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Forest Museum 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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1932-1979 (Creation)
- Creator
- British Columbia. Forest Service
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Physical description
36 cm of textual records
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Biographical history
Established March 28, 1945 when the Forest Branch of the Dept. of Lands became the Forest Service of the Dept. of Lands and Forests. The Forest Service retained its name when the Dept. of Lands and Forests became the Dept. of Lands, Forests and Water Resources in March 1962. On Dec. 23, 1975 the Forest Service was transferred to the newly created Dept. of Forests. Ceased to exist April 1979.
Custodial history
Scope and content
This series contains miscellaneous records comprising visitors books, logs, manuals and circularized reports which were part of the BCFS Museum collection prior to January 1981. It includes visitors' books for mountain lookouts, 1938-1962; Forest Surveys Division manuals, 1954-1955; safety and training manuals; papers of the Inter-divisional Work Committee or Forest Inventory Projects, 1955-1959; synoptic reports of the Royal Commission on Forest Resources, 1955-1957; miscellaneous minutes on silviculture, reforestation and range management.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Transferred to Project 87 from the BCFS Museum, 1981; received by PABC, 1982.
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There are no access restrictions.
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Finding aids
- Finding aid: volume and file list.
- http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Document/Finding_Aids_Atom/GR-1001_to_GR-1500/gr-1229.pdf
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General note
Accession number(s): G82-094