CALL NUMBER: T3996:0001 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1982-11-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: William T. Ward discusses the post World War II interest in hunting, fishing, and the outdoors which lead to the growth of the Fish and Game Commission. Bill Ward's early posts in Cache Creek; and Kamloops. Early game wardens were strong individuals and skilled outdoorsmen. Enforcement under Provincial Police unpopular. Comments about commissioners Bryan Williams and Frank Butler, Fish and Game clubs. Scientific research in the 1940s. TRACK 2: Game clubs balk at scientific approach to conservation. Predatory control methods. Charlie Shuttleworth -- hunter. Training of game wardens. Comments about Director Frank Butler. Public hungers for wildlife information. Ward produces Bulletin and radio program "Conservation Calling" for staff and public.

CALL NUMBER: T3996:0002 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1982-11-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Origins of the periodical "Wildlife Review". Bill Ward editor for 25 years, a "one man operation". Description of style and content, method of production, its widespread popularity. Fish and Wildlife Branch attitude to "Wildlife Review". Other information duties. Commissioner Jim Cunningham's films. [TRACK 2: blank].

SUMMARY: Freeman "Skipper" King discusses Francis Park and his work as a naturalist.;

The item consists of an oral history with Mary Gooch, recorded around 1976.
Tape summary:
T4238:0015: Mary Gooch recalls her father, Bryan Williams, the first Provincial Game Warden.
T4238:0016: Recollections about her father, Bryan Williams, the first Provincial Game Warden.

SUMMARY: A record in background sound and description of a visit to the Reifel Wildfowl Sanctuary on Westham Island in the Fraser River Delta. Also: how the sanctuary began, plans for the future, and the effects of pollution and noise on the sanctuary. Voices heard are: Hugh Monahan, Dr. John Bandy, Bob Harris, and Stan Devereux.

CALL NUMBER: T4129:0003 RECORDED: Mission (B.C.), 1984-03-23 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Percy Cliffe discusses his childhood background. Joined the B.C.P.P. in January 1932 and was posted in Nelson (Doukhobor arrests), Golden, Burnaby, and Chilliwack. Anecdote about Constable George Elliott. Transients in Golden. Reasons he transferred to the Game Commission. Description of Mission District. Office equipment. Wife becomes "office manager". Raised hounds. Main game was pheasants and ducks. Apprehending violators of baiting restriction. Road checks. Large fox population and control methods. TRACK 2: Coyotes. Valley had much cover for wildlife until taxes forced farmers to cultivate all the land. Stocking of pheasants. Methods of stocking fingerlings and planting fish eggs. Modes of travel about Mission District -- truck, boat, horse, and by foot. Logging resulted in large deer population. Route to Pemberton via boat and pack horse. Campaign to reduce the number of wild dogs near the Indian reserve. Frank Urquhart of Coquitlam District. Patrolling Skagit Valley with Art Butler. Illegal fur trapper confesses. CALL NUMBER: T4129:0004 RECORDED: Mission (B.C.), 1984-03-23 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Percy Cliffe gives a description of a search expedition to airplane crash in Cheam Mountain Range (August 1943). Story of search expedition to airplane crash in Yale area. (1940s). Description of 1948 flood and his assistance with game boat. Cougar problem worsens with deer population growth. Smart hound trees three cougars during one hunt. Qualities of a good hound. TRACK 2: Humorous story of cougar hunt with member of local police. Hounds killed during cougar hunt near Sechelt. He has friendly relations with farmers and loggers in his District. Post war road building opens up areas for hunting. New Settlers. Importance of game clubs. Achievements of Mission Rod and Gun Club. Game warden on 24 hour work schedule. Good rapport in Department. Comparisons of early years with present (1984). Some missed opportunities to clear fishing steam blockages. The game warden was "lord and master". CALL NUMBER: T4129:0005 RECORDED: Mission (B.C.), 1984-03-23 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Percy Cliffe comments about job changes following scientific research methods. Training and new ideas. He disagrees with some new policies. Some recollections of Jim Dewar (Predator Control hunter). Comments about Art Butler, warden of the Chilliwack District. Game wardens were on their own, no training. Slim Cameron. Tells about boat trip to McNab Creek where transplanted elk resided. Thoughts about difference between large interior districts and lower mainland districts. His hunting experience as a young boy. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T3864:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Office manager, Fish and Wildlife Branch PERIOD COVERED: 1912-1979 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1981-07-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Staff of Game Department Division D, 1930s-40s. Discusses: "special patrols"; "bush wire"; Indian-white trapline feuds; effects of Alaska Hwy on northern B.C.; development of trapline administration 1920s-1970s; trapline boundary disputes; Indian protests and role of D.I.A. in settling disputes. TRACK 2: Mr. Guay discusses: Alcan and the Nechako Bird Sanctuary, 1951; wildlife biologists in the north 1950s; predator control programs, 1940s-50s, including use of poisons; effects of settlement, B.C. Rail, and logging on trapping; post-war programs for veterans, 1945. CALL NUMBER: T3864:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Office manager, Fish and Wildlife Branch PERIOD COVERED: 1912-1979 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1981-07-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Guay discusses: poison distribution program, 1943; guide regulation policies, 1945; Indian guides and regulations; relations between Game Department and Federal Fisheries, Federal Migratory Bird Act, B.C. Provincial Police and the Joint Patrols; travel up Crooked River to Finlay-Parsnip before Hart Highway, 1940s; transportation for out of the north; relations with RCMP; Rod and Gun Club hatchery programs; Game Commissioner visits to Prince George, 1940s-50s for Divisional meetings and meetings with trappers. Discusses B.C. Trappers Ass'n: early formation, development of fur prices 1946, beaver seals, beaver quotas and beaver trapping generally. TRACK 2: Discusses: beaver tags and beaver poaching, 1930s-50s; Indian trappers; relations with D.I.A.; relations with band councils since 1975; Indian fur harvesting and trapping attitudes; company, communal, and individual traplines; effect of fur price decline on Indians; special permits to whites to trap Indian traplines; inheritance of Indian lines; white attitudes to Indians; conservation groups, 1940s-70s; effects of 1956 creation of Department of Recreation and Conservation, which the Game Department was put into. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T4129:0001 RECORDED: Pitt Meadows (B.C.), 1984-03-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Robert Leighton discusses his family background. Early duties with B.C. Provincial Police included maintaining order at points of labour unrest and controlling transients. Location of various postings. Review of game law enforcement under Provincial Police (1919-1929). Leighton's duties as "spare" warden. Control methods on opening days. Pheasant stocking. Importance of hunting for recreation and food supply. Need for predator control. B.C. trap line system a model. Comments about Frank Butler and Jim Cunningham. TRACK 2: Description of Maple Ridge District in the 1950s. Deer hunting areas. Port Moody pigeon hunt. Ruin of fishing on Coquitlam River. Many resident complaints about animals. Contribution of fish and game clubs and their role. Comparisons of system before and after the reorganization of 1956. Comments about earlier system when game warden ran his district.

