchase and sale of Oak Bay properties, a gasoline ration book and a liquor permit.

The fonds consists of Ernest W. Dunn's photographs of scenes and events in Rossland, B.C.

The fonds consists of Hopper's photographs of his travel agency, of a convention of notary publics, and scenes, including aerial photographs, of northwestern B.C. communities.

This series consists of one volume recording land use and alienation in the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway belt (E&N Railway) from 1886-1907. This area of land was transferred to the Railway from the Canadian government. After the completion of the railway in 1886 some land was conveyed or sold off to settlers. The volume documents patents issued by the Dominion government, preemption conveyances issued by the E&N Railway Co., conveyances of land not pre-empted. Some records also relate to the conveyance of mineral or subsurface rights.

The records related to land in the entire railway belt which covered most of south eastern Vancouver Island, including the following land districts: Alberni, Cedar, Chemainus, Comiaken, Comox, Cranberry, Cowichan, Ladysmith, Mountain, Nanoose, Newcastle, Oyster, Quamichan, Shawnigan, Somenos, Wellington and others.

The creator of this volume is unclear, but estimated to be the Department of Lands and Works.

The series consists of Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Belt land tax files created by the Property Taxation Branch and its predecessor, the Surveyor of Taxes, between 1918 and 1984. These files were created to manage taxation of alienated railway lands under An Act to Provide for Taxation of the Railway Belt Lands of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company, SBC 1950, chap. 70 (repealed by the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2014, SBC 2014, c. 14, s. 54).

The files are arranged roughly by subject. Files contain correspondence and memos regarding appeals, alienations and tax return relating to provincial taxation issues for the E&N Railway Belt land. There are also some general files regarding land sales and leases and ones for specific timber companies.

The series consists of various tax ledgers created by the Property Taxation Branch between 1950 and 1979. The ledgers were all created to manage taxation of alienated railway lands under An Act to Provide for Taxation of the Railway Belt Lands of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company, SBC 1950, chap. 70 (repealed by the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2014, SBC 2014, c. 14, s. 54).

Records include a tax roll for 1950; tax instalment rolls, notices and calculations, 1950 to 1979; paid in full ledgers, 1950 to 1969 and summary ledgers, 1950 to 1979.