Outdoor recreation--British Columbia

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Alan Hammond interview

CALL NUMBER: T0627:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1970 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: A continuation of the interview with April Britton begins this tape (continuation of T0626). She talks about the Emmisaries of Divine Light, and how their Lodge is run at 100 Mile House. (ca. 15 minutes) Mr. Alan Hammond talks about the Emissaries of Divine Light; Applied Ontology; how he came to be involved, the core belief in Ontology, and how people came to be involved with the Emissarian group. TRACK 2: Mr. Hammond continues with how people became involved with the group, its organization, beliefs, origins of the Emissarian ministry, and more on the structure and beliefs. He also discusses his impressions of Lord Martin Cecil; the various types of people found in the group; and a new outdoor education summer program to be offered for boys 15-20 years of age.

BC Government Travel Bureau : miscellaneous out-takes, reel 04

The item is a reel of film out-takes, ca. 1946-1948. Out-footage from various BC Government Travel Bureau films, including "Highway Sixteen" and "Of Mines and Men". Includes sequence at hunters' campsite on Dease Lake, with hunters displaying and packing trophies and filming amateur movies; lumber truck boarding lake ferry; recreational activities (boating); aerial views; sawmilling; sternwheeler snagging logs [possibly the "Essington" on the Skeena River?]; B.C. Provincial Police officer on horseback; totem poles at Kitwanga and/or Kitwancool; regatta.

BC Government Travel Bureau : miscellaneous out-takes, reel 05

The item is a reel of film out-takes, from 1941 to 1961. Out-footage from various BC Government Travel Bureau films, including "Vancouver Island" (the 1941-1942 version); Okanagan footage from "A Date with British Columbia" (1957-1958) and "Kootenay Lake Holiday" (1960-1961). The reel includes footage of: the Kelowna Regatta (including Lady of the Lake ceremony); camping and boating on Okanagan Lake; picnic site; Kootenay Lake boating; interior and exterior shots of the beached sternwheeler "Moyie"; Manning Park Nature House; Victoria street scenes etc.

BC Government Travel Bureau : miscellaneous out-takes, reel 06

The item is a film reel of out-takes from about 1941 to 1955. Out-footage from various BC Government Travel Bureau film productions, including "Legend of the West" and possibly "The Fraser Valley" and "Rails to Romance". Includes footage of rodeo events at the Williams Lake Stampede (ca. 1953); fishing scenes; Fort Alexandria cairn; Prince George railway station (ca. 1941); overhead cable ferry at Boston Bar; customs or toll highway stop outside New Westminster (1940s); hydraulic mining; tool booths (possibly King George Highway in Surrey); sunsets; and various recreational activities such as boating, water skiing; etc.

BC Government Travel Bureau : miscellaneous out-takes, reel 08

The item is a reel of film out-takes from 1957-1961. This reel is believed to be duplicate out-footage from the BC Government Travel Bureau film "Kootenay Lake Holiday". Includes shots of the Kootenay (?) River; power plant (Bonnington Falls); bridges; downtown Nelson; hoodoos; Vancouver's West End; highway scenes; boating; scenery; recreational activities; salmon enhancement facility; ferry and Fort Steele.

BC Government Travel Bureau : miscellaneous out-takes, reel 09

The item consists of film out-takes from ca. 1944. It contains out-footage, primarily from the BC Government Travel Bureau films "Kootenay West" and "Kootenay East" and includes footage of a sawmill; Nelson, including fire truck, Courthouse, and parade shots; the sternwheeler "Minto"; car ferry unloading (Kootenay Lake?), docking and loading; fishing from a small boat; scenery; recreational activities; logging and tennis.

BC Parks survey reports

  • GR-3869
  • Series
  • 1980-2011

This series contains survey reports created by BC Parks. The majority of these reports were done to assess customer satisfaction during park day visits and overnight campground stays. They document visitor satisfaction trends, importance rankings of services and facilities and offer comparisons to other years as well as recommendations for improving visitor experience. This series also includes employee satisfaction survey reports in which BC Parks assesses the overall working culture at the agency and Visitor Programs annual reports which detail program and visitor centre visits, as well as recommendations for special programs, budgets etc. Finally the series also includes survey reports from Provincial Parks and Wilderness for the 90s which was an initiative that sought better management of protected areas for the purpose of conservation and recreation. These surveys allowed visitors to express their views on the program, ask questions and offer suggestions for future protected areas. The first 1,600 or so are written on a standard survey form typically submitted by individuals from the public. Later responses were sent letter-style on regular paper and are typically from organizations, businesses and non-profits. Some surveys include attached articles or pictures to support the views of the writer. The responses have been coded by a Parks employee to easily compile relevant information and are arranged by date received.

