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Pulp mills--British Columbia
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[CHEK-TV news film -- fishing, farming, logging]

Stock shots. 1. Fish boat -- fire, Coast Guard helicopter. 2. Spawning salmon. 3. Fish processing plant. 4. Fish boat. 5. Fish hatchery. 6. Threshing machine. 7. Farm scenes -- cabbages and apples. 8. Lumber mill. 9. Bumper boats; fallers at work. 10. Horse logging. 11. Train on trestle. 12. Premier Bill Bennett wearing hard hat. 13. Helicopter logging. 14. Tree planting. 15. Pulp and paper mill. 16. Canmet, Bells Corners complex. 17. On board ship. 18. Loading newsprint rolls.

Cross section, 1948-03 : [excerpt]

SUMMARY: Description by Bill Herbert, announcer, about: Ocean Falls, British Columbia, Pacific Mills Pulp and Paper Plant; pulp and paper processing; including comments by N. Compton (?) and Stan Holgate (?), labourers, about: Labour Management Production Committee; including sounds from operation of pulp and paper mill; including proceedings of meeting of Labour Management Production Committee with unidentified representatives of management and labour at Pacific Mills Pulp and Paper Plant, about: resources, water shortage, necessity to curtail production.

Crown Zellerbach : new paper source; MacMillan Bloedel Osaka trees

The item consists of two industrial films:

  1. Crown Zellerbach: new paper source depicts logging, milling and pulp-paper processing by Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd., 1964.
  2. MacMillan Bloedel Osaka trees depicts the logging and transport of giant trees from a MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. camp to a staging pond in 1968. The trees are to be shipped to Osaka, Japan, to be used in the construction of the BC Pavilion at Expo 1970.

Donald Baker interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Chemical engineer and Vice-President, BCFP, 1955-1972 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1974-11-29 SUMMARY: Joined BCFP in November 1955; had been with MacMillan at Harmac; working with H.S. Simons Ltd on pulp mill design; new equipment used; first pulp 1957; bleached pulp 1958; expansion of pulp mill with newsprint machine; additions to pulp mill; sales of pulp through Mead; newsprint; Wright Co.; Crofton Pulp and Paper Co.

Donald Saunders interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Mackenzie story RECORDED: Mackenzie (B.C.), 1974-12-13 SUMMARY: Donald M. Saunders, who was appointed general manager at Mackenzie, discusses the founding and construction of the Mackenzie pulp mill and sawmill.

E.E. Cace interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1970 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. E.E. Cace is an administrator, and he discusses his impression of Kamloops as he arrived from Mission in 1965; demographics, diversification of industry, ranching interests, forestry and milling, mining interests, a community with the Okanagan, how the building of the highways will affect Kamloops, the CNR, future development, sawmills, pulp mill operations in pioneer days, emissions; the cattle industry, the results of Kamloops' early growth and how it affects future growth, the regional-district system, Kamloops as an administrative system. TRACK 2: Mr. Cace continues by discussing the spirit of people in Kamloops.

Garvin Dezell interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Garvin Dezell describes the growth and expansion of Prince George including roads, railroads, industry, economy, population, municipal services, sawmills, pulp mills and pollution. Then; Mr. Dezell discusses his political career as mayor and offers some opinions. TRACK 2: Mr. Dezell continues discussing pulp mills, air and water pollution, Prince George as a centre for 100,000 people, population growth, highways and more opinions.

L. Sawyer Hope interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): L.S. Hope : the B.C. Forest Branch, 1920-1923 PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1923 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-01-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Came to work for the B.C. Forest Branch from the University of Toronto, 1920. Timber cruising in the Ocean Falls area. The Victoria office of the Forest Branch. Timber cruising conditions in Prince George area, winter of 1921. Idea of a pulp mill in Prince George. TRACK 2: More on the pulp wood cruise in the Prince George area. Married in the summer of 1921. Became Assistant District Forester in Nelson Forest District, 1922. The rangers in the Nelson District. Hope's work as Assistant District Forester. Sawmills in the Nelson District. The cutting of poles, posts and ties. Match block manufacturing in Nelson. Fire fighting equipment in the Nelson District. (End of interview)

[Logging and sawmills : archival compilation]

Stock shots. Includes footage of: log boom; loading logs onto truck; horse logging; sawmill and lumber yard scenes; high-rigger topping a tree; pulp mill; skidding logs with a caterpillar tractor; logging damage at Myra Creek [in Strathcona Park?]; sequence illustrating poor logging techniques.

