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This series consists of records related to tree farm licences (TFLs) managed by the Nelson Forest Region and its predecessor the Nelson Forest District. This currently includes records in the Arrow Forest District, which was part of the larger Region. Records date from 1970-1987.

TFLs are a type of timber tenure which grants a virtually exclusive right to harvest timber and manage forests in a specified area. They are issued for a term of 25 years, but can be replaced every 5-10 years. Records relate to TFL 3 and TFL 23.

The records are arranged by TFL number, then by the cutting permit number within the TFL. Each file will contain a variety of records relating to one cutting permit. This includes licences, cutting permits, other legal documents and operations information. Records include correspondence, reports, forms, maps, photos, applications, amendments, approvals, road tight-of-way documents, stumpage records and appraisal records. The majority of files are arranged with stumpage and appraisal records on the right side of the file, and most other records on the left side of the file. This organization may not be consistent for each file.

The records have been classified as 19700-45 in the Forestry Operational Classification System (ORCS). However, these records predate the creation of ORCS. They were originally created under the Ministry of Forests File Directory number 870-3-1 where all records related to a TFL were filed together.

The ministries responsible for these records, and the years that they were responsible, are:
Dept. of Lands, Forests and Water Resources (1962-1975)
Dept. of Forests (1975-1976)
Ministry of Forests (1976-1986)
Ministry of Forests and Lands (1986-1988)

This series consists of a variety of records related to timber tenures predominantly created from 1975-1998 by the Columbia Forest District, a division of the Nelson Forest Region. The series also includes records from the Revelstoke Forest District, Golden Forest District, Kootenay Lake Forest District, and Mica Creek Forest Station. All files were managed as part of the Columbia Forest District when the files were closed.

The series includes the following types of timber tenures: forest licences, timber licences, timber sale licences, timber sale harvesting licences, cash timber sale licences, licences to cut, timber marks, timber berths, woodlot licences, special use permits and road permits. There are also records related to tree farm licences (TFL) 23, 55 and 56. The majority of files relate to cutting permits. Licensees were required to apply for a forest licence or similar tenure and cutting permits in order to harvest timber. Records regard the issuance, evaluation, administration, monitoring, planning, replacement, cancellation, deletion and extension of these timber tenures.

The records include legal documents, operations information, correspondence, forms, reports, maps, photos, licences, permits, permit amendment or renewal documentation, applications, logging plans, reports, silviculture prescriptions, major licensee silviculture audits, stumpage adjustment, salvage information, and financial records.

Additional types of records include: subject files on weather, mining and oil exploration, tree seeds, resource analysis program, and forest road planning; a timber tenures ledger; files regarding audits of licensees to ensure compliance with guidelines for managing and preserving fish habitat; and a few silviculture opening files.

The ministries responsible for creating these records, and the years that they were responsible, are:
Ministry of Forests (1976-1986)
Ministry of Forests and Lands (1986-1988)
Ministry of Forests (1988-2005)

The records were classified as 18765-20, 18750-20, 19500-45, 19540-25, 19565-25, 19570-25, 19580-45, 19600-45, 19620-25, 19700-45, 19720-20 and 19910-20 in the Forest Operational Records Classification System (ORCS).

Bill of sale.

Criminal case files heard before a magistrate.

This series consists of Kootenay Land District lot registers for lots numbered 1-11891. The earliest record is dated 1868 and all volumes were superceded by 1945 (i.e. no further entries were made after 1945). The registers list lots in numerical order and record the alienation of land from the Crown (by purchase, pre-emption, lease, etc.). Information may include the name of purchaser, dates and numbers of certificates issued (including Crown Grants), dates and amounts of payments, and reference numbers to correspondence files and field books, as well as tie reserves. There is an alphabetical name index in each volume.

Civil case files with the exception of probate, divorce and adoption files which have been removed from this series and are filed separately.

The series consists of a manual of conveyance for the Wild Horse Creek district, created by the Kootenay Gold Commissioner between 1865 and 1972.

