PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Hon. R. G. Williston, Minister D. Borthwick, Deputy Minister of Lands REPORT of the LANDS SERVICE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 1968 Printed by A. Sutton, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in right of the Province of British Columbia. 1969 Victoria, British Columbia, March 3, 1969. To the Honourable John R. Nicholson, P.C, O.B.E., LL.D., LL.B., 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, 1968. R. G. WILLISTON, Minister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources. Victoria, British Columbia, March 3, 1969. The Honourable R. G. Williston, Minister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, Victoria, British Columbia. 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, 1968. D. BORTHWICK, Deputy Minister of Lands. HNHHHBMMn--... Helmcken Falls, Wells Gray Park. CONTENTS Introduction by the Deputy Minister of Lands .. Page . 9 Accounting Division 15 Lands Branch— Director of Lands Land Inspection Division. Surveys and Mapping Branch— Surveyor-General Legal Surveys Division 23 32 49 51 Topographic Division 58 Geographic Division- Air Division University Endowment Lands. Personnel Office Mail and File Room 69 75 85 89 93 COVER PHOTO View north along the Rocky Mountain Trench, Columbia River, near Radium Hot Springs. mi £ a n Cu S < t3 u U B >> a a u > ■ i s, o n tu > a U w tn r* Oj crj u V m u 3 PA •3 * Report of the British Columbia Lands Service D. Borthwick, B.S.A., B.Ed., A.A.C.I., Deputy Minister of Lands It is noted with regret than a fine and able administrator, Mr. R. Torrance, died suddenly on April 3, 1968, after only a brief tenure of the office of Deputy Minister of Lands. No words can fully convey the scope and thoroughness of his abilities nor can they adequately describe the loss felt by his associates. Mr. G. S. Andrews, Director of the Surveys and Mapping Branch and Surveyor- General since 1951 and Boundaries Commissioner since 1952, retired in the fall of 1968. Mr. Andrews' pioneer work in the field of aerial surveying will always remain a credit both to him and to his profession. Besides the offices of Deputy Minister of Lands and Director of Surveys and Mapping, new incumbents occupied several other senior staff positions, notably those of the Director of Lands, Co-ordinator—Lands Service, Assistant Director of Lands, Chief of the Air Division, and Assistant Chief Land Inspector. The organization chart immediately preceding this introduction shows the main administrative framework of the Lands Service. The past year marked a continuation of the industrial expansion, settlement growth, and demand for recreational space which have characterized British Columbia's recent history. These processes have been active in various degrees throughout the entire area of the Province, not just confined to a few regions, and inevitably they have had an impact on the essential functions which the Lands Service contributes to Provincial development. Primary information in the form of survey detail, aerial photographs, site plans, and maps originates in the Surveys and Mapping Branch, whereas the Lands Branch is the agency through which Crown lands are appraised and processed for various forms of tenure. After declining in 1967, net revenues of the Lands Service again swung upward to show an increase in excess of 13 per cent over the previous year. Land sales accounted for 30 per cent of the revenue received, and leases 47 per cent. The remaining revenue came from a variety of sources, such as royalties, bonus bids, easements, Crown-grant fees, survey charges, and the sale of maps and air photos. Continuing emphasis on the now well-established lease-develop-purchase policy has been reflected in a decline in the number of certificates of purchase issued by the Lands Branch. In contrast, the number of leases issued in 1968 was 2,180, and at the end of the year the Department held 11,826 lease accounts, compared with 8,194 just three years previously. Furthermore, nearly three-quarters of the 6,428 inspections recorded by the Land Inspection Division involved leases, while only 6.5 per cent were in connection with alienation by purchase. On many occasions the Lands Service renders assistance to other levels of government (local, municipal, and Federal) as well as to other Provincial departments. In 1968, for example, more than 800 Crown lots were conveyed to various municipalities for the purposes of facilitating orderly land development within their boundaries. Where suitable school-sites are still available, the Department also arranges for free grants of Crown land to school districts. In special cases the Lands Service processes an exchange of Crown and private lands. During 1968 approximately 29,000 acres within the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company land grant were acquired in this way to facilitate an extension of Strathcona Provincial Park. Also, land examinations were performed at the request of the Southern Okanagan Lands Project, the Land Settlement Board, Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans' CC 10 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Land Act), Pacific Great Eastern Railway, British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, Department of Public Works, and Department of Finance. Crown subdivisions continued to be laid out and developed in areas where there is extensive interest in land. Among the subdivisions created during the year were those for waterfront lots on Ness, Green, Sheridan, Shuswap, and Hannah Lakes in the Interior of the Province, and Quadra Island on the Coast, while on Texada Island another group of lots was laid out near Cranby Lake. Compact arrangement and pre-servicing of Crown subdivisions offset pressures for random and irregular ribbon growth. In order to evaluate the effect of agricultural expansion in the Moberly Lake area of the Peace River region, a settlement capability study was undertaken over an area exceeding 100,000 acres. The route of the newly constructed Highway No. 16 between Prince George and McBride was also examined for the purpose of identifying Crown lands suitable for certain major types of use. During 1968 the Land Settlement Board was formally dissolved and the remaining duties of the Board were absorbed into the Lands Branch. The four divisions of the Surveys and Mapping Branch—that is, the Legal Surveys, Topographic, Geographic, and Air Divisions—continued their role of extending the framework of Provincial surveys, mapping, and aerial photography. Staff from the Legal Surveys Division delineated Crown waterfront lease lots at nine locations and rural roadside lots at 17 widely scattered places. The Division also expanded its reproduction facilities, which provide Government departments and the general public with photographic, diazo, multilith, and xerographic reproductions of maps, plans, forms, and graphs. Several pieces of miniaturization equipment, including a 105-mm. camera, converter, film-processor, and reader-printer, were installed during the year. A field crew of the Topographic Division completed a three-year project to strengthen horizontal and vertical survey control in North-eastern British Columbia between the Alaska Highway and the Alberta boundary and 57° 30' N. and 60° N. latitudes. Topographic field work also included survey control for mapping in the Hazelton Mountains and Coast Mountains south of Hazelton and horizontal control and levelling in the Libby Dam pondage covering the lower Kootenay and Elk Rivers. Compilation of some 40 large-scale maps of the pondage area is being done by the Legal Surveys Division. Integrated Survey Area No. 2, embracing a major part of the City of Dawson Creek, was declared by Order in Council No. 1218 and gazetted on May 9, 1968. Various stages of integrated survey control, ranging from preliminary design to final calculation, continued to be chiefly concentrated on parts of the Lower Mainland and Southern Vancouver Island. Investigations continued into the feasibility of orthophoto mapping, a process which rectifies aerial photographs to a plane surface; that is, the impression of relief is removed and scale distortion is corrected to a mathematical framework. This technique enables aerial photographs to be reproduced as a kind of map. The number of maps sold and distributed by the Geographic Division advanced to a new 12-month record of 128,303. Since it was published in September, 1967, Map SGS-1 (Vancouver Island) has proven to be the most popular single map-sheet yet printed by the Geographic Division. By the end of 1968 it was necessary to reprint it to keep stocks on hand. A special collection of early maps and survey instruments showing the progress of surveys and mapping since colonial times was assembled and labelled for display in the new Provincial Museum; for example, the map of British Columbia, 1871, LANDS SERVICE REPORT CC 11 prepared under the direction of J. W. Trutch, provides an interesting contrast to British Columbia Relief Map Ijr, printed in 1968. In spite of fickle weather during the summer months, the Air Division recorded a coverage of 41,200 square miles of aerial photography and successfully completed all or part of 66 projects of a total of 74 scheduled for the season. Eight of the 113 rolls of aerial film processed in 1968 were for infra-red or colour photography, and the number of aerial photographs purchased or borrowed by Government departments, industrial and business firms, educational institutions, and private individuals increased more than 5 per cent over the previous year. For full particulars of the accomplishments of the Accounting Division, Lands Branch, Surveys and Mapping Branch, University Endowment Lands, Personnel Office, and Mail and File Room, the reader is commended to the following sections of this Annual Report. The folded indexes and key maps in the manila envelope attached to the back cover list Departmental reference maps and manuscripts (Indexes 1 to 7), published maps (Indexes 8 to 14), and air-photo cover (Key Maps 15 to 18). ACCOUNTING DIVISION ACCOUNTING DIVISION CC 15 ACCOUNTING DIVISION M. B. Maclean, B.Com., Departmental Comptroller The Accounting Division carries out the accounting function for both Lands Service and Water Resources Service; this includes preparation of payroll, voucher- ing of invoices, billing of accounts receivable, expenditure and revenue control, and compilation of statistical information. As has been the case in recent years, our lease accounts have steadily increased during 1968 while land sales accounts have slowly declined. Work load in our accounts receivable section had increased to the point where it was necessary to add an additional clerk to the section in May. As at December 31, 1968, we had 11,826 lease accounts, compared to 10,440 the previous December; land sales accounts at December 31, 1968, were 579, compared to 875 the previous year. During 1968 the Land Settlement Board accounts were incorporated into our lands sales section so that with these accounts (265) the total for the section at December, 1968, was 844. Some thought is presently being given to an improved method of dealing with our lease accounts since the present manual system of posting to ledgers will not be adequate if the number of these accounts continues to increase. Statistical Tables Table 1.—Summary of Lands Service Net Revenue Collections for the Year Ended December 31, 1968 Land leases, rentals, fees, etc $2,189,055.75 Land sales 1,024,410.93 Sale of maps and air photos 154,445.46 Net revenue collections $3,367,912.14 Table 2.—Comparison of Revenue Collections for 10-year Period 1959—68, Inclusive 1959 MHM.HBHI $1,323,877.29 1960 ^HMmH^ 1,714,220.41 1961 HHm^HnH 1,765,207.54 1962 .^nanmwaBBH 1,847,457.83 1963 aammummmamBBammmmmmmmmm 2,034,841.80 1964 DBHnaBDSDOHaHnMnn 2,587,110.34 1965 n»sna[^nMBm 2,594.341.32' 1966 HMHM^HHHI^H 3,343,672.46] 1967 ■■!■■!■ ■■!■■■■ iimii inn i ■iiiii !■■■—■ 2.985,996.61' 1968 ■HMHH.tBHMHHnnB 3,367,912.14! i Net revenue. CC 16 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 3.—Classification of Revenue Collections for the Year Ended December 31, 1968 Land sales— Country lands $715,794.45 Town lots 313,112.85 Surface rights, mineral claims 10,685.30 $1,039,592.60 Land leases, rentals, fees, etc.— Foreshore leases— Booming and log storage $292,160.61 Commercial (marina, etc.) 598,413.14 Oyster 13,650.29 Miscellaneous (foreshore protection, etc.) 989.27 $905,213.31 Land leases— Grazing and (or) agriculture $264,220.71 Quarrying (limestone, sand and gravel) 49,723.51 Camp-site (lodge, fishing) 12,029.72 Home-site 2,154.48 Residential 210,258.23 Miscellaneous 155,414.71 693,801.36 Land-use permits 2,980.00 Licences of occupation 25,005.75 Royalty collections 216,366.41 Bonus bids (lease tenders and auctions) 53,541.90 Easement collections—■ Annual rentals $1,676.13 Outright considerations 125,318.04 126,994.17 Fees— Crown grant $19,754.94 Assignment 4,160.00 Miscellaneous (lease, search, etc.) 11,752.00 35,666.94 Sundry collections (occupational rental, survey charges, etc.) 124,022.09 Sale of maps and air photos— Legal Division $35,750.95 Geographic Division 61,383.69 Air Division 77,798.62 2,183,591.93 174,933.26 Gross revenue for year $3,398,117.79 Less refunds and taxes 30,205.65 Net revenue for year $3,367,912.14 ACCOUNTING DIVISION CC 17 Table 4.—Comparison of Land Leases, Rentals, Fees, Etc., Revenue for 10-year Period 1959—68, Inclusive 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 $668,367.70 842,413.17 1,001,071.13 933,607.66 1,149,650.45 1,485,539.13 1,462,024.93! 1,514,749.69! 1,917,435.311 2,189,055.751 1 Net revenue. Table 5. 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 -Comparison of Land Sales Revenue for 10-year Period 1959—68, Inclusive $589,975.24 806,723.54 703,705.71 836,270.32 787,184.11 982,137.88 1,017,893.161 1,692,861.141 2 916,098.981 2 1,024,410.931 2 i Net revenue. 2 Includes sales to City of Prince George: 1966, $718,733; 1967, $107,200; 1968, $106,452. 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 Director 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. 11 *v;' |l»iil7S« :■:.■■ -. ■'. *»•:.-'-•: j £ * ,i Hi '•»./■ **' JO i. • •« •*',' •'.: v "3 17 ■ ;.;.■■ ■■...: '.'■,. . ■ ■■ ■'■ :■ , > d V ?:<■ ■■" ;.rKr ".,]/,.„,, ..■■■■■ Pembe ^■1S-S « - ' u ■\, .. ■ ■ 'V — . ,•«# OJ : ; • • ■ , xr-i>: . ^M Z ■M^-■:-':<.^SW$Mz i ••.."' • • .'. 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Redel, B.A.Sc, P.Ac, A.A.C.I., Director of Lands There was an 11.8-per-cent increase in the total number of new applications filed with this Department in 1968. At the same time, Lands Branch revenue reached a record high of $3,213,466. The Department's lease-develop-purchase policy inaugurated in 1965 has resulted in more leases being issued and fewer direct sales; a larger percentage of total revenue is now attributable to lease rentals rather than to sale values. Although there is some activity in Crown land throughout the whole Province, more applications are filed in the central and northern parts that are primarily for agricultural purposes. However, the continued development of resource-based industries has stimulated the demand for Crown land in some of the more remote parts of the Province. During the past year there have been numerous easements granted over Crown lands to accommodate power and gas lines. Pacific Northern Gas Limited has made an application for a gas pipe-line extending from Summit Lake, north of Prince George, to Prince Rupert. A temporary reserve pending route location for a British Columbia Hydro power-line stretches from Mica Dam to Ruby Creek, just east of Agassiz. In 1968 the Department conveyed over 800 lots to cities and municipalities to facilitate replot and development projects within their corporate boundaries. In addition, Crown lands required for municipal purposes were sold to the District of Campbell River and to the Villages of Masset and Princeton for a nominal sum. The Department has also continued to co-operate with the many school districts throughout the Province by making free grants of Crown land for school purposes where such lands were still available. Under special circumstances the Department endeavours to assist municipalities to acquire, by exchange, private lands required for municipal purposes. Both the private and Crown lands involved in any such proposal are appraised to determine market value. If the appraisal indicates the land values are equivalent, the Crown will then accept a conveyance of the privately owned land and subsequently issue a Crown grant under section 65 of the Land Act to the private owner. The lands conveyed to the Crown will then be granted to the municipality in order that such lands may be developed in the public interest. Exchanges of this nature are also entered into on behalf of other Government departments. In one such exchange, 30,000 acres of Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway land in the vicinity of Forbidden Plateau was acquired on behalf of the Parks Branch for inclusion in Strathcona Park. Other exchanges include a parcel being conveyed to the Crown as an addition to Fort Steele Historic Park and an exchange to provide an additional 189 acres for inclusion in the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area. During 1968 work was carried out on 14 Crown subdivisions, and upgrading work was done on a road into an existing subdivision. Waterfront lots for residential use were developed on Ness, Green, Sheridan, Shuswap, Hannah, and Cranby Lakes, and one sea-coast subdivision was developed at Cape Mudge on Quadra Island. There is a continuing demand for waterfront lots on lakes throughout the Province by the general public for recreational use. While the Department can only meet part of this demand owing to the limited funds available for pre-servicing Crown lands, the present policy of creating lots on desirable lake-frontage will continue to be followed. Although most subdivision work is to provide lots for recreational use, either summer or winter cabin-site purposes, last year 17 subdivisions at widely scattered CC 24 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES points throughout the Province were developed along public roads where waterfront property was not involved. This type of subdivision tends to concentrate residential development, and it discourages ribbon development along main traffic routes. All subdivisions are laid out in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Highways and the Health Services Department. One unusual case of assistance occurred at Fort Nelson, where the Department considered it to be in the public interest to co-operate with the Fort Nelson Improvement District to resubdivide and service 47 Crown lots with sewer and water. Besides creating Crown subdivisions, 90 reserves were established for the use, recreation, and enjoyment of the public throughout the Province in 1968. As mentioned earlier, certain exchanges were entered into in order to obtain land for park and other public use requirements. Two of the more interesting reserves created during the year were as follows:— (1) A 450-acre reserve was established at the request of the District of Squamish over Stawamus Chief Mountain. The vertical granite face of this mountain has been a challenge to climbers for many years. (2) A 3,000-acre reserve was established for the Canadian Wildlife Association at Naden Harbour, Queen Charlotte Islands, for habitat protection for migratory waterfowl. During the year, co-operative investigations dealing with mutual problems were carried out with personnel of other Government departments and private industry. A settlement capability study covering 100,000 acres of land in the Peace River District involved personnel of three departments and subsequent consultation with private forestry people. A survey involving personnel from two departments and representatives of the forest industry made a reconnaissance of Stuart Lake to determine future foreshore log-storage needs of private industry. Discussions with members of the towboat owners' association resulted in Order in Council reserves being established to protect 19 areas on the coast for the use of towboats and their tows during stress of weather or adverse tides. The helpful co-operation of private industry in dealing with problems of this nature is very much appreciated. 