Miscellaneous film footage

The item consists of miscellaneous footage made between ca. 1958 and 1967.

  1. Avro aircraft lands and takes off. Interior shots, ca. 1958
  2. Canadian industrial discovery. Unidentified industrial footage. Appears to be a pulp mill, colour.
  3. MacMillan Bloedel Osaka. Depicts the felling and hauling in the large used in the BC Pavilion at Expo 1970 in Osaka, Japan.
  4. Du Maurier International Skiing Competition, 1967
  5. Vancouver Island tour by bus & ship. Unedited footage. Bus and ship tour of Vancouver Island. Shots of tour bus, the Malahat, Indian village (?) from ship.
  6. Swim suits. Women modelling bathing suits, 1967.
  7. Park Royal Shopping Centre construction. Shots of construction of Park Royal shopping centre, West Vancouver, BC. Shots of the architectural drawings.

Prentice Bloedel interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Prentice Bloedel : Bloedel Stewart and Welch, and Alberni-Pacific, 1911-1951 PERIOD COVERED: 1911-1951 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1960-11-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Bloedel Stewart and Welch founded in 1911. Began logging at Myrtle Point. Also logged at Menzies Bay. Timber purchase in the 1920s. Great Central Lumber Company at Great Central Lake. The founding of Alberni-Pacific Lumber Company. Corporate history of Alberni Valley lumber companies. Bloedel Stewart and Welch had aggressive policy of acquiring timber. BSW merged with H.R. MacMillan Export Company in 1951. Built pulp mill at Port Alberni in 1947. Bloedel began working in a sawmill in 1922. Changes in milling, 1922-52. Export markets. The Bainbridge Lumber Company near Port Alberni. (End of interview)

Ray Williston interview : [Reimer, 1975 : part 3]

CALL NUMBER: T1375:0015 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hydro Electric Power Development in B.C., 1960s PERIOD COVERED: 1960-1975 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-10-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Williston's assessment of the Columbia River Treaty. Gordon Shrum and Hugh Keenleyside as co-chairmen of B.C. Hydro. Discussion of Gordon Shrum and his role in B.C. power development. Decision to lower the height of Bennett Dam. TRACK 2: Flooding the reservoir behind Bennett Dam. Clearing problems and environmental criticisms. Williston and son take canoe trip down the Parsnip and Peace Rivers prior to flooding. More on the clearing of the reservoir. Williston took strong personal interest in the flooding problems. CALL NUMBER: T1375:0016 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Water resources and economic development, 1950s and 1960s PERIOD COVERED: 1955-1975 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-10-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Clearing activities in reservoirs planned by B.C. Forest Service. Williston Lake named after R.G. Williston. Opening of Peace River Power Project. Stories about the construction of Bennett Dam. Planned development of hydro power and industry in northern B.C. Proposed hydro power and flood control developments on the Fraser River: Moran Dam, McGregor River diversion, opposition by fishing lobby. TRACK 2: Conflicts between log drives and fisheries interests. More on flood control on the Fraser River. Hydro power schemes for the Liard and Homathko Rivers. Planned economic development in; northern B.C. The role of planning in the Social Credit government. Attempts to divert economic activity in the Yukon and NWT through B.C. W.A.C. Bennett's proposal to annex northern territory. CALL NUMBER: T1375:0017 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Northern development and B.C. forest industry, 1950s and 1960s PERIOD COVERED: 1956-1969 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-10-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Northern development in B.C. and W.A.C. Bennett's proposal to annex the Yukon Territory to the Province of B.C. Development of the PGE Railway. Bennett's interest in the PGE. Creation of a separate Water Resources department in 1962. Internal Organization of the Department of Lands, Forests and Water Resources. Discussion about C.D. Orchard, Deputy Minister of Forests. TRACK 2: Senior personnel in B.C. Forest Service: C.D. Orchard, Gerry McKee, Lorne Swannell, Norm McRae, John Stokes, F.S. McKinnon, Peter Hemphill, Ian Cameron, Ted Young, Bill Young and Walter Hughes. Anomalies in the granting of Tree Farm Licences. TFLs granted after 1958. CALL NUMBER: T1375:0018 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Development of the forest industry PERIOD COVERED: 1956-1965 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-10-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Merger of MacMillan Bloedel and Power River Co. Personalities in the forest industry: John Liersch, J.V. Clyne, Foley Family, Relations between Williston and senior management in the large forest companies. Responsibilities entailed in a TFL. Differences between industrial foresters and government foresters. MacMillan Bloedel leaders in forestry practice. Importance of fire protection during the 1950s and 1960s. TRACK 2: More on fire protection. Water bombers. Development of self-dumping log barges. Expansion of the forest industry in the Interior: discussion of wasteful practices, possibility of establishing pulp mills, the role of Canadian Forest Products, the idea of a pulp-harvesting area. CALL NUMBER: T1375:0019 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The development of pulp milling in B.C. Interior, 1960-1972 PERIOD COVERED: 1960-1972 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-10-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Details about the granting of pulp harvesting agreements: Prince George - Prince George Pulp and Paper; Kamloops - Crown Zellerbach. Details about the first pulp mills in the Interior, especially Prince George Pulp and Paper Co. TRACK 2: More details about Interior pulp mills: the relationship between sawmills and pulp mills, "third band" wood. Interior manufacturers become small wood processing experts. Establishment of the pulp mill in Kamloops. Establishment of the Skookumchuk pulp mill: Japanese investment and business practice, the economics of pulp milling in the East Kootenays. CALL NUMBER: T1375:0020 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Resource management in B.C., 1956-1972 PERIOD COVERED: 1955-1975 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975-10-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: "Close utilization" slower to be accepted on the coast. Private versus public forest management. Problems of financing the B.C. Forest Service. Williston's ideas on company towns. Public access to logging roads. TRACK 2: Williston's ideas on multiple use. Multiple versus single purpose resource use. Opposition to some of the ideas of the Sierra Club. Williston's role in the establishment of ecological reserves. Slash burning and clear-cutting as forest management techniques. Formation of the Department of Recreation and Conservation, 1957. Formation of the Environment and Land Use Committee, 1969.

