Series GR-3768 - Timber sale harvesting licences from the Kamloops Forest District

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Timber sale harvesting licences from the Kamloops Forest District

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  • Source of title proper: Title based on the Forest Operational Records Classification System (ORCS).

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GR-3768

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  • 1966-1983 (Creation)

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2.83 m of textual records

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(1913-1978)

Biographical history

The Kamloops Forest District was established in 1913 under the Forest Act, 1912. In 1916, the district was expanded to include part of the Tete Juane Forest District due to staff shortages resulting from World War I. In 1918 The Lillooet Forest District was also added to Kamloops.

In 1930, the majority of the lands in the Railway Belt, which had previously been administered by the federal government, were also added to Kamloops. The remaining Railway Belt lands were added to the Vancouver and Fort George Forest Districts. As a result of these changes, in 1932, the area previously in the Vernon Forest District was added to the Kamloops Forest District, along with half of the Cariboo Forest District. In 1972, the Cariboo Forest District was reestablished, and these lands were transferred back to it to replicate its previous boundaries.

In 1978, the Kamloops Forest District was renamed the Kamloops Forest Region, however its boundaries remained the same. Between 1978 and 1981, the Region was reorganized to comprise of the following smaller Forest Districts: Clearwater, Kamloops, Salmon Arm, Vernon, Penticton, Merritt and Lillooet. These areas were based on the previous Ranger Districts. Note that the Kamloops Forest District continued to exist after 1978, however, it was a much smaller area part of the greater Kamloops Forest Region.

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The series consists of timber sale harvesting licences (TSHL) from the Kamloops Forest District. Timber sale harvesting licences were first introduced in 1967 and provided individuals and businesses with a permit to cut a volume of timber. This series documents the Government’s administration of timber licences in the Kamloops Forest District during the period of 1966-1983.

Each file contains correspondence, reports and may also contain maps of the cutting area. The files also contain the TSHL application, cutting permit, timber value appraisals and reappraisals, stumpage rate notices, cutting plan maps, and inspection reports. The files are numbered and arranged by the licence number.

The records were created by the Kamloops Forests District as part of the following ministries:

1963-1975 Dept. of Lands, Forests and Water Resources
1975-1976 Dept. of Forests
1976-1983 Ministry of Forests

The records have been classified as 19590-20 in the Forest ORCS.

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Transferred to the archives from the Kamloops Forest Region of the Ministry of Forests in 2001.

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A file list is available that lists the file number. For additional information about what the file numbers mean, researchers should see the A number registers. According to the Forests Operational Classification System, the Ministry of Forests created A number registers (ORCS 19620-04). These registers have not been transferred to the archives therefore researchers are advised to contact the ministry to view these registers in order to identify specific files by name of applicant and/or forestry district.

http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Document/Finding_Aids_Atom/GR-3501_to_GR-4000/GR-3768.pdf

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Accession: 91-6167

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