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 1969 Printed by A. Sutton, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in right of the Province of British Columbia. 1970 Victoria, British Columbia, February 16, 1970. To the Honourable John R. Nicholson, P.C., O.B.E., Q.C, LL.D., Lieutenant-Governor oj the Province oj 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 31,1969. R. G. WILLISTON, Minister oj Lands, Forests, and Water Resources. Victoria, British Columbia, February 16, 1970. The Honourable R. G. Williston, Minister oj 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, 1969. D. BORTHWICK, Deputy Minister oj Lands. 1 Roberts Bank Superport and Tsawwassen ferry terminal. For construction detail of superport see overleaf. Construction detail of Roberts Bank Superport. Photo by Air Division, Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, January, 1970. CONTENTS Introduction by the Deputy Minister of Lands— Accounting Division Lands Branch— Director of Lands Land Inspection Division Surveys and Mapping Branch— Surveyor-General Legal Surveys Division Topographic Division Geographic Division Air Division University Endowment Lands... Personnel Office Page 9 . 13 Mail and File Room 21 30 43 46 52 62 68 81 87 91 COVER PHOTO Bugaboo Glacier with Marmolata Mountain to left, Bugaboo Alpine Recreation Area, 40 miles south from Golden. a « u a Hi g tfi Q 2; 9 z 0 K < p < A LA ESTS, i, B.C. N Z -< 3 g 2 i S'i u B - > 0 3 Q O "; a -J cn K. H 0 1 -- 2 H I rite -3 2 hi - --3 -- d • C ^ « ^ -! o o > M c 61 o a p. a CQ s s o ^ ■rifl 2 M > a BJ OJ C c >i 3 .2 2 > 1 M 0 5s 1 ri-— X > o u < i-i co a a u OJ C a 5 M ■5 ■-h > OS u H a ■ Report of the British Columbia Lands Service D. Borthwick, B.S.A., B.Ed., A.A.C.I., Deputy Minister of Lands Title to lands not alienated to private control or administered by the Federal or municipal governments lies in the Crown in the right of the Province of British Columbia. British Columbia holds title to a major portion, over 90 per cent, of its land area, and among the Provinces of Canada only Quebec has such a high proportion of Crown land. This does not mean that Crown lands are vacant and unused. Prospecting and mineral development take place largely on Provincial land. Tens of thousands of head of cattle graze on it. Crown forests yield huge volumes of wood for a billion-dollar forest industry. Extensive areas have been set aside for parks and recreation, timber growing, municipal water supplies, and other public purposes. Careful management of the land resources now and in the future will assure a lasting foundation for the well-being of the people of this Province. During 1969, nearly two-thirds of the Lands Service revenue collections of $4,000,000 were from Crown land leases and rentals, a reflection of the trend, which has been evident for several years, toward lease hold alienation. Although the number of new applications for land climbed nearly 10 per cent in 1969, there was a slight decrease in land inspections, mainly as the result of removing the inspection requirement for agricultural and home-site leases after the initial three-year period of tenure. The number of inspections outstanding at the end of the year also declined slightly. Interest in northern lands remains strong. While less than 10 per cent of the Provincial population lives north of the 53rd parallel, the number of land inspections processed in the Burns Lake, Fort St. John, Pouce Coupe, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Smithers, and Vanderhoof districts accounted for 45 per cent of the Provincial total in 1969. In view of the recent and projected extensions of transmission-lines, pipe-lines, roads, and railways and large investments in resource-based industries in the north, the high level of interest in Crown land should continue. In order to pre-evaluate their potential for various uses, several large tracts of Crown land in the vicinity of Fort Nelson, Fort St. James, Francois Lake, and the Northern Trans-Provincial Highway east of Prince George were examined during the year. Under special circumstances and where conditions permit, the Crown may assist municipalities to acquire private land for municipal purposes. The Lands Service acts as an intermediary in a tripartite transaction where, after appraisal, Crown lands may be exchanged for private lands, which in turn are conveyed to the municipality. In 1969, land exchanges took place in Port McNeill, Cormorant Island (Alert Bay), and Vancouver. The Legal Surveys, Topographic, Geographic, and Air Divisions of the Surveys and Mapping Branch continued to extend cadastral and topographic surveys, aerial photography, and mapping throughout the Province. The Legal Surveys Division issued 1,137 sets of instructions for Crown land surveys, and field-notes or survey plans were received for 918 lots surveyed under the Land Act and 159 under the Mineral Act. Cadastral information is maintained on a day-to-day basis on 259 reference maps covering the Province. BB 10 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES The number of plans prepared for Land Inspectors was 2,997 in 1969, compared with an average of 2,810 annually for the previous five years. With successful introduction of computer programme LSM 139, most Surveys and Mapping Branch programmes have been replaced by a single data- processing system. Field work recorded by the Legal Surveys Division included 93 waterfront lease lots at Loon Lake in the Southern Rocky Mountain Trench, Lac la Hache and Young Lake in the Cariboo, Powell Lake near Powell River, and on the Similkameen River east of Princeton. Cadastral surveys covered a total of 235 rural roadside lots at Ta Ta Creek near Kimberley, three locations around Quesnel, Williams Lake, Quinsam River near Campbell River, Post Creek near Chilliwack Lake, and Ring Creek near Squamish. A Topographic Division field crew laid out 5,500 square miles of horizontal and vertical survey control for contour mapping east of Telegraph Creek, while another project covering 1,200 square miles established control for a large-scale geological mapping project in the Savona-Nicola Valley belt. At the request of the Water Resources Service, survey control was obtained in the Taku River-Atlin Lake region, around the junction of the Dease and Liard Rivers, and along the Shuswap River below Sugar Lake. On instructions from the British Columbia-Yukon-Northwest Territories Boundary Commission, a staff surveyor completed maintenance surveys at several locations along the 60th parallel. For the fifth successive year, the Geographic Division set new records for map distribution, the 1969 total being 149,421, an impressive increase of 16.5 per cent over 1968. Seven new maps were published, five reprinted with substantial revision, and five land status maps reprinted without revision to restock supplies depleted by heavy demand. Now that lithographed land-status mapping is virtually complete south of 55° N. latitude, work continues on expanding coverage north of the 55th parallel. Having arranged lease of a high-speed aircraft for two summer months, the Air Division obtained a new record total of nearly 40,000 aerial photographs in 1969. Although poor weather severely curtailed operations in the northern reaches of the Province, this plane demonstrated characteristics of speed, range, altitude, and stability well beyond those of the existing operational aircraft. Standard aerial photographic prints sold or loaned to the general public numbered 104,362, the Federal Government used 70,426, and Provincial Government departments and agencies took 165,614. Gross distribution was 11-per-cent higher than in 1968. Detailed reports of the Lands Service infrastructure, including the University Endowment Lands, Personnel Office, and Mail and File Room, may be found in the following pages. An envelope inside the back cover contains indexes and key maps to current air photos and maps. ACCOUNTING DIVISION ACCOUNTING DIVISION BB 13 ACCOUNTING DIVISION M. B. MacLean, Departmental Comptroller The Accounting Division performs the accounting function for both Lands Service and Water Resources Service, which includes the preparation of payrolls, vouchering of invoices and travel claims, billing of accounts receivable, expenditure and revenue control, and compilation of statistical information. Again our lease section showed a substantial increase in lease accounts with 13,050 as at December 31, 1969, compared to 11,826 at December 31, 1968. Land sales on the other hand continued to decline, 844 at December, 1968, to 483 at December, 1969. This situation, i.e., increase in leases, decline in purchases, is a result of the Department's policy of residential leases on waterfront and agricultural leasing in the Peace River with a conditional purchase option. Three staff changes occurred during the year, two through transfers, Mr. D. Woodward and Miss J. Graham, both to the Department of Finance, and the third through the untimely death of Mrs. G. Gaunt after several months' illness. Statistical Tables Table 1.—Summary oj Lands Service Net Revenue Collections jor the Year Ended December 31,1969 Land leases, rentals, fees, etc $2,553,351.23 Land sales 1,251,111.88 Sale of maps and air photos 194,810.02 Net revenue collections $3,999,273.13 Table 2.—Comparison oj Revenue Collections jor 10-year Period 1960-69, Inclusive 1960 nwrnHM $1,714,220.41 1961 ^^h.hm 1,765,207.54 1962 wmmmmmmmmmmmm^ 1,847,457.83 1963 wmam^mm^—mmmmmmm 2,034,841.80 1964 amMmanMHi 2,587,110.34 1965 aiHaaaaiMHHHaBHaHaHHHaaBH! 2,594,341.32- 1966 wmmmmmmmBmmmammmmamm^Mmmm 3,343,672.46- 1967 MnMMHMHMi 2,985,996.61- 1968 wmmmmmmmmmmmmt^mmmmmmm^^ 3,367,912.14- 1969 m.^nnMHMHH 3,999,273.13- i Net revenue. BB 14 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 3.—Classification oj Revenue Collections jor the Year Ended December 31,1969 Land sales— Country lands $997,199.22 Town lots 265,577.96 Surface rights, mineral claims 12,957.15 $1,275,734.33 Land leases, rentals, fees, etc.-— Foreshore leases— Booming and log storage $318,566.13 Commercial (marina, etc.) 687,648.57 Oyster 14,834.22 Miscellaneous (foreshore protection, etc.) 222.00 Land leases— Grazing and (or) agriculture $449,141.19 Quarrying (limestone, sand and gravel) 45,989.39 Camp-site (lodge, fishing) 11,573.09 Home-site 1,356.58 Residential 275,235.53 Miscellaneous 25,110.22 $1,021,270.92 Land-use permits Licences of occupation Royalty collections Bonus bids (lease tenders and auctions) Easement collections— Annual rentals $1,434.88 Outright considerations 218,545.80 Fees- Crown grant $21,446.80 Assignment 4,875.00 Miscellaneous (lease, search, etc.) 10,484.00 Sundry collections (occupational rental, survey charges, etc.) Sale of maps and air photos— Legal Division. Geographic Division Air Division Gross revenue for year Less refunds and taxes Net revenue for year 808,406.00 6,284.00 10,107.56 193,035.35 169,713.74 219,980.68 36,805.80 103,184.31 $29,549.90 66,853.72 111,421.97 2,568,788.36 207,825.59 $4,052,348.28 53,075.15 $3,999,273.13 ACCOUNTING DIVISION BB 15 Table 4.—Comparison of Land Leases, Rentals, Fees, Etc., Revenue for 10-year Period 1960-69, Inclusive $842,413.17 MB 1,001,071.13 ■ 933,607.66 ■n 1,149,650.45 ■mow 1,485,539.13 ■mh 1,462,024.93- mmmmb 1,514,749.69! hmmmwhm 1,917,435.31- a-M-MBMMMB-i 2,189,055.75- ■HMMMnHi 2,553.351.23! 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 i Net revenue. Table 5.—Comparison of Land Sales Revenue for 10-year Period 1960-69, Inclusive 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 $806,723.54 703,705.71 836,270.32 787,184.11 982,137.88 1,017,893,16- 1,692,861.14- 916,098.98! 1,024,410.931 1,251,111.88- i Net revenue. 2 Includes sales to City of Prince George: 1966, $718,733; 1967, $107,200; 1968, $106,452; s Includes sale to City of Vancouver, False Creek area: $424,000. 1969, $156,240. 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. —Photo by Max's Photo Studio Ltd., Kitimat. A view of deep-sea wharf facilities being created in Kitimat Harbour by Eurocan Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd. by dredging. Eurocan mill complex is shown in centre at top of photograph. 1-1 a •3 ^ H3 OJ T) TJ CJ O T3 'H C « OJ -Tj CQ t>0 i-H CO a S3 CJ 3 2 fa ttl o a! CO Q o H | CJ H a fa w o w fa -—N fa CO o a T. a nJ > O M fi s H <J CO M Z; d M S B < e-> -T. 4-1 •ri. 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Redel, B.A.Sc, P.Ag., A.A.C.I., Director of Lands During 1969 there was a 9.7-per-cent increase in the total number of new applications filed with the Department. Lands Branch revenue also increased during the year to a new high record of $3,804,463. The Department's lease- develop-purchase policy, implemented in 1965, is annually increasing the number of leases being issued and correspondingly a larger percentage of revenue is attributable to lease rentals rather than to sale values. Once again, most of the agricultural applications approved during the year were in the Peace River District, the prime area of interest to new settlers. Elsewhere in the Province agricultural applications are generally confined to the needs of established farmers and ranchers to round out holdings. It is anticipated that the extension of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway from Fort St. John to Fort Nelson will open up additional areas suitable for settlement in future years. The large number of applications dealing with power transmission, oil and gas pipe-lines, and the investigation of a proposed products pipe-line location, indicates the manner in which resource-based industry is opening up the Province. The Pacific Great Eastern Railway is pushing north from Fort St. John to Fort Nelson and north from Fort St. James. In both cases extension of the rail-line is expected to service resource-oriented industries. One extensive status dealt with the proposed location of a transmission-line from Mica Dam to Meridian substation in the Fraser Valley. The Pacific Northern Gas Limited pipe-line between Summit Lake, near Prince George, and Prince Rupert, was completed during the year. This line has laterals to Fort St. James, Vanderhoof, Endako, Burns Lake, Houston, Smithers, Terrace, and Kitimat. The Canadian National Railways is constructing a microwave system between Prince George and Kamloops and the Canadian Pacific Railway is expanding a microwave network in the Okanagan Valley-Kootenay area. 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 proposed exchange 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 type enabled the Crown to acquire lands within the Village of Port McNeill which will be retained for the purpose of a land assembly programme. Similarly, certain lands were acquired on Cormorant Island which will be conveyed to the Village of Alert Bay for airport purposes. An exchange involving Crown land on the south side of False Creek in Vancouver, for certain city-owned lands on Burnaby Mountain, was completed and this exchange will enable the city to replan and develop land in the False Creek area. In response to a continued demand for Crown lots by the general public, the Department commenced work on 16 separate subdivisions throughout the Province in 1969. Most of these subdivisions were to provide waterfront lots for summer use, a number were for residential home-sites, and one subdivision was developed for industrial purposes at Nakusp. The Department is cognizant of the need to make available suitable Crown land for recreational use, but it considers such developments must be laid out in BB 22 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES an orderly manner by survey and serviced by road wherever possible. Subdivisions for ski-cabin sites in the Garibaldi Mountain area and in the vicinity of Purden Lake in the Prince George area are now being planned. A number of ski-resort applications have been handled during the year; the continuing interest of the public in ski-ing as a sport is such that ski facilities are now available throughout all parts of the Province. Of particular interest is the fact that the Crown, in co-operation with the Garibaldi Olympic Development Association, has placed under reserve all Crown lands in the vicinity of Whistler Mountain, which is the British Columbia site recommended for the 1976 Winter Olympics. Work was started on a subdivision of waterfront lots on Young Lake, Summit Lake, Loon Lake, and North Barrier Lake during the year. A recreational subdivision was commenced at Post Creek near Chilliwack and home-site subdivisions were started in areas near Williams Lake, Quesnel, and Cranbrook. During the year, 418 reserves were established; of this number 79 were for the use, recreation, and enjoyment of the public and the majority of the remainder for departments of Government for various purposes. Of particular interest was the establishment of 12 reserves for ecological sites and a number of map notations covering archaeological sites. The purpose of these reserves is to preserve and permit study by university and Government personnel of distinctive untouched ecological sites and to note the interest of the Provincial Museum staff in sites which may prove to have archaeological value after study. In 1967 the Government of the Yukon Territory requested the co-operation of the Lands Branch in placing a reserve over the Canadian section of the Old Chilkoot Trail, which was used by the gold-seekers of 1898. The purpose was to perpetuate this historic route, which extends from Bennett, British Columbia, to Skagway, Alaska. Using labour from a correctional institution, clearing was started, shelters, cairns, and signs erected, and several bridges built during 1968. The work was continued during the past year. The preservation of this historical trail is a project which will be of great interest and value to hikers and recreation- ists of British Columbia, the Yukon Territory, and Alaska when completed. A brief summary of the activities of the various Sections of the Administration Division of the Lands Service is set out hereunder:— Lease Section.—The number of new lease applications received increased to 5,155 from 4,453 received in 1968. This increase in application numbers, which is continuing year by year, reflects the general demand throughout the Province for Crown lands. Purchase Section.