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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): French Canadians in Terrace, B.C. : a faller's experiences PERIOD COVERED: 1946-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-07-07 SUMMARY: Robert J. Gagnon (faller) was born in Rimouski, Quebec on December 4, 1920. Came to B.C. in 1946. Worked in the woods in Houston. Skidding with horse in Telkwa. In 1953 sawmilling in Smithers, Driftwood Camp. Spring of 1954 came to Terrace, and an earlier visit to Terrace by car during the winter of 1949. Learning English. Working on power line between Kemano and Kitimat in 1952, wages and working conditions. Falling on contract for Columbia Cellulose, "piece work" basis in the North Kalum area before Nass Camp opened up. Mishaps. Equipment used in the woods. Changing to "day rate" for falling. Upkeep of equipment, weather conditions. Attitude. Description of supervisory job (1977). Arrival of wife, living conditions at Blue Gables. Adjustment to Terrace. Purchase on new home on Scott Street (1961).

Stock shots. Aerial footage of beetle-killed forest, selectively logged areas and chipper mill site. Logging scenes, including shots of skidder, tree snippers, falling trees, front-end loader, loading of logging truck, etc. Shots of infested logs. Arriving at mills, some of the (affected logs) are chipped; other are debarked and milled into railway ties. More shots of infested logs and dead trees.