PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Hon. R. G. Williston, Minister E. W. Bassett, Deputy Minister of Lands REPORT of the LANDS SERVICE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 1966 Printed by A. Sutton, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in right of the Province of British Columbia. 1967 Victoria, B.C., March 10, 1967. To Major-General the Honourable George Randolph Pearkes, V.C., P.C., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., CD., Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. May it please Your Honour: Herewith I beg respectfully to submit the Annual Report of the British Columbia Lands Service of the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources for the year ended December 31, 1966. R. G. WILLISTON, Minister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources. Victoria, B.C., March 10, 1967. The Honourable R. G. Williston, Minister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, Victoria, B.C. Sir,—I have the honour to submit the Annual Report of the British Columbia Lands Service of the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources for the 12 months ended December 31, 1966. E. W. BASSETT, Deputy Minister of Lands. CONTENTS Introduction by the Deputy Minister of Lands. Accounting Division Lands Branch— Superintendent of Lands Land Inspection Division Surveys and Mapping Branch- Surveyor-General Legal Surveys Division. Topographic Division.^ Geographic Division Air Division University Endowment Lands Land Settlement Board Personnel Office Mail and File Room Page 11 17 24 32 44 56 62 72 77 87 93 97 101 COVER PHOTO Chutine Lake, looking south, between Stikine River and International Boundary. I | „ si ; ill? SI x c* 5 3|3 ■2 _3<3 111 8.8. 3131 s -as | 1 ■Els- Is I 81 | If -Is Is «3 as "I J i i ■Js- 3 _;=■► "SS |B -I -j ££ 1 S a b In £-.3 3 1 iiiiiiiii.iiiii.it D OcD O C S « C « jiSfilii E*) ° bldn I j*) 9 ft. 1 b (In ioub>>3 Report of the British Columbia Lands Service E. W. Bassett, B.A.Sc, B.C.R.F., Deputy Minister of Lands The continued expansion of the economy of the Province has resulted in an ever-increasing demand for Crown land. Almost every basic industry from agriculture to tourism is dependent in one way or another on the land resource, and as these industries expand, competition for Crown lands becomes more and more intense. Since the Lands Service is charged with the responsibility of administering this resource in the best interests of all of the people of the Province, important and onerous decisions in respect to priority of use of Crown lands are now a daily occurrence. Over the past five years there has been a 38-per-cent increase in the number of new applications filed for Crown land, and had it not been for technological advances in air photography and mapping, it would have been impossible to handle the field work associated with this increase in volume of work. Revenue recovered under the Land Act in 1966 reached an all-time high record of $3,207,611, or 29 per cent more than the previous year. Revenue from the sale of maps and aerial photographs accounted for an additional sum of $136,000. Total revenue collections were up 29 per cent over 1965. The Department's policy of disposing of agricultural lands on a lease-develop- purchase basis, which was instituted in 1965, has now been extended where practical to Crown lands alienated for industrial, commercial, and residential (other than waterfrontage) purposes. This policy has met with widespread approval from the general public and has been extremely effective in curtailing speculative land applications for it ensures development and beneficial use. Within the past decade, Lands Branch statistical summaries have reflected certain broad trends. Pre-emption records and new land sales have decreased, whereas lease applications and inquiries concerning the availability of Crown land have risen substantially. In 1966, only 42 pre-emption records were issued, the lowest number since 1956. Thirty-four of these were in the Peace River region, which is almost the only part of the Province where pre-emption is still feasible. With the amount of surveyed arable Crown land which would be satisfactory for pre-emption continuing to decline, this method of Crown land acquisition is only of minor importance today. Departmental policy limiting direct purchase of Crown land has been mainly responsible for the downward trend in purchase applications and the rise in leases. As the lease-develop-purchase system matures, however, and purchase options are exercised, it is expected that the number of purchase applications will again increase. The number of certificates of purchase issued was only 694, as compared with 819 in 1965 and an annual average of 1,108 for the past decade. The acreage of unsurveyed and surveyed Crown lands sold was also down sharply, being only 16,868 acres in 1966 compared with 72,832 in 1965. In contrast, however, there were 1,245 new leases issued in 1966, representing an increase of 101 over the previous year. The continued industrial growth of the Province has resulted in the establishment of major industrial plants, both within established communities and in unorganized areas of the Province. Crown lands have therefore been in demand to accommodate new instant towns and to meet the growth requirements of existing communities. During the past year, Crown land was alienated at Gold River, Alice 11 CC 12 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Arm, Granduc mine north of Stewart, and Granisle townsite on Babine Lake north of Topley Landing for townsite purposes. The Lands Branch has also co-operated closely with various municipalities throughout the Province where title to both Crown lands and private lands must be obtained by the municipality in order that an obsolete subdivision plan can be cancelled and a new subdivision designed to improve the functional use of the land. During the past year this form of co-operation was extended to Golden, Prince George, Smithers, Houston, and Prince Rupert to facilitate modern planning and replotting schemes of this nature. As in past years, the Lands Branch has continued to lay out Crown subdivisions in those areas of the Province where there was sufficient interest and need to suggest that a subdivision would be economically successful. While a number of these subdivisions have been of a recreational nature for summer-home sites and winter ski cabins, some subdivisions were located and laid out at certain strategic locations along public roads in order to concentrate settlement and discourage ribbon-type development. During the past year a ski-cabin site subdivision was laid out on Apex Mountain near Penticton. At Garibaldi the Lands Branch designed a subdivision to accommodate ski club lodges. Summer-home site subdivisions were laid out on Babine Lake, Fraser Lake, Lakelse Lake, Seymour Lake, Norman Lake, Bednesti Lake, Ness Lake, and Village Bay Lake on Quadra Island. Subdivisions adjacent to highways were laid out north of Williams Lake, at Ryder Lake, and south of the Prince George Airport. Once again the Peace River District was the most active area of the Province in respect to new applications for Crown lands. The Central Interior of the Province from Prince George to Prince Rupert along Highway No. 16 was also extremely active. Interest in this latter area was partially caused by the increased tourist travel along this route, following inauguration of the new Kelsey Bay to Prince Rupert ferry run. Private developers have shown an active interest in Crown lands having potential for ski-resort purposes. As British Columbia is favourably endowed both climatically and topographically with the basic requirements for this type of winter sport, these proposed ski developments span virtually the whole Province from Dawson Creek to Vancouver and from the East Kootenay to the West Coast. The Garibaldi district has attracted the most interest as this area is now serviced by paved highway from Vancouver. New motels, condominium units, service-stations, and residential subdivisions have been created in the vicinity of Whistler Mountain, and a new townsite development is now under way at the west end of Green Lake on Crown lands under development on a lease-develop-purchase basis. The Land Inspection Division, augmented by 12 Deputy Land Inspectors, completed a record number of land examinations in 1966, and subsequently reduced the number of outstanding inspections to the lowest figure since 1962. In 1966, 6,192 land examinations were made, representing an 18-per-cent increase over the preceding year. At the close of the year there were 836 outstanding examinations, but it is anticipated this figure should be substantially reduced by the end of next year as the Deputy Inspectors become more familiar with the field work. In 1966 a lease arrangement was entered into with the Fraser River Harbour Board whereby administration of Crown foreshore in the South Arm of the Fraser River was turned over to that agency on a percentage-of-rental basis. It was considered that the development of this important stretch of river foreshore could be handled to best advantage by an agency that could devote full time to the intensive LANDS SERVICE REPORT CC 13 administration required. This arrangement is in parallel with that obtaining between the Province and the North Fraser Harbour Commission in respect to the foreshore in the North Arm of the river. Under the direction of the Surveyor-General, the Legal Surveys, Topographic, Geographic, and Air Divisions of the Surveys and Mapping Branch supply the official surveys and cartographic detail which are basic to Provincial development. With the processing of 654 sets of survey plans and field-notes, the Legal Surveys Division brought the total number of field-notes on file close to 100,000. Other office work completed by the Division (with comparable 1965 figures in parentheses) included applications for purchase, lease, and pre-emption clearances, 6,302 (6,230); timber sales cleared, 4,105 (3,910); land examination plans drawn, 2,808 (2,212); and photostats, blueprints, and offset prints 899,786 (759,- 289). The Division required 57 of the 342 hours of computer time logged by the Surveys and Mapping Branch. Included in field work recorded by the Legal Surveys Division were surveys of 298 waterfront lots for home-site leases, 144 rural roadside lots, 148 lots for the Land Settlement Board, and 51.2 miles of highway. The Topographic Division was particularly active in Northern British Columbia. To meet requirements of the Water Resources Service, survey control for pondage mapping was done on the Stikine, Iskut, Liard, Kechika, and Fort Nelson Rivers. Ground control for a block of seven National Topographic map-sheets was also completed on both sides of the Lower Stikine River, while additional survey monuments were placed in and around four petroleum and natural-gas fields near Fort Nelson. The programme for establishing an integrated survey network continued in Metropolitan Vancouver, Delta and Surrey Municipalities, Kelowna, and Penticton. A total of 23 large-scale projects and 11 National Topographic map-sheets were processed by the photogrammetric section of the Topographic Division, while 38 National Topographic manuscripts were draughted. The Geographic Division prepared and published 14 Provincial maps, of which six were entirely new. The latter included National Topographic Maps 93 B (Quesnel), 93 G (Prince George), 82 K/NW (Beaton), and 82 K/NE (Inver- mere), General Map Ijf (British Columbia electoral districts), and Park Series (P.S.) B2 (Bowron Lake Park). The remaining eight sheets were reprints of existing maps, of which three were completely revised and five were reprints without revision due to depleted stocks. Number of maps distributed to the public and other departments numbered 95,540, approximately 10 per cent above the total for the previous year. For use of the Provincial Redistribution Commission, 52 sets of maps and legal descriptions of the revised boundaries of Provincial electoral districts were prepared by staff of the Geographic Division. The Air Division photographic units achieved an all-time high of 641.1 flying- hours during 1966 and obtained 29,350 aerial photographs, mainly for forest and land inventory purposes but also for a diversity of uses such as water resources' investigation, land inspections, public works, and forest engineering. A small amount of colour film was exposed again in 1966. Where cost-benefit factors are favourable, greater production of colour photos may be foreseen. Loans and reprints of aerial photographs numbered 337,132, which was more than double the number handled 10 years ago and up 31 per cent from 1965. The Forest Service continued to be the largest single Governmental user, and the mining industry the largest private user. Interim map-sheets at scales of 2 and 4 inches to CC 14 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES 1 mile were prepared, mainly for the forest inventory programme, but supplementary uses accounted for nearly 10,000 Ozalid prints of the interim maps. The University Endowment Lands recorded revenues of $178,439. Building permits to a value of $287,637 were issued. Activities of the Land Settlement Board continued to concentrate on the subdivision and sale of Doukhobor lands. Title deeds were issued to 155 purchasers. Though the basic organization and establishment of the Lands Service remained unchanged, staff recruitments, reclassifications, transfers, retirements, and terminations were all well above the previous year. The following pages describe, in greater detail, the operations of the Lands Service during 1966. ACCOUNTING DIVISION ACCOUNTING DIVISION CC 17 ACCOUNTING DIVISION M. B. Maclean, B.Com., Departmental Comptroller Revenue collections in Lands Service continued to increase substantially through 1966. Total collections were up 29 per cent, with the largest increase in land sales at 66.3 per cent. Land requirements by the City of Prince George contributed greatly to the increase shown in land sales by reason of the fact that during 1966 collections from that city amounted to $718,733. Revenue from land leases, rentals, and fees increased 3.6 per cent. Lease Accounts December 31, 1965 8,194 December 31, 1966 8,861 Increase, 667 or 8 per cent. Purchase Accounts December 31, 1965 1,482 December 31, 1966 1,227 Decrease, 255 or 17 per cent. Sale of maps and air-photo revenue increased 19 per cent over 1965. Air Division revenue was up approximately $23,000 through a very much increased demand for air photos by the mining and oil industry. Legal Surveys Division revenue was up approximately $13,000, most of which was due to increased sale of survey-posts through Government Agents' offices. Statistical Tables Table 1.—Summary of Lands Service Net Revenue Collections for the Year Ended December 31, 1966 Land leases, rentals, fees, etc. Land sales Sale of maps and air photos $1,514,749.69 1,692,861.14 136,061.63 Net revenue collections $3,343,672.46 Table 2.—Comparison of Revenue Collections for 10-year Period 1957—66, Inclusive 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 $1,302,065.35 1,340,045.76 1,323,877.29 1,714,220.41 1,765,207.54 1,847,457.83 2,034,841.80 2,587,110.34 2,594,341.321 3,343,672.46! 1 Net revenue, 1965 and 1966. CC 18 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 3.-—Classification of Revenue Collections for the Year Ended December 31, 1966 Land sales— Country lands $787,241.02 Town lots 912,686.03 Surface rights, mineral claims 1,192.05 Indian reserve cut-off lands 116.91 $1,701,236.01 Land leases, rentals, fees, etc.— Foreshore leases—• Booming and log storage $386,516.67 Commercial (marinas, etc.) 394,664.99 Oyster 12,167.79 Miscellaneous (foreshore protection, etc.) 1,014.64 $794,364.09 Land leases— Grazing and (or) agriculture $136,008.12 Quarrying (limestone, sand and gravel) 37,801.00 Camp-site (lodge, fishing) 3,403.60 Home-site 1,599.08 Miscellaneous (residential, etc.) 200,191.61 ■ 379,003.41 Land-use permits 2,169.93 Licences of occupation 8,435.76 Royalty collections 165,980.50 Easement collections— Annual rentals $2,084.40 Outright considerations 50,962.34 — ■ 53,046.74 Fees— Crown grant $9,780.00 Assignment 3,500.00 Miscellaneous (lease, search, etc.) _ 8,707.94 21,987.94 Sundry collections (occupational rental, survey charges, etc.) 92,543.08 Sale of maps and air photos— Legal Division $50,787.31 Geographic Division 47,108.06 Air Division 69,172.86 1,517,531.45 167,068.23 Gross revenue for year $3,385,835.69 Less refunds and taxes 42,163.23 Net revenue for year $3,343,672.46 ACCOUNTING DIVISION CC 19 Table 4.—Comparison of Land Leases, Rentals, Fees, Etc., Revenue for 10-year Period 1957-66, Inclusive 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 $472,415.55 605,229.73 668,367.70 842,413.17 1,001,071.13 933,607.66 1,149,650.45 1,485,539.13 1,462,024.93! 1,514,749.69! 1 Net revenue, 1965 and 1966. Table 5.—Comparison of Land Sales Revenue for 10-year Period 1957-66, Inclusive 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 $522,825.65 677,036.15 589,975.24 806,723.54 703,705.71 836,270.32 787,184.11 982,137.88 1,017,893.16! 1,692,861.141 1 Net revenue, 1965 and 1966. LANDS BRANCH THE LANDS BRANCH At the time of the Fraser River gold-rush in 1858 the demand for land in British Columbia was greatly intensified and pre-emptions predated surveys. Within four years 254 pre-emptors had taken up more than 50,000 acres of land. To facilitate the transfer of real estate and provide for the registration of titles, the Land Registry Act was passed in 1860. The Government of the Province of British Columbia was now in the real- estate business in a big way; the more than 366,000 square miles of land and water that constitutes British Columbia was the real estate in question. With the entrance of British Columbia into Confederation in 1871, the demand for land quickened to a rush, and over the next thirty years the land-settler (and the promoter) succeeded the gold-miner in importance. Railroads were built and land grants passed, cities came into being, and companies became established. Land was at the core of all developments. The task of land administration became very heavy and necessitated the formation of a Department of Lands in 1908. In 1912 a Forest Branch was included in the Department of Lands. Today the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources exercises control of more than 90 per cent of the surface of British Columbia. How does the Lands Branch fit into the total organization of the British Columbia Lands Service of today? The relation may be expressed briefly. The Lands Branch has jurisdiction in matters pertaining to the disposition of Crown land, and is charged with so administering and disposing of the land that the general welfare, present and future, of the Province must be protected at all times. When an individual, or group, desires to purchase or lease Crown land, the application is directed to the Superintendent of Lands, head of the Lands Branch. His authority governs the following matters:— Sale, lease, and pre-emption of Crown lands for such purposes as agricultural, industrial, commercial, and home-sites. Preparation and issuance of Crown grants under the Land Act and the Mineral Act. Preparation and issuance of right-of-way easements for power, telephone, pipe lines, etc. Reservation of suitable Crown lands and foreshore for national defence, use and enjoyment of the public, forestry experimentation, fisheries research work, highways, etc. Granting railway rights-of-way under various Statutes. Protection of historic sites from alienation. Reservation and conveying of Crown lands for such purposes as school-sites, cemeteries, and fair grounds. Leasing of land and foreshore for such varied purposes as wharf-sites, booming- grounds, canneries, oyster and other mollusc fisheries, and for boat-houses, quarry-sites, cattle-ranching, trappers' cabins, ship-building, and aircraft bases. To perform these and other functions efficiently, the Lands Branch works in close co-operation with a great number of other agencies, such as municipal and city administrations, town-planning authorities, the British Columbia Forest Service, the Water Resources Service, the Surveys and Mapping Branch within the British Columbia Lands Service, and all the departments in the Government of the Province, notably Highways, Education, Attorney-General, and Agriculture. Outside the Provincial departments there is much business transacted with Federal departments, such as the Department of National Defence, the Veterans' Land Settlement Act administration, the Public Works Department, and the Indian Affairs Branch of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration. Direct service to the people of British Columbia is the first duty of the Lands Branch and this takes the bulk of the time of the Lands Branch personnel. Associated with this prime duty is the important function of the maintenance of the records, which in many cases are the only ones in British Columbia showing the correct legal status of the surface of the Province. m •■\. _#~ :.V7 cOc?' mmm 5t7;-7777;:;|.77^v . » t • 73- !