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A sample of adult community case files. These are case files opened by a probation officer for adult offenders who are completing their sentences or dispositions in the community. The file documents diversion, parole and probation. (11 files).

The series consists of records created by the Department of Lands in 1930. It contains a volume of Coast Land Districts, Range 4 and Range 5 appraisal reports of reverted government lands within Tps. 2-4, Range 4 and Tps. 10-13, 19,20, Range 5. The reports are arranged numerically within each land district. Information may include assessment district, land registry office, legal description, date of forfeiture, plan number, acreage, suitability, improvements, soil, water supply, irrigation or dyking, accessibility, nearest settlement or Post Office, nearest school, topography, and assessed and appraised value. The report usually includes a coloured sketch map of the property. The two sections are indexed by report numbers to the legal land description.

Certified copies of "certain Bills of Sale, Chattel Mortgages, Conditional Sales Notes and Assignment of Book Debts, which were registered in the County Court office here [Prince Rupert] prior to the time that the Smithers Registry was segregated from this Registry..." These copies were made and transferred to Smithers in 1925. An index to these files is found in GR-2583.

The fonds consists of correspondence, a diary, a report, a meteorological observation journal and a photograph album created by E.A. Weir and E.W. White between 1911 and 1913. The records in the fonds documents the agricultural survey of the Northern Valley area contiguous to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, undertaken by Weir and White on behalf of the Dept. of Agriculture.
Weir and White were both students at the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph and they spent the summer of 1911 travelling by boat, foot and pack horse investigating the agricultural condiitons and possibilities in the valleys between Prince Rupert and Fort George.

Firm declarations, 1908-1964; firm index, 1908-1964; and individual index, 1908-1964.

Index to Powers of Attorney by name of Attorney and also by name of constituent. The volume includes very few entries and gives date of filing; name of Power of Attorney; constituent name; and remarks.

Indexes to conditional sales agreements.

The series consists of magistrates’ returns sent to, and subsequently filed by, the Prince Rupert County Court between 1963 and 1971. The returns were generated by magistrates operating in Prince Rupert as well as in locations on Haida Gwaii (then known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), in Cassiar, Hixon, Bella Coola, Port Edward, Clinton, Ocean Falls, Eddontenajon and Yukon Territory, among others. Records in this series list the name of person convicted, nature of offense, date of conviction, amount of fine, amount of costs, and total. The returns list individuals charged under both the federal and provincial legislation and provide evidence of judicial operations in remote BC and Yukon settlements.

The records appear to have originally been housed in shannon folders, but the records were removed and placed in folders prior to transferal to the Archives. The records are arranged both by receipt number, which was often handwritten under the Prince Rupert County Court stamp, or alphabetically by magistrate’s surname. The records are then arranged chronologically by year.

Records in this series were managed and selected for retention under ORCS 50000-01 of the Court Services Operational Records Classification System (schedule 100152).

Monthly "Record of Writs of Execution and Sheriff's Returns" from Supreme and County Courts which were mailed to the Office of the Comptroller-General in Victoria (court action number, plaintiff, defendant, name of Sheriff, amount, date forwarded, date returned and endorsement on writ).

Partnership declarations. In 1908, some declarations are from Port Simpson.

Assize minute books with jury lists glued onto several pages. Volume 1: 1912-1942 and Volume 2: 1943-1966.

Minute book recording both civil and criminal cases, 1921-1934; 1951-1962, 1967-1975.

Civil case files. The plaint and procedure books in GR-1629 correspond with this case file series.

The series consists of orders and judgements from the County Court of Atlin held at Prince Rupert (1908-1919) and at Port Simpson (1908) and from the County Court of Prince Rupert (1920-1940).

This series contains plaint and procedure books (some indexed). Volume 5 includes cases heard in Small Debts Court, 1913. The registry was named Port Simpson until August, 1908.

This series consists of 15 volumes of record books from the Prince Rupert Provincial Police Court, Magistrate’s Court and Provincial Court. Record books records all cases before the courts and may list date, birthdate, address, file number, prosecutor, defendant, charge, costs, fines, arresting office, presiding magistrate or judge, and remarks such as plea. Additional records, such as receipts for fines, may be pasted into the volume.

This series consists of wildfire mapping records including fire atlas maps and fire reports from the Prince Rupert Forest District. The records date from 1921-1980. Collectively these records provide a comprehensive image of the amount and extent of forest fires in the area.