—Purchase applications decreased once again over those of the preceding year, from 484 in 1968 to 290 in 1969. The continuing decrease in purchase applications was expected to result from the implementation of the lease-develop-purchase policy adopted in 1965. It is expected that very shortly this downtrend will be reversed as lessees meet the development requirements of the Department and apply for Crown grant. This Section also processes all residential leases, of which 934 were issued in 1969. Crown Grants.—A total of 931 Crown grants was issued in 1969 as compared to 967 in 1968. As with the Purchase Section, there has been a decrease in volume since the policy change in 1965, but as lessees complete development requirements and apply for Crown grant, the work of this Section will increase. This Section also carries out clearances of reverted mineral claims, of which there were 917, and statuses of coal licences, of which there were 310 in 1969. LANDS BRANCH BB 23 Pre-emption and Reserve Section.—A total of 32 pre-emption records was allowed during 1969. This type of tenure has been diminishing in importance in recent years. Reserve applications totalled 562 in 1969, up from 489 in 1968; 418 reserves were established during the year. Accretion applications, handled by this Section, totalled 25. General inquiries regarding the availability of Crown land, also handled by this Section, numbered 4,621 in 1969. Clearance Section.—The number of clearances carried out by this Section decreased from 21,915 in 1968 to 18,133 in 1969. The number of acreage and town-lot clearances decreased, while the number of time-consuming special-status jobs increased. Easement Section.—During 1969, 196 easements were granted, compared to 142 in 1968. The additional easements issued this year are mainly for oil and gas pipe-lines and well-sites. Hudson's Bay Company buildings, old Fort McLeod, north end of McLeod Lake, involved in exchange of lands between the Crown and the Hudson's Bay Company. BB 24 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES GENERAL ACTIVITY During 1969 a total of 41 parcels was tendered for lease; the acreage involved was 6,766.4 acres and the bonus bid revenue realized was $19,038. In addition, 367 lots were offered for lease by public auction, with 292 lots being disposed of at the time of auction, the bonus bid revenue realized therefrom being $164,701. Two hundred and eighty-three of the lots offered were waterfront properties. Five parcels were tendered for sale in 1969, two being disposed of for $6,510. Of two lots offered for sale by public auction in 1969, one was sold for $18,000. During the year, 175 town lots were sold, from which sales the Department realized $86,294. The following tables indicate in detail the work carried out by the various sections of the Lands Branch in 1969. Table 1.—Country Land Sales, 1969 Acres Unsurveyed 71.23 Surveyed 27,893.94 Total 27,965.17 Table 2.—Certificates of Purchase Issued, 1969 Land Recording District Total Alberni 17 Atlin 15 Burns Lake 6 Clinton 7 Cranbrook 17 Fernie 5 Fort Nelson 10 Fort St. John 66 Golden 2 Kamloops 18 Kaslo 2 Nanaimo 15 Nelson 34 New Westminster 5 Penticton 23 Pouce Coupe 23 Prince George 14 Prince Rupert 13 Quesnel 10 Revelstoke 9 Smithers 10 Vancouver 31 Vernon 3 Victoria 1 3 Williams Lake 25 Total 383 LANDS BRANCH BB 25 Table 3.—New Leases Issued, 1969 Land- Agriculture Hay and grazing (pasture and hay-cutting) _ Quarrying (sand, gravel, limestone, etc.) Home-site (section 78, Land Act) Residential Miscellaneous (resorts, service-stations, camp-sites, mill-sites, etc.) Foreshore— Number 594 159 19 11 934 118 Booming, log storage, log-dumping, etc. 92 Oyster and shellfish 4 Industrial (canneries, mill-sites, wharves, etc.) 8 Quarrying (sand, gravel from river beds) 2 Commercial (boat rentals, marinas, marine service-stations, etc.) Miscellaneous (private wharves and boat- houses, etc.) Totals 60 28 Acreage 153,490.45 59,480.75 2,008.82 99.05 1,529.00 6,600.20 2,501.45 50.32 23.46 28.70 182.40 3,596.44 2,029 229,591.04 Table 4.—Temporary Tenure Leases Renewed, 1969 Number 962 Acreage 298,477.8 Number. Acreage Table 5.—Land-use Permits Issued, 1969 60 167.43 Number. Acreage Table 6.—Licences to Occupy Issued, 1969 27 496.26 Table 7.—Assignments Approved, 1969 Leases, land-use permits, licences of occupation 974 BB 26 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 8.—Easements Granted, 1969 Foreshore Submarine power cable Submarine telephone cables- Overhead power-lines- Overhead telephone cables.. Pipe-lines- Aerial tramway- Totals... Land Oil and gas pipe-lines and well-sites.. Cathodic site Power-lines Telephone-pole lines Microwave and V.H.F. radio-sites- Microwave-sites and power-lines- Television satellite station Television transmitter-sites and power-lines.. Television antenna-site and power-line Television transmitter-site F.M. radio transmitter-site Radio-site and power-line T-bar and rope tow T-bar and chair-lifts Ski-lifts Ski-tow . Water pipe-line - Sewer-line Access road Bridge Totals- Licence of Occupation Radio-transmitter site_ Transmission-lines Totals Southern Okanagan Lands Project Water-line.. Grand totals- Number 196 Miles 0.083 4.791 0.945 0.192 0.494 0.560 784.871 Acres 0.504 32.617 8.338 1.270 3.260 0.135 25 7.065 46.124 86 610.365 4,489.704 1 0.268 0.650 46 134.440 1,294.462 5 2.982 6.004 4 9.156 7 6.142 48.071 1 0.918 2 1.561 2.636 1 1.481 4.230 1 0.920 1 0.520 1 15.894 1 0.398 4.570 2 1.690 9.063 3 3.971 34.126 1 0.424 2.600 1 0.961 2.739 1 0.240 0.440 1 0.341 2.880 - 0.034 0.300 167 765.298 5,929.883 1 0.780 2 12.405 44.840 3 12.405 45.620 1 0.103 0.747 6,022.374 In line with current Departmental policy, 98 letters of consent for the construction of access roads were issued during the year. Table 9.—Crown Grants Issued, 1969 Purchases (country lands) Purchases (town lots) __ Pre-emptions Surface rights {Mineral Act) Public Schools Act Veterans' Land Settlement Act Home-site leases Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company Miscellaneous 624 173 39 34 7 5 3 11 35 Total Certified copies of Crown grants issued 931 6 LANDS BRANCH Table 10.—Crown Grants Issued for Past 10 Years BB 27 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Total 1,399 1,074 1,081 1,042 1,163 1,087 1,020 980 957 931 10,734 Ten-year Average, 1,073. Table 11.—Total Area Deeded by Crown Grant, 1969 Purchases (country lands) Pre-emptions Surface rights (Mineral Act) Public Schools Act Veterans' Land Settlement Act Home-site leases Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company. Miscellaneous 69,203.67 6,139.49 1,376.96 33.46 1,038.36 46.18 2,094.86 1,948.26 Total 81,881.24 BB 28 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 12.—Pre-emption Records, 1969 Pre-emptions Applications Received Applications Allowed Cancelled Certificates of Improvement Issued Alberni. Atlin Cranbrook Fernie- Fort Fraser (Burns Lake) Fort George (Prince George). Fort Nelson Fort St. John Golden .— Kamloops Kaslo Lillooet (Clinton).. Nanaimo Nelson- New Westminster— Osoyoos (Vernon)- Pouce Coupe Prince Rupert Quesnel Revelstoke Similkameen (Penticton)- Smithers Telegraph Creek (Prince Rupert) _ Vancouver Vemon Victoria Williams Lake— Totals- 3 15 1 6 13 1 47 13 32 29 14 14 1 37 Table 13.—Reserves, 1969 Applications Reserves Received Completed Use, recreation, and enjoyment of the public 135 79 British Columbia Department of Highways (rights-of- way, gravel pits, bridge-sites, etc.) 122 125 Federal Government (defence purposes, wharf-sites, etc.) 99 85 British Columbia Forest Service (Ranger stations, grazing, radio sites, reforestation, etc.) 40 19 Miscellaneous (Game Branch, water-power projects, garbage dumps, school-sites, cemeteries, etc.) 166 110 Totals 562 418 LANDS BRANCH BB 29 Ih <-> fl min ■* f) rt t^ oo o m o on ft-j O O M on rf On cn tn o tn o t- cn >—« cn oo m tn os 383 1.21 029 255 CN © VO ■-£■ o\ CN Ov ■-* CN O 2g cn vo r- t~~ ■* o\ vo Os © 00 rt cn os rn m cn" ~ -> Os TT (N O O cn © -m o oo VI Ov iOh( I © © < 00 rf O •tOvN VO © 3 © in © Ov © rt cn vo vo VO pj CN rt cn h~4 o B **- —' m ejv t— rt --h oo 00 © 2838 oo_j--.cs en 00 c. oo © tj- oo »■i © IS *—i h'tH cn rn "tt rt rt rt rt m 5 cN rf cN cn cn rt os o cn © tn f-i <?- X Q h VO VO rf VO © cn oa o n vo °. °° iiTTf-ivo t> 00 00 rt rt Os O Tm-N 82 00 t^- CN rt cn i-i vo rt VO © P* © CN cn cn -""< fi«0 BB 30 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES LAND INSPECTION DIVISION L. D. Fraser, B.Sc.A., P.Ag., A.A.C.I., Chief It will be noted by reference to the attached Table 3 that there was a slight decrease from the 1968 level in the volume of new requests processed by the Division during 1969. While this decrease is only 6.4 per cent, it is nevertheless noteworthy since it is the first time in over 10 years that a decrease in the volume of work has occurred. Although this figure remains above the 1967 level, it is only 9.3-per-cent greater than the average figure established in 1965. Table 2 represents an analysis of inspections completed in each of the 17 Inspection Districts, as well as the yearly total outstanding at the end of each year for the five-year period ending in 1969. Also shown is the work completed at isolated coastal points by arrangement with the British Columbia Forest Service as well as work done by headquarters staff. The total of 6,137 inspections completed is down 4.5 per cent from 1968. This decline is due to delays experienced in obtaining suitable replacements for the several vacancies which occurred during the year in the field staff as well as a disruption in the work programme due to the resulting transfer of certain staff members. It is significant to note that even with these difficulties the outstanding backlog of work at year-end decreased from the level of 1968 by 2.3 per cent to a total of 936 requests outstanding as of December 31,1969. As had been anticipated, there was a further slight increase during the year in the proportion of applications to lease relative to other types of inspections dealt with. This is a continuation of the trend which began in 1965, following initiation by the Department of the lease-develop-purchase policy. It will be noted by reference to Table 1, which shows the types of inspections completed during the year, that of all the inspections completed, 4,603 or 75 per cent of the total fell into these categories. This ratio stood at 73 per cent in 1968 and at only 53.4 per cent in 1965. Applications to lease and renewal of leases other than foreshore totalled 4,209 or 68.4 per cent of all inspections completed. A policy change instituted by the Department in 1969 makes it no longer necessary to undertake a field inspection following the initial three-year leasehold tenure period. For this reason it is expected that there will be a decline in 1970 in the number of examinations made which fall in these lease categories. As in past years, the Inspection Division examined properties and submitted appraisal reports for many Government departments and agencies. Early in 1969 the Land Inspector located at Nelson was called on to assist the Department of Highways to appraise land being acquired in connection with the Libby Dam Project. Also, the Land Inspector at Quesnel was appointed as a member of the Technical Study Team on the special sale area and served as chairman of that group for a period of five weeks until the study was completed and the final report submitted. In addition, properties were examined and reports submitted for the Southern Okanagan Lands Project, Veterans' Land Act, Pacific Great Eastern Railway, British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, British Columbia Forest Service, Department of Social Welfare, Department of Highways, Public Utilities Commission, and the Capital Improvement District Commission. There was a significant decrease during the year from the 1968 level in the number of new inspection requests received in the Peace River region. This decrease is mainly due to the previously mentioned policy change which has removed the need to inspect areas held under lease for residential and agricultural purposes LANDS BRANCH BB 31 following the initial three-year term of the lease. The most pronounced decrease, amounting to 33.9 per cent, occurred in the South Peace River area. Due to this drop in new inspection requests received and also as a result of being able to maintain almost the same work output as in 1968, the outstanding backlog of work at year-end in the Peace River area was at the lowest level since 1965. Although there were slightly fewer inspections completed in 1969, there was a very noticeable increase in the average size of the areas for which applications were made. In the North Peace area a total of 650,000 acres of land was examined, 300,000 acres of which was involved in a land-use study made of a block of land straddling the Alaska Highway and located approximately 10 miles south of Fort Nelson. This study was undertaken in anticipation of a demand for land which is expected to take place when work on the Pacific Great Eastern Railway from Fort St. John to Fort Nelson is completed. Due to the fact that 1969 was the third consecutive poor crop year experienced in the Peace River region, coupled with the continued decrease in availability of land suitable for agricultural development, it is anticipated that there will be a slight decline in the demand for agricultural land in 1970. With improved road conditions giving access to new recreational areas, there is an increased interest shown in summer-home site applications, particularly in the area south of the Peace River. The Prince George Inspection District was increased in size slightly by the addition early in March of a small portion of the Kamloops Inspection District covering the McBride-Valemount area. The transfer later in the year of a small portion of the Vanderhoof Inspection District to the Burns Lake District tended somewhat to equalize the work load in the Prince George-Vanderhoof area and as a result the number of new inspection requests processed during the year was almost identical to the 1968 level. As in the previous year, the majority of land applications were made by local residents. A number of permanent forest reserves was established in the Prince George- Vanderhoof area during 1969, and while the total acreage involved in these reserves is substantial it is not felt that the effect on the inspection work load will be too significant. In the Prince George District only 10 per cent of the inspections completed in 1969 covered areas which are now located within these permanent forest reserves. Three land-use surveys were undertaken in the Prince George Inspection District during the year. One area was located in the vicinity of Penny, while the other two involved examinations of land located along Highway No. 16, from Prince George to the Alberta border. Some work was done in the Vanderhoof District on a land-use study to determine the agricultural potential of an area located between Fort St. James, Grand Rapids, and Stuart and Pinchi Lakes. It is anticipated that the study of this area will be completed early in 1970. The extension of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway from Fort St. James to Takla Lake will have a decided impact on the demand for land in this region. It is expected that the demand for home-sites, as well as commercial and industrial use, will be the most pronounced. There has been a continued increase in interest shown in summer-home sites in the Prince George-Vanderhoof area. Development of a 48-lot subdivision fronting on Summit Lake was undertaken during the year and it is anticipated that the lots which are to be provided will be available for disposition in 1970. As a result of the establishment of the large permanent forest reserves which encompass several major lakes within this area of the Province, it would appear that there will BB 32 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES be a reduction in planning and development of recreational subdivisions by the Lands Branch. The volume of new inspections requests processed in the Burns Lake, Smithers, and Prince Rupert Districts during the year increased by 23.3 per cent over 1968. The biggest change took place in the Burns Lake and Prince Rupert Inspection Districts, while the work load in the Smithers District was almost identical to the 1968 level. A slight decline in the total work load toward the 1968 level is predicted for this area of the Province in 1970. A land-use study was made of a large area of approximately 19,500 acres of land located within the Nadina Valley west of Francois Lake in the Burns Lake District. This area is an important winter range for moose and the study was undertaken to determine the highest and best use of the land following a request from the Fish and Wildlife Branch for a multi-use reserve covering this key area. A proposal made in 1968 to subdivide a parcel of Crown land situated in the Hudson Bay Prairie area of Hudson Bay Mountain, located in the Smithers Inspection District, has been further delayed due to the existence of mineral claims. There are now 27 ski cabins, a ski lodge, two television repeaters, and two ski tows located in the area, but to date the ski club has not been able to obtain quitclaims from the holders of the conflicting mineral claims. The territorial claims made by the Kitwan- cool Indians have not as yet been resolved and continue to complicate the processing of applications located in Ranger District No. 5. Highway No. 16 is rapidly approaching completion as a paved highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert and, by 1971, Prince Rupert, Terrace, and Kitimat should be linked by pavement with the rest of the Interior. The construction of a bridge over the Nass River in the vicinity of Meziadin Lake, as well as the construction of the remaining few miles of road, will make Stewart and Cassiar accessible from Highway No. 16. With these improvements in road access it is anticipated that there will be a significant increase in the Prince Rupert Inspection District during the next few years in applications for residential, commercial, and industrial purposes. A large dredging operation in Kitimat Harbour, undertaken mainly to provide deep-sea wharf facilities for the new pulp-mill developed by Eurocan Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd., has been completed. This is the first stage of a project designed to triple the deep-sea berth capacity of Kitimat Harbour. (See photo on page 19.) Compared to the 1968 level, there was a marked decrease of 37.8 per cent in the number of new land applications received in the Quesnel Inspection District. This is largely due to the inhibiting influence of the special sale area requirements as well as