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Probate/estate files.

The series consists of original wills probated between 1986 and 1998 in the Chilliwack Supreme Court registry.

The wills are arranged by probate number, which can be found using file list ‘1982-2000 only’ associated with GR-2204. In the GR-2204 file list, each alpha-numeric probate number begins with ‘CH’ or ‘CHH’. On the wills, the number begins with ‘CWH’, ‘H’, or ‘P’. Between 1985-1990 numbers may also include the final two digits of the year. Refer to the final four digits of the number to confirm a match. Not all probate records have an accompanying will. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51460-30.

This series consists of silviculture records from the Chilliwack Forest District, 1972-1995. The Ministry of Forests defines silviculture as “the art and science of controlling the establishment, growth, composition, health, and quality of forests and woodlands to meet the diverse needs and values of landowners and society on a sustainable basis.”

The location of the silviculture plot can be identified by the alphanumeric classification number in its file title. The first six digits (ex. 92H033) correspond with the National Topographic System location codes and the last two digits, separated by a space or a dash, consist of a sequential number applied to each file.

The series is divided into two sub-series:

1. Project files. Project files document contracts for stand tending and tree planting projects. Records include contracts, reports, summaries, correspondence, maps and survival cards. Survival plot cards and summaries track tree growth in reforested areas. There are also includes cash flow sheets tracking project expenses and information on the 1979 herbicide program. These records were likely created before the standardization of silviculture opening files from 1972-1979.

2. Silviculture opening records were created after 1980. These document the historical silviculture treatment work that has been undertaken on specific areas of land that are referred to as openings. These files regard changes in the forest cover, changes in prescriptions, cut boundaries and records involving impacts on silvicultural treatments. Files may contain a wide variety of record formats including textual records, maps and photos. The textual records include computer printouts, photocopies, cards, reports and correspondence.

All opening files include maps or site plans, a forest attribute cover form and other documents related to the opening. Additional documents commonly found in files includes various survey or assessment forms; computer printouts titled the History of Crop Establishment and Tending which provides a history of use and information regarding prescriptions, site preparations, reforestation and stand tending; prescription documents, which provide the management plan for the area; stand tending cards and reports, which show completed forest treatments; and various reports.

Ministries responsible for the creation of this series, and their dates of the responsibility, are:
Ministry of Forests 1976-1986
Ministry of Forests and Lands 1986-1988
Ministry of Forests 1988-2005

Classified as 18750-20 in the Forests Operational Records Classification System (ORCS).

The series consists of civil orders created by the Chilliwack Supreme Court between 1916 and 1946 and 1949 to 1992. The series also consists of a subseries of early reasons for judgement, dating to the 1930s and 1940s. In many cases, these were interfiled with the civil orders. Early civil orders contain adoption information, although later orders appear to have been removed. The series includes divorce records, including decrees nisi and absolute. Reasons for judgement provide the rationale behind a court’s decision, and civil orders are a formal expression of the court’s will.

Records in this series are arranged by volume and folio number. Many of the records were originally housed in shannon folders, and have been rehoused for preservation purposes. When the records were received by the Archives, the volumes were out of order. As it would have been too difficult to re-order the files at the time, they have been left in the received physical order but the file list is arranged by volume number. The records in this series were selected for full retention under the Court Services ORCS (Schedule 100152) number 51400-25.

Letters of administration with wills annexed (Form B).

Letters probate (Form A).

Letters of administration (Form C).

The series consists of original decrees nisi, decrees absolute, divorce orders, and orders for the restoration of maiden name by the Chilliwack Supreme Court. Records date from January 1949 to December 1953, January to June 1964, and August 1984 to July 1985. Between 1968 and 1985, a judgement by way of decree nisi required a three-month waiting period before a judgement by way of decree absolute could be applied for. During this time, a divorce was not legally in effect without a decree absolute. After 1985, divorce orders automatically came into effect 31 days after the divorce was granted, barring an appeal.

The records are arranged by volume and folio numbers, as assigned by the Court Registry. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51440-25.

Probate orders from August 1984 to June 1985.

This series consists of probate cause books from the Chilliwack Supreme Court, 1916-1981.

