PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Hon. R. G. Williston, Minister E. W. Bassett, Deputy Minister of Lands REPORT of the LANDS SERVICE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 1965 Printed by A. Sutton, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in right of the Province of British Columbia. 1966 Victoria, B.C., March 14, 1966. To Major-General the Honourable George Randolph Pearkes, V.C., P.C, C.B., D.S.O., M.C., Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. May it please Your Honour : Herewith I beg respectfully to submit the Annual Report of the British Columbia Lands Service of the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources for the year ended December 31, 1965. R. G. WILLISTON, Minister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources. Victoria, B.C., March 14, 1966. The Honourable R. G. Williston, Minister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, Victoria, B.C. Sir,—I have the honour to submit the Annual Report of the British Columbia Lands Service of the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources for the 12 months ended December 31, 1965. E. W. BASSETT, Deputy Minister of Lands. Ska ,»«:».*« __.^^sH.!.-_..uEflf_-llll_i^ %ai'.>:■:>■:. pyjyy *,,,..,":;■■.! ■ ■■"v■ ■:': v.y..;• - • .v - y.-!-.V«y.;i?;•,.-y. y;; 1„ ..... ... . ., , ■ i21illll '-'■"'••?H"-":'"''. mm .. • : y,: s Ph O 60 c ■a a c. al ■.I S o So CONTENTS Introduction by the Deputy Minister of Lands Accounting Division Lands Branch— Superintendent of Lands Land Inspection Division Surveys and Mapping Branch- Surveyor-General Legal Surveys Division- Topographic Division- Geographic Division Air Division University Endowment Lands. Land Settlement Board Page . 9 . 13 __ 20 __ 28 __ 40 __ 46 .. 51 ... 60 .. 67 - 77 _. 83 Personnel Office 87 Mail and File Room 91 COVER PHOTO Topographic survey, Klastline Plateau, northwest side of Edziza Peak, overlooking the lava beds and cinder cones. J t 1 §5 _. 111 _• 5 _■ I si- 111! * . i * 5-US I «j a j J 9° __ § - a I 1a „ > _ oo 1 1 :.: _ C 2^_ _ CC " = £ Ift j* u pa ri 1 __ = 3s -j 5 s _ i ■a i J a "1 1 1 fi .5 L . M 1) M J g g II- eg. H * ri SB.' 4". S_ 1 s a s s s s 1 ii 1 . 1 ■*■ a ■. f S | (l^^rfBEH « L. i. > n M S H « | }_ ,°5e S ■ ™ __• ^ ■ — «r ■ • 3 - i *** ^(.'^(.^^'"^sat^ "E I » ' "*o""«_" i*4"* ^"^ § ft- -J g_ g i i i i i i i i i a ^ 1 a tJ .j 1 j ~ C in t) ** D> ■^ ,1 Report of the British Columbia Lands Service E. W. Bassett, B.A.Sc, B.C.R.F., Deputy Minister of Lands Recent Lands Service Annual Reports have stressed the continuing need to preserve orderly and equitable Crown-land alienation amid the complexities stemming from rapid growth of the Provincial population and economy. Improvement and extension of the transportation network, together with work on major industrial projects, have greatly stimulated interest in Crown land for settlement and recreational use. Construction of major hydro-electric projects on the Peace and Columbia Rivers, extension of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway to Stuart Lake, extension and reconstruction of the Northern Trans-Provincial Highway, and opening of the Squamish-Pemberton Highway are but a few developments contributing to the spread of settlement. Also, expansion of the forest and mining industries has led to the establishment of entirely new communities. In this latter respect, for example, during the past year the Lands Service co-operated with industry in establishing townsites at Gold River, Fraser Lake, and Morfee Lake. In 1965 the Lands Service reached a new milestone in Crown-land administration. After being effectively tested in the Peace River region since 1963, a policy based on a lease-develop-purchase principle was expanded to cover all applications for Crown land for agricultural purposes. Basically, the regulations provide the land must be not less than 50 per cent arable and that initial alienation be by leasehold, with the lessee being required to clear and cultivate a proportion of the arable acreage within a given period of time. When the land has reached a defined level of improvement, the lessee may exercise an option to purchase. Direct alienation of agricultural land by Crown grant had sometimes resulted in land being acquired solely for speculation, to the general disadvantage of rural settlement. For the sixth consecutive year, revenue collections increased. Collections under the Land Act exceeded $2,594,000 in 1965, a slight increase from 1964, while sales of maps and aerial photographs, valued at $114,423, were 10.8 per cent higher. The Lands Branch handled 4,709 applications for Crown land, of which 2,631 were for lease, 1,556 for purchase, and 522 for pre-emptions and other tenures. Leasehold continued to attract the majority of applications for alienation. Though fewer certificates of purchase were issued than in 1964, revenues from Crown-land sales reached an all-time high of more than $1,017,000. For many years the trend in pre-emptions has been downward, mainly because, except for scattered parcels in the Peace River and Central Interior regions, practically no surveyed arable Crown land remains which is suitable for this form of alienation. Changing agricultural technology and rural attitudes have also tended to emphasize the decline. The 5,266 examinations made by the Land Inspection Division of the Branch during 1965 represented a 2-per-cent increase over 1964. Work in connection with land and foreshore leases accounted for 53 per cent of the total; purchases, 25 per cent; and all other types of inspection, 22 per cent. The great interest in Crown land, though apparent throughout the Province, is especially so in the Central and Northern Interior. Accordingly, to accommodate public needs and equalize the staff work load, three new land inspection districts were established—Prince Rupert, Burns Lake, and Vanderhoof—bringing the Provincial total to 17 district offices. To provide assistance in district offices, 12 Deputy Land Inspectors were added to the staff. This is a new grade within the Service. Under the direction of the Surveyor-General, the Legal Surveys, Topographic, Geographic, and Air Divisions of the Surveys and Mapping Branch supply the official surveys and cartographic detail which are basic to Provincial development. DD 10 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES The Branch has steadily adopted new technological innovations. For example, the introduction of electronic computers has made possible the programming of several surveys and mapping computations. At the end of 1965 nine programmes were operating and two others were being converted for use on the new model I.B.M. 1620 computer. During the year, 1,139 sets of survey instructions were issued and field-notes covering 860 lots were indexed, checked, and compiled by the Legal Surveys Division. Besides maintaining 245 cadastral reference maps and preparing 2,212 plans for use by Land Inspectors, the Division cleared for status 10,140 applications made under the Land Act and Forest Act. Field work of the Division included surveys of 222 town lots, 142 lake-front lots, 106 roadside lots, 51 ski-cabin sites, and 4 Provincial parks. The Topographic Division responded to the needs of the mineral industry by completing two major survey projects in widely separated parts of the Province. In the Iskut River-Stikine River region, field survey control was established for IV2 National Topographic map-sheets at 1:50,000 scale. A second field project involved co-ordinating 44 triangulation stations on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Integrated survey systems were established in the Trail region, where 75 monuments were co-ordinated; Penticton, 53 monuments; Kimberley, 25; Marysville, 11; and New Westminster, 95. A newly acquired Model 6b geodimeter was especially useful in measuring short distances with great accuracy. The Photogrammetric Section of the Topographic Division compiled four National Topographic Series map-sheets and also processed 12 large-scale projects ranging in scale from 1:600 to 1:15,840. The Geographic Division continued to expand coverage of maps showing Crown-land status. Two new status sheets, 82J/SE-SW (Canal Flats) and 82L/NE (Revelstoke), were printed at l-inch-to-2-miles scale and four maps, 82M (Seymour Arm), 82N-0 (Golden), 83D-C (Canoe River), and 93H-83E (McBride), at 1:250,000 scale. Distribution of the new sheets completed replacement of the old Topographical Series Map 5D (Revelstoke-Golden) and Pre-emptor Map 3H (Tete Jaune). At the end of 1965, 62 lithographed maps showed the status of Crown land. The Air Division achieved new records in the processing and distribution of aerial photographs. More than 200,000 aerial photographs were reprinted in the film-processing laboratory, while reprints and loans distributed to Government departments and the public totalled 256,902, up 36,785 from 1964. With better than average photographic weather, the two aircraft of the Operations Section of the Division completed 37,200 square miles of l-inch-to-20-chains and l-inch-to-40-chains photography, the second highest on record. Strip-type flying projects added another 3,758 lineal miles. A new Wild RC8 camera capable of handling panchromatic or colour film was placed in service. The University Endowment Lands reported revenues of $193,731, compared with a 10-year average of $127,941. The Land Settlement Board continued to emphasize disposal of Doukhobor lands, which accounted for 57 per cent of the $133,996 revenue collected by the Board. Subdivision surveys of Doukhobor lands were made at Ootishenia (59 parcels) and Krestova (114 parcels). The following pages contain complete descriptions of Lands Service activities during 1965. The reader's attention is also drawn to the Lands Service organization chart preceding this introduction, and to the indexes to maps and aerial photographs in the manila envelope attached to the back cover of this Report. ACCOUNTING DIVISION ACCOUNTING DIVISION DD 13 ACCOUNTING DIVISION M. B. Maclean, B.Com., Departmental Comptroller Revenue collections under the Land Act for the year 1965 again reflected the high level of economic activity in the Province. While the demand for Crown lands continued unabated throughout the year, alienation was again, primarily, as in 1964, by lease tenure. Lease accounts increased 10.5 per cent during the past year, bringing the total number of active lease accounts as at December 31, 1965, to 8,194. Purchase accounts were down from 1964. However, actual revenue from land sales showed an increase. This is partly accounted for by larger selling prices and partly through more purchasers paying off their accounts before the due date. As lessees prove their bona fide intentions with respect to agricultural and other performance leases and convert to purchase, the number of purchase accounts should again start to increase. Statistical Tables Table 1.—Summary of Lands Service Net Revenue Collections for the Year Ended December 31, 1965 Land leases, rentals, fees, etc $1,462,024.93 Land sales 1,017,893.16 Sale of maps and air photos 114,423.23 Net revenue collections $2,594,341.32 Table 2.—Comparison of Revenue Collections for 10-year Period 1956-65, Inclusive 1956 i inn ii in ■mimil $1,437,130.44 1957 ilium imiii 11 ■ 1,302,065.35 1958 i 1,340,045,76 1959 i ■■ 1,323,877.29 1960 ■■Mini ■■mum ii mm 1,714,220.41 1961 i i miiimihm iihii i i 1,765,207.54 1962 mm i_hiimiiiiiiiiiiihiiii ihmiiiwiiiiiii 1,847,457.83 1963 ——..■■— 2,034,841.80 1964 i 2,587,110.34 1965 i ■■■ ■ 2,594,341.321 1 Net revenue 1965. Table 3.—Classification of Revenue Collections for the Year Ended December 31, 1965 Land sales— Country lands $846,488.85 Town lots 186,132.19 Surface rights, mineral claims 3,714.15 Indian reserve cut-off lands 123.30 $1,036,458.49 DD 14 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Land leases, rentals, fees, etc.— Foreshore leases— Booming and log storage $412,701.96 Commercial (marinas, etc.) 329,270.03 Oyster 7,170.19 Miscellaneous (foreshore protection, etc.) 1,195.88 $750,338.06 Land leases— Grazing and (or) agriculture $109,167.02 Quarrying (limestone, sand and gravel) 32,461.06 Camp-site (lodge, fishing) 4,938.21 Home-site 1,565.70 Miscellaneous (residential, etc.) 150,081.89 298,213.88 Land-use permits 1,965.00 Licences of occupation 16,310.05 Royalty collections 157,335.54 Easement collections— Annual rentals $1,998.21 Outright considerations 90,134.46 92,132.67 Fees— Crown grant $9,960.00 Assignment 2,865.00 Miscellaneous (lease, search, etc.) _ 6,468.00 19,293.00 Sundry collections (occupational rental, survey charges, etc.) 135,968.70 $1,471,556.90 Sale of maps and air photos— Legal Division $37,420.92 Geographic Division 46,166.33 Air Division 46,215.86 129,803.11 Gross revenue for year $2,637,818.50 Less refunds and taxes 43,477.18 Net revenue for year $2,594,341.32 ACCOUNTING DIVISION DD 15 Table 4.—Comparison of Land Leases, Rentals, Fees, Etc., Revenue for 10-year Period, 1956-65, Inclusive 1956 mmm mm iiiii $576,331.17 1957 ■mHBHH 472,415,55 1958 _■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■_ 605,229.73 1959 hum i mm ■ ■ ■ w in 668,367.70 1960 mi un 842,413.17 1961 iiibii ii mi m 1,001,071.13 1962 ■"-"—! i ii i wi i 933,607.66 1963 un ii mm in miii i n ■iiiiiiuii 1,149,650.45 1964 ii urn i i in ii n iiiii n iwn 1,485,539.13 1965 ii i ■■■ iiimiii iiii ■nil mi 1,462,024.93! i Net revenue 1965. Table 5.—Comparison of Land Sales Revenue for 10-year Period 1956-65, Inclusive 195,6 mi urn p--.—!....-.— $573,976.49 1957 -—» ■■«■■! 522,825.65 1958 i mi i mi win i 677,036.15 1959 -—■■< inn 589,975.24 1960 i ii mini i ii mil in i n—iiiiiiuii 806,723.54 1961 —fv.... ——_.■.—.._■ 703,705,71 1962 niiii iiiii in 111 mi ■■iimiiiiiii 836,270.32 1963 mi m in ■!!■ 787,184.11 1964 iiiii ii ■ iiii iiiiiiuii 11 ii ii 982,137.88 1965 i in in mil ■iiiiwii iiiii ■■mi 1,017,893.16' l Net revenue 1965. LANDS BRANCH THE LANDS BRANCH At the time of the Fraser River gold-rush in 1858 the demand for land in British Columbia was greatly intensified and pre-emptions predated surveys. Within four years 254 pre-emptors had taken up more than 50,000 acres of land. To facilitate the transfer of real estate and provide for the registration of titles, the Land Registry Act was passed in 1860. The Government of the Province of British Columbia was now in the real- estate business in a big way; the more than 366,000 square miles of land and water that constitutes British Columbia was the real estate in question. With the entrance of British Columbia into Confederation in 1871, the demand for land quickened to a rush, and over the next thirty years the land-settler (and the promoter) succeeded the gold-miner in importance. Railroads were built and land grants passed, cities came into being, and companies became established. Land was at the core of all developments. The task of land administration became very heavy and necessitated the formation of a Department of Lands in 1908. In 1912 a Forest Branch was included in the Department of Lands. Today the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources exercises control of more than 90 per cent of the surface of British Columbia. How does the Lands Branch fit into the total organization of the British Columbia Lands Service of today? The relation may be expressed briefly. The Lands Branch has jurisdiction in matters pertaining to the disposition of Crown land, and is charged with so administering and disposing of the land that the general welfare, present and future, of the Province must be protected at all times. When an individual, or group, desires to purchase or lease Crown land, the application is directed to the Superintendent of Lands, head of the Lands Branch. His authority governs the following matters:— Sale, lease, and pre-emption of Crown lands for such purposes as agricultural, industrial, commercial, and home-sites. Preparation and issuance of Crown grants under the Land Act and the Mineral Act. Preparation and issuance of right-of-way easements for power, telephone, pipe lines, etc. Reservation of suitable Crown lands and foreshore for national defence, use and enjoyment of the public, forestry experimentation, fisheries research work, highways, etc. Granting railway rights-of-way under various Statutes. Protection of historic sites from alienation. Reservation and conveying of Crown lands for such purposes as school-sites, cemeteries, and fair grounds. Leasing of land and foreshore for such varied purposes as wharf-sites, booming- grounds, canneries, oyster and other mollusc fisheries, and for boat-houses, quarry-sites, cattle-ranching, trappers' cabins, ship-building, and aircraft bases. To perform these and other functions efficiently, the Lands Branch works in close co-operation with a great number of other agencies, such as municipal and city administrations, town-planning authorities, the British Columbia Forest Service, the Water Resources Service, the Surveys and Mapping Branch within the British Columbia Lands Service, and all the departments in the Government of the Province, notably Highways, Education, Attorney-General, and Agriculture. Outside the Provincial departments there is much business transacted with Federal departments, such as the Department of National Defence, the Veterans' Land Settlement Act administration, the Public Works Department, and the Indian Affairs Branch of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration. Direct service to the people of British Columbia is the first duty of the Lands Branch and this takes the bulk of the time of the Lands Branch personnel. Associated with this prime duty is the important function of the maintenance of the records, which in many cases are the only ones in British Columbia showing the correct legal status of the surface of the Province. Preliminary development, Gold River pulp-mill site. DD 20 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES LANDS BRANCH D. Borthwick, B.S.A., B.Ed., A.A.C.I., Superintendent of Lands The year 1965 was a very busy one for the Lands Service owing to a continuing interest in and demand for Crown land. Although the total number of applications decreased by 8 per cent from the 1964 figure, Land Act revenue collections increased by $55,124 to $2,479,918. The Land Inspection Division completed 5,266 field examinations during 1965. Again this year much of the activity has been in the central and northern sections of the Province and in areas where new developments in forestry, mining, and hydro power are taking place. New pulp-mill projects planned or started at Prince Rupert, Prince George, Morfee Lake, Kamloops, and Skookumchuck Prairie in the East Kootenay region have all contributed to the continuing demand for Crown lands to meet the needs of people for mill-sites, townsites, and recreational areas. Similar demands have been created by new mining activity in the Stewart, Alice Arm, Smithers, Stikine, Babine Lake, Osoyoos, Kootenay, and Vancouver Island areas. The impact of major power developments upon the demand for Crown land was very noticeable this year. The Portage Mountain Dam at Hudson Hope generated activity in the South Peace River area, particularly around Chetwynd, where a new 116-lot Crown subdivision was laid out to meet the anticipated demand for residential lots in this community. In the Kootenays, both the Arrow Lake and Duncan Lake Dams stimulated increased demands for Crown lands. During the past year, 13 Crown subdivisions and two rural electrification projects were initiated throughout the Province. This is a continuation of the policy of meeting the needs of people in the unorganized areas of the Province, both for recreational and residential purposes. Many of these subdivisions comprise waterfront lots that fill a recreational need for the residents of British Columbia. All such waterfront lots are disposed of on a leasehold basis by public competition. Agricultural applications in the South Peace River area have levelled off, and there is a noticeable trend toward a stabilized farm economy with consolidation of farming units and a rounding-out of holdings taking place. In the North Peace River the demand is still very active; the new applications are generally found in remote areas and well removed from the established local communities. Elsewhere in the Province the demand for agricultural land is still active. Again, the available land is often isolated and becoming more so every year. Lease renewals and reviews, particularly in the grazing areas of the Cariboo and southern parts of the Province, continue to generate an active annual work load. The policy of disposing of arable agricultural lands on a lease-develop-purchase basis has tended to dissuade the speculator. Under this policy, land which is at least 50 per cent arable is leased for agricultural purposes with a purchase option. The leases are issued for three years, renewable for a further term of 18 years upon the performance of development work. To renew such a lease, at least 10 per cent of the potentially arable land must be brought under cultivation. Before an assignment of a lease will be considered, 20 per cent of the potentially arable land must be under cultivation. After 80 per cent of the potentially arable land within the leasehold has been developed, the purchase option may be exercised. This policy has been very well received by the farming community of the Province, who have recognized that besides encouraging development of agricultural land, the policy has all but completely removed the speculative element from applications for potential farm land. LANDS BRANCH DD 21 Again this year the Lands Service established reserves for the Federal Government, the Highways Department, and British Columbia Forest Service and reserved many areas for the use, recreation, and enjoyment of the public. Licences of occupation were issued for radio sites and easements for power and telephone lines, oil and gas pipe-lines, water-lines, access roads, and microwave, radio, television, ski, and aerial tramway sites. A brief summary of the activities of the various sections of the Administration Division of the Lands Branch is set out hereunder:— Lease Section.