the establishment during the year of several large permanent forest reserves which cover a major portion of the Inspection District. Due to these factors, there will be much reduced activity in land applications in the Quesnel area during 1970, but in view of the method of dealing with applications for agricultural land located within the special sale area, it will be necessary to spend much more time completing each inspection. In the Central Southern Cariboo area, which takes in the Williams Lake and Clinton Land Inspection Districts, the demand for lakefront lots is much in excess of the supply. Applications for summer-home site use showed a marked increase over the 1968 level, although the total of all new inspection requests covering all types of applications decreased by 11.3 per cent. In the Clinton District, a total of 125 lakefront residential sites was alienated by way of public auction. Competitive bidding for the right to acquire these summer-home sites on a leasehold basis was strong and, in total, $119,475 in bonus bids were paid. It is interesting to note that 83 per cent of the successful bidders were Lower Mainland residents, LANDS BRANCH BB 33 11 per cent were residents of the Cariboo area, and only 6 per cent gave addresses indicating residence in the United States. There is a continued strong demand also for permanent-home sites throughout this portion of the Cariboo. This demand is expected to increase along with further growth in the population of the area. Inspection requests received in the Kamloops Land Inspection District were down substantially from the high record established in 1968 to a figure approximating the five-year average for the district. This reduction is chiefly due to the boundary change which involved a transfer of a portion of the district to the Prince George Inspection District. The historical conflict which has existed between ranchers and all outside interests continues to present the greatest problem in land alienation in the Central Interior. This conflict has recently been vividly illustrated in the Highland Valley area of the Kamloops District, where applications covering large areas of grazing land have been submitted by mining operations. Frequently the areas most in demand for mining, home-site, and other industrial use cover valley bottoms and open slopes which are usually of the greatest value to the rancher for grazing. The work load in the Kelowna District remained static during the past year, but at a level well above the five-year average. Applications to fill foreshore, as well as applications made under section 102 (2) of the Land Registry Act to obtain accreted lands, remained at a high level. In recent years, interest in these two categories has been stimulated by new health regulations which have made certain older lakefront lots unsuitable for residential development due to inadequate size as well as by a desire to legalize areas previously filled and occupied in trespass. A noticeable increase in land values, which became evident in 1968, continued throughout the Kootenays. As a result of the rapid growth in population which is taking place in this portion of the Province, particularly in the East Kootenays, it can be expected that there will be a greatly increased demand for land in the residential and smallholding categories during 1970. Of the inspections completed during the past year, 28 per cent were the result of applications made for permanent- or summer-home site use. In the two Lower Mainland Inspection Districts, the total work load decreased by 9 per cent. The types of examinations completed do not indicate any particular trend or development, but with the continued population growth in this region of the Province the demand for permanent- and summer-home sites is expected to remain at a high level. Of the total inspections completed during the year in the Vancouver and New Westminster Land Inspection Districts, 34 per cent fell in these two categories. The areas receiving the greatest attention for these home-site uses are the Sechelt Peninsula, as well as the Nelson and Bowen Island areas of the Vancouver District, and the Harrison Lake area of the New Westminster District. A portion of the Vancouver District covering Cortes and Read Islands was transferred to the Courtenay Land Inspection District early in the year. Even with this addition, the number of new requests received in the Courtenay District decreased by 23.8 per cent from the 1968 level. As has been the pattern in previous years, the large majority of inspections completed were inspections of foreshore areas. Applications for permanent- and summer-home site use also remain at a high level. Development on the north end of the Island is continuing, and further expansion of the work load in this area is anticipated. Two of the main developments which took place during the year were commencement of construction of the cedar mill at Tahsis and the announced plan for development of the copper mine on Rupert Inlet near Port Hardy. BB 34 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Wharf approach and mooring-float on foreshore lease, Gowlland Harbour, Quadra Island. A 90.6-per-cent increase in work load over 1968 was experienced in the Victoria Land Inspection District. This increase in volume is chiefly due to an unusually large number of requests received for review of a block of summer-home site leases located on Valdes Island, and is not an indication of any significant trend or development taking place within the district. TRAINING As a result of resignations and promotions, there are now only five Land Inspectors, together with the Chief and Assistant Chief Land Inspectors, who are accredited as appraisers with the Appraisal Institute of Canada. Ten Land Inspectors and eight Deputy Land Inspectors have successfully completed the required course material in the Appraisal Education programme and most of these people are now actively engaged in finalizing the necessary demonstration appraisal reports required to meet accreditation standards. The three Land Inspectors taken on staff in July are now enrolled in the new Appraisal I course which began in 1969 and which became a two-part course consisting of the old LANDS BRANCH BB 35 Appraisal I material, plus an economics section designed to provide an introduction to principles of economics. One Land Inspector, in addition to the Chief Land Inspector, has responded to an appeal made by the Appraisal Institute to obtain further professional advancement and has enrolled in the background course in economics. Accredited members who successfully complete this course will be issued with a certificate of completion. Two Land Inspectors and three Deputy Land Inspectors are studying on their own with a view to rewriting final appraisal examinations in the spring. Two Land Inspectors have completed the three-year Public Administration Course. One Land Inspector is enrolled in the first year of this course, while one other Land Inspector and the Assistant Chief Land Inspector are now in the second year of the course. Annual zone meetings were again held in March at Kamloops, Prince George, and Fort St. John. STAFF CHANGES The work programme during the year was complicated by several changes in the location and employment of staff, and was climaxed in mid-December by the tragic and untimely death of Mr. R. L. Cawston as a result of a hunting accident. Mr. Cawston had served with the Forest Service for a number of years prior to joining the Inspection Division on August 16, 1965. His death is not only a great loss to the Department but to the Service in general. Mr. G. A. Rhoades, former Land Inspector, Victoria, was promoted to the position of Administrative Assistant, Land Administration, effective May 1, 1969. The following resignations occurred for the reasons noted: Mr. J. R. Nijhoff, April 1, 1969 (employed with Department of Highways, Victoria); Mr. D. M. Thom, April 15, 1969 (employed with a private appraisal firm, Vancouver); Mr. L. R. Paynton, May 23, 1969 (to manage his own business in Burns Lake). These vacancies resulted in a number of transfers and promotions: Mr. J. A. Esler from Williams Lake to Victoria, in charge, May 12, 1969; Mr. F. G. Edgell from Smithers to Williams Lake to become Land Officer 3, in charge, August 1, 1969; Mr. L. M. Warner from Prince Rupert to Smithers, in charge, September 1, 1969; Mr. J. P. Egan from Fort St. John to Prince Rupert to become Acting Land Officer 2, in charge, effective August 18, 1969; Mr. D. E. Jaffray from Kamloops to Vanderhoof to become Acting Land Officer 2, in charge, effective June 1, 1969; Mr. R. Gilmour from Kelowna to Vancouver to become Land Officer 4, in charge, effective July 1, 1969; Mr. G. Huva from Quesnel to Kelowna, in charge, effective August 1, 1969; Mr. R. A. Cullis from Williams Lake to Quesnel to become Acting Land Officer 2, in charge, effective August 1, 1969; Mr. T. J. Todd from Prince George to Burns Lake to become Acting Land Officer 2, in charge, effective August 1, 1969. As a result of the aforementioned three resignations, the following personnel were taken on staff on July 1, 1969: Mr. L. A. Gosselin, Land Officer 1, Kamloops; Mr. D. M. Sayers, Land Officer 1, Williams Lake; Mr. D. B. Lymburner, Land Officer 1, Prince George. As of December 31, 1969, there were two vacancies on staff—one being a Technical Land Officer position and the other a Land Officer position. A full staff complement is 21 Land Officers and 12 Technical Land Officers, in addition to the Chief and Assistant Chief Land Inspectors. STATISTICS Table 1 represents a summary of the number and type of inspections completed in the Province by this Division during 1969. Table 2 represents a com- BB 36 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES parison 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 1965 to 1969, inclusive. Table 3 represents an analysis of requests for inspections processed by this Division for the years 1965 to 1969, inclusive. Table 1.—Types of Inspections, 1969 Purchases— Agriculture (other than grazing) 80 Access (roads, etc.) 13 Commercial (resorts, service-stations, hotels, airfields, etc.)____ 26 Community (cemeteries, church sites, parking areas, etc.) 9 Grazing (pasture, range) 15 Home-sites (permanent) 96 Industrial (mill-sites, power-sites, manufacturing plants, etc.) 60 Summer home or camp-site 6 Woodlots or tree-farms 1 Others 3 Leases— Land— Agriculture (other than grazing) 1,000 Commercial (resorts, service-stations, hotels, airfields, etc.) 123 Community (parks, cemeteries, dump-sites, etc.) 31 Fur-farming 2 Grazing (pasture, range, hay-cutting, etc.) 242 Home-sites (section 78 of the Land Act) 8 Home-sites (permanent, other than section 78 of the Land Act) 435 Industrial (mill-sites, power-sites, manufacturing plants, etc.) 31 Summer home or camp-site 644 Quarrying (sand, gravel, limestone) 45 Reviews (rental and (or) diligent use) 1,643 Others 5 Foreshore— Booming and log storage or log-dumping 107 Commercial (boat rentals, marine service-stations, wharves, etc.) 71 Industrial (mill-sites, canneries, factory-sites, wharves, etc.) 15 Quarrying (sand and gravel from river beds) 3 Oyster and shellfish 13 Private (floats, boathouses) 6 Reviews (rentals and (or) diligent use) 175 Others 4 Land-use permits 75 Licence of occupation 29 Easements and (or) rights-of-way 11 Pre-emptions— Applications 13 Annual inspections (including applications for Crown grant)__ 150 LANDS BRANCH BB 37 Table 1.—Types of Inspections, 1969—Continued Subdivisions— Valuations 29 Survey inspection 3 Plans cancellation 2 Proposals (lakeshore, residential, etc.) 27 Others 2 Reserves— Grazing 3 Gravel pits 2 Recreational 67 Others 8 Veterans' Land Act 2 Doukhobor lands 3 Southern Okanagan Lands Project 5 Pacific Great Eastern Railway 3 Department of Social Welfare 1 Other agencies— British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority 8 British Columbia Forest Service 1 Public Utilities Commission 3 Department of Highways 1 Capital Improvement District Commission 1 Miscellaneous inspections— Assignments 36 Delinquent accounts 18 Escheats Act 1 Lake reconnaissance 45 Land-use surveys 11 Land revaluations of special nature 73 Protests 40 Section 53 (2), Land Act (verifying improvements) 350 Section 65, Land Act (free grants) 1 Section 78, Land Act (re compliance with provisions of) 27 Section 131b, Land Act (cases of doubt regarding inclusion of body of water in Crown grant) 9 Trespass (land) 28 Trespass (water) 56 Quieting Titles Act 5 Section 102 (2), Land Registry Act 17 Others 59 Total 6,137 BB 38 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 2.—Analysis of Inspections Completed and Inspections Outstanding at Year-end for the Years 1965 to 1969, Inclusive Examinations Made during— Outstanding at End of— Land Inspection District 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 '111 136 1 318 1 173 171 190 1 1 151 27 32 8 56 Clinton - 235 226 266 271 462 35 40 64 212 89 Courtenay 293 303 274 353 325 32 15 36 61 24 Fort St. John 582 1,129 1,066 1,039 858 230 146 180 162 157 Kamloops 482 515 423 530 428 50 72 52 60 58 Kelowna 201 185 216 275 267 26 15 39 43 59 Nelson . 278 307 250 324 369 63 37 45 16 9 New Westminster 242 274 245 247 303 61 34 7 49 23 Pouce Coupe 454 609 610 607 513 121 92 45 67 27 551 423 433 387 406 52 68 27 52 74 67 1 194 180 165 146 85 34 38 26 74 Quesnel 173 191 241 266 185 51 38 33 32 14 Smithers 317 351 212 272 244 178 14 23 25 57 Vancouver 250 233 259 353 263 30 57 31 33 58 Vanderhoof 236 330 327 401 341 35 49 40 35 61 Victoria 156 156 189 137 252 32 46 4 16 48 530 415 492 620 567 33 38 74 48 41 13 13 28 1 2 70 20 36 9 16 16 14 11 13 7 Totals 5,266 6,192 5,920 6,428 6,137 1,281 836 781 958 936 Note.—These figures include pre-emptions. Table 3.—Analysis of Requests for Inspection Processed by Land Inspection Division for Years 1965 to 1969, Inclusive New Requests Received during— Per Cent Per Cent . 1969 over 1969 over 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1968 1965 287 194 180 147 238 +61.9 19.1 17.1 241 230 290 419 339 +40.7 1.4 292 286 295 378 288 23.8 Fort St. John 708 929 986 924 840 —9.1 + 18.6 6.8 457 532 402 537 426 20 7 190 173 239 279 283 +1.4 +22.7 +4.1 —33.9 -1-4.5 +26.8 +48.9 + 16.0 +3.7 — 16.4 9 4 312 281 258 295 362 267 450 457 246 506 426 241 508 375 266 569 396 277 376 414 108 143 184 153 194 +79.6 0.6 162 172 222 259 161 37.8 Smithers 366 187 221 274 276 +0.7 —24.6 Vancouver 256 260 233 355 288 -18.9 + 12.5 Vanderhoof , 168 320 307 386 354 -8.3 + 110.7 Victoria _ 172 170 147 149 284 +90.6 +65.1 503 13 57 420 13 27 524 28 36 591 1 11 557 2 18 -5.8 +100.0 +63.6 +10.7 — 84.6 -68.4 Totals _ 5,466 5,515 5.676 6.38Q 5,977 Average change for 1969 over 1968 for Province is —6.4 per cent. Average change foi 1969 ov< r 1965 fc r Provina : is -1-9.3 per cen t. - 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. 1 MM llllllll^llllllllllllllll ■ v .--■■■ -.■ .:■■:■ ■ . ■■ Sfi m si o h £) <u s 1 I 1 ca ^^_U1 = o 1 g g c as 9 § sag 5* i o I C KS ■M* a ■S £ <H o 1 C D £ J= S b o o -*:— . « (K oj DJ ■* o SB ^S iie-fl co t. n o - § •B ■H Q s | 1 g Q C a, -h <H a a > s 3 w £.31; >8E • I o c y-r-firi >• RQ TJ u > « . 1 s olca (U -i SC K Q s o SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH BB 43 SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH A. H. Ralfs, B.C.L.S., D.L.S., Director, Surveyor-General, and Boundaries Commissioner Because portions of the northern boundary of the Province had not been re-examined or maintained since their original demarcation in the middle and late 1940's and a short segment had not been retraced for more than 60 years, the British Columbia-Yukon-Northwest Territories Boundary Commission decided to make a maintenance survey of the boundary line in 1969. A. F. Swannell, B.C.L.S., was loaned by the Topographic Division to carry out instructions issued by the Commission. In brief, these were to supervise defoliant spraying of approximately 160 miles of boundary line; clear the vista and restore monuments on either side of road and railway crossings; retrace the boundary between Monuments 120 and 132 originally demarcated by J. N. Wallace in 1908; and finally to investigate an apparent anomaly between Monument 600 and Monument 1, where the Liard River flows across the 60th parallel into the Northwest Territories. Although the field crew experienced considerable difficulty with poor visibility, rain, and snow in August on the retracement survey, all aspects of the assignment were concluded successfully. After checking several courses and angles and line brushing at the Liard River crossing, the crew re-opened the boundary vista and checked, restored, and in two cases, replaced monuments at boundary crossings on the Alaska Highway, and the Cassiar, Atlin, and Haines Roads. The skyline at Bennett Lake railway crossing was found to be adequately clear without reslashing. While retracing Wallace's section in the rugged mountains between Mount Nevin and the Blanshard River, Swannell recovered a well-preserved picket marker which had been placed on the line more than six decades earlier. A ground check confirmed that the spray defoliant, Tordan 101, dropped at low level by helicopter on the relatively inaccessible sections of the line, had been placed very accurately. This particular spray, while it will kill woody growth, is non-toxic to birds, animals, fish, and grass. During 1969 the general purpose computer programme LSM 139 was developed to the stage where it replaces all the previous Surveys and Mapping Branch programmes, except for LTC116 (reduction of geodimeter measurements), and aerotriangulation strip and block adjustments used by the Photogrammetric Section. The LTC 116 programme probably will be integrated into the LSM 139 system during 1970. Several improvements in data handling have been effected. For example, under the former " Cosmos " and " Bride " programmes and level network adjustment programme LTC 122, it had been necessary to manually pre-sort information on the punch-card data sheets. Data may now be presented in any order and the sorting is done automatically by the LSM 139. Besides being used by all Divisions of the Surveys and Mapping Branch the LSM 139 programme has been adopted by the Water Resources Service, the Engineering Services Division of the Forest Service, and the Department of Highways. The reproduction section of Legal Surveys Division continued to serve the needs of the Surveys and Mapping Branch and several other departments for diazo prints, Xerox copying, and photographic