The Prince Rupert Forest District was divided into smaller Ranger Districts. These Ranger Districts changed over the years, but included: Burns Lake, Hazleton, Terrace, Prince Rupert, Kitwanga, Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), Ocean Falls, Francois Lake, Smithers, Telkwa, Houston, Pendleton Bay, Kitimat, Lower Post, Topley, Bella Coola, Southbank, Telegraph Creek and Atlin.

Annual fire reports are oversized handwritten tables that provide detailed information on individual fires for the years 1921-1967. The tables list: name of the fire; name of officer in charge; date; district fire number; fire origin; cost of fighting and source of funds; area burned; total area of damage done; amount of merchantable and unmerchantable timber burned; amount of range land burned; amount of property or other damage caused; and the cause of the fire. Possible causes include lightening, recreational activities, railroad clearing, smokers, brush or range burning, construction, industrial activities, incendiaries, miscellaneous known causes and unknown causes. The pages are arranged by year, with one page used per Ranger District. Each year includes a summary sheet with the totals for all Ranger Districts.

Fire atlas maps and overlays show the location and type of fires, as well as the extent of some burned areas. The majority of the maps are forest cover maps which have been annotated or had overlays added with this additional information. Many of the maps have been cut to fit in the bound volume they were originally stored in. This can make it difficult to determine the precise year the maps were created and annotated.

The series also includes one scrapbook of newspaper clippings related to forest fires, fire protection and firefighting for the years 1988-1991. This item was created by the successor of the Prince Rupert Forest District, the Prince Rupert Forest Region.

Ministries responsible for the creation of this series, and their dates of the responsibility, are:
Dept. of Lands (1908-1945)
Dept. of Lands and Forests (1945-1962)
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
Ministry of Forests 1988-2005

This series consists of records related to forest tenures from the Prince Rupert Forest Region, 1968-1980. It had been previously known as the Prince Rupert Forest District. The Prince Rupert Forest Region has included a variety of different Ranger Districts or smaller Forest Districts over time. The records in this series relate to the Burns Lake Ranger Office, South Bank Ranger Office and Lakes Forest District (near Ootsa Lake or the Nechako Reservoir). Note that the names and boundaries of districts and regions varied over the years.

These records include the following types of forest tenures: cutting permits, timber sale harvesting licences, timber sale licences and special use permits. Each file relates to one forest tenure.

The records regard the issuance, evaluation, administration, monitoring, planning, replacement, cancellation and extension of forest tenures. Many of the records consist of waste assessments, logging inspections and maps. There is also correspondence, permits, licences and other operational and legal records.

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

These records were created before the implementation of ORCS, but have been retroactively scheduled under ORCS number 19500-45 of the Ministry of Forests schedule (881261).

The series consists of applications for pre-emptions and subsequent correspondence between the government agent or land commissioner, the Department of Lands, applicants for or holders of preemptions, and others. The files, opened in 1914-1915, contain material from 1904 to 1936. The files are arranged in file number order from 366/14 to 25/15. The files relate to land around Prince Rupert and the northwest coast of BC.

Alphabetical register (1 volume) of mechanics' liens showing date of registration, number (1-ca. 600), name of person against whom the lien is claimed and for whom the work was done, description of the land or goods charged, 1907-1966. There is also an index volume "commencing Jan 1,1967-" which shows the registration number (ca. 600-700), the claimant's name in black ink and the property owner's name in red ink. There are registration forms numbered 689-1157 (1967-1977).

Adoption case files.

This series contains cause books for civil cases (indexed).

The series consists of Prince Rupert Supreme Court civil case files from 1909 to 1949. Probate, divorce and adoption files have been removed from this accession and are filed separately.

Series consists of criminal Assize Court calendars created between 1919-1961 by the Prince Rupert Supreme Court. Under the Assize System, hearings/trials are scheduled to be heard during a 1 or 2 week sitting of the court. Records also include some information and correspondence from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Judicial Statistics Branch.

Retrieve records using microfilm. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 53200-20.

The series consists of Prince Rupert Supreme Court divorce case files from 1909 to 1949.

Letters of administration

Prince Rupert Supreme Court minute books

The series consists of orders issued by the Prince Rupert Supreme Court from 1911 to 1917. An order is the document, filed in the court registry, which sets out the decision of the judge or master.

Probate cause books (indexed).

This series contains probate/estate files.