—The number of new lease applications increased from 2,374 to 2,631 in 1965. This increase in activity is largely attributable to the new agricultural policy of lease-develop-purchase which was fully instituted by the Department during the past year. Purchase Section.—The load volume of this Section was reduced considerably during the past year with a decrease in applications from 2,326 to 1,556 in 1965. In view of the emphasis on agricultural leases containing a purchase option this was expected, and it follows that the work load will increase in future years as the purchase options in the present leases are exercised. Crown Grants Section.—The volume of work in the Crown Grants Section decreased in 1965 to 1,087 from 1,163 in 1964, or 6.6 per cent. This decrease was to be expected in the light of the reduction in the Purchase Section. The great majority of Crown grants issued cover purchases of country lands and town lots, and in both cases these were reduced last year from the preceding one. Pre-emption and Reserve Section.—The number of applications in both cases decreased in 1965 from a total of 551 in 1964 to 522 this year. Correspondingly, the number of pre-emptions allowed and the reserves established decreased as well. Inquiries concerning the availability of Crown lands, which are handled by this Section, increased by 4.2 per cent, from 3,145 in 1964 to 3,279 this year. Status Section.—-The number of statuses completed increased from 24,172 in 1964 to 32,913 in 1965, a climb of 36 per cent. Once again, most of this increase occurred in the statusing of town lots. Easement Section.-—The number of easements granted in 1965 was 132 compared with 90 granted in 1964. The additional easements granted were largely in the power-line and microwave categories. GENERAL ACTIVITY During 1965 a total of 56 parcels was tendered for sale, of which 37 were sold for a price of $27,445. Two hundred and forty-eight parcels were exposed by public auction, and of these, 33 sold at the auction date for $36,615. Subsequently 27 parcels were disposed of by direct application. Lease tenders offered during 1965 were 14 in number and comprised 6,742 acres. One hundred and nineteen lots were offered by public competition, and of these, 46 were leased at the time of auction. Of the 119 lots, 110 were waterfront parcels and 40 were leased at the auction date. During 1965, 1,070 town lots were sold, realizing the sum of $169,141. The following tables indicate in detail the work carried out by the various sections of the Lands Service in 1965. DD 22 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 1.—Country Land Sales, 1965 Acres Surveyed 44,063.45 Unsurveyed 28,768.83 Total 72,832.28 Table 2.—Certificates of Purchase Issued, 1965 Land Recording District Total Alberni 18 Atlin 2 Cranbrook 9 Fernie 8 Fort Fraser .. 102 Fort George 67 Fort St. John 81 Golden 9 Kamloops 28 Kaslo 10 Lillooet 30 Nanaimo 25 Nelson 21 New Westminster 18 Osoyoos 4 Pouce Coupe 5 5 Prince Rupert 42 Quesnel 44 Revelstoke 15 Similkameen 70 Smithers 60 Telegraph Creek Nil Vancouver 14 Victoria 7 Williams Lake 80 Total 819 LANDS BRANCH DD 23 Table 3.—New Leases Issued, 1965 Land Number Acreage Agriculture 294 117,845.67 Hay and grazing (pasture and hay-cutting) 305 109,967.81 Quarrying (sand, gravel, limestone, etc.) 18 1,942.36 Home-site (section 78, Land Act) 4 40.00 Residential 298 588.87 Miscellaneous (resorts, service-stations, camp-sites, mill-sites, etc.) 71 2,106.00 Foreshore— Booming, log storage, log-dumping, etc. 84 1,780.04 Oyster and shellfish 2 14.00 Industrial (canneries, mill-sites, wharves, etc.) 18 669.23 Quarrying (sand, gravel from river-beds) 5 57.02 Commercial (boat rentals, marinas, marine service-stations, etc.) 24 63.79 Miscellaneous (private wharves and boat- houses, etc.) 21 145.51 Totals 1,144 235,220.30 Table 4.—Temporary Tenure Leases Renewed, 1965 Number 223 Acreage 30,779.27 Table 5.—Land-use Permits Issued, 1965 Number 18 Acreage 55.53 Table 6.—Licences to Occupy Issued, 1965 Number 12 Acreage 5,429.72 Table 7.—Assignments Approved, 1965 Leases, land-use permits, licences of occupation 570 DD 24 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 8.—Easements Granted, 1965 Number Miles Acres Foreshore Submarine power cable Submarine telephone cable- Overhead power-line Sewer outfall Power-line, telephone-line, and water pipe-line.. Totals Land Oil and gas pipe-lines and well-sites- Oil and gas pipe-lines_ Compressor-station and well-site.. Compressor-station.. Water pipe-line, well-site, and pump-house Sewer pipe-line, water pipe-line, and overhead footpath- Water pipe-line Salt-water pipe-line Power-lines Telephone-lines Access roads Microwave sites Microwave site and power-line Microwave site and road Radio transmitter sites Television antenna sites Television antenna sites and power-lines.. Ski lifts Aerial tramway _ Totals.... Licences of Occupation Radio sites- Grand totals.. 16 13 11 1 2 1 1 1 1 42 4 2 10 3 3 6 2 5 2 1 11,1 132 4.810 8.083 0.969 0.326 0.060 14.248 27.097 35.517 3.200 0.024 0.029 0.050 70.618 1.330 0.690 1.130 7.5701 4.230 1.945 0.500 42.220 44.755 6.490 0.709 0.039 94.213 176.560 164.430 2.830 3.240 36.660 0.260 0.014 0.450 556.879 3.011 5.120 47.570 15.700 109.363 44.138 4.610 11.091 19.080 11.0101 153.930 1,212.016 1.319 168.178 1,307.548 1 Approximate. In line with current Departmental policy, 99 letters of consent for the construction of access roads were issued during the year. Table 9.—Crown Grants Issued, 1965 Purchases (country lands) __ Purchases (town lots) Pre-emptions Surface rights (Mineral Act). Public Schools Act Veterans' Land Settlement Act Home-site leases Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company Supplementary timber grants Miscellaneous Total .___ Certified copies of Crown grants issued. 671 282 48 25 18 1 5 14 1 22 1,087 . 1 LANDS BRANCH DD 25 Table 10.—Crown Grants Issued for Past 10 Years 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 Total 1,518 1,426 1,043 1,471 1,399 1,074 1,081 1,042 1,163 1,087 12,304 Ten-year average, 1,230. Table 11.—Total Area Deeded by Crown Grant, 1965 Purchases (country lands). Pre-emptions Surface rights (Mineral Act) Public Schools Act Veterans' Land Settlement Act Home-site leases Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company Supplementary timber grants Miscellaneous Acres 76,536.85 7,629.20 727.18 67.79 159.00 47.31 836.57 40.00 121.94 Total 86,165.84 DD 26 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 12.—Pre-emption Records, 1965 Land Recording District Pre-emptions Applications Received Applications Allowed Cancelled C. of I. Issued Alberni Atlin Cranbrook _ Fernie Fort Fraser (Burns Lake) Fort George (Prince George) _ Fort St. John Golden Kamloops _ Kaslo — — Lillooet (Clinton) Nanaimo Nelson New Westminster. . Osoyoos (Vernon) Pouce Coupe Prince Rupert _ Quesnel _ Revelstoke Similkameen (Penticton) Smithers .... _ Telegraph Creek (Prince Rupert).. Vancouver Victoria Williams Lake Totals 5 11 22 30 3 .... 4 76 4 18 26 1 50 2 5 15 28 1 1 53 1 23 43 Table 13.—Reserves, 1965 Reserves Established Use, recreation, and enjoyment of the public 109 British Columbia Department of Highways (rights-of-way, gravel pits, bridge-sites, etc.) 111 Federal Government (defence purposes, wharf-sites, etc.) 15 British Columbia Forest Service (Ranger stations, grazing, radio- sites, reforestation, etc.) 46 Miscellaneous (Game Branch, water-power projects, garbage dumps, school-sites, cemeteries, etc.) 89 Total 370 LANDS BRANCH DD 27 j V t- Op © cn rn cn * en' cn Os fc- co O '§"-! en 66 9" - § n * m c. m ^ av © ■^ o -h 5, ■ * _. °. f~. p. ««« cl d © 22 VO V£) ^ VD 0 m jj, O 1 u. °- ». *" e I a 5 s to CN CO 1 ci _?; 8©1 ~S in «■ <N CO ^- os •* r1 en »h r- 1* a. £ >n . *i ii * *i »n 06 * >n s > S o ; c-1 co rn co so 1 rn r- vo © VO cS oo Ov ^ Cl m •o S a s 3 6 ■si 8.9 Is as IIS "U o_ g eg qj ro aj IsM o .-. o t, N i—i S'lfJ o ca 5 ~ 2 P o 3 oo U Si tj 6° 2 S 3 « Sf o 55 vm ft ° in K ■a c 2 e ^ k3.3 •a t3 OO (J. a 2-S £c e^ s a o |a B,c DD 28 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES LAND INSPECTION DIVISION L. D. Fraser, B.Sc.A., P.Ag., A.A.C.I., Chief, Land Inspection Division The trend established in past years toward an increasing volume of work handled by this Division continued during 1965. Reference is made to attached Table 3, which represents an analysis of requests for land examinations processed by this Division during the years 1961 to 1965, inclusive, for the various inspection districts. The increase in volume over 1964 is 3 per cent, while over 1961 it amounted to 38 per cent. Table 2 represents an analysis of inspections completed and those outstanding at the end of the year for each district for the past five years. The total number of inspections completed for the past year was 5,266, up 2 per cent over 1964. The outstanding backlog for the Division at the year end was 1,281 inspections, a decrease of 38 over the previous year. The most notable feature of this past year's activity was the formation of three new land inspection districts and the employment of 12 Deputy Land Inspectors to facilitate the task of keeping abreast of the current work load and reducing the backlog to a reasonable level. The additional men were taken on staff toward the end of the working season, and their effect was not too obvious this year. The names and placement of the staff involved are discussed under the heading " Staff." A change in Lands Service policy was implemented during this past year to encourage the development of Crown lands throughout the Province. This policy dictates that Crown land will be alienated by lease tenure leading to purchase after appreciable improvements have been completed. As a result, there has been a noticeable decrease in purchase applications, particularly in the Peace River area. At the same time it has discouraged the leasing of lands by strictly speculative entrepreneurs. The shift in work is therefore toward the examination and review of land leases, which accounted for a total of 2,338 examinations or 44 per cent of the entire work load. In 1964 this type of work accounted for 38 per cent of the inspections. The Inspection Division again examined properties and submitted appraisal reports for many Government departments and agencies. Specifically, appraisals were completed for the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, Land Settlement Board, British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, Department of Social Welfare, Southern Okanagan Lands Project, University Endowment Lands, and the Veterans' Land Act. Applications to lease for agricultural purposes still represent the major portion of the work load in the Fort St. John area, and some 52 per cent of the total work was of this nature. In the South Peace River area, the demand for Crown lands appears to have been stabilized, and there is now a definite trend toward the establishment of larger farm units and the gradual elimination of the smaller farms. Farm sales in the Pouce Coupe area are down by 50 per cent over last year, suggesting a decrease in interest in improved farm holdings. However, there has been a slight increase in the demand for unimproved lands. A large portion of the activity in the South Peace River area has centred around Chetwynd, and such interest takes the form of applications for home-sites and small holdings. This activity has resulted from the Portage Mountain Dam construction together with an increase in the lumbering industry in this area. The first major staking for agricultural lands in the Fort Nelson area occurred this year, which has emphasized the need for land-use planning. The Prince George District was reduced in size with the reopening of the land inspection office at Vanderhoof. This has resulted in a decrease in the travelling LANDS BRANCH DD 29 time required by the field staff to undertake the examination of applications for Crown lands. The rapid increase in population in the Vanderhoof-Prince George area has precipitated a notable interest in the recreational land use of the many chains of large lakes in the district. However, many of the lakes are only accessible by boat, and land examinations are therefore time-consuming. The development of the Endako Mines molybdenum property at Fraser Lake together with the extension of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway into Fort St. James have both had a decided impact on the demand for Crown lands in this region. It is anticipated that this surge of interest will continue and serve to stabilize the economy of these areas during the next few years. Land alienation for agricultural purposes still represents the major interest in the Vanderhoof and Prince George areas. However, the agricultural economy of this district is moving toward a beef forage type because of climatic conditions and the cost of clearing the land. It would seem that the history of farming indicates that the second or third generations are really the ones to benefit from the efforts of today's pioneers on such lands. During the past year the continued demand for Crown land has resulted in increased land values in the Prince George area, particularly in and adjacent to the city. The impetus for this interest has been mostly attributable to the rapidly developing pulp industry. Three pulp-mills are nearing completion in the vicinity of Prince George, and two additional mills are now in the planning stage at Morfee Lake, 120 miles north of the city. However, there is a trend toward a levelling off for residential and industrial values, but this trend may be short-lived due to the supply and demand factors relative to suitable lands for such uses. The Smithers District was also divided this year, with new offices being established at Burns Lake and Prince Rupert. A considerable saving in travelling time will enable a more expeditious handling of land applications in this region. As in past years, the emphasis in the work load has been on applications for agricultural development. However, the proposed pulp-mill at Houston and the possible development of a large molybdenum deposit at Smithers together with the expansion of the Columbia Cellulose pulp-mill plant at Port Edward are encouraging interest in land for both industrial and home-site use. Highway No. 16 is rapidly approaching completion as a paved highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert. This factor, together with the establishment of a Government ferry run between the north end of Vancouver Island and Prince Rupert, should do much to encourage further commercial developments of a service nature to this highway. In the new Prince Rupert District there is a preponderance of applications for commercial and industrial waterfront lands and foreshore areas. The majority of the interest in such lands is local in nature, caused by existing enterprises wishing to expand or new ones starting. Vehicular access, for the most part, is limited to just a few roads, resulting in the reliance on boat or aeroplane for access to much of the district. This imposes very severe restrictions on the ease of examining such areas. The expanded mining activity in the Stewart area and the projected requirements of Stewart as a future seaport has focused attention on the industrial land in this region. In the Quesnel area there has been a very marked decrease in land applications. This is largely due to the inhibiting influence of both the special sale area requirements and the policy relative to leasing rather than making direct sales. It would appear that the activity in the Quesnel area should continue at perhaps a reduced but, nevertheless, steady level. DD 30 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES In the Central Southern Interior area the conflict between established rancher land use and any and all outside interests still presents the greatest problem to land alienation. There has been an increase in demand for home-sites in the Clinton area, both in the vicinity of the main highway and on the lakes, the latter for summer use. The influx of secondary forest industries into the Clinton area should have a desirable stabilizing effect on the local economy. There is some reduction in logging activity in the Williams Lake area. Annual carloadings dropped from 6,000 cars in 1964 to 5,000 cars in 1965 for lumber. However, 2,200 cars of chips and 674 carloads of veneer were shipped in the same period. The reduction in lumber output is due to restrictions imposed to curtail overcutting. The work load in the Kamloops area has remained static during the past year, but there is an ever-increasing demand for Crown lands for residential, commercial, and industrial development. Large areas of land suitable for such purposes are currently held under grazing lease tenure. Most of these leases were issued many years ago before the established communities and cities started their post-war expansion. Grazing lease tenure in many instances no longer represents the highest and best use of these lands, and care will have to be taken to protect present and future land requirements as such leases come up for renewal. The increase in activity noted last year in the Boundary area of the Kelowna District is continuing. The majority of applications are from people living in the district. The new Okanagan Regional College, proposed to be built on Okanagan Lake opposite Kelowna, is expected to enhance that area and create some demand for residential lands. A new type of residential development has been started on flat lands adjacent to and bordering Okanagan Lake. This development is such that inland water channels are dredged out to provide water access to all lots. This type of development has occurred in Florida and California, but this is the first such project in British Columbia. The two large dam projects in the Kootenays, the Arrow Lakes Dam above Castlegar on Lower Arrow Lake and the Duncan Lake Dam, are responsible for a considerable demand for lands in these area. This demand, in turn, has resulted in an appreciable rise in real-estate values. In the Castlegar-Nelson area the main road is being rebuilt along the Kootenay River, a new bridge is under construction above the mouth of the Kootenay River, the Castlegar Airport is being extended, and a new regional college is now under construction. In the East Kootenay the City of Cranbrook is continuing to expand as the main centre