and multilith reproductions. In its first full year of operation, the 105-mm. camera proved to be so versatile, and demands for its services so great, that during November and December it was operated for 16 hours a day. The camera has been invaluable for making miniaturized archival copies of BB 44 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES plans, diagrams, and maps. It has also demonstrated an ability to make extremely accurate reductions or enlargements for map-compilation purposes. During the year, the Air and Topographic Divisions of the Branch experimented with new methods of mapping in an attempt to discover an alternative to the slotted- template laydown. A programmed analytical approach was tested, but so far has not proved satisfactory. The Branch also has been following progress in the development of the new orthophoto method of mapping, which holds considerable promise of useful application in this Province. The end map-sheet product would be an air-photo mosaic completely rectified to the required map scale, on which would be superimposed contours, roads, lot structure, and any other desired element of culture. Orthophoto maps obviously would be of tremendous value and offer a wealth of information to all resource fields of interest such as forest inventory, highway location, traffic engineering, mining and geology, water investigation, land inspection, regional planning, and many others. While sophisticated equipment to make such maps is on the market, all involve a photographic scanning process which, in the rougher terrain of British Columbia, would take much longer per photographic overlap than it would in flatter areas. A new analytical procedure is currently being developed which is expected to very much speed up the process so that it becomes economically acceptable. A large-scale mapping project completed during the past year mapped an area of 27,700 acres in the Kootenay River Valley. Sixty-three topographic map-sheets compiled at a scale of 1 inch to 200 feet, with a 5-foot contour interval, covered the area from the International Boundary north to the Bull River. The mapping, which represents the area in British Columbia required for the Libby Reservoir, was initiated by a request from the Water Resources Service to comply with the terms of an agreement of the Columbia River Treaty. The addition of the cadastral surveys plotted from field-notes and field-survey ties extended the use of the mapping from engineering requirements to land statusing. The townsite of Wardner, at the northern end of the reservoir, was mapped at 1 inch to 100 feet, with a contour interval of 2 feet to facilitate detailed study of the area. Copies of this mapping have been supplied for use by all Government departments engaged in the preparation of the Libby Reservoir. Lithographed maps distributed to other departments and the public increased for the fifth consecutive year to reach a total of slightly under 150,000 sheets. The value of accurate, up-to-date maps may best be reflected through the importance attached to them by those directly concerned with resources development and administration and by the public at large. Whether their purpose is to locate an industrial plant or just to show a fishing lake in the mountains, maps must inspire confidence and trust in the users. Approximately 80 per cent of all lithographed maps produced by the Surveys and Mapping Branch are distributed to the general public, the other 20 per cent are taken by Government departments. External uses and benefits, therefore, are substantial. The 259 departmental reference maps provide a current visual record of applications, surveys, and alienation under the Land Act and Forest Act. On the Lower Mainland and south-eastern Vancouver Island, where the population density is high and cadastral and status details are complex, reference maps are printed at 4 inches to 1 mile or 2 inches to 1 mile scale. Most other settled parts of the Province are covered at 1 inch to 1 mile, except the lightly populated northern quarter, where mapping at 1 inch to 2 miles scale is still usually adequate. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH BB 45 Besides the reference map series, which covers the whole Province, the Surveys and Mapping Branch maintains more than 400 large-scale composite sheets for selected areas, mainly around population centres. The composite map series shows the cadastral system or lot structure and includes all subdivisions made under the Land Registry Act. They are of tremendous importance to many Government departments and the public, but in the past year or two, with the advent of the regional district concept, they constitute one of the first tools required by the aforesaid districts. At this time, Surveys and Mapping Branch is busy correlating all of the activity in this special field of mapping to ensure that there is no duplication of effort and expense by various Government departments, private mapping concerns, regional districts, and municipalities which are each involved in making or acquiring these maps. BB 46 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES LEGAL SURVEYS DIVISION D. Pearmain, Chief The Legal Surveys Division, under the direction of the Surveyor-General, is responsible for cadastral surveys of all Crown lands of the Province. This entails the issuing of instructions to the land surveyors engaged to make each survey and supplying them with copies of 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 these returns are all right-of-way surveys, including those for highways, railways, and transmission-lines. This year, 1,137 sets of the above instructions were issued, as against 1,195 during 1968. During the year, 583 sets of field-notes or survey plans covering the survey of 1,077 lots were received in this office and duly indexed and checked. Of these surveys, 918 were made under the Land Act and 159 under the Mineral Act. At the present time there are approximately 101,598 sets of field-notes on record in our vaults. There were 459 plans received from land surveyors covering subdivisions and rights-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 all reserves, a set of 259 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 on 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. 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 589 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 429,047, in the preparation of which 306,532 yards or 174 miles of paper and linen were used, plus 75,000 mis- r SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH BB 47 cellaneous sized, cut sheets. The number of photographic reproductions made was 48,991. The number of Xerox copies made was 301,096. Of the 429,047 diazo prints made, 53,889 were for the Surveys and Mapping Branch, 79,415 for other branches of the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, 277,889 for other departments of Government, and 17,794 for the public. Likewise, of the 48,991 photographic reproductions made, 9,634 were for the Surveys and Mapping Branch, 10,101 for other branches of the Department, 29,248 for other departments of Government, and 8 for the public. The multilith machine turned out 1,469,147 copies during the year. The 105-mm. camera has turned out a tremendous amount of work during the year. The miniaturization programmes of the Department of Highways and the Department of Public Works are proceeding most satisfactorily. During the last two months of the year, a night shift has been doing archival work for the Department of Highways. 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.) During the year, 134 composite map-sheets were completed. These covered areas requested by the Chief Land Inspector and the Surveyor of Taxes; also 22 reference maps were recompiled and redrawn during the year. 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 Plans Year Prepared Year Prepared 1964 2,827 1967 2,753 1965 2,212 1968 3,450 1966 2,808 1969 2,997 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, 3,340 plans received this check as compared to 3,182 in 1968, 2,649 in 1967, 2,463 in 1966, and 2,436 in 1965. GENERAL The receiving and distribution of survey-posts, which are stored at 859 Devonshire Road, has operated smoothly and efficiently. The following synopsis shows the quantities of posts shipped during the past year and to whom:— BB 48 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Standard Pipe Driveable Pipe Standard Rock B.C.L.S. Bars Driveable Pin Post Caps Anchor Plates 2'/i-inch Bar Purchased by private surveyors from headquarters — Supplied to Departmental surveyors Shipped to Government 35 70 35 18 213 57 392 1,250 100 289 890 4,254 1,065 288 7,554 6 230 147 33 300 Totals 105 53 662 1,350 5,433 8,907 236 480 Summary of Office Work for the Years 1968 and 1969, Legal Surveys Division Number of field books received „ lots surveyed „ surveys examined „ lots gazetted „ lots cancelled „ lots amended mineral-claim field books prepared reference maps compiled or renewed applications for purchase cleared applications for pre-emption cleared applications for lease cleared timber sales cleared Crown-grant applications cleared cancellations made inquiries cleared letters received and dealt with land-examination plans Crown-grant and lease tracings made photostats made diazo prints made offset prints made 1, Xerox copies made 1968 573 894 691 792 71 245 11 54 809 31 7,272 3,154 942 2,807 1,215 7,009 3,450 8,160 20,688 409,472 017,309 299,400 1969 583 1,077 541 724 20 308 136 22 576 13 7,301 3,047 934 600 1,152 6,378 2,997 6,466 48,991 429,047 1,469,147 301,096 Data Bank for Control Surveys Control survey records are currently maintained by the Trigonometric Control Section in a card index file. During 1969 a sub-programme was added to the LSM 139 system which automatically prints the cards for the card index file after the required data have been submitted in written form and key punched, or after the data have been computed from preceding LSM 139 operations. At the present time, when requests for control survey information are received from the public or from other Government departments, a manual search of the card index is made and Xerox copies of the required cards are made for distribution. The printed cards make superior originals for copying compared with the manually written cards of the past. It was also intended that all this data should be stored on magnetic tape to form a data bank for control surveys which could be searched for survey information in a specified area and with specified characteristics to meet the requirements SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH BB 49 of particular survey projects. It was intended that any of the following steps could follow as a result of a search:— (1) A printout of the survey control stations meeting the specifications with their co-ordinates, descriptive remarks, and rays to observed stations. This would make Xerox copies of the card index cards unnecessary. (2) Cards be punched with the station co-ordinates in a form suitable for input to programme LSM 139. (3) A plot be made of the stations to any specified scale. Good progress has been made in the planning of this data bank and it has aroused considerable interest in other Provinces and by the Federal Government, which have similar developments in mind. However, to implement the scheme, all existing written records have to be key punched as a preliminary to getting them onto magnetic tape. Unfortunately the E.D.P. committee has had to refuse permission to proceed with this scheme at the present time due to a shortage of personnel in the key-punching section. It is hoped, however, that this is only a temporary setback and that the data bank will become a reality, perhaps in abbreviated form, in the near future. Apart from the immediate benefits of having all survey control data in the form of a data bank on magnetic tape, it is expected that useful experience will be gained which will assist in the development of banks for other types of environmental data. FIELD WORK Acreage Subdivision Several blocks of town lots at Masset had to be consolidated into a 2 8-acre parcel by survey prior to transfer to the municipal government. Over 400 acres at Wilson Creek were surveyed to exchange for private land at Port Hardy and Port McNeill, where surveys were also necessary. Land adjoining the Alaska Highway was surveyed into district lots for eventual lease. Owing to a late start in the season, poor side-road conditions, heavy cutting, and a small party, only 2,300 acres were posted. A commercial subdivision at Nakusp of eight lots was provided at local request. In the fall of the year, much posting was done on an old subdivision near Westbank in order to locate road allowances for new construction and resubdivide the larger lots into homesite-sized lots. The work was in an area of scant survey evidence and apart from the benefit to the department will be of great assistance to local owners. Goose Spit, in Comox Harbour, was surveyed for park purposes, to be administered locally. Waterfront Lease Lots Loon Lake, near Grassmere 21 Lac la Hache 5 Young Lake, Cariboo 12 Powell Lake, Powell River 32 Similkameen River, near Bromley Park 23 Total 93 BB 50 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Rural Roadside Lots Dragon Lake (south-east of) 8 Ta Ta Creek, Kootenay 11 Barkerville Road 17 Quesnel 38 Williams Lake 25 Quinsam River, V.I. 4 Post Creek, near Chilliwack Lake 85 Ring Creek, ski cabins, near Garibaldi 47 Total 235 Interdepartmental Surveys Wardner cemetery-site Public Utilities Commission. Right-of-way at Chain Lakes Fish and Game Branch. Whiskey Creek Parksite Parks Branch. Reserve east of Tete Jaune Parks Branch. Barkerville Historic Park, boundary posting Parks Branch. Long Beach on Vancouver Island, reserve Parks Branch. Kennedy Lake Parksite, exchange Lands and Parks. Alice Lake Parksite, exchange Lands and Parks. Neroutsos Inlet, exchange Lands and Parks. Airport in Cowichan Valley, exchange Lands and Regional District. Right-of-way at Oliver- Water Resources. Reservoir and right-of-way, near Oliver Water Resources. Forest-development road at Bone Creek Forest Service Engineering. Green Timbers (453.12 acres), exchange Lands and Forest Service. Reposting and Restoration An old settlement known as Gold Hill in the Lardeau area of the Kootenay District was reposted to facilitate new settlement. As a number of people being displaced by the Libby Reservoir are being relocated in the Baynes Lake area, near Waldo, considerable reposting of roads and lots was done to locate previously surveyed parcels, and in the process 17 new lots were created by subdivision. In the Government Precinct area in Victoria, five more parking-lots were posted for the Department of Public Works in the spring of the year, prior to black-topping, and late in the fall a hurry-up call to repost the Courthouse property in Nelson was accommodated. Miscellaneous Surveys The following miscellaneous surveys were made:— To except a road and public reserve from a sale area on the Horsefly Road, 118 acres. A tie to complete a Hydro purchase survey on the Duncan River. Survey to relocate an access road into Cluculz Lake, ZV2 miles. Resurvey of the North-east Quarter of Lot 3775, Cariboo Land District, to eliminate an error. Resurvey of a road right-of-way at Lemon Creek, Kootenay Land District, known to be in error. Survey of the boundary between Lake and Esquimalt Land Districts. Reserve for public on Kalamalka Lake, 1.6 acres. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH BB 51 Inspection Surveys A complaint concerning a subdivision at Blue River, received through the Inspector of Legal Offices, was investigated by survey and found to be groundless. A similar case at Burnaby was also investigated and no fault found. Three inspections of water boundaries on new surveys were made and adjustment made in two of them. A survey of a boundary in Cowichan Lake Land District, which was the subject of disagreement between owners and had originally been established by survey confirmed by this department, was investigated and found to be in error and steps were taken to correct the records. A meticulous survey of a water boundary and upland parcels at Twin Bays on Kootenay Lake was required for a pending Court action, and this entailed the preparation of numerous plans and annotated photographs. Highway Surveys Owing to lack of sufficient surveyors to handle the work, only two parties were fielded on the survey of highways. Twenty miles was surveyed in the Blue River area and 15.2 miles was finished in the area easterly of Tete Jaune. The surveyor in charge of the Tete Jaune section suffered a heart attack at the height of the survey work, which curtailed the eventual production of distance. However, the crew carried on admirably and extra supervision was arranged. Resignations The Division regrets the loss of services of Mr. G. T. Mullin, B.C.L.S., and his field assistant, Mr. T. Dignan, who both had been with the service for many years and did yeoman work in all the difficult areas. They resigned to go into private practice. BB 52 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES TOPOGRAPHIC DIVISION A. G. Slocomb, B.C.L.S., Chief The era of rapid transportation and electronic instrumentation has definitely affected a surveyor's way of life. Where, in the past, he was usually assigned one area per season, he now can be faced with many assignments that often are widely scattered around the Province. This past season our integrated survey crew completed nine separate tasks. The control surveys completed eight and the mapping party, assisted by a helicopter under contract, completed three, the one exception being the Triangulation Section, which was assigned to a British Columbia-Yukon- Northwest Territories Boundary Commission project for the season. K. M. Bridge, B.C.L.S., was in charge of the National Topographic Series mapping party which completed control for 16 map-sheets in 104 H area and obtained additional vertical control to revise the easterly four sheets of 104 G area. (See Fig. 1.) This work is located to the east of the Stewart-Cassiar Highway, and in the vicinity of Kinaskan and Cold Fish Lakes, which are south of the Stikine River and south-east of Telegraph Creek. To assist them they had a Bell G3B1 helicopter chartered on a 4-month/400-hour basis from Tranwest Helicopters (1965) Ltd. of Vancouver and the Department's De Havilland Otter aircraft. The Otter also assisted the British Columbia-Yukon Boundary crew when it moved to and from the Liard River crossing. This mountainous section of British Columbia lies on the route usually taken by the weather systems generated in the Gulf of Alaska. During the summer there were 32 days in which the work was rained out and on many of the others it was marginal, necessitating an early return to camp. SCALE MAIN CONTROL ▲ SECONDARY CO NTROL • Fig. 1. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH BB 53 K. M. Bridge and his crew commenced their season's operation at Watson Lake on an extension of the pondage study of the Liard and Dease Rivers which was done in 1962. The extension was to the 2,200-foot contour, but horizontal control for the river valleys could only be obtained on the adjacent open hills, so that a perimeter traverse by tellurometer was run covering an area 120 miles by 80 miles. The actual length of the traverse was 280 miles and comprised 11 stations from which photo-control points in the mapping area were fixed. One hundred and twenty hours of flying time for the helicopter were used, 80 for horizontal control and 40 for vertical. This and a second area at Atlin were requested by the Water Resources Service for study purposes. The Atlin assignment stretched from the mouth of the Taku River at the Alaska-British Columbia border to the north end of Atlin Lake. Part of it had been included in the mapping done in 1952 by D. J. Roy, B.C.L.S., and in 1953 by A. F. Swannell, B.C.L.S. Forty-two tellurometer traverse stations were occupied, while 18 of the old stations used had only to be targeted for control identification. Vertical control was derived from ground photos and vertical angles. While at Atlin, the survey crew and helicopter were commandeered by the Forest Service to fight a forest fire, which accounted for three working-days. A total of 29 days was spent at Atlin, during which 80 hours of helicopter time was used. The helicopter logged a combined total of 388 hours on its contract. The Otter aircraft flew 271 hours for the mapping crews, consisting of moving and supplying base camps, transportation of crews to and from pickup points for the helicopter, and low-level photo and station identification flights. Following its return to Victoria, it was used by the Land Inspectors of the Lands Service and also by the Highways Department. Integrated Survey Area No. 3 was declared in June, situate in the Kootenay Land District, comprising a portion of the City of Nelson. A. M. Barber, B.C.L.S., and his integrated survey crew completed nine separate assignments. The first, a co-ordinate control system for the City of Victoria was used as a training scheme which commenced in April and was completed in May, fixing 42 stations by interconnected traverses routed through the redevelopment areas. They used a geodimeter and oriented the scheme by tellurometer ties to the geodetic stations on Mount Tolmie, Gonzales Hill, and the Douglas Building. The District of North Cowichan was the largest project and consisted of fixing the location and elevation of 230 monuments set by the municipal crews of North Cowichan and Duncan. While the ideal situation for interconnected urban control traverses is a flat area of rectangular city blocks in the Cowichan area road access is generally sparse, winding, and tree-lined. This difficult condition made necessary the use of over one hundred additional temporary traverse hubs to interconnect the monuments and forced the use of undesirably large traverse loops in some cases. The following two precautions were introduced that are not normally used in this type of work—bearing control was positioned throughout the work so that a bearing check could be made at intervals of about 20 angles; and on the larger loops, levels were double run as a precaution against compensatory errors. This project was completed by the end of July and the crew moved to Kelowna, where, in 1966, we had fixed 37 control monuments. This year the city increased the density of its monumentation to meet the integrated survey specifications. This generally meant the setting of a new monument between each pair of existing monuments, and with other separate additions brought the new total of monuments set to 112. The new spacing necessitated the occupation by the survey crews of both new and existing monuments. In effect it was necessary to resurvey the 1966 work (except for BB 54 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES trigonometric ties), despite the fact that the earlier work was of good quality. The work was completed in one month and included a chainage base on the retaining wall of the lake at the Yacht Club. Filling in where convenient, there were two two-day measurings by geodimeter commitments for the Department of Highways at Vancouver and Mission and two building-site plans for the Public Works Department at Essondale. The university students hired for this work returned to their studies at the end of August, and the remainder of the crew completed two reconnaissance and layout design plans for the Cities of Prince George and Penticton for integrated survey programmes. The control crew, with G. New, B.C.L.S., in charge, completed eight separate projects, the first, in March in the Chilliwack River valley for the Forest Service, was a topographic plan of their Chipmunk Run Nursery, drawn at the scale of 100 feet to the inch, with 2-foot contours. The last in December was for the Public Works Department at Creston, for a topographic plan of parts of two lots to be used as a building-site for administration buildings of the Parks Branch Bird Sanctuary. Between the first and last projects, surveys were made on a second nursery- site at Campbell River; a building-site for the Department of Public Works at Poirer Lake; a large mapping project in the vicinity of Highland Valley for the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources that covered an area of 1,200 square miles, lying between Mount Zakwaski and Nicola in the south and Cache Creek and Savona to the north, mapped at 1,000 feet to 1 inch and to be used as a base to plot geologic data; a control survey for mapping of the valley between Alta and Green Lakes; a culture and map check of the Squamish District; and a request from the Water Resources Service for elevations along the Shuswap River, between Sugar and Mara Lakes, to record high and low water elevations, the survey crew travelling to Enderby late in May to mark high water, and targets were set for identification prior to photography. Upon completion of the Highland Valley project, they returned to Armstrong to establish elevations for the points established earlier. To obtain these, 24 bench marks were set, and 90 miles of double-run levels were required, as well as 30 miles of single run to tie in the high and low water marks and picture points. While these levels were being carried out, Mr. New and one man travelled to Williams Lake to meet a helicopter for use in the Nazko River area. Several years ago, horizontal control for mapping had been obtained over eight map-sheets in 93 B map area, but due to circumstances the vertical control had to be postponed. In a period of four days and 27 flying hours this was obtained. The control crew completed 136 working-days in the field and logged over 10,000 miles on each vehicle. Twenty-three half-sheets for the National Topographic Series, totalling approximately 2,733 square miles, were compiled in the Photogrammetric Section, in addition, eight more were prepared for early 1970. Bridging was completed in four full map-sheets, 93 M/13, 14, 15, 16 in the Babine area. There were 21 large scale projects ranging in scale from 40 to 1,320 feet to 1 inch, totalling approximately 666 square miles. The projects consist of ten for the Water Resources Service, five for the Department of Highways, one for the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, two for the Forest Service, one for the Department of Public Works, one for the Lands Service, and one for the Olympic Development Association. In addition, three more were bridged and are presently being compiled—Highland Valley for the Department of Mines, Hope to Merritt for the Department of Highways, and the townsite of McBride for the Fort George Regional Planning Board. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH BB 55 The Division is continuing the study of the use of ortho-photo mapping. Several of our senior officers attended a conference on the subject and discussed the latest equipment and machines with representatives of various companies. We were provided with prints for our appraisal and one company has offered use of its equipment. At the present it appears that the prime use for such maps would be for forest-inventory use. The Draughting Section reports the compilation of 31 standard topographic manuscripts at the scale of 2 inches to 1 mile. One hundred and sixty-two large-scale mapping plans at various scales were completed, as well as the plotting of the cadastral surveys on 47 Federal Government 1:50,000-scale manuscripts. Worthy of mention are the Libby Pondage project that is made up of 63 sheets at the scale of 200 feet to the inch, covering the Kootenay River from Bull River to the International Boundary, as well as the Squamish Valley project of 17 sheets at the same scale. The Gulf Islands were drawn at the scale of 1,320 feet to 1 inch, containing 12 sheets, which can be combined and reduced to produce single prints of a very popular boating area. One integrated survey plan was completed covering the City of Nelson, Integrated Survey Area No. 3, as well as a revision of the Integrated Survey Area No. 1 in the Municipality of Surrey. The Federal Government now has 142 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 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. Large-scale Mapping No. Name Scale Contour Interval No. of Sheets Date S.P. 1 S P 2 Goldfields l"-=200', 600' 1"=1,000' 1"=1,000' 1"=10 ch. 1"=13 ch. 1"= 100' 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 400' 1"= 400' 1"= 400' 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' Mosaic 5' to 50', then 50' 5' to 50', then 50' 50' 500' 5' 50' 20'-40' 10'-20' 20'^t0' 5' Spot heights 5'-10'-25' 5'-10'-25' Planimetric 20'-100' 20'-40' 20'-40' 50' 50' 20'-40' 20'-40' 2C-40' 50' 20' 20' 50' 20'^10' 18 20 13 1 1 38 •A 6 13 28 73 2 7 1 C1) 11 12 8 6 6 1 1 26 3 48 8 23 1957 S P 3 1958 E.P. 5 1951 EP. 7 1951 E.P. 8 EP 9 Moran Dam-site 1951-52 1952 EP 10 1952 E P. 14 1951 EP 15 1953 E.P. 17 EP 18 Agassiz 1953 1953 54 E.P. 19 Doukhobor lands— 1953 54 Krestova-Raspberry, etc. ... 1953-54 1963 E.P. 21 1954 E.P. 24 E.P. 28 M2 Clearwater 1954-55 M3 1955 M4 1955 M5 1955 M6 1955 M7 1955-56 M8 1956 M9 1956-62 Mil 1955 M12 1955 i See Map E.P. 17. BB 56 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Large-scale Mapping—Continued No. Name Scale Contour Interval No. of Sheets Date M13 M14 M15 M16 M17 M21 M24 M27 M29 M30 M34 M36 M37 M38 M39 (1957) M39 (1958) M40 M41 M42 M44 M45 M52 M54 M56 M59 M62 M63 M63A M66 M67 M68 M70 M73 M73 M74 M75 M76 M77 M88 M88 M89 M89 M90 M90a M90b M92 M98 M105 M107 M108 M109 Mill M113 M117 Ml 17 M118 M121 M122 M125 M126 M127 M129 M130 M131 Penticton-Osoyoos.- Kelowna— Westbank Lower McGregor River-. Creston-— Clearwater San Jose Peace River Pondage.. Naramata — Goat River Fruitvale Moose River— Mount Robson McLennan River Dease River Dam-sites _ Dease-Stikine Dam-sites - Chilliwack River.. Summit Lake Diversion - Peace River Dam-site— Prince George East Prince George 'Vest Kaslo Big Bar - Lac la Hache __ Eaglet Lake Alberni - Parsnip River Pondage Parsnip River Pondage Addition Glen Lake Chemainus River Hansard Lake Courtenay-Comox North Okanagan — North Okanagan - — GlinzLake Duncan Nanaimo Prince George South Okanagan _ South Okanagan - North Thompson North Thompson Similkameen Similkameen Similkameen _ Skeena River Aberdeen-Haddo Lake Clearwater Lake-Azure Lake Campbell River Kootenay River London Mountain (Whistler Mountain) _ Clearwater River Dam-site ..._ Nanaimo Liard River Liard River Dam-site... _. Nitinat - Winfield Stuart Lake Pondage Port Hardy Thompson River Parksville— AlezaLake McGregor River Pondage Long Lake V— 500' V— 500' 1"= 500' 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' 1"= 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"= 600' V-1,000' 1"= 600' 1"= 200' V— 200' 1"= 500' 1"=2,640' 1"= 500' 1"=-1,320' 1"= 500' 1"=1,320' 1"=1,000' 1"= 400' V— 400' 1"-= 1,320' 1"=1,320' 1"= 1,000' 1"= 500' 1"= 200' 1"= 500' \"= 500' 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' 1"=1,000' 300' 500' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 500' ■'= 500' 1"= 1,000' 1"= 1,000' 1"= 500' 1"= 200' 1"= 250' 1"= 500' 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"-= 500' 1"= 1,320' 1"= 100' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 40' 1"=1,000' 1"—1,320' 10' 10' 10' 20' 5'-10'-15' 20'^10' 10' 20' 10' Planimetric 10'-20' 20'^t0' 20'^10' 20'^t0' 20' 10' 20' 20' 20' 5' 5' 50' 100' 20' 20' 10' 20'-2,600', then 50' 20' 10' 10' 20' 25'-600', then 500'-2,000', then 100' 20' 10' 10' 10' and 20' 10' and 20' 20' 10' and 20' 20' 5' 20' 5' 5' 5' 20' 10' 50' 20' Planimetric 20' 5' 5'-10' 20' 10' 10' and 20' 10' and 20' 20' 2' and 4' 10'-20' 10' 2' 20' 50'-100' 11 5 2 7 6 20 8 11 2 4 2 4 5 3 9 7 3 10 2 8 17 1 10 2 2 98 5 10 4 3 10 48 5 1 25 20 17 11 5 5 15 9 19 24 il 4 6 5 12 3 4 8 68 7 7 4 9 4 3 4 1 6 4 1954 1954 1954 1956 1954 1955 1956 1958 1956 1956 1957 1957 1956-57 1956-57 1956-57 1959 1956 1959 1957 1958 1958 1959-60 1957 1958 1958 1958 1958-59 1961-63 1962 1958 1958 1958 1958 1959 1959 1959 1959 1960 1960-61 1963 1964-65 1960 1960 1961 1965 1966-67 1962 1960 1962 1961 1961 1961 1961 1963 1962 1962 1962 1961 1962 1962 1962 1965 1962 1962 1962 SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Large-scale Mapping—Continued BB 57 No. Name Scale Contour Interval No. of Sheets Date M134 1"=1,000' 1"=: 500' 1"= 500' 1"=1,000' 1"= 400' 1"= 500' 1"= 1,000' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 500' 1"= 600' 1"= 600' 1"=1,000' 1"= 100' 1"= 300' 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' 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' 1"= 1,000' 1"= 1,320' 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"= 200' 1"= 500' 1"= 200' 1"-=1,320' 1"= 400' 1"=: 400' 1"= 200' 20' 10' 25' 50' 10' 10' 25' and 50' 2' 5' 2C-50' 20' 20' 50' 2' and 5' 5' and 20' 5' 25'-2,500', then 50' 25'-50' 5' 10' 5' 10' 50' 5' 100' 5' and spot heights 50' 5' 5' 20' 10' 20'-100' 2' 5' 5' and spot heights 5' 25' 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' 100' 10' 10' 5' 4 7 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 23 1 1 8 24 1 1 31 3 2 1 9 4 4 10 2 3 1 27 1 21 6 53 4 4 3 2 5 3 6 1 5 9 31 28 7 1 11 1 1 9 24 9 2 16 17 3 3 12 2 1 1 1 2 63 1962 M135 M136 M138 M139 Quesnel Haney — Hobson Lake Extension 1963-65 1962 1962 1962 M142 M144 Kaleden 1963 1963 M151 1963 M152 1963 M155 M158 Sechelt 1964 1964 M160 M161 Ladysmith 1964 1964 M162 M163 Haney By-pass ( 2) 1964 1964 M164 M168 Saanich garbage disposal Peace River Pondage (Find- 1964 1965 M170 1965-66 M171 1965 M171 1965 M172 1965 M172 1965-66 M173 1965 M175 M176 M178 M179 Shuswap Canal Diversion Stewart Sparwood - 1965-66 1965 1965 1965 M180 M181 M182 Colwood-Langford Nemotode - 1967 1965 1968 (1968) M182 1965 M182 1965-66 Ml 86 M188 Revelstoke 1966 1966 M189 1966 M196 1966 M197 M198 M200 Hurley Pass(2) Peachland 1966-67 1966 1967 M201 M202 Archaeology 1966 1966-67 M204 1967 M205 1968 M210 M215 Kechika 1967 1967-68 M216 M217 Black Mountain Irrigation District - 1967 1967 M218 1967 M218 1967 M220 M222 M226 Floods-Hope (2 ) Sayward-Beaver Cove(2)_— 1968 1968 1968 M228 1967 M230 Peace River Dam-sites, C. and E 1968 M232 M233 Squamish — . 1969 1968 M233 M234 Jordan River 1968 1969 M236 M237 Copper Mountain 1968 1968 M238 1968 M238 1968 M242 M243 1968 M245 M249 Saanich Peninsula* 1969 * Compilation in process. 2 Restricted. J BB 58 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Large-scale Mapping—Continued No. Name Scale Contour Interval No. of Sheets Date M250 1"= 40' 1"= 100' 1"= 100' 1"= 100' 1"= 100' 1"=1,320' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 500' 1"=1,000' 1"= 1,000' 1"=1,000' 2' 2' 5' 5' 5' 50' 10' 10' 20' and 100' 20' 20' 4 2 2 3 1 1 1 1969 M249A M256 M256A M259 Wardner „. Flood Hope Addition(2) Flood Hope Addition^) Cowichan VJley Forest Mu- 1969 1969 1969 1969 M260 M261 M262 M263 M266 Highland Valley* Windermere Lake* McBride* Alta Lake* 1969 M269 1969 M270 Dease River* * Compilation in process. 2 Restricted. British Columbia Topographic Map Sheets Showing Dates of Field Surveys Sheet 82 F/3 82 F/4 _ 82 K/ll W. 82 K/12 82 L/7 82 L/10 82 M/13 83 D/4 83 D/5 83 D/12 83 D/13 W. 92 B/5 92 B/5 W.* 92 B/6 W 92 B/ll W. . 92 B/12* 92 B/13* --. 92 B/14* 92 C/8* , 92 C/9* . 92 C/10* .- 92 C/11E.* 92 C/13 E. . 92 C/14 Date .1951, 1960 ..1944, 1947 1952 1952 1958 1958 1959 1959 1959 92 C/14 E., part* 92 C/15* 92 C/16* 92 E/l E 92 E/7E -.- 92 E/8 92 E/9 92 E/10 -- 92 E/14 92 E/16 92 F/l* 92 F/2* 92 F/2, part* . 92 F/3 - 92 F/4 92 F/5 92 F/6 92 F/7* - - 92 F/7, part* 92 F/8 92 F/8 part* 92 F9 92 F/10 92 F/l 1 92 F/12 92 F/13 1959, 1960 1960 _1937, 1938, 1955 1963 1955 1955 _ 1963 1963 1951 -1937, 1938, 1963 ..1937, 1938, 1963 ..1937, 1938, 1965 1938, 1965 . 1938 1938 1965 1965 ..1963, 1965 1942 1946 ,1946 ..1943, ..1938, 1940, 1947 1947 1948 1947 _ 1965 ..1938, 1940, 1942 1965 .1938,1940, 1941 1942 ..1937,1938, 1943 1938, 1940^13 1940-43 1965 ..1942, 1943, 1950 1965 1950 1950,1953 1934, 1935 1936-38 1935, 1936 part part Sheet 92 F/14 .... 92 F/15 E., 92 F/16E.. 92 G/4* _ 92 G/5 92 G/7, part .. 92 G/10, part 92 G/ll 92 G/12 92 G/13 92 G/14 92 H/l 92 H/2 92 H/3 92 H/4 92 1/12 92 1/13 92 J/15 92 J/16 Date 1935 1950 1950 1963, 1965 ..1950, 1952 1940 1940 1952 .1950, 1952 .1950, 1952 1952 .1920, 1923, 1950 -1923, 1949 .1924, 1931, 1948, 1949 1948,1956 1958 1958 92 K/l E., part . 92 K/2W.* 92 K/3 92 K/4 92 K/5 92 K/6 92 K7* 92 L/l 92 L/2 92 L/3 92 L/4 92 L/6 92 L/7 92 L/8 92 L/10 92 L/l1 92 L/12 92 L/13 92 M/3 92 M/4 92 M/5 92 N/1 92 N/7 92 N/8 92 N/9 _.. 92 N/10 92 N/15 92 O/l 92 0/2 92 0/3 ..1948, 1949 .1948, 1949 1950 1961 1949 1949 1949 1949 1961 1932 ..1931, 1932 1948 . 1948 ..1931, 1934, 1940 1931 1931,1932 ..1931,1940, 1956 1940 ..1935, 1936 1936 1959 1959 1959 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1950 1947 1958 * Compilation in process. t Field survey completed. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH BB 59 British Columbia Topographic Map Sheets Showing Dates of Field Surveys—Continued Sheet 92 0/4 92 0/5 92 0/6 ..... 