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Quesnel River (B.C.)
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Oil -- a new industry in British Columbia

The item is a composite print of an industrial film, from 1961. It shows the construction of Western Pacific's crude oil pipeline from the Peace River region to Kamloops. Includes shots of Barkerville; seismic blasting; drilling for oil; laying of pipeline (with crossings of the Fraser and Quesnel Rivers); BC oil refineries (including Ioco); Prince George; Vancouver (harbour, Lion's Gate Bridge, skyline); Cariboo range land and family recreation.

Fisheries records

  • GR-1378
  • Series
  • 1911-1972

This series contains records of the Dept. of Fisheries (1917-1957) and the Commercial Fisheries Branch (1957-1972) relating to the administration and conservation of fishery resources. The series consists of correspondence files, memoranda, reports, statistics and returns, and proposed regulations. The records pertain to the Fraser River Sockeye treaties, the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission, and fishways, dams and obstructions on the Fraser River, including correspondence with the Washington State Planning Council (19341936). There is also material on the Quesnel River Basin hydro-electrical development investigation (1949-1953), the Adams River dam and fishway (1911-1946), and various water licence applications (1967-1969). Other records, further divided into subseries, consist of correspondence files pertaining to the administration of the Fisheries Inspection Act, 1935-1972, correspondence re Japanese fishermen, 1934-1939, memoranda on fisheries conservation, Fisheries records, Fraser River Sockeye Treaty - correspondence and memos, J.B. Babcock - correspondence re Salmon treaty question, Fraser River Sockeye Treaty, International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission Fishways and dams, River Basin Hydro-Electric Development Investigation and Returns

British Columbia. Commercial Fisheries Branch