for this region. The beef-cattle industry is thriving, and the importance of the forest industry is becoming more meaningful. A pulp-mill is under consideration in the Skookumchuck Prairie area, and a large mill expansion is proposed at Morrisey. A portion of the Vancouver District was transferred to New Westminster this year to provide a more equitable division of the work load. The area so transferred was the Cheakamus Valley-Pemberton Valley area. This area, in turn, accounted for 37 per cent of the New Westminster District work load. Considerable interest has been shown in this area in the past two or three years due to the construction and near completion of the Squamish-Pemberton Highway. The Alta Lake-Green Lake area is sufficiently high in elevation to provide late fall, winter, and spring snow conditions. This, together with the fact that the area is only 70 miles from Vancouver, is resulting in the development of a winter playground area. There is a very ^—— ■ LANDS BRANCH DD 31 The birth of a new townsite, Gold River, B.C. keen interest in ski-cabin sites adjacent to the lakes and rivers which can serve both for winter and summer use. The other areas in the Lower Mainland which are showing an increase in activity and demand for land are Powell River, Sechelt Peninsula, and Harrison Lake districts. It is anticipated that such trends will continue for the next few years. The southern portion of the Courtenay District, being Ranger District No. 2, was deleted and added to the Victoria District this year. At the same time, Ranger Districts Nos. 15 and 16, being Port McNeill and Port Hardy, were added to the Courtenay District. This has resulted in elimination of some of the need for assistance by the Forest Service in doing the work for this Division along the coastal and north Vancouver Island areas. The work load on the north end of the Island is continuing to increase, due mainly to the increase in expansion of the forest industry. A new pulp-mill has been started at Gold River. A million-dollar hotel and shopping-centre complex has been built at Tahsis, and public townsites are being developed at Kelsey Bay and Port DD 32 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Hardy. The proposed extension of the highway to Port Hardy and the introduction of the new ferry system from the north end of the Island to Prince Rupert should encourage further development and increase the demand for Crown land. STAFF During the past year several changes were made in the location and employment of field staff. Mr. H. C. R. Gavin was transferred from Smithers to Burns Lake, effective June 1,1965, to take charge of the newly formed Burns Lake District. Mr. A. Paulsen was transferred from Kelowna to New Westminster, effective January 1, 1965, and promoted to Land Inspector —- Grade 3. Mr. R. F. Gilmour was transferred from Quesnel to Kelowna, effective July 1, 1965, and Mr. D. Havard was employed as Land Inspector—Grade 2 to fill the vacancy at Quesnel, effective June 1,1965. Mr. A. F. Smith, former Land Inspector for the Victoria District, was appointed Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent of Lands, effective April 1, 1965. Mr. G. H. Wilson was transferred from Vancouver to Victoria, effective June 1, 1965, and the vacancy in the Vancouver District was filled by Mr. H. D. Kent, who was promoted to a Grade 3 Land Inspector, effective July 29, 1965. Mr. G. A. Rhoades was appointed Senior Land Inspector in the Prince George office following Mr. Kent's transfer and promotion to Vancouver. Mr. Warner was transferred from Pouce Coupe to Prince Rupert, effective June 1, 1965, to assume charge of the newly formed Prince Rupert District. Similarly, Mr. Lowry was transferred from Fort St. John to Vanderhoof to assume charge of that district, which was also newly formed this year. Mr. Lowry's transfer was effective June 1, 1965. The rapid increase in the work load during the past few years has resulted in a gradual increase in the number of outstanding inspections at the end of each year. It therefore became necessary to employ sufficient additional staff to cope with the work load and reduce the backlog to a manageable level. To this end, 12 men were taken on staff as Deputy Land Inspectors—Grade 1. The new personnel were transferred to this Division from the British Columbia Forest Service, where they had been employed for many years. The experience gained in their former employment has been invaluable to this Division. The personnel involved were Mr. M. H. Barton, Deputy Land Inspector—Grade 1, assigned to the Prince George office, effective August 1, 1965; Mr. R. L. Cawston, Deputy Land Inspector—Grade 1, assigned to the Smithers office, effective August 16, 1965; Mr. P. H. Downs, Deputy Land Inspector—Grade 1, assigned to the Fort St. John office, effective September 15, 1965; Mr. R. A. Drew, Deputy Land Inspector—Grade 1, assigned to the Pouce Coupe office, effective August 1, 1965; Mr. N. Elder, Deputy Land Inspector—Grade 1, assigned to the Courtenay office, effective August 16, 1965; Mr. D. M. Ferrier, Deputy Land Inspector—Grade 1, assigned to the Kamloops office, effective August 16, 1965; Mr. R. L. Lussier, Deputy Land Inspector—Grade 1, assigned to the Nelson office, effective August 16, 1965; Mr. J. E. Perdue, Deputy Land Inspector—Grade 1, assigned to the Williams Lake office, effective August 1, 1965; Mr. E. E. Peterson, Deputy Land Inspector—Grade 1, assigned to the Fort St. John office, effective August 1, 1965; Mr. W. O. Pistak, Deputy Land Inspector—Grade 1, assigned to the Vanderhoof office, effective August 1, 1965; Mr. K. G. Stearns, Deputy Land Inspector—Grade 1, assigned to the Burns Lake office, effective August 1, 1965; and Mr. W. Kalau, Deputy Land Inspector—Grade 1, assigned to the Vanderhoof office, effective August 1, 1965. LANDS BRANCH DD 33 TRAINING Six Land Inspectors together with the Chief and Assistant Chief Land Inspector are now accredited as appraisers with the Appraisal Institute of Canada. Other Inspectors who have successfully completed the Appraisal 1 and 2 Courses are now writing the necessary demonstration appraisals which lead to accreditation. Twelve Deputy Land Inspectors who were taken on staff this year, together with six Land Inspectors who had previously been on staff, are now enrolled in the Appraisal 1 Course, which is sponsored by the Civil Service Commission. This course involves a home study programme during the winter months followed by two weeks of lecturing and studying in the last two weeks of March, 1966. Examinations will then be written. Two Land Inspectors, Mr. H. Gavin and Mr. A. Paulsen, this year completed the Executive Administration Course sponsored by the Civil Service Commission. At the present time three Land Inspectors and the Assistant Chief Land Inspector have completed this course. One Inspector has enrolled in his first year of the course. A one-week training course was held during September, 1965, for the purpose of acquainting the new Deputy Inspectors with office and field procedures used by this Division. The course was well received by the Deputy Inspectors and proved beneficial. STATISTICS Table 1 represents a summary of the number and type of inspections completed in the Province by this Division during 1965. Table 2 represents a comparison, on a year-to-year basis, of the volume of field work completed and requests outstanding at the end of each year for the period 1961 to 1965, inclusive. Table 3 represents an analysis of requests for inspections processed by this Division for the years 1961 to 1965, inclusive. DD 34 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 1.—Types of Inspections, 1965 Purchases— Agriculture (other than grazing) 395 Access (roads, etc.) 10 Commercial (resorts, service-stations, hotels, airfields, etc.) 89 Community (cemeteries, church-sites, parking areas, etc.) 30 Grazing (pasture, range) 239 Home-sites (permanent) 409 Industrial (mill-sites, power-sites, manufacturing plants, etc.) 55 Summer-home or camp sites 69 Wood-lots or tree-farms 4 Others 4 Leases— Land— Agriculture (other than grazing) 566 Commercial (resorts, service-stations, hotel, airfields, etc.) 68 Community (parks, cemeteries, dump-sites, etc) 43 Fur-farming 1 Grazing (pasture, range, hay-cutting, etc) 491 Home-sites (section 78 of the Land Act) 31 Home-sites (permanent, other than section 78 of the Land Act) 29 Industrial (mill-sites, power-sites, manufacturing plants, etc.) 32 Summer-home or camp sites 297 Quarrying (sand, gravel, limestone, diatomaceous earth, etc.) 38 Reviews (rentals and (or) diligent use) 737 Others 4 Foreshore— Booming and log storage or log-dumping 121 Commercial (boat rentals, marine service stations, wharves, etc.) 65 Industrial (mill-sites, canneries, factory-sites, wharves, etc.) 14 Quarrying (sand and gravel from river-beds) 4 Oyster and shellfish 16 Private (floats, boat-houses) 15 Reviews (rentals and (or) diligent use) 241 Land-use permits 40 Licence of occupation 34 Easements and (or) rights-of-way 8 Pre-emptions— Applications 27 Annual inspections (including applications for Crown grant) 111 Subdivisions— Valuations 21 Survey inspection 2 Plans cancellation 3 Proposals (lake-shore, residential, etc) 17 LANDS BRANCH DD 35 Table 1. Reserves— Grazing Gravel pits Recreational _ -Types of Inspections, 1965—Continued Others (state purpose). Veterans' Land Act Land Settlement Board— Classification Valuations Doukhobor lands Southern Okanagan Lands Project Pacific Great Eastern Railway Department of Social Welfare Other agencies—University Endowment Lands Miscellaneous inspections— Assignments Delinquent accounts Lake reconnaissance Land-use surveys Revaluations of special nature Protests Section 53 (2) of Land Act (verifying improvements) Section 65 of Land Act (free grants) Section 78 of Land Act (re compliance with provisions of) Section 130 of Land Act (lands vested in Crown under Taxation Act) Section 13 1b of Land Act (cases of doubt regarding inclusion of body of water in Crown grant) Trespass (land) Trespass (water) ___ Quieting Titles Act Others 3 l 48 12 3 6 7 12 3 4 1 6 2 14 30 17 86 18 444 15 4 23 62 23 40 Total 5,266 DD 36 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 2.—Analysis of Inspections Completed and Inspections Outstanding at Year-end for the Years 1961 to 1965, Inclusive Land Inspection District Examinations Made During- Outstanding at End of— 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 ,1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 Burns Lake Clinton Courtenay Fort St. John 234 199 '580 229 198 290 133 i 436 503 195 i 217 287 129 i 389 56 186 187 584 277 160 211 177 512 474 218 290 219 100 457 98 139 212 593 329 166 252 110 513 480 213 279 240 216 421 72 269 283 853 460 202 249 67 450 668 i 282 401 245 i 172 438 19 i 96 .136 235 293 582 482 201 278 242 454 591 67 173 317 250 236 156 530 13 70 41 18 60 8 25 19 1 44 67 24 66 ,11 2 68 ...... i 16 33 ,100 i 22 i 13 42 12 30 73 43 116 19 3 49 48 30 156 78 28 i 43 7 87 I 183 58 279 I 9 17 61 33 29 33 104 75 36 38 36 81 262 56 418 46 li8 58 I 29 151 35 32 230 50 Kelowna 26 63 61 Pouce Coupe 121 52 85 51 Smithers .. Vancouver _ _ Vanderhoof — 178 30 35 32 Williams Lake Headquarters B.C. Forest Service and others 33 16 Totals 4,075 ' 4,150 4,235 5,174 5,266 454 571 1,117 1,319 1,281 Note.—These figures include pre-emptions. Burns Lake, Prince Rupert, and Vanderhoof are new districts this year. Table 3.—Analysis of Requests for Inspection Processed by Land Inspection Division for Years 1961 to 1965, Inclusive District New Requests Received during— 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 287 247 169 170 249 241 177 202 209 286 292 515 542 629 761 708 222 286 380 452 457 196 147' 179 209 190 306 235 253 244 312 132 188 104 116 267 422 402 466 398 450 501' 455 570 730 457' . 108 164 220 214 263 162 244 339 442 540 366 282 227 230 282 256 168 128 101 212 176 172 331 434 430 433 19 503 13 85 56 98 105 57 3,952 4,002 4,586 5,263 5,466 Per Cent Change, 1965 over 1964 Per Cent Change, 1965 over 1961 Burns Lake Clinton Courtenay Fort St. John_ Kamloops Kelowna Nelson.. New Westminster.. Pouce Coupe. Prince George Prince Rupert—. QuesneL Smithers Vancouver Vanderhoof.. Victoria Williams Lake_ Headquarters.- B.C. Forest Service and others. Totals- —3 +2 —7 + 1 —9 4-28 +130 +13 —37 -38 -32 —10 —2 +17 -45 —2 +64 +35 +105 -3 +2 + 103 +7 —9 —1 +50 -9 +34 +52 -33 Average change for 1965 over 1964 for Province is +3 per cent. Average change for 1965 over 1961 for Province is +3'8 per cent. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH THE SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH The framework of maps and surveys so necessary for the orderly development and settlement of British Columbia is provided through the Surveys and Mapping Branch. That such scientific foundations were necessary even in the earliest days is shown by the fact that in 1851 the position of Colonial Surveyor for the young Crown Colony of Vancouver Island was created. In more than 100 years which have passed since Joseph Despard Pemberton was appointed first Surveyor-General, British Columbia has expanded immensely in all spheres of human endeavour. Much of the foundation for the way of life we have in British Columbia today rests on the reliability of our basic surveys. As British Columbia has progressed through time, so the surveys and maps of the Province have increased in magnitude and complexity. It is the responsibility of the Surveys and Mapping Branch, through the Boundary Commissioner, to establish and maintain co-operatively the boundaries between this Province and the other adjacent Provinces and Territories of Canada. Within the Province, the Branch has established and is ever extending a basic network of triangulation surveys which are fundamental to determining geographical locations and co-ordinating property boundaries. The surveying procedures vary according to the intended purposes. Topographic surveys are constantly improving the portrayal of various physical features. Cadastral (legal) surveys, on the other hand, delineate the parcels of Crown lands subject to alienation under the Land Act. Finally, it is necessary to show on published maps the combined survey effort in order to give a visual account of the position of land alienation and geographic features of British Columbia. Maps must satisfy a wide range of uses, whether it be by the sportsman searching for an untapped valley or virgin lake, the homesteader seeking unsettled lands, or the industrialist planning new ways and new places to develop the resources of this Province. So much for the uses of maps and surveys and their necessity. Also interesting is the great variety of techniques and equipment which must support our complex surveying and mapping organization. This includes photography from aircraft using precise cameras calibrated to less than a thousandth of an inch, modern optical surveyors' theodolites which read directly to seconds of arc, other instruments such as the tellurometer (a distance-measuring device which operates on a principal similar to radar), and plotting devices which are capable of precise mapping directly from aerial photographs. Helicopters and other aircraft speed surveyors to the remotest locations. Surveying is also expanding into the realm of electronic computers which can process the contents of field- notes in seconds compared with hours by manual methods. In all these ways, the science of surveying and mapping continues to serve the people by keeping pace with their needs and with the continual technological advances of our age. The following is a brief summary of the functions of the various divisions of the Surveys and Mapping Branch:— /. Administration.—General co-ordination of the four divisions of the Branch, being Legal Surveys, Geographic, Topographic, and Air; delineation and maintenance of boundaries under the Provincial Boundary Commissioner—namely, (a) Alberta-British Columbia Boundary and (6) British Columbia-Yukon-Northwest Territories Boundary; interdepartmental and intergovernmental liaison. //. Legal Surveys Division.—Regulations for surveys under the various Provincial Acts, such as Land, Land Registry, Mineral, Petroleum and Natural Gas; instructions to British Columbia land surveyors regarding surveys of Crown lands and subsequent check of field-notes and plans of same; preparation and custody of official plans; preparation and maintenance of Departmental reference maps, mineral reference maps, and composite (cadastral) maps; processing for status of all applications concerning Crown lands; field surveys of Crown lands, highway rights-of-way, etc.; preparation of legal descriptions; operation of blue-print and photostat sections; computational scrutiny of certain land registry subdivision plans; inspection surveys; restoration surveys. HI. Geographic Division.—Map compilation, drawing and negative engraving, editing, and reproduction; map checking, distribution, geographical naming—Gazetteer of British Columbia; field and culture surveys for preparation of land bulletins and maps; preparation of lep .1 descr'Dtions for and delineation of administrative boundaries; compilation and distribution of annual Lands Service Report; trigonometric computation and recording of geographic co-ordinates; general liaison between this Department and Federal and other mapping agencies on exchange of survey and mapping data; checking well- site survey plans under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act. IV. Topographic Division.—Propagation of field survey control—namely, triangulation, traverses, and photo-topographic control; operation of Beaver float-plane and M.V. " B.C. Surveyor "; helicopters on charter; compilation and fair drawing of manuscripts for standard topographic mapping; special field control for composite and photogram- metric mapping and other special projects; precise mapping from aerial photographs through the use of the most modern plotting-machines. V. Air Division.—Aerial photographic operations involving maintenance and operation of three aircraft; photographic processing, air-photo distribution, and Provincial airphoto library; compilation of interim base maps, primarily for the forest inventory; air-photo control propagation; instrument-shop for the repair, maintenance, and development of technical equipment. '■:.' yyy ■'.: '■i'g m. -in ''. wmm »r JSSm I J4 ;y*-';'.:'" ■MR. DD 40 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH G. S. Andrews, M.B.E., B.Sc.F., P.Eng., B.C.R.F., B.C.L.S., F.R.G.S., Surveyor-General and Director Two of the year's major field projects were, in effect, " crash " programmes, not having been requested and approved until well after the normal planning stages. They were thus handicapped by various factors associated with a late start, one of which was the scarcity of helicopters available on contract, due to an unusually active season, chiefly in mining and forest protection. Another difficulty was the loss of weather opportunity in the first half of the season. One of these projects was a twofold topographic programme in the Stikine-Iskut area and the other was a precise perimeter control structure along the west coast of Vancouver Island, about both of which further details are given elsewhere in this report. In cases like these, provision of money to do the job does not necessarily ensure success, which depends so much on the imponderables of weather and other uncontrollable factors. We acknowledge that in the case of both projects success was due in part to good luck as well as to good management, and they focused emphasis on the value of planning and coordination of cost estimates well in advance of the operational season and, indeed, in advance of budget-making. With the foregoing in mind, an Interdepartmental Co-ordinating Committee on Surveys and Mapping was activated during the year at the instigation of the Deputy Minister of Lands. As the name implies, this Committee aims to ensure that operational programmes of this Branch will most effectively meet the over-all needs of Government by anticipating requirements of all departments concerned sufficiently early to utilize the full season, to ensure funds being provided, to avoid duplication, and to consolidate priorities to aim at the optimum benefit on the broadest possible basis. This Committee is really a reincarnation of the old Interdepartmental Committee on Air Surveys set up in 1948, but allowed to lapse in succeeding years due to various preoccupations. The new Committee is broader in scope, and its title tacitly implies that air-survey photography is indeed an integral part of most surveys and mapping operations. An inaugural meeting of the new Committee was held on August 17th, at which its purpose and terms of reference were clarified. A second meeting followed on September 16th to finalize, as far as possible, the co-ordination of 1966 requests in surveys and mapping in anticipation of estimates for the 1966/67 budget. Indications are that the purpose of the Interdepartmental Committee will be realized to good effect, and that it will reduce to a minimum the incidence of last-minute "crash" projects with the risk of compromised efficiency and reduced success. Contrary to the hope expressed in my previous report, the year has ended without the first " integrated survey area " being proclaimed under provisions of the Official Surveys Act as amended in 1964. A number of areas are, however, almost ready for this historic step, their major control networks having been installed, surveyed, adjusted, checked and double checked to the required specifications. Several other areas are waiting further intensification of the survey control by the local authorities, the City of Dawson Creek being one. Other areas still require some residual technical attention; for example, an apparent error in our distance between primary stations "Kelly" and "Lake," governing control for the Trail-Rossland area, came to light as a result of preliminary computational adjustments, but too late in the season for further field checks. This anomaly must be investigated in 1966; meanwhile final co-ordinate adjustment of the said Trail-Rossland control net must be held in abeyance. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH DD 41 The difficulty with electronic measurement of distance less than 1 mile, mentioned a year ago, has been effectively solved by the use of a Model 6b geodimeter (developed in Sweden). This instrument, which resolves lineal differences to within a few millimetres, utilizes the transmission of light impulses instead of radio waves between the master station and a reflector placed at the remote end of the line. While its range is limited to something less than 3 miles in daylight and it requires good visibility, the ray path is narrow, very selective, and is immune to random reflections or electronic emanations from power-lines, traffic, etc. The geodimeter is thus ideal for close work in congested urban and suburban areas. The tellurometer is still unchallenged for measurement of longer lines, from, say, 2 to over 20 miles, comprising major control structures. Two of the criteria used to assess the accuracy achieved in co-ordinating an array of surveyed points in the field is the proportional magnitude of the "closing error " between initial and terminal control in distance and angle, and the standard deviation from the mean of the adjustments to individual observed values connecting adjacent points which make up the scheme. If the over-all closures do not exceed, say, 1/100,000 for distance and, say, 1 or 2 seconds of arc for azimuth, we feel pretty good. However, one must also take close scrutiny of the list of corrections to azimuth and distance for each connecting course in the system to be sure that none of these exceeds the allowable error. Any and each offending instance must be thoroughly investigated, including a field check, if necessary. We have learned that trouble of this sort may arise, not from a significant error in the field observation, but from certain peculiarities in the use of the computational adjustment programmes. Further experience in application of the new programmes BRIDE and GROOM, mentioned in my report a year ago, has brought to light two areas of possible trouble. One is improper relative weighting between angles and distances due to improper appreciation of each. Care must be taken to apply weighting of angles versus distances in proportion to the probable relative accuracy of each type of measurement. These may vary according to the size and nature of the job. On primary schemes with large unit figures, that is to say, with long sides, the tellurometer gives remarkably high relative accuracy for distances, normally between 1/200,000 and 1/500,000, depending on field conditions. Similar angular precision on such a job may be rare or impossible, due not to instruments or procedures, but to uncontrollable factors such as visibility, atmospherics, and the human element (as in adjusting and reading a theodolite micrometer on a frigid wind-blown mountain-top, eyes watering, fingers numb, instrument possibly vibrating, etc.). For tellurometer schemes, the weighting of observed distances in proportion to the weighting of observed bearings (angles) should increase with the average length of the sides in the scheme, and vice versa. The other area where sophisticated computing programmes can give impressive over-all accuracy, but at the same time produce individual intolerable absurdities, is in the nature of the actual survey structure being treated. The BRIDE and GROOM programmes are designed to make least-squares adjustments to a consolidated block of points, all interconnected by observed distances and bearings, which they can do very efficiently. If a scheme in reality consists of one or more separate expansions or blocks of points, these blocks being connected with each other and to the terminal control by what is essentially a simple but circuitous control traverse, it is better, first, to adjust the main structure of the control traverse on the basis of an orthodox approach such as the "compass rule" with a programme such as Surmap 13, and then to employ BRIDE or GROOM separately for each block expansion, holding to the values obtained for the main route points from Surmap 13. DD 42 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES The clarification of these really simple and common-sense features has come to us poignantly and gradually, by trial and error, during the past year, and accounts for some of the delay in finalizing results of control operations for survey integration. The concern of the parachutist that his equipment is in perfect order before the leap into space is understandable, and has its parallel in our reluctance to push any of our integrated survey areas " through the hatch " until we are satisfied that the control data for them are infallible as far as is humanly possible. In connection with the establishment of a suitable control system for survey integration to serve the communities in the Okanagan Valley and those north toward the Salmon Arm region, there had been a complete lack of primary control along that route. To remedy this situation, a co-operative scheme with the Geodetic Survey of Canada was successfully completed. Provincial participation was to design and select a suitable series of stations, prove them, check access and intervisibility, and install the monuments, then in the latter part of the season a Federal survey party moved in to carry out the observing programme to Geodetic Survey standards. This operation was a complete success and a gratifying example of Federal-Provincial teamwork which, I am pleased to say, is the rule rather than the exception. We now await the results of this work from Ottawa to enable the final co-ordination of local control schemes done by this Branch in Penticton and planned for other communities in the near future. The Geodetic Survey of Canada also carried out a primary control project north and east from Fort Nelson to connect with an existing chain of the same category following the route of the Mackenzie Highway in Northern Alberta. This new " cross member " of survey control will strengthen both the primary network following down the Alaska Highway from the Yukon and our Provincial secondary network in North-east British Columbia established some 10 years ago. It is understood at least two of our original stations, " Lesellen " and " Louise," were incorporated in the new first-order structure. This should facilitate correlation and readjustment of the older secondary net. Among several items of new legislation affecting surveys, enacted by the Provincial Legislature at its 1965 Session, an amendment to the Land Act provided, at long last, for a legal sanctuary around survey control monuments situated on Crown land, through a new section, 88a, as follows:—■ " 88a. Where any geodetic or survey control monument of the Province is established on Crown lands, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may, by notice signed by the Minister and published in the Gazette, reserve the Crown lands within a radius of twenty-five feet surrounding any such monument and measured from the centre of the monument." The choice of a circular reserve of 25-foot radius, centred on the survey monument to be protected, eliminates the need for survey in the first instance, as the control monument itself automatically serves as legal evidence of the location of the reserve. To give effect to this legislation, preparation of the initial Order in Council is in hand. Subsequent alienations of Crown land may then contain provision to exclude the control-monument site from the grant or lease. Interference with or destruction of the monument, or erection of structures over it, will then constitute trespass, with the legal implications arising therefrom. Section 102 of the Land Registry Act, as amended in 1965, provides, in subsection (2) thereof, for the consolidation of accreted land adjacent to Crown land into the title of adjoining lands being subdivided by the simple device of a certificate on the subdivision plan by the Minister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources that the unregistered land is lawfully accreted land. This is less complicated than SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH DD 43 dealing with small accretions under the Quieting Titles Act when the Crown elects to concede its title thereto. Subsection (3) of the above-mentioned amended section 102 provides for the acceptance by a Registrar of a subdivision plan containing a natural boundary which may not agree with the purported same natural boundary as shown on a plan already on record in the Land Registry Office, owing to lack of detail in the latter plan, by the device of a certification on the new plan by the Minister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources that the natural boundary shown thereon is the true natural boundary. In many cases the older survey, represented by a plan on deposit in the Land Registry Office, was done in an early period when the importance of a meticulous location of the natural boundary, such as high-water mark, was not justified due to the then low value of the land being surveyed. The later survey, being cognizant of modern values of the land, provides a more precise and detailed location of such a boundary, which obviously should merit legal acceptance. An agreement between this Branch and the Army Survey Establishment in Ottawa has now endured for 18 years whereby the latter agency undertook to print and supply us with adequate stocks, free of charge, of all map-sheets of the standard 1:50,000 scale National Topographic Series which this Branch itself has completed up to and including the fairdrawn manuscript form. Normally our part of this co-operative effort has included the air photography, field control surveys, and photogrammetric compilation, as well as the fairdrawing of the manuscript sheets at 1:31,680 or 2-inches-per-mile scale with 100-foot contours. This arrangement has been a real benefit to the Province and a praiseworthy example of Federal- Provincial co-operation in the mapping field. The arrangement also recognized the competence of the Provincial Branch as a mapping agency and the value of its contribution to the National mapping programme of Canada as a whole. Unfortunately military priorities have, over the years, resulted in the accumulation of a sizeable backlog of British Columbia sheets waiting in Ottawa for printing under this arrangement, but it has resulted, nevertheless, in many printed map-sheets being made available at a significant financial saving. In recent months we have been advised that, due to high-level policy affecting the operational role of the Army in the mapping field, this arrangement must soon be terminated, and that the Army facilities for lithographic map printing will be transferred to and consolidated with those of the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys. Negotiations with the latter Department are therefore in progress with a view to a similar understanding being set up, and on the basis of the high level of co-operation also enjoyed with that Department in all survey matters over many years, we are hopeful that these efforts will result in a satisfactory agreement. As one of only two members from Provincial Governments, the writer's appointment to the National Advisory Committee on Control Surveys and Mapping, on the invitation of the Federal Government and with approval of the Honourable Minister of this Department in January last, was another tribute to the eminence of this Province in the mapping field, as well as a distinct personal compliment. An inaugural meeting of the said Committee was held in Ottawa during March, at which time three sub-committees were set up according to the terms of the authorizing Order in Council (P.C. 1964-1568), namely:— (a) Sub-committee on Survey Education and Research. (b) Sub-committee on Mapping and Control Surveys. (c) Sub-committee on Aeronautical Charting. DD 44 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES The writer was asked to head up and organize Sub-committee (b) on a similar pattern to that of the parent committee, representative of Government, both Federal and Provincial, and industry, with due regional considerations. The interval between the second meeting of the main committee in October, again in Ottawa, afforded sufficient time to recruit a very strong sub-committee and to explore by correspondence the broad area of concern in time for later plenary meetings in Ottawa. The writer feels that the time and effort on this commitment is of much value, since broad aspects of survey and mapping policy are brought into sharper focus, thanks to the meeting of minds, so to speak, of a select and authoritative group of leaders in the field. According to the ancient dictum, " Walk with the wise and ye become wise," he has gained much personal benefit, with the likelihood that it may be shed on his official responsibilities at home in British Columbia. While attending the Ottawa meetings, the opportunity was taken to execute several other items of Provincial business. For example, in March it was possible to attend the annual joint meeting of the American Society of Photogrammetry and the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping in Washington, prior to the Ottawa meetings, for only the extra travel between Ottawa and Washington. It was also possible, during the week of October, to attend meetings of the Canadian Council on Cadastral Surveys and the Conference of Federal and Provincial Survey Officers in Ottawa. My past reports have stressed the importance of the human factor in the quality, volume, and usefulness of the output of this Branch. This emphasis bears repetition. Our complex and varied operations, and the extent to which they fulfil the required type and magnitude of service to the Province, depend no less on flesh, blood, brains, and spirit than upon the spectacular array of modern technological equipment and processes at our disposal. The psychological and physiological metabolism of human response in our staff is no less important than complex circuitry in black boxes crammed with transistors, micron-splitting resolution of instrumental optics, the mysteries of occult dials and knobs, the scintillating consoles of electronic data processors, and the alchemy of photochemical and lithographic processes. However impressive this fantastic technological array may be, it is naught without the complement of human skills, judgment, and spirit embodied in an adequate and inspired staff. Past recommendations for additional staff resulted in a AVi -per-cent increase in total authorized Branch establishment during the year, being eight new bodies. The modest gain, for which we, however, are grateful, was unfortunately offset appreciably by an abnormal total of separations during the year, involving a heavy proportion of skilled and experienced staff. A total of 19 separations, being 10 per cent of total staff, was sustained, of which 2 were retirements on superannuation, 13 went to other (apparently more attractive) employment, and 4 were for personal reasons, such as health, education, or change of domicile. The same total included 5 people of senior or supervisory status, 12 skilled journeymen, and 2 juniors. Considering the difficulties of recruitment and training to effectively fill these vacancies, we suffered grievous loss of highly productive personnel, which adds substance to our pleas for better classifications of many of the positions in our organization, whereby not only would there be less cause to look to greener fields afar, but there would be better incentive for promotion within the Branch; otherwise we become simply a training organization for specialized skills, and as such cannot fulfil the services expected of us, either in quality or in volume. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH DD 45 One of the superannuants was Mr. F. W. Rich, Draughtsman 4, who joined the Branch in 1948 as a supervising draughtsman in the Topographic Division. In 1953 he transferred to the Air Division. His outstanding artistic skills were much appreciated and used to good effect in many special assignments, including two temporary attachments to the Fraser River Board in connection with the preparation of its preliminary and final reports. The other superannuant was Mr. C. R. W. Leak, B.C.L.S., D.L.S., from the position of Land Surveyor 2, with the Legal Surveys Division. Having obtained his D.L.S. in 1931, Mr. Leak joined the Topographic Division in 1944 after returning from service with the Royal Canadian Engineers overseas. In 1951 he obtained his British Columbia land surveyor's commission, and in 1953 transferred to the Legal Surveys Division. Mr. Leak exercised the option of voluntary retirement prior to the maximum statutory age. The usual statistical and factual record of the year's operations is reported by each of the Branch's four divisions in following pages, a synoptic summary of which is given by the Deputy Minister in preceding pages. In this part, therefore, a few special aspects of Branch activities have been discussed. More topics could have been included had there been no limit on space, time, and the patience of the reader. I repeat, with sustained sincerity, my annual expression of appreciation and acknowledgment of the high level of staff performance and loyalty, the agreeable and effective co-operation with other segments of the Lands Service, the Department, other Provincial and Federal Government agencies, the land-surveying profession, industry, and the thousands of individual citizens with whom we have done business during the past year. I also gratefully acknowledge, on behalf of myself and the staff, the support and interest of the higher administration in the Department and in the Government generally. DD 46 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES LEGAL SURVEYS DIVISION D. Pearmain, Chief The Legal Surveys Division, under the direction of the Surveyor-General, is responsible for cadastral surveys of all Crown lands of the Province. This entails the issuing of instructions to the land surveyors engaged to make each survey and supplying them with copies of the field-notes and plans of adjoining or adjacent surveys. After the completion of the survey, the returns are forwarded to this office for checking and plotting. Included in the above returns are all right-of-way surveys, including those for highways, railways, and transmission-lines. During the year 1,139 sets of the above instructions were issued, which is a decrease of 60 from 1964. During the year 565 sets of field-notes or survey plans covering the surveys of 860 lots were received in this office and duly indexed, checked, plotted, and official plans prepared therefrom. Of the above-mentioned surveys, 760 were made under the Land Act and 100 under the Mineral Act. At the present time there are approximately 99,145 sets of field-notes on record in our vaults. There were 543 plans received from land surveyors covering subdivision and rights-of-way surveys which were made under the Land Registry Act. These were duly indexed and checked, and certified copies deposited in the respective Land Registry Offices. In order that a graphic record may be kept of alienations of both surveyed and unsurveyed Crown lands together with reserves, a set of 245 reference maps, covering the whole of the Province, must be maintained. These show all cadastral surveys which are on file in the Department, and are kept up to date by adding new information as it accrues from day to day. Prints are available to the public (see Indexes 1 to 7 in the envelope attached to the back cover of this Annual Report). All applications to purchase or lease Crown lands or foreshore which are received by the Lands Branch and all applications to purchase Crown timber received by the Forest Service are channelled through this Division for clearance. The orderly processing of these applications requires that an exhaustive status be made from the reference maps, official plans, and Land Registry Office plans. From the reference maps, together with other information and facilities maintained by this Division, it is possible to give an up-to-the-minute status of any parcel of Crown land in the Province. It was necessary during the year, for status and compilation purposes, to obtain 5,270 plans from the various Land Registry Offices. This Division co-operates with the other departments of Government by preparing and checking legal descriptions which they require. Those assisted in this way were the Attorney-General's Department (descriptions of Small Debts Courts), the Department of Agriculture (descriptions of disease-free areas and pound districts), the Department of Municipal Affairs (descriptions for the incorporation or amendment of municipal areas), the Forest Service (descriptions of tree-farm licences and working circles), and the Lands Branch (descriptions for gazetted reserves, etc.). During the year 150 of the above descriptions were prepared, and this entailed 507 man-hours. REPRODUCTION SECTION The Legal Surveys Division, through this Section, continues to supply a service to all departments of Government and to the public, as well as supplying all the SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH DD 47 prints and photostats, etc., required by the Surveys and Mapping Branch. The total number of prints made during the year was 323,604, in the preparation of which 231,040 yards or 131.3 miles of paper and linen were used. The number of photostats, films, and autopositives made was 151,105. Of the 323,604 prints made, 66,029 were for the Surveys and Mapping Branch, 66,704 for other branches of the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, 173,468 for other departments of Government, and 17,403 for the public. Likewise, of the 151,105 photostats, films, etc., made, 40,041 were for the Surveys and Mapping Branch, 94,923 for other branches of the Department, 13,691 for other departments of Government, and 2,450 for the public. The multilith machine turned out 284,580 copies during the year. COMPOSITE MAP SECTION This Section is responsible for the compilation and fairdrawing of composite maps, mostly at a scale of 500 feet to 1 inch, of the more densely subdivided areas of the Province and especially where they occur in unorganized territory (see Index 3 inside back cover). During the year no composite mapping was done; instead this Section was given the responsibility of recompiling and renewing reference maps which, through constant use, had become very worn and dirty. In certain cases the scale of the new maps has been changed from 1 inch to 1 mile to 1 inch to one-half mile. A series of reference maps, 31 in number, covering the area between Vancouver and Hope on a scale of 1 inch to one-quarter mile was completed. The total number of reference maps recompiled and redrawn during the year was 50. LAND EXAMINATION PLANS SECTION This Section is responsible for the preparation of plans for the use of the Land Inspectors in their examination of applications for Crown lands. These plans are a consolidation of all the information available in this Department and pertinent to the applications requiring inspection. A synopsis of the work accomplished by this Section during the past six years is as follows:— Year Plans Prepared Year Plans Prepared 1960 2,609 1963 2,944 1961 2,660 1964 2,827 1962 2,941 1965 2,212 LAND REGISTRY OFFICE PLAN CHECKING SECTION This Section supplies a service to the Land Registry Offices at Victoria, Kamloops, Nelson, and Prince Rupert by giving a thorough mathematical check to plans tendered for deposit in the said offices. On December 1st a start was made on a two-month trial basis to supply this service to the Land Registry Office at Vancouver. This mathematical check is accomplished through the use of the electronic computer which is available to the Division. During the year 2,436 plans received this check, as compared with 2,216 in 1964 and 1,558 in 1963. GENERAL The receiving and distribution of survey-posts, which are stored at 859 Devonshire Road, has operated smoothly and efficiently. The following synopsis shows the quantities of posts shipped during the past year and to whom:— DD 48 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Standard Pipe Driveable Pipe Standard Rock B.C.L.S. Bars 95 70 660 381 722 4,308 157 63 919 125 3,061 925 Totals 825 5,411 1,139 4,111 COMPUTER PROGRAMMING No new programmes were written during 1965. The greater part of the year was spent in rewriting existing programmes for the 1620 Model II computer which was installed in October. The conversions have expanded the scope of the programmes at the same time as increasing speed by a factor of three to five. The new computer uses disk storage instead of cards for the storage of programmes and intermediate results, and output is printed on an on-line printer instead of being punched on cards which subsequently had to be interpreted. In addition to the programme conversion, a good deal of experimentation has been carried out with computing methods, and as a result a number of changes and improvements were made to the programmes at the time of conversion. At the end of the year the following converted programmes were operational:— SMI 13: Traverse and Plan Check Programme—used by all divisions of the Surveys and Mapping Branch and the Department of Highways. SMI 19: Field Survey Programme—used by the Legal Surveys Division and the Water Resources Service. SMI20: Hydraulic Cross Section Programme—used by the Water Resources Service. SMI22: Level Network Adjustment—used by the Topographic Division and the Water Resources Service. SMI25: Conversion between Geographical and Polyconic Rectangular Coordinates—used by all divisions and the Water Resources Service. SM117, 217, 317: Aerotriangulation Strip Adjustment Programmes-—used by the Photogrammetric Section. SM131 ("BRIDE"): Traverse Network Adjustment Programme—used by the Geographic Division in connection with integrated surveys and by the Water Resources Service. The conversions of " GROOM "—Triangulation Adjustment Programme—and Aerotriangulation Block Adjustment Programmes are in progress. These programmes were obtained from Ottawa, and their conversion is made more difficult due to our unfamiliarity with the exact method of operation. These programmes, and a few other minor programmes yet to be converted, are still usable, in their original forms, on the new computer. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH DD 49 Summary of Office Work for the Years 1964 and 1965, Legal Surveys Division Number of field-books received ,, lots surveyed „ lots plotted „ lots gazetted „ lots cancelled .___ „ lots amended mineral-claim field-books prepared _... reference maps compiled or renewed _ applications for purchase cleared applications for pre-emption cleared.. applications for lease cleared water licences cleared timber sales cleared Crown-grant applications cleared cancellations made inquiries cleared letters received and dealt with land-examination plans Crown-grant and lease tracings made _ miscellaneous tracings made photostats made blueprints made offset prints made FIELD WORK 1964 660 910 646 712 14 223 47 4 2,938 104 3,703 238 5,329 1,224 4,170 1,499 6,369 2,827 5,623 137,515 249,678 280,670 1965 565 860 735 648 11 212 70 50 2,025 67 4,138 132 3,910 1,146 3,361 1,454 6,423 2,212 5,557 7 151,105 323,604 284,580 Subdivisions of Crown Land An addition to the Hart Lake townsite created 46 more town lots there as well as a new school-site. In the Nechako Improvement District a subdivision of 56 town lots was made, and at Chetwynd an additional 117 lots were laid out. Single lots were surveyed at Prince George, Kamloops, and at the University of British Columbia for various purposes. A total of 142 lake-front home-site lease lots was created, being made up of 12 at Greeny Lake near Lac la Hache, 11 at Bednesti Lake, 13 at Big Fish Lake near Brisco, 15 at Jewell Lake in the Boundary country, 5 at Peachland to cover some existing cabins formerly in a park reserve, with the balance of 86 in a large subdivision on Village Bay Lake on Quadra Island. Rural roadsite subdivisions produced 13 home-sites near Williams Lake, 19 on the Beatton River Road, 3 at Clinton, 13 at Creston, 22 at Ryder Lake near Chilliwack, 19 at Sechelt, 8 at Port Hardy, and 9 at Port Edward. Two ski-cabin subdivisions were made; the larger one of 34 sites for individual leases was on Apex Mountain and the other of 17 larger sites for club use was at Garibaldi. One acreage unit near Golden completed this work. Land Settlement Board Lands Continuing work was done on subdivision of lands in areas occupied by the Doukhobor people. At Krestova, the last large unsubdivided area, a total of 114 parcels, was surveyed, mostly to contain existing dwellings and gardens with some extra parcels for new occupation. At Ootishenia a compact subdivision of lots of DD 50 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES town size was surveyed on the bank of the Columbia River to provide 59 more building-sites in that area. Park Sites and Reserves A marine park of 59 acres on De Courcy Island, an area of 55 acres fronting the Island Highway at Nanoose Bay, one of 23 acres on the Northern Trans- Provincial Highway at Hazelton, and the old established Bromley Park of 353 acres on the Similkameen River were surveyed. A large block of land on the Forbidden Plateau was cut out to provide a wilderness and winter sport area, and to facilitate this transfer a comparable large block was surveyed in the Campbell River area. Public reserves of various types were surveyed at Monte Lake, Bednesti Lake, Prince George, and Alexandria, and a cemetery-site at Elko was included. Forest Service Roads and Sites At Port Hardy, 5 miles of road was surveyed through a very old area with complicated ownership pattern. This presented an opportunity to carry out some very useful cancellation of old unused survey lines and general tidying up of the survey picture in that area. The resultant plan, of considerable extent, will be very useful for future surveys. A survey of a Ranger station site was carried out at Penticton. Reposting and Restoration In Telkwa and New Hazelton 51 block corners were re-established, with 22 at Beaverly and a smaller number in Topley, Perow, and Prince George. At Sooke four district lots were resurveyed in a continuing programme in that area, and a similar single district lot at Wellington was also resurveyed. Work begun at China Gulch on the Fraser River near Big Bar last year was carried to completion, and a substantial error in the old cadastral surveys in that area is now clarified. This large restoration was tied into the Provincial triangulation system. Several sections were reposted at Kamloops in connection with the new vocational-school site. Smaller jobs in connection with a Forest Service nursery-site at Rawleigh, north of Kamloops, and various parking-lots in the Victoria government precinct area were accomplished. Highways South of Merritt a 16.75-mile section of the road to Princeton was surveyed. On the Southern Trans-Canada Highway near Hedley 7.9 miles was completed with another 5.3 miles in the Richter Pass area. It was possible to tie this latter section to the Provincial triangulation network. On the Northern Trans-Provincial Highway 10.8 miles in the Topley-Perow area and another 7.3 miles made up of four small sections west to Hazelton were completed. Some very bad areas for survey were encountered where the time taken up in restoration of old obliterated corners was out of all proportion to the time expended in surveying the centre fine of the road ahead. The restoration of old corners by Highway Surveys continues to be the major effort in this direction. Inspections and Miscellaneous Inspection surveys were made in the vicinity of Penticton, Pender Harbour, and Peachland, the results of which proved the necessity for the surveys. A survey to close and transfer a part of old highway was made at Princeton where a sizeable encroachment was encountered. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH DD 51 TOPOGRAPHIC DIVISION A. G. Slocomb, B.C.L.S., Chief Highlights of this past year's field season was the satisfactory completion of two special survey projects despite the fact that they were not started until July. The larger of the two, a combination of several requests, in the Iskut-Stikine River area, commenced on July 7th, while the other, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, was delayed until July 31st. For the Iskut-Stikine area a three-month helicopter contract was arranged with Foothills Aviation Ltd., of Calgary, for a Bell 47G3 Bl machine, which allowed 260 flying-hours. From past experience in this vicinity during 1951, it was expected there would be difficulty in flying that number of hours because of the normal cloudy weather that usually develops during August. This year good flying weather was encountered; the crews flew 160 hours during the first 30 days, completed the contract in two months, and the whole job 10 days later. Control was obtained for IV2 National Topographic Series 1:50,000 scale map-sheets, which more than doubled the original request from the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources for a minimum of six half-sheets (see Fig. 1). In addition, all of the pondage control required by the Water Resources Service was obtained, and sufficient vertical control to accurately map proposed dam-sites. Using the volume of work as a yardstick, it was the most successful operation completed by this Division over the past decade. However, it has been said that any large helicopter-equipped survey such as this operates from crisis to crisis, and indeed this one had its problems. Working in remote areas always means long-distance hauling, and our two 3-ton trucks, of Cinder cone on plateau north of Edziza Peak, Stikine River area. DD 52 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES GEODETIC TRIANGULATION ® PROVINCIAL TRIANGULATION A TELLUROMETER STATIONS • Fig. 1. 1954—55 vintage, were taxed to the limit; consequently there were several breakdowns which almost caused a gasoline famine. The Otter aircraft was operational in its first season in spite of various technical problems, some of which were not solved satisfactorily until the return to Victoria on completion of the survey. Part of the control obtained was for large-scale maps of proposed dam-sites, and in this connection a crew from the International Power and Engineering Consultants Ltd. (IPEC) were in the area at the same time investigating all these sites. They boarded at our survey camp, but had their own helicopter and truck. The second special project was the result of exploratory offshore investigations by the petroleum industry. The industry had made its own surveys, basing the work on a combination of Hydrographic and Provincial triangulation stations. These two systems, designed for different purposes, and not of the same order of accuracy, never having been co-ordinated, were thus unsuitable, as their results showed. A request by the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources for the establishment of a uniform west coast triangulation was made to the Minister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources and approved. A proposed second-order tellurometer traverse between Geodetic Stations "Tzartus" in Barkley Sound and "Shushartie" at the northern end of Vancouver Island was laid out in the office with the express purpose of tying together as many of the existing networks as possible along the way. Helicopter was to be the mode SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH DD 53 of transport, involving a machine available from Shell Canada Ltd., augmented by other machines in the vicinity on a day-by-day basis as they became available. The crew was hastily assembled from other projects and organized at Tofino on July 31st. Difficulty was immediately experienced in obtaining a helicopter. The Shell machine, attempting to do two jobs, suffered a minor breakdown, and all the other machines were commandeered by the Forest Service to fight fires on the east coast of the Island and the Mainland. Fog and low clouds on the west coast interfered continually for the first two weeks. During this period a Deep V Hull offshore cruiser, 20 feet long with an 8-foot beam and an inboard-outboard motor capable of speeds up to 30 knots, supplied excellent service. Its seaworthiness was adequately tested under typical Pacific Ocean west coast conditions, and proved ideal for moving three-man crews to fly camps. On August 17th a one-month charter of a Hiller helicopter was obtained from Spartan Air Services Ltd., of Calgary, and that machine completed the survey. The west coast of Vancouver Island is most unsuitable for helicopter operation where landing-sites on the ridges or tops are required. In all cases a landing-site had to be cleared, and many were marginal, depending entirely on wind direction. Of the 44 stations co-ordinated, four, including the two terminals, were Geodetic, nine were Provincial triangulation, six were Hydrographic Survey of Canada stations, and three were Shell Canada's positions. The remainder were the intermediate stations necessary to carry the traverse through, some of which were designed to be useful to the Shell personnel or other operators in their future exploration surveys. There were five separate integrated surveys worked on during the year. The largest, in the Trail area, comprised the Cities of Trail and Rossland, the Villages of Warfield and Montrose, and the Municipality of Tadanac adjacent to the smelter-site at the City of Trail. Under direction of the Department, a local British Columbia land surveyor laid out the control pattern, enabling the local authorities to install the monuments. A total of 55 monuments was set in Trail, Tadanac, and Warfield, nine in the City of Rossland, and four in the Village of Montrose. In addition, our survey crew set four on the highway between Trail and Montrose and three between War- field and Rossland. A total of 73 monuments was co-ordinated in the area plus 13 third-order and four second-order triangulation stations. Elevations were carried by spirit level, and in this regard the hilly nature of the Trail area presented some problems, and great care had to be taken with the elevations and instrument heights because in some instances the slopes were up to 20 degrees. The smoke problem of the area caused by the Trail smelter and the chemical plant at Warfield bothered the observers continually. Mention should be made of the fact that it was in this area we used our new Model 6B geodimeter for the first