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Kootenay district (B.C.)
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Account books

Account books: ledger, Jul 1912 - Feb 1913, Feb 1913 - Jun 1915, Mar 1913 - Sep 1914, Jun 1916 - Aug 1917; cash book, Feb 1912 - May 1916; ledger, Jan 1915 - ca. Jan 1917; monthly statements, Sep 1916 - Jun 1917.

Cranbrook Police daily journal

  • GR-2071
  • Series
  • 1899-1904

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"

British Columbia. Provincial Police Force (Cranbrook)

Frederick Norbury papers

Series consists of photocopies of letters, 1887-1889, and diary, 1895, of Frederick Norbury describing his emigration from England and life as a rancher and occasional holder of government posts near Fort Steele, 1887-1899; 2 letters from his brother William, Kootenay district, 1888 and 1889; 2 letters from David Griffith to R.L.T. Galbraith, 1886, describing conditions at Wild Horse Creek; 2 letters from William Thomson to M.W. Schilling, 1912, re mining in Kootenay district.

Report of the Royal Flush group of mineral claims

The file contains mining engineer Charles Moore's examination and report of the Royal Flush group of mineral claims (Telegraph, Royal Flush, Anaconda and the United Verde mineral claims) in the Nelson Mining Division of the West Kootenay District of British Columbia (original and copy).

Adam Robertson interview

RECORDED: Creston (B.C.), 1980-10-30 SUMMARY: Teacher at Sirdar school from 1932 to 1934. An experienced school teacher, he recalls his early teaching years in the East Kootenays. Found situations which later helped him to bring in innovations when he was a supervising principal (grouping, open space, etc.). A very philosophical and idealistic tape. He has obviously been a very dedicated teacher and was recognized by having a school named after him in Creston. He regrets the passing of the one room school. Thoughtful material which would be useful and inspiring to beginning teachers.

Mineral claim record book

  • GR-1144
  • Series
  • 1890-1897

This series contains a record book relating to mineral claims (1 volume). This register was maintained by the Mining Recorder, but contains grants and records approved by the Gold Commissioner, Nelson, B.C. Included are a record of affidavits of mineral claims, water grants for mining purposes, mineral claim extensions, relocation of mineral claims, and a permission to remove stakes from a mineral claim.

British Columbia. Mining Recorder (Rossland)

William Dickey papers re Kootenay district

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.

Papers re development of the Kootenay district

Robert George Joy was born in Margate, Kent, England, in 1873. He came to Canada in 1892 staying first in Nepawa, Manitoba for a year and then moving on to Revelstoke where he booked steamboat passage to Robson. He found employment as a cook for a construction camp on the Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway. He later ran a bakery in Rossland and Nelson, and next operated a grocery store in Nelson. In his later years he worked as a meter reader for the City of Nelson electric service. Joy's interest in the history of the Kootenays led him to write a regular column for the Nelson Daily News entitled "From an Old Timer's Notebook." He was also the historian for the Nelson and District Old Timers' Association and the unofficial historian of Nelson. R.G. Joy died in 1958.

The collection consists of correspondence, accounts, clippings and papers of individuals and associations connected with the development of the Kootenays collected by R.G. Joy. Printed materials have been deposited with the British Columbia Archives Library and the Legislative Library.

Joy, Robert George, 1873-1958

Social impacts of large scale development projects. Case study: Hugh Keenleyside dam construction / Stuart Bruce Backerman

The item is a copy of a 1976 thesis on microfiche by Stuart Bruce Backerman. It is called "Social impacts of large scale development projects. Case study: Hugh Keenleyside dam construction. 1975." ix, 91 leaves: maps, tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1975. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 75-78. Canadian theses on microfiche, 25097.

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.

Ker family business and personal records

Series includes correspondence, diaries, personal and business records, including papers of his grandfather, Robert Ker, and father, David Russell Ker, who was president of Brackman and Ker Milling Company, and who retained some of the records of this company.

