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Forest Service launch log books

  • GR-0053
  • Series
  • 1922-1952

The series consists of 32 volumes of log books of Forest Service launches, created by the Forest Branch between 1922 and 1945 and the Forest Service between 1945 and 1952.

British Columbia. Forest Service

Forest Branch annual reports

  • GR-0315
  • Series
  • 1916-1930

This series consists of five volumes of annual reports of forest fires from the Forest Branch from 1916-1930. Reports record detailed information concerning location, damage, and causes of fires throughout British Columbia. Vol. 1, 1916-1918; vol. 2, 1919-1921; vol. 3, 1922-1924; vol. 4, 1925-1927; vol. 5, 1928-1930.

British Columbia. Forest Branch

Special Timber Licenses

  • GR-0342
  • Series
  • 1884-1920

This series consists of 117 volumes of special timber licences from 1884-1920. The series also includes one receipt book for the renewal of special timber licences in 1910.

British Columbia. Forest Branch

Transcript of a public meeting regarding the Timber Royalty Act of 1914

  • GR-0889
  • Series
  • Photocopied 1980 (originally created 1924)

Transcript of a public meeting regarding the Timber Royalty Act of 1914, held at the Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C., 3 September 1924, between John Oliver, Premier, T.D. Pattullo, Minister of Lands, A.M. Manson, Minister of Labour and representatives of the lumber industry.

British Columbia. Forest Branch

Spruce permit files

  • GR-0939
  • Series
  • 1918-1919

This series consists of Forest Branch Spruce Permit files, numbers 1-330 and unnumbered.

British Columbia. Forest Branch

Scaler's licenses and receipt book

  • GR-0940
  • Series
  • 1913-1954

This series consists of Scalers' licences, Nos. 1-3000; and receipt book.

British Columbia. Forest Branch

Forest Surveys and Inventory Division operational records

  • GR-0944
  • Series
  • 1942-1981

This series consists of the operational records of the Forest Surveys and Inventory Division. Records include procedures, operations, policy, and field manuals relating to forest management, forest protection, forest surveys and inventory, grazing and range administration, engineering, and accounting, 1942-1981; Civil Service Commission descriptions for positions in the B.C. Forest Service, 1950-1970; and letters of instruction and circular letters to Forest Officers, and miscellaneous correspondence, 1943-1977. There is also a report of forest inventory work from 1955 with maps.

British Columbia. Ministry of Forests (1976-1986)

Timber investigations files

  • GR-0946
  • Series
  • 1913-1915

This series consists of Forest Branch timber investigations and inspections files, 1913-1915. Records include correspondence and reports from Nelson, Prince Rupert, Vancouver and Vernon Forest Districts. Includes file on early logging railroads, Vancouver Forest District.

British Columbia. Forest Branch

Timber photographs correspondence files

  • GR-0947
  • Series
  • 1913-1918

This series consists of Forest Branch timber photographs correspondence files, 1913-1918.

British Columbia. Forest Branch

Forest Branch executive records

  • GR-0948
  • Series
  • 1915-1920

This series consists of Chief Forester reports, memoranda and correspondence with B.C. Lumber Commissioner regarding timber marketing and export policy; semi-official correspondence with District Foresters of Vancouver and Cranbrook Forest Districts; and preliminary report on grazing of livestock on Crown lands.

British Columbia. Forest Branch

Timber Inspector reports

  • GR-0949
  • Series
  • 1911-1913

This series consists of Timber Inspector reports to Minister of Lands and Chief Forester, March 1911 to December 1912.

British Columbia. Forest Branch

Accounts ledger of the Nanaimo Ranger Station

  • GR-0964
  • Series
  • 1922-1939

This series consists of accounts ledger of the Nanaimo Ranger Station, for car running costs, launch running costs, tire distribution and telephone accounts. The book also contains an office diary for 1939 and an undated inventory of equipment on hand.

British Columbia. Forest Branch

Correspondence index to lands files

  • GR-0993
  • Series
  • 1980

The series consists of indexes to correspondence files relating to the administration of Crown lands and natural resources. The records were created in 1980 from a computer print-out of various departmental indexes and includes references to files created by various branches of the Dept. of Lands and Works (1872-1908), the Dept. of Lands (1908-1945), the Dept. of Lands and Forests (1945-1962), the Dept. of Lands, Forest and Water Resources (1962-1975) and the Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing. It provides access to active, microfilmed and obsolete O series files and pre-1918 files.