/J per . :::. .:_scc#_Aii_iccjf^tJ_£: . :^...^ The built-up area of the recently incorporated District Municipality of Mackenzie. Flown September 13, 1966; altitude, 10,500 feet above sea-level. CC 24 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES LANDS BRANCH D. Borthwick, B.S.A., B.Ed., A.A.C.I., Superintendent of Lands During 1966 there was a drop of 10 per cent in the number of land applications filed with the Department. However, Land Act revenue reached an all-time high of $3,207,611, and the increase in revenue, which amounted to $727,693, can be largely attributed to the fact that the Land Inspection Division, augmented by an increase in staff, was able to complete a large number of outstanding applications from previous years. The continued active interest in Crown land is mainly centred in the central and northern part of the Province, where major forestry, mining, and power developments are taking place. The industrial expansion within the Province has resulted in the establishment of major industries both within established communities and in unorganized areas of the Province. As a result, Crown land has been in demand where new instant towns were established and where existing communities found it necessary to expand their corporate boundaries to accommodate the new labour force. During the past year, Crown land has been disposed of for instant towns at Gold River, Port Alice, MacKenzie, Granisle (north of Topley Landing), and at the Granduc mine (north of Stewart). The Lands Branch has also co-operated closely with various municipalities throughout the Province where title to both Crown lands and private lands had to be obtained by the municipality in order that an obsolete subdivision plan could be cancelled and a new subdivision designed to improve the functional use of the land. During the past year, replotting schemes of this nature in which Crown lands were involved were undertaken at Golden, Prince George, Smithers, Houston, and Prince Rupert. The bulk of applications for Crown land for agricultural purposes has been filed in the Peace River District. However, with the inauguration of the Government ferry service to Prince Rupert and the constant improvement of Highway No. 16 between Prince George and that city, there has been a steady demand for Crown land in this region of the Province. In the Peace River District it is interesting to note that some private holdings are being consolidated to create large farming units, but this practice at present is rather the exception than the rule. The policy of disposing of arable agricultural lands on a lease-develop-purchase basis, which was instituted in 1965, is now fully effective. This policy has resulted in an increase in the administrative work load of the Branch. However, the policy has been well received by the farmer applicants of the Province and has been effective in curbing speculative applications. The immediate effect, of course, has been to decrease the number of purchase applications handled by the Department and increase the number of lease applications. However, as lessees meet Departmental requirements in respect to clearing and cultivating the arable acreage in the leasehold, many lessees will convert their leases to purchases. The Lands Branch continued its policy of laying out Crown subdivisions in those areas of the Province where sufficient interest was manifest to suggest that a subdivision would be economically successful. While most of these subdivisions have been of a recreational nature for summer-home site or winter ski-cabin use, some subdivisions have been laid out along public roads in order to concentrate settlement and discourage ribbon-type development. All of these subdivisions are worked out in close co-operation with Department of Highways officials, and in — LANDS BRANCH CC 25 most cases where roads are required the Department of Highways has contracted to construct the necessary access. During the past year a ski-cabin site subdivision was laid out on Apex Mountain. At Garibaldi the Lands Branch designed a subdivision to accommodate ski club lodges. Summer-home site subdivisions were laid out on Babine Lake, Fraser Lake, Lakelse Lake, Seymour Lake, Ness Lake, Norman Lake, and Bednesti Lake. Aside from the Crown subdivisions, 107 reserves for the use, recreation, and enjoyment of the public were established on the various lakes and rivers throughout the Province. In addition to the public reserves for recreational use referred to above, it should be pointed out that there has been a considerable investment by private enterprise in developing both private and Crown lands for recreational use on a commercial basis. During the past year the Lands Branch has processed many inquiries with respect to the acquisition of Crown land for ski-resort purposes. Since British Columbia has been favourably endowed both climatically and topographically with the basic requirements for this type of winter sport, these proposed ski developments span virtually the entire Province from Dawson Creek to Vancouver and from the East Kootenay to the West Coast. The most outstanding development in the last year has been in the Garibaldi area, but other developments of major importance have taken place in the Interior of the Province. Some developments are still on the drawing-boards, but no doubt British Columbia can anticipate additional major ski developments in the coming years. During the year two members of the Lands Branch with outstanding service records retired. Mr. E. A. Walls, Adjudications Officer, commenced his employment with the Government on May 22, 1918, and retired May 31, 1966, a term representing 48 years of uninterrupted service. Mr. W. J. Holman, officer in charge of the Lease Section of the Lands Branch, entered Government employ on November 19, 1919, and retired June 30, 1966, after a period of 46 years and 7 months of continuous service. A brief summary of the activities of the various sections of the Administration Division of the Lands Branch is set out hereunder:— Lease Section.—The number of new lease applications increased from 2,631 to 2,690 in 1966. The number of applications under this heading is a reflection of the continuing interest in agricultural lease applications under the new lease policy instituted last year. Purchase Section.—During 1966 there was a sharp decrease in the number of purchase applications filed with the Branch. However, this was anticipated in view of the emphasis being placed on acquiring Crown land initially on a leasehold basis. The work load of this Section will increase in future years, as the purchase options in the present leases are exercised. Crown Grants.—The volume of work in the Crown Grants Section decreased from 1,087 to 1,020 in 1966. This was mainly due to the change in Departmental policy requiring lands held under leasehold tenure to be developed before the lessee could exercise his option to purchase. It is anticipated that as lessees meet Departmental requirements in respect to development of the land and exercise their purchase options, the work of this Section will increase. Pre-emption and Reserve Section.—The number of applications in both cases increased from 522 in 1965 to 584 this year. Although there was an over-all increase in the number of applications, in actual fact the number of pre-emption records issued decreased. The importance of the pre- CC 26 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES emption as a means of acquiring land has been gradually diminishing over the years, and the number of pre-emption records issued was down to 42 in 1966, a decrease of 8 from 1965, which in turn was a decrease of 33 from the previous year. Inquiries concerning the availability of Crown lands, which are handled by this Section, increased by 30.7 per cent, from 3,279 in 1965 to 4,286 in 1966. Status Section.—The number of statuses completed decreased from 32,913 in 1965 to 21,856 in 1966. The decrease was a result of there being more inquiries for acreage parcels of Crown land during the past year rather than for town lot parcels. Easement Section.—During 1966, 143 easements were granted, compared to 131 in 1965. The additional easements issued this year are mainly for power- and telephone-line purposes. GENERAL ACTIVITY During 1966 a total of 17 parcels was tendered for sale, and 13 sold for a price of $23,155. One hundred and eighteen parcels were offered by public auction, and 73 of these sold for $115,580 at the auction date. Subsequently, 20 parcels were disposed of by direct application. Lease tenders offered during 1966 numbered 17 and comprised 1,858 acres. Two hundred and seven lots were offered for lease by public competition, and 112 of these were leased at the time of auction. Fortv-nine of the 112 lots leased were waterfront parcels. During 1966, 1,403 town lots were sold, realizing the sum of $301,285. The following tables indicate in detail the work carried out by the various sections of the Lands Service in 1966. Table 1.—Country Land Sales, 1966 Acres Surveyed 6,179.969 Unsurveyed 10,688.300 Total 16,868.269 LANDS BRANCH Table 2.—Certificates of Purchase Issued, Land Recording District Alberni _ CC 27 1966 Total 42 Atlin 2 Cranbrook 17 Fernie _ 17 Fort Fraser 42 Fort George 65 Fort St. John ___ 73 Golden 12 Kamloops 20 Kaslo 14 Lillooet 31 Nanaimo . 24 Nelson 17 New Westminster _ _ 43 Osoyoos 4 Pouce Coupe 41 Prince Rupert ; 31 Quesnel 32 Revelstoke __ _ 6 Similkameen 43 Smithers 31 Telegraph Creek _ . Nil Vancouver 42 Victoria • 1 Williams Lake 44 Total 694 Table 3.—New Leases Issued Land— Agriculture , 1966 Number 462 238 8 6 285 76 76 20 13 3 36 22 Acreage 158,889.89 Hay and grazing (pasture and hay-cutting) Quarying (sand, gravel, limestone, etc.) __ Home-site (section 78, Land Act) Residential 70,479.14 403.60 66.03 475.61 Miscellaneous (resorts, service-stations, camp-sites, mill-sites, etc.) 1,445.48 Foreshore— Booming, log storage, log-dumping, etc. __ Oyster and shellfish 1,675.84 423.77 Industrial (canneries, mill-sites, wharves, etc.) Quarrying (sand, gravel, from river-beds) Commercial (boat rentals, marinas, marine service-stations, etc.) Miscellaneous (private wharves and boat- houses, etc.) 122.26 297.82 69.60 71.16 Totals \ 1,245 234,420.20 CC 28 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 4.—Temporary Tenure Leases Renewed, 1966 Number 376 Acreage 94,635.14 Number Acreage Table 5.—Land-use Permits Issued, 1966 26 78.26 Table 6.—Licences to Occupy Issued, 1966 Number Acreage 8 122.12 Table 7.—Assignments Approved, 1966 Leases, land-use permits, licences of occupation 630 Table 8.—Easements Granted, 1966 Number Miles Acres Foreshore Submarine power cables Submarine telephone cables.. Overhead power-IineS- Overhead telephone cables- Water pipe-lines Gas pipe-lines Effluent pipe-lines Sewer outfalls Totals.. Land Oil and gas pipe-lines and well-sites.. Oil and gas pipe-lines _ Compressor-sites- Cathodic protection bed and pole-line~ Cathodic protection sites Water pipe-lines Drainage ditch Power-lines Telephone-lines Radio transmitter sites.. M'icrowave site and power-lines Microwave site, power-line, and access road- Microwave site and access road Microwave sites Television antenna and power-lines- Television antenna site Television antenna sites and cables.. Communication line Television cable Radio-telephone site, telephone-line, power-line.. Skilift Totals.. Licences of Occupation Power-lines ~ Southern Okanagan Lands Project Water pipe-lines.. Grand totals.. 9 9 13 2 3 2 1 1 145 8.825 11.490 3.323 0.270 0.397 0.120 2.160 0.104 3 I 1.260 0.280 204.293 73.840 69.156 35.291 0.340 1.580 0.800 15.364 0.415 40 26.689 196.785 14 12.740 155.800 4 13.413 55.970 5 14.240 1 0.110 1.862 3 0.342 3.030 1 1.000 13.000 1 0.250 0.608 43 129.594 1,641.912 7 1.281 2.835 2 31.600 2 0.458 3.710 1 7.130 103.370 1 1.030 13.980 7 24.030 2 2.418 8.999 1 0.150 1 2.660 3.740 1 0.070 0.252 1 2.430 7.640 1 0.598 1.486 1 0.540 1.322 100 176.064 2,089.536 21.500 0.686 2,308.508 In line with current Departmental policy, 53 letters of consent for the construction of access roads were issued during the year. LANDS BRANCH CC 29 Table 9.—Crown Grants Issued, 1966 Purchases (country lands) Purchases (town lots) Pre-emptions Surface rights (Mineral Act) Public Schools Act Veterans' Land Settlement Act Home-site leases Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company Supplementary timber grants Miscellaneous Total Certified copies of Crown grants issued Table 10.—Crown Grants Issued for Past 10 Years 1957 wmm—mmmmmmmmmmmmMmm 1958 ■MBMMhMMK 1959 MBMMHJMBWMiMM 1960 wmmm%wmtm%%wmmmmmKmmm 1961 .■_■_■_■_■_■_■_■■_■_■ 1962 MHMMW 1963 M___H>M» 1964 mmmmt**%wme%%%%%%-mm 1965 BHMMHI 1966 -HBMMi Total Ten-year average, 1,180. 662 219 43 17 15 1 6 13 1 43 1,020 5 1,426 1,043 1,471 1,399 1,074 1,081 1,042 1,163 1,087 1,020 11,806 Table 11.—Total Area Deeded by Crown Grant, 1966 Acres Purchases (country lands) 104,428.57 Pre-emptions 6,738.57 Surface rights (Mineral Act) 267.36 Public Schools Act 38.51 Veterans' Land Settlement Act 160.00 Home-site leases 80.97 Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company 2,234.29 Supplementary timber grants 1,002.90 Miscellaneous 965.61 Total 115,916.78 CC 30 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 12.—Pre-emption Records, 1966 Pre-emptions Applications Received Applications Allowed Cancelled C of I. Issued Alberni.. Atlin. Cranbrook. Fernie Fort Fraser (Burns Lake) Fort George (Prince George).. Fort St. John Golden Kamloops.. Kaslo —- Lillooet (Clinton) - Nanaimo Nelson New Westminster ._ Osoyoos (Vernon).. Pouce Coupe Prince Rupert Quesnel. Revelstoke Similkameen (Penticton).. Smithers Telegraph Creek (Prince Rupert) _ Vancouver Victoria _ Williams Lake — - Totals.. 5 10 30 16 1 64 3 2 17 17 3 12 30 17 31 3 42 | 60 I 48 Table 13.—Reserves, 1966 Reserves Established Use, recreation, and enjoyment of the public 107 British Columbia Department of Highways (rights-of-way, gravel pits, bridge-sites, etc.) Federal Government (defence purposes, wharf-sites, etc.) British Columbia Forest Service (Ranger stations, grazing, radio- sites, reforestation, etc.) Miscellaneous (Fish and Wildlife Branch, water-power projects, garbage dumps, school-sites, cemeteries, etc.) 80 15 54 48 Total 304 LANDS BRANCH CC 31 r- oo t- VO fN >n cs *-i*-i 9, l> » ^ tH CO l> VO 00 -* o r^> vO VC o\ « r- i-h tt ■* Q O O co ^ m o. r- vo ^■rHOO VD 00 O i-h 1 ■*}- CN Ov co m Ov OOOOOO r- vo (NtHsO t> rtOf-H 1-H i-H *n "i ^ •* » co t- o Ov O CO ^ co co ■<* ro 934 ).0C 051 770 NstJH Ov VOVOiJ-VO ro i-h fN O 00 O«0\0 Ov 1 vd °„ °° i-H 1-H c- H t H VO 0O -^ Tf VO th ^t r» OO Tj" IcO 1-H (N a\ o •■* » th 00 CTs fN ^ " cn U z 3< o cfl ca i nt Ih UJ CO a> fl fl" 1 UJ O ft Ul a CJ Sh H fc O >. R O a 5 5 Lo co * O co ? s c fl S N C P QJ w E U u 3 ^_j O 3 O O CJ t_ leg B.1 S 5.5 ►JiJ U Bj CC 32 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES LAND INSPECTION DIVISION L. D. Fraser, B.Sc.A., P.Ag., A.A.C.I., Chief Land Inspector The trend established in past years toward an increasing volume of work processed by this Division continued during 1966. Reference is made to the attached Table 3, which represents an anlysis of requests for land examinations handled by this Division during the years 1962 to 1966, inclusive, for the various inspection districts. The increase in volume over 1965 is only 1 per cent, but over 1962 it amounted to 38 per cent. Table 2 represents an analysis of inspections completed and those outstanding at the end of the year for each district for the past five years. The total number of inspections completed for the past year was 6,192, up 18 per cent over 1965. This is at variance with the 1-per-cent increase in volume of requests, but this is due to the fact that a large portion of the outstanding backlog of inspections has been completed. For the first time in many years, this backlog is at a reasonable and controllable level. The employment of 12 Deputy Land Inspectors last year has been decidedly effective in bringing the outstanding backlog of work down to this level, as well as keeping pace with the constantly increasing volume of work. Although some of the original Deputies have left this Division as noted under the heading " Staff," most have found the work to be a challenge, which they have met with both enthusiasm and vigour. It is considered that the present staff complement should be sufficient to cope with the anticipated work load for several years to come. The change in Departmental policy, implemented in 1965, to a lease-develop- purchase method of land acquisition has had a noticeable effect on the type and volume of work relating to lease tenure alienation. Of a total of 6,192 inspections completed this past year, 3,310 entailed the examination of areas under application to lease or lease reviews, which number represented 53 per cent of the completed inspections. This is in contrast to 44 per cent for the same type of work at the end of 1965 and 38 per cent at the end of 1964. The Inspection Division again examined properties and submitted appraisal reports for many Government departments and agencies. Specifically, appraisals were completed for the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, Land Settlement Board, Veterans' Land Act, Southern Okanagan Lands Project, Department of Social Welfare, British Columbia Forest Service, Indian Affairs Branch, Department of Recreation and Conservation, and the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority. Applications to lease and lease reviews still represent the major portion of the work load in the Fort St. John area, and some 64 per cent of the total work was of this nature. New requests for land increased 32 per cent, representing in part a total of 155,000 acres of new land being examined and alienated. Sixty per cent of all new applications were of a local nature, 21 per cent were of Canadian origin, 18 per cent were of American origin, and 1 per cent were of a miscellaneous origin. New applications for agricultural settlement were received in the Hudson Hope area to the west of Fort St. John and the Milligan Creek area to the north of Fort St. John. In the South Peace River District, considerable interest has been shown in lands that were formerly considered to be of a marginal nature. The soil is sandy in texture, but through research and technology these soils have proven to be capable of producing fair to good crops and have excellent possibilities for feed-growing. It is foreseen that these lands will be rapidly alienated within the next few years. LANDS BRANCH CC 33 Fresh-water marine lease, Campbell River, 1966. No appreciable change has occurred in the work-load situation in the Prince George district, except as to the type of inspection. Applications to purchase land for agricultural purposes dropped from 107 in 1965 to 10 in 1966, and agricultural lease applications rose in direct proportion from 25 to 129. Approximately 20 per cent of the work was within the boundaries of Community Planning Area Number 7, while 43 per cent was within Ranger Districts 4 and 14, lying north and west of Prince George. The balance of the work was distributed over the remainder of the district. The interest in land in the Prince George district is still active, particularly in the private sector, and land values are still increasing. However, it would appear that a levelling-off is probable this year, due to an apparent equilibrium being reached in the supply and demand position for housing and rental units. There has been a continuing change in the status from Provincial forests and sustained-yield units to pulp harvesting forests. TThis is particularly apparent in the Prince George area, and will undoubtedly result in an increase in work for this Division as land alienation within a pulp harvesting forest will be largely the responsibility of the Lands Branch. Land alienation for agricultural purposes still represents the major interest in the Vanderhoof and Prince George areas. In the former district, such applications are divided as to the expansion of present holdings or the acquisition of new holdings. The majority of new settlers to the Vanderhoof area are from the United States. Unfortunately, many of these settlers acquire land, move into the area, and commence farming on a pioneering basis without first acquiring a complete knowledge of the many problems inherent to farming in this district. This lack of knowledge, together with lack of experience and capital, has resulted in many returning to the States. 