CALL NUMBER: T4129:0002 RECORDED: Pitt Meadows (B.C.), 1984-03-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Robert Leighton recalls wardens Benny Rauch, Leo Jobin, and Reg King. Advent of scientific research methods: some studies not based upon B.C. type environments. Disastrous policies re: Princeton area deer and reaction of warden Alan Gill. Polarization of department. Popularity of "Wildlife Review". Environmental groups well-meaning but have little direct contact with wildlife. Reflections upon career. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by John Gordon Terpenning titled "The B.C. Wildlife Federation and government: a comparative study of pressure group and government interaction for two periods, 1947-1957 and 1958-1975." xii, 253 p: figs., tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1982. Vita. Bibliography: p 131-140. Canadian theses on microfiche, 58553.

CALL NUMBER: T4029:0003 RECORDED: Ladner (B.C.), 1982-12-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Warren Cameron comments and reflects on his experiences as an infantryman in France in WWI. Military training very inadequate. Conditions in trenches. Equipment. Food. Killing. TRACK 2: Game Commission staff were political appointments. Recollections of bootlegging and bootleggers in Fraser Valley. Use of ships to transport liquor. Tunnel at Boundary Bay for liquor smuggling. Comments about two notorious hijackers -- Sowash and Baker. Anecdotes and comments about prostitute Pansy May -- "I'm a good woman", befriended by Mr. Cameron. Recollections of Commissioner Bryan Williams -- a "game hog", when he was re-appointed as commissioner he was tempted to fire entire staff as political appointees. A "good old guy". Comments about A.P. Cummings, the first game warden of Chilliwack. Names different wildlife in Chilliwack Valley.;

CALL NUMBER: T4029:0004 RECORDED: Ladner (B.C.), 1982-12-21 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this tape.];

CALL NUMBER: T4029:0001 RECORDED: Ladner (B.C.), 1982-12-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Warren "Slim" Cameron discusses game law enforcement under the Provincial Police, 1919-1929. Game Department was a "political organization". Bryan Williams. Comments on A.P. Cummings, warden for Fraser Valley and early commissioners Gary Bolton, Jim Cunningham, Frank Butler. Indian trappers a problem in the interior. TRACK 2: Slim Cameron recalls his policy of enforcement during the 1930s. Recollections of bootleggers and their methods, graft, in Fraser Valley, Columbia Valley, and Ladner. Use of Provincial police to quell disturbances in relief camps and in Anyox miners' strike. Cameron's involvement in Bagley and Fawcett bank robbery. Tact in law enforcement. Story of pheasant poacher. Shooting "for market" pre-1913.

CALL NUMBER: T4029:0002 RECORDED: Ladner (B.C.), 1982-12-02 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this tape.]