Series consists of Chilliwack County Court plaint and procedure books (1898-1977) as well as a Small Debts Court cause book (1903-1907), a list of naturalizations (1913), and a list of probates (1913). Indexes are included for some volumes.

Plaint and procedure books contain primarily civil cases. The volume covering 1970-1977 contains primarily criminal cases, including appeals and cases under the Speedy Trials Act.

Creditor's relief procedure book (indexed); includes the file number, name of claimant, name of debtor, chronological entry of proceedings, amount of the debt, and costs.

Minute books, 1909-1914, 1916-1923, 1926-1933, 1936, 1938-1973, membership books, 1952-1955, 1958-1973, "The history of Chilliwack Women's Institute, 50 years of service" [chronology], and miscellaneous papers.

Letters probate.

Chilliwack County Court probate cause books 1920 - 1971

Letters of administration.

Debt attachment book, 1947-1970, indexed for 1947-1949.

Partnership declarations, #253-1003.

Probate/estate files.

This series consists of cause books from the Supreme Court of Chilliwack, 1916-1969. The books include primarily civil cases including adoption and divorce.

Letters of administration for estates probated by the Official Administrator, Henry Clarkson Major (ca. 1923-1938) and Jack Milton Streight (1939-1969).

The first Freemasons' lodge in British Columbia was formed in 1860. Holding its 19 March 1859 charter from the Grand Lodge of England, the lodge was styled Victoria Lodge No. 1085 E.R. [English Registry]. It was followed by Union Lodge No. 1201 E.R., formed at New Westminster in 1861. During the colonial period seven other lodges were established on Vancouver Island and the mainland. The lodges were: Vancouver Lodge No. 421 S.C. [Scottish Constitution; i.e. chartered by the Grand Lodge of Scotland], established in Victoria in 1862; Nanaimo Lodge No. 1090 E.R. and Caledonia Lodge No. 508 S.C. (both formed in Nanaimo in 1867); British Columbia Lodge No. 1187 E.R. (Victoria, 1867); Cariboo Lodge No. 469 S.C. (Barkerville, 1867); Mt. Hermon Lodge No. 491 S.C. (Burrard Inlet, 1869); and Quadra Lodge No. 508 S.C. (Victoria, 1870). In October 1871 representatives from the various lodges agreed to establish an overall governing body for Freemasonry in the province: the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of British Columbia. Dr. Israel Wood Powell was elected first Grand Master. A new constitution, acknowledging both the English and Scottish rituals was adopted and affiliated lodges were renumbered in accordance with a separate British Columbia Registry [BCR]. Thus, Victoria No. 1085 became Victoria Lodge No. 1 BCR; Vancouver No. 421 S.C. became Vancouver Lodge No. 2 BCR, and so forth. The records of the Grand Lodge of British Columbia form the bulk of MS-0002. However, the collection also includes records of various affiliated lodges, correspondence of the Vancouver Lodge of Perfection (The Scottish Rite), account books of Masonic temple associations, as well as historical notes on Freemasonry in British Columbia. Because of its disparate nature, the collection has been organized and arranged under several distinct categories: I. GRAND LODGE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Includes general correspondence (1852-1939), minute books and porch books i.e. attendance books (1868-1917), Board of Benevolence correspondence (1923-1938), applications for initiations (1953-1956), and financial statements (1936-1955). Also includes early records of Mt. Hermon Lodge (formed in Moodyville, 1869 and relocated in Vancouver, 1886). II. MASONIC ASSOCIATIONS Mainly correspondence, minutes, and financial records of Vancouver Masonic Temple Association (1910-1927) and Victoria Masonic Temple Association (1877-1962). These associations were legal entities having responsibility for the halls and meeting rooms used by the various lodges in Victoria and Vancouver. III. INDIVIDUAL LODGES A. Victoria-Columbia Lodge No. 1 BCR (formed by the amalgamation of Victoria Lodge No. 1 and British Columbia Lodge No. 5 on 29 Mar 1877) includes original correspondence and minutes of Victoria Lodge No. 1085 E.R. (1860) and British Columbia Lodge No. 1187 E.R. (1867); B. Vancouver and Quadra Lodge No. 2 BCR [Victoria] (formed by the amalgamation of Vancouver Lodge No. 2 and Quadra Lodge No. 8 on 10 Mar 1877) includes records of predecessor lodges, Vancouver No. 421 S.C. (1862) and Quadra No. 508 S.C. (1870); C. Ionic Lodge No. 19 BCR [Chilliwack] minute books, 1893-1958. [Transferred to Chilliwack Archives, Oct 2000]; D. United Services Lodge No. 24 BCR [Esquimalt] correspondence, minute books, etc., 1893-1960; E. North Star Lodge No. 30 BCR [Fort Steele] minute books, pense books, miscellaneous correspondence, 1899-1942; F. Tuscan Lodge No. 39 BCR [Trout Lake] minute and porch books, 1903-1921. IV. VANCOUVER LODGE OF PERFECTION (THE SCOTTISH RITE) Records of the Grand Secretary and Registrar: Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (Valley of Vancouver), 1927-1945. V. MANUSCRIPT AND HISTORICAL NOTES ABOUT FREEMASONRY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Manuscripts, indices, and notes gathered by John T. Marshall, Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge. Much of this material was used in the writing of Marshall's History of Grand Lodge of British Columbia, 1871-1970 (Victoria: Grand Lodge of British Columbia, AF & AM, 1971). Draft histories of freemasonry by Robie Reid and W.G. Gamble.