2 CC 34 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES A new road is presently under construction between Fort St. James and Tachie village, on the north side of Stuart Lake. It is anticipated that the opening of this access route will precipitate considerable interest in the acquisition of the arable land in that vicinity. Generally, area development and population growth in the Vanderhoof area have been moderate to slow. Real-estate sales are down. Vanderhoof and Fort Fraser have shown little progress in the form of expansion, and they will probably be overshadowed in this respect by Fort St. James and Fraser Lake, which are steadily growing. The influx of Americans was also noticeable in the Burns Lake district and accounted for a considerable number of the new applications for land. There was a very pronounced increase in the number of applications for grazing leases, which was occasioned by existing ranchers undertaking expansion programmes. There was also an increase in applications for home-sites, which trend is expected to continue due to increasing agricultural and mining development in the area. In the Smithers area. 65 per cent of all applications were for agricultural purposes and 90 per cent of all applications were from local residents. It is anticipated that future applications will be at a reduced rate due to lack of access and adverse topography relative to available Crown land, both of which prohibit development. In the Prince Rupert district there is a preponderance of applications for commercial and industrial waterfront lands and foreshore areas. The majority of the interest is local in nature, caused by existing enterprises wishing to expand or new ones starting. Vehicular access, for the most part, is limited to just a few main roads, resulting in the reliance on boat or aeroplane for access to much of the district. This imposes very severe restrictions on the ease of examining such areas. Interest in land acquisition has noticeably decreased in the Stewart area but has remained active in the vicinity of Prince Rupert, Terrace, Ocean Falls, and the Lower Skeena River. It is anticipated that the number of land applications will increase next year in the Quesnel district. This is due to the conversion of Provincial forests in the district to pulp harvesting areas and the repeal of Order in Council No. 2382, which established the special sale area. The majority of applications are local in origin and for the purpose of agriculture. In the Central Interior part of British Columbia, the conflict between established rancher land use and any outside interests still presents the greatest problem to land alienation. The enforcement of the fencing proviso in grazing lease indentures has caused considerable consternation to some ranchers, but the total effect is believed to be more beneficial than detrimental. Cattle sales for 1966 are estimated to be 25,000 head through the Williams Lake yards. In addition, 342 horses were sold. Cattle prices were much higher than in 1965. Summer range was above average, and the winter feed situation is fair to good. The number of carloadings of lumber via the Pacific Great Eastern Railway was 6,000, as compared to 5,000 in 1965. In addition, 2,700 carloads of chips and 1,200 carloads of veneer were shipped, compared to 2,200 carloads of chips and 674 carloads of veneer in 1965. At present lumber prices are depressed, due mainly to the decrease in housing starts in the United States. There has been a noticeable increase in the number of applications for summer- home sites on the lakes in the Williams Lake district. This was brought about by the rapid increase in tourism together with the improvement of roads. The Chilcotin LANDS BRANCH CC 35 area is fast becoming one of the most popular camping and fishing Meccas in the Province. The demand for permanent home-sites in the vicinity of 100 Mile House remains strong. Applications for summer-home sites are also strong throughout the Clinton district. The recent completion of a 99-lot Crown subdivision on the south shore of Green Lake should satisfy some of this demand. The completion of the Pemberton-Squamish Highway has resulted in applicants seeking waterfront lots on Anderson Lake, which was formerly inaccessible from Vancouver. Several applications were received for quarrying purposes covering limestone deposits west of Clinton, but it is not known at this time whether or not economic conditions will justify the development of these deposits. There has been an 18-per-cent increase in the number of new requests for examinations of land in the Kamloops district. Approximately 53 per cent of the work load represented lease rental reviews, and the trend has been definitely established toward acquisition of lands for all purposes by lease tenure rather than purchase. A noticeable increase in lake-front values has occurred during the past year in the Okanagan-Boundary District. This has resulted in a proportionate increase in lease rentals, which has invoked considerable concern from the lessees involved, It is anticipated that prices for such land may become stabilized and thereby alleviate the problem of continuing to increase both price and rental and still make such lands available to all. A large subdivision on Apex Mountain designed to accommodate skier use was completed and appraised during the year. In the latter part of the year, some 90 parcels of land were examined and appraised for the Southern Okanagan Lands Project. It is anticipated that considerable activity in land acquisition will occur in the vicinity of the Brenda Lake mine operation through to Pennask Lake. This activity will result from improved roads and new roads having been built by mining and logging operators, as well as the British Columbia Forest Service. The amount and type of work received and completed in the Nelson area are remaining constant. Farmers and ranchers are consolidating their holdings, and more and more marginal lands are being brought into use for residential and smallholding use. Improved road conditions throughout the Kootenays should continue to increase the tourist traffic through that area. The trend for the coming year is for a continued demand for Crown lands. In the Vancouver district there has been an increase in both interest in and development of facilities to meet the demand of skiers and other winter-sport enthusiasts. This development has, in the past, centred around Whistler Mountain but is now spreading out to the Callaghan Creek and Green Lake areas. In the latter area a large well-balanced recreational complex is being developed, with the Crown participating by supplying to the developer a part of the land requirements on a lease-develop-purchase basis. There has been a noticeable trend during the past year for towboat companies to seek fresh water for log-storage purposes. Nine applications for this purpose have been received in Pitt Lake to provide teredo-free storage for slow-moving forest products such as hemlock and cedar. Public demand for summer-home sites has initiated a development study of two areas that were formerly within a forest reserve. One is at Lost Creek on Stave Lake and the other in the vicinity of Chilliwack Lake. CC 36 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Also in the New Westminster district this year, administration of the foreshore in the South Arm of the Fraser River between Annacis Island and Steveston was transferred to the Fraser River Harbour Commission. The work load in the Courtenay district is remaining constant. The logging economy of the north end of Vancouver Island was somewhat slower in 1966 than in previous years due to an oversupply of logs caused by a curtailment of lumber sales. The townsite and pulp-mill at Gold River are progressing, and a public road was completed into this area during the year. The inspection of foreshore areas still represents the major part of the work load in the Courtenay district, and it is anticipated that this situation will continue. STAFF During the past year, several changes were made in the location and employment of field staff. Mr. L. Paynton was appointed as Land Inspector 1 at Burns Lake, effective March 21, 1966, to replace Mr. H. Gavin, who left the Division to work for the Federal Government. Mr. D. M. Thom was transferred from Kamloops to Prince George, effective September 1, 1966, to become Land Inspector 4 in charge of that office. Mr. Rhoades was transferred from Prince George to Vancouver, effective August 15, 1966, as Land Inspector 4. This transfer was necessitated by Mr. H. D. Kent leaving the Division to return to work in industry. Mr. F. Walchli resigned from his position as Land Inspector in the Prince George office in April and was replaced by Mr. F. Edgell, who was appointed Land Inspector 1, effective April 21, 1966. Mr. H. Wenschlag was hired on staff as Land Inspector 1, effective November 1, 1966, to replace Mr. Thom. Mr. G. Huva transferred to this Division from the British Columbia Forest Service as Land Inspector 2, effective June 2, 1966, to take charge of the Quesnel office, which was left vacant by the transfer of Mr. Havard to the Department of Agriculture. Mr. J. Prosser was appointed Land Inspector 1, effective July 18, 1966, and assigned to the Williams Lake office to replace Mr. W. B. Stewart, who left the Department to return to university. Mr. M. Robson also left the Department to return to university and was replaced by Mr. R. Bose, who transferred to Clinton from Fort St. John, effective February 15, 1966. Mr. Bose was replaced by Mr. M. McConnell, who was appointed Land Inspector 1, effective March 21, 1966. Some losses occurred in the ranks of the Deputy Land Inspectors. Messrs. E. E. Peterson, W. Pistak, and R. Drew left this Division, effective October 1, 1966, to transfer back to the Forest Service. Mr. M. H. Barton left the Division in July to work for industry and was replaced by Mr. S. Schacke, who transferred from the British Columbia Forest Service, effective August 1, 1966, and was appointed Deputy Land Inspector 1 at Prince George. Mr. Peterson was replaced at Fort St. John, effective November 18, 1966, by Mr. M. K. Wilson, who was appointed Deputy Land Inspector 1. The complement of field staff as of December 31, 1966, is 21 Land Inspectors and 10 Deputy Land Inspectors, with one Deputy appointed as of January, 1967. The one remaining Deputy position is still to be filled. — LANDS BRANCH CC 37 TRAINING Nine Land Inspectors, together with the Chief and Assistant Chief Land Inspector, are now accredited as appraisers with the Appraisal Institute of Canada. One Land Inspector and one Deputy Land Inspector, who have successfully completed the Appraisal 1 and 2 courses, are now writing the necessary demonstration appraisals which lead to accreditation. Seven Land Inspectors and six Deputy Land Inspectors have successfully completed Part 1 of the Appraisal Course and are now enrolled in Part 2. Three Land Inspectors and three Deputy Land Inspectors are taking both Part 1 and Part 2 of the Appraisal Course this winter with a view to writing both examinations in the spring. These courses involve a home study course during the winter months followed by a lecture and study programme during the last two weeks of March, following which examinations are then written. Two Land Inspectors and the Assistant Chief Land Inspector have completed the Executive Administration Course, and at the present time one Land Inspector is enrolled in the second year of this course. STATISTICS Table 1 represents a summary of the number and type of inspections completed in the Province by this Division during 1966. Table 2 represents a comparison, on a year-to-year basis, of the volume of field work completed and requests outstanding at the end of each year for the period 1962 to 1966, inclusive. Table 3 represents an analysis of requests for inspections processed by this Division for the years 1961 to 1966, inclusive. CC 38 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 1.—Types of Inspections, 1966 Purchases— Agriculture (other than grazing) 135 Access (roads, etc.) 8 Commercial (resorts, service-stations, hotels, airfields, etc.)__. 51 Community (cemeteries, church-sites, parking areas, etc.) 25 Grazing (pasture, range) 71 Home-sites (permanent) 396 Industrial (mill-sites, power-sites, manufacturing plants, etc.) 49 Summer-home or camp sites 46 Wood-lots or tree-farms 1 Others 7 Leases— Land— Agriculture (other than grazing) 1,122 Commercial (resorts, service-stations, hotels, airfields, etc.) 63 Community (parks, cemeteries, dump-sites, etc.) 36 Fur-farming 2 Grazing (pasture, range, hay-cutting, etc.) 516 Home-sites (section 78 of the Land Act) 16 Home-sites (permanent, other than section 78 of the Land Act) 37 Industrial (mill-sites, power-sites, manufacturing plants, etc.) 32 Summer-home or camp sites 305 Quarrying (sand, gravel, limestone, diatomaceous earth, etc.) 61 Reviews (rental and (or) diligent use) 1,111 Others 9 Foreshore— Booming and log storage or log-dumping 155 Commercial (boat rentals, marine service-stations, wharves, etc.) 67 Industrial (mill-sites, canneries, factory-sites, wharves, etc.) 27 Quarrying (sand and gravel from river-beds) 11 Oyster and shellfish 13 Private (floats, boathouses) 9 Reviews (rentals and (or) diligent use) 213 Others 7 Land-use permits 3 0 Licence of occupation 38 Easements and (or) rights-of-way 8 Pre-emptions— Applications 3 5 Annual inspections (including applications for Crown grant) 245 LANDS BRANCH CC 39 Table 1.—Types of Inspections, 1966—Continued Subdivisions— Valuations Survey inspection . Plans cancellation Proposals (lake-shore, residential, etc.) Others Reserves—■ Grazing Gravel pits __ Recreational Others (state purpose) Veterans' Land Act Land Settlement Board— Classification Valuations Doukhobor lands Southern Okanagan Lands Project Pacific Great Eastern Railway Department of Social Welfare Other agencies (British Columbia Forest Service, Indian Affairs Branch, Department of Recreation and Conservation, British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority) Miscellaneous inspections—■ Assignments Delinquent accounts Escheats Act Lake reconnaissance Land-use surveys Land revaluations of special nature Protests Section 53 (2), Land Act (verifying improvements) Section 65, Land Act (free grants) Section 78, Land Act (re compliance with provisions of) Section 130, Land Act (lands vested in Crown under Taxation Act) Section 13 1b, Land Act (cases of doubt regarding inclusion of body of water in Crown grant) Trespass (land) Trespass (water) Quieting Titles Act Others 31 4 2 13 3 4 5 78 5 2 14 7 1 12 6 6 2 53 18 86 39 577 19 9 24 103 7 82 Total 6,192 CC 40 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 2.—Analysis of Inspections Completed and Inspections Outstanding at Year-end for the Years 1962 to 1966, Inclusive Examinations Made during- Outstanding at End of— Land Inspection District 1962 1 1963 1 1964 1965 1966 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Burns Lake 1 136 318 151 27 186 187 139 212 269 283 235 293 226 303 16 33 48 30 29 33 35 32 40 Courtenay 15 Fort St. John 584 | 593 853 582 1,129 100 156 104 230 146 Kamloops 277 329 ' 460 482 515 22 78 75 50 72 Kelowna 160 166 202 201 185 13 28 36 26 15 Nelson 211 252 249 278 307 42 43 38 63 37 New Westminster . . . 177 | 110 ' 87 242 274 12 7 36 61 34 Pouce Coupe 512 I 513 450 454 609 30 87 ' 81 121 92 474 480 668 551 423 73 183 262 52 68 | 67 194 85 34 Quesnel 218 | 213 282 173 191 43 58 56 51 38 Smithers 290 1 279 401 317 351 116 279 418 178 14 Vancouver 219 1 240 ' 245 250 233 19 9 46 30 57 Vanderhoof I ...._ 236 330 ...-. 35 49 Victoria 100 216 172 156 156 3 17 18 32 46 457 421 438 530 49 61 58 33 38 Headquarters 1 - 19 13 13 ...... B.C. Forest Service and '1 33 29 16 14 98 | 72 96 70 20 Totals. 4,150 J 4,235 5,174 5,266 6,192 571 1,117 1,319 1,281 836 Note.—These figures include pre-emptions. Table 3.—Analysis of Requests for Inspection Processed by Land Inspection Division for Years 1962 to 1966, Inclusive District New Requests Received during— Per Cent Change, 1966 over 1965 Per Cent Change, 1962 1 1963 ' | 1964 1965 1966 1966 over 1962 169 202 542 286 147 235 188 402 455 220 339 227 101 434 56 ...... 170 209 629 ' 380 179 253 ' 104 466 570 ' 214 442 ' 230 212 430 98 249 286 761 452 209 244 116 398 730 263 540 282 176 433 19 105 287 241 292 708 457 190 312 267 450 457 108 162 366 256 168 172 503 13 57 194 230 286 929 532 173 281 246 506 426 143 172 187 260 320 170 420 13 27 +2 —4 -2 + 31 + 16 —9 — 10 — 8 + 12 —7 + 32 +6 -49 +2 +90 — 1 -16 0 —52 0 Clinton Courtenay . +36 +42 +71 +86 + 18 +20 +31 +26 Kelowna Nelson — - Prince George -6 +32 —22 —45 Quesnel.. — Vancouver. — Vanderhoof ... Victoria . ..... + 15 0 +68 —3 0 52 Totals o. Of)7 ! A SSfi 'I S 7f\T. 5,466 5,515 Average change for 1966 over 1965 for Province is +1 per cent. Average change for 1966 over 1962 for Province is +38 per cent. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH THE SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH The framework of maps and surveys so necessary for the orderly development and settlement of British Columbia is provided through the Surveys and Mapping Branch. That such scientific foundations were necessary even in the earliest days is shown by the fact that in 1851 the position of Colonial Surveyor for the young Crown Colony of Vancouver Island was created. In more than 100 years which have passed since Joseph Despard Pemberton was appointed first Surveyor-General, British Columbia has expanded immensely in all spheres of human endeavour. Much of the foundation for the way of life we have in British Columbia today rests on the reliability of our basic surveys. As British Columbia has progressed through time, so the surveys and maps of the Province have increased in magnitude and complexity. It is the responsibility of the Surveys and Mapping Branch, through the Boundary Commissioner, to establish and maintain co-operatively the boundaries between this Province and the other adjacent Provinces and Territories of Canada. Within the Province, the Branch has established and is ever extending a basic network of triangulation surveys which are fundamental to determining geographical locations and co-ordinating property boundaries. The surveying procedures vary according to the intended purposes. Topographic surveys are constantly improving the portrayal of various physical features. Cadastral (legal) surveys, on the other hand, delineate the parcels of Crown lands subject to alienation under the Land Act. Finally, it is necessary to show on published maps the combined survey effort in order to give a visual account of the position of land alienation and geographic features of British Columbia. Maps must satisfy a wide range of uses, whether it be by the sportsman searching for an untapped valley or virgin lake, the homesteader seeking unsettled lands, or the industrialist planning new ways and new places to develop the resources of this Province. So much for the uses of maps and surveys and their necessity. Also interesting is the great variety of techniques and equipment which must support our complex surveying and mapping organization. This includes photography from aircraft using precise cameras calibrated to less than a thousandth of an inch, modern optical surveyors' theodolites which read directly to seconds of arc, other instruments such as the tellurometer (a distance-measuring device which operates on a principal similar to radar), and plotting devices which are capable of precise mapping directly from aerial photographs. Helicopters and other aircraft speed surveyors to the remotest locations. Surveying is also expanding into the realm of electronic computers which can process the contents of field- notes in seconds compared with hours by manual methods. In all these ways, the science of surveying and mapping continues to serve the people by keeping pace with their needs and with the continual technological advances of our age. The following is a brief summary of the functions of the various divisions of the Surveys and Mapping Branch:— /. Administration.—General co-ordination of the four divisions of the Branch, being Legal Surveys, Geographic, Topographic, and Air; delineation and maintenance of boundaries under the Provincial Boundary Commissioner—namely, (a) Alberta-British Columbia Boundary and (b) British Columbia-Yukon-Northwest Territories Boundary; interdepartmental and intergovernmental liaison. //. Legal Surveys Division.—Regulations for surveys under the various Provincial Acts, such as Land, Land Registry, Mineral, Petroleum and Natural Gas; instructions to British Columbia land surveyors regarding surveys of Crown lands and subsequent check of field-notes and plans of same; preparation and custody of official plans; preparation and maintenance of Departmental reference maps, mineral reference maps, and composite (cadastral) maps; processing for status of all applications concerning Crown lands; field surveys of Crown lands, highway rights-of-way, etc.; preparation of legal descriptions; operation of blue-print and photostat sections; computational scrutiny of certain land registry subdivision plans; inspection surveys; restoration surveys. ///. Geographic Division.—Map compilation, drawing and negative engraving, editing, and reproduction; map checking, distribution, geographical naming—Gazetteer of British Columbia; field and culture surveys for preparation of land bulletins and maps; preparation of legal descriptions for and delineation of administrative boundaries; compilation and distribution of annual Lands Service Report; trigonometric computation and recording of geographic co-ordinates; general liaison between this Department and Federal and other mapping agencies on exchange of survey and mapping data; checking well- site survey plans under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act. IV. Topographic Division.—Propagation of field survey control—namely, triangulation, traverses, and photo-topographic control; operation of Otter float-plane; helicopters on charter; compilation and fair drawing of manuscripts for standard topographic mapping; special field control for composite and photogrammetric mapping and other special projects; precise mapping from aerial photographs through the use of the most modern plotting-machines. V. Air Division.—Aerial photographic operations involving maintenance and operation of two aircraft; photographic processing, air-photo distribution, and Provincial airphoto library; compilation of interim base maps, primarily for the forest inventory; air-photo control propagation; instrument-shop for the repair, maintenance, and development of technical equipment. IP* - Vertical view, flown on September 16, 1966, at 7,500 feet above sea-level, of construction on Portage Mountain Dam, Peace River. CC 44 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH G. S. Andrews, M.B.E., B.Sc.F., P.Eng., B.C.R.F., B.C.L.S., F.R.G.S., Director, Surveyor-General, and Boundaries Commissioner THE YEAR 1966 A perusal of the four divisional reports in following pages will reveal another year of worth-while accomplishment, with several all-time records. Some items of special interest may be mentioned here without undue repetition of facts and figures selected by the Deputy Minister for his over-all review in preceding pages. In the Legal Surveys Division, the energies of the Composite Map Section were fully diverted to rehabilitating 39 of the most shop-worn sheets of the indispensable Departmental reference maps, a remedial measure of dire extremity, mentioned in previous Annual Reports. Use of the electronic computer by all divisions of the Branch continues to increase with significant benefits. Needs of this Branch used one-fifth of the total time of the I.B.M. 1620 computer facilities during the year. The total cost of this service was roughly equivalent to the aggregate salaries of three journeymen computers, but the results exceeded the potential of more than 20 such operators, working with (now) outdated manual machines and methods. By virtue of this facility, section corners of four townships of the Inga Lake area of the Peace River Block have been co-ordinated on the North American Datum for the use of drilling enterprise for petroleum and natural gas, as well as other alienations, thus realizing the benefits of survey integration in a rural application. It is to be hoped that other such areas may receive this treatment as basic control surveys are extended and tied to cadastral boundaries. The Air Division clocked an all-time record, both for hours flown and the number of square miles photographed, despite a sub-normal weather pattern. This speaks well for the vigilance of the air-photo crews, for the high level of serviceability of aircraft and camera equipment, and for the performance of the two pilots seconded from the Department of Highways for the photo season. The addition of a new fixed-focus enlarger designed and built in the Instrument- shop, the de-bugging of the electronic contact printer, and assembly of a second unit of this type have permitted a marked increase in output of the standard 10- by 10- inch air-photo prints in the Processing Laboratory, reducing the large perennial backlog of requisitions to a tolerable magnitude, with no significant increase in staff. The Geographic Division reports a noteworthy increase in new map-sheets produced—a total of 14 compared to 9 last year. The policy of featuring " status " maps at 4 and 2 miles-per-inch scale which show district lots and alienated land is approaching a worthy goal, such that in the near future, possibly in the coming year, this feature will be shown by Provincial map-sheets covering all of the Province south of 56° north latitude, and containing 98 per cent of British Columbia's population. The Topographic Division embraced a varied and somewhat expanded field programme which included a return to the muskeg country north-east of the Alaska Highway after a lapse of some 11 years since the original triangulation programme there, this time to initiate improved vertical control with spirit levels as compared to the former trigonometric heighting, and to up-grade and intensify the horizontal control, with the advantage of tellurometer for trilateration and traverse, and the new first-order control net established by the Geodetic Survey of Canada to strength- SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 45 en the structure north-east of Fort Nelson. This project is tailored to the requirements of accelerated drilling for petroleum and natural gas in that area, and confirms the wisdom of our original policy, in 1953, 1954, and 1955, to cover the whole area first with an extensive but sparse net of control, anticipating further work when and where favourable areas for potential exploitation became known. The experience gained in this year's project will benefit a much larger scale of operation of this kind anticipated in the 1967 season. The work initiated in the Stikine-Iskut region in 1965 was continued, but against adverse odds imposed by poor weather, and the high snow and ice-ridden country near the International Boundary with the Alaska Panhandle, where access to alpine sites for control stations is restricted to a fleeting two months of the year, and then only on good-weather days. In connection with the establishment of co-ordinate control for integration of surveys where the population density is high, a co-operative reconnaissance was made of the Greater Vancouver area with representatives from the Geodetic Survey of Canada for a 1967 programme of first-order stations, and with the Topographic Survey of Canada for propagation of a second-order control net also next year. It is gratifying to have the assistance of the Federal survey agencies in this huge task of serving the major area of population in the Province, with adequate control for coordination of both engineering and cadastral surveys. Under authority of section 88a of the Land Act (passed by the Legislature in 1965), Crown reserves, surrounding some 3,000 control survey monuments distributed throughout the Province, were established by Order in Council No. 1400, dated May 10, 1966, and published in The British Columbia Gazette of May 19, 1966, pages 1101 to 1110. Further reserves to create similar sanctuaries will be made from time to time as new survey control stations are established and co-ordinated on the North American Geodetic Datum. British Columbia was host to Federal and Provincial officers for three separate one-day meetings, September 26 to 28, 1966. The first was the annual plenary session of the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names, chaired by Mr. J. P. Drolet, Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa, and of which our Mr. W. R. Young, B.C.L.S., Chief of the Geographic Division, is accredited member for British Columbia. On Tuesday, September 27th, there was the annual meeting of the Canadian Council on Cadastral Surveys, at which the writer, representing the host Province, presided, and on the third day, September 28th, was the Federal-Provincial Survey Directors' meeting on control surveys, mapping, and cartography, chaired by Mr. S. G. Gamble, Director of Surveys, Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa. These meetings were attended by officials from 8 of the 10 Provinces, and a strong representation from the Federal Departments of Energy, Mines, and Resources, and National Defence, in all about 50 delegates, plus a charming complement of ladies. The technical sessions were adequately and agreeably accommodated in Rooms 210 and 211 of the Main Legislative Building. Delegates were welcomed by the Honourable Minister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, and by the Deputy Minister of Lands. Selected local authorities from the Attorney-General's Department and the Corporation of British Columbia Land Surveyors, who do not normally attend these meetings elsewhere, were invited to participate. Social diversions included a dinner for all participants and their ladies hosted by the Honourable the Premier, represented by the Honourable the Minister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, at which Mr. Willard E. Ireland, Provincial Librarian and Archivist, gave a brilliant resume of the circumstances and motivation for British Columbia's CC 46 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES entry into Confederation. On the Tuesday evening, a stag buffet was hosted by the Corporation of British Columbia Land Surveyors. In the daytime, while the men were engrossed in official business, the ladies were agreeably occupied with teas and tours. The " Met" office co-operated, too, by laying on superb fall weather, such that the sum-total effect was a good show for British Columbia and survey liaison, long to be remembered both by the estimable coterie of guests from other parts of Canada and their hosts. In addition to the usual visits to surveys and mapping projects within the Province during the field season, which included an extensive loop via the Alaska Highway, Haines Road, coastal ferry services, the Island Highway, and a side trip from Prince Rupert to Houston en route, the writer made three extra-provincial trips. The first was to the Canadian Institute of Surveying Annual Convention in Ottawa in January, where he participated in a panel on integrated surveys. In April he was invited to the United Nations Technical Assistance Administration in New York for discussions on basic surveys and resources inventory of a " developing " South American country. In November, at the expense of the Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources, in the capacity of member of the National Advisory Committee on Control Surveys and Mapping, he attended in Ottawa a symposium on survey education, and was chairman of a two-day map users' conference sponsored by the said Committee. On this trip the opportunity was also taken to visit the Ministere des Terres et Forets and the Universite Laval in Quebec City. These trips provided valuable contacts, and a broad perspective on realistic surveys and mapping policy for the increasingly complex requirements of community, provincial, and national development. PERSONNEL There were 20 separations from employment in the Branch during the year, comprising about 10 per cent of the total staff and including one retirement due to ill health and one untimely death. Eight resignations were for further education and 10 were for other employment or transfer, including three with opportunity of promotion. Miss Isabel Richardson, after serving 10 years with distinction as secretary in the office of the Director and Surveyor-General, won promotion to the same capacity in a Deputy Minister's office. Mr. Howard N. Davis, after more than 16 years in the Air Division as technical draughtsman, took voluntary retirement on superannuation due to chronic ill health, engendered originally by war service and perhaps aggravated by his assiduous application to the exacting demands of his work in the Department. It was his artistic ingenuity which produced the landform base for the six unique 10-mile sectional sheets covering the whole Province. This programme occupied his time and talents for several years and called for the meticulous study of tens of thousands of air photographs to interpret and delineate faithfully the wide variations of topographic forms which characterize the amazing terrain of our Province. These maps stand as a memorial to Mr. Davis's genius and devotion in the service of the Province of his adoption. Another contribution by Mr. Davis was the creation of the original coloured " picture map " of British Columbia, published by the British Columbia Natural Resources Conference, running through several editions, and more recently used as the base by the British Columbia Centennial Committee for a further edition. Fortunately Mr. Davis has been granted medical " entitlement" by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and it is hoped that this, with the relaxation of retirement, may enable him to recover better health. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 47 In April the resignation of Mr. Desmond W. Carrier, B.C.L.S., of the Legal Surveys Division, was received with regret. Mr. Carrier had been on the staff for almost 19 years. In 1951 he qualified for his commission as a British Columbia land surveyor and transferred from the Lands Branch to the Legal Surveys Division. He was outstanding for energy, competence, and dispatch in his work, and he had a preference for remote assignments far from civilization. Mr. Carrier resigned to enter private practice in land surveying. Mr. Anthony Patrick McLaughlin, B.C.L.S., one of the staff surveyors in the Legal Surveys Division, died suddenly of a heart attack while in the field in charge of a highway right-of-way survey in the Bulkley Valley. Mr. McLaughlin was born in Cairo, Egypt, of British parents with military connections, and received his early education in Duncan, B.C., and in England. He later attended the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ont. In World War II he had a distinguished career with the British Army in India and Persia, achieving the rank of major. After the war he returned to British Columbia, and in 1954 qualified as a British Columbia land surveyor. Meanwhile he had joined the staff of the Topographic Division in May, 1951, and later transferred to the Legal Surveys Division. "Tony," as he was known among his friends, enjoyed the high esteem of his confreres in the Department and in his profession, which his colorful background and competence as soldier and surveyor won for him. THE YEAR 1866 (APPROXIMATELY) This year's Centennial commemoration of the union, in 1866, of the two British colonies on the Northwest Pacific Coast to form the territorial entity we know today as British Columbia motivates a short review of surveys and mapping progress during the century just completed. Of the two colonial roots which were joined in 1866, that of the Island colony is the longer, going back to 1849, prior to which certain incipient surveys were carried out more or less ad hoc for the Hudson's Bay Company by Adolphus Lee Lewes, " surveyor and clerk for the general service." In 1849 Capt. Walter Colqu- houn Grant, " surveyor to the Company," arrived in Victoria, but due to private preoccupations he accomplished little of value in surveying.