92 0/7 ... 92 0/8 92 0/9 -- 92 O/10 ... 92 O/ll ... 92 0/12 ... 92 0/16 ... 92 P/2 92 P/3 92 P/4 92 P/5 92 P/6 92 P/7 92 P/10 - 92 P/ll . 92 P/12 ... 92 P/13 - 92 P/14 . 92 P/15 ... 92 P/16 ... 93 A/1* ._ 93 A/2* .. 93 A/3 93 A/4 __. 93 A/5 __. 93 A/6 ..... 93 A/7* . 93 A/8* . 93 A/9* . 93 A/10* 93 A/11 ... 93 A/12 . 93 A/13 ... 93 A/14 . 93 A/15* 93 A/16* 93 B/l ..... 93 B/6* ... 93 B/7* _. 93 B/8 ..... 93 B/9 93 B/9W.* . 93 B/10* 93 B/ll* 93 B/12* 93 B/13* 93 B/14* _ 93 B/15* 93 B/16 93 B/16W.* 93 C/5 93 D/7 E 93 D/8 93 G/2 93 G/3 93 G/4 93 G/5 93 G/6 93 G/7 93 G/10 93 G/ll 93 G/12 93 G/14 93 1/8 93 1/9 93 1/10 93 1/11 93 1/12 93 1/13 93 1/14 Date ...1958 ...1958 ..1958 .1950, 1958 1950 1951 1958 1958 ..1958 1951 1959 1959 1958 1958 1959 1959 1959 1959 .1958 1958 1959 1959 ....1959 1959 .1936, 1959, 1960 1959, 1960 1959 1935 1935 ..1936, 1959, 1960 1959 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 1959 1958 .1958, 1959 1933,1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 .1933, 1960 1960 1960 1960 1948 1956 1956 1956 1957 1957 1957 1957 Sheet 93 1/15 Date 1956 93 1/16 1956 93 J/2 1949 93 J/3 1949 93 J/5 1961 93 J/6 1961 93 J/11 1961 93 J/12 1961 93 J/13 1961 93 K/l ...1946 93 K/2 1946 93 K/7 ...I960 93 K/8 1960 93 K/9 1960 93 K/10 1960 93 K/ll 1961 93 K/12 1961 93 K/13 1961 93 K/14 1961 93 K/l5 1961 93 K/16 . 1961 93 L/2 1951 93 L/7 1951 93 L/8 1951 93 L/9 . „ 1951 93 L/10 . 1950, 1951 93 L/l1 1950 93 L/14 1950 93 L/l5 1962 93 L/16 ..1962 93 M/l 1962 93 M/2 1QS-, 93 M/5 1949 93 M/7 1963 93 M/8 _ 1963 93 M/9 1963 93 M/10 1963 93 M/ll ... 1963 93 M/l2 _ 1949 93 M/13* 1963 93 M/14* 1963 93 M/15* 1963 93 M/16* 1963 93 N/1* 1962 93 N/2* 1962 93 N/3* .1962 93 N/4* 1962 93 N/5* 1962 93 N/6* 1962 93 N/7* 1962 93 N/8* . -- _ 1962 93 N/9* 1962 93 N/10* 196? 93 N/11* 1962 93 N/12* 1962 93 O/l 1957 93 0/4* 1961 93 0/5* 1961 93 0/6 - 1957 93 0/8 1957 93 O/ll 1957 93 0/12 1957 93 0/13 — 1957 93 0/14 1957 93 P/l 1956 93 P/2 1956 93 P/3 1957 93 P/4 .1957 93 P/5 1957 93 P/6 1957 93 P/7 . ... . .1956 93 P/8 .... .. . 1956 94 B/4 1939, 1957 * Compilation In Process. t Field survey completed. BB 60 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES British Columbia Topographic Map Sheets Showing Dates of Field Surveys—Continued Date ...1939 .1963 ...1963 ...1963 ...1963 ...1963 1963 1963 1963 1939 1939 .1940, 1941 1941 -1935,1937 . 1935-37 1937 Sheet 94 C, part . 94 D/l* - 94 D/2* .... 94 D/3* _ 94 D/4* ... 94 D/5* — 94 D/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 1936, 1937 102 P/8 E 1961 102 P/9 E 1961 102 P/16 1961 103 A/1 _ 1961 103 A/2 E. 1961 103 A/8 1961 103 A/9 1961 103 A/13 E 1961 103 G/l E 1961 103 G/7 E. 1961 103 G/8 1961 103 G/9 —.1961 103 G/10 E. 1961 103 G/15 E 1961 103 G/16 1961 103 H/3 1961 103 H/4 1961 103 H/5 1961 103 H/6 1961 103 1/2 1949 103 1/7 1948 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* 104 A/5 E 104 A/5 W.* 104 A/6 104 A/7* 104 A/8» 104 A/10* 104 A/11 E.* 104 A/11 W. 104 A/12 104 A/13 E.* 104 A/13 W. 104 A/14* .... 104 A/15* 104 B/l* 104 B/6* 104 B/7* 104 B/8* ...1967 —1950 —1967 ...1950 —1967 —1967 —1967 —1967 ...1951 ....1951 —1967 ...1951 —1967 —1967 —1967 —1967 ....1967 ...1967 Sheet Date 104 B/9* 1967 104 B/10 * 1967 104 B/ll* _ 1967 104 B/12 E.* 1967 104 B/12 W.* 1966 104 B/13 E.* ...1965 104 B/13 W.* 1966 104 B/14* 1965 104 B/15 * _ 1965 104 B/16 1951 104 G/l —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/5W. * 1966 104 G/6 * 1965 104 G/7* 1965 104 G/8 _ 1951 104 G/9 1951 104 G/10* 1966 104 G/ll* 1966 104 G/12* 1966 104 G/13 _ 1966 104 G/14 1951 104 G/15 1951 104 G/16 — 1951 104 H/lf 1969 104 H/2t _ 1969 104 H/3t _ 1969 104 H/4t 1969 104 H/5t 1969 104 H/6t 1969 104 H/7f 1969 104 H/8t 1969 104 H/9t 1969 104 H/lOt 1969 104 H/llf 1969 104 H/12 E.t 1969 104 H/12 W.t '- 1951, 1969 104 H/13 E.t 1969 104 H/13 W.t 1951,1969 104 H/14t 1969 104 H/15t 1969 104 H/16t — 1969 104 J/2 W 1952 104 J/3 1952 104 J/4 1952 104 J/5 _ 1952 104 J/12 1952 104 J/13 ._ 1952 104 K/16 E 1952, 1953 104 N/1 1952, 1953 104 N/2 1953 104 N/3 E 1953 104 N/5 1952 104 N/6 1952, 1953 104 N/7 W 1953 104 N/7 E., part 1953 104 N/11 W. 1952 104 N/12 1952 104 N/13 1952 104 P, part 1941 104 P/15 1941 * Compilation In Process. t Field Survey Completed. „ HH ' './ m J ''M - ■ * f ft. H < a V* :lif;it , tfBI s *. * ■ ;OM!fff|.. ;> , ?':" u c "9 x iifsf'*" liStiiiS'lSsftliStlljiSl JaJii ' S".■f^* * '^j* 'B, < wt".* V' '.* :-"W^BlSiiiM o i .? :::;.:■::: ■:.:!: -. . .;' ■ ■ ' | ::.. i ,-^7 5 CS OJj 3 « . ** ' m'fim fSl /w? ft,^y c Sp::p.U* . t:«.;s:.::/':. iStSjllf life *> ■ir-Tf *' ' • "■ ^ "5 1 !|ff' -/ .'M'''■■'■'"■•':'.?ri!**^^^ j ts -IK :.', II'. . .-.::'-:i?!SS|6ilili • ■ / \ J ' t; - 8 S-: .-.-S li>* »:" "■>■'•„ •#7 -i ">*'. > '3 c 3 o 2 p ■tt-1!"/ 4 3 Ah 1 ,1 . -t' . 1 Ui '§" CO ■J3 o i m ■■ ^ 'm Is ^•jjXb.rfBA '" !-.?■" * '■"■■ | ' i ■*£ * ^te " »-"- t>- V ...:. ¥ , a 0 •a a a Ih lITl fi; <U :.";,;. :v. ... ■ . . . ■ m ■ HSfrH , ■ -.' Y '•* 1 V:;';^ '" . K"- Is 5 8 oo cS ^■: 3 sSI. » '»S ! ■::■::■■' . \- fii;;. ■ :; ■ m ' ■ ■ ■ ■ . ::..':..., :7 . . ."■ . :.. ' Jf ■ P'"",!' .;■ :. . '?■ " ■•■\H V - "%i ^fZf:^^-^f^tf^WiM^''';^. . . -i: '^:-w BB 62 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION W. R. Young, Chief, B.C.L.S. The Geographic Division distributed a record number of maps during 1969, the cumulative 12-month total of 149,421 being an increase of 16.5. per cent over 1968. Although the number of maps edited and reproduced was slightly lower than the previous year, seven were completely new compilations, compared with only two in 1968. Except for a very small part of National Topographic Block 82 in South-eastern British Columbia, which will be covered on a forthcoming map, full land status coverage is now available south of 55° N. latitude. Including the Man- son River sheet (93 N) which was added in 1969, three maps are also available for the belt between the 55th and 56th parallels and work is under way on two other status sheets north of 55° N. latitude in North-eastern British Columbia. In the decade since 1960, 30 new sheets at 1:250,000 or 1 inch to 2 miles scale have been added to the inventory of Provincial land status maps and another 32 sheets revised or recompiled. The rate of staff turn-over was comparable to that of most recent years. Two appointments were made to fill vacancies arising out of the retirement of one clerk and resignation of a draughtsman. As listed in Table H, four of the new or completely revised status maps, namely Fort Fraser (93 K) and Smithers (93 L) at 1:250,000 scale and Tulameen (92 H/NE) and Princeton (92 H/SE) at 1 inch to 2 miles were third status editions of these areas, which is a good indication of the popularity of Provincial status maps for use by the general public and Government departments. The continuing strong interest in this series is reflected by the reprinting of another four sheets, Upper Kettle River (82E/NE), Kelowna (82E/NW), Cranbrook (82 G/NW-NE), and Merritt (92I/SE), without revision to replace stocks depleted by demand. At the end of the year, 17 maps were in various stages of preparation (see Table J). Of this total, ten will be printed at 1 inch to 2 miles scale and three at 1:250,000 scale, all with status information. Other forthcoming maps include a reprinting of sheet 1 J (British Columbia) and 1 D (North-eastern British Columbia) and new maps 3 R (Fort Nelson, land status) and P.S.G.-3 (Western Garibaldi Park). Completion of Mount Assiniboine (82 J/NW) will completely fill in the 1 inch to 2 miles series south of the 51st parallel and east of the 122nd meridian. The Pitt River, Squamish, Bridge River, and Pemberton maps will replace current coverage at 1:250,000 scale for areas where land development is increasing in intensity and status is becoming more difficult to show at the smaller scale. Late in 1968, Federal mapping agencies instituted a new policy of producing 1:50,000 National Topographic maps as single sheets rather than east halves and west halves. Table I of this Division's report and Index 14 in the Index to Published Maps in the envelope attached to the back cover of this Lands Service Annual Report show all new 1:50,000 map-sheets in the joined format. Stocks of 16 full sheets and 42 half sheets, published by the Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa, were received, including two Provincial sheets, Canim Lake (92 P/15) and Mahood Lake (92 P/16) and another eight were awaited at the end of the year. By the end of 1969, lithographed maps at 1:50,000 scale covered about one-half of the Province compared with only one-third 10 years earlier. Table K shows that another 59 Provincial topographic manuscripts were awaiting publication in Ottawa at the end of the year. These will fill in several gaps on Index 14. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH BB 63 A total of 66 map-sheets was checked for place names and 233 new gazetteer cards were filed. An average of nearly 39 letters was received and acted upon each working-day of the year. Besides the rising inflow of correspondence, direct sales of maps through the map distribution office also continued to grow steadily. Two field parties completed culture checks for sheets 92 G/NW, 92 G/NE, and 92 I/SW on the Lower Mainland and 82 F/SW, 82 E/NE, and 82 E/NW in the Southern Interior. All of these map-sheets were in various stages of production by the end of 1969. Among the special jobs carried out for other Departments and the public (see Table F) were a revised edition of the British Columbia Air Facilities Chart for the British Columbia Aviation Council; a special map of Northern Vancouver Island showing transportation routes, for the Minister of Municipal Affairs; preparation of maps for the " Survey '69 " air tour through British Columbia, for the Minister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources; checking, rewriting, and preparing maps of polling divisions for the 1969 Provincial Election for the Chief Electoral Officer; complete revision of Industrial Map of Metropolitan Area and Lower Mainland of British Columbia for Department of Industrial Development, Trade, and Commerce; preparing legal descriptions by metes and bounds of four changes to eight school districts for the Department of Education, and the Land Recording Districts of Fort Nelson and Fort St. John for the Lands Branch; inscribing 85 certificates for presentation to civil servants of 25 years' service and preparing place cards for two luncheons. The Trigonometric Control Section made least-square adjustments for seven localities, using the " Cosmos " computer programme and three localities under the " Bride " programme. The number of triangles or traverse stations involved in all 10 projects totalled 1,240. A tabular summary of this work is given in Tables A, B,and C. For the first time, all 11 land series bulletins were reprinted during a single year. Minor revisions were done on Bulletins 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 1.0, and 11, while Bulletin No. 4 (Vancouver Island) was reprinted without revision. A completely revised text of Bulletin Area No. 6 (Kamloops) was sent to the Queen's Printer. At the end of 1969, the text of a revised second edition of Bulletin Area No. 1 (Kootenay) was also in hand. The research officer made a field trip to the Prince Rupert-Smithers Bulletin Area to gather information for a revised second edition of Bulletin No. 8. New sub-area maps and fold-out maps were completed for all bulletins and these will appear in future reprintings. Other research work included preparation of a text and maps for the " Survey '69 " aerial tour from Castlegar to Whitehorse, and lectures at the Department of Travel Industry Tourist Counsellors' course in Vancouver. 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. BB 64 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES STATISTICAL COMPUTATIONS Table A.—Least-square Adjustments by " Cosmos " Completed Net Locality Type of Bearings Number of Triangles or Traverse Stations Involved True True True True True True True 40 Tweedsmuir Park area _ 150 103 35 Atlin and Watson Lakes areas 40 86 Canadian Hydrographic Service- 107 Table B.—Least-square Adjustments by " Bride " Completed Net Locality Type of Bearings Number of Triangles or Traverse Stations Involved Grid Grid Grid 248 132 299 Table C.—Records 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Index cards— New Old (rewritten)- Total on file.. Requests for control attended to.. 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 3,088 1,375 43,068 495 Well-site surveys checked during 1969, 166. Table D.—Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 22 6,090 277 93 5,584 402 85 11,428 440 48 13,018 314 49 4,754 260 66 Number of names checked - — 6,835 233 SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Table E.—Map Stock and Distribution BB 65 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 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 12,311 149,421 178,386 $91,633.29 Table F.—Geographic Work for Other Departments and Public 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 19 $5,213 20 $4,460 23 $4,307 22 $2,927.13 28 $1,612.36 23 $5,113.65 Table G.—Letters 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Letters received and attended to 8,469 7,297 8,007 9,481 9,044 9,729 Table H.—Maps Prepared and Reproduced by the Geographic Division, Victoria, during 1969 Map No. Name Scale Remarks If Ifl 3e 92L/102I 92 N 93 F 93 K 93 L 93 N 103 H 92 H/NE 92 H/SE lFLS 82 E/NE 82 E/NW 82 G/NW-NE 92I/SE New Editions West Central British Columbia (planimetric). West Central British Columbia (iandforms) Peace River Alert Bay (first status edition) _ Mount Waddington (first status edition).. Nechako River (second status edition) Fort Fraser (third status edition) Smithers (third status edition) _ Manson River (first status edition) Douglas Channel (second status edition).. Tulameen (third status edition) Princeton (third status edition) Reprints West Central British Columbia (special). Upper Kettle River (first status edition) — Kelowna (second status edition) Cranbrook (first status edition) Merritt (second status edition) 1 in. to 10 mi. 1 in. to 10 mi. 1 in. to 4 mi. 1:250,000 1:250,000 1:250,000 1:250,000 1:250,000 1:250,000 1:250,000 1 in. to 2 mi. 1 in. to 2 mi. 1 in. to 10 mi. 1 in. to 2 mi. 1 in. to 2 mi. 1 in. to 2 mi. 1 in. to 2 mi. Reprint, complete revision. Reprint, complete revision. Land status revision only. New, seven colours, contoured. New, seven colours, contoured. Reprint, complete revision. New, seven colours, contoured. Reprint, complete revision. New, seven colours, contoured. New, seven colours, contoured. New, seven colours, contoured. New, seven colours, contoured. Reprint, no revision. Reprint, no revision. Reprint, no revision. Reprint, no revision. Reprint, no revision. BB 66 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table I.—Provincial Government Topographic Manuscripts Prepared and Reproduced at 1:50,000 Scale by the Canadian Government, Ottawa, during 1969 Map No. Name Map No. Name 92 P/15 Canim Lake (first edition). 92 P/16 Mahood Lake (first edition). Table J.—Maps Being Prepared by the Geographic Division, Victoria, during 1969 Map No. Name Scale Remarks U In 92 K/92 J (W) 93 D/103A 93 P 82 E/N.E. 82 E/NW 82 E/SE 82 F/SW 82 J/NW 92 G/NE 92 G/NW 921/SE 92 J/NE 92 J/SE 3R P.S.G. 3 British Columbia, post offices, roads, etc North Eastern British Columbia _ Bute Inlet (third status edition) Bella Coola (third status edition)— _ Dawson Creek (first status edition) Upper Kettle River (second status edition) Kelowna (third status edition) Grand Forks (second status edition) Trail (second status edition) Mount Assiniboine (first status edition) Pitt River (first status edition) Squamish (first status edition) _ Merritt (third status edition) Bridge River (first status edition) Pemberton (first status edition) Fort Nelson (land status edition) Western Garibaldi Park - in. to 30 mi in. to 10 mi 1:250,000 1:250,000 1:250,000 in. to 2 mi. in. to 2 mi. in. to 2 mi. in. to 2 mi. in. to 2 mi. in. to 2 mi. in. to 2 mi. in. to 2 mi. in. to 2 mi. in. to 2 mi. in. to 1 mi. in. to 1 mi. In lithography. In compilation. In compilation. In compilation. In draughting. In compilation. In compilation. In draughting. In draughting. In draughting. In draughting. In draughting. In compilation. In draughting. In compilation. In draughting. In draughting. Table K.—Provincial Government Topographic Manuscripts Being Prepared at 1:50,000 Scale by the Canadian Government, Ottawa, during 1969 Map No. Name Map No. Name 83D/4 Murtle Lake (first edition). 93 K/ll Cunningham Lake (first edition) . 83D/5 Angus Home Lake (first edition). 93 K/12 Pendleton Bay (first edition). 83 D/12 Azure River (first edition). 93 K/13 Tochcha Lake (first edition). 83 D/13W Kiwa Creek (first edition). 93 K/14 Trembleur Lake (first edition). 92 0/3 Warner Pass (first edition). 93 K/15 Inzana Lake (first edition). 92 0/4 Tchaikazan River (first edition). 93 K/16 Tezzeron Creek (first edition). 92 0/5 Mount Tatlow (first edition). • 93 L/15 Driftwood Creek (first edition). 92 0/6 Nadila Creek (first edition). 93 L/16 Fulton Lake (first edition). 92 0/7 Churn Creek (first edition). 93 M/l Old Fort Mountain (first edition). 92 O/10 Gaspard Creek (first edition). 93M/2 Harold Price Creek (first edition). 92 O/ll Big Creek (first edition). 93M/7 Netalzul Mountain (first edition). 92 0/12 Elkin Creek (first edition). 93M/8 Nakinilerak Lake (first edition). 92 P/2 Criss Creek (first edition). 93M/9 Bulkley House (first edition). 92 P/3 Loon Lake (first edition). 93 M/10 Nilkitkwa River (first edition). 92 P/6 Green Lake (first edition). 93 M/ll Gunanoot Lake (first edition). 92 P/7 Bridge Lake (first edition). 102 P/9E-8E Calvert Island (first edition). 92 P/10 Deka Lake (first edition). 102 P/16 Hunter Island (first edition). 92 P/ll 100 Mile House (first edition). 103 A/1-2E Bella Bella (first edition). 92 P/14 Lac la Hache (first edition). 103 A/8 Spiller Channel (first edition). 93 A/3 Murphy Lake (first edition). 103 A/9 Roderick Island (first edition). 93 A/4 150 Mile House (first edition). 103 G/8-1E Banks Island (first edition). 93 J/5 Great Beaver Lake (first edition). 103 G/9 McCauley Island (first edition). 93 J/6 Youngs Creek (first edition). 103 G/10E-7E Griffith Harbour (first edition). 93 J/11 Weedon Lake (first edition). 103 G/15E Kitkatla Inlet (first edition). 93 J/12 Carrier Lake (first edition). 103 G/16 Oona River (first edition). 93 J/13 Salmon Lake (first edition). 