News item. In the Fraser Valley, reporter Mike McCardell interviews Louis Donatelli, who as a boy witnessed a train robbery by the legendary Bill Miner.
Series consists of a notebook containing diary entries, Feb. 1 to June 25 [1897?], notes and addresses. Diary entries document the author's experiences teaching in a rural and assisted school at Kensington, near Cloverdale in the Fraser Valley. The notes consist mainly of pointers re teaching, classroom order, etc.
A letter from Mrs. Williams daughter, Mrs. L. MacIntosh, has been microfilmed with the diary.
This series consists of two notebooks containing information collected during artesian well investigation, Fraser River Flats. See the Water Rights Branch, interim report for 1914 (BC Sessional Papers 1915, v.1, p. H-18) for report.
CALL NUMBER: T0733:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Oliver Wells discusses Indian oral testimony and legends; Dan Milo; Bob Joe; Chilliwack Indian origins and history; missionaries; reserves; changes in native life; church schools; Indian traditions; place names including Chilliwack and Cheam; Atchelatz River and Mount Baker. TRACK 2: Mr. Wells talks about the first white settlers in the Chilliwack area; the arrival of his grandfather,; A.C. Wells, in 1867; the family farm; A.C. Wells; Edenbank Creamery; transporting farm produce; Chief Supass; Cultus Lake Harry; Liumchen Park; Cultus Lake Park; the Reverend Crosby; the course of the Chilliwack and Vedder River.;
CALL NUMBER: T0733:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Wells continues by discussing flooding and drainage problems of the Sardis and Sumas areas. [TRACK 2: blank.]
CALL NUMBER: T0761:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Cade, nee Yeomans, recounts her family's coming to Deroche in 1890; their arrival in New Westminster; construction of the family home; the murder of Mr. O'Shea in 1891; floods; church; ;Reverend Lovering; Nicomen Island; Sam MacDonald; Joe Deroche. TRACK 2: Mrs. Cade continues with recollections of Deroche; entertainment; settlement; incidents from her childhood; other settlers; Felix Parent; the Deroche family; childhood at Nicomen; Indians; Sam MacDonald.
CALL NUMBER: T0761:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Cade continues with recollections of Sam MacDonald; Joe Deroche; Indians; Mission circa 1900; Italians; Silverdale; the Cade family; the first telephone at Mission; Japanese farmers. [TRACK 2: blank.]
The item is a composite print of a documentary film made in 1948. It depicts the Fraser River flood of 1948 and includes aerial and general views of flooded farmland and communities, as well as relief efforts and dyke construction.
The item is a video copy of film footage from two films from 1948. Shows Dewdney and area during the Fraser Valley flood of 1948. Shots of inundated farmland, houses, businesses and roads, mainly shot from a power boat.
This series contains two operational files from the Vancouver Forest District. The first file, coded MTS X4, is a Timber Management file from 1912-1917. The contents refer to Timber Sale X4 to Young and Scott of Point Grey, B.C. covering lands within the municipality of Point Grey, bounded, in part, by Sixteenth Avenue and the Musqueam Indian Reserve. The second file, which is uncoded, concerns the transfer of records to Victoria from the Supervisor of Scaler's office.
The item is a composite print of a travelogue. It shows Mission City, the location of the 1958 Western Canadian Soap Box Derby Trials. Includes scenes of Mission City, the mission, Fraser River and the surrounding area, as well as preparations for and running of the derby trials.
Magazine. Feature story about the burgeoning movie industry in British Columbia, showing two feature films currently in production, with many British Columbians working as crew. Vancouver director Phillip Borsos is shooting THE GREY FOX on location in Gastown and Parksville. Gaffer John Bartlett, key grip Tim Hogan, and executive producer David H. Brady talk about the film and their work on it. Borsos is shown working with actors Richard Farnsworth and Wayne Robson. The American production HARRY TRACY: DESPERADO is shown shooting on location near Mission. Crew members Christine Wilson (continuity) and Rod Parkhurst (cinematography) talk about their work. Actor Bruce Dern is shown filming a gun battle scene.