time, finding it excellent on the short distances it was used for and exactly as claimed by the makers. Following its use in Trail, it was shipped to the New Westminster area, where it performed equally well. The City of Penticton installed 53 monuments following a visit by a member of this Division earlier in the season. They were co-ordinated and tied into the main triangulation during August. Elevations were run by spirit levels, directions read by Wild T2 theodolites, and the distances measured by tellurometer M.R.A. 3's. One short distance was measured later with the geodimeter. The City of Kimberley installed 25 monuments and the Village of Marysville 11 following a visit by a staff surveyor, who then co-ordinated both into the new 10-station network he had brought through from a geodetic base in the Cranbrook area earlier in the season. He then moved to the New Westminster district and co- DD 54 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES ordinated 95 monuments previously established by the city. Most of the distances measured here were done by the Model 6B geodimeter. A site plan for 32 monuments was prepared for the City of Kelowna, and these monuments should be in place and ready for our next field season. Following correspondence with the Geodetic Survey of Canada, a request was made by this Branch for the completion of a 125-mile link through the Okanagan Valley from Vernon to Osoyoos, offering to co-operate in any way possible and suggesting doing the preliminary location of such a link. This offer was accepted following a field reconnaissance by a Federal representative. The original plan was amended slightly following this visit, and two ties were added to include a radio- telescope site at White Lake and the Queen Elizabeth Observatory on Mount Kobau. Twenty-three stations were finally set and made ready for the observing crew of the Geodetic Survey of Canada, which completed the work later in the year. Our crew also established four second-order stations from this new geodetic net for the City of Penticton integrated survey. The fifth crew did the smaller jobs, including five site plans, at Nelson, Burnaby, and in the vicinity of Victoria for the Public Works Department, a mapping job for the Regional Planning Board in the Colwood-Langford district, and additional work for the Forest Service for the Chilcotin Forest access road. This crew also worked on the Southern Vancouver Island map-revision programme before joining up with the west coast of Vancouver Island project and forming the nucleus of that party. Four National Topographic Series map-sheets, totalling approximately 1,417 square miles, were compiled in the Photogrammetric Section. In addition, 17 cross flight strips were bridged and 11 map-sheets were readied for mapping with the new pantograph attachment to the multiplex, ordered but as yet not received. There were 12 large-scale projects ranging in scale from 50 to 1,320 feet to 1 inch, including reconnaissance and dam-site maps, as well as detailed plans for various projects. The Draughting Section reports the completion of 31 standard topographic manuscripts at the scale of 2 inches to 1 mile and 139 large-scale mapping plans at various scales. In addition, the plotting of the cadastral survey on 101 Federal Government 1:50,000 manuscripts was completed. Fourteen mosaics were assembled and distributed to the various departments requesting them. The Federal Government now has 101 of our 1: 50,000 scale manuscripts on hand for printing, which are in various stages of reproduction. Copies of the photogrammetric large-scale mapping and the completed manuscripts listed following this report are available upon request (see Indexes 4 and 6 contained in the envelope attached to the back cover of this Annual Report). surveys and mapping branch List of Large-scale Mapping DD 55 No. Name Available Scale Contour Interval No. of Sheets Date XI Goldfields No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 1"=800', 900', 1,000', 1,320' 1"=200', 600' 1"=1,000' 1"=1,000' l''=20 ch. 1"= 550' 1"=10 ch. l"=10ch. l"=10ch. 1"=1,300' 1"=13 ch. 1"= 100' 1"=1,000' 1"=. 500' 1"= 100' 1"=1,000' i"= soc 1"= 500' 1"=1,320' 1"= 200" 1"= 200' 1"= 400' !"=_ 4001 1"_= 400' 1" = 1,320' 1"= 400' 1"= 500- 1"= 500' 1"=1,000' 1"=1,320' 1"= 500' V— 500' 1"= 500' 4"-=l,32ty 1"=1,000' 1"= 500" 1"=1,000' 1"= 50C V'= 500' V'= 500' \"= 500' l" = 1.0O(Y 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"=1.000' 1"= 400' 1"= 200' v— soc? 1"=1,000' 1"=: 1,000' 1"= 1.000' 1"= 500' 1"= 500" V'= 500- 1"= 600' 1"=1,000' 1"= 600' 1"=1,320' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 500" 1"=2,640' 1"= 500' l''=l,320' 100 Mosaic 5'-50', then 50' 5'-5C, then 50' 20' 20' loose 50' 5V 500' 5' 50' IV-M 5' 50' 1C-20' 20'-40' 50' 5' Spot heights 5'-10'-25' 5'-10'-25' Planimetric 50' 20'-100' 20'-40' 2C-40' 50' 50' 2C^t0' 20'-40' 20'^t0' 50' 2C 2C 50" 2C-^0' W 10' 10" 2C 5MOM5* 20'-^0' 1C 2C 10' Planimetric lO^C 20,-4C 2C-40' 2C-40' 2C W 10'-20' 20' 20' 20' 50' 5' 5' 50' 100' 2C 20" 18 20 C1) 13 1 1 38 8 ~6 13 28 73 2 7 1 (2j 11 12 8 6 6 1 1 26 3 48 8 23 11 5 2 7 7 20 8 11 2 4 2 4 5 3 9 16 40 7 3 10 2 8 17 1 10 2 S.P. 1 S.P. 2 1957 S.P. 3 1958 1 1952 2 1951-52 3 1950 4 1951-52' 5 1951 6 1952 53 7 8 Mount Farrow . 1951 1951 52 9 1952 10 1952 11 1952 13 1953 14 15 1953 16 1953 1953 1953-54 1953^54 17 18 19 Doukhobor Lands— 20 Krestova, Raspberry, etc.... Krestova revision 1953-54 1963 1953^54 21 1954 24 28 M2 1954-55 M3 1955 M4 1955 M5 1955 M6 1955 M7 1955 56 M8 M9 Upper McGregor River. 1956 1956—62 Mil 1955 M12 1955 M13 M14 M15 Penticton-Osoyoos Kelowna __ 1954 1954 1954 M16 1956 M17 1954 M21 1955 M24 M27 1958 M29 1956 M30 1956 M34 1957 M36 1957 M37 1956-57 M38 1956-57 M39 1956-57 (1957) M39 (1958) M39 (1960) M40 Dease-Stikine Dam-sites Dease-Stikine Dam-sites Chilliwack River _ 1959 1960 1956 M41 1959 M42 1957 M43 Alert Bay 1956 M44 1958 M45 1958 M52 1959-60 M54 TlijRar 1957 M56 1958 M59 1958 1 One map (5e). 2 See No. 17. DD 56 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES List of Large-scale Mapping—Continued No. Name Available Scale Contour Interval No. of Sheets Date M62 M63 M63A M66 M67 M68 M70 M73 M73 M74 M75 M76 M77 M83 M84 M88 M88 M89 M89 M90 M90a M92 M98 M100 M100 M105 M107 M108 Mill M113 M114 M114 M117 M117 M118 M121 M122 M125 M 126 M127 M129 M130 M131 M134 M135 M136 M138 M139 M141 M141 M142 M144 M145 M146 M146 M150 M150 M151 M152 M155 M160 M161 M162 M163 M164 M165 M165 Alberni Parsnip River Pondage Parsnip River Pondage Addition... _ Glen Lake Chemainus River. Hansard Lake Courtenay-Comox North Okanagan North Okanagan Glinz Lake... Duncan Nanaimo _ Prince George Oakalla Victoria University, Gordon Head...... South Okanagan.. South Okanagan North Thompson North Thompson Similkameen. _ Similkameen Skeena River Aberdeen-Haddo Lake Essondale Essondale Clearwater Lake-Azure Lake Campbell River _ Kootenay River Clearwater River Dam-site. Nanaimo Tranquille Tranquille - Liard River..... Liard River Dam-site Nitinat Winfield Stuart Lake Pondage Port Hardy Thompson River. Parksville Aleza Lake McGregor River Pondage Long Lake Kamloops Lake Quesnel Haney Hobson Lake Extension Norbury Creek Legislative Precinct, Victoria Legislative Precinct, Victoria (under-surface plan) Kaleden. Marysville KamloopsGovernmentBuild- ings Brannan Lake School Brannan Lake School Prince George Gaol Prince George Gaol Prospect Lake Ruby Burn _ Sechelt.... Ladysmith _ __ Hudson Bay Mountain Haney By-pass Slesse Creek Bridge Saanich Garbage Disposal. Saltair Gaol Site Saltair Gaol Site.- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No '= 50C '=1,32C = 1,000' : 400' = 400' "'=1,320' '=1,320' '=1,000' '= 500" '= 200' '= 500' '= 500- '=1,000' '= 40' = 40' '= 500' = 1,000' '= 300' '= 500' '= 200' '= 200' '= 500" '= 5CC '= 5C '= 100' '=1,000' '=1,000' "= 500' "= 25C "— 500' "= 5C "= 100' " = 1,000' "= 500' "= 500' "= 500' "=1,320' "= 100' "= 200' "= 50C "= 40" "=1,000' "=1,320' "=1,000' "= 500' "= 500' "=1,000' "= 40O" "= 40' "= 40' "= 50C "=1,000' "= 40' "= IOC "= 50" "= 100' "= SO" "= 200' "= 200' "= 500' "= 600' "=1,000' "= 10C "= 300' "= 20C "= 100' "=_■ 20C 10' 20'-2,60C, then 50 20' 10' 10' 20' 25' 20' 1C 10' 1C-20' 1C-20' 20' 2' 2'-5* 10'-2C 20' 5' 2C 5' 5' 10' 10' 2' Spot heights 5C 20' Planimetric 5' 5'-10' 2' 2' 2C 10' 10'-2C 10'-2C 20' 2'^T 10'-2C 10' 2' 2C 5C-100' 2C 10' 25' 50' 10' 2' 1C 25'-50' 2" 1C 2' 1C-20' 2'-5' 2' 5' 2C 20' 50' 2'-5' 5'-2C 5' 5' 50' 2 98 5 10 4 3 10 48 5 1 25 20 17 4 5 11 5 5 14 15 19 11 4 4 2 6 5 12 4 8 2 3 68 7 7 4 9 4 3 5 1 6 4 4 7 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 22 1 8 24 1 1 1 1 1958 1958, 59, 61, 62, 63 1962 1958 1958 1958 1958 1959 1959 1959 1959 1960 1960-61 1960 1960 1963 1964-65 1960 1960 1961 1965 1962 1960 1962 1962 1962 1961 1961 1961 1963 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1961 1962 1962 1962 1965 1962 1962 1962 1962 1963-65 1962 1962 1962 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH List of Large-scale Mapping—Continued DD 57 No. Name Available Scale Contour Interval No. of Sheets Date M 168 Peace River Pondage (Find- Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No 1"=1,32C 1"=1,00C 1"= 2CC 1"= SOC V- 100' 1"= 20C l"=l,0OC 1"= 200' 1"=1,32C 1"= 200' 1"= 400' 1"= 20C 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"=1,000' 1"= 2C 1"= 2C 1"= 20' 25'-2,5O0', then 50' 25'-5C 5' 10' 5' 10' 50' 5' and spot heights 10C 5' and spot heights 50' 5' 5' 2' 2'-5' 2' 31 2 2 1 9 5 4 2 3 1 1 2 5 1 1965 M 170 1965 M171 M171 Black Tusk Meadows 1965 1965 M172 1965 M172 1965 M 173 1965 M 175 M 176 Shuswap Canal Diversion. 1965 M 178 1965 M179 1965 M 180 M181 M182 M 182 Nematode Stikine-lskut Dam-sites 1965 Government House Grounds. Victoria University Campus... 1959 - — 1960 1963 British Columbia Topographic Surveys Showing Dates of Field Work Manuscripts complete except as follows:— * Field work not complete, photo identification of shoreline stations only. t Field work completed, no manuscript available. % Compilation completed, no manuscript available. Sheet Date Sheet 82F/3 - 1951, 1960 92E/16 82F/4 1944, 1947 92 F/l 82 K/ll, W 1952 92 F/2 — 82 K/12 1952 92 F/2, part - 82 L/7 1958 92 F/3 82 L/10 1958 92 F/4 82M/13 1959 92 F/5 83 D/4 ...41959 92 F/6 83 D/5 J1959 92 F/7 83 D/12 --.1959, 1960 92 F/8 83D/13, W .....41960 92 F/9 _ _ 92B/5 .1937, 1938, 1955 92 F/10 92B/5, W £1963 92 F/l 1 92 B/6, W 1955 92 F/12 — 92B/11, W. 1955 92F/13 92 B/12 1938, 1955, 1963 92 F/14 _. 92 B/13 1942, 1943, 1951 92 F/15, E., part 92 B/13 -tl963 92 F/16, E., part 92 B/14 1951 92 G/4 92 C/8 1937, 1938 92 G/5 92 C/8 ... fl963 92 G/7, part 92 C/9 1937, 1938 92 G/10, part 92C/9, E _ $1963 92G/11 92 C/9, W. fl963 92 G/12 92 C/10 1937, 1938 92 G/13 92 C/10 tl965 92 G/14 92C/11, E 1938 92H/1 92C/11, E _ fl965 92H/2 92C13, E _ 1938 92H/3 92C/14... — 1938 92H/4 92C/14, E. fl965 92 1/12 92 C/15 — 1937, 1938 92 1/13 92C/15 fl965 92 J/4, W. 92C/16 .......1937, 1938, 1942 92 J/15 92C/16 tl965 92 J/16 _ 92E/1, E. —. _ 1942 92 K/l, E„ part . 92 E/7, E. 1946 92 K/2, E. 92E/8 __ 1943, 1946 KK/2, W. 92E/9 .1938, 1946, 1947 92 K/3 92E/10 1947 92K/4 92 E/14 1948 92 K/5 Date 1947 1942, 1943 1940, 1942 -tl965 1938, 1940, 1941 — 1942 1937, 1938, 1943 1937, 1940, 1941, 1943 1942, 1943 1942, 1943. 1950 1950 1950, 1953 1934, 1935 1936, 1937, 1938 1935, 1936 1935 - .- 1950 1950 1942, 1943 1950, 1952 1940 1940 ._ 1952 .1950, 1952 1950, 1952 — 1952 1920, 1923, 1950 1923, 1949 1924, 1931, 1948, 1949 1948, 1956 1958 — 1958 *1962 1948, 1949 1948, 1949 1950 *1962 tl961 1949 1949 1949 DD 58 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES British Columbia Topographic Surveys Showing Dates of Field Work- Continued Sheet 92 K/6 92K/7 92 K/8, W. _ 92 K/10, W. . 92K/11 92K/12 92K/13 92K/14 92K/15 92L/1 92L/2 92L/3 92 L/4 92L/6 92 L/7 92 L/8 92 L/10 92L/11 92L/12 92L/13 92M/2 92M/3 92M/4 - 92M/5 92 M/6 92 M/ll, W. 92M/12 92 M/13 92 M/14, W. . 92 N/1 92 N/7 92 N/8 92 N/9 92 N/10 92 N/15 92 0/1 92 0/2 92 0/3 92 0/4 92 0/5 92 0/6 92 0/7 92 0/8 92 0/9 92 0/10 92 O/ll 92 0/12 92 0/16 92P/2 92P/3 92 P/4 92P/5 92P/6 92 P/7 92 P/10 92P/11 92 P/12 92P/13 92 P/14 _ 92P/15 92 P/16 _ 93 A/1 93 A/2 93 A/3 93 A/4 93 A/5 93 A/6 _.. 93 A/7 93 A/8 93 A/9 93 A/10 93 A/11 93 A/12 93 A/13 93 A/14 Date 1949 tl961 *1962 *1962 *1962 *1962 *1962 *1962 "1962 — 1932 1931, 1932 1948 1948 1931, 1934 1931 1931, 1932 -1931, 1940, 1956 1940 1935, 1936 1936 *1962 1959 1959 1959 *1962 .....«1962 *1962 "1962 *1962 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1950 1947 1958 1958 1958 1958 1950, 1958 1950 1951 1958 1958 1958 1951 1959 1959 1958 1958 1959 1959 1959 1959 1958 1958 1959 1959 1959 _ .1959 -41936, 1959, 1960 1959, 1960 1959 1935 1935 .41936, 1959, 1960 $1959 $1959, 1960 $1934, 1960 1933, 1934 -1931, 1933, 1934 1934 1933, 1934 Sheet 93 A/15 93 A/16 93B/1 93 B/6 93 B/7 93 B/8 93 B/9 93 B/9, W 93 B/10 93B/11 93 B/12 93 B/13 93 B/14 ..._ 93 B/15 — 93 B/16 93 B/16, W. .... 93 C/5 93D/2 ..._ 93 D/3 93D/4 ..._ 93D/5 93 D/6 93D/7, E 93 D/7, W. 93 D/8 93D/11, E. __ 93E/5, W. 93 G/2 93 G/3 93 G/4 93 G/5 93 G/6 93 G/7 93 G/10 93 G/ll 93 G/12 93 G/14 93 1/8 ._ 93 1/9 .... 93 1/10 93 1/11 _ 93 1/12 93 1/13 93 1/14 93 1/15 93 1/16 93 J/2 93 J/3 93 J/5 93 J/6 ..._ 93 J/11 93 J/12 _.. _ 93 J/13 93K/1 93K/2 93K/7 93 K/8 93K/9 93 K/10 93K/11 93 K/12 93K/13 93K/14 _. 93K/15 93K/16 93 L/2 93 L/7 93 L/8 93 L/9 93 L/10 93L/11 93 L/14 93 L/15 93 L/16 — 93 M/l Date .41934, 1960 .I960 1951 fl963 tl963 1952 1950 $1965 - .41963 tl963 tl963 fl963 tl963 tl963 1950 .1965 — 1959 *1962 *1962 _ *1962 *1962 *1962 1958 *1962 .1958, 1959 *1962 »1963 -1933, 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 ..1933, 1960 1960 1960 1960 1948 1956 1956 1956 1957 1957 1957 — 1957 1956 1956 1949 1949 .1961 .1961 .1961 .1961 $1961 1946 1946 .I960 $1960 $1960 $1960 $1961 $1961 $1961 $1961 $1961 — $1961 1951 1951 1951 1951 .1950, 1951 1950 1950 $1962 $1962 $1962 SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH DD 59 British Columbia Topographic Surveys Showing Dates of Field Work— Continued Sheet 93 M/2 93 M/5 93 M/7 93 M/8 93 M/9 - 93 M/10 93M/11 . 93 M/12 93 M/13 93 M/14 93 M/15 93 M/16 93 N/1 93 N/2 93 N/3 93 N/4 93 N/5 93 N/6 - 93 N/7 93 N/8 - 93 N/9 93 N/10 93 N/11 93 N/12 93 0/1 93 0/4 93 0/5 93 0/6 - 93 0/8 93 O/ll 93 0/12 93 0/13 ....... 93 0/14 93P/1 93 P/2 93 P/3 93 P/4 93 P/5 93 P/6 93 P/7 93 P/8 94 B/4 — 94 C, part._ 94D/1 94D/2 94D/3 94D/4 94D/5 94D/6 94D/7 94D/8 94 E, part ... 94 F, part ... 94 L, part ... 94 M, part... 102 1/8, E. .. 102 1/9 102 1/15 102 1/16 102 P/8, E. . 102 P/9, E. . 102 P/16, E. 103 A/1 103 A/2, E. 103 A/6, E. . 103 A/7 103 A/8 103 A/9 103 A/10 - 103 A/11 Date .—41963 1949 $1963 —41963 —41963 tl963 $1963 1949 $1963 —41963 —41963 —41963 T1962 .....41962 $1962 — 41962 $1962 11962 —41962 U962 fl962 $1962 —41962 $1962 . 1957 $1961 $1961 —- 1957 1957 1957 1957 —- 1957 . 1957 .... 1956 ...... 1956 — -. 1957 1957 — 1957 1957 1956 1956 ..1939, 1957 1939 $1963 $1963 $1963 $1963 -41963 $1963 $1963 $1963 1939 1939 .1940, 1941 1941 1935, 1937 ..1935, 1936, 1937 1937 103 A/13, E. .1936, 1937 $1961 $1961 $1961 $1961 $1961 "1963 *1963 $1961 $1961 _ *1963 *1963 $1961 Sheet 103 A/14 103 A/15 103 A/16 103 G/l, E. _. 103 G/7, E. - 103 G/8 103 G/9 103 G/10, E. 103G/15, E. 103G/16 103 H/l, W. . 103 H/2 103 H/3 103 H/4 103 H/5 103 H/6 103 H/7 103 H/8 103 H/10 103H/15 103 1/2 103 1/7 103 1/10 103 P/9 103 P/10, E. . 103 P/14, E. . 103 P/15 104 A/2, W. . 104 A/3 — 104 A/5, E. ... 104 A/6 104 A/11, W. 104 A/12 104 A/13, W. 104 B/13, E. . 104 B/14 104B/15 - 104 B/16 104 G/l 104 G/2 104 G/3 104 G/4, E. ... 104 G/5, E. ._ 104 G/6 104 G/7 104 G/8 104 G/9 104G/14 104G/15 104G/16 104 H/12, W. 104H/13.W. 104J/2, W. _. 104 J/3 104 J/4 — 104 J/5 104 J/12 -- 104 J/13 104K/16, E. . 104 N/1 104 N/2 104 N/3, E. ... 104 N/5 - 104 N/6 Date *1963 *1963 . *1963 $1961 .-$1961 —41961 $1961 $1961 -.41961 $1961 .—•1963 *1963 $1961 .—$1961 $1961 $1961 —_*1962 *1962 *1962 *1962 1949 1948 ..... 1947 1949 — 1950 . - 1950 1950 . 1950 1950 1950 ..... 1950 1951 1951 1951 — $1965 $1965 $1965 1951 1951 $1965 .—.$1965 $1965 $1965 $1965 $1965 1951 —. 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 ..... 1951 1952 1952 . 1952 1952 . 1952 ...... 1952 104 N/7, W 104 N/7, E., part 104 N/11, W. 104 N/12 104 N/13 104 P, part 104 P/15 ..1952, 1953 1952, 1953 1953 1953 1952 .1952, 1953 1953 1953 1952 - 1952 1952 1941 1941 DD 60 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES i i GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION W. R. Young, B.C.L.S., Chief, and Provincial Representative on Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names During 1965 the Geographic Division maintained its emphasis on the preparation and reproduction of maps showing vacant and alienated Crown land. Nine Provincial land-status maps were prepared and reproduced in 1965, and these are listed in Table H. Stocks of existing Maps 3a and 93m were replenished, while a complete road and status revision was undertaken on Map 3e, the boundaries of which were realigned to incorporate the northward expansion of land alienation in the Peace River region. During compilation, Sheets 82n, 83d, and 93h were extended eastward to the Alberta Border to include small portions of adjacent National Topographic units. This resulted in slightly wider, seven-colour first status editions of Maps 82n-o (Golden), 83d-c (Canoe River), and 93h-83e (McBride). The first status edition of 82m (Seymour Arm), together with 82n-o and 83d-c, replaced the Topographical Series Map 5d (Revelstoke-Golden), last published in 1953. Sheet 93h-83e replaced Pre-emptor Map 3h (Tete Jaune), of 1958 vintage, and in addition filled a gap which existed in both Federal and Provincial coverage at 1:250,000 scale. New seven-colour contoured sheets at l-inch-to-2-miles scale were 82J/SE-SW (Canal Flats) and 82L/NE (Revelstoke). They supersede parts of Degree Sheets 4e, 4f, and 4g, which will be completely eliminated by the remaining l-inch-to-2- miles scale maps currently in production. At the end of 1965 the Geographic Division's inventory of map-sheets showing the status of Crown land stood at 62, of which 29 were at l-inch-to-2-miles scale, 26 were at 1:250,000, and 7 were Pre- empor or Land Series at a scale of 1 inch to 3, or 4 miles. Production of Maps 93a, 93b, 93g, and 93j, currently under way (see Table J), will provide status coverage at 1:250,000 scale for a very rapidly developing section of the Central Interior and replace most of the remaining Pre-emptor maps. Sheet 93g will also fill a gap in both Provincial and Federal map coverage. The unusually large number of maps in process (14) is partly the result of delays in waiting for camera and press work. As noted in Table J, no fewer than three map- sheets were stalled at the proving and printing stage at the end of the year, and had lost a cumulative total of approximately 23 weeks due to printing delays. Two new mapping projects were begun. In response to a need for a single sheet showing roads and topography on Vancouver Island, Topographic Map SGS-1 (Vancouver Island) is being prepared at l-inch-to-6-miles scale. The topography will be highlighted by contours and relief shading, and selected historical notations are to be added. Growing public interest in Bowron Lake Provincial Park as a recreational area has created such a demand for our temporary black-and-white Ozalid prints of PS-B.2 (Bowron Lake Park) that this contoured sheet is being redrawn for lithography in three colours at 1-inch-to-1-mile scale. Showing the park on a single sheet gives better coverage than five National Topographic sheets at 1:50,000 scale. Several special cartographic projects were successfully completed by the Map Reproduction Section during 1965. Examples of such work are a new edition of the British Columbia Air Facilities Chart, 27 strip and area maps for a Travel Bureau publication, and revision of three Land Series bulletin maps. The Army Survey Establishment, Ottawa, reprinted, at 1:50,000 scale, 11 Provincial Government topographic maps covering parts of Vancouver Island. One SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH DD 61 additional sheet of the Kitimat area was issued in revised form. Table I fists these National Topographic sheets for which stocks were received. Stocks were also received of 11 maps produced by the Army Survey