The records consist of one subject index and two lists which can be used to identify and locate Lands Correspondence files. They are not comprehensive, as they do not cover all the correspondence files created between 1871 and 1986.

The index and lists may be used to locate a file number for a subject area of interest, or to determine the subject of a file when only the number of the file is known.

Note that a listing in these documents does not necessarily mean that the file is held at the BC Archives. Many active files remain with the Crown Land Registry.

British Columbia. Surveys and Land Records Branch

Letterbook

  • GR-1183
  • Series
  • 1918

The series contains a letterbook of correspondence outward, dating from 7 January 1918 to 21 January 1918 (1 vol.). The book includes letters of the Chief Forester, the Deputy Minister of Lands, and the departmental accountant. Included with the records is a nominal index.

British Columbia. Forest Branch

Registers of timber leases and royalties

  • GR-1184
  • Series
  • 1872-1913

This series contains registers of timber leases and royalties (7 vols.). The series also consists of registers of leaseholds and licences maintained by the Lands and Works Dept., Victoria and the Timber Inspector, Vancouver; journals of timber lease payments in arrears (1891-1910), and a ledger of timber royalty payments (1908-1913). Volume 7 is oversize.

British Columbia. Office of the Provincial Timber Inspector

Forest Branch trust financial records

  • GR-1185
  • Series
  • 1920-1927

This series contains various financial documents originating from the Forest Branch trust account. Types of records in this series includes a cash book and accounts ledger in one volume. This volume contains a list of cheques issued on the Forest Branch trust deposit account between 1920 and 1924 and is arranged chronologically. Information captured in these records includes the amount and name of payee. The series also includes a list of debit slips issued on the Forest Branch trust account between 1920 and 1927.

British Columbia. Forest Branch

Accounts and correspondence

  • GR-1204
  • Series
  • 1917-1929

This series contain carbon copy of accounts detailing expenditures to November 30, 1917 and miscellaneous correspondence regarding the forest protection fund and legal interpretations of the Forest Act.

British Columbia. Forest Branch

Commissioner of Grazing's records

  • GR-1206
  • Series
  • 1919-1920

This series contains the Commissioner of Grazing's file carbon copies of free grazing permits issued in the Vernon and Cariboo Grazing Districts as well as a letter transmitting grazing fees (form) from the Kamloops Grazing District. The boundaries of grazing districts coincide with those of the forest districts of the same name.

British Columbia. Forest Branch

Chief Forester's correspondence

  • GR-1209
  • Series
  • 1919-1929

This series contains the Chief Forester's correspondence inward and outward.

British Columbia. Forest Branch

Correspondence inward to Chief Forester

  • GR-1211
  • Series
  • 1918

This series contains copies of letters and telegrams sent to Chief Forester, M.A. Grainger, by the British Columbia Agent General in London, regarding export of British Columbia timber.

British Columbia. Forest Branch

Report on the timber conditions in the Peace River Division

  • GR-1215
  • Series
  • 1913

This series contains a report on the timber conditions in the Peace River Division submitted to the District Forester by George Townshend, Division Ranger.

British Columbia. Fort George Forest District

File disposition list

  • GR-1225
  • Series
  • 1982

The series consists of a photocopied file list of "O" series (O files) correspondence files, showing disposition of files. It was created by the Surveys and Land Records Branch in 1982 from a computer print-out.

It includes references indicating the following:(1) files still active with the Survey and Land Records Branch (2) files microfilmed (3) files in the Provincial Archives (4) files sent to a Regional Office of the Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing (5) Ministry of Forests files, partially renumbered to Forests filing system (6) Water Management Branch administration files and water rights applications (7) Parks Branch files renumbered to Parks Branch filing system (8) old Coal and Natural Gas files.

British Columbia. Surveys and Land Records Branch

Correspondence and other material relating to scaling

  • GR-1226
  • Series
  • 1912-1976

This series contains miscellaneous records relating to scaling, including correspondence of the Assistant Supervisor of Scaling, receipts and a ledger for scalers' license fees and lists of licensed scalers.

British Columbia. Forest Branch

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