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 received increased to 4,453 from 3,768 received in 1967. The continuing increase in applications is a reflection of the general need, both in private and public sectors, for Crown lands throughout the Province. Purchase Section.—Once again purchase applications received decreased over those of the preceding year, from 656 in 1967 to 484 in 1968. Since its inception in 1965, it was anticipated that the lease-develop-purchase policy of the Department would result in fewer purchase applications. However, since many types of leases contain 10-year purchase options, it is expected that from now on there will be increased purchase applications as lessees meet Departmental requirements regarding development and apply for Crown grant. This Section also processes all residential leases, of which 904 were issued in 1968. Crown Grants.—The lease-develop-purchase policy also affects this Section but, as with the Purchase Section, when lessees meet development requirements and exercise purchase options, the work of the Section will increase. A total of 957 Crown grants was issued in 1968, as compared to 980 Crown grants issued in 1967. . LANDS BRANCH CC 25 Pre-emption and Reserve Section.—During 1968 a total of 31 pre-emption records was allowed. This is a type of tenure which has been diminishing in importance in recent years. Reserve applications received during the year totalled 489, a decrease from the 513 figure of 1967; 380 reserves were established during the year. General inquiries regarding the availability of Crown land, which are handled by this Section, numbered 3,662 in 1968. Status Section.—The number of statuses carried out by this Section increased by 800 in 1968, the total completed being 21,915, against 21,115 completed in 1967. Easement Section.—During 1968, 142 easements were granted, compared to 146 in 1967. Fifty per cent of the easements granted were for power-line, oil and gas pipe-line, and well-site purposes. GENERAL ACTIVITY During 1968 a total of 60 parcels was tendered for lease; the acreage involved was 7,213.4 acres, and the bonus bid revenue realized was $19,653. In addition, 568 lots were offered for lease by public auction, with 264 lots being disposed of at the time of the auction, and the bonus bid revenue realized therefrom amounted to $55,308. Three hundred and seventy-four of the lots offered were waterfront properties. Five parcels were tendered for sale in 1968, three being disposed of for $10,789. Thirty out of 107 lots offered for sale by public auction in 1968 were sold, and the total revenue realized therefrom was $80,555. During the past year 254 town lots were sold, realizing the sum of $161,196.50. The following tables indicate in detail the work carried out by the various sections of the Lands Branch in 1968. Table 1.—Country Land Sales, 1968 Surveyed Unsurveyed Acres 6,268.49 1,321.374 CC 26 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 2.—Certificates of Purchase Issued, 1968 Land Recording District Total Alberni 13 Atlin _ 16 Burns Lake 6 Clinton 1 6 Cranbrook 48 Fernie _ _ 5 Fort St. John 88 Golden 4 Kamloops _ . 11 Kaslo 1 3 Nanaimo 7 Nelson 16 New Westminster _ 24 Penticton 26 Pouce Coupe 31 Prince George —_ 19 Prince Rupert ___ 14 Quesnel 12 Revelstoke ' 3 Smithers 11 Vancouver _ 14 Vernon 1 Victoria _ _ 2 Williams Lake 16 Total 396 Table 3.—New Leases Issued, 1968 Land— Number Agriculture - __._.. 599 Acreage 199,062.00 137,502.00 3,167.00 128.00 1,515.00 4,925.00 2,331.00 86.00 228.00 188.00 132.00 184.00 Hay and grazing (pasture and hay-cutting)__ 261 Quarrying (sand, gravel, limestone, etc.) 29 Home-site (section 78, Land Act) 9 Residential 904 Miscellaneous (resorts, service-stations, camp-sites, mill-sites, etc.) 145 Foreshore— Booming, log storage, log-dumping, etc 107 Oyster and shellfish 9 Industrial (canneries, mill-sites, wharves, etc.) 34 Quarrying (sand, gravel from river-beds) 10 Commercial (boat rentals, marinas, marine service-stations, etc.) 26 Miscellaneous (private wharves and boat- houses, etc.) 47 Totals 2,180 349,448.00 LANDS BRANCH CC 27 Table 4.—Temporary Tenure Leases Renewed, 1968 Number 716 Acreage 251,762.49 Table 5.—Land-use Permits Issued, 1968 Number 40 Acreage 98 Table 6.—Licences to Occupy Issued, 1968 Number Acreage 35 1,196 Table 7.—Assignments Approved, 1968 Leases, land-use permits, licences of occupation Table 8.—Easements Granted, 1968 Submarine power cables _ Submarine telephone cables.. Overhead power-lines.. Foreshore Overhead telephone cables Effluent and sewerage pipe-lines Water pipe-lines Access road Totals.. Land Oil and gas pipe-lines and well-sites Cathodic site Power-lines... Telephone-lines - Microwave sites Microwave sites and power-lines Microwave sites and access roads Television transmitter sites. Television antenna sites and power-lines Television transmitter sites and power-lines-. Television antenna site Radio sites Radio site and power-line.. Sewerage pipe-lines.. Underground telephone cable.. Water pipe-line Totals Licence of Occupation Power-line- Radio transmitter site.. Microwave site and power-line.. Totals Southern Okanagan Lands Project Sewerage pipe-lines Power-line Totals. Grand totals- Number 6 10 3 1 3 1 1 Miles 5.694 211.324 0.439 0.002 2.071 0.079 0.017 142 | 1,049.014 I 839 Acres 135.488 1,121.943 4.900 0.050 15.240 0.160 0.081 25 219.626 1,277.862 25 161.631 3,774.343 1 0.095 0.150 46 637.622 19,273.249 6 1.341 2.850 9 22.711 4 6.143 49.171 2 10.496 53.870 2 2.518 2 3.538 6.068 2 2.569 21.200 1 1.139 2.990 5 1.520 1 0.581 5.592 3 1.633 12.510 1 0.213 0.778 1 0.136 0.246 111 827.137 23,229.739 1 0.090 0.025 1 12.800 1 63.130 3 0.090 75.955 2 0.102 0.254 1 2.059 5.030 3 2.161 5.284 24,588.840 In line with current Departmental policy, 100 letters of consent for the construction of access roads were issued during the year. CC 28 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 9.—Crown Grants Issued, 1968 - Purchases (country lands) 596 Purchases (town lots) 147 Pre-emptions 50 Surface rights (Mineral Act) . - ,". ■,.-^; 78 Public Schools Act 17 Veterans' Land Settlement Act 1_ 6 Home-site leases 6 Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company 8 Supplementary timber grants 1 Miscellaneous 48 Total 957 Certified copies of Crown grants issued 3 Table 10.—Crown Grants Issued for Past 10 Years 1959 agBB^nma«egHnaD 1,471 1960 BDBBnimnsHBWBcg 1,399 1961 BBKB3BHB9»Bn 1,074 1962 BmOHOHHaBBBBI 1,081 1963 ■BBBBHaWBU 1,042 1964 i im i 1,163 1965 linn i mi 1,087 1966 inn mum wi mu 1,020 1967 nDBKUHWB 980 1968 .jjj^hi^^hh 957 Total 1 11,274 Ten-year average, 1,127. Table 11.—Total Area Deeded by Crown Grant, 1968 Acres Purchases (country lands) 90,898.45 Pre-emptions 7,744.91 Surface rights (Mineral Act) 2,464.72 Public Schools Act 102.73 Veterans' Land Settlement Act . 650.22 Home-site leases 90.34 Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company 2,284.16 Supplementary timber grants 97.00 Miscellaneous 24,974.18 Total J . 129,306.71 LANDS BRANCH Table 12.—Pre-emption Records, 1968 CC 29 Pre-emptions Applications Received Applications Allowed Cancelled Certificates of Improvement Issued Alberni.. Atlin Cranbrook.. Fernie Fort Fraser (Burns Lake) Fort George (Prince George).. Fort St. John Golden Kamloops Kaslo 5 14 3 Lillooet (Clinton).. Nanaimo Nelson New Westminster Osoyoos (Vernon).. Pouce Coupe Prince Rupert Quesnel Revelstoke 21 Similkameen (Penticton).. Smithers Telegraph Creek (Prince Rupert) - Vancouver... - Victoria Williams Lake Totals.- 44 2 10 3 1 4 16 1 1 1 19 16 15 21 31 37 Table 13.—Reserves, 1968 Applications Reserves Received Completed Use, recreation, and enjoyment of the public 143 90 British Columbia Department of Highways (rights-of- way, gravel pits, bridge-sites, etc.) 114 104 Federal Government (defence purposes, wharf-sites, etc.) 38 25 British Columbia Forest Service (Ranger stations, grazing, radio sites, reforestation, etc.) 90 93 Miscellaneous (Fish and Wildlife Branch, water-power projects, garbage dumps, school-sites, cemeteries, etc.) 104 60 Totals - 489 380 CC 30 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES ~< tr> r- no cn oo cN OO rH 1> O ri ref OO © e?\ OO oo^tsq r- hod cn no r~ cn on © nO Q O «N ON © 00 tJ- « «; *i *> NO <n © oo r- O O O ON «T1 ON no « ©■ t. °-. wn cs r^ vO C5 ON * CN* H "*- m 2 o o © cn on r^ Tf — co CO © On © ■* © n © ■* CS 00«'-i m CO © -^ 00 c- \o CS — NO r- «or*« n Tf (S Tf CS m cn Tt ON © Tf un m 934 D.00 051 770 S cn ~h CO r~~ oo ts o oo 00 © cn on © ON CS trt "tf ON on I vd H °°- "V r-I r-H r- «H Tf *H NO r- OOtTf C^ O NO 00 944 5.53 013 029 © cn © ri — w, W1 T-H Tf r- OO On n Tf on <N cn 00 t>- CN Tf Tf nd © r- cs _: co ■* •<t oo cn r~- 00 00 r-* ,_| ttj^f: CN ^ri S 6 5 sta v§ 1 T3 .>> u J) ■ ~\ •o u g ja * (-. 3 ^3 1 6"o^ £3 - fc U f tST Tts • C3 mn a, ii 3 5 o * o v s e •o So <* — it 14-1 »4-l c jy s = o g,f rr i SSou^ UUh Z "3 CU n ■33 gall i i u 5 = sa T r Ski-cabin construction HmH „ MkS -n, Hudson Bay Mountain, nearSmi;er CC 32 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES LAND INSPECTION DIVISION L. D. Fraser, B.Sc.A., P.Ag., A.A.C.I., Chief The increased volume of work processed by this Division during 1968 is a continuation of the trend established in past years. It will be seen by reference to the footnote to Table 3 that the average change for the whole Province represents an increase of 12.5 per cent over 1967 and 21.3 per cent over the figure established in 1964. Table 2 shows the number of inspections completed, as well as those outstanding, for each of the 17 inspection districts at the end of the year for the past five years. This table also shows the work done at isolated coastal points by arrangement with the British Columbia Forest Service and also work done by headquarters staff. The total number of inspections completed during the past year was 6,428, up 8.4 per cent over the 1967 figure. The outstanding backlog for the Division at the year-end was 958 inspections, an increase of 177 or 22.7 per cent over the previous year. While substantial, this increase is not considered to be too significant since it may largely be attributed to an unusually high number of examinations for lease review purposes located within a single Crown subdivision situated on the shore of a very accessible Cariboo lake. On the basis of a full field-staff complement of 33 men, the average of 29 applications per man awaiting examination is considered to be an acceptable year-end figure. The lease-development-purchase policy originally instituted by the Department to cover alienation of land for agricultural purposes and extended in 1966 to cover those Crown lands disposed of for home-site purposes is continuing to increase the proportion of applications to lease relative to other types of work dealt with and is increasing in particular those types of inspections involving review of existing leases. This may be seen by reference to Table 1, which shows the types of inspections completed during the year. It is noteworthy that 73 per cent of all inspections dealt with in 1968 involved leases, whereas in 1964 the figure stood only at 47 per cent. Applications to lease and renewal of leases other than foreshore totalled 4,250, representing 66 per cent of all inspections completed. This figure may be compared with 56 per cent last year and 38 per cent for the same type of work completed in 1964. This trend is expected to continue into 1969 as a result of a further increase in lease review requests following the initial three- year leasehold tenure period, but the actual time required by the field staff to complete this type of inspection may be reduced somewhat as a result of the policy change in 1968, which prevents any change in the rental set for leases issued for agricultural purposes during the first 10 years of the lease term. The Inspection Division was again called on to assist other Government departments and agencies. In March of 1968 four of the Division's senior Land Inspectors spent a total of 47 working-days assisting the Department of Highways in the acquisition of land in connection with the Roberts Bank Superport. In addition, properties were examined and reports submitted for the Land Settlement Board, Veterans' Land Act, Southern Okanagan Land Project, Pacific Great Eastern Railway, British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, Department of Public Works, and Department of Finance. As in previous years, applications to lease for agricultural purposes and reviews of this type of lease following the initial three-year tenure period constituted the bulk of the work in the Fort St. John Land Inspection District. New requests received were down by 6.3 per cent, from 986 in 1967 to 924 in 1968. A total area of 141,935 acres of new land was alienated during the year, up only slightly LANDS BRANCH CC 33 from the 137,000 acres in 1967. Approximately 63 per cent of the applications received were from local people, 16 per cent from other Canadian residents, and the remaining 21 per cent were received from applicants residing outside of Canada. Compared to 1967, this represents an increase of 14 per cent in applications made by local residents, with a proportionate decrease in applications received from outside of Canada. Established farmers are continuing to round out and increase the size of their holdings to create economic units, dictated largely by the extremely powerful and costly machinery coming into use. As a result of these improved machines, there is a constant evolution of new techniques in land-clearing, which it is expected will lead to development, over the next few years, of a sizeable acreage of muskeg as well as problematic areas which have heretofore been considered non-arable land. With these new techniques and more and better roads resulting from planned expansion of the oil and gas industry, land applications should remain at a high level. The decision to extend the Pacific Great Eastern Railway to Fort Nelson will encourage further development and will undoubtedly result in a further increase in the demand for land in the Fort Nelson area. In the area located south of the Peace River covered by the Pouce Coupe Land Inspection District, total examinations requested rose by 12 per cent over the 1967 level, while total examinations made remained at about the same number. New requests received were 569, while inspections completed totalled 607. There has, however, been a marked rise over the preceding two years in the total acreage covered by applications submitted for agricultural purposes, due largely to applications received during the past year covering large blocks of land located in the general vicinity of Moberly Lake. In order to properly consider wildlife, forestry, and recreational interest, as well as evaluate the agricultural potential of some 137,000 acres contained in these large blocks of land, a detailed land-use study was undertaken. Although this study proved to be very time-consuming, the information obtained will not only be used to process current applications, but will serve as a guide for settlement and future development of those specific areas. Lands having a home-site potential continue to be in demand, with an increased interest shown in those lands situated adjacent to rivers and in the foothill area south and west of Dawson Creek. Due mainly to changing economic conditions which do not favour the pre-emption of land, only four applications to preempt were received in the Pouce Coupe District during the year. Only about half of all applications made in this district in 1968 are estimated to have been made by local residents, a figure which is approximately 10 per cent below the estimate for the North Peace River area. No appreciable change has occurred in the work-load situation in the Prince George Land Inspection District. The increase in new inspection requests received was 5.6 per cent to 396, from 375 in 1967. There has, however, been a significant change in the type of applications dealt with as a result of the lease- develop-purchase policy now in effect. This policy is showing evidence of discouraging those individuals who are not genuinely interested in farming, which, combined with the progressive alienation of the more desirable lands, is leading to a reduction from previous years in the number of applications to lease for agricultural purposes. The decrease in numbers to 92 for this type of application from 131 in 1967 represents a reduction of 30 per cent. Conversely there has been a 118-per-cent increase experienced during the same period in the number of, summer-home site applications received. Unlike the Peace River area, the large majority of applications received in the Prince George District are made by local residents, with only minor numbers 2 CC 34 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES being received from applicants residing outside of the area or outside of Canada. Approximately 14 per cent of the applications dealt with during the year fell within the boundaries of Community Planning Area Number 7, while 50 per cent were within Ranger Districts 4 and 14, adjoining the community planning area and lying north and west of Prince George. The balance of the work load was distributed over the remainder of the district. A land-use study was made of Crown lands paralleling Highway No. 16 east from Prince George to McBride for the purpose of selecting those lands suitable for recreational purposes, commercial development, and also areas required for use by the Department of Highways. The lands remaining have been reserved from alienation to prevent destruction of the aesthetic qualities by " ribbon " development. In the Vanderhoof Land Inspection District, alienation for agricultural purposes still represents the major interest. Agricultural applications and lease reviews stood at approximately the same level as in 1967, and in total amounted to 47 per cent of the work load. There were 386 new requests received during the year, up by 25.7 per cent from 1967. Increases were reflected in the categories covering applications to lease for summer- and permanent-home sites, applications for commercial purposes including foreshore, and in applications for foreshore for log storage and booming purposes. As a result of the increased interest in summer- home sites and because of Departmental policy requiring the examination of all lake-front property to set aside areas required for public recreational purposes prior to any alienation, a total of 17 lake reconnaissance inspections were required during the year, as compared to two in 1967. There has been an increase in interest shown in land in the Fort St. James and Stuart Lake areas. This has been brought about as a result of the announced northerly extension of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway from Fort St. James and the improved road from Fort St. James to Tachie village, located at the mouth of Tachie River on Stuart Lake. It is anticipated that this surge of interest will continue as Fort St. James has become a centre for logging and mining operations and is also an area which holds many attractions for sportsmen and tourists. In the Burns Lake Land Inspection District, 147 new requests were received during the year, a decrease of 18.4 per cent from the 1967 figure. Applications to lease for agricultural and grazing purposes showed a significant increase, but all other types of applications showed decreased numbers from 1967, including lease reviews. It is expected, however, that there will be an increase in the work load in 1969 as a result of a number of agricultural leases which must be reviewed following expiry of the first three-year period of the lease term. A large number of residential lots located at Topley Landing on the shore of Babine Lake were made available as a result of a public auction held during the past summer. Approximately 60 per cent of the lots made available have now been alienated, and applications for the remaining lots are being continuously submitted. It is interesting to