Minute books.

Register of judgments for cases heard in both the County and Supreme Courts.

The series consists of the records of the Advisor on Forest Resources created between 1954 and 1960. The series includes 18 volumes of transcripts of the Royal Commission on Forestry, projects 1-4, held by the Commissioner and Advisor on Forest Resources, Gordon McGregor Sloan in 1958 and concluded by Commission C.W. Morrow in 1959. The series contains a further 22 boxes of records created by the Advisor including exhibits acquired during the Commission hearings, reports by the Commissioners, bench books, correspondence, subject files and clippings.
In February 1958 Sloan announced public hearings to be held in Chilliwack concerning a proposal to establish a public working circle (sustained yield unit) in the Fraser Canyon region. This was known as the Royal Commission on Forestry, project 1.

In May 1958 Sloan announced public hearings to be held in Chilliwack concerning a proposal to establish a marketing area in the Fraser Canyon sustained yield unit. This was known as the Royal Commission on Forestry, project 2.

In June 1958 Sloan announced public hearings to be held in Victoria concerning competitive bidding of tree farm licences. This was known as the Royal Commission on Forestry, project 3.

In October 1958 Sloan announced public hearings to be held in Victoria concerning the tree farm licence of Empire Mills Limited. This was known as the Royal Commission on Forestry, project 4.

Project 4 was halted in November 1958 due to Sloan's ill health and he died in 1959. On July 27, 1959, Judge C.W. Morrow was appointed Commissioner under the "Public Inquiries Act" to complete the work of project 4. Morrow commenced hearings in September 1959 and produced his report on December 31, 1959.

Most of this volume is a cash book for the sale of law stamps, 1951-1959 (p.34-219). It is also the Debt Attachment book (indexed), 1892-1895 (p.1-15) & 1910 (p.28-29). Records relating to expenses and results from the "1900 Provincial Election for the Riding of Chilliwack" (p.17-20) and expenses of the "Provincial Election - Chilliwack Electoral District, 1907" (p. 21-24).

Police Magistrate P.H. Wilson's record books for Chilliwack Township, 1916-1938 and for the City of Chilliwack, 1918-1954. The 1924-1925 volume also serves as a notebook for cases heard by an Indian Agent.

Series consists of Chilliwack County Court bench books for civil and criminal cases between 1912-1954. Cases were heard before Judges Howay, Ruggles, Ellis, Swanson, Sullivan, and Grimmett. Volume 1 includes lists of applications for naturalization. Volume 3 also includes notes by Judge Howay regarding his final day on the bench at Chilliwack in 1937. Only volume 4 is indexed.

This series contains cause books from Chilliwack Small Debts Court covering the periods 1914-1925 and 1929-1951. The series also consists of one index volume to records from 1914 to 1937. The index is arranged alphabetically by both plaintiff and defendant.

This series contains a Police Court record book dated April 12, 1929 - April 15, 1950.