* The need for competent surveys was then recognized by recruiting, in 1851, an eminently qualified surveyor in the person of Joseph Despard Pemberton as colonial surveyor on contract with the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1860, Pemberton, having completed a second contract with the company, was appointed, by Royal warrant, Surveyor-General of Vancouver Island Colony, the first of a long line of worthy public servants in this field. This appointment reflected also the new role of Victoria as a commercial depot and take-off point for the Fraser River gold- rush. Pemberton relinquished his appointment in 1864, being succeeded by Benjamin William Pearse, whose appointment as Assistant Colonial Surveyor of Vancouver Island in 1851 further emphasized the importance attached to adequate surveys at that early time. Pearse continued in office as Surveyor-General of Vancouver Island until the union in 1866. The other colonial root identified with the Mainland colony had quite a different character for its first five years, from 1858 to 1863, during which the survey and, indeed, mapping (exploration) activities were carried out by the company of Royal Engineers from the United Kingdom, under the command of Col. Richard Clement Moody. This officer also filled the role of Surveyor-General and Chief Commissioner * See Ireland, W. E., " Pioneer Surveyors of Vancouver Island." Proc. 26th Annual General Meeting of the Corporation of Land Surveyors of British Columbia, Jan. 11-12, 1951, Victoria, B.C. CC 48 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES of Lands and Works. He was supported by a staff of seven commissioned officers and 130 other ranks of the company. On their recall to England in November, 1863, an interlude of transition from military to civilian status followed, and Joseph William Trutch, civil engineer, was appointed, by Royal warrant dated May, 1864, Surveyor-General and Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works of the Mainland colony, taking active office in March, 1865. Walter Moberley was appointed Assistant Surveyor-General by Governor Douglas. It is interesting to note that up to and including the year 1865 salaries were listed in sterling currency and thereafter in dollars. In 1886 the consolidation of two heretofore separate colonial administrations was necessary, probably with a few problems, one being in the judicial area. However, the Lands and Works Department seems to have offered no special difficulty, and in this connection the following extract from the " Civil List" for 1867 is of interest:— Office Name Date of Appt. Authority Annual Salary Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works and Surveyor-General •Assistant Surveyor-General and Supt. of Light Houses, Victoria Clerk J. W. Trutch ... B. W. Pearse... A. R. Howse J. V. Woolsey J. B. Launders D. Deasy T. Westgarth _ 20 Feb. 1864 1 Jan. 1867 20 Oct. 1863 30 Nov. 1865 1 July 1865 26 Oct. 1863 31 Oct. 1860 The Queen's Warrant $3,880.00 1,900 00 1,220.00 1,220.00 1,220.00 250.00 Clerk ... * Held similar appointment under government of Vancouver Island prior to union. In the budget of the Lands and Works Department for the same year, among some 25 items covering construction and maintenance of public buildings, harbour improvement, roads and bridges are three survey items, namely—" exploration in the interior, $1,182.00; survey of pre-emption claims, and surveys of Vancouver Island, $1,260.00." These items comprised about 5 per cent of the total expenditure of the Department, the bulk of which (80 per cent) was for construction and maintenance of roads, trails, and bridges, mostly in the Interior. It is worthy of remark that by this time there had been a sharp decline in production of gold in the Cariboo, resulting in a poignant recession in colonial revenues. A century later, in 1966, the authorized surveys and mapping staff included some 186 people, not counting temporary seasonal help, the total payroll of which was in excess of $1,000,000. Authorized " expenses " for 1966 covering field and office operations, equipment, maintenance, etc., grossed some $578,000. This, with salaries, constitutes approximately 5 per cent of the total authorized expenditure of the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, but, of course, only a fraction of 1 per cent of the gross Provincial expenditures. An inventory of what had been accomplished, or was known, in the realm of mapping and surveys at the time of union in 1866 would include the cumulative fruits of earlier exploration by sea and land, various route locations, and certain legal surveys for urban and rural settlement. Thanks to hydrographic surveys by Vancouver (1792-94), Kellett (1846-48), Provost (1859), Richards (1858-63), and Pender (1863-70), and to the sea-borne fur trade, coastal geography between Juan de Fuca Strait in the south and Cook's Inlet in the north was, in the main, well known and charted. On land, as far north as the Stikine and Liard Rivers, the primary framework of drainage and trade routes had been identified and positioned SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 49 E *—. o VO Ov a "3 PQ 00 o 0 H S •a CC 50 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES by explorer-surveyors of the fur trade Mackenzie, Thompson, and Fraser, by pathfinders Anderson, Downie, Dewdney, and by military officers Palmer and Mayne. The first International Boundary Commission had surveyed and marked accessible segments of the 49th parallel from salt water to the Rocky Mountain divide (1857-61). However, 100 years ago, with few exceptions, vast areas between the narrow lines of that early geographic framework and all of the Interior north and west of the Stikine and Dease Rivers were terra incognita (as graphically illustrated by Dr. A. L. Farley's diagrammatic " Summary to 1871," reproduced here with his kind permission). An 1871 Atlas of British Columbia and environs shortly after the time of union, at the end of the colonial period, 1871, could have contained some interesting map- sheets, mostly at small scales. An outstanding series had been produced by Aaron Arrowsmith (1750-1823), his sons, and a nephew, John Arrowsmith (1790-1873), of London. Their maps were revised periodically as new information accrued from many sources, including the expanding knowledge of the Hudson's Bay Company, the good graces of which the Arrowsmiths enjoyed, as well as those of the British Colonial Office. Aaron, the father, produced pertinent editions in 1795, 1814, and 1824, and John continued with further editions of 1832, 1837, 1855 (Vancouver Island), 1859, and 1862. A selection of these and other maps of special interest, which had appeared up to and including the year 1871, the end of British Columbia's colonial period, are listed in chronological sequence below, with occasional comment. (Asterisk (*) indicates copy or photostat in the Provincial Archives, Victoria, B.C.) 1831: "Map of British Dominions in North America. Compiled by Joseph Bouchette, Jr., Deputy Surveyor-General of the Province of Lower Canada, 1831." (The western portion of this map includes the territories of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and parts of California and Montana within the red (British) outline.) *1842: " Ground Plan of portion of Vancouver Island selected for New Establishment taken by James Douglas, Esq. Drawn by A. Lee Lewes, L.S."f (Scale, 4"= 1 mile.) Circa 1849-50: "Original sketch of exploration between 1846 and 1849, Alex C. Anderson." (Scale 1 inch = approximately 10 miles.) Fort Langley to Kamloops. (This sheet was endorsed: " This map was handed to the Surveyor-General by J. A. Anderson, February 1910—(signed) E. B. McKay.") (LXV.) *1855: "THE SOUTH EASTERN DISTRICTS OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. From a Trigonometrical Survey made by Order of The Honourable Hudson's Bay Company. By J. D. Pemberton, Engineer and Surveyor to the Company." (Scale, l"=lVi miles approximately.)— Published by John Arrowsmith, London, October, 1855. (LXIV.) *1858: " MAP OF THE GOLD REGIONS OF THE FRAZER [sic] RIVER AND THE WASHINGTON TERRITORY on the WESTERN COAST OF AMERICA. By James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen & the Prince Consort, Charing Cross, London 1858." (Scale, 1"=28 miles.) (This map shows the International Boundary routed via Rosario Straits, and Kamloops Lake is spelled "Lake Kenloop.") (LXVI.) *1858: "MAP OF VANCOUVER ISLAND AND ADJACENT COAST COMPILED FROM SURVEYS OF VANCOUVER, KELLETT, SIMPSON, GALIANO, VALDEZ, &c, &c, &c, by J. Arrowsmith." London, April, 1858. (Scale, approximately 1"=20 miles.) (LXVIII.) t See Ireland, W. E., " Pioneer Surveyors of Vancouver Island." Proc. 26th Annual General Meeting of the Corporation of Land Surveyors of British Columbia., Jan. 11-12, 1951, Victoria, B.C. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 51 *1861: " BRITISH COLUMBIA. THOMPSON RIVER DISTRICT. From a Map in the Possession of H. E. Gov. Douglas, C.B. Made in 1835 by S. Black, Esq., H.B. Company's Service. The positions of New Westminster, Douglas & Hope are those determined by the Royal Engineers. Lithographed under the Direction of Capt. Parsons, R. E., New Westminster, July, 1861, by order of Col. R. C. Moody, R.E., etc. Drawn by R. Armstrong, R.E. Printed by W. Oldham R.E." (Scale, approximately 1"=22 miles.) (This map extends from New Westminster in the southwest corner to Jasper House in the north-east corner. Considerable detail, but some distortions.) (LXXIV.) ♦1861: "BRITISH COLUMBIA—NEW WESTMINSTER TO LILLOOET FROM A GENERAL MAP IN PREPARATION BY THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. Prepared under the direction of Capt. Parsons, R.E., New Westminster, August 1861. By order of Col. R. C. Moody, R.E., etc." (Scale, 1"=10 miles.) (LXXIII.) *1862: "THE PROVINCES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND; WITH PORTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES &' HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORIES. Compiled from Original documents by John Arrowsmith, 1862. London, 1st June 1862." (Scale, 1"=40 miles approximately.) (This map incorporated much of the new information accruing from gold-mining activities, explorations of A. C. Anderson, the Harrison-Lillooet-Kamloops-Coquihalla route in 1846 and the Fraser-Thompson-Nicola routes in 1847, hydrographic surveys in the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound. It also corrects earlier confusion between the Skeena and the Nass Rivers.) (LXIX.) Circa, 1863: "SKETCH OF ROUTE FROM FORT HOPE TO FORT COLVILLE TRACED FROM LT. PALMER'S MAP." (Probably traced at the office of Lands and Works, New Westminster.) (Scale, 1"= 3 miles.) Manuscript is in the vault of the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, Victoria. (LXXI.) *1863: "SKETCH OF THE ROUTE FROM NORTH BENTINCK ARM TO FORT ALEXANDER. By Lieut. H. S. Palmer, R.E., 1862. Drawn by J. Turnbull, Lance Corp., R.E. Scale, 1"=10 miles." (Inset is a profile of the route from sea-level to the Chilcotin plateau.) (LXXII.) 1865: "A General Map of the Routes in British North America Explored by the Expedition Under Capt. Palliser During the Years 1857, 1858, 1859, and 1860." Published in 1865 by Stanford's geographical establishment, London. (Scale, 1"=35 miles approximately.) (LXXV.) (Nicola Lake and River are shown as " Nicholas " Lake and River; Shuswap (Lake) is "Shouswap.") * Circa 1866: "PLAN OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER DISTRICT SHOWING THE ROUTES EXPLORED BY MESSRS. MOBERLEY, GREEN AND TURNBULL." (Scale, 1"=10 miles approximately.) Drawn by James Turnbull (ex R.E.). (LXXVI.) *1866: " GUIDE MAP TO THE BIG BEND MINES (ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER) SHEWING THE ROUTE FROM NEW WESTMINSTER. The portion of this map in British Columbia is compiled chiefly from government reconnaisances and recent surveys and is in its main points correct. (Signed) Joseph W. Trutch, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works and Surveyor General, New Westminster, February 5, 1866." CC 52 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES (Includes Columbia River to Portland, Oreg., latitude 45° 30/ to latitude 55° and from Juan de Fuca Strait east to Rocky Mountains.) (Scale, 1"=25 miles.) (LXXVII.) *1867: "Map of portion of the Colony of BRITISH COLUMBIA. Compiled from various sources including original notes from personal explorations between the years 1832 and 1851. Dated 23 May, 1867. A. C. Anderson." (Scale, 1"=10 miles.) (LXX.) •1871: "MAP OF BRITISH COLUMBIA to the 56th Parallel, North Latitude. Compiled and drawn at the Lands and Works Office, Victoria, B.C., under the direction of The Hon'ble J. W. Truch, M.Inst.C.E., F.R.G.S., Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works and Surveyor General, 1871. J. B. Launders, Draughtsman, May 9th, 1870, additions to January, 1871. Scale, 25 English statute miles to 1 inch." Published by Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross, October 18, 1871. (LXXX.) (Comment by Dr. Farley: "... a careful portrayal of surveyed areas and for the remainder, a bold attempt to convey what knowledge was available. It stands as a milestone in the historical cartography of British Columbia.") A full and meticulous treatment of this fascinating aspect of British Columbia's development is given by Dr. A. L. Farley in his thesis " Historical Cartography of British Columbia, with a separate appendix of maps, Vancouver, 1960," of which copies are available in this Branch and in the Provincial Archives, Victoria, and in the libraries of the Universities of British Columbia, Vancouver; Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Wisconsin, Madison. Roman numerals noted in the foregoing list of maps refer to photostat copies included in Dr. Farley's appendix. Surveys of legal boundaries for the partition of land went hand in hand with exploratory surveys for routes and resources in colonial times as they do today, because knowledge of terrain and its potentialities invites enterprise which, in turn, requires legal occupation and access. The first legal surveys were done in and about Fort Victoria, J. D. Pemberton's first plan of the settlement being dated 1852, the year following his initial appointment by the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1858 Governor Douglas sent Mr. Pemberton to survey a townsite at " Derby," near Fort Langley, anticipating it would be the capital of the new Mainland colony. Early surveys of rural land for settlement by J. D. Pemberton are well summarized by Dr. Farley in his thesis mentioned above:— " By 1859 he had directed the survey of some 30,000 acres of land in the vicinity of Nanaimo and nearly another 30,000 acres in the Cowichan Valley—the survey extended over eight districts, each district, except where interrupted by the coast, containing 16 square blocks of 1,000 acres each and each block subdivided into 100-acre sections. Eight other districts were surveyed in the southern portion of the Island, covering the Sooke-Saanich area. The district surveys were later published, at a scale of 20 chains to the inch, by the Topographical Depot of the War Office under direction of the Royal Engineers." Quoting from another source:—* " TTiere was a lively demand for surveys of townsites and consequent sale of lots. On 12th July, 1858, twenty-five town lots in Esquimalt were sold by auction, bringing from $475.00 up to the highest bid of $1,450.00, by a Mr. Ah Gim, Chinese merchant from San Francisco. This same year surveys of Victoria were completed by the Colonial Surveyor and compiled into an official town map. Streets were named, in order of priority, after colonial governors, distinguished navigators, early ships, Arctic explorers and, lastly, Canadian cities, lakes, rivers, etc. The evidence * See Andrews, G. S., " Survey and Mapping in B.C. Resources Development." Transactions of 7th British Columbia Natural Resources Conference, Victoria, B.C., Feb. 24-26, 1954. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 53 of Pemberton's nomenclature persists to this day, identifying older parts of the city. Fort Langley, capital-elect of the mainland colony, was surveyed in anticipation of the arrival of the Royal Engineers under Colonel Moody toward the end of the year. There, in November, 400 town lots were auctioned, fetching a gross of $68,000.00. Before the sale it was officially announced that English Law protecting the rights of alien property owners would prevail. Colonel Moody was not satisfied with Fort Langley as a capital, and selected a site better suited to defence and deep draught vessels, about 18 miles down river, and named it Queensborough—later changed to New Westminster. Townsite surveys and construction were commenced early in 1859, a suburb nearby being chosen for the Royal Engineers' barracks and called Sapperton. Sale of town lots in Queensborough took place in June, 1859, prices ranging from $100.00 to $1,925.00 per lot. On Vancouver Island 20,000 acres of rural land were surveyed into lots and put on sale at 4s. 2d. per acre." The Royal Engineers also surveyed the townsites of Hope in 1860, Yale in 1862, Clinton and Barkerville in 1863. The evolution of statutory regulation of land alienations and surveys is indicated in the following:—* "A Proclamation by His Excellency, James Douglas, C.B., Commander-in- Chief, Vice-Admiral and Governor of British Columbia and its Dependencies " dated January 4, 1860, made provision for the following:— (1) The piece of land authorized to be acquired by pre-emption should be of rectangular form, and the shortest side be at least two-thirds of the longest side. (2) That persons authorized to acquire land (by pre-emption) might purchase in addition any number of acres not otherwise appropriated. And by further Proclamation dated January 19, 1861:— (3) Boundaries shall also run as nearly as possible by the cardinal points of the compass. (4) Natural boundaries authorized. (5) Prior boundaries of adjacent parcels may be adopted, notwithstanding any irregularities in said boundaries. (6) Vacant fractions up to 160 acres enclosed by prior locations may be acquired, notwithstanding irregularity of shape or disproportion in length of any of the sides. (7) " The Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works (then Col. R. C. Moody, R.E.) from time to time may appoint Sworn Surveyors to survey the piece of land acquired, etc., etc., and shall administer to them the oath set forth in the schedule hereto and shall also acquire from each of them security to the value of £100 that they will well and efficiently survey such piece of land as they may be required to survey." (8) Purchaser may apply to Chief Commissioner to appoint a Sworn Surveyor to survey the land at the expense of applicant. (9) The Sworn Surveyor shall make an accurate survey of said land and report thereon to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works. (10) The report of a Sworn Surveyor may also be received as evidence upon application for a certificate of improvement. (11) The Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works may issue a scale of remuneration to be paid to the Sworn Surveyor. * Andrews, G. S., " The Land Surveying Profession in British Columbia." Report Proc. 50th Annual General Meeting of the Corporation of Land Surveyors of British Columbia, January 13-14, 1955, Victoria, B.C. CC 54 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES (The Land Registry Act of 1871 required the owner of land to produce " a properly authenticated" map, and, by amendment in 1873, that "such map shall be certified by a competent Land Surveyor or Civil Engineer.") Having reviewed the surveys and mapping situation at the time of union, and close to the end of the colonial period, and leaving for another occasion a narrative account of the century since then, we can, by contrast, examine the situation today, as reported in following sections for the year 1966 by the four divisions of this Branch. The surveys and mapping inventory as of December 31, 1966, reflects the benefits of continued and sustained vigour on the part of British Columbia's Provincial survey activity, as well as important benefits from her entry into the Canadian Confederation in 1871, especially in the field of primary control, hydrographic, topographic, and geological surveys by Federal agencies, both civil and military. Today's inventory of maps and air photographs covering British Columbia is comprehensively displayed in no less than 18 indexes to be found in the pocket inside the back cover of this Report. Indexes 1 to 3, inclusive, show the cadastral series compiled and maintained by the Legal Surveys Division. The Departmental reference maps, Index 1, give up-to-the-minute land status of the entire surface of the Province at 1"=1 mile, 1"=2 miles, and \"=V2 mile, according to density of occupation. Mineral reference maps, Index 2, show concentrations of mineral claims and placer mining claims at 1"=1,500'. Composite maps, Index 3, show the cadastral (legal) survey network in various unincorporated areas of comparatively dense population at 1"=500' scale. Standard topographic mapping at \"=Vi mile, fully controlled with contour interval of 100 feet, in manuscript form, is shown in Index 4. Approximately two- thirds of the Province is covered in this manner, just over half of which has been done by Federal agencies, and the balance by the Province. Special engineering projects at large scale, with close contour intervals for pondage, drainage, irrigation, etc., by the Provincial Topographic Division are shown on Index 6. The Air Division interim maps without contours, compiled from air photographs, are shown in Indexes 5 and 7 at V'=1/2 mile and 1"=% mile respectively. Vertical air-photo cover over the whole Province at 1"=40 chains is shown in Index 16, and at 1"==20 chains in Index 17. Smaller-scale air photography and tricamera photography are shown in Index 15. Lithographed maps, distributed and produced in part by the Geographic Division, are covered in Indexes 8 to 13, inclusive. Maps of the Province as a whole are covered by Index 8, the 1J series at 30 miles per inch and 1a (in two sheets) at 16 miles per inch. The 10-mile-per-inch series covers the Province in six sheets, and a few surviving pre-emptors and other miscellaneous series at 3 and 4 miles per inch are indicated in Index 9. The popular Provincial 1"=2 miles series featuring land status is shown in Index 10, and the 1:250,000 (4-mile) series in Index 11, of which about one-third are Provincial editions showing status, district lots, and vacant Crown land. The balance are Federal editions. The Federal 1:500,000 (8-mile) and 1:1,000,000 (16-mile) series are shown in Indexes 12 and 13 respectively. Index 14 shows the lithographed 1:50,000 topographic series maps, all of which are printed in Ottawa. Those in dark red, about one-third of the total, have been surveyed and compiled by the Provincial Topographic Division, and those in light red are Federal productions. Indexes of certain larger-scale maps, such as the 1:25,000 series, now being extended over urban and suburban areas, and a few special miscellaneous series, are available on special request. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 55 It is obvious that today, at the end of the century of union, a complete atlas of current British Columbia maps would run into several bulky volumes which would include a comprehensive array of one-sheet maps of the whole Province (the 1j series at 30 miles per inch); eight Federal sectional sheets and the Provincial map 1a at 1:1,000,000 scale; six Provincial regional sheets at 10 miles per inch; 23 Federal sheets of the 1:500,000 series; 76 sheets of the 1:250,000 (4 miles per inch) series. Each of the foregoing series gives full coverage of the Province. TThe 2-miles-per-inch series covers less than one-tenth of the Province in 41 sheets, and the basic l:50,000-scale topographic series, in either lithographic or manuscript (Ozalid print) form, now covers about two-thirds of the Province in some 800 full or 1,600 half sheets. In addition are special series of legal surveys maps and air interim maps. It is also of primary significance that every square mile of the Province can be inspected in realistic stereoscopic (three-dimensional) air-photographic detail. This air-photo cover is continually being up-dated to record the ever-changing surface features, due mostly to man's activities, much being praiseworthy—roads, logging, new and growing towns, dams, reservoirs, etc.—but some regrettable, such as forest fires and ribbon development. Natural processes of erosion, particularly in the ambience of water boundaries, are also portrayed most effectively by revision photography from the air. The founders of British Columbia's survey and mapping policies and activities a century ago, and their long line of able successors, would be amazed and, I think, gratified at the progress which their example and foresight have inspired and realized. This goes not only for the public servants professionally responsible, but also for the heads of government, such as His Honour James Douglas, who well appreciated that surveys and mapping comprise the very foundation of all enlightened development and administration of the land and its resources. CC 56 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES LEGAL SURVEYS DIVISION D. Pearmain, Chief The Legal Surveys Division, under the direction of the Surveyor-General, is responsible for cadastral surveys of all Crown lands of the Province. This entails the issuing of instructions to the land surveyors engaged to make each survey and supplying them with copies of the field-notes and plans of adjoining or adjacent surveys. After the completion of the survey, the returns are forwarded to this office for checking and plotting. In the above, returns are all right-of-way surveys, including those for highways, railways, and transmission-lines. During the year, 1,181 sets of the above instructions were issued, which is an increase of 42 over 1965. During the year, 654 sets of field-notes or survey plans covering the survey of 1,013 lots were received in this office and duly indexed, checked, plotted, and official plans prepared therefrom. Of the above-mentioned surveys, 1,001 were made under the Land Act and 12 under the Mineral Act. At the present time there are approximately 99,799 sets of field-notes on record in our vaults. There were 367 plans received from land surveyors covering subdivision and rights-of-way surveys which were made under the Land Registry Act. These were duly indexed and checked, and certified copies deposited in the respective Land Registry Offices. In order that a graphic record may be kept of alienations of both surveyed and unsurveyed Crown lands together with reserves, a set of 249 reference maps, covering the whole of the Province, must be maintained. These show all cadastral surveys which are on file in the Department, and are kept up to date by adding new information as it accrues from day to day. Prints are available to the public (see Indexes 1 to 7 in the envelope attached to the back cover of this Annual Report). All applications to purchase or lease Crown lands or foreshore which are received by the Lands Branch and all applications to purchase Crown timber received by the Forest Service are channelled through this Division for clearance. The orderly processing of these applications requires that an exhaustive status be made from the reference maps, official plans, and Land Registry Office plans. From the reference maps, together with other information and facilities maintained by this Division, it is possible to give an up-to-the-minute status of any parcel of Crown land in the Province. It was necessary during the year, for status and compilation purposes, to obtain 2,752 plans from the various Land Registry Offices. This Division co-operates with the other departments of Government by preparing and checking legal descriptions which they require. Those assisted in this way were the Attorney-General's Department (descriptions of Small Debts Courts), the Department of Agriculture (descriptions of disease-free areas and pound districts), the Forest Service (descriptions of tree-farm licences and working circles), and the Lands Branch (descriptions for gazetted reserves, etc.). During the year, 304 of the above descriptions were prepared, and this entailed 172 man-hours. REPRODUCTION SECTION The Legal Surveys Division, through this Section, continues to supply a service to all departments of Government and to the public, as well as supplying all the prints and photostats, etc., required by the Surveys and Mapping Branch. The total number of prints made during the year was 300,458, in the preparation of which 301,250 yards or 171.2 miles of paper and linen were used. The number of photostats, films, autopositives, and Xerox copies made was 163,724. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 57 Of the 300,458 prints made, 45,172 were for the Surveys and Mapping Branch, 62,192 for other branches of the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, 174,472 for other departments of Government, and 18,622 for the public. Likewise, of the 163,724 photostats, films, etc., made, 47,216 were for the Surveys and Mapping Branch, 105,429 for other branches of the Department, 8,460 for other departments of Government, and 2,619 for the public. The multilith machine turned out 435,614 copies during the year. COMPOSITE MAP SECTION This Section is responsible for the compilation and fair drawing of composite maps, mostly at a scale of 500 feet to 1 inch, of the more densely subdivided areas of the Province, and especially where they occur in unorganized territory. (See Index 3 inside back cover.) During the year no composite mapping was done; instead this Section was given the responsibility of recompiling and renewing reference maps which, through constant use, had become very worn and dirty. In certain cases the scale of the new maps has been enlarged from 1 inch to 1 mile to 1 inch to one-half mile. The total number of reference maps recompiled and redrawn during the year was 39. Early in December this Section was withdrawn from the recompilation of reference maps and a start has been made in revising the composite maps which lie within the Kamloops Land Registration District. LAND EXAMINATION PLANS SECTION This Section is responsible for the preparation of plans for the use of the Land Inspectors in their examination of applications for Crown lands. These plans are a consolidation of all the information available in this Department and pertinent to the applications requiring inspection. A synopsis of the work accomplished by this Section during the past six years is as follows:—- Year Plans Prepared Year Plans Prepared 1961 2,660 1964 2,827 1962 2,941 1965 2,212 1963 2,944 1966 2,808 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, 2,463 plans received this check, as compared with 2,436 in 1965 and 2,216 in 1964. 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:— Standard Pipe Driveable Pipe Standard Rock B.C.L.S. Bars Purchased by private surveyors from headquarters.. Supplied to Departmental surveyors Shipped to Government Agents for resale Totals 235 93 170 532 573 4,364 294 10 1,025 100 2,660 900 498 | 5,469 1,329 3,660 CC 58 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES COMPUTER OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMMING During 1966 a large volume of work was carried out on the Government I.B.M. 1620 computer. Principal users were the Legal Surveys Division, for checking plans prepared under the Land Act and Land Registry Act, and for the computation of the larger field survey jobs; the Trigonometric Control Section, for the computation and adjustment of all triangulation, trilateration, and control traverses, with particular emphasis on the adjustments required in connection with integrated surveys; and the Photogrammetric Section, for the adjustment of aerotriangulation in both strip and block form. The Legal Surveys Division combined with the Trigonometric Control Section to compute rectangular co-ordinates of section corners in four townships in the Peace River Block, in the Inga Lake area where petroleum and natural-gas drillings and land alienations are active. Surveys in this area will thus be integrated and serve as control for subsequent surveys. The Surveys and Mapping Branch used 18.8 per cent of the operational time of the 1620 computer during the 12-month period October 1, 1965, to September 30, 1966. The following table shows the hours of usage and cost by section:— Section Hours of Computer time Hours of Key-punch time Total Cost Legal Surveys Division Photogrammetric Control Section .... Trigonometric Control Section Total cost 57 63 222 1,293 144 172 $6,718 3,889 11,876 I $22,483 This table shows that the usage by the Legal Surveys Division involves a large amount of time in data preparation as compared with computing time. The Trigonometric Control Section, on the other hand, is heavy on computer time, with the more intricate computations and elaborate adjustments required. It is interesting to note that the total cost of the computer operation represents the salaries of between three and four men at the technical assisant level. While it would be impractical to perform some of the adjustments without a computer, it is estimated that 20 additional men would be required to replace it, together with the required office space and desk calculating-machines. Programming Two new programmes were prepared in 1966: Surmap 116 for the reduction of geodimeter observations and Surmap 124 for the computation of geodetic position, given azimuth and distance, and for the inverse computation given two positions. A number of changes and improvements were made to existing programmes to meet new demands upon them. Preparation for I.B.M. System 360 The 1620 computer is to be replaced in 1967 by an I.B.M. System 360. This will involve rewriting nearly all existing programmes in one of the several languages compatible with the new system. For Surveys and Mapping Branch programmes, the most suitable language is Fortran IV, and a start on the necessary conversions has been made. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 59 Summary of Office Work for the Years 1964 and 1965, Legal Surveys Division Number of field books received „ lots surveyed „ lots plotted „ lots gazetted „ lots cancelled „ lots amended mineral-claim field books prepared ___ reference maps compiled or renewed applications for purchase cleared applications for pre-emption cleared _ applications for lease cleared 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 blueprints made offset prints made 1965 565 860 735 648 11 212 70 50 2,025 67 4,138 3,910 1,146 3,361 1,454 6,423 2,212 5,557 151,105 323,604 284,580 1966 654 1,013 763 828 19 230 92 35 1,302 65 4,935 4,105 1,069 3,117 1,106 6,488 2,808 6,635 163,714 300,458 435,614 FIELD WORK Subdivisions of Crown Land One large lot west of the Mission Flats at Kamloops, of 165 acres, was surveyed for lease. A road right-of-way into a subdivision at Ness Lake, of 1.2 miles, was necessary for access. Southern Okanagan Lands Project lands surveyed consisted of one 28-acre lot at Hester Creek, a sewer effluent right-of-way at Osoyoos, and a nine-lot acreage subdivision west of Oliver on the bench. Tabulation of the bulk of the small-lot surveys is as follows:— Waterfront Lease Lots Green Lake (Cariboo) Norman Lake Ness Lake 99 82 28 Fraser Lake 21 Lac Le Jeune Topley Landing Seymour Lake (Smithers) Lakelse Lake Lake Cowichan 7 25 25 10 1 Total 298 CC 60 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Rural Roadside Lots Shawnigan Lake, V.I. 6 Cheekye-Squamish 10 Grand Forks 1 Horsefly Road 40 Nanaimo 1 Topley Landing 51 Seymour Lake 25 Lakelse Lake 10 Total 144 Land Settlement Board Lands The subdivision at Krestova, begun last year to encourage orderly settlement in that area by Doukhobors and their descendants, was enlarged to include all the usable land within the Krestova repository. Seventeen acreage lots south of Goose Creek totalling 230 acres were laid out, as well as 125 lots of 2 to 8 acres each in the vicinity of the old settlement, for building-sites. These lots will all be serviced with a good gravel road and power. A school-site on Pass Creek was surveyed out of a large block of land to lease the balance for alienation, and at Camp Lister (near Creston) a large parcel was divided into five lots. Interdepartmental Surveys Two lots were surveyed at Red Rock in connection with a Forest Service nursery, as well as a half a mile of road into it. Public Works properties at Lee Avenue in Victoria, Mann Avenue in Saanich, at Burnaby, and around the Government Buildings Precinct in Victoria were posted. Work is practically completed on the consolidation by survey of all Government-owned properties comprising the institution-site on Wilkinson Road in Saanich. A park-site was surveyed at Topley Landing, and at Colwood in Victoria a site for a Centennial project by the local district was cut out of some Federal Government land. In connection with the development at Fort Steele, a reservoir-site and right-of-way for water pipe-line were surveyed at the request of the Water Resources Service. Reposting and Restoration This programme was regrettably curtailed this year due to our inability to field the usual survey crew specifically for this purpose. However, restoration work at Port Edward was possible, where five district lots were relocated in a very difficult area where the Highways Department needed this information in order to make agreements for road location. This is one of the few cases where it was possible to get in ahead of road-building. Some reposting was done at Midway, south of the bridge, to facilitate road work. Five sections in the Highland District around Victoria were reposted. One old lot at Glimpse Lake, near Nicola Lake, was re- surveyed, where a trespass on Crown timber was investigated for the Forest Service. A large discrepancy in surveys made this quite troublesome. An old mineral claim on Jumbo Creek had to be posted and removed from lands subsequently alienated. Three quarter-sections were remonumented at Red Rock in connection with subdivision there. In all, 148 district lot and section corners were replaced by our staff. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 61 Highways Four survey parties accomplished 51.2 miles of highway surveying. Of this total, 8 miles of the Southern Trans-Canada Highway between Greenwood and Grand Forks and 6.1 miles between Hosmer and Olson were surveyed by one party. Another party completed 16 miles of the highway in the Merritt area. Two parties were on the Northern Trans-Provincial Highway, completing 11 miles east of Burns Lake and 9.6 miles east of Houston. These latter two sections were tied into the Provincial triangulation network, which, together with the valuable remonumentation of remote district lot and section corners, continues to be of worth-while long-term benefit to the survey and mapping control in the Province. Inspections Only one inspection was requested by the Corporation of British Columbia Land Surveyors, to investigate what turned out to be an ill-founded complaint about a survey at Kelowna. Another investigation on our own initiative at Comox turned up an interesting anomaly in title records, now in the process of correction. Personnel Early in 1966 Mr. D. W. Carrier, B.C.L.S., an experienced surveyor who had been with this Division as a surveyor since he was commissioned as a land surveyor in 1951, resigned from the Service. The good work carried out by him during his service will be long remembered. Shortly afterwards, in May, another valuable land surveyor, Mr. A. P. McLaughlin, B.C.L.S., who had surveyed many hundreds of miles of highways for this Department since he was commissioned in the Service in 1954, died while on survey near Smithers. Mr. McLaughlin's meticulous attention to detail and precise work will serve as a tribute to himself and this Department. He made many friends in areas where he worked. It was possible to continue the work he started by appointing Mr. Harry Millard, B.C.L.S., who continued the work without interruption. Mr. Millard has since become a permanent member of this Division. CC 62 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES TOPOGRAPHIC DIVISION A. G. Slocomb, B.C.L.S., Chief As a direct result of the reactivation of the Interdepartmental Co-ordinating Committee on Surveys and Mapping, this Division was provided with funds to continue pondage and mapping surveys in the Stikine-Iskut Rivers area, as well as mapping for three additional requests. Two of them, on the Kechika and Fort Nelson Rivers, were pondage surveys, and the third for the strengthening of the vertical and horizontal control in part of the northern portion of the North-east British Columbia oil and gas fields. Two helicopter contracts were awarded, one for three months and the other for four. It is worthy of note that although tenders were called for earlier than in past years, all of the larger companies were already fully committed and could not tender. Excellent service was received from the two successful companies, both small ones, despite a below-average weather year that held the hours flown far below the banner year of 1965. The Branch's De Havilland Otter aircraft was used on the Kechika and North-east British Columbia projects as required, until an engine failure occurred on June 19th, fortunately while the aircraft was directly above its base at Parker Lake. A replacement motor was trucked from Victoria and installed in the field, an operation that entailed a great deal of work and ingenuity as there were no facilities available at this lake. The aircraft was ready for service again by July 13th, and immediately went to work moving supplies into the Cabin Lake area for the North-east British Columbia crew. On July 15th the Otter aircraft left for Kinaskan Lake to join the Stikine-Iskut crew, with which it remained for the balance of the V -mJ The river boat " Judith Ann," plying between Wrangell, Alaska, and Telegraph Creek, B.C., on Stikine River. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 63 season. A Cessna 185 aircraft from Fort Nelson, also using Parker Lake as a base, was chartered as required to service the crew at Cabin Lake for the balance of the season, as well as the Fort Nelson River crew while at the northern end of their work, being a more economical means of obtaining supplies than by the river boat at their disposal. The Highways Department allowed the use of its De Haviland Beaver aircraft for flights out of McLure Lake, near Telkwa, to Kinaskan Lake for two weeks in July while our Otter was being repaired. For the purpose of hauling the equipment, instruments, and supplies for all of the survey crews, a 5-ton chassis was purchased, on which was installed an aluminum van with full-width rear doors. This unit was able to take care of all of the three northern groups at the beginning of the season and, at the end, remaining in the interim at Kinaskan Lake to haul gasoline from Watson Lake for the Stikine-Iskut crew. A professional driver-mechanic was hired for the summer to drive the unit, thus releasing a staff member for more important duties, and as well ensuring better maintenance procedures, a fact well in evidence when the vehicle returned to Victoria for the winter. Control was obtained for seven National Topographic Series 1:50,000-scale map-sheets in the Stikine-Iskut Rivers area, as well as 243 miles of pondage control over the Stikine, Iskut, Chutine, and Scud Rivers. Based on the experience of the previous years, this crew commenced operations in July to allow as much snow as possible to melt from the high rugged peaks. Map-sheet control had to be abandoned early in September due to new snowfall that stayed on the higher elevations, so that only pondage control was carried on during most of that month. This is a very difficult section of the Province to photograph due to the very heavy snowfall. Fig. 1. CC 64 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES The Kechika River pondage control, including its tributaries Gataga and Frog Rivers, was completed in 35 days commencing June 1st, utilizing the helicopter that was later to do the Stikine River work. This watershed was part of a Provincial triangulation scheme completed during 1939-41. Field work consisted of photo- identifying the existing stations and adding side shots by tellurometer to control the multiplex extentions. The Frog and Gataga Rivers were controlled by running closed tellurometer traverses commencing in each case from stations established by Mr. H. Pattinson, B.C.L.S., in 1939. Work completed was 239 miles of tellurometer traverse, 39 old topographic stations occupied and photo-identified, and 40 new stations established. With the addition of two men and exchanging the helicopter crew for two boatmen, this crew then moved to Fort Nelson to commence work on the pondage maps of the Fort Nelson and Liard Rivers. For the heavy work a 40-foot Finlay River type boat with a 40-horsepower motor was hired, the observing crews using rubber boats powered with 20-horsepower motors for daily transport. A new 15^-foot " Explorer 66 " was purchased, which performed well on the fast river with plenty of room to spare, replacing an older boat 3 feet shorter and too cramped for a working crew with all its gear. For a fast, safe means of transport on these large northern rivers, the rubber boat has proved very satisfactory. The initial plan of traversing the valley banks in this exceptionally flat part of the Province had to be abandoned due to heavy tree cover in favour of an M.R.A. 3 tellurometer traverse along the banks of the river. The meandering river reduced the length of the traverse courses so that a total of 145 stations was required. Photo identification was a problem because of the high stage of the water when the air photos were taken in the spring, and to overcome this some clearing was done at each station and 15-foot strips of cotton were used as a ground target. The whole project was then reflown in September with all targets in place. The river traverse commenced at a triangulation station near Fort Nelson and continued down-river to the 60th parallel, where ties were made to two boundary monuments, British Columbia-Yukon on the west bank and British Columbia-Northwest Territories on the east. Another terminal connection was made to two of Mr. A. D. Wight's 1960 stations. Intermediate ties were also made along the Fort Nelson River to four of Mr. E. R. McMinn's 1955 stations, with azimuth observations on polaris taken on three occasions resulting in a total of 253 miles of river traverse completed. A request from the Water Investigations Branch of the Water Resources Service for additional horizontal and vertical control in the vicinity of Dam "A" on the Liard River was received in August, and we completed this request while in the vicinity with the assistance of the helicopter that had just finished its contract for the North-east British Columbia project. The Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources was the requesting agency for additional horizontal and vertical control in the Clarke Lake, Yoyo, Kotcho, and Petitot gasfields, which lie in National Topographic Map-sheets 94 J/9, 10, 15, 16, 1/13, 14, and P/3, 4, 5, 12, 13. The Air Division was able to photograph the areas covered by these map-sheets in early May. Using these photographs, mosaics were assembled, which then were examined to plan the routes for the tellurometer traverses. The mosaics revealed interconnections between seismic lines, which in turn allowed a tentative route to be chosen which could then be checked by helicopter. Tellurometer traverse of 440 miles was run using 149 stations, of which 54 were marked by monuments, which consisted of 6 feet of 3A -inch steel reinforcing- bar with a standard rock post fastened to the top by 1-inch copper pipe. Twelve more were either tied to well-heads or the well-heads were used as stations, and 18 were either O.I.P.s (old iron posts) or were tied to O.I.P.s of well-sites, while eight were original triangulation stations, set up by Mr. E. R. McMinn, B.C.L.S., in 1955. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 65 Of the 204 miles of levels run in the area, 71 permanent bench-marks were established, using the same type of monuments as those set for the tellurometer stations, while 105 temporary bench-marks were set (8-inch spikes driven in the base of a tree). In the Clarke Lake area, nine concrete right-of-way monuments were levelled to and used as bench-marks. Over the soft ground and muskeg sections, 6-foot aluminum poles with adjustable sliding brackets were used as turning points and for instrument set-ups, which proved invaluable and were designed and constructed in the Air Division workshop before the crew left for the field, utilizing our previous season's experience. This portion of British Columbia, with its gumbo mud and muskegs, is a very unpleasant part of the Province for surveyors working there. There were three separate integrated surveys worked on during the year, the largest being in the Municipality of Delta and was an extension of the work done in the Municipality of Surrey. Four new second-order and five third-order control stations were required to co-ordinate the 320 monuments installed by the local authorities. Vertical control was obtained by spirit level for 401 monuments in the two municipalities. The City of Kelowna installed 41 monuments following a visit by a member of the Division the previous season, and these were co-ordinated and tied into the main geodetic triangulation, requiring five new stations for the purpose. M.R.A. 3 tellurometers were used for the horizontal control, and a spirit level was used for the vertical control, utilizing three geodetic bench-marks. The City of Vancouver installed 50 monuments in the False Creek area under the direction of one of our staff surveyors, who then proceeded to co-ordinate them, using three new control stations from the local second-order network previously installed. The Model 6b geodimeter was used on this project for the shorter distances, and the M.R.A. 3 tellurometer for those over half a mile. A level crew from Vancouver City engineering department obtained the necessary elevations. The initial work for four other proposed integrated surveys has been done in the City of North Vancouver, District of North Vancouver, Cranbrook, and Nelson, the monuments being installed to the pattern suggested by the staff surveyors. They will be co-ordinated during the 1967 season. Eleven National Topographic map-sheets, totalling approximately 3,200 square miles, were compiled in the Photogrammetric Section. In addition, bridging was completed for the Stikine-Iskut Rivers map-sheets and those of the Southern Vancouver Island area, the former now being plotted by multiplex. There were 23 large-scale projects, ranging in scale from 100 to 1,000 feet to 1 inch, including 17 for the Water Resources Service, 2 for the Highways Department, 2 for British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, 1 for the Department of Recreation and Conservation, and 1 for the Museum, a small reconnaissance map of an archaeological site on the Fraser River near Yale. This is an increase in production over the past year, and results from the installation of five new pantograph attachments to our multiplex plotting tables, allowing a reorganization of men and equipment. The Draughting Section reports the compilation of 38 standard topographic manuscripts at the scale of 2 inches to 1 mile and 181 large-scale mapping plans at various scales. In addition, the plotting of cadastral surveys on 11 Federal Government 1:50,000 manuscripts was completed, 29 mosaics were assembled and distributed to the various departments requesting them, and 5 integrated survey plans were completed. The Federal Government now has 121 of our 1:50,000 scale manuscripts on hand for printing, which are in various stages of reproduction. Due to a reorganiza- 3 CC 66 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES tion in the map reproduction section at Ottawa, most of these sheets are expected to be completed during 1967. Copies of the photogrammetric large-scale mapping and the completed manuscripts listed at the end of this Report are available on request. (See Indexes 4 and 6 contained in the envelope attached to the back cover of this Report.) List of Large-scale Mapping No. Name Available Scale Contour Interval No. of Sheets Date XI S.P.I S.P. 2 Goldfields Richmond No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 1"=800\ 900', 1,000', 1,320' 1"=200', 600' 1"=1,000' 1"=1,000' 1"=20 ch. 1"= 550' 1"=10 ch. 1"=10 ch. l"=10ch. 1"=1,300' 1"=13 ch. 1"= 100' 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' 1"= 100' 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"=1,320' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 400' \"= 400' 1"= 400' 1"=1,320' 1"= 400' 1"= 500' V— 500' 1"=1,000' 1"=1,320' V'= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"=1,320' 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' V'= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"=1,000' 1"= 400' 1"= 200' V— 500' 1"=1,000' 1"=1,000' 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 600' 1"=1,000' 100' Mosaic 5'-50', then 50' 5'-50', then 50' 20' 20' 100' 50' 50' 50' 500' 5' 50' 20'^tO' 5' 50' 10'-20' 20'^tO' 50' 5' Spot heights 5'-10'-25' 5'-10'-25' Planimetric 50' 20'-100' 20'-40' 20'-A0' 50' 50' 20'-^0' 20'-40' 20'-^.0' 50' 20' 20' 50' 20'^W' 10' 10' 10' 20' 5'-10'-15' 20'-^(0' 10' 20' 10' Planimetric 10'-20' 20'-40' 20'-40' 20'-40' 20' 10' 10'-20' 20' 20' 18 20 t1) 13 1 1 38 8 6 13 28 73 2 7 1 ("2") 11 12 8 6 6 1 1 26 3 48 8 23 11 5 2 7 7 20 8 11 2 4 2 4 5 3 9 16 40 7 3 1957 S.P. 3 1958 1 1952 2 1951-52 3 1950 4 1951-52 5 1951 6 7 Kemano . 1952-53 1951 s 1951-52 9 10 Salmo... 1952 1952 11 1952 13 14 Trout Lake 1953 1951 15 16 Fraser Pondage 1953 1953 17 1953 18 1953-54 19 Doukhobor Lands— 1953-54 Krestova-Raspberry, etc 1953-54 1963 1953-54 21 Agassiz (Extension) .... 1954 28 M2 MoriceLake 1954-55 1955 M4 1955 M5 M6 Gaspard Creek. _. 1955 1955 M7 1955-56 M8 M9 M 11 Upper McGregor River Sinclair Mills 1956 1956-62 1955 M 12 1955 M 13 1954 1954 M 15 1954 1956 M17 M21 Creston.. 1954 1955 M 24 1956 M27 1958 M29 1956 M30 1956 M34 M36 Fruitvale — 1957 1957 1956-57 M 38 1956-57 M39 (1957) M39 (1958) M39 (1960) Dease River Dam-sites Dease-Stikine Dam-sites Dease-Stikine Dam-sites 1956-57 1959 1960 1956 1959 i One map (5e). 2 See Map No. 17. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 67 List of Large-scale Mapping—Continued No. Name Available Scale Contour Interval No. of Sheets Date M42 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No 1"= 600' 1"=1,320' 1"= 200' 1"— 200' 1"= 500' 1"=2,640' 1"= 500' 1"=1,320' 1"= 500' 1"=1,320' 1"= 1,000' 1"= 400' 1"= 400' 1"= 1,320' 1"= 1,320' 1"= 1,000' l"= 500' 1"= 200' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"=1,000' 1"= 40' 1"= 40' 1"= 500' 1"=1,000' \"= 300' 1"= 500' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 50' 1"= 100' 1"=1,000' 1"= 1,000' 1"= 500' 1"= 200' 1"= 250' 1"= 500' 1"= 50' 1"= 100' 1"= 1,000' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"= 1,320' 1"_= 100' 1"= 200' 1"= 500' 1"= 40' 1"=1,000' 1"—1,320' 1"=1,000' 1"= 500' 1"= 500' 1"=1,000' 1"= 400' 1"= 40' V— 40' 1"= 500' 1"= 1,000' 1"= 40' 1"= 100' 1"= 50' 1"= 100' \"= 50' 20' 50' 5' 5' 50' 100' 20' 20' 10' 20'-2,600', then 50' 20' 10' 10' 20' 25' 20' 10' 10' 10'-20' 10'-20' 20' 2' 2'-5' 10'-20' 20' 5' 20' 5' 5' 5' 10' 10' 2' Spot heights 50' 20' Planimetric 20' 5' 5'-10' 2' 2' 20' 10' 10'-20' 10'-20' 20' 2'-4' 10'-20' 10' 2' 20' 50'-100' 20' 10' 25' 50' 10' 2' 10' 25'-50' 2' 10' 2' 10'-20' 2'-5' 10 2 8 17 1 10 2 2 98 5 10 4 3 10 48 5 1 25 20 17 4 5 11 5 5 14 15 19 24 11 4 4 2 6 5 12 3 4 8 2 3 68 7 7 4 9 4 3 5 1 6 4 4 7 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1957 M43 1956 M44 1958 M45 1958 M52 M54 Kaslo Big Bar 1958-60 1957 M56 1958 M59 1958 M62 1958 M63 M63A Parsnip River Pondage Parsnip River Pondage Ad- 1958, 59, 61,62, 63 1962 M66 1958 M67 1958 M68 M70 Hansard Lake 1958 1958 M73 1959 M73 1959 M74 1959 M75 1959 M76 1960 M77 1960-61 M83 Oakalla 1960 M84 Victoria University, Gordon Head _ 1960 M88 1963 M88 1964-65 M89 1960 M89 M90 M90A North Thompson Similkameen— 1960 1961 1965 M90B M92 Similkameen 1966-67 1962 M98 1960 M100 M100 M105 M107 Essondale Essondale.— Clearwater Lake-Azure Lake 1962 1962 1962 1961 M108 1961 M109 London Mountain (Mount Whistler) 1961 Mill M113 Clearwater River Dam-site 1961 1963 M114 1962 M114 | 1962 M117 1962 M117 M118 M121 Liard River Dam-site Nitinat _ Winfield 1962 1962 1961 M122 1962 M125 M126 M127 Port Hardy Thompson River 1962 1962 1965 M129 1962 M130 M131 McGregor River Pondage | 1962 1962 M134 1962 M135 | 1963-65 M136 M138 M139 Haney _ Hobson Lake Extension j 1962 1962 | 1962 M141 M141 M142 Legislative Precinct, Victoria Legislative Precinct, Victoria (under-surface plan) 1963 1963 1963 M144 M145 M146 Marysville Kamloops Gov't Buildings 1963 1963 1963 M146 1963 M150 | 1963 M150 Prince George Gaol ! 1963 CC 68 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES List of Large-scale Mapping—Continued No. M151 M152 M155 M158 M160 M161 M162 M163 M164 M165 M165 M168 M170 M171 M171 M172 M172 M173 M175 M176 M178 M179 M 180 M181 M182 M182 M186 M188 M189 M196 M197 M198 M200 M201 M202 M204 M205 Name Prospect Lake.. Ruby Burn Sechelt Parksville Building Site.. Ladysmith- Hudson Bay Mountain.. Haney By-pass- Slesse Creek Bridge Saanich Garbage Disposal.. Saltair Gaol Site Saltair Gaol Site Peace River Pondage (Find- lay River) Gibson Pass Black Tusk Meadows.. Black Tusk Meadows.. Chilcotin Road Chilcotin Road Copeland Mountain.. Shuswap Canal Diversion_ Stewart Sparwood. Niskonlith Colwood-Langford.. Nematode. Stikine-Iskut Dam-sites.. Stikine-Iskut Dam-sites.. Revelstoke Otter Lake Shuswap-Okanagan.. Keremeos Hurley Pass Peachland Merritt Archaeology South Revelstoke- Prince George West- Nelson-Liard Pondage Government House Grounds. Victoria University Campus.. Colquitz Mental Home Available Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes In hand Yes Yes Yes In hand No No No Scale 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 500' 1"= 600' 1"= 600' 1"=1,000' 1"= 100' 1"= 300' 1"= 200' 1"= 100' 1"= 200' 1"=1,320' 1"= 1,000' 1"= 200' 1"= 500' 1"= 100' 1"= 200' 1"=1,000' 1"= 200' 1"=1,320' 1"= 200' 1"= 400' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"=1,000' 1"= 100' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 200' 1"= 400' 1"= 500' 1"= 200' V'= 100' 1"= 100' 1"= 200' 1"= 1,000' 1"= 20' 1"= 20' 1"= 20' Contour Interval 2' 5' 20'-50' 20' 20' 50' 2'-5' 5'-20' 5' 5' 50' 25'-2,500', then 50' 25'-50' 5' 10' 5' 10' 50' 5' 100' 5' and spot heights 50' 5' 5' 10' 20'-100' 2' 5' 5' and spot heights 5' 25' V 5' 2' 10' 20' 2' 2'-5' 2' No. of Sheets 1 1 23 1 1 8 24 1 1 1 1 31 3 2 1 9 16 4 10 2 3 1 "l 4 49 4 4 3 2 5 3 1 5 9 2 5 1 Date 1963 1963 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1964 1965 | 1965-66 | 1965 1965 1965 1965-66 1965 1965-66 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965 1965-66 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966-67 1967 1959 1960 1963 British Columbia Topographic Surveys Showing Dates of Field Work Manuscripts complete except as follows:— * Field work not compiete, photo identification of shoreline stations only. t Field work completed, no manuscript available. t Compilation completed, no manuscript available. Sheet 82F/3 82 F/4 82 K/ll, W. 82K/12 82L/7 82L/10 82M/13 _.._. 83D/4 83D/5 83D/12 83 D/13, W. 92B/5 92B/5, W. .. 92B/6.W. . 92B/11, W. 92B/12 92B/13 _ 92B/13 _ 92B/14 — 92C/8 92 C/8 92C/9 Date . 1951, 1960 .1944, 1947 1952 1952 1958 1958 1959 1959 1959 ..1959, 1960 1960 .1937, 1938, 1955 J1963 1955 1955 ...1938, .1942, 1955, 1963 1943, 1951 tl963 1951 .1937, 1938 -,1963 92 C/9, E. .1937, 1938 J1963 Sheet 92 C/9, W. .. 92C/10 92C/10 92C/11, E. . 92C/11, E. . 92C/13, E. . 92C/14 92C/14, E. . 92C/15 92 C/15 ........ 92C/16 92C/16 92E/1, E. ~. 92E/7, E. .. 92E/8 92E/9 92E/10 _ 92E/14 . 92E/16 92F/1 _ 92F/2 92 F/2, part 92F/3 Date tl963 -1937, 1938 tl965 1938 _-tl965 1938 1938 -T1965 ..1937, 1938 _.tl965 .1937, 1938, 1942 - _tl965 1942 1946 .1943, 1946 .1938, 1946, 1947 1947 1948 1947 .1942, 1943 .1938, 1940, 1942 -11965 .1938, 1940, 1941 SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 69 British Columbia Topographic Surveys Showing Dates of Field Work— Continued Sheet 92 F/4 92 F/5 92 F/6 92 F/7 92F/8 92F/9 92F/10 92F/11 92F/12 92F/13 92F/14 92 F/15, E., part 92 F/16, E., part 92G/4 92G/5 92G/7, part 92G/10, part — 92G/11 92G/12 92G/13 92G/14 92H/1 92H/2 92H/3 92 H/4 921/12 _ 921/13 92 J/4, W. 92 J/15 92 J/16 Date 1942 1937, 1938, 1943 -1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 —.1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 1942, 1943, 1950 _ 1950 1950, 1953 1934, 1935 ..1936, 1937, 1938 1935, 1936 1935 1950 1950 -1942, 1943 1950, 1952 1940 1940 1952 .1950, 1952 .1950, 1952 1952 .1920, 1923, 1950 .1923, 1949 92 K/l, E, part . 