The item is a reel of documentary film from the 1920s. "The film examines pea production, from rolling, cultivating, disking and fertilizing the field to crop dusting with a biplane, seeding and harvesting. Much of the field work is done with horses, some with a tractor. Peas are dumped onto a conveyor belt at a barn, mechanically shucked, poured into wooden boxes and sorted by girls in white caps. Cows in a field and being milked in a barn, probably at Frasea Farms. Men (Agriculture inspectors?) drink milk from bottles beside a car. A sign on the roof of the car reads Frasea Farms." (Colin Browne)
CALL NUMBER: T4129:0003 RECORDED: Mission (B.C.), 1984-03-23 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Percy Cliffe discusses his childhood background. Joined the B.C.P.P. in January 1932 and was posted in Nelson (Doukhobor arrests), Golden, Burnaby, and Chilliwack. Anecdote about Constable George Elliott. Transients in Golden. Reasons he transferred to the Game Commission. Description of Mission District. Office equipment. Wife becomes "office manager". Raised hounds. Main game was pheasants and ducks. Apprehending violators of baiting restriction. Road checks. Large fox population and control methods. TRACK 2: Coyotes. Valley had much cover for wildlife until taxes forced farmers to cultivate all the land. Stocking of pheasants. Methods of stocking fingerlings and planting fish eggs. Modes of travel about Mission District -- truck, boat, horse, and by foot. Logging resulted in large deer population. Route to Pemberton via boat and pack horse. Campaign to reduce the number of wild dogs near the Indian reserve. Frank Urquhart of Coquitlam District. Patrolling Skagit Valley with Art Butler. Illegal fur trapper confesses. CALL NUMBER: T4129:0004 RECORDED: Mission (B.C.), 1984-03-23 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Percy Cliffe gives a description of a search expedition to airplane crash in Cheam Mountain Range (August 1943). Story of search expedition to airplane crash in Yale area. (1940s). Description of 1948 flood and his assistance with game boat. Cougar problem worsens with deer population growth. Smart hound trees three cougars during one hunt. Qualities of a good hound. TRACK 2: Humorous story of cougar hunt with member of local police. Hounds killed during cougar hunt near Sechelt. He has friendly relations with farmers and loggers in his District. Post war road building opens up areas for hunting. New Settlers. Importance of game clubs. Achievements of Mission Rod and Gun Club. Game warden on 24 hour work schedule. Good rapport in Department. Comparisons of early years with present (1984). Some missed opportunities to clear fishing steam blockages. The game warden was "lord and master". CALL NUMBER: T4129:0005 RECORDED: Mission (B.C.), 1984-03-23 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Percy Cliffe comments about job changes following scientific research methods. Training and new ideas. He disagrees with some new policies. Some recollections of Jim Dewar (Predator Control hunter). Comments about Art Butler, warden of the Chilliwack District. Game wardens were on their own, no training. Slim Cameron. Tells about boat trip to McNab Creek where transplanted elk resided. Thoughts about difference between large interior districts and lower mainland districts. His hunting experience as a young boy. [TRACK 2: blank.]
CALL NUMBER: T0760:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-03-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Peter Lagace recounts his father's journey across Canada working for the CPR from Alberta; his arrival in Mission, then later Hatzic. He talks about Captain Thompson; the homestead; farm li;fe; food; crops; clearing land; other settlers; the French-Canadian and Italian communities; Durier; Hatzic Prairie; the post office; Barkers Landing; John Barker; river transportation. TRACK 2: Mr. Lagace recalls trips to New Westminster; trails; logging camps; Stave Lake; dances; local incidents; cougars; Billy Martin; Regis Hudon; life on the homestead; making clothing and shoes.;
CALL NUMBER: T0760:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-03-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Lagace continues with his recollections about growing up on the homestead; making shoes; constructing furniture; clothing; childhood stories; fishing; local characters; "Little Blue"; Ra;lph Corrie; Bergimace; Father Fouquet; George Rouleau; and Father Maissoneuve. TRACK 2: Mr. Lagace talks about his first job with a survey party; cattle ranching; Brewster Transport Company; Peter Bain's sawmill; Boucher's sawmill; schooling; Christmas and holiday celebrations.
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].
This series contains Agassiz 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".
Stock shots. Footage of Cultus Lake and its immediate surroundings, and of a helicopter using a helitorch to ignite a prescribed burn of slash and deciduous cover adjacent to the lake. The progress of the burn is shown, with some footage shot at a slower camera speed (to provide accelerated motion?).
SUMMARY: Radio program with talk by Herbert Anscomb, Minister of Finance for British Columbia, about the Fraser River flood disaster and the Coalition government's response to this emergency.;
SUMMARY: Radio program with talk by Nigel Morgan, leader of British Columbia Labour Progressive Party, about: British Columbia flood, Fraser Valley, British Columbia government, preparation for flood and appeal for relief support.
This collection contains both British Columbia Provincial Police Veteran's Association (BCPPVA) records and British Columbia Provincial Police (BCPP) records which were collected by the BCPPVA. The BCPPVA records consist of minutes (1978-1985) bulletins and correspondence (1964-1983); membership lists; correspondence re BCPP exhibits at museums; a scrapbook, 1905-1988 compiled by the BCPPVA on microfilm reel A01724(3); and "Off Patrol", the magazine of the BCPPVA, 1980-1984. BCPP records include General Orders; C.I.B. special circulars; seniority lists; nominal rolls; police pocket diaries, including those kept by Constable Tom Scales on Highway Patrol in the Fraser Canyon, Fraser Valley and New Westminster areas; Air Raid Precaution training lectures and pamphlets; and the daily diary of the Savona Detachment.
Photographs have been transferred to Visual Records as accession 199009-004. The map has been registered with the map collection as registration number 24332A.
RECORDED: Chilliwack (B.C.), 1979-02 SUMMARY: Chilliwack historian Ray Aitken discusses the history of the Fraser Valley and his family background. Excerpts from this interview were used in Marcuse's radio documentary "Vanishing Famers", broadcast on CBC Radio's "Three's Company".
CALL NUMBER: T0734:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-03 & 05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ray Wells recounts the arrival of his grandfather, Isaac Kipp, and other family members in the Sardis area; early settlers; his grandfather, Allen Casey Wells; early mills; the Belrose family; the Wells farm; weather changes; changes in crop production; Chief Billy Supass; missionaries; the Reverend Thomas Crosby. TRACK 2: Mr. Wells continues with his recollections of the Reverend Thomas Crosby; camp meetings; church and social events; Indian relations with settlers; Indian warfare; Chief Supass; the Chilliwack River; prospectors at Chilliwack Lake; Red Mountain; Charlie Lindeman and Jack Post.
CALL NUMBER: T0734:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-06-03 & 05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Wells recalls incidents and outings at Ryder and Cultus Lakes; the Vedder River course; packer Ed Allison. [TRACK 2: blank.]
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.