Robert Henry Brackman Ker was born in Victoria in 1895, the son of David Russell and Laura Agnes (Heisterman) Ker. He was educated in Victoria and in England and in 1914 became a lieutenant in the 50th Gordon Highlanders. In 1915 he went overseas with the 48th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Forces (C.E.F.) and was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps (R.F.C.), serving in France with 24 Squadron, R.F.C. and then late in 1917 served at Camp Borden as a squadron commander. At the end of the World War I he entered local business in Victoria, involving himself in insurance and real estate. He was also active as a director and later president of Brackman and Ker Milling Company, and served in similar capacities with various flour milling, brewery, and oil companies, including Purity Flour Mills Limited, Home Oil Company Limited, and Molson Breweries, Limited. He also served on the board of directors of the B.C. Power Corporation and B.C. Electric Company, Montreal Trust Company, and University of British Columbia. From 1923 to 1924 Ker served on Victoria City Council as alderman and involved himself in other civic activities, as president of the Victoria Chamber of Commerce and as chairman of the Victoria Community Chest campaigns in 1937 and 1938. In later years he took an active interest in the affairs of the Greater Victoria Art Gallery and St. Michael's University School.

The records consist chiefly of correspondence arranged by Mr. Ker alphabetically by subject, boxes 2-24. This arrangement has been maintained except for the contents in box 1 which were extraneous to the filing system used by Mr. Ker. This material has been sorted and arranged chronologically.

In addition, Mr. Ker preserved some of the papers of his grandfather, Robert Ker, who served as Auditor General in the colonial Government of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, and his father David Russell Ker, who was president of Brackman and Ker Milling Company Limited, and who retained some of the records of this company. These records are contained in boxes 25, and 30-33.

This accession contains approximately 1,000 prints, postcards and negatives of soldiers, family groups and holidays. The negative albums are indexed.

Kootenay Lake Forest District timber tenure records

  • GR-4015
  • Series
  • 1976-1992

This series consists of timber tenures from the Kootenay Lake Forest District from 1976-1992. Some early records may have been created by the Nelson, Creston and Kaslo Forest Ranger.

Forest tenures in this series include non-replaceable timber sale licence cutting permits. Records regard the application, issuance, maintenance, administration, monitoring and cancellation of these tenures pursuant to the Forest Act.

Record types include legal documents such as permits and licences, correspondence, appraisals, stumpage rates and maps.

Records in this series are covered under ORCS numbers 19620-25 and 19620-45 in the Ministry of Forests records schedule (number 881261).

The ministries responsible for the creation of these records, and the years that they were responsible, are:

British Columbia. Ministry of Forests (1976-1986)
British Columbia. Ministry of Forests and Lands (1986-1988)
British Columbia. Ministry of Forests (1988-2005)

British Columbia. Kootenay Lake Forest District

Registrar's record books

  • GR-2829
  • Series
  • 1906-1921

Registrar's record books for civil and criminal proceedings in both County and Supreme courts. Volume 1 is indexed, lists 15 constables active in 1911 for South East Kootenay Police District, gives a newspaper clipping describing the naturalization procedure and contains the following oaths: the King's Oath or Chicken Oath (used by Chinese), the Oath of Interpreter, Affirmation, Oath of Foreman in Civil Jury trials, Oath of Jurors, Oath of Stenographer, Japanese Oath, and the witnesses' oath in French and English. Volume 2 lists 14 constables active in 1916 in the South East Kootenay Police District and the oaths.

British Columbia. County Court (Cranbrook)

Rose Kieran interview

RECORDED: Nelson (B.C.), 1980-10-28 SUMMARY: Ex-teacher at Balfour school , West Kootenays, in 1957. Taught for 11 years on the prairie and returned after 25 years and raising 6 children to teaching. Talks of her teaching methods and philosophy.;

Oxley Family. Windsor, England

Letters written by Captain and Mrs. J. N. Phillips, Wilmer, to Mrs. Phillips' mother and sister, Mrs. Oxley and Freda Oxley, of Windsor, England; the letters describe the Phillips experiences settling on land obtained from Columbia Valley Irrigated Fruit Lands, Ltd. Ink sketch of interior of house.

Presented by R. Cole, Harris, Dept., of Geography, University of British Columbia, 1977, who obtained them from Miss Elizabeth Phillips (daughter of Captain and Mrs. Phillips), London, England.

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