Some other survey reports that were conducted either by BC Parks or for BC Parks by external agencies are included in this series. This includes a BC Consumer Omnibus survey on outdoor recreation and other household surveys in which members of the public were asked to respond to a survey detailing their experience and opinion regarding outdoor recreation in BC. The results of these surveys were meant to inform BC Parks on future developments and business strategies.
Typically, files include a blank copy of the original survey as well as a written report summarizing the results and findings.
Other forms of documents related to or created from information found in the survey reports may also be found in this series such as briefing summaries for the Minister.

British Columbia. Ministry of Environment (2005-2017)

[Cariboo region, Vancouver, Fraser Valley]

Footage. A film showing tourism and commerce in three areas: the Cariboo region around 100 Mile House, Vancouver, and the upper Fraser Valley. Cariboo region subjects include fishing, motoring, horseback riding, boating, hiking, pioneer buildings, a covered wagon, and ranching. In Vancouver the focus is shipping. Upper Fraser Valley subjects include Chilliwack businesses and residences, agriculture, outdoor recreation, Hope area campgrounds, Fort Hope Lodge, hiking, boating, and horseback riding. Visitors cross the Fraser River in a canoe to see a waterfall.

Clinton Wood interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Wood recounts his father's [Reverend James Wood] early years in BC as a Methodist minister and circuit rider in Ladner, Clinton, Lulu Island, Vernon, Revelstoke, Kaslo and Kamloops. He speaks of his youth in various BC communities; his schooling; farming; work in Big Eddy Sawmill; teaching at the North End School on Saltspring Island in 1906; and meeting his wife. TRACK 2: Mr. Wood continues by describing his early life in 1911; employment at Courtenay; Courtenay Electric Light Company; Cumberland; and his work as Courtenay Waterworks Superintendent in 1922. He recalls his exploration and discovery of the Forbidden Plateau area; the formation of the Courtenay Mountaineering Club; publicizing the recreational potential of the area in 1927; building the lodge; the origin of the name; description of vegetation and wildlife of the area; the future of the land.

Commercial river rafting records

  • GR-3853
  • Series
  • 1987-2002

The series contains records relating to commercial river rafting operations in BC Parks land. The records cover legislation relating to river rafting, notably the Commercial River Rafting Safety Act and includes copies of correspondence, statute revision memos and committee notes relating to amendments and requests for legislation.

A significant portion of the series also covers handbooks, compliance manuals and examination course manuals for ‘river rafting guides’ (operators of commercial river rafting businesses) which outline regulations, standards, terms of conditions, endorsement and certification procedures, sample administrative forms and an administrative systems user manual.

The series also covers documentation of river rafting accidents.

The series also includes a published report by the Advisory Committee on Commercial River Rafting in British Columbia.

The records area arranged according to the BC Parks Operational Records Classification System (schedule 113827). This schedule was later replaced by the Parks and Protected Areas ORCS (schedule 186896).
The following primary and secondary numbers are covered in this series:
81000-00 : Commercial River Rafting Licensing (general)
81000-25: Rivers special provisions

British Columbia. Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection

C.O.R.E. program - its role and aims : The good morning show

Item consists of one video of the CHEK-TV program, "The Good Morning Show," featuring the Fish and Wildlife Branch program Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Education (C.O.R.E.). The program discusses how urbanization and industrialization threatens the natural environment, and the need to educate people on the goal of saving the environment and its wildlife.

British Columbia. Dept. of Recreation and Conservation

Dick Person interview

CALL NUMBER: T0989:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], [197-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Dick Person begins by describing where he was born in Duluth to Swedish parents; how he got into the outdoor life, spending time as a child on lakes and in parks; canoe trips and outdoor; experiences as a child; his studies in zoology and geology; first exposure to western Canada on a climbing trip, including his impressions of the attitudes of Canadians; his views about the USA. Various animals he has encountered in the wilderness. Backpacking and mountaineering, including his work making equipment for these uses. TRACK 2: Mr. Person discusses why he lives in the mountains, including what led him to give up on the city; experiences living in the Kootenays; how he cannot feel at home in a house, and now lives in a teepee full-time; how he and his family live off the land and; hunt. He then describes a trip through the mountains to the Kootenays, and a description of a typical trip in the winter.;

CALL NUMBER: T0989:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [197-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Person discusses more on this trip, cross country skiing, why he chooses to live in the mountains; the kinds of information he is out to gather on winter trips; what parks need; and what he thinks need to be included in touring films. [TRACK 2: blank.]