103 H/3 Gil Island (first edition). 93K/7 Shass Mountain (first edition). 103H/4-A/13E Trutch Island (first edition). 93K/8 Fort St. James (first edition). 103 H/5 Port Stephens (first edition). 93K/9 Pinchi Lake (first edition). 103 H/6 Hartley Bay (first edition). 93 K/10 Stuart Lake (first edition). "--^r^.^:.;<,v-..i;V>. »»,:*...,«; *.-?, ■ ■■-■ ;<?&% - * :■ ;*•*? «fe"— 6* \?v •■ • -■ .1, - :<. *-*«'-. , . . ■ #r«rif „• ■ ' . ' ~. ••,-«•"..-•,.-',• V J. - *. Ii ^■^■'^ -^ri^KkS^''^-i. Village of Fort St. James, May, 1969. Pacific Great Eastern Railway right-of-way at top of photo. BB 68 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES AIR DIVISION E. R. McMinn, B.A., B.A.Sc, D.L.S., B.C.L.S., P.Eng. The acquisition of air photographs reached a new high of 40,000 prints despite a season of unusual weather; a highlight of air operations this year was the lease for two months of a Lear Jet for air photography. During the year a 40-per-cent increased demand for air photos developed, and over one-quarter million prints were produced. In map compilation, our arrangements with the Forest Inventory Division were redefined so that we will now produce finished planimetric sheets giving the original to them and retaining a 20-chain master and a 40-chain reduction from which we can quickly produce the very useful 40- chain series. Our output with present staff for lay downs and for compilation and draughting will be four hundred 20-chain sheets per year. Several changes were made in equipment, and especially in methods, to increase production in the airphoto unit, the laydown section, and the compilation and draughting sections. At the start of a new decade, the Division is in good condition to take part in the work of the 70's, which will be the air photography, survey control, and mapping of the northern half of the Province where the mining and forestry industries are already pressing into the wilderness. FLYING OPERATIONS Some camera unserviceability was experienced with the Zeiss camera during a period of heavy flying in June. The problem was a breakdown in a main-drive motor and in a blower motor; however, replacements were obtained with no loss of photography, and spare motors of each type are now stocked in our Instrument Shop. Again this year Highways Department provided one pilot and the Division hired one for the six-month season. For the leased aircraft a pilot, co-pilot, and engineer were hired and the navigator and photographer were provided from our staff. This Lear Jet aircraft has a top speed of 600 m.p.h., a range of 1,200 miles, and will climb at 5,000 feet per minute with a ceiling of 48,000 feet. Operationally, in 100 hours' flying-time there was no unserviceability and, apart from a new battery, no field maintenance was required. A feature of the aircraft was its high speed and all-weather IFR capability; the crew could be on photography at the limits of the Province within one hour and 40 minutes out of Victoria. The jet was vibration free and the camera leveling mount was bolted to the air frame; there were no stability problems; course corrections were almost instantaneous. Ferry trips were made at the optimum ceiling 35,000 feet and the aircraft descended to 20,000 feet, where photography was carried out at 400 m.p.h. The Zeiss navigation sight, after modification, was perfectly matched to this unexcelled photographic airplane. Both Beechcraft continued to function well. CF-BCE had an engine change at the end of August and also developed a leaking gas tank late in the season, which will be repaired during the annual winter maintenance period. With the exception of a bright clear 10-day period in early June, photographic weather was not favourable, and in the northern latitudes almost non-existent in the mid-summer months. As a consequence, the utilization in July and August of the Lear aircraft in the northern area was limited; it did, however, accomplish large blocks of revision photography in the south. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH BB 69 A record accomplishment was achieved during the 10-day period already mentioned during which the two Beechcraft flew a total of 140 hours and took some 15,500 photographs. Total hours flown 677:40 Total square miles photographed 67,080 Total number of photographs 39,558 Photography was completed all or in part for 106 out of a total of 120 projects. With the greatly increased service ceiling of the jet, some 1 mile to 1 inch photography was done in the Peace River area and 1 mile and one-half to 1 inch photography was done on the Lower Mainland and southern Vancouver Island with success. In last year's report it was stated that the northern part of the Province has the least amount of photographic weather. This fact was vividly portrayed this year when in the Dease Lake-Stikine area, between the middle of June and the beginning of September, there were only two part-days when it was clear enough to undertake photography. It is evident that if this part of the Province is to be covered with new photography within the time period originally outlined, it can only be done with high-speed aircraft in order to get into the area quickly and to achieve the maximum production possible during the limited duration of clear weather. For complete air-photo coverage of the Province, the reader is referred to Key Maps 15 to 18 contained in envelope attached to back cover of this Annual Report. PROCESSING The 1969 season began in March when 12 rolls of film were exposed. April was a month of poor weather and no further photography was taken until early May. A total of 173 air films, including 10 colour films, was exposed during the season. Early May saw the installation of the Kodak Versamat film processor. This processor handles film of all sizes from 16 mm. up to 9Vi inches in rolls and sheet film from 4 by 5 to 11 by 14 inches. After a two-week working-in period, good results were obtained on all our air film. Prints on a waterproof-base paper are also very quickly and efficiently handled in this processor, one feature being that prints end up in the basket in order, doing away with the necessity of hand sorting afterwards. This feature applies only to orders for complete rolls, small one or two-print orders having to be separated by hand, although they are in sequence. The flight information is shown automatically on all prints, including the date of exposure which has eliminated the manual chore of date-stamping on the back of each print. The month of April showed a drop in production. This was due to the need for a complete rewiring of the Process Laboratory to accommodate the installation of the Versamat automatic processor. After a three-day period endeavouring to keep production going while allowing the electricians to do their work, it was decided to shut down completely for four days. As a result, a new power supply was also installed, controlled from a central panel, a great improvement. Also in the month of May a night shift was instituted for a period of three weeks. A three-man crew began work at 4.30 p.m. and continued until 12 p.m. to cut down some of the tremendous backlog of small print orders for public use. The month ended with a total of over 27,600 prints. The use of the Versamat processor and waterproof prints had a great deal to do with this record output. An overtime shift for two weeks during the month of July and the use of the Versamat for print processing again showed a substantial increase in production. The total for the month of July was 28,995. BB 70 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Two of the junior personnel left at the end of July and two more, one a female assistant, were taken on. A second female employee started in September, but left in November. November 12th saw the unexpected loss of a long-time member of the Process Laboratory staff. CD. Hobson died suddenly, having been one of the staff for 20 years. One of the electronic printers was practically out of operation for 10 days during November. The loss of one of these printers for only a few days as well as the loss of a skilled man has quite an effect on the month's production figures, which dropped to a low of 14,000 prints. The year ended with a total of 253,027 prints. COMPILATION The 1969 harvest of air photography for Forest Inventory mapping was 20,000 first-priority prints and 5,000 second-priority prints. The photography from the Fontas area of North-eastern British Columbia came in early May, giving the compilation section a running start in its attempt to produce 600 compiled map-sheets for the Forestry Inventory Division. Photography from the other areas came in at a steady rate through the season and although the Botanie area was not included in the programme until September, it was completed by October. In an effort to produce 600 map-sheets in the 1969/70 season, the Compilation Section has streamlined its procedure; the raying-in process has been eliminated and, in place of duplicate photos, the originals will be given to the Forestry crews for all areas that can be mapped by April of each year. Full use is being made of all existing mapping and by December 31st all 19,500 first-priority photos were through the template laydown stage and approximately 325 maps were detail- plotted. At the present time, mapping personnel are being diverted from laydown to detail plotting. Considering all aspects of 1969, it has been a most successful and productive year. 1969 ends with 5,000 second-priority photos on hand; therefore, the Compilation Section has a good start. Two problems must be faced in 1970—first, the vast areas to be mapped have virtually no control, a major problem for this section, and second, the Division continues to lose senior mapping personnel. These people cannot be replaced from the outside and the past turnover of junior personnel increases the problem of in-service training. DRAUGHTING The Draughting Office has completed another productive year; the regular duties pertaining to the mapping of some 15,000 square miles for the Forest Inventory Division were interspersed with many special and interesting assignments. For the Timberland Appraisers of the Taxation Branch, the redrawing of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Land Grant was undertaken at a scale of 20 chains to 1 inch, with its complicated process of fitting and adjusting the existing cadastral surveys to the newly surveyed and alienated blocks. To facilitate this request, four university students were recruited for the summer months to allow experienced personnel to proceed with this exacting work. A separate drawing office was borrowed to accommodate the students; trained under a capable supervisor, their contribution was notable. By using the skills of photogrammetry and mapping, the Draughting Office was able to provide answers to several problems presented by the Lands Branch in matters of land accretion, the proposed subdivision of Crown lands, pinpointing the SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH BB 71 position of lots on aerial photographs, and the computing of areas with irregular boundaries. Because the requirements for lot compilation are decreasing as the Forest Inventory Division moves into Northern British Columbia, and because changes in the mapping procedure have been effective, there has been an increase of 65 per cent in the number of control sheets handled by the Draughting Office. Another 37 map-sheets were produced at 40 chains to 1 inch by means of reducing the newer 20-chain sheets as a quick means of revising the original 40-chain sheets. Several mosaics were prepared; there is an increasing demand for this method of presenting air-photo information. New employees and students continue to visit the Air Division for purposes of orientation and education; although this is a time-consuming process, it appears to be extremely worth while. This year the visitors included the engineering students of the Royal Roads Cadets, a fourth-year class of engineering students of the Faculty of Foresty at the University of British Columbia, a class of senior-secondary students from a Duncan high school, the map-draughting students from the Vocational School in Victoria, and the recent employees of the Forest Service, together with employees of the Forest Engineering Section. In the same theme, members of this office contributed to an informative lecture on the use of aerial photographs at various city schools. 20-chain Control and Compilation by Map-sheets, 1969 Botanie - . Compilation Control 9 Kingcome 85 Nicola - - - - _ _ - - - 34 Stuart Lake 51 181 E. & N. ... 87 Lakelse - 11 Moberly , ___ _ - 17 21 Kotcho ___ 166 Fontas _ __ ____ 23 149 Vancouver 4 5 Totals 95 748 INSTRUMENT-SHOP The Instrument-shop completed 107 projects during the year. These projects include design, construction, and maintenance of equipment used for field work, photographic processing, and mapping. Successful completion of such a wide variety of tasks speaks well for the versatility, ingenuity, and technical competence of the shop staff. Field Equipment A navigation sight, identical to the one designed and built in this shop a few years ago for survey aircraft CF-BCD, was constructed for CF-BCE. While on the subject of navigation sights it is interesting to note that the new Zeiss NT-1 navigation sight was modified for use in a pressurized aircraft. In order to do this it was necessary to find a method which would provide the required pressure-seal, and then carry out this work as well as designing a vacuum tank so the pressure-seal could BB 72 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES be tested. The operational problems were condensation, icing (at 50,000 feet the outside air temperature was in the order of —64° F.), and the 7 p.s.i. pressure differential. The sight was shortened, sealed at both ends, and filled with dry nitrogen. Both sights performed well during the field season this year. The camera mount which was leased with the Lear Jet broke very early in the field season, so this shop was called upon to make emergency repairs to the mount. Annual preventive maintenance was carried out on the Division's four aerial cameras. Out of 18 pairs of binoculars evaluated or repaired for the Forest Service, 12 pairs were found to be uneconomical to repair and six pairs were adjusted or repaired. Also for the Forest Service, new mounts for the 70-mm. Linhof cameras were fabricated on the helicopter boom. The new mounts were required so that the Linhof cameras could be removed from the boom and replaced without loss of relative orientation. Photographic Processing Equipment The main feature was the purchase by the Air Division of a Kodak Versamat continuous processor. This shop was responsible for the planning and modification of the Process Laboratory in preparation for the installation of this processor. It also worked closely with the Photographic staff for the initial sensitometry and operation of the machine. In addition to the just-mentioned modifications, the shop participated in the upgrading of the facilities in the enlarging room by designing new stainless-steel processing and washing sinks and by building a carriage-type support for the new vacuum easel. Stainless-steel racks for processing Va -inch-thick glass plates were built for use in the Process Laboratory. As noted in last year's Annual Report, the production of 35-mm. diapositives from aerial negatives was temporarily discontinued because of a lack of suitable equipment. A recommendation, outlining a method and the equipment required to do this job, was submitted by the shop; subsequently, the equipment was purchased, assembled into a working unit, and delivered to the Process Laboratory. Maintenance of the two electronic photographic printers proved to be rather time-consuming this year. Five hundred and eighty-three man-hours were devoted to this task during the year; however, one or the other of the printers were actually out of service for approximately one-quarter of this time. A spare amplifier was assembled to facilitate isolation of electrical faults and thus reduce lost printing time. The electrical problem with the pressure-plate lifting system in the F.F.3 Projection Printer, which was indicated in last year's Annual Report, was rectified in March of this year and no further trouble has been reported. This enlarger was fitted with an Aristo cold-light source in July of this year. Modification of aerial camera instrument boxes, design of a series of electronic printer masks, and design and construction of special annotation equipment were the Instrument-shop's part in implementing a decision to remove the necessity for stamping the date of photography and "All rights reserved " on the reverse side of each print. Because of a reallocation of space in the basement next to the Process Laboratory, a large amount of new storage space was required for paper and chemicals within the Process Laboratory itself. The planning of this work was done cooperatively by the laboratory and shop personnel. The resulting construction of shelves, storage racks, and working-tables was undertaken by the shop. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH BB 73 Mapping Equipment One older-type Episcope which will handle large originals was refurbished and fitted with circular fluorescent lights for use in the Draughting Office. Seven tables were built for the Mapping Office and the Topographic Division used the shop facilities to construct three L-shaped draughting tables for its own use. REPORTS The following reports were prepared during the year:— Process Laboratory Tempered Water Supply and Requirements. Saltzman Projection Printer Scale Enlargements. Versamat Processor Discussion. Further Notes on Versamat Processor. Low Contrast Diapositive Batch Developing. Cold-light Source for F.F.3, Projection Printer. 