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Timber survey files
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- graphic material
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1912-1943 (Creation)
- Creator
- British Columbia. Forest Branch
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4.2 m of textual records, photographs and maps
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Established Feb. 27, 1912 under the Dept. of Lands. Name changed March 28, 1945 from the Forest Branch of the Dept. of Lands to the Forest Service of the Dept. of Lands and Forests.
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Scope and content
This series consists of Forest Branch timber reconnaissance and survey files, 1912-1943. Includes reports, memoranda, correspondence, statistical summary sheets, sketches, plans, maps and photographs of timber inventories of Crown lands, timber leases, government reserves, private holdings and pulp leases.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Transferred from Ministry of Forests, 1981.
Arrangement
Photographs transferred to Visual Records accession 198106-13.
Maps and plans transferred to Map Division (accession M889009). Additional cartographic material transferred to map accession M889009: [Reconnaissance unknown] : Alice Arm, S.T.L.31097 and S.T.L. 31087 : H. Gardiner (map transferred) [19-] [Reconaissance unknown] : Skeena River, T.L. 4243P and T.L. 4244P, Range 5, Coast District : Jas. D. Lacey & Co. (map transferred) [19-] [Reconnaissance unknown] : Forest Atlas Legend, Department of the Interior, Forestry Branch. (Atlas legend transferred to map collection) [19-]
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Accession number(s): GR-0943; M889009; 198106-013, G81-005