[D.M. Sinclair films]

Amateur film. Travel footage showing places and scenery in British Columbia's southern interior, including the Okanagan, Boundary, Arrow Lakes, Slocan, Shuswap, Nicola and Big Bend regions. Also includes footage showing activities in Zeballos and vicinity during the gold rush there: mining, community celebrations and sports, a flood, and various transport aircraft serving the area. There is also footage showing logging operations, presumably on Vancouver Island.

Fish and wildlife records

  • GR-1027
  • Series
  • 1920-1977

The series consists of records created by the Game Commission (1920-1957), the Fish and Game Branch (1957-1966), and the Fish and Wildlife Branch (1966-1977) relating to game, wildlife and fisheries management and conservation; environmental protection and habitat improvement; the administration of fish, trapping, and game laws; ecological and scientific investigations; water license applications and stream obstruction reports; flood control, pollution and protection of stream and river habitat; predator and rodent control; hunting, sports fisheries, outdoor recreation, and parks; Branch policy and administration.

The files contain correspondence, annual reports, manuals, memoranda and special reports and include correspondence with conservation and environmental groups, fish and game clubs, professional organizations of conservation officers, and other agencies of government.

The series also includes a subject file index (see box 2) and an index of orders-in-council relating to game enforcement, 1885-1968; hatchery records of the Cultus Lake, Smith Falls, and Lloyds Creek hatcheries of the Fish Culture Service, administered by the Canada Dept. of Marine and Fisheries (1920-1938) and the B.C. Came Commission (1938-1949).

British Columbia. Game Commission

Fishing and hunting

The item is an amateur film in two reels, made ca. 1960. It includes footage of river fishing including large catch of rainbow trout, cleaning fish and camp scenes on the Fraser River. Includes First Nations dip-netting for salmon, cleaning and drying fish. Also scenes of Chilcotin scenery and people including fishing river for salmon, journey by open river boat, dropping off supplies, running rapids, wildlife, examining pelts, beaver lodge and dam, First Nations village from boat. More river boat travel, scenery, wildlife at Bulkley River and Moricetown Falls including spearing fish, spawning salmon, sports fishers catch and gaff salmon, fillet and smoke the fish. Salmon carcasses and bear. Scenes of a hunter shooting birds, Alexandria suspension bridge, Hell's Gate fish ladders, junction or Fraser and Thompson Rivers (at Lytton), Adams River salmon run and goose hunting in winter.

[Fishing with the boys]

Footage. Shows a fishing trip with a group of men vacationing at Echo Lodge (Paul Lake, B.C.) where they ride horses, fish, cook trout over a campfire, relax, etc. Towards the end of the film, Ashcroft appears -- presumably a stop-over on the way back to Vancouver.

[Forest protection spots, 1956-1980]

Television commercials. A selection of television public awareness spots dealing with forest fire prevention in British Columbia. Most of the spots emphasize the role of human carelessness as a major cause of forest fires, and highlight their impact in terms of financial loss, destruction of wildlife, and damage to recreational values. One spot ("Green Gold") ties in with the 1958 B.C. Centennial; another features UBC president Dr. N.AM. MacKenzie.

Forest recreation slides

  • GR-3397
  • Series
  • Mar 1984

The series consists of a slide show created by the British Columbia Forest Service in 1984. The slides show various forest recreation sites in British Columbia and the types of activities associated with them such as camping, swimming and fishing. The slide show is accompanied by an audio cassette tape.

British Columbia. Forest Service

[Highway sixteen]

Travelogue. Scenery and attractions of the area accessible by the highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert. Footage includes: Prince George Airport with passengers boarding airliner; lakeside scenes; lumber mill; harvesting grain near Vanderhoof; Hudson's Bay post at Fort St. James; lake barges and a Beech 18 floatplane (registration CF-BQH) on Stuart Lake; trout fishing on Stuart Lake and Fraser Lake; Burns Lake; Babine Lake; Francois Lake; Ootsa Lake; Binta Lake; Telkwa, and nearby coal mine; Smithers; Moricetown Falls salmon run, with Indians gaffing salmon; Bulkley Canyon; Hazelton; Hagwilget Canyon; totem poles at Kispiox, Kitseguecla, and Kitwanga (plus village and burial grounds at the latter); Terrace, and its pole mill; Lakelse Lake; highway scenes; bald eagles; commercial fishing on the Skeena; Prince Rupert (cruise ship docking, unloading fish, fishing festival, homes and gardens, downtown, airport with amphibious airliner taxiing and taking off).

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