note that many of these lots, which were originally considered mainly as summer-home sites, are now being developed for residential use on a permanent basis. This change of use is being brought about due to the close proximity of the Granisle townsite and threatens to create sewage-disposal problems, a matter which is now being investigated by officials of the Health Branch. New inspection requests received by the Smithers Land Inspection District during the year increased by 23.9 per cent to 274, from 221 requests in 1967. Part of this increase in work load and the corresponding decrease in the inspection requests received in the Burns Lake District results from a boundary change made LANDS BRANCH CC 35 between the two districts in 1968, which added the northern end of Babine Lake, formerly in the Burns Lake District, to the Smithers Land Inspection District. As is the case in the Vanderhoof and Burns Lake areas, alienation for agricultural purposes is the chief interest shown in land in the district. There has been very little change in the various types of applications dealt with, but, like many other areas of the Province, there was a substantial increase in the number of examinations made for the purpose of determining land development in line with the lease-develop-purchase policy. The majority of new applications received were submitted by local residents, with only about 5 per cent of the total originating from applicants residing outside of Canada. There was a considerable change in the work-load distribution within the district this year, with a sharp increase in the number of inspections completed in the Hazelton and Telkwa areas. A reduction in the volume of new requests received in the Topley area has, at least in part, been brought about by the adverse effect on the local economy resulting from closure of the Topley Planer Mill in the latter part of 1967. Finalization of development plans proposed by Bulkley Valley Pulp & Timber Company for the Houston area, together with removal of the related extensive reserves from alienation now in effect, should result in a further increase in the interest shown in land situated in the vicinity of Houston. The Hudson Bay Prairie area of Hudson Bay Mountain near Smithers was the scene of considerable building activity during the summer. A ski lodge, 17 ski cabins, two television repeaters, and two ski tows were recently located in the area, and with the completion of the new road into the ski area constructed by the Department of Highways, plans to build additional cabins are being made. A proposal to undertake a subdivision of Crown land in the area is being complicated by the existence of mineral claims held in good standing. Territorial claims made by the Kitwancool Indians have also complicated the processing of applications located in Ranger District No. 5. New requests received during the year in the Prince Rupert Land Inspection District decreased by 16.8 per cent from 1967 to 153 requests. The predominant types of examinations completed deal with the commercial and industrial use of foreshore. Inspections of land falling in these categories reached a total of 51 or 30 per cent of the work load, up from 16 per cent in 1965. The number of lease applications inspected and lease reviews dealt with, excluding foreshore, are also up slightly to 35 per cent of the 1968 work load. Corresponding reductions have been quite evenly distributed in other categories. A total of 97 residential lots was provided in three Crown subdivisions finalized during the past year. A public auction of a 19-lot subdivision located at Sandspit on the Queen Charlotte Islands was held, and all lots were leased with the exception of one. The two remaining subdivisions are located just north of Terrace along Highway No. 16, and the majority of residential sites offered at this location were also alienated. The much more stringent regulations regarding sewage disposal, recently adopted by the Health Branch, are resulting in more frequent disallowance of applications for home-site purposes. Expansion of the Canadian Forces base at Masset on the Queen Charlotte Islands is well under way, and the Village of Masset water treatment and distribution system should be completed and hook-ups made in the summer of 1969. Granduc Mines (N.P.L.) Ltd. is building 50 houses at Stewart, and with the relocation of certain employees from the permanent camp established at Tide Lake, the population of that community will be increased appreciably. Columbia Cellulose Co. Ltd., through its operating subsidiary, Twinriver Timber Ltd., has partially completed installation of a log-driving channel in the CC 36 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Lower Nass River. This channel is approximately 9 miles in length and is made up of log bundles anchored 300 feet apart which are intended to direct free-floating logs downstream into Nass Harbour for rafting. The number of inspection requests forwarded to the Quesnel Land Inspection District increased to 259, an increase of 16.6 per cent over the 1967 level. Inspections completed were up 10 per cent from 1967 to 266, and current indications are for an increased work load in 1969. While the total numbers have increased, applications to lease for agricultural and grazing purposes occupied about the same proportion of the work load as in 1967. The number of leases received during the year increased by 7 per cent over the same period last year, and a further substantial increase in this category is forecast for 1969. Currently there is a high demand for residential sites, but this situation may be alleviated to some extent when lots contained in three Crown subdivisions, completed during the year, are made available. Approximately 84 per cent of the applications received were from local residents, 10 per cent were from other residents of the Province, and the remaining 6 per cent originated from other parts of Canada or from points outside of Canada. Over a week was spent in completing the report and extensive examination of an area in excess of 97,000 acres proposed as a grazing reserve by the Forest Service and Baker Creek Livestock Association. Problems resulting from conflict between the agricultural, forestry, and wildlife interests led to the public meetings held in Quesnel on May 3rd and November 15th of 1968. Several briefs were heard at the first meeting, chaired jointly by the Assistant District Forester from Prince George and the Assistant Director of Lands. The fall meeting was chaired by the Honourable Ray Williston and the Honourable Cyril Shelford, and over 30 written briefs were received. As a result of these meetings, a team of experts is to be set up to study the special sale area with a view to determining the ability of the area to sustain both a forestry and agricultural industry and also to determine the degree of importance of each of these basic industries to the present and future economic growth of the area. Inspection requests received in the Williams Lake Land Inspection District reached a total of 591, up 12.8 per cent from 1967, and examinations completed were up by 26 per cent to a total of 620. Reviews of existing leases accounted for 34 per cent of this total or 213 inspections, representing a very significant increase in this category. The attractive qualities of the many lakes located throughout the Central Interior of British Columbia are evident by the continued increase in applications for residential waterfront property. The 118 sites examined in this category during the year represent a 48-per-cent increase over 1967 and constitute 19 per cent of the total work load. The ranching industry continues to be the prime user of Crown land in the Cariboo. The large capital investment required, due mainly to high land values, together with rising costs, is making the occupation increasingly more hazardous. The susceptibility of the industry to relatively minor factors affecting the ranching economy was underlined last fall by the large sell-off of cattle caused by a shortage of feed resulting from loss of much of the alfalfa crop from icing conditions experienced in the winter of 1967. Because of this highly competitive position brought on by financial pressures, applications for ranching purposes are becoming much more controversial. This problem is common to the Central Southern Interior of British Columbia. A 44.4-per-cent increase in the work load over 1967 was experienced in the Clinton Land Inspection District. A total of 419 new requests was received and 217 inspection reports were submitted, leaving over 200 inspections outstanding at the year-end. This increase in work load and large number of outstanding inspections LANDS BRANCH CC 37 is chiefly due to an unusually high number of requests received for lease review purposes. A breakdown of the examinations made indicates 42 per cent of all inspections completed were reviews of existing leases, 23 per cent residential applications, 10 per cent applications for grazing purposes, 6 per cent agricultural applications, and the remaining 19 per cent were inspections covering miscellaneous purposes. There is a continued strong demand for permanent home-sites in the vicinity of 100 Mile House. Applications for summer-home sites on the many lakes located throughout the Clinton District are also being maintained at a high level. Subdivisions are being undertaken by the Department on Green Lake, Sheridan Lake, Greeny Lake, and Young Lake in an effort to meet this demand, and as a result approximately 200 additional lake-front lots will be available in the near future. A subdivision of 108 lots set back in a second tier at a distance of approximately 300 feet from the south shore of Green Lake were auctioned during the past summer, and the bonus bids paid for the right to acquire these summer-home sites on a leasehold basis totalled $10,154. A small boundary change involving the transfer of the south half of Anderson Lake to the New Westminster Land Inspection District took place during the year. This transfer was undertaken because of the greater ease of access from New Westminster and not as an effort to balance work loads between districts. Particularly because of the popularity of the Clinton District as a recreational area, a continued high level of applications is anticipated. Inspection requests received in the Kamloops Land Inspection District increased by 33.5 per cent over 1967 to a total of 537, and work accomplished increased by 25 per cent to 530 inspections. The total of all the types of leases dealt with is up substantially from 1967 and now constitutes 85 per cent of the work load. This is the same trend experienced in other districts, and undoubtedly results from the lease-develop-purchase policy. Reviews of existing leases were up by 30 per cent, and applications to lease for grazing purposes increased by 117 per cent. There was a continued interest throughout the district in 1968 in lots possessing lake-frontage, and 20 per cent of the inspections completed covered applications in this category. In the Kelowna Land Inspection District the work load was considerably greater than in 1967. New inspection requests received increased by 16.7 per cent to a total of 279 inspections. Inspections completed also increased from 216 in 1967 to 275 in 1968, or by 27 per cent. There have been some changes from the pattern set in 1967 in the types of new applications dealt with, and, like many other areas of the Province, there has been an increase in the number of inspections completed involving review of existing leases. The majority of land applications in the Kelowna District were received from local residents. Applications under section 102 (2) of the Land Registry Act to obtain accreted lands showed an increase on lakes in the Okanagan. Applications to fill portions of foreshore have also increased. Interest in these two categories is being stimulated by a desire to legalize occupation of areas filled previously and used in trespass, and by new health regulations which have made certain of the older surveyed lots unsuitable for development due to their small size. With a decreasing supply of lakeshore property, river-front lots are being viewed with greater interest. As a result, two subdivisions for residential lease purposes were laid out along the north bank of the Similkameen River during the past year. Compared to other areas in the Kelowna Land Inspection District, the Princeton and Boundary areas appear to be somewhat depressed. With the closing of the sawmill at Greenwood, that community was left without a major industry. CC 38 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES A hardboard plant is being constructed at Grand Forks, and a furniture pilot plant is in operation at Christina Lake. A total of 295 inspection requests was received in the Nelson Land Inspection District during the year, representing an increase over 1967 of 14.3 per cent. Examinations completed increased by 30 per cent over the previous year to a total of 324 inspections. Approximately 30 per cent of the work load involved agricultural and grazing lease inspections, 25 per cent were applications for residential purposes, commercial and industrial applications totalled 7 per cent, applications for foreshore also were at 7 per cent, and the remaining 31 per cent of the work load fell in the miscellaneous category. Almost all of the applications dealt with originated from within the Province, with a very minor number received from Alberta residents. A noticeable increase in land values has occurred throughout the district, with the most significant increase being in evidence in the East Kootenay. It is anticipated that completion of the pulp-mill at Skookumchuck, establishment of plywood and sawmill complexes at Canal Flats and Elko, and development of the large coalfields located north of Natal will greatly increase the demand for land in the East Kootenay, particularly in the residential and small-holding categories. Demand in the West Kootenay is expected to remain at about the same level. A 52.4-per-cent increase over the level of the 1967 work load took place in the Vancouver Land Inspection District during the year. A total of 353 inspections was completed, which represents an increase of 37 per cent over 1967. Much of this increase has occurred in the permanent- and summer-home site categories, with the Squamish, Sechelt, and Pender Harbour areas seeing the greatest activity in applications of this type. The types of inspections dealt with which fall in the other categories remain much the same as in previous years. With only two applications to purchase inspected during the year, the Vancouver District is a good example of the effect the lease-develop-purchase policy is having on the type of work dealt with. The agreement with the City of Vancouver involving the exchange of a large acreage of Crown land in False Creek for 200 acres of city-owned land on Burnaby Mountain resulted in a detailed and complicated appraisal. Appraisals involving exchanges of land in other parts of the district also proved to be very time-consuming. In the New Westminster Land Inspection District there was a 10.4-per-cent increase over 1967 in new inspection requests received, while the number of inspections completed was about identical to the level of the previous year. Of the 266 new requests, the most significant increase took place in the number of applications received for summer-home site purposes. As a result, the predominant types of inspections dealt with during the year were applications to lease and, compared to previous years' applications to purchase, dropped sharply. To meet this strong demand for summer-home site purposes, which is taking place in both the New Westminster and Vancouver Land Inspection Districts, it is anticipated that certain waterfront lands now situated within Provincial forest reserves will be made available for subdivision. Two such areas considered to be best suited for early development are a section of the west shore of Harrison Lake in the New Westminster District and land fronting on Sechelt Inlet in the Vancouver Inspection District. In view of the lack of accessible lake-front property and the apparent desire of many people to have a retreat in the country, there is a demand developing in the New Westminster District for small-acreage parcels which do not possess water- frontage. In response to this demand, private property in the Devine area east of LANDS BRANCH CC 39 Pemberton is being subdivided to provide building-sites of approximately 1 acre in size. A subdivision of Crown land near Post Creek is expected to be completed in 1969. A number of inspection requests dealing with areas located in the northern part of the Victoria Land Inspection District were transferred to the Courtenay inspection office during the year. This work transfer, which is not intended to represent a permanent boundary change, is in part responsible for the very substantial increase in new requests received in the Courtenay Land Inspection District during 1968. The total of 378 new requests received represents an increase of 28.1 per cent over 1967 and is a record high for the Courtenay District. The large majority of these requests, as has been the pattern in previous years, were for inspections of foreshore areas. The number of inspections for permanent-home sites also continued at a high level. Appraisals involved in connection with land exchange proposals increased in number and proved to be very time-consuming. Transfer in 1968 of administration of the Alberni Canal to the Alberni Harbour Commission will result in a reduction in the work load in the Alberni area. As a result of the temporary transfer to the Courtenay Land Inspection District of a portion of the work load, located in the northerly portion of the Victoria Land Inspection District, requests received in the Victoria inspection office increased by only 1.4 per cent. Due to staff changes and other interruptions, the 137 inspections completed were dealt with in a little more than eight months. Examination of foreshore areas continued to be the predominant type of inspection, but the most time- consuming examinations were those completed in connection with land exchange proposals and certain other special projects involving travel to other locations in the Province. The statistical tabulations in Tables 2 and 3 indicate many more increases for 1968 than decreases. On a percentage basis, the most significant reduction to occur was in the number of actual examinations made by headquarters staff. The single inspection completed was undertaken by the Chief Land Inspector and arose from briefs submitted by timber interests concerning land located in and directly adjacent to Stuart Lake. Due to the numerous sites which had to be inspected in connection with this examination, there was considerable pre-planning involved, and because of the apparent conflict with present and potential recreational use, it was necessary to hear and consider many views before completing the final report. Staff changes which resulted in the position of Assistant Chief Land Inspector being left vacant for an extended period was also a factor which made it impossible to undertake certain inspections which might, under more favourable conditions, have been completed by headquarters staff. STAFF CHANGES Several changes were made in the location and employment of staff during the year. On September 1, 1968, Mr. A. F. Smith was appointed Assistant Director of Lands and was replaced on November 1, 1968, as Assistant Chief Land Inspector by Mr. G. H. Wilson, who had been promoted previously, on January 1, 1968, from the position Land Inspector for the Victoria District to Administrative Officer 3, Land Administration. Mr. G. A. Rhoades, former Land Inspector, Vancouver, was transferred to Victoria, effective March 4, 1968, and the vacancy in the Vancouver District was filled by the transfer of Mr. D. M. Thom from Prince George, effective March 1, 1968. The vacancy in Prince George was filled by the transfer and promotion of Mr. R. N. Bose from Smithers, effective April 1, 1968, to become Land Inspector 3 in charge of the Prince George office. Mr. F. G. Edgell was transferred CC 40 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES from Clinton to Smithers as Land Inspector 2 in charge, effective April 1, 1968, and Mr. H. L. Wenschlag was transferred from Kamloops to take charge of the Clinton office, effective April 1, 1968; Mr. D. E. Jaffray was promoted from the position of Deputy Land Inspector 1 to Land Inspector 1 and transferred from Fort St. John to fill the vacancy left at Kamloops, effective April 1, 1968. There were no resignations during the year, and the full complement of field staff as of December 31, 1968, was 21 Land Inspectors and 12 Deputy Land Inspectors. Mr. J. B. MacNaughton was appointed Deputy Land Inspector 1 at Fort St. John, effective May 21, 1968, to fill the vacancy following Mr. Jaffray's promotion and transfer to Kamloops. TRAINING Nine Land Inspectors together with the Chief and Assistant Chief Land Inspectors are accredited as appraisers with the Appraisal Institute of Canada. There are now eight Land Inspectors and eight Deputy Land Inspectors who have successfully completed Parts 1 to 3, inclusive, of the Appraisal Course, and are now proceeding with the final educational requirements for accreditation with the Appraisal Institute of Canada. Three Land Inspectors and three Deputy Land Inspectors are currently studying Parts 2 and 3 of the Appraisal Course, and one Deputy Land Inspector is studying Part 3 on his own with a view to writing the examination in the spring. Three Land Inspectors have completed the Public Administration Course, and one Land Inspector and the Assistant Chief Land Inspector are now enrolled in the first year of this course. Zone meetings, which are becoming an annual event, were again held in March at Kamloops and Prince George. STATISTICS Table 1 represents a summary of the number and type of inspections completed in the Province by this Division during 1968. 