35-mm. Diapositive Production. Multiple Printing and Processing of 9-by-9-inch Glass Diapositives. Report on Tri-X Film. Process Laboratory Hot Water Requirements. Preliminary Ilford Film Test. Report on the Condition of F. 24 Camera Equipment. STATISTICS 1969 Air Operations Cost Summary by Projects '--is -w-ri--! o & °s Accomplishment Bi2 So HO o 3 o. a. s& o « 9,0 o 3.22 <z>2 tH tfx o cj 2S w ai O O HO a. 80-chain vertical cover— 1. New cover— Agriculture Department—Peace River 1:15 2:00 65 90 1,405 2,045 $218.87 350.18 $153.82 212.96 $372.69 563.14 Finance Department—Halfway River Totals 3:15 155 $6.04 3,450 $0.27 $569.05 $366.78 $935.83 Average cost 40-chain vertical cover— 1. New cover—Forest Surveys and Inven tory Division—Stikine P.S.Y.U 2. Revision— Agriculture Department—-ARDA Blocks 82 F and K - B. 6:50 14:45 5:10 18:25 9:10 8:30 7:30 6:40 6:10 10:00 2:30 10:30 2:00 350 535 315 725 290 900 460 630 475 460 235 305 140 1,730 2,970 1,595 3,340 1,650 4,615 2,340 3,450 2,205 2,515 1,250 1,050 700 — $1,196.48 2,582.64 904.65 3,224.64 1,605.02 1,488.30 1,313.20 1,167.29 1,079.74 1,750.95 437.73 1,838.49 350.18 $828.20 1,265.96 745.38 1,715.55 686.22 2,129.66 1,088.49 1,490.76 1,123.98 1,088.49 556.08 721.71 331.28 $2,024.68 3,848.60 1,650.03 4,940.19 2,291.24 3,617.96 2,401.69 2,658.05 Forest Surveys and Inventory Division—Stikine P.S.Y.U..; Geographic Division—■ Block 82 E.._ - Block 82 F -- Blocks 92 G and J Lands Department— Block 82 E Block 82 F Block 82 G Block 82 J 2,203.72 2,839.44 Block 82 K 993 81 Block 82 L 2,560.20 681.46 Block 82 N BB 74 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES 1969 Air Opeations Cost Summary by Projects—Continued rt 3 ° •. a Is Zcl, Accomplishment 00 . OS •r ai PL.O o a e<l u So 2 s as 0.O 13 ai »2 SJ <D as. 31 o o B. 40-chain verticle cover—Continued 2. Revision—Continued Land Inspection Division— Peace River Region Prince George-Quesnel 2:30 13:40 75 690 430 3,445 437.73 2,392.95 177.47 1,632.73 615.20 4,025.68 ,S"h-tnti-0" 117:30 6,235 33,285 $20,573.511$14,753.76 $35,327.27 3. Improvement flying—Block 82 G..._ - 2:45 80 340 $481.51 $189.30 $670.81 Totals 127:05 6,665 $5.70 35,355 $1.08 — $22,251.50 |S15,771.26 | $38,022.76 C. 20-chain vertical cover— 1. New cover—Forest Surveys and Inventory Division— Fontas P.S.Y.U _ - Kingcome P.S.Y.U Moberly, P.S.Y.U _ Takla P.S.Y.U 73:55 11:00 24:35 46:30 14:50 6,910 840 2,500 4,835 605 8,875 835 2,450 5,330 675 -—- $12,942.34 1,926.04 4,304.39 8,141.86 2,597.22 $16,351.00 1,987.68 5,915.70 11,440.98 1,431.60 $29,293.34 3,913.72 10,220.09 — 19,582.84 Wapiti P S.Y.U. 4,028.82 170:50 15,690 18,165 $29,911.85 $37,126.96 $67,038.81 2. Revision—■ Forest Surveys and Inventory Division— Botanie P.S.Y.U. 24:25 13:00 22:25 9:40 2:50 30:20 9:35 9:05 2,015 1,185 1,350 565 160 2,145 485 380 2,225 1,500 1,430 565 180 2,200 470 425 $4,275.21 2,276.23 3,925.01 1,692.57 496.10 5,311.18 1,677.97 1,590.44 $4,768.06 2,804.04 3,194.48 1,336.95 378.60 5,075.67 1,147.65 899.19 $9,043.27 Kingcome P.S.Y.U.. Nicola Barton P.S.Y.U 5,080.27 — 7,119.49 Quesnel Lakes P.S.Y.U 3,029.52 Skeena P.S.Y.U 874.70 Stuart P.S.Y.U - 10,386.85 Vancouver P.S.Y.U 2,825.62 Willow Naver P.S.Y.U 2,489.63 121:20 8,285| 8,995 — $21,244.711$19,604.64 $40,849.35 Finance Department- 3:25 7:00 3:15 190 500 270 195 600 320 — $598.23 1,225.66 569.05 $449.59 1,183.14 638.90 $1,047.82 2,408.80 Mines Department—Highland Valley.. 1,207.95 Sub-totals — 13:40 960 1,115 . $2,392.94 $2,271.63 $4,664.57 305:50 24,935 $4.51 28,275 $3.98 $53,549.50 $59,003.23 $112,552.73 Average cost D. Special projects— Agriculture Department— Fraser Valley Soils Study 3:25 6:35 1:15 4:40 4:25 1:30 1:00 1:00 :15 2:20 1:00 1:00 :30 1:00 1:00 2:40 :45 :50 3:00 2:00 2:00 2:15 168 300 20 170 185 80 87 66 7 152 24 210 7 58 24 80 32 10 86 92 6 100 260 72 5 130 130 52 44 44 5 80 16 128 4 22 19 48 26 8 61 60 2 27 $598.24 1,152.71 218.87 817.11 773.34 262.64 175.09 175.09 43.77 408.56 175.09 175.09 87.55 175.09 175.09 466.92 131.32 145.91 525.28 350.18 350.18 393.96 $397.54 709.89 47.32 402.25 437.77 189.30 205.87 156.17 16.56 359.68 56.79 496.93 16.56 137.24 56.79 189.30 75.72 23.66 203.50 217.70 14.20 236.63 $995.78 Port Renfrew Soils Study 1,862.60 University of British Columbia Soils Study 266.19 British Columbia Hydro—Arrow Lakes .... 1,219.36 Finance Department— 1,211.11 451.94 Garibaldi-Green Lake 380.96 331.26 60.33 Salmon Arm 768.24 231.88 672.02 Thormanby Island Geographic Division — Vanderhoof-Fort 104.11 312.33 Forest Engineering— 231.88 656.22 207.04 169.57 728.78 567.88 364.38 Forest Research—Blaeberry River 630.59 SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH BB 75 1969 Air Operations Cost Summary by Projects—Continued Vi ° <« 5 ° 5-3 Accomplishment 00 '£ "ri o IS a rt GO 2 ■» o t« J3 O 0-O as -2a v>2 1> CJ 32 35- o o HO D. Special projects—Continued Highways Department— 4:40 6:45 2:40 :30 1:30 2:30 4:30 1:55 :45 4:20 :30 1:35 3:10 2:15 1:15 :45 1:00 :45 :30 :45 1:00 :50 1:00 1:30 1:30 1:45 •4"; 90 20 175 7 18 42 417 5 9 181 7 18 296 65 130 45 38 26 15 19 108 7 53 9 50 9 17 10 8 75 7 6 28 285 12 77 21 118 36 198 74 52 2,294 20 402 66 1 6 13 2 64 3 8 77 20 3 73 4 12 33 49 3 5 146 4 18 168 185 109 20 15 18 12 6 79 4 40 2 24 1 22 7 6 56 5 2 21 69 4 85 19 14 18 45 95 34 1,225 12 102 18 2 2 4 1 240 2 30 12 $817.11 1,181.88 466.92 87.55 262.64 437.73 787.93 335.59 131.32 758.75 87.55 277.23 554.47 393.96 218.87 131.32 175.09 131.32 87.55 131.32 175.09 145.91 175.09 262.64 262.64 306.41 131.32 87.55 43.77 175.09 87.55 87.55 87.55 700.37 700.37 1,050.56 262.64 612.83 131.32 1,327.79 350.19 875.47 2,042.75 1,721.75 1,196.47 423.14 14.59 29.18 218.87 29.18 787.93 29.18 218.87 350.19 $212.96 47.32 414.11 16.56 42.59 99.38 986.75 11.83 21.30 428.30 16.56 42.59 700.43 153.81 307.62 106.48 89.92 61.52 35.49 44.96 255.56 16.56 125.41 21.30 118.31 21.30 40.23 23.66 18.93 177.47 16.56 14.20 66.25 674.39 28.39 182.20 49.69 279.22 85.19 468.52 175.10 123.05 5,428.26 47.32 951.25 156.17 2.37 14.20 30.76 4.73 151.45 7.10 18.93 182.21 $1,030.07 1,229.20 Natal Slide Lands Department— 104.11 305.23 537.11 1,774.68 347.42 152.62 1,187.05 104.11 319.82 1,254.90 547.77 526 49 Manning Park Land Inspection Division— BabineLake 237.80 265.01 Booming-grounds.-.. _ 192.84 123.04 176.28 430.65 162.47 300.50 283 94 Northern Trans-Provincial Highway Redonda Island Tatlapan Lake Legal Surveys Division—Kootenay Lake- Municipal Affairs Department—Kimberley Public Works Department — Provincial 380.95 327.71 171.55 111.21 62.70 352.56 Recreation and Conservation Department— Champion Lakes Park 1 4 30 15 00 30 30 30 no Garibaldi Park — 104.11 101.75 Rathtrevor Beach Park _ Wells Gray Park 1,374.76 728.76 1,232.76 312.33 892 05 Topographic Division—- 4:00 6:00 1:30 3:30 :45 7:35 2:00 5:00 11:40 9:50 6:50 2:25 :05 :10 1:15 :10 4:30 :10 1:15 2:00 Ortho-photo test Transport Department—Campbell River Water Resources—■ 216.51 1,796.31 525.29 Liard River „ 998.52 Lower Fraser Valley Nakina-Taku Rivers 7,471.01 1,769.07 - 2,147.72 579.31 16 96 Western Canadian Universities—Barclay Sound _ Internal— 43.38 249.63 Vancouver Vancouver high altitude 33.91 939.38 36.28 237.80 Whistler Mountain 532.40 Totals 173:15 7,803 $6.25 :::::. 4,448 $10.97 $30,334.98'$18,464.09| $48,799.07 1 1 BB 76 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES 1969 Air Operations Cost Summary by Projects—Continued So, as 3 o Vi 0 a U M 5 ° 5-5 Accomplishment c;2 ■r c« ■so o IS p. rt 00 2s O Vi -=>,9 g -ra S3 31 o o HU E. Miscellaneous flying— Internal— 11:15 2:05 31:25 23:30 $1,969.80 364.78 $1,969.80 364.78 Aircraft, maintenance.! Totals 68:15 $2,334.58 $2,334.58 677:40 39,558 67,080 4,448 $109,039.61 $93,605.36 $202,644,972 1 Cost of maintenance and training charged to all projects. 2 Includes $75,927.91 for two-month lease and operation of a Lear jet. Orders for Standard Prints (9 by 9 Inches) from British Columbia Negatives, 1969 Public— Individuals Companies Mining Universities and schools Towns and cities Commercial air surveys 5,769 Real estate Forest industries 16,987 Reprints Loans 5,087 3,039 2,324 752 32,421 13,924 12,805 864 4,108 109 5,769 1,725 419 162 16,987 3,867 Totals 79,920 Federal Government— Mines and technical surveys 39,513 Fisheries 5,505 ARDA 7,005 Miscellaneous 1,099 Totals Provincial Government- Lands Service Surveys and Mapping Branch Water Resources Service Forest Service Department of Highways __ Department of Finance Department of Agriculture Department of Mines British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Regional Planning Board Department of Recreation and Conservation Miscellaneous Totals 1 Grand totals 53,122 9,548 23,605 4,067 69,609 3,320 3,674 2,508 2,186 623 4 690 151 119,985 253,027 24,442 100 182 16,562 460 17,304 346 26,973 1,806 10,915 3,161 377 63 270 67 488 987 176 45,629 87,375 SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Public Loans and Reprints BB 77 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 13,033 53,141 15,680 61,276 13,123 50,918 13,127 60,794 24,442 79,920 Totals 66,174 76,956 64,041 73,921 104,362 Letters Inward and Loans Letters inward Loan service requisitions Loan fees 3,621 554 $5,859 Revenue Cash sales Land accounts . Total $7,935.36 109,892.73 $117,828.09 Production Record to 1969, Process Laboratory 1946-1966 1967 1968 1969 Grand Total Processing completed—■ Air films— R.C 8, O.S.C., Zeiss F24 and Eagle F24, F8, K20 obliques Test rolls _ Colour—R.C. 8 and Zeiss 70 mm.—black and white ft. 70 mm.—colour ft. Topographic (116) Dominion Hydrographic K20 Printing completed— Standard prints (5" x 5" enlarged to 10" x 10") Contact prints (5" x 5") Kendra prints (9" x 9" reduced to 5" x 5") Contact prints, Cintel and Milligan (10" x 10") Contact prints, colour (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" (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, films, and miscellaneous ground negatives Requisitions completed 639.5 2,829 75.5 28 8.5 3,535 750 4,039 9 1,963,516 46,087 4,132 617,148 3,781 29,333 23,688 384 8,284 1,438 5,248 40,282 140.5 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 .5 8 600 27,236 184 177,651 56 1,363 17 172 297 875 4,085 163 4 8 10 1,100 700 67 2 56,121 196,906 64 51 1,534 237 218 324 1,072 3,907 1,048.5 2,841 93.5 30 27 6,435 1,450 4,106 15.5 2,086,683 46,271 4,132 1,136,422 64 3,890 33,531 23,754 638 8,902 2,241 19 8,175 52,250 UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS BB 81 UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS R. P. Murdoch, Project Manager Mr. M. E. Ferguson, who has served as Project Manager for the University Endowment Lands for the past 26 years, retired on August 15, 1969. Mr. Ferguson's intimate knowledge of the area and his long association with the local residents will be missed by all concerned. No decision has as yet been made with respect to development of the considerable acreage of raw land in the Endowment area. However, one parcel of privately owned land is now being developed for residential purposes. A proposal from the owners of Block 96 to erect a high-rise apartment building was submitted to the Manager for consideration, but never finalized. Preliminary discussions have also taken place with respect to developing cliff-side apartments along the sloughing cliffs facing Spanish Banks. If this proposal proves to be feasible, the continuing erosion problem along these banks could be arrested while at the same time providing apartment housing which is still in great demand in this area. The availability and cost of capital will no doubt be a major factor if either of the above- mentioned proposals proceed. The concentrated flow of traffic onto the University of British Columbia campus continues to be a problem. The Department of Highways has installed an additional lane, extending the two lanes on South-west Marine Drive in a northwesterly direction an additional 400 feet. However, until both South-west Marine Drive and 16th Avenue west of Blanca Street are opened up as four-lane divided highways, the major problem of moving 8,000 cars in one direction over a period of approximately one hour each day the university is in session will not be solved. The fill in No. 1 Ravine has proceeded satisfactorily during this past year and at the present rate the fill should be completed in approximately four months' time. During this past year a change was made in our scavenging operations. Since April 1, 1969, the garbage has been picked up by a private contractor. The inability of the contractor to operate within his contract price has made it necessary to terminate the contract on March 31, 1970. Arrangements have been made to acquire a garbage-packer unit and operate same by the Endowment Lands staff. There is a continuing interest by private corporations and entrepreneurs to develop all or part of the University Endowment Lands for various purposes. All proposals have been rejected by Government pending proclamation of the Universities Real Estate Development Corporation Act. The tables hereunder outline the revenues received over the past 10 years and the building activity over the past three years. BB 82 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES \0000(SOOCO(Nt--ctON <*t cr-T~I',:1;,^r1C?,!-Ic?cr3'-1 ft \o\6o6s6inrtasQc6rn rf « -rtrtcArtsotntnOfirn "S *n rinr^riOC^c-T^cnc> ri tn s rfcjv nt"oo"ff)»a vorri-T i-H*-riC-.'*TcocJ\r-coto,-t tn nn r— w w > e» CO P ►J O — cj o c « tu 33 <x>rtOstr~rtinrtr~-Orn m aoj^H'-j'tOjMqh VD v£] co ^? c^ cn ^\f on oj tn os z 1—1 OO^H'vtHhr-OlHH ^ &-> VD oC VO Garbage, Permits, and Miscellaneous Revenue OS tt->o^"O.H\oamin r- OOtNHr>NOf)H\DOo vq tri-rOCOCOaNCOVO-----<Co" TO O H tn m h ^ ii 1/1 r^ h irno co" ©" *-T 0 cn cn" so tn m" rt O CO SO O WHHHmmrinNH 00 6-> Os 1 0 © 0 0 O H ■-li X) « 59.9 85.6 51.0 12.0 in CO 0 Z £.5 i jffVOH^ CD < 3 M i •^CN tn CN « W- tfl- O c M z < tn « m pi rj-v> ti- fnr-o\ -* tNpir'cnrni>»flr,jmH 00-Ol^mt--fOc>,'1-OsO vq cd iD*oi>vio\tno\ritTfr-. VO CO W CA li ra-o (-1 3 q co •< ■rtrtrtrtCAf. mrtfirt r- CN H ,-i w < Tf(*.0OrNI>HtX)Ttin-1 co w H^cJv)t1*.^f1° vq w z H ^^OTt^f-riOddw t> V <jwo*oomo\hH\o VD rt t-n Tf-ri^ONCTv-C^OOOVOrn CO w E* ri ■* « N * 0* ^ m" O r-* CO" O OOCOOOrtcArtrttnsOtn 0 o OT- z 3 p CA co r- 00 00 r- ■j i 0 ri-i co ■> 1 i s rt 8 $3,12 53 j 1 1 VO CO Etf p a CvONONVO'-rrvocOTr-ON.-- 0 z w iu lis 1 C-riOO\rf)i/jTtiHONrilri,oj m CAC^OrtOsCAtntnr^rt ri inCiCAOOrtrtCAtOsOOs o\ > tn rt tn ft tn t~- tx>r Os os os tN u r-T ri d 0" co' 00 00 t-- a ■* co" rt »HHH rt ON "cn <c (-1 H z W § fS o § W cd >- H J-H CO « w >j Z ca O ^_ fN ft rf in VO r> 00 OS VOVCVOVOVOVOVOVOVOVO 1 0\0\aNO"\0-.0-.0\C-OSO\ UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS BB 83 Number and Value of Building Permits Issued for the Calendar Years 1967, 1968, and 1969 1967 1968 1969 Number Value Number Value Number Value 1 2 10 1 1 5 13 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 14 ~2 ~3 4 $75,000.00 $150,000.00 235,000.00 71,800.00 150.00 16,377.00 125,000.00 New students'centre 30,000.00 $51,900.00 75,771.00 Alterations to schools Alterations to commercial buildings 66,500.00 19,000.00 1,200.00 8,400.00 87,000.00 6,648.00 3,700.00 58,000.00 Totals 20 $479,975.00 22 $147,000.00 26 $454,471.00 PERSONNEL OFFICE PERSONNEL OFFICE BB 87 PERSONNEL OFFICE K. M. Hanson, Personnel Officer The year 1969 was a busy one, even though the table below indicates fewer recruitments, reclassifications, and promotions than in the last two years. 1966 1967 1968 1969 55 42 22 7 12 44 5 58 55 39 19 11 17 43 3 77 12 52 25 24 2 13 40 3 59 8 45 22 Promotions... „ _ 16 6 8 42 1 52 5 The establishment of the Department was increased during the year by two Clerks 4. These positions have been added to the Land Administration Division (Vault). In November, 1969, Mr. A. F. Smith was awarded a diploma in public administration, having completed the three-year training plan. Other employees of this Department taking this course include V. G. Knapik, R. F. Oberg, R. A. Paine (third year); G. H. Wilson, A. C. Bridge, A. G. Anderson, Fort St. John (second year); W. C. Fry, T. J. Todd, Burns Lake (first year). Promotions during the year included that of Mr. R. P. Murdoch to the position of Manager, University Endowment Lands, replacing Mr. M. E. Ferguson, who retired effective August 31, 1969, after 33 years of service. As a result of promotions made in the latter part of 1968 at headquarters in Victoria, a number of Land Officers in the District Offices were either promoted or transferred. In October of this year, Mrs. G. Gaunt, Clerk 4 in the Accounting Division, passed away after a lengthy illness. In November, Mr. C. D. Hobson, Photographic Technician, Air Surveys Division, died while in service. In December, Mr. R. L. Cawston, Technical Land Officer 2, Land Inspection Division, Smithers, died as a result of a hunting accident. The year as a whole was successful, though it is hoped that a better system with regard to reclassifications can be devised in the future. MAIL AND FILE ROOM MAIL AND FILE ROOM BB 91 MAIL AND FILE ROOM David S. Preston Letters received in the Department during 1969 amounted to 272,431, compared to 259,246 in 1968. There has been approximately the same percentage increase in letters received for the past three years. The renovations to the file vault progressed quite favourably and should be completed early in the new year. The new colour-code filing system will then be installed and should serve the Department more efficiently than the previous system. In our old system of filing it was necessary for the staff to visit three separate offices to collect file or data, whereas, in the new system, a visit to one central location will give the clerks the material or file they require. One of the major advantages of the new system will be a complete record of all files that have been drawn from the vault, whereas in the old system anyone had access, thereby leaving the control of the files without an accurate record. The colour coding of the files will undoubtedly assist the staff in quick recognition of the particular one they are searching for. Numbers 0 to 9 are each given a colour and wherever a number appears it will be on its own colour bar, and it is anticipated during drawing and searching of files a misplaced colour bar will be easily spotted, thereby eliminating some of the common filing errors. Letters Inward Branch 1968 1969 10-year Average, 1960-69 Lands Forests - - ~ 58,368 141,250 34,197 25,431 64,298 145,536 36,706 25,891 52,658 142,965 29,288 22,182 Totals 259,246 272,431 247,093 Letters Outward (Recorded) Lands Forests — — 14,933 15,417 14,419 1,811 1,900 1,964 2,566 | Nil Nil Totals 19,310 | 17,317 | 16,383 Miscellaneous Reports Designation 1968 1969 10-year Average, 1960-69 Forest-fire reports Logging-inspection reports Land-classification reports Stumpage-adjustment notices.. Totals 1,647 8,418 6,428 11,664 28,157 2,318 8,360 6,137 21,636 38,451 Micro-film Reference, 3,082. 3,832 12,090 5,115 6,064 27,101 New Files Created " O" files Timber-mark files - 7,051 1,685 1,128 7,727 1,753 1,574 6,562 1,522 1,964 Totals 9,864 11,054 10,048 Printed by A. Sutton, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in right of the Province of British Columbia. 1970 1030-270-1811
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