Establishment during the year. As shown in Table K, the backlog of Provincial topographic manuscripts waiting publication at Ottawa continues to grow. At the end of 1965 it reached 104, an increase of 12 during the year. The Federal Department of Mines and Technical Surveys printed 26 full-colour and eight provisional two-colour National Topographic sheets at 1: 50,000 scale and three at 1:250,000 scale. A field culture check was made during the early fall in connection with second status editions of 92H/NW (Yale), 92I/NW (Ashcroft), and 82L/SE (Sugar Lake) at l-inch-to-2-miles scale. As shown in Table E, maps issued to Government departments and the general public numbered 86,755, down slightly from the previous year, but well above the 10-year average of 76,366. There was a sharp rise in the number of map-sheets and charts checked for place-names. During 1965 a total of 93 sheets was checked, compared with only 22 in 1964 (see Table D). Publication by Ottawa of the new Gazetteer of British Columbia is still awaited. The 824 inquiries for place-names and locations handled during 1965 would have been fewer if the new edition was available. The situation was further aggravated by the fact that the 1953 Gazetteer has been out of print for nearly a year. Four Land Series bulletins were reprinted in 1965. These were Prince Rupert- Smithers (No. 8), Kamloops (No. 6), Atlin (No. 9), and Peace River (No. 10). The manuscript for an entirely new edition of the Lower Coast Land Series Bulletin (No. 3 ) was submitted by the research officer for publication. Following a field trip, work began on complete revision of the Quesnel-Lillooet Land Series Bulletin (No. 5). The manuscript for Bulletin No. 5 was well in hand by the end of the year. Early in 1965, as the result of a reallocation of space because of the new Archives-Museum construction, we were forced to move our bulk map stocks from the main Parliament Buildings. Room was made available in the Topaz Street storage vaults, which, while offering a considerable expansion of space, are less convenient, being nearly 2 miles from the map distribution office. In January the Supervisor of Map Distribution travelled to Ottawa to consult with Federal agencies concerning production of the Provincial Gazetteer and Provincial 1:50,000 scale maps. In October the Chief of the Division attended a meeting in Ottawa of the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names. One staff member resigned to return to university, and one transferred to another department, with two new draughtsmen being obtained as replacements. The volume of work undertaken by this Division for other departments was maintained at the high level reached in the previous year. As shown in Table F, the number of items was substantially the same, the work including legal descriptions, by metes and bounds, for administrative boundary changes to school districts, polling divisions, vital statistic registration districts, and counties. This Division was also assigned the huge task of preparing working maps, complete legal descriptions by metes and bounds, and accompanying detail maps for and by the approval of the Commission of Inquiry into Redefinition of Electoral Districts. This task will carry over well into 1966. In the early days of the Trigonometric Control Section, the work consisted largely of calculating geographic positions for district lot corners, using ties which had been made to Geodetic or other triangulation stations as base information and propagating additional positions from the data contained in surveyors' field-notes on DD 62 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES file in the Department. However, as time went on the emphasis changed; more triangulation was established by Provincial survey parties and mapping control broken down from Geodetic and Provincial main networks began to form quite dense patterns in various parts of the Province. Thus the Trigonometric Control Section spent most of its time calculating positions for those stations and making adjustments by the method of least squares. As this work increased and for plotting purposes, positions were also calculated in rectangular co-ordinates, so further changes occurred in the methods used for computing. More use was made of desk calculators, which, in themselves, became more sophisticated, and greater use was made of tables of natural functions as opposed to logarithmic tables; at the same time, considerable interest was aroused in the possible use of electronic computers for the work of the Section. In October, 1956, the Chief of the Division, with the Supervisor of the Trigonometric Control Section, attended a meeting held at the University of British Columbia to discuss the acquisition by the university of a computer (ALWAC-3e digital computer) and its various areas of use. This led in time to experimentation regarding computer programmes suitable for least-square adjustments and solution of traverses, reductions to sea-level calculations, and transferring geographic positions to rectangular co-ordinates and the reverse. The above changes went hand in hand with similar changes in field work, greater use of aircraft of all types, the advent of electronic measuring equipment and resultant emphasis on long-distance precise traverse, coupled with trilateration in place of the former triangulation with widely spaced measured base lines. Parallel with method changes came policy changes, and in the last few years field staffs have been largely employed in the establishment of fairly dense patterns of precise control for integrated survey areas, all of which resulted in still greater use of computer programmes with more complex machines available within the Government service. With excellent help and co-operation from the Geodetic staff at Ottawa and very capable members of the Branch staff, programmes have been developed to cope satisfactorily with the resulting increase in calculations required, and in 1965 the Statistical Tables A, B, and C show almost complete change-over to programmed calculations. Tables A to K, which follow, summarize the main achievements of the Geographic Division during 1965. A printed Index to Published Maps (Indexes 8 to 14) may be found in the envelope attached to the back cover of this Annual Report. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH DD 63 STATISTICAL COMPUTATIONS Table A.—Least-square Adjustments by " Groom 'n Completed Net Locality Type of Bearings Number of Triangles or Traverse Stations Involved True True True True True True True True True True True True True True 133 Canadian Hydrographic Service Provincial Burke Channel and North Bentinck Arm (revision)— Sheets 93 J, K, L, M, N, and O, 94 C and D 95 105 Provincial Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands 88 Provincial 154 Provincial 84 106 12 Provincial . 36 Provincial 93 Telegraph Creek to Rocky Mountain Trench (revision) Williams Lake-Smithers-Bella Coola (revision) Provincial 43 Provincial 38 i " Groom " is an electronic computer programme for the adjustment of triangulation and (or) trilateration, which produces geographic positions. Checking of petroleum and natural-gas well-site surveys totalled 294. Table B.—Least-square Adjustments by " Bride 'n Completed Net Locality Type of Bearings Number of Traverse Stations Involved Grid Grid 60 359 1 " Bride " is a similar electronic computer programme which produces rectangular co-ordinates based on a polyconic projection. Table C.—Records 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 Index cards— 1,419 551 30,444 ' 349 1,930 149 32,374 333 917 9 33,291 417 781 6 34,072 341 1,475 293 35,547 389 1,693 1,453 37,240 334 Table D.—Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 41 4,949 322 74 7,837 360 35 7,168 215 59 6,821 375 22 6,090 277 93 Number of names checked Number of new names recorded 5,854 402 DD 64 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table E.—Map Stock and Distribution 1968 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 7,065 68,518 175,495 $24,378 9,130 87,198 126,502 $32,936 10,549 99,324 130,420 $35,391 8,700 78,165 116,705 $48,674 10,395 88,322 71,178 $58,469 9,429 86,755 107,741 $56,152 Maps issued to department and public Table F.—Geographical Work for Other Departments and Public I960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 18 $1,370 22 $1,452 18 $1,708 18 $1,729 19 $5,213 20 $4,460 Table G.—Letters I960 | 1961 1 1962 1 I 1963 1964 1965 Letters received and attended to.. 6,929 I 8,670 I 8,790 7,274 469 7,297 Table H.—Maps Prepared and Reproduced by the Geographic Division, Victoria, during 1965 Map No. Name Scale Remarks 3a 3e 82m 82n-o 83d-c 93H-83E 93m 82 J/SE-SW !82 L/NE Fort George- Peace River... Seymour Arm (first status edition) . Golden (first status edition) Canoe River (first status edition)— McBride (first status edition) Hazelton (first status edition) Canal Flats (first status edition) Revelstoke (first status edition) 1 in. to 3 mi. I in. to 4 mi. 1:250,000 1:250,000 1:250,000 1:25O,O0O 1: 250,000 1 in. to 2 mi. 1 in. to 2 mi. Reprint, no revision Complete revision. New, seven colours, New, seven colours, New, seven colours, New, seven colours, Status overprint, no New, seven colours, New, seven colours, contoured. contoured. contoured. contoured. revision. contoured. contoured. Table I.—Provincial Government Topographic Manuscripts Prepared and Reproduced at 1:50,000 Scale by the Canadian Government, Ottawa, during 1965 Map No. Name Map No. Name 92 F/6, E. & W. 92 F/8, W. 92 F/13, E. 92 F/14, E. & W. Great Central (second edition reprint) Parksville (first edition reprint) Upper Campbell (second edition reprint) Oyster River (second edition reprint) 92 K/4, E. 92L/1.E. &W. 92 L/2, E. & W. 1031 1/2, E. Salmon River (first edition reprint) Schoen Lake (third edition reprint) Woss Lake (third edition reprint) Kitimat (first edition revised) SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH DD 65 Table J.—Maps Being Prepared by the Geographic Division, Victoria, during 1965 Map No. Name Scale Remarks PS-B.2 SGS-1 92p 93a 93b 93e 93o 93'J 93m 82 K/NE '82 K/NW 82 L/SW 92H/NW 92I/NW Bowron Lake Park Vancouver Island— Bonaparte River (third status edition).. Quesnel Lake (first status edition) Quesnel (first status edition). Whitesail Lake (second status edition).. Prince George (first status edition) McLeodLake (first status edition) Hazelton (second status edition) Invermere (first status ecJition) Beaton (first status edition) Vernon (second status edition) Yale (second status edition) Ashcroft (second status edition) 1 in. to 1 mi. 1 in to 6 mi. 1:250,000 1:250,000 1:250,000 1:250,000 1:250,000 1:250,000 1:250,000 1 in. to 2 mi. 1 in. to 2 mi. 1 in. to 2 mi. 1 In. to 2 mi. 1 in. to 2 mi. In draughting. In draughting. In compilation. In compilation. In draughting. In lithography. In draughting. In compilation. In lithography. In lithography. In draughting. In draughting. In draughting. In draughting. Tabel K.—Provincial Government Topographic Manuscripts Being Prepared at 1:50,000 Scale by the Canadian Government, Ottawa, during 1965 Map No. Name Map No. Name 82 F/3, E. & W. Salmo (second edition). 931/10, E.&W. Wapiti Lake (first edition). 82 K/ll, W. Trout Lake (first edition). 931/11. E.&W. MonkmanPass (first edition). 82K/12, E. &W. Beaton (first edition). 931/12, E.&W. Missinka River (first edition). 82 L/7, E. & W. Lumby (first edition). 93 1/13, E. & W. Sentinel Peak (first edition). 82 L/10, E. &W. Mabel Lake (first edition). 93 1/14, E. & W. Kinuseo Falls (first edition). 82 M/13, E. & W. Raft River (first edition). 931/15, E.&W. Kinuseo Creek (first edition). 921/12, E.&W. Lillooet (first edition). 93 1/16, E. & W. Redwillow River (first edition). 92 1/13, E. & W. Pavilion (first edition). 03O/1.E. &W. Mount Reynolds (first edition). 92 L/10, E. & W. Alert Bay (first edition). 93 0/6, E. & W. Morfee Lakes (first edition). 92 M/3, E. & W. Belize Inlet (first edition). 03 0/8, E. & W. Le Moray Creek (first edition). 92 M/4, E. & W. Cape Caution (first edition). 93 0/11, E. &W. Cut Thumb Creek (first edition). 92 M/5, E. & W. Goose Bay (first edition). 93 0/12, E. & W. Blackwater Creek (first edition). 92N/1, E. &W. Chilko Mountain (first edition). 93 0/13, E. &W. Finlay Forks (first edition). 92 N/7, E. & W. Mount Queen Bess (first edition). 93 0/14, E. & W. Point Creek (first edition). 92 N/8, E. & W. Stikelan Creek (first edition). 93P/1.E. &W. Kiskatinaw River (first edition). 92 N/9, E. & W. Tatlayoko Lake (first edition). 93 P/2, E. & W. Flatbed Creek (first edition). 92 N/10, E. & W. Razorback Mountain (first edition). 93 P/3, E. & W. Bullmoose Creek (first edition). 92 N/15, E. & W. Tatla Lake (first edition). 93 P/4, E. & W. Sukunka River (first edition). 92 P/4, E. & W. Clinton (first edition). 93 P/5, E. & W. Burnt River (first edition). 92 P/5, E. & W. Jesmond (first edition). 93 P/6, E. & W. Gwillim Lake (first edition). 92 P/12, E. & W. GustafsenLake (first edition). 93 P/7, E. & W. Sundown Creek (first edition). 92P/13, E. &W. Chimney Lake (first edition). 93 P/8, E. & W. Tupper Creek (first edition). 93 C/5, E. & W. Atnarko (first edition). 94B/4, E. &W. Wicked River (first edition). 93 D/7, E. Bella Coola (first edition). 104K/16, E. Nahlin River (first edition). 93 D/8, E. & W. Stuie (first edition). 104 N/1, E.&W. Nakina Lake (first edition). 93 1/8, E. & W. Narraway River (first edition). 104 N/2, E. & W. Nakina (first edition). 93 1/9, E. & W. Belcourt Creek (first edition). 104 N/3, E. Sloko River (first edition). SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH DD 67 AIR DIVISION A. C. Kinnear, B.C.R.F., Chief MAPPING AND COMPILATION The plotting of control and compilation of survey detail for an area of 15,500 square miles, covering 337 map-sheets at the scale of 1 inch to 20 chains (1:15,840) and an area of some 22,800 square miles at a scale of 1 inch to 40 chains (1:31,680), was completed this year. This increase over that reported for the past few years is due, in part, to the smaller amount of survey control and cadastral surveys that exist in the areas of current mapping. Principal-point lay-downs were completed for 352 map-sheets covering approximately 17,000 square miles at a scale of 1 inch to 20 chains (1:15,840) and 94 map-sheets covering some 17,800 square miles at a scale of 1 inch to 40 chains (1:31,680). Kail plotted sheets showing all planimetric detail for an area of about 11,800 square miles have been completed at the larger scale and are available in pencil form only. Map-revision work showing new cadastral surveys, highways, forest access roads, and detail from more recent air photographs has not progressed very rapidly due to the amount of more urgently required current mapping. The number of requests for copies of the fairdrawn interim maps from public sources and other Government departments still continues at a high rate. Very little progress can be reported in overcoming the backlog of pencil manuscripts into final ink tracings mentioned in last year's Report. Index Maps Nos. 5 and 7, contained in envelope attached to back cover of this Annual Report, show the availability of all mapping by this Division. PROCESS LABORATORY The production record of the laboratory continues to show an increase in each year-end report. Approval for a small increase in staff and equipment during the year had a direct bearing on increasing the production of 10- by 10-inch reprints, from both 5- by 5-inch and 9- by 9-inch negatives, by nearly 20 per cent over last year and reducing the delivery dates of reprint orders in periods of high demand. This year's total of 200,686 reprints is an all-time record. A further increase in the demand for Kelsh A7 and A8 glass plates was noted from both private sources and the Topographic Division. Two rolls of Kodak Ektachrome colour film were processed, and the results were promising. Although the basic cost of colour film is more expensive than standard panchromatic film, there are probably many research problems which can economically use aerial colour film. The Cintel electronic contact printer, reported last year, was in operation for most of the year, but it is still not producing to the limit of its capabilities. There are still technical modifications and adjustments to be made before it can be fully utilized. There is no question that the rate of production of 10- by 10-inch contact reprints is considerably increased when this piece of equipment is in full working order. Production figures for the Process Laboratory will be found at the end of this report. DD 68 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES FLYING OPERATIONS The weather during the operating season of 1965 was more favourable for air photography than has been experienced during the past several years. The second highest ever total of area accomplishment for the Division was recorded this year— 37,200 square miles of both l-inch-to-20-chains and l-inch-to-40-chains photography—and the second highest total number of new air photographs—28,313. Air photography was taken for 65 projects at the request of 23 different divisions or departments of the Provincial Government. The smallest request was for three photographs, and the largest required 6,515 photographs. (See Key Maps Nos. 15 to 18 contained in envelope attached to back cover of this Annual Report.) This Section lost one of the original members of the Division, A. S. Lukinuk, Supervisor of Air Operations, during the year through a promotion to another Government department. Mr. Lukinuk's promotion was a distinct loss to the Division, but the Section he developed was competent to complete the summer's operation with a minimum of direct supervision. The new Wild RC8 camera, mentioned in last year's report, was put into service this summer. This camera has a colour corrected lens which permits either panchromatic film or colour film to be exposed. With the success obtained this year with one roll of Ektachrome and one roll of infra-red it is intended to do more of this work on specialized projects in the future. An A.D.F. (automatic direction finder) unit was installed in one Beech aircraft (CF-BCD) on an experimental basis, and the results were impressive enough to proceed with a similar installation in the second Beech (CF-BCE) this coming year. This limited I.F.R. (instrument flight regulations) capability allowed the detachment ■»■ K|f3?.. -■**,;. ■.' •. '• .. •_»."... ..'i""*'".'_»y' '" ■ . '?yyyyy,:iyk,**',:''';C,ryyyy*M.y;y. 4IHHHE ___&* *._ tittff .i3..g.Qti.rrriMl«til«illHpW^'?- y-ilHilliiil! fc.-*"': ' %■ •' -/Si*. ' """ , Slotted template lay-down (scale 1:15840). This 10,000-square-mile area requires 6,037 air photographs flown from 20,000 feet above sea-level and is a portion of Forest Service Chilko Sustained-yield Unit. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH DD 69 to move over areas of restricted visibility into areas of suitable photographic weather. In many instances in the past a detachment was non-operative due to prohibitive weather patterns en route to a project. Several photographic missions during the past summer had a duration of IVx hours per day. This accomplishment speaks very highly of the Beech aircraft, the maintenance staff, and the physical stamina of the air crews. The ability and desire to take advantage of every photographic opportunity are a credit to all personnel on field operations. The aircraft-maintenance work was of a general nature only, and no major modifications were required. Another season of no lost photographic opportunity due to aircraft unserviceability can be reported again. As has so often been shown in the past, the personal and systematic servicing of these aircraft pays dividends in the final photographic accomplishment for the year. Statistics for Air Operations will be found at the end of this report. AIR PHOTO LIBRARY The increased production of reprints from the Process Laboratory, plus the greater use of the library facilities by the public, has resulted in another busy year for the staff. A more modern system of handling the administrative detail was instituted during the year, and the saving of time for the library personnel was visibly noticeable. Again this year the sale and loan of air photos to the public has increased, and the total revenue from this source is nearly $49,000. Mining companies, educational institutions, and forest industries make up the largest group of users of air photos from the public. The Federal Government purchased nearly three times as many air photos as it used the previous year, with the largest single user being the Department of Agriculture for the ARDA programme. Within the Provincial Government, the Forest Service was the largest single department using air photos, and it accounted for some 87,000 reprints. Complete records of Air Photo Library services will be found at the end of this report. INSTRUMENT-SHOP Maintenance and servicing of Division equipment were the main activities of the shop this past year. It had been hoped to reconstruct a new fixed-focus enlarger for the older 5-inch air film, but actual work had to be temporarily postponed in order to keep existing equipment fully operational. Considerable effort was made in investigating the function of the O.S.C. shutters. These shutters, in the 12-inch cameras, have been in operation for many years and are continuing to show signs of excessive wear. It is hoped suitable replacement shutters can be purchased, at reasonable cost, in the near future. Co-operation continues to be given to other departments for small specialized servicing problems requiring either our shop equipment or personnel, or both. DD 70 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES STATISTICS Orders for Standard Prints (9 by 9 Inches) From British Columbia Negatives, 1965 Reprints Loans Requisitions Number Requisitions Number Public- 987 150 291 116 21 90 77 341 4,745 1,281 20,536 11,488 803 2,066 266 11,956 185 55 126 16 1 47 51 173 1,985 1,119 3,447 279 15 978 683 4,527 Totals 2,073 53,141 654 13,033 Federal Government— Department of Mines and Technical Surveys.. 39 13 49 10 6,273 211 531 7,433 5 7 137 340 625 ARDA 7,636 Totals 111 14,448 149 8,601 Provincial Government— Lands Inspection Branch 64 217 31 194 61 25 17 19 27 5 18 15 8,316 22,139 3,037 87,376 1,364 6,367 2,081 1,110 437 305 418 147 59 264 69 436 163 41 7 46 13 18 13® 11 468 7,265 1,069 19,094 Department of Highways 2,099 1,033 23 715 British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority 118 356 2,167 Miscellaneous - 175 Totals- .- 693 133,097 1,265 34,582 2,877 200,686 2,068 56,216 Public Loans and Reprints 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 13,399 34,659 9,960 28,226 12,568 27,281 16,727 35,385 13,033 53,141 Totals 48,058 38,186 39,849 52,112 66,174 SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Letters Inward and Loan Requisitions DD 71 Letters inward—2,843 Loan service requisitions—722 Revenue Reprints Loans Lands accounts Total $4,913.33 3,075.90 40,985.65 $48,974.88 Production Record to 1965, Process Laboratory 1946-1962 1963 1964 1965 Grand Total Processing completed'— Air Films— O.S.C. and RC8 F24 and Eagle III- F24 obliques Test rolls Colour fllms- 70-mm. helicopter. Topographic mountain stations (116) K20-F24 (Dominion Hydrographic, H.M.C Dockyard) Printing completed— Standard prints, 5 by 5 inches enlarged to 10 by 10 inches Contact prints, 5 by 5 inches Kenora prints, 9 by 9 inches reduced to 5 by 5 inches 184 2,798 72 20.5 5.5 1,360 3,834 1,755,357 46,087 Contact prints, 10 by 10 inches.. Contact prints, 20 by 24 inches and larger- Enlargements up to 40 by 96 inches Topographic, 11 by 14 inches.. Lantern slides, 2 by 2 inches and stereo— Autopositive films up to 40 by 42 inches- Film transparencies up to 40 by 42 inches Kelsh A7, and A8 plates, miscellaneous copy negatives Requisitions completed- 87,525 3,499 23,486 22,101 372 7,948 274 3,630 28,176 107 23 1 2 32 49,195 4,132 85,312 229 1,286 194 6 103 366 397 2,373 120 1.5 0.5 1(1) 500 45,173 117,037 30 1,649 95 6 77 379 284 2,854 116 5 1 3 2(2) 8O0 75 56,831 143,855 1 1,554 17 72 80 559 3,047 527 2,826 75.5 26 8.5 2,660 3,941 1,906,556 46,087 4,132 433,729 3,759 27,975 22,407 384 8,200 1,099 4,870 36,450 1 One hundred feet of 70-mm. 2RC8. DD 72 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES 1965 Air Operations Cost Summary by Projects PS p Accomplishment o rt cq 3S ►^ t+H <-> | _>> E O co A. 40-chain vertical cover, interim map ping and topographic— 1. New cover—Block 104 b and G 2. Revision— Block 82l Block 92 H and I Mount 'Waddington-Chilcotin Sub-totals 3. Improvement flying—Port Renfrew- Barkley Sound Totals Average cost B. Triangulation control identification C. 20-chain vertical cover, Surveys and Inventory Division— 1. New cover— Hazelton Monkman Nisconlith Purden Queen Charlotte Islands Raft-Adams-Barriere Redonda-Sayward Slocan-Nakusp Tatla-Taseko Sub-totals 2. Improvement flying, all districts Totals... Average cost.— D. Special projects— Agriculture Department—Okanagan area Assessment Commission—Campbell River Attorney - General's Department — Parsons Bridge District Forester, Prince George— Westlake Forest Engineering— Ashnola River Babine-Skeena Buckhorn Creek Fry-Carney Creeks Giscome-B owron River. Hamill Creek Kispiox-Meziadin Route _ Klaskish Inlet-Port Alice Morice-Owen Ranger Stations Forest Management—Sugar Lake- Fisheries Research Board—Cordova Bay Sewer Investigation Geographic Division — Burnaby Freeway Health Department—Victoria Sewage Survey Highways Department— Hope-Princeton Highway Slide Sayward-Beaver Cove Land Inspection Division— False Creek Fort St. James Harrison Lake Kaslo Pend d'Oreille Hr. Min 22 00 6 30 11 05 44 25 1,030 350 590 2,990 4,570 1,600 2,660 9,830 84 00 2 45 4,960 18,660 110 $2,212.59 653.72 1,114.68 4,467.09 $2,088.68 709.74 1,196.42 6,063.24 $4,301.27 1,363.46 2,311.10 10,530.33 $8,448.08|$10,058.08 276.571 223.07 $18,506.16 499.64 86 45 5,070| 18,660 $3,751 $1.02 32 35 3 00 14 55 3 OO 12 00 29 40 35 10 16 35 78 45 2,245 280 605 175 2,510 3,255 895 6,315 225 40 3 35 2,695 295 725 220 2,775 3,700 1,000 7,130 16,280 18,540 145 229 15 16,425118,540 $3.43, $3.04 724.65 $10,281.15 3 00 2 00 30 1 25 1 30 1 00 25 1 15 1 30 1 15 2 45 2 00 35 2 00 2 50 4 05 1 25 30 55 4 05 2 25 30 45 1 30 1 10 1 15 175 105 3 54 67 70 14 37 115 26 130 50 30 40 104 270 24 1,543 58 245 3 33 44 33 53 101 67 1 30 46 46 4 24 100 19 110 40 11 10 29 39 43 7 124 1 26 71 18 37 $19,005.80 $3,276.98 301.72 1,500.20 301.72 1.206.87 2,983.65 3,536.79 1,667.82 7,920.08 $4,552.50 567.79 1,226.84 354.87 5,089.87 6,600.62 1,814.92 12,805.80 $22,695.83 $33,013.21 360.39 294.04 $23,056.22|$33,307.25 5301.72 $354.87 201.14 212.92 50.29 6.08 142.48 109.50 150.86 135.87 100.57 141.95 41.91 28.39 125.72 75.03 150.86 233.20 125.72 52.72 276.57 263.62 201.14 101.39 58.66 60.84 201.14 81.11 284.95 210.90 410.67 142.48 3,109.36 410.67 243.05 50.29 75.43 150.86 117.33 125.72 547.52 48.67 3,128.95 117.61 496.82 6.08 66.92 89.22 66.92 107.48 $7,829.48 869.51 2,727.04 656.59 1,206.87 8,073.52 10,137.41 3,482.74 20,725.88 $55,709.04 654.43 $56,363.47 $656.59 414.06 56.37 251.98 286.73 242.52 70.30 200.75 384.06 178.44 540.19 302.53 119.50 282.25 495.85 958.19 191.15 6,238.31 528.28 739.87 56.37 142.35 240.08 184.25 233.20 SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH DD 73 1965 Air Operations Cost Summary by Projects—Continued S3 tn Accomplishment Cfl co O u on a '?. E o 3 Ch ea M 3s O v> n fa as 1 § S -a Z ot/i o U 8 o H D. Special projects—Continued Land Inspection Division—Cont'd Hr. Min. 2 20 30 1 00 1 35 1 15 45 1 45 3 '50 35 1 25 4 05 15 .10 00 11 55 35 5 55 16 15 21 40 2 00 1 55 1 00 2 35 9 20 3 50 1 10 90 8 63 5 $234.67 50.29 100.57 159.24 125.72 75.43 176.00 385.53 58.66 142.48 410.67 25.14 1,005.72 1,198.49 58.66 595.05 1,634.31 2,179.07 201.14 192.76 100.57 259.81 938.68 385.53 117.33 $182.51 16.22 $417.18 I 66.51 100.57 80 24i 11 19 89 30 68 17 8 15 66 12 6 10 162.23 48.67 22.31 38.53 180.48 60.84 20.28 81.11 10.14 669.19 780.72 6.08 66.92 1,125.45 1,754.08 131.81 111.53 81.1,1 365.01 770.58 192.64 202.78 321.47 174.39 Legal Surveys Division— 97.74 i 214.53 Mines and Technical Surveys Department— Mount Kobau Observatory - 566.01 119 50 Municipal Affairs Department— 10 40 5 330 385 3 33 S55 162.76 i 491 78 Public Works Department— 5 510 645 2 24 815 35.28 Surveyor of Taxes— 1 1,674.91 1,979.21 64 74 :: Topographic Division— 661.97 i 2,759.76 3,933.15 332.95 Improvement flying, Iskut-Stikine Water Resources— 865 65 55 40 180 121 32 20 — 304 29 181.68 108 83 515 — 624.82 Okanagan Reservoirs 380 95 100 1,709.26 578.17 Internal—Tatla Gap 66 ! 320.11 Totals 179 35 6,818 $4.68 3,758 $8.49 $18,061.11 $113,825.80 $31,886.91 Average cost ,... E. Miscellaneous flying— Highways Department— 1 00 9 35 2 15 2 45 1 05 21 55 7 30 5 45 6 50 7 25 $100.57 963 82 $100.57 963 82 Public Relations and Information— 226.29 276.57 108.95 2,204.21 i 226.29 276.57 Recreation and Conservation Department—photographic recce Regional Planning Board—Victoria Internal— 2,204.21 687.25 687 25 Totals _ 66 05 1 ... J] I $4,567.66 $4,567.66 561 40 28.313137.2001 3.758 8 $54,409.64 $57,414.20 $1,11,823.84 i Cost of maintenance and training charged to all projects. UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS . ■ UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS DD 77 UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS M. E. Ferguson, Project Manager During 1965, Blanca Street was widened and 16th Avenue was brought up to desired standard to serve as a major access to the university. Despite this action, traffic will continue to be a problem until 16th Avenue is opened up between Blanca Street and the campus. It is expected an early start will be made on this project and that the road will be ready for the fall term of 1966. The new water reservoir and pumping-station was completed and in operation early in the summer and produced a marked improvement in water pressure and supply during the dry period when sprinkling demand was high. The peak period has shown that consideration will have to be given to the laying of another water main, probably along the proposed 16th Avenue extension, to serve the rapidly increasing demands from the university consequent upon addition of large new buildings and an ever-increasing enrolment. General taxes were again below the 1961 mill rate, which was something of a record in view of rising costs and considering the fact there was very little new construction to increase the assessment. During the year, negotiations were completed to lease a site for a new service- station to Standard Oil Company and a new Chevron station was built and opened late in December. Present indications are that this will be an asset and service to the community. One new fraternity house was built during the year and a second one started. A third fraternity was granted a lease, and it is anticipated an early start will be made on construction. This leaves five lots remaining in the area zoned for fraternities, and three of those will be leased during 1966 if present plans are finalized. Applications by two Lutheran Church organizations resulted in a joint venture whereby they have joined forces and have leased a site adjacent to the university campus. Construction of a student centre is expected during 1966. The only other major item to report was the installation by contract of a storm- drain culvert in the ravine near Drummond Drive. This will now permit filling of the ravine between Chancellor Boulevard and a point north of Fourth Avenue so that Fourth Avenue can eventually be extended to join Chancellor Boulevard, which is an important part of the planned traffic design for the City of Vancouver. Negotiations are under way whereby the City of Vancouver will use this ravine for depositing surplus excavation material. Arrangements will also be made for contractors on campus to move their excavation material to this site, which should have the effect of reducing excavation costs on campus and at the same time reclaim land for the Endowment Lands. Construction of a bridge when Fourth Avenue is extended will also be eliminated. The following tabulation shows comparative figures for the past several years regarding revenues and collections in addition to the number and types of permits issued. DD 78 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Number and Value of Building Permits Issued for the Calendar Years 1963, 1964, and 1965 1963 1964 1965 Number Value Number Value Number Value 1 14 1 6 3 10 1 1 7 1 2 9 1 2 5 1 $354,894.00 $60,000.00 63,000.00 40,800.00 70,000.00 42,000.00 4,785.00 5,000.00 39,125.00 $38,500.00 55,000.00 15,500.00 7,350.00 Alterations to fraternity houses. Garages, etc. 17,400.00 7,325.00 47,300.00 - Totals 25 $171,150.00 19 | $116,350.00 I 21 $580,479.00 UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS DD 79 Os w « § w u w Q o H < W H Ph a H O Z 2 D Q W Z w > W Oh Bh O >< P< i § on 3 o H llli &.J8 111 C a 1 § as ■g O\^OC00qr0'-''*'-''-'O c©xfr.-Hv.vDv6odvd»/-i'-* fNO\MOr,'t(SHVOrr. >n o^ O v. in m o u. r- h Os Os so y-^ ri Os en ^t co en o\o\oa\HrHfS^»o\ ^ rH ,—i ,_, rH t-h r-iH rnw-.r-rHThr--a\T)-ONrH m\Cf>Har)Hh«m ONo\r.f.HTtHin ^cncsoocnfTifNTf-Srn M O fN w no'iH o"^^ 4/5- rH HHHWr. cncncncnencncncn^tin ri vO 0\ (N VD <N VO fN CN[SO o^ oo co \o r. n r«V •"■ t^ t-rH^omr.r-.f*.Ow^x m^-1> Vi O * h in O « l> rH tn" SO V© rn" in © rn" ifr »^'" Hi-HHC)m 0^-|vo\D*«*t*.cor<r-rH CS iH CS 00 rH VD © W"} -rt t-h iHin Mt^vOin'd'tvDt^ ©Ooo\oTj-rf.ooooi/-i Tf N ro oo m rt rf CJ\_ 0\ r- ri ri p£ c c? ■* vo rs vo" r-^ vDvovor-ooooco'-icSrH ©oooooooo© »n ri en Os 888 fr. c. rt m so n •h ^ rt rt vO i-h t- O «n ts rn rTr-T on oo c— *h co r— rn o vo \n n cn hOsOOnir) oss6t^\6Sf*s6dri- CSCO>-H Ol C-, i— TH. — t mOscnasa\osOsso-<tsD Ttrjiftoot^qcTjrni/iTf i> os ri oo ri r* o *"* 0\ ri oorHroininrJcsoo^trH ■<t a » t^ r*i t1- m rn m r- c-" t- oo" id r^ r. o" o" x* » vo r- oo o © i LAND SETTLEMENT BOARD LAND SETTLEMENT BOARD DD 83 LAND SETTLEMENT BOARD The Land Settlement Board's balance-sheets will appear in the Public Accounts of the Province as in the past. The following is a brief summary of the Board's activities and collections for 1965. During the year the sales made by the Board amounted to $47,056.60. One hundred and ninety-four purchasers completed payment and received tide deeds, and five borrowers paid up in full and received release of mortgage. Collections were as follows:— Loans $31,994.10 Land sales 93,285.81 Miscellaneous revenue 8,766.07 $133,995.98 The above figures include collections from the sale and rental of Doukhobor lands in the amount of $76,288.44. As in the past few years, the activities of the Board were concentrated this year on the sale of Doukhobor lands in accordance with the recommendations of the report of Justice Arthur E. Lord, and various subdivisions were made of Board lands for disposition to Doukhobors, principally at Ootishenia and Krestova. Disposition of Board land was approved to enable the expansion of the Castlegar Airport, which was necessitated by additional traffic due to the Columbia River development and the relocation of weather-forecasting facilities from Crescent Valley to the immediate environs of the airport. ; PERSONNEL OFFICE DD 87 PERSONNEL OFFICE J. H. Palmer, Personnel Officer The establishment of the Department was increased by 20 positions this year. Twelve Deputy Land Inspector positions, a new sub-professional grade, were added to the Land Inspection Division at various centres, mainly in the Northern Interior. The advertising of these vacancies attracted some 56 applications. Eleven of the selected candidates were graduates of the Forest Service Ranger School, and the 12th man was a graduate of an agricultural college and was also an employee of the Forest Service. These men were given a one-week combined field and office training course in land inspection work by Departmental officials in September, and are now working on a study programme in preparation for a course in Appraisal I and ultimate qualification as registered appraisers. Along with the recruitment of these men, the Department was able to transfer experienced Land Inspectors to take charge of new land inspection districts with headquarters in Prince Rupert, Vanderhoof, and Burns Lake. The other eight positions added to establishment were in the Surveys and Mapping Branch. Four were classified as Draughtsman 3 and one as Mapping Assistant 3 in the Legal Surveys Division. Two positions classified as Draughtsman 3 and one as a Photographic Technician were added to the Air Division. Difficulty was encountered in recruiting experienced candidates for these positions. Only three qualified persons were available, and these were employed without interview from localities outside the Province. The remaining five positions were filled with beginners. The foregoing additions to staff combined with a high level of turnover to produce a record number of personnel actions, as listed below:— Recruitments for continuous staff Reclassifications Promotions Internal transfers 3 Transfers to other departments Terminations for continuous staff Retirements Short-term casual appointments and terminations 1965 Comparable 1964 figures 45 25 12 18 23 4 3 6 9 7 28 15 2 1 55 42 In addition to 11 Deputy Land Inspectors whose appointments involved changes of headquarters, the headquarters for six Land Inspectors was also changed. Scarcity of housing in the Northern Interior imposed a considerable strain and inconvenience on many of the persons involved in transfers and placed a particularly heavy load of correspondence on this office. Messrs. H. C. R. Gavin and A. Paulsen, of the Land Inspection Division, were awarded Diplomas in Public Administration from the University of Victoria following the completion of the three-year study course under the Executive Development Training Plan. Messrs. A. M. Barber, B.C.L.S., A. P. McLaughlin, B.C.L.S., A. D. Wight, B.C.L.S., and R. P. Murdock completed the second year of the course, and Messrs. R. H. McAra, K. M. Bridge, B.C.L.S., P. J. Brennan, B.C.L.S., and J. H. Palmer completed the first year of this course. Mr. D. Thorn, Land Inspector, Kamloops, was enrolled in the first year of the course, and Messrs. R. Rutherford and A. M. Broughton enrolled in the correspondence course in Basic Public Administration offered by the Civil Service Commission. Messrs. DD 88 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES H. K. Kidd and C. R. Irving were awarded certificates following the completion of the first course in Basic Public Administration. Messrs. F. Rich, Draughtsman 4, and C. R. W. Leak, B.C.L.S., Surveyor 2, retired from service, the latter electing early retirement. Reference to these retirements is made in the section of the report filed by the Surveys and Mapping Branch. The Department's safety record continued to be favourable, there being apparently close attention paid to safety matters by supervisors and staff alike. MAIL AND FILE ROOM DD 91 MAIL AND FILE ROOM John A. Grant A total of 242,375 letters was received in the Department during 1965, and 1,973 reels of microfilm were referred to during the year. There were 9,989 new files created. The Vault staff was moved from Room 13 to Room 14 in the middle of August, and on October 19th the Mail Room staff was moved to Room 13. Lands Branch stenographers now occupy the former Mail Room. This has resulted in much less crowded conditions in the Lands General Office. Letters Inward Branch 1964 1965 10-year Average, 1956-65 Lands 52,833 152,038 29,375 22,255 53,467 138,313 29,893 20,702 44,307 143,023 25,845 19,186 Totals 256,501 242,375 232,361 Letters Outward (Recorded) Branch 1964 1965 10-year Average, 1956-65 13,972 1,600 3,500 10,295 1,740 4,365 13,271 Forests 1,972 2,437 Totals . - 19,072 16,400 17,680 Miscellaneous Reports Designation 1934 1965 10-year Average, 1956-65 Forest-fire reports Logging-inspection reports Land-classification reports Stumpage-adjustment notices.. Totals 1,120 13,883 5,174 6,737 26,914 2,688 9,873 5,266 614 18,441 5,031 14,577 3,810 3,774 27,192 New Files Created Designation 1964 1965 10-year Average, 1956-65 " O " files 6,068 1,653 2,295 6,642 1,634 1,713 5 697 Timber-mark files. 1,392 Timber-sale files.. _ 2,821 Totals 10,016 9,989 9,910 Printed by A. Sutton, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in right of the Province of British Columbia. 1966 1,060-466-2910
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Title | REPORT of the LANDS SERVICE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 1965 |
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