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Miscellaneous water investigation records
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- textual record
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- Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the series.
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1950-1973 (Creation)
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- British Columbia. Water Investigations Branch
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ca. 500 photographs and 1 cm of textual records
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The Water Investigations Branch was established on April 1, 1962. The majority of the functions at this time were transferred from the Hydraulic Investigations Division. Its main responsibility was to deal with technical matters pertaining to the water resources which are not directly connected to the administration of the Water Act. Its main functions were to carry out water resources surveys. These include fathering hydrometeorological data to guide future use of water resources and carrying out engineering investigations relating to irrigation, water supply, water power, erosion, flooding and other matters.
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Scope and content
Series consist of miscellaneous files created or collected by the Water Investigations Branch. This series is a collection of miscellaneous records transferred to the archives. The records include images created during surveys, aerial survey images, technical slides used in presentations, and correspondence with the Archaeological Sites Advisory Board.
The series includes the following material:
- 247 slides taken during a 1950 tour of the interior of the province. Each slide has a label that lists the location where the image was taken and in some cases also the subject of the photo.
- 56 slides of an August 1957 trip by J.F. Glen. These include I mages of unidentified locations.
- A box of 16 unlabelled and unidentified slides that were stored next to the J.F. Glen slides.
- 68 technical slides that were used in presentations by T.A.J. Leach, the head of the Hydraulic Investigations Division and Water Investigations Branch. These images consist primarily of maps and sketches of areas in the province. An item list is available for these slides.
- Aerial Survey negatives of what appears to be the Lower Mainland. These negatives are numbered in the range 65254 to 65989.
- A file of records dating from 1963-1973 on archaeological interests. This consists of correspondence between the Water Investigations Branch and the Archaeological Sites Advisory Board about various projects in Lumby, Squamish and Cowichan River area.
It is possible that some of the images were initially created by the Fraser River Board and its predecessor Joint Dominion-Provincial Board of the Fraser River Basin. The Water Investigations Branch and its predecessor, Hydraulic Investigations Division, worked closely with these boards. The majority of the records consist of slides or negatives as well as one textual record file.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Transferred by the Resource Stewardship Division of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations in 2016.
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No access restrictions apply.
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Copyright belongs to the Government of British Columbia.
Finding aids
The ministry created an index to some of the slides. This is stored alongside the slides.
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Accruals
No further accruals expected.
General note
Accession number: 89-1828
Location: 002414-0001>0002
Physical description
Includes 387 slides and ca. 120 negatives