R.J. Filberg interview

CALL NUMBER: T1873:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Robert J. Filberg : Comox Logging and Railway Company (part 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1907-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1960-06-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Pulp wood experiment conducted in mid-1940s for better understanding of waste wood. Ad hoc arrangements between Filberg, Harold Foley and the Coalition government on this experiment. Led to the building of Duncan Bay pulp mill. Role of John Hart. Working conditions in logging camps in about 1907-10. Wages. Railroad construction. The high calibre of labour in the logging industry prior to WW II. Changes in the kinds of timber logged, 1910-60. TRACK 2: Problems of forest fires and accidents. Poor economic conditions in the forest industry, 1907-40. Introduction of large-scale truck logging after 1937. Systems of cable logging. Filberg born in Sweden, 1892. Came to B.C. from the United States in 1909. Began work for Comox Logging and Railway Company, 1909. Laying out logging railways in the Comox Valley. Filberg worked briefly near Golden, B.C., laying out logging railway. Columbia River Lumber Company, Golden. CALL NUMBER: T1873:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Robert J. Filberg : Comox Logging and Railway Company (part 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1907-1940 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1960-06-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Logging railway near Golden, B.C. The connection between Comox Logging and Railway Company and Canadian Western Lumber Company (Fraser Mills). Filberg's early logging experiences in Washington State. Old logging methods: skid roads, fore and aft roads, ground yarding. The development of logging in the Comox Valley. Expansion into the Ladysmith area with logging trucks, 1937. (End of interview)

[Smelter? Pulp Mill?]

Also appeared in a list of black and white photos as Powell River Pulp & Paper Mill [copy]. This may not be Powell River; sources have identified it as Ocean Falls--see similar view of Ocean Falls I-58634.

The instant town : [footage]

Unedited footage. Shows "instant" resource towns in British Columbia, their industrial facilities, and the amenities available to workers and their families, including housing, shopping centres, schools, company stores, etc. Includes footage of the open-pit mine at Phoenix; the town of Mackenzie, north of Prince George; the mill town of Woodfibre, including its ferry service; and the forestry town of Gold River on Vancouver Island.

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