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 1964 to 1968, inclusive. Table 3 represents an analysis of requests for inspections processed by this Division for the years 1964 to 1968, inclusive. Table 1.—Types of Inspections, 1968 Purchases— Agriculture (other than grazing) 113 Access (roads, etc.) 5 Commercial (resorts, service-stations, hotels, airfields, etc.)___ 32 Community (cemeteries, church sites, parking areas, etc.) 14 Grazing (pasture, range) 17 Home-sites (permanent) 195 Industrial (mill-sites, power-sites, manufacturing plants, etc.) 34 Summer home or camp-site 8 Wood-lots or tree-farms 2 Others 1 Old buildings 3 LANDS BRANCH CC 41 Leases— Land- Table 1.—Types of Inspections, 1968—Continued Agriculture (other than grazing) Commercial (resorts, service-stations, hotels, airfields, etc.) Community (parks, cemeteries, dump-sites, etc.) Fur-farming Grazing (pasture, range, hay-cutting, etc.) Home-sites (section 78 of the Land Act) Home-sites (permanent, other than section 78 of the Land Act) Industrial (mill-sites, power-sites, manufacturing plants, etc.) Summer home or camp-site Quarrying (sand, gravel, limestone) Reviews (rental and (or) diligent use) Others Foreshore— Booming and log storage or log-dumping Commercial (boat rentals, marine service-stations, wharves, etc.) Industrial (mill-sites, canneries, factory-sites, wharves, etc.) Quarrying (sand and gravel from river-beds) Oyster and shellfish Private (floats, boathouses) Reviews (rentals and (or) diligent use)_ Consent to fill foreshore Land-use permits Licence of occupation Easements and (or) rights-of-way. Pre-emptions— Applications Annual inspections (including applications for Crown grant). Subdivisions— Valuations Survey inspection Plans cancellation Proposals (lakeshore, residential, etc.) Others Reserves— Grazing Gravel pits Recreational Others Veterans' Land Act Land Settlement Board— Classification Valuations Doukhobor lands 1,132 116 38 1 448 12 397 36 570 35 1,462 3 120 66 18 5 36 13 200 3 63 24 15 202 18 4 1 13 1 1 4 26 13 2 3 1 12 CC 42 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 1.—Types of Inspections, 1968—Continued Southern Okanagan Lands Project Pacific Great Eastern Railway Other agencies— British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Department of Public Works Department of Finance Miscellaneous inspections— Assignments Delinquent accounts Escheats A ct Lake reconnaissance Land-use surveys Land revaluations of special nature.. Protests Section 53 (2), Land Act (verifying improvements) Section 65, Land Act (free grants) Section 78, Land Act (re compliance with provisions of) Section 130, Land Act (lands vested in Crown under Taxation Act) Section 131b, Land Act (cases of doubt regarding inclusion of body of water in Crown grant) Trespass (land) Trespass (water) Quieting Titles A ct 3 5 17 1 1 34 9 5 65 21 76 32 370 12 Section 102 (2), Land Registry Act.. Others Total.. 11 45 65 3 53 53 6,428 Table 2.—Analysis of Inspections Completed and Inspections Outstanding at Year-end for the Years 1964 to 1968, Inclusive Examinations Made during— Outstanding at End of— District 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1964 1965 1966 1967 ! 1968 269 283 853 460 202 249 87 450 668 282 401 245 172 438 19 96 136 235 293 582 482 201 278 242 454 551 67 173 317 250 236 156 530 13 70 318 226 303 1,129 515 185 307 274 609 423 194 191 351 233 330 156 415 13 20 173 266 274 1,066 423 216 250 245 610 433 180 241 212 259 327 189 492 28 36 171 271 353 1,039 530 275 324 247 607 387 165 266 272 353 401 137 620 1 9 29 33 104 75 36 38 36 81 262 56 418 46 18 58 29 151 35 32 230 50 26 63 61 121 52 85 51 178 30 35 32 33 16 27 40 15 146 72 15 37 34 92 68 34 38 32 64 36 180 52 39 45 7 45 27 38 33 8 212 61 Fort St. John — Kamloops 162 60 43 Nelson 16 49 67 52 26 32 14 23 25 57 | 31 49 j 40 46 | 4 38 74 14 | 11 33 35 16 48 Headquarters 13 Totals 5,174 5,266 6,192 5,920 6,428 1,319 1,281 | 836 | 781 958 Note.—These figures include pre-emptions. LANDS BRANCH CC 43 Table 3.—Analysis of Requests for Inspection Processed by Land Inspection Division for Years 1964 to 1968, Inclusive District New Requests Received during— Per Cent Change, 1968 over 1967 Per Cent Change, 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1968 over 1964 Burns Lake 249 286 761 452 287 241 292 708 457 194 230 286 929 532 173 281 246 506 426 143 172 187 260 320 170 420 13 27 180 290 295 986 402 239 258 241 508 375 184 222 221 233 307 147 524 28 36 147 419 378 924 537 279 295 266 569 396 153 259 274 355 386 149 591 1 11 — 18.4 +44.4 +28.1 —6.3 +33.5 + 16.7 +14.3 + 10.4 + 12.0 +5.6 — 16.8 + 16.6 +23.9 +52.4 +25.7 + 1.4 + 12.8 —96.5 —69.4 +68.2 Courtenay - +32.1 Fort St. John - ... +21.4 Kamloops - + 18.8 209 1 190 +33.4 244 116 398 730 263 540 282 176 433 19 105 312 267 450 457 108 162 366 256 168 172 503 13 57 +20.9 + 129.3 +42.9 —45.7 — 1.5 —49.2 +25.8 — 15.3 +36.4 Headquarters— i —94.7 — 89.5 5.263 I 5 466 5,515 5,676 6,389 Average change for 1968 over 1967 for Province is +12.5 per cent. Average change for 1968 over 1964 for Province is +21.3 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 (b) 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. ///. 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 legal descriptions 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 Otter float-plane; helicopters on charter; compilation and fair drawing of manuscripts for standard topographic mapping; special field control for composite and photogrammetric 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 two 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. r'. > fir: '-fWfti.j-.J ;:-v. 7 7k' :■■•■ >S'-;^;5?!P;«:i77'V'?«*,?; :^..i.«'-r: *'+'.:■■-\. ""*v- ■■/■■' ■i — HI ■; ■I ■ 7; S7177 <iffi77^77i 7'*v:77; y7777?E ■•'• ^>-:%, 7 ' mm& ?< - Town of Smithers, looking south. Air Division photo, May, 1966. it\ as as HI a § 1 « E 1 1 S i 1 o C ja g l I t w o a 1 tr> 2 8 ~""3 3 ~s «1 1 ■S t. £ 01 O c q C L. 1 3 a E g g " S— . a o ■tH K m W ** u-H- § tn i-i a 5 c (go sa - 51 I. p. C-F EA IP id ES I s® r ml Mr-.- ;ss fas-; a §4 a> fi c c SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 49 SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH A. H. Ralfs, B.C.L.S., D.L.S., Director, Surveyor-General, and Boundaries Commissioner On November 1, 1968, the writer was appointed to his present position following the retirement of Mr. G. S. Andrews after 39 years in the service of this Province. When Mr. Andrews was appointed to the offices of Surveyor-General and Director of Surveys and Mapping in 1951 and Boundaries Commissioner in 1952, he could already look back on a varied and challenging career in the public service, first as a timber cruiser with the Forest Branch of the Department of Lands and later, having obtained his forestry degree, as an assistant in the Forest Surveys division. His entry into the realm of aerial photography developed from the conviction that air photos could be used to good effect in forestry, and it was largely through his urging that, in 1936, the Forest Branch first committed itself to the use of aerial photography. The following year an Eagle III camera with Ross lens was mounted in a float-equipped Waco biplane, and 2,500 exposures were obtained over the Queen Charlotte Islands, 200 in the Lower Skeena Valley, and 260 over the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway land grant. After overseas service in the Royal Engineers and Royal Canadian Engineers during World War II, Mr. Andrews returned to British Columbia in 1946 to lay the foundations of the Air Division of the Surveys and Mapping Branch. It was through the position of Chief Engineer of the Air Surveys Division that he rose to the office of Surveyor-General of British Columbia. As well as Mr. Andrews' pioneering contributions to the field of aerial surveying, other highlights include his term as Commissioner for British Columbia on the British Columbia-Yukon-Northwest Territories Boundary Commission, during which demarcation of the boundary was completed in 1959. He was also a gospel of the co-ordinate system of integrated survey and, thanks largely to his efforts, British Columbia in 1964 became the first Province in Canada to provide statutory recognition for the establishment of integrated survey areas. Before his retirement he arranged for the declaration of the first two integrated survey areas in the Province. Although following this are complete individual reports of the Air, Geographic, Legal Surveys, and Topographic Divisions of this Branch, it might be in order to enlarge on a few selected items of broad interest. During the year, work began on a comprehensive new system of electronic computer programme titled " LSM 139." Previously, each of the 11 other programmes developed in the Branch has been a separate entity, and to carry out a procedure involving several programmes has meant preparing data for each step after the completion of the previous step. In the new system all the programmes will be linked together and the results of one step will be passed on automatically as data to the succeeding step. The system will also be designed for expansion so that new programmes may be added as need arises. Again, in the field of electronic data-processing systems we are becoming increasingly concerned in considering how to make the optimum use of equipment now available for the storage and retrieval of information pertinent to our everyday operations. At the years' end a start was made in a modest way to apply the system to the storage and retrieval of information on survey control points, of which there are now some 40,000 in the Province. These data are currently stored in a card index which has all been completed by hand. This index will be maintained, although it is intended to automate the output of any new cards to the records. In addition, however, and of greatest importance, the information will be stored on magnetic CC 50 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES tape or disk, from which it will be a simple procedure to generate reports or listings of data required for a particular purpose in a selected geographical location. It is expected that this application of data storage and retrieval will be especially valuable as the forerunner of similar programmes, including the storage of Departmental data for the retrieval of Crown land status. During 1968 Legal Surveys field crews worked on 66 projects, of which six were for the Department of Highways, 40 for the Lands Service (mainly Crown subdivisions and lot surveys), and seven were for the Department of Public Works. The rest were for other Government departments and internal purposes. The major internal job involved reposting and tying in lot corners in the projected Libby Dam reservoir in the East Kootenay. Another field crew from the Topographic Division did levelling and firming up old survey control in the pondage area. This work is now being used in the preparation of some 40 large-scale maps of the reservoir area, to decide the extent of lands which will be lost to the reservoir and for pondage measurements. The Topographic Division established survey control for 14 National Topographic 1:50,000 scale map-sheets in parts of National Topographic Blocks 93e, 93l, and 103i. Co-operation was extended to the Federal Department of Energy, Mines and Resources so that the standard and density of survey control could also serve the national programme for measuring the earth's field of gravity. The co-ordinate system of integrated survey continued to be the object of considerable effort. Although most of the current work is concentrated in parts of the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island, final calculations were completed for Integrated Survey Area No. 2, which was gazetted in May, covering most of the City of Dawson Creek. To facilitate instrument calibration within integrated survey areas, permanent base lines measuring 200 and 300 feet were laid out in Surrey Municipality and the City of North Vancouver respectively. The Geographic Division issued 10 completely new or revised maps, and also redraughted and reprinted several administrative maps at a reduced scale of 1 inch to 84 miles. The new Is series of administrative maps is available either as a 10-map set or as separate sheets. Its convenient size and package format makes the Is series particularly useful as a desk reference. The sale and distribution of lithographed maps climbed to an all-time high of 128,303 sheets in 1968, and the 15,144 sheets distributed during May established a record for a single month. It is interesting to note that two decades ago the number of maps distributed was approximately 100,000 lower, being only 28,673 for the entire 12 months of 1948. In 1968 the last of the 1:50,000 scale Army Survey Establishment national topographic maps were lithographed. The Federal national topographic programme is now entirely the responsibility of the Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. Most of the aerial photographic effort of the Air Division, covering 41,200 square miles and 2,697 lineal miles, was obtained south of the 56th parallel of latitude. Photographic work in the northern part of the Province has been complicated by generally more unstable weather, shorter field season, and the limited operational radius of the Division's aircraft. About 80,000 square miles of the Province lie north of the 56th parallel and west of the Alaska Highway, but the only suitable bases from which the Beechcraft D18S Expeditors can operate are Whitehorse and Watson Lake in the Yukon, and Fort Nelson, Fort St. John, Prince George, and Smithers in British Columbia. All are on the periphery of the north-west quarter. Incipient development of surface transportation routes and industry in this region may be expected to produce additional requirements for surveys, aerial photography, and mapping. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 51 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 field-notes and plans of adjoining or adjacent surveys. After the completion of the survey, the returns are forwarded to this office for examination and acceptance. In the above returns are all right-of-way surveys, including those for highways, railways, and transmission-fines. During the year, 1,195 sets of the above instructions were issued, as against 1,143 during 1967. During the year, 573 sets of field-notes or survey plans covering the survey of 894 lots were received in this office and duly indexed, checked, plotted, and official plans prepared therefrom. Of the above-mentioned surveys, 877 were made under the Land Act and 17 under the Mineral Act. At the present time there are approximately 101,015 sets of field-notes on record in our vaults. There were 474 plans received from land surveyors covering subdivisions and right-of-way surveys which were made under the Land Registry Act. These plans were duly indexed and checked, and certified copies deposited in the respective Land Registry Office. In order that a graphic record may be kept of alienations of both surveyed and unsurveyed Crown lands together with reserves, a set of 258 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 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 revision purposes, to obtain 731 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 Forest Service (descriptions of tree-farm licences and working circles), and the Lands Branch (descriptions for gazetted reserves, etc.). During the year, 732 of the above descriptions were prepared and checked. 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 prints and photostats, etc., required by the Surveys and Mapping Branch. The total number of diazo prints made during the year was 409,472, in the preparation of which 363,450 yards or 207 miles of paper and linen were used plus 93,500 miscellaneous CC 52 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES sized cut sheets. The number of photographic reproductions made was 20,688. The number of Xerox copies made was 299,400. Of the 409,472 diazo prints made, 71,059 were for the Surveys and Mapping Branch, 70,878 for other branches of the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, 249,370 for other departments of Government, and 18,165 for the public. Likewise, of the 20,688 photographic reproductions made, 4,321 were for the Surveys and Mapping Branch, 6,645 for other branches of the Department, 9,695 for other departments of Government, and 27 for the public. The multilith machine turned out 1,017,309 copies during the year. Miniaturization equipment consisting of a 105-mm. camera, a Morgan converter, a film-processor, and a reader-printer was installed in the Reproduction Section during the past year. The Department of Highways and the Department of Public Works are finding this equipment very useful in their programme of miniaturization both in space-saving and security. This Division is using this equipment mainly for security reasons. COMPOSITE MAP SECTION This section is responsible for the compilation and fair drawing of composite maps, mostly on 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). The main effort of this Section this year was the recompilation and renewal of reference maps which, through constant use, had become worn and dirty. The total number of reference maps recompiled and redrawn during the year was 54. To satisfy requests from the Chief Land Inspector and the Surveyor of Taxes, this Section commenced, in the late fall, the compilation of composite maps between Hope and Yale, and an area in the Cheakamus Valley north of the boundary of the Municipality of Squamish. 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:— Plans Flans Year Prepared Year Prepared 1963 2,944 1966 2,808 1964 2,827 1967 2,753 1965 2,212 1968 3,450 LAND REGISTRY OFFICE PLAN CHECKING SECTION This Section supplies a service to the Land Registry Offices at Victoria, Vancouver, Kamloops, Nelson, Prince George, and Prince Rupert by giving a thorough and complete mathematical check to plans tendered for deposit in the said offices. This mathematical check is accomplished through the use of the electronic computer which is available to this Division. During the year, 3,182 plans received this check, as compared to 2,649 in 1967, 2,463 in 1966, and 2,436 in 1965. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH GENERAL CC 53 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:— Standard Pipe Driveable Pipe Standard Rock B.C.L.S. Bars Driveable Pin Post Caps Anchor Plates Purchased by private surveyors from headquarters Supplied to Departmental sur- 100 125 250 236 478 1,684 279 35 546 300 2,325 100 187 325 2,833 751 315 3,806 12 Shipped to Government Agents 1,900 Totals- 475 2,398 860 2,725 3,345 4,872 1,912 COMPUTER OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMMING Data processing by the Branch continued to grow during 1968. Statistics regarding the number of cards processed and the amount of computer time used are not, however, available since this information has not been recorded by the Data Processing Division. Special Project in Peace River Block Prior to the phasing-out of programme SM 119, the adjustment of all major legal surveys to control in Townships 85 to 88, Ranges 21 to 26, west of the 6th meridian, of the Peace River Block was completed and rectangular co-ordinates obtained for all surveyed and unsurveyed section and district lot corners and monuments set along major rights-of-way. This system of co-ordinates in effect constitutes an integrated survey area and should simplify both the conduct of and the issuing of instructions for surveys in the area. Programming From January to June the main effort was concentrated on getting the last of the Fortran II programmes for the I.B.M. 1620 computer converted to Fortran IV for I.B.M. System/360. This was completed, and no Fortran II programmes are now in use. One new programme LSM 115, was written, which enabled the automatic plotting to any scale of points with supplied rectangular co-ordinates on the Calcomp plotter, which is on line with the computer. This has been used with success mainly by the Legal Surveys Division and base maps for the plotting of control points required for map and plan compilation. Programme LSM 139* In June, work was started on this general-purpose programme which, it is intended, shall eventually replace all the programmes presently used by the Branch. At the year end this programme was operational with capabilities which may be summarized thus:— (1) Computation of plane traverses and a variety of other plane surveying operations (replacing Programmes LLS 113 and SM 119). (2) Conversion between geographical and rectangular co-ordinates (replacing Programme LTC 125). =Lands, Surveys and Mapping. CC 54 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES (3) Computation of traverses and other operations on the spheroid in terms of geographical co-ordinates (replacing Programmes LTC 124 and LTC 134). (4) Plotting of points or plans from co-ordinates derived in a previous operation (replacing Programme LLS 115). In effect, Programme LSM 139 is a control programme which calls into operation the appropriate sub-programme to perform the particular operation required. The merit of this system lies not in having a single programme to replace a number of other programmes, but in its ability to perform a number of distinct operations in succession—the result of an earlier operation being passed on as data for a later operation without the necessity for intermediate output and input between each stage, as was required when each programme was distinct and performed only its own particular operation. Summary of Office Work for the Years 1967 and 1968, Legal Surveys Division 1967 1968 Number of field books received 643 573 lots surveyed 937 894 surveys examined 589 691 lots gazetted 702 792 lots cancelled 87 71 lots amended 353 245 mineral-claim field books prepared 25 11 reference maps compiled or renewed.... 38 54 applications for purchase cleared 1,093 809 applications for pre-emption cleared ___ 41 31 applications for lease cleared 6,026 7,272 timber sales cleared 4,247 3,154 Crown-grant applications cleared 989 942 cancellations made 2,149 2,807 inquiries cleared 1,268 1,215 letters received and dealt with 6,569 7,009 land-examination plans 2,753 3,450 Crown-grant and lease tracings made - 7,759 8,160 photostats made 90,756 20,688 diazo prints made 353,882 409,472 offset prints made 708,588 1,017,309 Xerox copies made 157,278 299,400 FIELD WORK Subdivision of Crown Land Three district lots near Powell River had to be resurveyed and enlarged to include a gore of unsurveyed land left by an error in the old survey. One large lot in the University Endowment Lands was created for lease. In connection with an exchange of lands near the Quinsam River, a large block of timber land was surveyed for transfer. Part of the Village of Fort Nelson was resurveyed to change the lot size to conform with prefabricated-building sizes. Forty-six lots for auction were produced. One large lot alongside the road at Meziadin Lake was surveyed for a gravel pit in conjunction with a survey of the highway. Three blocks of a district lot at Cinema were surveyed where it was reported there was an error in SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 55 the original survey. No error existed. An island in the Lillooet River was cut into two blocks for auction. The site of the Princess Mary Restaurant in Victoria was also surveyed to clear title. Waterfront Lease Lots Bednesti Lake 16 North Barriere Lake 44 Stuart Lake 17 Shuswap Lake 54 Green Lake 43 Crystal Lake 17 Sheridan Lake 46 Ness Lake 47 One Island Lake 13 Total 297 Rural Roadside Lots Horsefly Lake Road 14 Horse Lake Road 28 Gossan Creek on Northern Trans-Provincial Highway 47 Kleanza Creek on Northern Trans-Provincial Highway 31 Green Lake Subdivision Road 156 Wasa Lake 30 Cortes Island 1 Quesnel 13 Abbotsford 2 Apex Mountain 7 Comox 2 Merville 21 Purden Lake 2 Texada Island 10 Courtenay 8 Quadra Island 6 Nanoose Bay 20 Total 398 Interdepartmental Surveys Numerous surveys of a varied nature were again made for other departments of Government. The Public Works Department required a survey of the site of the Recreation and Conservation Building on Wharf Street in Victoria, a right-of- way for a sewer-line at Craigflower, two lots at Abbotsford for an extension to a Forest Service site, and two lots in Williams Lake Village for extension of Government buildings. Only one park-site was surveyed in the current year, at Whisky Creek on Vancouver Island, for the Parks Branch of the Department of Recreation and Conservation. However, for the Fisheries Branch two jobs were done—one at Craigel- lachie, where a survey was made to locate a fish ladder and access thereto, and a rather larger survey of a part of the high-water mark of Duck Lake in the vicinity CC 56 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES of the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area. A road-widening of a Forest Service road at Chilliwack Lake was completed. Reposting and Restoration The old townsite at Trout Lake was reposted at the request of the Department of Highways to enable it to construct roads on the proper road allowances. Although no old posts in the townsite were found, a lot of occupation was tied in, and the fit with the original plan was so good it enabled the lot structure to be replaced. Some general reposting of district lot corners at Naramata was done; however, here the old plan does not fit well with occupation, and hence our efforts at reposting were curtailed by all the private ownership. A further extension of previous reposting in the Highland District was carried out, and the boundary between Highland and Lake Districts was posted at all section corners. A worth-while effort was made in the Francois Lake-Wistaria area, where a number of old lot corners were replaced. A number of section corners were replaced in the Glinz Lake area near Sooke. A total of 273 district lot and section corners was replaced by our surveyors, which, of course, includes those set on the highway surveys. Highways The Kamloops-Merritt Highway was surveyed over 6.7 miles of its length, Rock Creek to Kelowna over 15.6 miles, Kootenay-Columbia Highway over 12.4 miles, the Meziadin Lake section of the Stewart-Cassiar Road over 3.6 miles, and two areas of the Northern Trans-Provincial, 14.5 miles at McBride and 5 miles in the Willow River section, making a grand total of 51.8 miles. Miscellaneous Surveys The relocation of one old district lot, numbered 1165, Kamloops Division of Yale District, which could not be found on the ground and had never been tied to any other survey, was taken on as a Departmental responsibility and resurveyed in the position it was believed to be in and properly tied to the nearest survey over 3 miles away. A preliminary traverse in the Libby pondage area to locate, reference, and co-ordinate old corners, prior to subdivision necessary to acquire land to be flooded, was made in the fall of the year. Plate 1. CC 58 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES TOPOGRAPHIC DIVISION A. G. Slocomb, B.C.L.S., Chief Two three-month helicopter contracts were signed to assist our field parties in completing their assignments, which were widely separated over exact opposites in terrain. The first, a control project, covered 14 National Topographic Series map- sheets in the rugged mountains south of Hazelton and west of Tweedsmuir Park. The second completed an area commenced in 1966 for the oil industry over the muskeg-studded flat lands of the north-east corner of the Province. Two major problems are usually encountered when working with a helicopter in the Coast Mountains. One is snow that remains too long in the spring, preventing the desired early start of the survey, and returns too soon in the fall, interfering with the completion of the work. The other problem is the intervening weather. Both can play havoc with time schedules. This summer was no exception: snow was late in thawing and returned in August, with low clouds forcing a late start practically every day suitable for work, which resulted in a late return to camp becoming routine. To work amongst these rugged 8,000-foot peaks, it is of vital importance to have a supercharged high-altitude machine. We were fortunate to be able to charter a Bell G3-B1 from Transwest Helicopters Ltd., and it proved its suitability for such an area. Both the machine and a very efficient crew provided excellent service. For the area north of Fort St. John, we chartered a Hiller 12E from Highland Helicopters Ltd. This type of machine had proven over the past two years to be most suitable for the many landings that had to be made on the seismic lines. It has a high tail rotor and metal main rotor blades, both of which are an asset when landing on an overgrown line. We were supplied with an excellent pilot and an apprentice engineer, but when major trouble arose, a qualified engineer had to be flown from Vancouver, resulting in the loss of six flying-days. This is one of the problems of chartering from a small company. This past year at least one major company has replaced many of its machines with new larger models and is not interested in the shorter-term contracts, which means that in future we probably will only be able to obtain the machines we require from these smaller firms. Despite a wet summer, we completed the project commenced three years ago for the oil industry in the north-eastern portion of our Province, extending the area south to approximately 57° 30' north latitude. The total accomplishment for the three seasons' work was 1,170 miles of tellurometer traverse, using 538 stations to set 408 control monuments. Probably of more importance to the industry was the 1,204 miles of precise levels that were run to set 345 bench-marks. Also completed was full mosaic coverage of the whole area. Several requests for the mapping in the Coast Mountains area were received. The Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources originally asked for this, then ARDA became interested, and finally we agreed to meet the requirements of the Dominion Observatory Gravity Division for its studies pertaining to the earth's crust. This study, already commenced in the southern portion of our Province, will cover the whole of Canada. The major portion will be a Federal responsibility, assisted whenever feasible by crews such as ours who can combine the two needs. Field control for 14 National Topographic Series map-sheets was obtained, and the gravitational grid extended over the whole area (see Plate 1). The Department's De Havilland Otter aircraft was not available to commence the season due to the difficulty of obtaining a suitable pilot-mechanic. We finally SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 59 had to choose a pilot and supply a mechanic for the summer season. The plane was equipped with wheels and operated out of Fort St. John to supply the levelling crews, returning to Victoria early in August to be equipped with floats for operation on the lakes of Tweedsmuir Park. It returned to Victoria during the first week in September and was used by the various Land Inspectors of the Lands Branch in their respective districts of the Province until the end of September. Worthy of mention is the new radio repeater station, used for the first time by the Tweedsmuir crew. It was transported by helicopter to a strategic mountain overlooking the main camp and installed there intervisible with the camp radio. This set then picked up any message on its frequency and retransmitted it, which allowed the observing crews and the helicopter to maintain communication with base camp as long as they remained intervisible with the repeater. In the past, as soon as the crews left camp they were on their own for the rest of the day and their return time was unknown. Extensive use was made on this same job of three Polaroid cameras. Upon completion of the station, a near vertical photo was taken for identification purposes from the hovering helicopter, with the machine circling for the few minutes required for development of the photo. This proved invaluable as the poor weather made the usual method, which is low-level flights with the Otter aircraft, impossible. Confirmation of the identification before leaving the site is a much-needed step forward compared to the old method, wherein it was necessary to wait for confirmation until after the return to Victoria, and then a failure could not be retaken. The Polaroids were also used for obtaining photos of the selected vertical points that were co-ordinated for the gravity programme. Integrated Survey Area No. 2 was declared in June, situate in the Peace River Land District, comprising a portion of The Corporation of the City of Dawson Creek. The Geodetic Survey of Canada completed and issued co-ordinate values for a revised first-order network in the Lower Fraser Valley, which will allow the final computation of the control surveys within this area. These surveys have had to be held in obeyance for the past two years pending the receipt of this information. One integrated survey crew operated this year, and completed control stations and levelling in the Greater Vancouver area. Municipal crews set the majority of the monuments, and our crew did the instrument work and calculations. Additional work was done in the Municipality of Surrey, where it is noted that the engineering department has set 878 monuments since commencing integrated survey in 1964. Two hundred and four of these comprise Integrated Survey Area No. 1. The balance of the municipality will be declared following completion of the computations and plan. Two new requests were investigated and will proceed when the municipal work is completed. The District of North Cowichan will spread its efforts over a three- year period, with each stage comprising a completed unit, and the City of Duncan, which is in the area, will co-operate and set forty monuments to complete the proposed network of control. Following a request from the District of Squamish a preliminary design of a proposed scheme was submitted to Council for approval together with an estimate of the costs involved. No further action has been taken to date. Two chain calibration base lines were established—a 200-foot base at the Surrey Municipal Hall and a 300-foot base in the City of North Vancouver. It is out intention to establish a base within the region of each integrated survey area for the purpose of maintaining a common standard for all measured distances. This information will be circulated to all surveyors and will also be available through the municipal engineering offices. CC 60 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Field work was also carried out for six different mapping requirements for various departments—namely, a proposed penstock-line, power-house, and tunnel portal at Jordan River for the International Power and Engineering Consultants Ltd., control for mapping of Central and North Saanich for the Regional Planning Board, and another of the townsite of McBride for the same Board. In October a control survey of the Libby Dam pondage was made for the Water Resources Service covering the Kootenay River and part of the Elk River. Site plans were supplied for the Public Works Department for The Woodlands School, New Westminster, and for a parking garage on Humboldt Street, Victoria. Ten National Topographic map-sheets and 12 partial sheets, totalling approximately 3,750 square miles, were compiled in the Photogrammetric Section, in addition to completion of bridging for three Mess Creek and IV2 Nass River map- sheets. There were 18 large-scale projects, ranging in scale from 50 to 1,320 feet to 1 inch, totalling approximately 169 square miles, consisting of nine for the Water Resources Service, one for the Department of Highways, two for the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, two for the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, one for the Department of Public Works, one for the Capital Region Planning Board, one for the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, and one for the Whistler Mountain Development Association. One project for the Water Resources Service in the Bella Coola River area was bridged on the A7, but, due to the urgency of the job, the compilation was contracted to a private company, with the plates, photos, and control supplied by this Section. A test area on Vancouver Island was successfully completed for the Air Division, whereby 20-chain photo centres were established from 40-chain photography. We again made use of the Calcomp digital incremental plotter at the Provincial Government Computer Centre to automatically plot control on 20 National Topographic half map-sheets. Another time-saver that can now be reported on favourably concerns the pantograph attachments for the multiplex plotters purchased several years ago. Records show that a considerable saving in compilation time has accrued due to compiling at manuscript scale, and further economies are achieved by the elimination of photo reductions of the plot, thus shortening the draughting time. A Wild A40 short-range autograph with automatic recording, leased by the Forest Surveys Division, was installed in the Photogrammetric Section in September. Initially this machine was leased on a trial basis, so our personnel helped to install and calibrate the machine, then established through testing an operational procedure. Forest Service personnel were then trained, and the operation of the equipment turned over to them, with supervision supplied by this Division if and when it is required. Orthophoto mapping has progressed considerably within the past year, and in line with our policy of trying to keep abreast of new procedures, a study was made of the subject using samples of several areas, including one made especially for us by Carl Zeiss Company, Germany, of an area near Cowichan Lake. A descriptive display was designed and shown to various departments that had indicated some interest in the subject. Enough enthusiasm was shown to justify further investigation, with all indications pointing to this as a coming system of mapping, particularly in the fields of forestry and geology. Forty eye tests for stereo vision were given and recorded. Of the men tested, 14 were from Forest Engineering, nine from the Air Division, six from the Forest Inventory Division, six from the British Columbia Vocational School, and five from our personnel. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 61 The Draughting Section reports the compilation of 28 standard topographic manuscripts at the scale of 2 inches to 1 mile, 15 of which were on a new procedure whereby no names or title block is supplied. One hundred and fifty-seven large-scale mapping plans at various scales were completed, as well as 18 Federal Government 1:50,000 scale manuscripts on which we plotted the cadastral survey. Fifty mosaics were assembled, most of which were to complete the Fort Nelson-Fort St. John project for the oil industry. These mosaics will be photo-rectified to scale and made available to any who wish to purchase copies. One integrated survey plan was completed covering the greater portion of The Corporation of the City of Dawson Creek. The Federal Government now has 73 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 on request. The reader is also referred to the indexes contained in the envelope attached to the back cover of this Annual Report. 128° MOSAIC COMPLETED 124° 120° Index of Air-photograph Mosaics Approximate scale of mosaics: 1 inch equals one-half mile. Each mosaic covers one-half of a National Topographic Series map (example, 94 H/6 E. Vz), and the price of each sheet is 60 cents per copy. Prints available from Legal Surveys Division, Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, Victoria, British Columbia. CC 62 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES List of Air-photograph Mosaics Showing Date of Air Photography Sheet No. Date of Air Photo 94 A/5 May, 1963; September, 94 A/6 --. August 94 A/7 August 94 A/8 _ September 94 A/9 ___ _ __ September 94 A/10 --August 94 A/11 August 94 A/12 May, 1963; Sept., 1964; Sept. 94 A/13 Sept., 1964; Sept. 94 A/14 May, 1963; 94 A/15 May, 1963; 94 A/16 94 G/7 94 G/8 Sept., 1966; Aug. Sept., 1966; Aug. Sept., 1964; Sept. August. August. 94 G/9 - June-August 94 G/10 94G/15 94G/16 94H/1 .. 94H/2 _ 94H/3 - 94 H/4 Sept.. 94 H/5 .June-August June, — June. September. September. August 1964; Aug. August 94 H/6 August 94 H/7 - August 94 H/8 __ _„ August 94H/9 June-August. 94 H/10 94H/11 94H/12 _ _ 94 H/13 _ 94 H/14 _ 94H/15 _ 94 H/16 94 1/1 94 1/2 94 1/3 94 1/4 June-August. June-August June-August June-August, June. _ June June. June. June: June June. 94 1/5 94 1/6 941/7 „ 941/8 _ 941/9 .. 94 1/10 94 1/11 September. . June. June. .May-June. -May-June. May May 94 1/12 94 1/13 94 1/14 941/15 94 1/16 -May-September. September, September. May — May. , 1964 ,1967 ,1967 , 1964 , 1964 , 1967 ,1967 ,1966 ,1966 ,1967 , 1967 , 1966 ,1967 ,1967 , 1967 ,1967 ,1967 , 1967 ,1964 , 1966 , 1967 , 1967 ,1967 , 1967 , 1967 , 1967 , 1967 , 1967 ,1967 , 1967 :, 1967 , 1967 ,1967 , 1967 ,1967 , 1967 ,1967 ,1967 , 1967 , 1967 , 1967 ,1967 , 1967 , 1967 , 1966 , 1966 , 1966 ,1966 , 1967 ,1967 Sheet No. 94 J/1 94 J/2 94 J/3 94 J/6 94 J/7 94 J/8 94 J/9 94 J/10 94 J/11 — Date ot Air Photo . June-August, 1967 . June-August. . June-August June. June June September, September May-June, 94 J/12 — May-June. 94 J/13 May 94 J/14 May 94 J/15 September 94 J/16 _ September, 94 N/1 — May-June, 94 N/8 — _ May-June, 94 N/9 _ _ May, 94 N/16 May 94 O/l September, 94 0/2 May-June 94 0/3 __ May-June, ..May-June .May, -May. May 94 0/4 94 0/5 94 0/6 . 94 0/7 - 94 O/8 . 94 0/9 .. 94 0/10 94 0/11 94 0/12 94 0/13 94 0/14 May. 94 O/l5 - May, 94 0/16 May-September. -May-September - May-September. May May. May, - May 94P/1 . 94P/2 . 94P/3 .. 94 P/4 - 94P/5 _ 94P/6 - 94 P/7 .. 94P/8 .. 94P/9 .. 94P/10 94P/11 94P/12 94P/13 94 P/14 94P/15 94 P/16 - May — May — September, - May-September ..May-September September May-September . May-September . May-September, ..May-September, September, . September , September . May-September -May-September, -May-September, 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1966 1966 1967 1967 1967 1967 1966 1966 1967 1967 1967 1967 1966 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1966 1966 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1967 1966 1967 1967 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 Large-scale Mapping No. Name Available Scale Contour Interval No. of Sheets Date XI S.P.I S.P. 2 Goldfields - Richmond No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No 1"=800', 900', 1,000', 1,320' 1"=200', 600', 1"=1,000' 1"=1,000' 1"=20 ch. 1"= 550' 1"=10 ch. l"=10ch. 1"=10 ch. 1"=1,300' 1"=13 ch. 1"= 100' 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' 1"= 100' 100' Mosaic 5'-50', then 50' 5'-50', then 50' 20' 20' 100' 50' 50' 50' 500' 5' 50' 20'^tO' 5' 18 20 t1) 13 1 1 38 8 1957 S.P. 3 1958 1 2 Squamish- 1952 1951-52 3 1950 4 1951-52 5 1951 6 7 Kemano 1952-53 1951 8 1951-52 9 10 Salmo 1952 1952 11 1952 1 One map (5e) . SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Large-scale Mapping—Continued CC 63 No. Name Available Scale , Contour Interval No. of Sheets Date 13 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 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 1,320' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 400' 1"= 400' 1"= 400' 1"=1,320' 1"= 400' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 1,000' 1"= 1,320' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"=1,320' 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' l"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"=1,000' 1"= 400' 1"= 200' 1"= 500' 1"= 1,000' 1"= 1,000' 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 600' 1"=1,000' 1"= 600' 1"=1,320' l"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 500' 1"=2,640' 1"= 500' 1"= 1,320' 1"= 500' 1"=1,320' 1"= 1,000' 1"= 400' 1"= 400' 1"=1,320' 1"=1,320' 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' V- 200' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"=1,000' 1"= 40' I"- 40' 50' 10'-20' 20'-40' 50' 5' Spot heights 5'-10'-25' 5'-10'-25' Planimetric 50' 20'-100' 20'-40' 20'-40' 50' 50' 20'^10' 20'-40' 20'^tO' 50' 20' 20' 50' 20'^0' 10' 10' 10' 20' 5'-10'-15' 20'-40' 10' 20' 10' Planimetric 10'-20' 20'^t0' 20'-40' 20'-40' 20' 10' 10'-20' 20' 20' 20' 50' 5' 5' 50' 100' 20' 20' 10' 20'-2,600', then 50' 20' 10' 10' 20' 25' 20' 10' 10' 10' and 20' 10' and 20' 20' 2' 2' and 5' 6 13 28 73 2 7 1 ("2") 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 2 98 5 10 4 3 10 48 5 1 25 20 17 4 5 1953 14 1951 15 1953 16 1953 17 18 Agassiz 1953 1953-54 19 Doukhobor lands— 1953-54 Krestova-Raspberry, etc. 1953-54 1963 20 21 24 28 M2 Brooks Peninsula — Agassiz (Extension) Moran Pondage Clearwater - 1953-54 1954 1954-55 M3 1955 M4 1955 M5 1955 M6 M7 Churn Creek Willow Creek 1955 1955-56 M8 M9 Upper McGregor River 1956 1956-62 Mil 1955 M12 1955 M13 1954 M14 M15 Kelowna 1954 1954 M16 M17 Lower McGregor River - 1956 1954 M21 M24 Clearwater 1955 1956 M27 1958 M29 M30 Naramata 1956 1956 M34 1957 M36 1957 M37 1956-57 M38 1956-57 M39 1956-57 (1957) M39 1959 (1958) M39 1960 (1960) M40 M41 M42 Chilliwack River Summit Lake Diversion 1956 1959 1957 M43 M44 Alert Bay - 1956 1958 M45 1958 M52 M54 Kaslo Big Bar 1958-60 1957 M56 1958 M59 1958 M62 1958 M63 1958-59 M63a Parsnip River Pondage Addi- 1961-68 1962 M66 1958 M67 1958 M68 1958 M70 1958 M73 M73 North Okanagan 1959 1959 M74 1959 M75 M76 M77 M83 M84 Duncan Nanaimo - Prince George Oakalla Victoria University, Gordon Head 1959 1960 1960-61 1960 1960 2 See Map No. 17. CC 64 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Large-scale Mapping—Continued No. Name Available Scale Contour Interval No. of Sheets Date M88 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes 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 Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 1"= 500' 1"=1,000' 1"= 300' 1"= 500' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 50' 1"= 100' 1"=1,000' 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' 1"= 200' 1"= 250' 1"= 500' 1"= 50' I"— 100' 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"=1,320' 1"= 100' 1"= 200' 1"= 500' 1"= 40' 1"=1,000' 1"= 1,320' 1"=1,000' V— 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 1,000' 1"= 400' 1"= 40' 1"= 40' 1"= 500' 1"=1,000' 1"= 40' 1"= 100' 1"= 50' 1"= 100' 1"= 50' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 500' 1"= 600' 1"= 600' 1"=1,000' 1"= 100' 1"= 300' 1"= 200' 1"= 100' 1"= 200' 1"=1,320' 1"=1,000' 1"= 200' 1"= 500' 1"= 100' 1"= 200' 1"= 1,000' 1"= 200' 1"=1,320' 1"= 200' 1"= 400' 1"= 200' 10' and 20' 20' 5' 20' 5' 5' 5' 10' 10' 2' Spot heights 50' 20' Planimetric 20' 5' 5'-10' 2' 2' 20' 10' 10' and 20' 10' and 20' 20' 2' and 4' 10'-20' 10' 2' 20' 50'-100' 20' 10' 25' 50' 10' 2' 10' 25' and 50' 2' 10' 2' 10'-20' 2'-5' 2' 5' 20'-50' 20' 20' 50' 2' and 5' 5' and 20' 5' 5' 50' 25'-2,500', then 50' 25'-50' 5' 10' 5' 10' 50' 5' 100' 5' and spot heights 50' 5' 11 5 5 14 15 19 24 11 4 4 2 6 5 12 3 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 23 1 1 8 24 1 1 1 1 31 3 2 1 9 16 4 10 2 3 1 27 1963 M88 1964-65 M89 1960 M89 1960 M90 M90A M90B M92 Similkameen Similkameen „ Similkameen 1961 1965 1966-67 1962 M98 1960 M100 M100 M105 M107 Essondale Essondale Clearwater Lake-Azure Lake 1962 1962 1962 1961 M108 1961 M109 Mill M113 London Mountain (Mount Whistler) Clearwater River Dam-site — 1961 1961 1963 M114 1962 M114 M117 Tranquille 1962 1962 M117 1962 M118 1962 M121 Winfield 1961 M122 M125 Stuart Lake Pondage - 1962 1962 M126 1962 M127 M129 Parksville 1965 1962 M130 M131 M134 McGregor River Pondage- Long Lake - 1962 1962 1962 M135 Ml 36 M138 M139 Quesnel Haney Hobson Lake Extension 1963-65 1962 1962 1962 M141 M141 M142 M144 Legislature Precinct, Victoria Legislature Precinct, Victoria (under-surface plan) Kaleden 1963 1963 1963 1963 M145 M146 Kamloops Government Buildings 1963 1963 M146 1963 Ml 50 1963 M150 1963 M151 1963 M152 1963 M155 M158 Sechelt— ., 1964 1964 M160 M161 Ladysmith 1964 1964 M162 1964 M163 1964 M164 M165 Saanich Garbage Disposal ... 1964 1964 Ml 65 1964 M168 Peace River Pondage (Find- 1965 M170 1965-66 M171 1965 M171 1965 M172 1965 M172 1965-66 M173 1965 M175 M176 M178 Shuswap Canal Diversion.—. Stewart— 1965-66 1965 1965 M179 M180 Niskonlith— 1965 1967 SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Large-scale Mapping—Continued CC 65 No. Name Avail- able Scale Contour Interval No. of Sheets Date M181 M182 Nematode Yes In hand Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes In hand Yes Yes In hand Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes In hand In hand In hand In hand In hand In hand In hand No No No 1"= 200' 1"=1,000' 1"= 200' 1"=1,000' 1"= 100' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 400' 1"— 500' 1"= 200' 1"= 100' 1"= 100' 1"= 200' 1"=1,000' l"r=l,000' l"=nl,320' 1"= 500' 1"= 100' 1"= 50' 1"= 200' 1"= 100' 1"= 400' 1"= 500' 1"= 16' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 600' 1"= 100' 1"=1,320' 1"=1,320' 1"= 100' 1"= 500' V— 200' 1"= 400' 1"= 200' 1"= 400' 1"= 400' 1"= 400' 5' 20' 10' 20'-100' 2' 5' 5' and spot heights 5' 24' 10' 2' 5' 2' 10' 20' 20' 25' 20' 20-100 cm. 5' 50' 5' 20' 10' 2' 5' 5' 20' 5' 25' 50' 2' 20' 10' 10' 5' 10' 10' 10' 2' 2'-5' 2' 1 21 4 53 4 4 3 2 5 3 6 1 5 9 31 28 7 1 1 1 1 9 24 9 2 16 3 3 12 2 1 1 1 2 2 5 1 1965 1968 (1968) M182 1965 M182 1965-66 M186 1966 M188 1966 Ml 89 1966 M196 M197 M198 Keremeos Hurley Pass 1966 1966 1966 M200 M201 M202 Merritt Archaeology- 1967 1966 1966-67 M204 1967 M205 1968 M210 M215 Kechika 1967 1967-68 M216 Black Mountain Irrigation 1967 M217 1967 M218 Hells Gate 1967 M218 Hells Gate 1967 M220 1968 M222 1968 M226 1968 M228 1967 M230 Peace River Dam-sites, C 1968 M232 M233 Squamish 1968 M233 1968 M234 M236 1968 M237 1968 M238 1968 M238 1968 M243 1968 M245 M245 M246 M246 M249 Saanich Peninsula- Towdystan-Chilanko Forks Young Creek-Towdystan. Libby Pondage— M250 1"= 40' 1"= 400' 1"= 20' 1"= 20' 1"= 20' M251 Hope-Merritt 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. X Compilation completed, no manuscript available. Sheet 82F/3 -— 82 F/4 82K/11W. 82K/12 _. 82L/7 — 82L/10 — 82M/13 - 83D/4 — 83D/5 83D/12 - 83D/13 92B/5 .... 92 B/5 W. 3 W. Date 1951, 1960 1944, 1947 1952 1952 1958 1958 - 1959 1959 1959 1959, 1960 1960 .1937, 1938, 1955 $1963 Sheet 92 B/6 W 92B/11 W. 92B/12 92 B/13 92B/13 92 B/14 92 B/14 92C/8 92C/8 92C/9 92C/9 92 C/10 92 C/10 w. 1938, 1955, -1942, 1943, $1963, -1937, 1937, -1937. Date 1955 1955 1963 1951 1968 1951 $1968 1938 $1963 1938 $1963 1938 $1965 cc 66 department of lands, forests, and water resources British Columbia Topographic Surveys Showing Dates of Field Work- Continued Sheet 92C/11, E. 92C/11, E. 92C/13, E. 92 C/14 92C/14, E., part 92C/15 92C/15 - 92C/16 92C/16 92E/1.E 92E/7, E. 92E/8 _ 92 E/9 92E/10 - 92E/14 92E/16 92 F/l 92F/1 92 F/2 _. 92F/2, part 92 F/3 92F/4 92F/5 92F/6 92F/7 92F/7, part 92F/8 92 F/8 - 92F/9 92F/10 92F/11 92F/12 92F/13 92 F/14 Date 1938 $1965 1938 1938 $1965 .1937, 1938 -$1965 -1937, 1938, 1942 --$1965 1942 1946 1943, 1946 ..1938, 1940, 1947 - 1947 1948 - 1947 1942, 1943 -$1965 -1938, 1940, 1942 - $1965 -1938, 1940, 1941 1942 1937, 1938, 1943 -1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 . $1965 .1942, 1943, 1950 $1965 1950 1950, 1953 .1934, 1935 92 F/15, E., part 92 F/16, E., part 92G/4 92 G/4 _... 92G/5 92 G/7, part 92 G/10, part 92G/11 92G/12 92 G/13 92G/14 92H/1 92H/2 92H/3 92H/4 92 1/12 _....... 92 1/13 .1936, 1937, 1938 - 1935, 1936 1935 1950 1950 1942, 1943 $1963-65 1950, 1952 _ 1940 1940 1952 1950, 1952 1950, 1952 1952 -1920, 1923, 1950 -1923, 1949 92 J/4, W 92 J/15 92 J/16 92 K/l, E., part 92K/2, E 92 K/2, W. 92K/3 92K/4 92K/5 92K/6 92K/7 92K/8, W 92K/10.W. 92K/11 92K/12 92K/13 92K/14 92K/15 92L/1 92L/2 92L/3 92 L/4 92L/6 92L/7 _. 92L/8 .1924, 1931, 1948, 1949 1948, 1956 1958 1958 ... *1962 1948, 1949 1948, 1949 1950 "1962 $1961 - 1949 1949 _ — 1949 - 1949 $1961 - —,*1962 ._ __ "1962 *1962 „ »1962 *1962 * 1962 * 1962 1932 1931, 1932 1948 1948 Sheet 92L/10 — 92L/11 — 92L/12 92L/13 92M/2 92M/3 92M/4 92M/5 92M/6 92M/11.W. 92M/12 . 92M/13 - Date 1931, 1940, 1956 1940 1935, 1936 — 1936 *1962 1959 „ 1959 - 1959 *1962 *1962 *1962 *1962 92 M/14, W. *1962 92 N/1 1958 92 N/7 1958 92 N/8 1958 92 N/9 1958 92 N/10 1958 92 N/15 1958 92 O/l 1950 92 0/2 1947 92 0/3 1958 92 0/4 1958 92 0/5 1958 92 0/6 1958 92 0/7 1950, 1958 92 0/8 1950 92 0/9 1951 92 O/10 1958 92 O/l 1 - 1958 92 0/12 1958 92 0/16 1951 92 P/2 1959 92 P/3 1959 92 P/4 1958 92 P/5 1958 92 P/6 1959 92 P/7 1959 92 P/10 1959 92 P/ll 1959 92 P/12 1958 92 P/13 1958 92 P/14 1959 92 P/15 1959 92 P/16 1959 93 A/1 1959 93 A/2 1936, 1959, 1960 93 A/3 ...1959, 1960 93 A/4 1959 93 A/5 -„ 1935 93 A/6 1935 93 A/7 1936, 1959, 1960 93 A/8 - 1959 .1931, 1934, 1940 1931 1931, 1932 93 A/9, E. - 93 A/9, W. . 93 A/10 93 A/11 — 93 A/12 93 A/13 93 A/14 93 A/15 . 93 A/16 - 93B/1 93B/6 93B/7 93B/8 93 B/9 - - 93B/9, W. . 93B/10 93B/11 93B/12 . 93 B/13 93 B/14 93B/15 93B/16 — 93 B/16, W. 1959, 1960 $1959, 1960 1934, 1960 1933, 1934 .1931, 1933, 1934 1934 1933, 1934 1934, 1960 $1960 1951 $1963 $1963 1952 1950 $1965 - $1963 $1963 $1963 $1963 $1963 $1963 1950 $1965 SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 67 British Columbia Topographic Surveys Showing Dates of Field Work— Continued Sheet 93 C/5 93D/2 93D/3 --- 93D/4 93 D/5 93D/6 93 D/7, E. 93 D/7, W. 93 D/8 - 93 D/ll, E. 93 E/5, E. . 93 E/5, W. 93E/6 93E/11 93E/12 93 G/2 93 G/3 93 G/4 . 93G/5 - 93 G/6 . 93 G/7 93 G/10 — 93G/11 — 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 . 93 K/l — 93 K/2 93 K/7 -— 93 K/8 93 K/9 93K/10 93K/11 93 K/12 — 93K/13 -— 93 K/l4 — 93 K/l5 — 93 K/16 93 L/2 93L/3 — 93L/4 93L/5 93L/6 93 L/7 93 L/8 93L/9 — 93L/10 — 93L/11 93 L/12 93L/13 — 93 L/14 93L/15 — 93 L/16 93M/1 — 93 M/2 93M/5 93 M/7 93 M/8 93 M/9 --. 93 M/10 - 93M/11 .... Date 1959 *1962 *1962 *1962 *1962 *1962 1958 ....»1962 ..1958, 1959 *1962 - $1968 $1963 $1968 $1968 $1968 -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 1960 _ 1960 - - 1960 1960 1961 1961 1961 —- 1961 1961 1961 1951 $1968 $1968 $1968 $1968 1951 1951 -- 1951 -1950, 1951 -- 1950 $1968 $1968 1950 1962 1962 1962 1963 - 1949 1963 1963 ._ 1963 — 1963 1963 Sheet 93 M/12 93M/13 93 M/14 93 M/15 93M/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 O/l 93 0/4 93 0/5 93 0/6 - 93 0/8 93 O/l1 93 0/12 — 93 0/13 93 0/14 93 P/l 93 P/2 — 93 P/3 93 P/4 93P/5 93P/6 93 P/7 93 P/8 94B/4 94, C, part - 94 D/l 94D/2 94D/3 — 94D/4 94 D/5 94D/6 — 94 D/7 94 D/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. .. 102P/9.E. - 102P/16 103 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 —. 103 A/13, E. 103 A/14 103 A/15 103 A/16 - 103G/1.E. .. 103 G/7, E. _ 103 G/8 - 103 G/9 103 G/10, E. 103 G7T5, E. 103 G/16 . 103 H/l, W. 103 H/2 Date 1949 $1963 $1963 — $1963 — $1963 $1962 $1962 , .$1962 —$1962 $1962 $1962 $1962 , -—$1962 - $1962 —$1962 $1962 $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 - $1963 - $1963 —- -$1963 - $1963 1939 1939 -1940, 1941 1941 1935, 1937 -1935, 1936, 1937 - 1937 1936, 1937 — 1961 - 1961 1961 - - 1961 1961 - *1963 - *1963 1961 - - 1961 *1963 — —-*1963 - - 1961 —- - *1963 *1963 - ___..* 1963 — 1961 - 1961 - 1961 -- — 1961 —.. 1961 - — 1961 -- 1961 - *1963 *1963 CC 68 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES British Columbia Topographic Surveys Showing Dates of Field Work- Continued Sheet Date 103 H/3 - —- 1961 103 H/4 — - —- 1961 103 H/5 - 1961 103 H/6 - - 1961 103 H/7 — - - — —.* 1962 103 H/8 - *1962 103 H/10 ----- -* 1962 103H/15 -- —- *1962 103 1/1 - $ 1968 103 1/2 1949 103 1/7 - -- 1948 103 1/8 $ 1968 103 1/10 1947 103 P/9 1949 103 P/10.E. - 1950 103 P/14.E — — - 1950 103 P/15 1950 103 P/16 $ 1967 104 A/1 $1967 104 A/2, E. $1967 104 A/2, W. 1950 104 A/3 _ 1950 104 A/4 $1967 104 A/5, E. — _. .._ _. 1950 104 A/5, W $1967 104 A/6 1950 104 A/7 $ 1967 104 A/8 $1967 104 A/10 - _ $ 1967 104 A/11, E. $1967 104 A/11, W - 1951 104 A/12 - - 1951 104 A/13, E. $1967 104 A/13, W - 1951 104 A/14 - $1967 104 A/15 : $ 1967 104 B/l $ 1967 104 B/7 -$1967 104 B/8 _ —$1967 104 B/9 $1967 104B/10 $1967 104B/11 $1967 104 B/12, E. - $1967 104 B/12, W - —$1966 Sheet 104B/13, E. 104B/13, W. 104 B/14 -— 104B/15 — 104B/16 104 G/l Date —-$1965 $1966 $1965 — $1965 - 1951 1951 104 G/2 $1965 104 G/3 -- -- - —$1965 104 G/4, E. $1965 104 G/4, W -- -$1966 104, G/5, E. -- $1965 104 G/5, W. — - $1966 104 G/6 $1965 104 G/7 - - $1965 104 G/8 - - 1951 104 G/9 . 104 G/10 104 G/ll 104 G/12 104 G/13 104 G/14 104 G/15 104G/16 104 H/12, W. 104 H/13, W. 104 J/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 .... 1951 — $1966 ...$1966 ....$1966 —$1966 .... 