The series consists of records from the Nelson Gaol, 1989-1961. Volume one includes warrants of commitment to Nelson Gaol, 1898-1899; volume 2 includes correspondence outward from warden, 1898-1905; and volume 3 includes the warden's daily record book, 1956-1961.

This series consists of two volumes of Water Rights Branch Board of Investigation minute books of meetings regarding the adjudication of water rights claims and the issuance of water licenses pursuant to the Water Act, 1909.

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.

This series contains an application for a mill site on the Upper Kootenay River by L.A. Campbell of Rossland, filed under the provisions of the Mineral Act. It includes a plan of the site and example of cloth poster.

Naturalization index, County Court (Cranbrook).

Daily journal from 1899-1904 of an unidentified policeman stationed in Cranbrook, including information on arrests made. According to Public Accounts, Constable F.R. Morris was stationed at Cranbrook during this time period. The inside cover of the book (not microfilmed) states "property of Mrs. Doris Evans, Cranbrook BC"

Report of the license inspector, William Harp, to the City of Rossland regarding hotels in the city. Includes information on the capacity and condition of 38 hotels.

Record of cattle brands (indexed), 1906-1914 (pp. 1-57); record of automobile licence plates issued, 1925 (pp. 61-163); register of drivers' licences, 1925-1929 (pp. 210-283); and salesman's licences 1927-1929 (pp. 298- 299). Includes: Baynes Lake, Brilliant, Brisco, Coal Creek, Corbin, Dorr, Elko, Fernie, Flagstone, Gateway, Hanbury, Hosmer, Jaffray, Michel, Tobacco Plains, Natal, Newgate, Roosville, Waldo, Wardner, Yahk.

Indexes to lien notes and conditional sales. Volume 1: 1901-1936; volume 2: 1928-1940. These are partial indexes to GR-2703 and are of limited use as the entries are often undated.

Plaintiff index to Rossland plaint and procedure book volume 8 (GR-1631).

Series consists of correspondence, 1926, 1935-1937, 1952-1962; notes; speeches; printed materials; and newspaper clipping books containing reports of legislative sessions, 1936, 1943, 1945, 1956-1959.

Series consists of a letterpress copybook contains tissue copies of his outgoing letters, September 1908 - June 1909, to government departments, businessmen, etc.

Certificate of incorporation, minute books.

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.

1. Journal of a tour to the Pyrenees, 1855; record of musical activities in London, 1856; Journal of a tour to Italy, 1856. Journey from England to B.C., 1858; entries from Dec. 25, 1858, to March 2, 1859. 2. Journal of a trip to Cariboo, 1872; entries from March 20, 1873 to Sept. 10, 1874; Journal of a trip to Kootenay, Sept. - Nov. 1874; entries from Nov. 28, 1874 to May 10, 1875.

Journal of a trip to Wild Horse Creek and back, August to October, 1864.

Series consists of minute books, 1946-1948 and 1970-1972.

This series consists of the records of the Royal Commission on Doukhobor Affairs, 1946-1947. Records include correspondence, transcripts, exhibits (indexed), and an interim report. No final report was issued.

Minute books (5 volumes), 1910-1914, 1938-1974; cash books (2 volumes), 1945-1952; membership books (2 volumes), 1910-1912, 1938-1971.

Series consists of articles, typescript drafts, essays, biographies, notes, clippings, etc. relating to Alaska, the history of British Columbia, historic sites in British Columbia, Indigenous people of British Columbia, the pelagic sealing industry, etc. The series also includes invitations to events and 124 black and white photographs, mostly of Smith's time in Japan and China.

Correspondence from Thomas I. Dunn to George Ironside Dunn discussing family matters, mining conditions in the Kootenays, and the managing of social clubs (T.I.D. was manager of the Rossland Club); notes and letters. Photograph albums have been deposited with Visual Records.

Minutes.

Account book.

Presented to the PABC by E.R. Vipond via T. Hamilton of Kelowna, 1971.