1951 — 1951 - 1951 — 1951 — 1951 — 1952 — 1952 — 1952 — 1952 — 1952 -- 1952 104 N/3, E 104 N/5 104 N/6 104 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 SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 69 GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION W. R. Young, B.C.L.S., Chief Tables A to K at the end of this Division's report provide a statistical framework of work done during 1968. This written portion focuses on some of the data in the tables and also supplies information of a non-statistical or descriptive nature. Staff changes during 1968 included replacements arising out of resignations of a Mapping Assistant 1 in the Trigonometric Control Section and a Clerk-Stenographer 2. In August the Chief of the Division accompanied the Surveyor-General on a visit to field crews in the Northern and Central Interior, while in October he travelled to Edmonton, Alta., to attend the annual meeting of the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names. Thanks to a fortunate combination of circumstances, the Supervisor of Map Distribution, Mr. T. Hinton, narrowly escaped death in a marine accident at Shawnigan Lake on July 7th. We were pleased to welcome his return to work a few weeks later. Compared with 1967, an increase of close to 12 per cent was recorded in map distribution. As may be seen in Table E, the 128,303 sheets sold and distributed pushed totals to a new record for the third consecutive year. It was a notable year in terms of the number of new maps issued and reprints of existing editions. Ten new sheets were published, of which nine were completely revised editions of earlier prints. Another eight maps were reprinted without revision in order to replenish depleted stocks. It should be noted that two of the unrevised sheets, Kamloops Lake and Shuswap Lake, appeared early in 1968, while revised second editions of the same maps came off the press toward the end of the year. One of the reprinted sheets, SGS-1 (Vancouver Island), has proven to be the most popular single map yet produced by this Division. Between September, 1967, and December, 1968, a total of 11,210 copies of SGS-1 had been distributed. As listed in Table H, six of the new editions marked a continuation of the Provincial National Topographic coverage at 1 inch to 2 miles and 1:250,000 scales. These were 92 B-C (Victoria), 92 M (Rivers Inlet), and 93 C (Anahim Lake) at 1:250,000 scale, and 82 L/NW (Shuswap Lake), 92 I/NE (Kamloops Lake), and 92 I/SW (Lytton) at 1 inch to 2 miles. On Maps 92 M and 93 C, glaciers and snowfields were tinted in light blue, whereas formerly such areas were left white. This procedure will continue to be used on subsequent maps. During the last 15 years the Geographic Division had produced a dozen maps at l-inch-to-30-miles scale showing various Provincial administrative boundaries. Because they frequently had to be revised, most of them had been drawn on a transparent base for ozalid reproduction. During 1968 several of the administrative maps were redrawn at the smaller but more convenient scale of 1 inch to 84 miles and processed through the multilith facilities available in the Legal Surveys Division. These are now being distributed as a 10-sheet set (Map IS). Because of the large number of school districts and ranger districts in the Province, it was impractical to reduce the school district sheet and the forest, grazing, and ranger district map, and they are still available in ozalid form at 1 inch to 30 miles. As may be seen in Table D, the number of map-sheets checked for nomenclature totalled 49, compared with 48 the previous year. Besides processing 260 new place-names through the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names, the Gazetteer Section checked 52 reference maps and prepared 35 name record sheets for use by the Forest Service, Air Division, Legal Surveys Division, Topographic Division, and the general public. CC 70 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Restructuring of the Surveys and Mapping Branch of the Federal Department of Energy, Mines and Resources resulted in the records section of the Gazetteer of Canada being transferred from the Geographical Branch to the Surveys and Mapping Branch. Federal Government mapping agencies provided stocks of 42 map-sheets during the year, and another 42 sheets at 1:50,000 scale were printed in Ottawa from Provincial topographic manuscripts. The latter are listed in Table I. Provincial topographic manuscripts awaiting reproduction in Ottawa at the end of the year are given in Table K. In November, Federal Government provisional maps at 1:50,000 scale began to appear in single-sheet form rather than in the east half and west half division, which has been made for many years in National topographic units. By the end of the year this Division had received nine of the single-sheet 1:50,000 maps. The last of the 1:50,000-scale maps published by the Army Survey Establishment were received in 1968. Because of a redefinition of functions for military mapping, all Federal maps for civilian use are now being reproduced by the Surveys and Mapping Branch of the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. Our association with the Army Survey Establishment spanned a period of over 20 years on an official basis and unofficially for several years prior to 1947, and the spirit of co-operation which they extended to us is something which we take pleasure in remembering. Two members of the staff completed a field check of cultural detail for sheets 82E/SE (Grand Forks) and 92 I/SE (Merritt) in connection with editing of revised editions of these l-inch-to-2-miles maps. The Merritt and Grand Forks sheets are listed in Table J together with other Provincial maps in process. The Trigonometric Control Section ran least-square adjustments on 12 projects, of which seven were done under the " Cosmos " programme and five under the " Bride " programme (see Tables A and B). The research officer made a field trip to the Kootenay Bulletin Area (No. 1) and also completed the revised second edition of the Kamloops Bulletin Area (No. 6). Minor revisions were made to the text and maps of Bulletins Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 for reprinting purposes. Also a description of the National Topographic System of Map Indexing was prepared for multilith reproduction. Five representative maps done by early surveyors (H. S. Palmer, A. L. Poudrier, J. D. Pemberton, J. W. Trutch, and F. C. Swannell) were selected from the Surveys and Mapping Branch collection of original maps and from the Provincial Archives, and after appropriate captions had been prepared were added to the survey display in the new Provincial Museum. The Geographic Division continued to do special mapping work for other Government departments, and during 1968, 28 such jobs were completed. Complete Indexes to Published Maps, Indexes 8 to 14, may be found in the manila envelope attached to the back cover of this Annual Report. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH STATISTICAL COMPUTATIONS Table A.—Least-square Adjustments by " Cosmos " Completed CC 71 Net Locality Type of Bearings Number of Triangles or Traverse Stations Involved True True True True True True True 113 223 166 16 Provincial Lower Fraser Valley 223 13 114 Table B.—Least-square Adjustments by "Bride " Completed Net Locality Type of Bearings Number of Triangles or Traverse Stations Involved Provincial Provincial. Nelson Trail-Rossland Grid Grid Grid Grid Grid 81 87 147 229 65 Table C—Records 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 Index cards— New - 781 6 34,072 341 1,475 293 35,547 389 1,693 1,453 37,240 334 673 2,482 37,913 368 1,184 912 39,097 361 883 2,102 39,980 412 Total on file — .- Well-site surveys checked during 1968, 206. Table D.—Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 59 6,821 375 22 6,090 277 93 5,584 402 85 11,428 440 48 13,018 314 49 Number of names checked Number of new names recorded 4,754 260 CC 72 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table E.—Map Stock and Distribution 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 8,700 78,165 116,705 $48,674 10,395 88,322 71,178 $58,469 9.429 86,755 107,741 $56,152 9,550 95,540 155,133 $62,977 11,639 114,723 261,314 $73,550.82 12,174 128,303 221,187 $77,086.36 Table F.—Geographic Work for Other Departments and Public 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 18 $1,729 19 $5,213 1 20 $4,460 23 $4,307 22 $2,927.13 28 $1,612.36 Table G.—Letters 1963 I 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 7,274 j 8,469 1 7,297 8,007 9,481 9,044 Table H.—Maps Prepared and Reproduced by the Geographic Division, Victoria, during 1968 Map No. Name Scale Remarks Is ljR lG lGL 92B-C 92 M 93 C 82 L/NW 92 I/NE 92 I/SW P.S. B-2 SGS-1 IE lEL 92 G 93 K 82 L/NW 92 B/NW-SW 92 I/NE New Editions British Columbia Administrative Boundary Maps (10-sheet set) British Columbia Relief Map East Central British Columbia (planimetric) East Central British Columbia (landforms) Victoria (second status edition) Rivers Inlet (second status edition) Anahim Lake (second status edition) - Shuswap Lake (second status edition) Kamloops Lake (second status edition) Lytton (second status edition) _ Bowron Lake Park Reprints Vancouver Island South-eastern British Columbia (planimetric)—. South-eastern British Columbia (landforms) Vancouver (second status edition) Fort Fraser (second status edition) _ Shuswap Lake (first status edition) _ Victoria (first status edition) — Kamloops Lake (first status edition) 1 in. to 84 mi. 1 in. to 30 mi. 1 in. to 10 mi. 1 in. to 10 mi. 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 1 mi. 1 in. to 6 mi. 1 in. to 10 mi. 1 in. to 10 mi. 1:250,000 1:250,000 1 in. to 2 mi. 1 in. to 2 mi. 1 in. to 2 mi. New, two colours each. Reprint, complete revision. Reprint, complete revision. Reprint, complete revision. Reprint, complete revision. New. seven colours, contoured. Reprint, complete revision. Reprint, complete revision. Reprint, complete revision. Reprint, complete revision. Reprint, complete revision. Reprint, Reprint, Reprint, Reprint, Reprint, Reprint, Reprint, Reprint, no revision, no revision, no revision, no revision, no revision, no revision, no revision, no revision. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 73 Table I.—Provincial Government Topographic Manuscripts Prepared and Reproduced at 1:50,000 Scale by the Canadian Government, Ottawa, during 1968 Map No. Name Map No. Name 82 F/3, E. & W. Salmo (second edition). 92 N/9, E. & W. Tatlayoko Lake (first edition). 82 L/7, E. & W. Shuswap Falls (first edition). 93 C/5, E. & W. Atnarko (first edition). 82 L/10, E. & W. Mabel Lake (first edition). 93 1/16, E.&W. Redwillow River (first edition). 92 1/12, E. & W. Lillooet (first edition). 93 0/11, E. &W. Cut Thumb Creek (first edition). 921/13, E.&W. Pavilion (first edition). 93 0/12, E. &W. Blackwater Creek (first edition). 92L/10, E. &W. Alert Bay (first edition). 93 0/14, E. &W. Point Creek (first edition). 92 M/3, E. & W. Belize Inlet (first edition). 93 P/5, E. & W. Burnt River (first edition). 92 M/4, E. & W. Cape Caution (first edition). 93 P/6, E. & W. GwillimLake (first edition). 92 M/5, E. & W. Goose Bay (first edition). 104 K/16, E. Nahlin River (first edition). 92 N/1, E.&W. Chilko Mountain (first edition). 104 N/1, E.&W. Nakina Lake (first edition). 92 N/7, E. & W. Mount Queen Bess (first edition). 104 N/3, E. Sloko River (first edition). Table J.—Maps Being Prepared by the Geographic Division, Victoria, during 1968 Map No. Name Scale Remarks If 1 in. to 10 mi. 1:250,000 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. 1 in. to 2 mi. 1 in. to 1 mi. In lithography. In draughting. In draughting. In lithography. In draughting. In draughting. In draughting. In draughting. In draughting. In compilation. In draughting. In draughting. In draughting. In compilation. In draughting. In draughting. 92 L/102I 92 N 93 F Mount Waddington (first status edition) 93 K 93 L 93 N 93 P Fort Fraser (third status edition)— Smithers (third status edition) - Manson River (first status edition) 103 H 82 E/SE Douglas Channel (second status edition) 82 J/NW 92 H/SE 92 H/NE 92 I/SE 92 J/NE P.S.G 3 Table K.—Provincial Government Topographic Manuscripts Being Prepared at 1:50,000 Scale by the Canadian Government, Ottawa, during 1968 Map No. Name Map No. Name 92 0/3, E. & W. Warner Pass (first edition). 93 K/7, E. & W. Shass Mountain (first edition). 92 0/4, E. & W. Tchaikazan River (first edition). 93 K/8, E. & W. Fort St. James (first edition). 92 0/5, E. & W. Mount Tatlow (first edition). 93 K/9, E. & W. Pinchi Lake (first edition). 92 0/6, E. & W. Nadila Creek (first edition). 93K/10, E. &W. Stuart Lake (first edition). 92 0/7, E. & W. Churn Creek (first edition). 93K/11.E. &W. Cunningham Lake (first edition). 92 0/10, E.&W. Gaspard Creek (first edition). 93K/12, E. &W. Pendleton Bay (first edition). 92 0/11.E. &W. Big Creek (first edition). 93K/13, E. &W. Tochcha Lake (first edition). 92 0/12, E. &W. Elkin Creek (first edition). 93 K/14, E. & W. Trembleur Lake (first edition). 92 P/2, E. & W. Criss Creek (first edition). 93 K/15, E. & W. Inzana Lake (first edition). 92P/3.E. &W. Loon Lake (first edition). 93 K/16, E. & W. Tezzeron Creek (first edition). 92 P/6, E. & W. Green Lake (first edition). 93 L/15, E. & W. Driftwood Creek (first edition). 92 P/7, E. & W. Bridge Lake (first edition). 93L/16, E. &W. Fulton Lake (first edition). 92 P/10, E. & W. Deka Lake (first edition). 93M/1.E. &W. Old Fort Mountain (first edition). 92P/11, E. &W. 100 Mile House (first edition). 93 M/2, E. & W. Harold Price Creek (first edition). 92P/14, E. &W. Lac la Hache (first edition). 93 M/7, E. & W. Netalzul Mountain (first edition). 92 P/15, E.&W. Canim Lake (first edition). 93 M/8, E. & W. Nakinilerak Lake (first edition). 92 P/16, E. & W. Mahood Lake (first edition). 102 P/8, E. Chic Chic Bay (first edition). 93 A/3, E. & W. Murphy Lake (first edition). 102 P/9, E. Calvert Island (first edition). 93 A/4, E.&W. 150 Mile House (first edition). 102 P/16, E. & W. Hunter Island (first edition). Natal landslide, November 28, 1968. Highway-clearing in operation. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 75 AIR DIVISION E. R. McMinn, B.A., B.A.Sc, D.L.S., B.C.L.S., P.Eng. The writer succeeded Mr. A. C. Kinnear as Chief, Air Division, in November, 1968. Mr. Kinnear, who served with the Division since its inception in 1946, was appointed in May as Co-ordinator, Lands Service. In the intervening six months, as Mr. Kinnear assumed his new duties, the management of the Division was most competently carried out by Mr. E. S. W. Andrews, the Assistant Chief. The acquisition of air photographs in 1968 was average despite unusually difficult weather; the compilation of the 20-chain map-sheets is proceeding. In the Processing Laboratory some renovation is under way to accommodate the automatic processor due in 1969. A silver-recovery unit was installed in the laboratory and will produce about 500 ounces of silver a year from waste solutions. The Air Photo Library issued 204,000 reprints and 101,000 loans. Increases were noted in the requests from mining and forestry companies, and requests from schools increased 40 per cent over 1967. Some 8,500 stereograms of interesting natural or cultural features were sold. The Division had 13 terminations of employment in 1968; 10 of these were junior and working-level staff. FLYING OPERATIONS Equipment Cameras The 1968 season was the first complete season for the Zeiss 12-inch cameras. As expected, they operated nearly perfectly with few minor problems. It is indeed a relief to be able to set out to accomplish a day's photography without the worry of whether or not the camera will continue to function correctly for the duration of any photographic trip. In March of 1968 the Zeiss serviceman from Toronto spent a week at our machine-shop servicing the two cameras under warranty, and at the same time gave a brief servicing course to several of our own personnel. Aircraft The installation of V.H.F. radios and transponders were welcome new additions. The radios enabled the pilots to listen out on more than one radio frequency at one time, and the transponders gave positive aircraft identification to ground controllers whenever the aircraft was working in dense traffic areas. Because of these installations we were never denied clearance to work in even the heaviest traffic areas. The Department of Transport directive regarding X-ray on the main spar on Beech 18 aircraft continues in effect. At the present interval of 500 hours it poses no problem, for we are able to have the X-ray done before the field season starts. If, however, this frequency is increased, as it has been by the Federal Aviation Authority in the United States, to every 200 hours, it could pose a loss of photographic time. During the summer our aircraft CF-BCD developed a leaking gas tank, similar to that of CF-BCE a year ago. The repair was left for the winter maintenance period because it was a major job, necessitating the removal of the wings in order to repair it. There was also evidence of deterioration of the flaps, which necessitated replacement during the winter overhaul. Although the aircraft continue to be brought up to serviceable standard, these unserviceabilities are signs of age; it will therefore become more costly and time-consuming to maintain them. CC 76 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES The programme of work over the next several years is such that these aircraft will be working beyond their range and capabilities. Giving this serious consideration along with the age of the aircraft and the major serviceability problems, it is not too early to consider replacement aircraft or other alternatives. Weather In the mid-latitude, Smithers, Prince George, and Fort St. John, good photographic weather was limited to two periods of about three days each. Northerly in the Dease Lake area, photographic weather was almost non-existent for the entire season. In the south the weather was a mixture with no prolonged run of good photographic days. In general the weather for the entire Province was such that it necessitated a scrambly type of operation with rapid and frequent moves from one place to another without any prolonged stretch of good weather at any place at any time in the season. Personnel This year the Department of Highways provided us with one pilot, and we hired one pilot on a six-month contract. This arrangement appeared to work favourably, mainly because both men were interested in doing a good job. Accomplishment Total hours flown, 523Va; total square miles photographed, 41,200; total number of photographs, 26,331; photography completed all or in part for 66 out of a total of 74 projects. Once again several rolls of Ektachrome colour and Ektachrome infra-red were exposed experimentally; also a roll of infra-red aerographic film was exposed with good results. (See Key Maps Nos. 15 to 18 contained in envelope attached to back cover of this Annual Report.) General The record years of 1966 and 1967 made the accomplishment of the 1968 season seem low; it was, however, the third best year in the Division's history behind the two record years already mentioned. For the next several years, the bulk of the work will be north of 56°. This part of the Province has the poorest weather and, combined with the short range and slow speed of the Beechcraft, it gives little grounds on which to base much optimism. The experience of the past season of trying to work that expansive northern part of the Province with our Beechcraft has shown a split of nearly 50-50 on photography and ferry time. PROCESSING LABORATORY Air Films The 1968 flying season, delayed by continued bad weather, finally got off the ground and ended with a total of 105 rolls of black-and-white film exposed, compared to 140 in 1967. Eight rolls of colour and colour infra-red film were exposed with excellent results. Both RC8 and Zeiss cameras turned out many faultless rolls of film. Printing Both Cintel and Milligan printers were operated continuously with surprisingly few hours of down time due to breakdowns. Considering the number of intricate and sensitive electronic components of these printers and the small loss of operating time experienced, it speaks well for the personnel engaged in maintenance and repair. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 77 Despite the lower number of air films exposed, the year ended with an increase of over 15,000 prints above 1967. The number of requests for the old 5" x 5" air negatives decreases each year, 12,000 less this year than in 1967. The new fixed- focus enlarger has been out of service on more than one occasion due to electrical breakdowns, and the delay in obtaining replacement parts may keep it out of service for as long as three or four weeks at a time. There was an increase in the number of enlargements made in 1968, as well as A7-A8 and Kelsh plates. Many requests for 35-mm. slides of vertical air coverage for use in school classrooms have been received, as well as 10" x 10" positive transparencies. However, production of 35-mm. slides has been halted temporarily while new equipment is being sought to minimize the danger of scratches to our air films. The personnel of the Process Laboratory remained the same during the year, except for one or two changes at the junior level. DRAUGHTING The Draughting Office provided services in three main areas again this year— the control for the " laydown " section and the plotting of cadastral surveys, the final tracing of map detail and the positioning of the cadastral work thereon, and the final indexing of all new flying as it was received. In the first section the control was processed for all first and second priority areas as required by the Forest Inventory Division, and the lot plots of all areas are nearing completion. In addition to the regular programme, the final tracing section has started production of the reduction of 20-chain maps to replace the old 40- chain series, which are in much need of revision. The new format of the 20-chain series is ideal for the new 40-chain maps. Another annual task is the updating of all cadastral work on two copies of each of the 20- and 40- chain series of maps. Special draughting tasks were assigned to this office—the titling of mosaics, the addition of lot lines for proposed subdivisions of the Lands Branch, lettering on Civil Service certificates, and other miscellaneous items. Of note was the construction of a map for Forest Engineering in the Libby pondage area. The original 20-chain sheets were redrawn to produce the four-times reduction which was required. Several interesting techniques were used to produce the final drawing. A mapping display panel was prepared for a teachers' convention in Courtenay in February, and has been used on several other occasions since that date. The Draughting Office contributed to the educational and display programme for visiting groups—Royal Roads cadets in February and December, the Puget Sound region of the Society of Photogrammetry in November, the fourth-year U.B.C. engineering students, members of the Lands Branch, and the yearly visit of new employees of the Forest Service. INSTRUMENT-SHOP The Instrument-shop personnel have completed approximately 140 projects, ranging from a simple repair of a hand-compass or a counter to construction of two epidiascopes. There are several projects of interest in this year's accomplishment. Three Jayco slotted-template cutters were serviced. This included replacement of the punch and die assembly in each machine plus the design and installation of a vacuum system to clear the chips from the area of the punch and die. Two epidiascopes, previously designed in this shop, have been under construction and are now only a few days from completion. CC 78 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES In the camera-maintenance field, the shop personnel participated in a four-day workshop on maintenance techniques applicable to Zeiss aerial cameras given by Mr. Hemmel, a technician with Zeiss of Canada Ltd. Annual cleaning and preventive maintenance of our Wild aerial cameras were done. Similar work was carried out on a Williamson Eagle IX aerial camera for the Alberta Forest Service. Sensitometric problems, such as determination of optimum filtration for true colour and infra-red colour with respect to altitude and use to be made of colour photography, were considered. To aid in this work as well as black-and-white quality control, a spot reading light-meter and a Welch densichron were purchased. Discussions were held with representatives from the Federal Department of Fisheries, British Columbia Forest Research Division, British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, and the Federal Department of Mines and Energy regarding their specific photographic problems. The Instrument-shop was called upon to clean parts of the Wild A7 autograph optical system, to adjust and collimate binoculars, and to calibrate the Saltzman enlarger. Routine maintenance was carried out on the Air Division's two electronic photographic printers, and a complete electrical system was installed in the new helicopter boom for the Forest Services 70-mm. helicopter photography. Ten reports were completed pertaining to various phases of the shop's work. COMPILATION Template Laydown and Detail Plotting This year 12,000 20-chain photos were taken for Forest Inventory, not a very productive year by comparison with past years' performances. In 1967 this section prepared 17,000 air photos for template laydowns plus 295 detail plotted sheets— a reasonably productive year in view of the high rate of turnover among the mapping assistants. 1968 saw no relief in the turnover rate; in the past two years nearly 90 per cent of this section has been transferred or has resigned. With the present ratio of junior and inexperienced personnel, it will be difficult to process the modest 12,000 photos in time for the Forest Survey's field programme, nor will there be any backlog of prepared photos and maps to supplement this year's meagre production. The 1968 flying programme did not produce new photography until fairly late in the summer; this caused some delay in the preparation of new maps. However, the intervening time was used to produce 465 detail plotted sheets—more than any other year in the past. In 1969 the Forest Survey's inventory programme moves into high gear; its seven-year plans call for 700 to 800 sheets a year instead of the present 500, and the areas are mainly in the northern section of the Province, where little control exists. With the present staff it is highly unlikely that this section will produce any more maps and photos this coming year than were produced in the 1967/68 season. The 20-chain planimetric mapping programme was started in 1956, and air photography has been taken for 1,934 sheets. This Division has prepared control and produced principal-point plots for these 1,934 sheets, compiled the cadastral lot assemblies for 1,680 sheets, the Kail plotting of detail on 1,398 sheets, and final ink drawings of 508 sheets. The remainders in each case have been done by the Forest Inventory Division. Some 456 sheets have been duplicated. The 40-chain programme has been largely neglected. We hope in 1969 to improve on our production and to discuss with the Forest Inventory Division the reorganization of our joint efforts. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH STATISTICS 1968 Air Operations Cost Summary by Projects CC 79 , "2- '3, o oft S M IS Accomplishment 60 . £b n a O y, O v, X. o u rr, -j, 32 73 ~ o o A. 40-chain vertical cover— 1. New cover—Forest Surveys and Inventory Division, Stikine P.S.Y.U.— . Hr. Min. 52 20 840 3,600 $5,643.63 $1,546.36 $7,189.99 2. Revision— Agriculture Department—ARDA 86 20 8 50 14 45 15 55 1 2.950 13.580 $9,310.20 952.59 1,590.64 1,716.45 $5,430.68 561.48 1,040.11 1,205.80 $14,740.88 1,514.07 2,630.75 305 565 655 1,200 2,925 3,145 Land Inspection Division—93 P Topographic Division—93 E and L _... 2,922.25 125 50 4,475 20,850 $13,569.88| $8,238.07 $21,807.95 Totals 178 10 5,315 $5.46 24,450 $1.19 $19,213.51 $9,784.43 $28,997.94 Average cost B. 20-chain vertical cover— 1. New cover— Finance Department—Vancouver Island and E. & N. Lands Forest Surveys and Inventory Division— Lardeau P.S.Y.U 31 30 49 50 7 50 49 50 3,850 3,665 395 4,665 4,135 3 380 $3,396.97 5,374.03 844.75 5,374.03 $7,087.50 6,746.93 727.16 8,587.84 $10,484.47 12,120.96 1,571.91 13,961.87 Moberly P.S.Y.U. 405 4,685 Wapiti P.S.Y.U 107 30 8,7251 8,470 $11,592.811$16,061.93| $27,654.74 2. Revision— Forest Surveys and Inventory Division— Bowron P.S.Y.U , 1 45 23 50 23 15 20 55 85 655 1,380 1,655 100 $188.73 2,570.19 2,507.28 2,255.65 $156.49 1,205.80 2,540.45 3,046.70 $345.22 3,775.99 5,047.73 5,302.35 Naver-Willow P.S.Y.U. 675 1,535 Nicola-Barton Hills P.S.Y.U..- Vancouver P.S.Y.U 1,835 69 45 3,775 4,145 $7,521.85 $6 949.44 $14,471.29 3. Improvement flying— 208 45 1 ■ $22,511.63 16,350 $3.22 16,750 $3.14 $30,098.87 $52,610.50 Average cost _ C. Special projects— Agriculture Department—Pitt Meadows.—. 2 00 2 15 6 35 1 15 25 10 25 15 1 00 1 00 1 00 6 20 2 50 2 00 1 50 35 1 00 4 20 2 45 5 55 3 00 1 00 3 10 1 10 204 165 162 12 14 135 5 63 46 42 344 55 140 25 8 11 96 2 52 43 33 266 80 39 19 5 36 6 83 130 30 16 25 3 $215.68 242.64 709.94 134.80 44.93 1,123.34 26.96 107.84 107.84 107.84 682.99 305.55 215.68 197.71 62.90 107.84 467.31 296.56 638.06 323.53 107.84 341.49 125.81 $375.55 303.75 298.23 22.09 25.77 248.52 9.20 115.98 84.68 77.32 633.27 248.52 97.57 44.18 34.98 82.84 25.77 136.23 193.30 211.70 125.18 241.16 11.05 $591.23 546.39 1,008.17 156 89 District Forester, Nelson—Forest burns .... Fisheries Department—Herring spawn ... Forest Engineering— Blunt Creek 70 70 1,371.86 223.82 192.52 185.16 1,316.26 Kispiox _ 135 53 24 19 45 14 74 105 115 68 131 6 313.25 241.89 97.88 Highways Department— 190 68 493.08 Merritt-Hope.. - 432.79 831.36 Hydrographic Service — Macaulay Point sewer Lands Department— Colebrook-White Rock.. 535.23 233.02 582.65 136.86 CC 80 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES 1968 Air Operations Cost Summary by Projects—Continued tn o & P z£ Accomplishment 00 . c2 So SO 23 0. m 00 2 $ o « £ o 0.0 «2 a m 32 o 8 C. Special projects—Continued Land Inspection Division— 30 1 00 30 2 40 40 4 35 30 20 40 1 15 30 30 2 30 1 45 15 2 00 30 2 05 1 25 1 00 7 00 1 15 2 00 1 55 1 00 1 35 2 10 5 25 30 20 5 18 6 180 9 279 21 7 42 2 12 6 145 7 226 18 7 36 14 7 5 23 65 1 30 2 168 5 21 280 112 95 36 14 50 96 $53.92 107.84 53.92 287.57 71.89 494.26 53.92 35.95 71.89 134.80 53.92 53.92 269.60 188.72 26.96 215.68 53.92 224.68 152.77 107.84 754.89 134.80 215.68 206.69 107.84 170.74 233.65 584.14 53.92 35.95 $9.20 33.14 11.05 331.36 16.57 513.61 38.66 12.89 77.32 38.66 16.57 9.20 47.86 110.45 5.52 92.05 12.89 515.45 110.45 64.43 837.61 318.48 147.27 568.84 22.09 173.05 399.48 344.25 55.23 9.20 $63.12 140.98 64.97 618.93 88.46 1,007.87 92.58 48.84 149.21 21 9 5 26 60 3 50 7 280 173.46 70.49 63.12 Legal Surveys Division—Northern Trans- 317.46 Mines Department—Highland Valley_ __ 299.17 Public Works Department—British Columbia Institute of Technology Recreation and Conservation Department- 32.48 307.73 66.81 Topographic Division — Saanich Penin- 740.13 Transport Department — Vancouver Air- 60 35 455 173 80 309 12 94 217 187 30 5 263.22 Water Resources- Bella Coola 172.27 B ulkley Valley 1,592.50 453.28 362.95 775.53 129.93 343.79 633.13 Internal— 928.39 9 2 109.15 Mica Dam. 45.15 Totals 110 25 4,666 $4.39 2,697 $7.60 $11,907.35 $8,589.67 $20,497.02 Average cost D. Miscellaneous flying— Internal— 7 35 2 25 7 45 8 10 $817.79 260.61 $817.79 260.61 Training! _ Totals. 25 55 1 1 _. J $1,078.40 $1,078.40 523 15 26,331 41.2001 2.697 $54,710.89 $48,472.98 $103,183.87 i Cost of maintenance and training charged to all projects. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 81 Orders for Standard Prints (9 by 9 Inches) from British Columbia Negatives, 1968, Air Photo Library Public— Individuals Companies, Mining.. Universities and schools- Towns and cities Commercial air surveys. Real estate. Forest industries. Totals. Reprints Loans 6,173 2,044 1,930 773 26,693 5,711 8,102 460 1,061 44 4,328 937 435 100 12,072 3,058 60,794 13,127 Federal Government— Mines and technical surveys. Fisheries Miscellaneous.. ARDA Totals. 3,274 45 143 9 7,899 251 2,645 35,353 13,961 35,658 Provincial Government— Land Inspection Branch Surveys and Mapping Branch. Water Resources Service Forest Service Department of Highways Department of Finance Department of Agriculture- Department of Mines.. 7,173 521 28,954 21,974 2.958 2,782 78,867 21,790 3,515 2,515 4.959 235 1,106 196 774 429 194 39 58 231 1,574 2,150 106 130,132 52,968 Grand totals 204,887 101,753 British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Regional Planning Board Department of Recreation and Conservation- Miscellaneous Totals. Public Loans and Reprints 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 16,727 35,385 13,033 53,141 15,680 61,276 13,123 50,918 13,127 60 794 Totals 52,112 66,175 76,956 64,041 73,921 cc 82 department of lands, forests, and water resources Letters Inward Letters inward 3,195 Stereograms sold in 1968 5,206 Loan Requisitions Loan service requisitions. 509 Orders on hand 3,000 Revenue Cash sales $7,767.16 Loan fees 2,915.3 5 Land accounts 75,904.66 Total $86,587.17 Production Record to 1968, Process Laboratory 1946-65 1966 1968 Grand Total Processing completed— Air films— R.C. 8, O.S.C., Zeiss.. F24 and Eagle. F24 and F8 obliques Test rolls Colour—R.C. 8 and Zeiss... 70 mm.—black and white . 70 mm.—colour Topographic (116).. Dominion Hydrographic K20 Printing completed— Standard prints, 5" x 5" enlarged to 10" x 10" Contact prints, 5" x 5" Kenora prints, 9" x 9" reduced to 5" x 5" Contact prints, 10" x 10" Contact prints, 20" x 24" and larger Enlargements, up to 40" x 96" Topographic, 11" x 14" Lantern slides, 2" x 2" and stereo and 35 mm.. Autopositive films, up to 40" x 42"- Film transparencies, up to 40" x 46" Film transparencies, photo drawings Kelsh, A7, A8 plates and miscellaneous ground negatives Requisitions completed. 527 2,826 75.5 26 7.5 2,660 100 3,961 7 1,906,556 46,087 4,132 433,729 3,759 28,173 22,504 384 8,210 1,102 4,889 36,666 112.5 3 2 1 875 650 78 2 56,960 183,419 22 1,160 1,184 74 336 359 3,616 140.5 3 1.5 5 1,200 3.5 39,810 144,717 2 1,301 66 228 182 19 980 3,976 105.5 5 10 0.5 8 600 27,236 184 177,651 56 1,363 17 172 297 875 4,085 885.5 2,837 85.5 30 21.5 5,335 750 4,039 13.5 2,030,562 46,271 4,132 939,516 3,839 31,997 23,745 401 8,684 1,917 19 7,103 48,343 UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS CC 85 UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS M. E. Ferguson, Project Manager Although there has been no decision to date on the future development of the area, the past year has been far from monotonous. The new water main that was started late in 1967 was completed prior to our peak demand period last summer. The effect of this new water main has shown we now have a good water supply for the campus and residential area to meet anticipated needs for several years. The one remaining critical area at the boundary of the City of Vancouver will have an alternative emergency supply from the city shortly which should take care of emergencies, such as a major fire or a break in our supply main. During the past year Mr. J. Hird, our General Foreman, retired after 28 years' service, and his position was filled by Mr. A. Peacock, who had been his assistant. Increased traffic generated by the ever-increasing enrolment at the university continues to present one of our major problems. This condition will become worse until 16th Avenue and South-west Marine Drive are both completed to the campus parking-lots. The university constructed a new road on campus parallel to Wesbrook Crescent to divert student traffic off the residential streets and to provide easy access to the new Student Union Building which opened in the fall. During the past year, record increases were experienced in both general and school taxes. This was to be expected since no new land has been made available to increase the assessment roll and the fact costs continue to rise. The general taxes increased 3.79 mills and the school taxes 4.45 mills. One other record was experienced when we had a prolonged cold spell late in December with the temperature dropping below zero for a new record. To add to our maintenance problems, over 2 feet of snow fell during this period. Fortunately, we were able to hire equipment to handle the snow removal and maintain the services, and no serious flooding or other problems were encountered. The following tabulation shows a summary of building permits and comparative figures for the past 10 years regarding revenue. Number and Value of Building Permits Issued for the Calendar Years 1966, 1967, and 1968 1966 1967 1968 Number Value Number Value Number Value 1 1 11 1 2 1 5 1 1 2 10 1 1 5 $150,000.00 235,000.00 13 3 1 3 2 $66,087.00 135,000.00 69,700.00 3,000.00 5,000.00 1,500.00 3,350.00 4,000.00 71,800.00 150.00 16,377.00 $51,900.00 66,500.00 19,000.00 6,648.00 1,200.00 8,400.00 Totals 23 $287,637.00 20 $479,975.00 22 $147,000.00 CC 86 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES unvovooovov>'-iO\©oo OwTj-tN—i^mcnocn 313 H»om\oorJ^a(sm inoo^^ittr-c-r-rN'-' C4 .— r-I Mis o « 5 e DO -,2 P Illl O 2 -Si, * 2 3 > u fi ►J 3 a ** r- ov tt ov OO <S tH l> VO cn vo Ov cn vo r* o\ t- cn m cn cn n cn cn cn 3 cN m m CN m in 01& K in oo «n j cn 0_ h I ^t" r* "n cncncncnm*<i"V>'*j-cnt— cnr^-cnr— cncnt>\orMcn cio6oct--cnr-^cnQ^inod «vo\ot-inovcio\^^ ® *""' **I °i ^° "^ °°- **" ^ ""i »D Vt)" '-I' m' O" r- \f TfOV VO* t— vow^Ottvor^oooo « it M O 5\ OO WMJi > <h oocn-*TrovO\C-Ooovo t-h cn t- in ra cn O rH in O\O\O\0\V0Tfr\0cn"*O\ oot-oovcn<n^fr-i(^\o\ odrNVoTtari^mH r^cn■^•cncnm^--ooa^o^ es O H OvOHMWTfinvDh-00 W'lVO^lvO'iCVOVOVO^VO 0\O\O\0\0\0\OsOsO\O\ PERSONNEL OFFICE PERSONNEL OFFICE CC 89 PERSONNEL OFFICE K. M. Hanson, Personnel Officer The year 1968 was an active one for the Personnel Office, as reflected in the table below. Recruitment was down slightly from 1967, but promotions and transfers to other departments were on the increase. 1965 1966 1967 1968 Recruitments for continuous staff 45 12 23 3 9 28 2 55 55 42 22 7 12 44 5 58 55 39 19 11 17 43 3 77 12 52 25 Promotions _. 24 2 13 40 3 59 8 The establishment of the Department was increased by three new positions. These were one Clerk 3 in the Land Administration Division, one Clerk 3 in the Accounting Division, and one Operator, Photographic Reproduction in the Legal Surveys Division. In all cases the positions were added due to a considerable increase in work volume in the areas concerned. In November, 1968, Mr. D. M. Thom was awarded his Diploma in Public Administration, having completed the three-year training plan. Other employees of the Department taking this course include Mr. A. F. Smith (third year) and Messrs. V. Knapik, R. A. Paine, and R. F. Oberg (second year). Messrs. G. H. Wilson and A. C. Bridge, of Victoria, and Mr. A. G. Anderson, of Fort St. John, were selected to commence in the first year of the course. In April, 1968, the Department was indeed saddened by the passing of Mr. R. Torrance, Deputy Minister of Lands, who had served 41 years in the public service. The most significant promotion during the year was the appointment of Mr. D. Borthwick as Deputy Minister of Lands. Other promotions included the appointment of Mr. A. H. Ralfs as Director of Surveys and Mapping and Surveyor-General; Mr. A. C. Kinnear as Co-ordinator, Lands Service; Mr. W. R. Redel as Director of Lands; Mr. A. F. Smith as Assistant Director of Lands; Mr. E. R. McMinn as Chief of the Air Division; Mr. G. H. Wilson as Assistant Chief Land Inspector; Mr. A. D. Wight as Supervising Surveyor, Topographic Division; Mr. I. L. Sutherland as Mapping Assistant 4, Topographic Division; Mr. R. W. Anfield as Mapping Assistant 4, Air Division; Mr. R. F. Oberg as Mapping Assistant 4, Topographic Division; and Mr. A. S. Peacock as Foreman of Works, University Endowment Lands. Retirements included Mr. G. S. Andrews, Director of Surveys and Mapping and Surveyor-General (38 years); Mr. J. Hird, Foreman of Works, University Endowment Lands (31 years); and Mr. L. R. Green, Senior Clerk, Accounting Division (20years). The year 1968 was considered to be a successful year, and it is hoped that more efficient service will be provided by this office in view of the new office facilities available. MAIL AND FILE ROOM CC 93 MAIL AND FILE ROOM David S. Preston The letters inward mail for 1968 increased by 11,455. This is approximately the same percentage increase as 1967. The indexing of Water Resources letters inward and outward was discontinued as it served as only a duplicate record. Also discontinued was the indexing of Surveys mail. The resulting benefit to each division permits the earlier handling of their mail and ultimately better service is given. Segregation of files is continuing and is expected to carry through until the end of 1969. At that time approximately an equal amount of files will be stored in the two vaults. It is then planned to institute a further microfilming of dead and inactive files. It is hoped an earlier start of filming may be done in an effort to ease the vault space, which has become acute. Letters Inward Branch 1967 1968 10-year Average, 1959-68 Lands 57,879 132,428 32,362 25,122 58,368 141,250 34,197 25,431 50,393 142,604 28,309 21,391 Totals - 247,791 259.246 1 242.697 Letters Outward (Recorded) Branch 1967 1968 10-year Average, 1959-68 12,025 1,916 4,500 14,933 1,811 2,566 14,100 1,976 3,024 Totals 18,441 19,310 19,100 Miscellaneous Reports Designation 1967 1968 10-year Average, 1959-68 Forest-fire reports Logging-inspection reports Land-classification reports Stumpage-adjustment notices- Totals 3,216 8,761 5,920 3,455 21,352 1,647 8,418 6,428 11,664 28,157 4,003 12,963 4,834 4,410 26,210 CC 94 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES New Files Created Designation 1967 1968 10-year Average, 1959-68 " O " files 5,865 1,449 1,148 7,051 1,685 1,128 6,344 1,474 2,166 Totals -— 8,462 9,864 9,984 Film reference, 1,714. Printed by A. Sutton, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in right of the Province of British Columbia. 1969 1,030-369-2242
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