92 K/2, E .1924, 1931, 1948, 1949 1948, 1956 1958 — 1958 *1962 1948, 1949 1948, 1949 1950 *1962 92 K/2, W tl961 92K/3 92K/4 92K/5 92K/6 92K/7 — 92 K/8, W. .. 92K/10, W. 92K/11 92K/12 92K/13 92K/14 92K/15 92L/1 92 L/2 92L/3 92 L/4 92L/6 92L/7 92L/8 92L/10 92L/11 92 L/12 92L/13 92M/2 92M/3 92M/4 92M/5 -- 92M/6 92 M/ll, W. 92M/12 92M/13 92 M/14, W. 92 N/1 92 N/7 92 N/8 92 N/9 92 N/10 92 N/15 92 0/1 .- 92 0/2 — 92 0/3 92 0/4 92 0/5 1949 ... 1949 1949 1949 tl961 *1962 *1962 *1962 *1962 *1962 *1962 *1962 1- 1932 .1931, 1932 1948 1948 ..1931, 1934, 1940 1931 1931, 1932 .1931, 1940, 1956 1940 1935, 1936 — _. 1936 *1962 1959 1959 1959 *1962 *1962 *1962 ._ *1962 *1962 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1950 1947 J...-. 1958 1958 1958 Sheet 92 0/6 92 0/7 92 0/8 ...... 92 0/9 — 92 O/10 — 92 0/11 .... 92 0/12 — 92 0/16 .... 92P/2 92P/3 92P/4 92P/5 ... 92P/6 92P/7 92P/10 .... 92P/11 _ 92P/12 _. 92P/13 _ 92 P/14 _. 92P/15 _ 92P/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 93B/9, W 93 B/10 _ 93B/11 .... 93 B/12 ... 93B/13 .... 93 B/14 _. 93B/15 93 B/16 93 B/16 93C/5 _ 93D/2 93 D/3 93 D/4 93D/5 93 D/6 93 D/7, E. .. 93 D/7, W. 93D/8 _ 93 D/ll, E. 93 E/5, W. . 93 G/2 93G/3 93G/4 93G/5 ..— 93 G/6 93G/7 93G/10 93G/11 — 93G/12 93 G/14 — 93 1/8 - 93 1/9 93 1/10 931/11 W. Date 1958 ..1950, 1958 1950 1951 1958 1958 . ...1958 1951 1959 1959 1958 1958 1959 1959 .. 1959 1959 1958 -- 1958 1959 ... ■. 1959 1959 .41959 .41936, 1959, 1960 1959, 1960 1959 ! 1935 1935 .41936, 1959, 1960 .41959 41959, 1960 -41934, 1960 -1933, 1934 -1931, 1933, 1934 1934 1933, 1934 1.1934, 1960 1*1960 .. 1951 41963 U963 1952 -.. 1950 J1965 .41963 .41963 41963 41963 41963 tl963 - 1950 .41965 - * 1959 ...*1962 *1962 *1962 _ _..*1962 — „.*1962 — 1958 *1962 ..1958, 1959 ,.*1962 *1963 1960 1960 1960 1960 1960 ...1933, ..1933, 1960 . 1960 1960 1960 . 1948 1956 : 1956 „ 1956 1957 CC 70 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES British Columbia Topographic Surveys Showing Dates of Field Work— Continued Sheet 93 1/12 ... 93 1/13 - 93 1/14 ... 93 1/15 _ 93 1/16 _ 93 J/2 _ 93 J/3 _.. 93 J/5 .... 93 J/6 .... 93 J/11 -. 93 J/12 . 93 J/13 .. 93 K/l .. 93 K/2 ... 93K/7 _ 93K/8 ~ 93K/9 ~ 93K/10 93K/U 93K/12 93K/13 93K/14 . 93K/15 . 93K/16 . 93 L/2 .... 93 L/7 - 93 L/8 ... 93 L/9 ... 93 L/10 . 93L/11 . 93 L/14 . 93 L/15 .. 93 L/16 - 93 M/l ._ 93 M/2 _. 93 M/5 .. 93 M/7 .. 93 M/8 _ 93 M/9 - 93 M/10 93 M/ll 93 M/12 . 93 M/13 93 M/14 93 M/15 93 M/16 93 N/1 .. 93 N/2 - 93 N/3 _ 93 N/4 .. 93 N/5 - 93 N/6 .. 93 N/7 - 93 N/8 .. 93 N/9 .. 93 N/10 . 93 N/11 . 93 N/12 93 0/1 - 93 0/4 _ 93 0/5 .. 93 0/6 - 93 0/8 - 93 0/11 93 0/12 93 0/13 93 0/14 93P/1 - 93P/2 _ 93P/3 .. 93P/4 .. 93P/5 .. 93P/6 .. 93P/7 .. 93P/8 - 94B/4 „. Date . 1957 1957 1957 1956 . 1956 1949 . 1949 1961 1961 1961 1961 1961 1946 ...... 1946 . 1960 1960 1960 1960 1961 1961 $1961 $1961 $1961 1951 1951 1951 1951 -1950, 1951 1950 1950 $1962 $1962 1962 1963 1949 $1963 1963 $1963 ..$1963 - 1949 .41963 .41963 .41963 .41963 -41962 -41962 _tl962 .41962 -41962 -41962 .41962 -41962 -41962 .41962 -41962 .41962 .. 1957 -41961 -41961 -. 1957 „ 1957 .. 1957 .. 1957 .. 1957 .. 1957 .. 1956 _ 1956 .. 1957 _ 1957 ... 1957 _ 1957 .. 1956 .. 1956 Sheet 94 C, part 94D/1 94D/2 94D/3 94D/4 94D/5 _. 94D/6 94 D/7 94D/8 - _.. 94 E, part 94 F, part 94 L, part 94 M, part . 102 1/8, E. 1021/9 1021/15 102 1/16 102 P/8, E. _ 102 P/9, E. — 102P/16, E. .. 103 A/1 103 A/2, E 103 A/6, E. _.. 103 A/7 103 A/8 103 A/9 103 A/10 103 A/11 103 A/13, E. .. 103 A/14 103 A/15 103 A/16 103 G/l, E. — 103 G/7, E. _.. 103 G/8 103 G/9 103 G/10, E. .. 103 G/15, E. -. 103 G/16 103 H/l, W. ... 103 H/2 103 H/3 _ - 103 H/4 103 H/5 - 103 H/6 103 H/7 .-.. 103 H/8 103H/10 103H/15 103 1/2 103 1/7 - 103 1/10 103 P/9 103 P/10, E. .. 103 P/14, E. - 103P/15 104 A/2, W. .. 104 A 3 104 A/5, E 104 A 6 -1939, 1957 104 A/11, W. 104 A/12 104 A/13, W. 104 B/12, W. . 104 B/13, E. .. 104 B/13, W. . 104B/14 104B/15 - 104 B/16 104 F/16 104 G/l 104 G/2 _ 104 G/3 104 G/4, E 104 G/4, W. .. 104 G/5, E Date 1939 T1963 tl963 T1963 tl963 1-1963 T1963 tl963 T1963 1939 1939 -1940, 1941 1941 1935, 1937 ..1935, 1936, 1937 1937 -1936, 1937 $1961 $1961 $1961 $1961 $1961 H963 *1963 $1961 $1961 *1963 «1963 $1961 - *1963 *1963 *1963 $1961 $1961 $1961 $1961 $1961 $1961 $1961 *1963 *1963 —$1961 $1961 ..$1961 ..$1961 ..*1962 ..*1962 ..*1962 -1962 .. 1949 .. 1948 .. 1947 .. 1949 .. 1950 .. 1950 .. 1950 .. 1950 .. 1950 .. 1950 .. 1950 .. 1951 .. 1951 .. 1951 .41966 .41965 .41966 .41965 .41965 1951 .41966 .. 1951 .41965 .41965 -41965 .41966 .41965 SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 71 British Columbia Topographic Surveys Showing Dates of Field Work— Continued Sheet 104 G/5, W. - 104 G/6 104 G/7 104 G/8 - 104 G/9 104G/10 104G/11 104G/12 104G/13 104G/14 104G/15 104G/16 104 H/12, W. 104H/13, W. 104 J/2, W 104 J/3 — 104 J/4 Date . $1966 . 14965 1-1965 -.._ 1951 1951 T1966 1-1966 ..-41966 41966 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1952 1952 ... 1952 Sheet 104 J/5 .. 104 J/12 104 J/13 E. 104 K 16, 104 N/1 — 104 N/2 104 N/3, E 104 N/5 104 N/6 104 N/7, W. 104 N/7, E, part . 104 N/11, W 104 N/12 104 N/13 104 P, part 104P/15 Date 1952 1952 1952 ..1952, 1953 ..1952, 1953 1953 1953 1952 ..1952, 1953 1953 1953 1952 1952 1952 1941 1941 CC 72 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES GEOGRAPHIC DIVISION W. R. Young, B.C.L.S., Chief In 1966 the Geographic Division continued to expand its inventory of maps showing the status of Crown land. A full statistical record of the Division's activities during 1966 may be found in Tables A to K following this written report. Where applicable, the tables give comparative figures for the preceding five years. Fourteen maps were prepared and reproduced during 1966 (see Table H), compared with nine in 1965. Six were entirely new editions, including four status maps (that is, maps showing vacant, alienated, and reserved Crown lands), one general map, and one Provincial park map. Status Maps 93b (Quesnel) and 93g (Prince George) at 1:250,000 scale fill an important gap in status coverage in the Central Interior of British Columbia. Maps 93b and 93g together with 93a (Quesnel Lake)—in press—will supersede Pre-emptor Maps 3f, 3g, 3j, and most of 3a, leaving only four of the old regional status series to be replaced. Reproduction of 82K/NW (Beaton) and 82K/NE (Invermere) virtually completes coverage of l-inch-to-2-miles status maps across the populated belt east of the Coast Mountains and south of the 51st parallel. Reproduction of status maps currently in preparation (Table J), together with existing sheets at 1:250,000 and l-inch-to-2-miles scale, will complete a six-year cycle of land status and cultural detail for the area south of the 56th parallel and containing 98 per cent of the Provincial population. A new issue of General Map Ijf (British Columbia Electoral Districts) was printed at l-inch-to-30-miles scale to show the boundaries of redistributed Provincial ridings. Map P.S.-B2 (Bowron Lake Park) was reproduced as a new three- colour sheet at a scale of 1 inch to 1 mile. As the result of stock depletion, Sheets 92P (Bonaparte River), 82L/SE (Sugar Lake), and 82H/NE (Tulameen) were reprinted without revision. The first two are currently being prepared as new status editions (Table J). Three other status maps, however—93E (Whitesail Lake), 93M (Hazelton), and 92I/NW (Ashcroft)—were completely revised. As shown in Table E, map distribution, totalling 95,540 sheets, marked a healthy gain of 8,785 over 1965 and was close to the former record of 1962. In connection with map revision, a field trip was made to check and revise cultural detail on Sheets 92I/SW (Lytton), 92H/NE (Tulameen), and 92H/SE (Princeton). Among the geographic work done for other Government departments (Table F) was preparation of boundary descriptions and maps of the redistributed Provincial electoral districts. At the request of the Provincial Redistribution Commission, the Geographic Division undertook the task of preparing legal descriptions and maps. The completed assignment included the description, by metes and bounds, of 52 proposed electoral districts, together with 12 additional descriptions necessitated by division and amalgamation of certain proposed districts. Maps outlining the revised districts were either hand-drawn or type-patched photographic reproductions of existing maps. These were used as bases for 884 polling divisions or stations. Four base maps overprinted in red to show the 1966 redistribution were made for the Chief Electoral Officer. In addition, General Map Ijf (British Columbia Electoral Districts) was printed in four colours showing the final boundaries of the 1966 redistribution. To complete this huge assignment, a revision of the List of Polling Divisions, Settlements, Post Offices, Railway Stations, and Steamer Landings was made for and issued by the Chief Electoral Officer. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 73 For the first time in many years, Federal Government mapping agencies reproduced no Provincial topographic manuscripts (Table I). Thus the backlog of manuscripts awaiting reproduction in Ottawa continues to grow, from 104 in 1965 to 122 at the end of 1966. Consequently we can expect a veritable flood of completed maps in 1967 as many have reached final proof stage already. However, the Army Survey Establishment printed five National topographic maps at 1:250,000 scale and 35 sheets at 1:50,000 scale. Stocks of the latter were received for distribution. Twenty-four of the 1:50,000 prints were seven-colour revisions of the Queen Charlotte Islands section of National Topographic Block 103, thus completing revised coverage of the Islands at that scale. The Federal Department of Mines and Technical Surveys printed eight full-colour and seventeen provisional 1:50,000 scale maps. The long-awaited new edition of the Gazetteer of British Columbia was being readied by Federal agencies for distribution early in the new year. The checking of name sheets for our own maps and those published by Federal agencies continues to occupy a large percentage of Gazeteer staff's time, and it is interesting to note that the number of maps checked bears little relation to the number of names checked; for example, Table D shows a decrease of eight maps and (or) charts checked compared with 1965, but an increase of 5,574 in the total number of names. When one considers that it is not unusual for less than a dozen names to take a full day of research, it follows that the Gazeteer staff is fully occupied. The fifth annual meeting of the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names was held in Victoria on September 26th, in conjunction with meetings of the Canadian Advisory Council on Cadastral Surveys and that of the Federal-Provincial Directors of Surveys. This is only the second time that the plenary meeting of the Canadian Permanent Committee or its predecessor, the Canadian Board on Geographical Names, has been held outside of Ottawa, but is part of a new arrangement whereby these above-mentioned groups will meet in Provincial capitals every second year, an arrangement which, beginning with the meetings held in Winnipeg in 1964, is proving to be beneficial. The research officer made revisions to the maps and texts of several land series bulletins. These were Kootenay (Bulletin Area No. 1), Vancouver Island (No. 4), Quesnel-Lillooet (No. 5), Kamloops (No. 6), Atlin (No. 9), and Peace River (No. 10). A field trip was undertaken in connection with preparation of a completely revised second edition of the Vancouver Island Land Series Bulletin No. 4. Several brief research projects were also completed. An abridged hard-cover edition of the combined Land Series Bulletins Nos. 1 to 10 was printed under the title "British Columbia Source Book " by the Department of Education. It is used in the schools as a textbook for the General Business 11 Course. As listed in Table A, the Trigonometric Control Section completed 14 least- square adjustments by the " Groom " electronic computer programme. These involved a total of 1,190 triangles or traverse stations in the Canadian Hydrographic Service and Provincial nets. Another 246 traverse stations were adjusted by the least-square method using the "Bride" computer programme (Table B). In addition, 226 petroleum and natural-gas well-site plans were checked. The envelope attached to the back cover of this Annual Report holds a printed index to published maps (Indexes 8 to 14). CC 74 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES STATISTICAL COMPUTATIONS Table A.—Least-square Adjustments by "Groom" Completed Net Locality Type of Bearings Number of Triangles or Traverse Stations Involved Canadian Hydrographic Service Provincial Provincial Provincial — Provincial Provincial Provincial Provincial Provincial Provincial- Provincial Provincial Provincial — Provincial Dean and Labouchere Channels (revision). Bute Inlet (revision) Ingenika River (revision) Takla Lake (revision) .. Kemano Tunnel (revision) Clinton-Williams Lake (revision) Chilko Lake and vicinity (revision).. Liard River (revision) . North-eastern British Columbia (revision) British Columbia-Alberta Boundary (revision).. Marysville-Kimberley — Stikine-Iskut Rivers Penticton — Trail True True True True True True True True True True True True True True 66 98 67 60 29 36 221 43 167 149 55 108 22 69 Checking of petroleum and natural-gas well-site surveys totalled 226. Table B.—Least-square Adjustments by " Bride " Completed Net Locality Type of Bearings Number of Traverse Stations involved Grid Grid Grid Grid 125 29 51 Provincial Penticton 41 Table C.—Records 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Index cards— New - 1,930 149 32,374 ' 333 917 9 33,291 417 781 6 34,072 341 1,475 293 35,547 389 1,693 1,453 37,240 334 673 2,482 Total on file _ 37,913 368 Table D.—Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 74 7,837 360 35 7,168 215 59 6,821 375 22 6,090 277 93 5,854 402 85 Number of names checked Number of new names recorded 11,428 440 SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Table E.—Map Stock and Distribution CC 75 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Nnmher nf requisitions filled Maps issued to department and public 9,130 87,198 126,502 $32,936 10,549 99,324 130,420 $35,391 8,700 78,165 116,705 $48,674 10,395 88,322 71,178 $58,469 9,429 86,755 107,741 $56,152 9,550 95,540 155,133 Total value of maps issued. $62,977 Table F.—Geographical Work for Other Departments and Public 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 22 $1,452 18 $1,708 18 $1,729 19 $5,213 20 $4,460 23 $4,307 Table G.—Letters 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 8,670 8,790 7,274 8,469 7,297 8,007 Table H.—Maps Prepared and Reproduced by the Geographic Division, Victoria, during 1966 Map No. lc 1 JF P.S.-B2 92F 92p 93b 93e 93 G 93m 82 K/N.W. 82 K/N.E. 82 L/S.E. 92 H/N.E. 92 I/N.W. Name British Columbia (two colours) British Columbia Electoral Districts.. Bowron Lake Park Alberni (second status edition) Bonaparte River (second status edition).. Quesnel (first status edition) Whitesail Lake (second status edition) _ Prince George (first status edition) Hazelton (second status edition) Beaton (first status edition) Invermere (first status edition) Sugar Lake (first status edition)— Tulameen (second status edition)— Ashcroft (second status edition) Scale in. to 55 mi. in. to 30 mi. in. to 1 mi. 1:250,000 1:250,000 1:250,000 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. Remarks Reprint, no revision. New, redistribution 1966. New, three colours, contoured. Status overprint, no revision. Reprint, no revision New, seven colours, contoured. Reprint, complete revision. New, seven colours, contoured. Reprint, complete revision. New, seven colours, contoured. New, seven colours, contoured. Reprint, no revision. Reprint, no revision. Reprint, complete revision. Table I.—Provincial Government Topographic Manuscripts Prepared and Reproduced at 1:50,000 Scale by the Canadian Government, Ottawa, during 1966 Nil. CC 76 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table J.—Maps Being Prepared by the Geographic Division, Victoria, during 1966 Map No. SGS-1 lo lJR 92f 92j 92m 92p 93a 931 93J 82 L/S.E. 82 L/S.W. 92 G/S.E. 92 H/N.W. 92 I/S.W. Name Vancouver Island East Central British Columbia- British Columbia ReUef Map- Alberni (third status edition).. Pemberton (third status edition) Rivers Inlet (second status edition) Bonaparte River (third status edition).. Quesnel Lake (first status edition) Monkman Pass (first status edition) McLeod Lake (first status edition) Sugar Lake (second status edition) Vernon (second status edition) Langley (second status edition) Yale (second status edition) Lytton (second status edition) Scale in. to 6 mi. in. to 10 mi. in. to 30 mi. 1:250,000 1:250,000 1:250,000 1:250,000 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. Remarks In draughting. In draughting. In draughting. In draughting. In compilation. In draughting. In draughting. In lithography. In draughting. In draughting. In compilation. In draughting. In draughting. In lithography. In compilation. Table K.—Provincial Government Topographic Manuscripts Being Prepared at 1:50,000 Scale by the Canadian Government, Ottawa, during 1966 Map No. Name Map No. Name 82F/3, E. &W. Salmo (second edition). 93 C/5, E. & W. Atnarko (first edition). 82K/11,W. Trout Lake (first edition). 93 D/7, E. Bella Coola (first edition). 82 K/12, E. & W. Beaton (first edition). 93D/8, E. &W. Stuie (first edition). 82 L/7, E. & W. Lumby (first edition). 931/8, E.&W. Narraway River (first edition). 82L/10, E. &W. Mabel Lake (first edition). 93 1/9, E. & W. Belcourt Creek (first edition). 82M/13, E. &W. Raft River (first edition). 93 1/10, E.&W. Wapiti Lake (first edition). 92 1/12, E. &W. Lillooet (first edition). 93 1/11, E.&W. Monkman Pass (first edition). 92 1/13, E. &W. Pavilion (first edition). 93 1/12, E. & W. Missinka River (first edition). 92L/10, E. &W. Alert Bay (first edition). 93 1/13, E.&W. Sentinel Peak (first edition). 92M/3, E. &W. Belize Inlet (first edition). 93 1/14, E.&W. Kinuseo Falls (first edition). 92 M/4, E. & W. Cape Caution (first edition). 93 1/15, E.&W. Kinuseo Creek (first edition). 92 M/5, E. & W. Goose Bay (first edition). 93 1/16, E.&W. Redwillow River (first edition). 92 N/1, E. &W. Chilko Mountain (first edition). 93 O/l, E. & W. Mount Reynolds (first edition). 92 N/7, E. & W. Mount Queen Bess (first edition). 93 0/6, E. & W. Morf ee Lakes (first edition). 92 N/8, E. &W. Stikelan Creek (first edition). 93 0/8, E. & W. Le Moray Creek (first edition). 92 N/9, E.&W. Tatlayoko Lake (first edition). 93 0/11.E. &W. Cut Thumb Creek (first edition). 92N/10, E. &W. Razorback Mountain (first edition). 93 0/12, E. & W. Blackwater Creek (first edition). 92 N/15, E. &W. Tatla Lake (first edition). 93 0/13, E. &W. Finlay Forks (first edition). 92 P/2, E. & W. Criss Creek (first edition). 93 0/14, E. & W. Point Creek (first edition). 92P/3, E. &W. Loon Lake (first edition). 93P/1, E. &W. Kiskatinaw River (first edition). 92 P/4, E. & W. Clinton (first edition). 93 P/2, E. & W. Flatbed Creek (first edition). 92P/5,E. &W. Jesmond (first edition). 93 P/3, E. & W. Bullmoose Creek (first edition). 92 P/6, E. & W. Green Lake (first edition). 93 P/4, E. & W. Sukunka River (first edition). 92P/7, E. &W. Bridge Lake (first edition). 93P/5, E. &W. Burnt River (first edition). 92P/10, E. &W. Deka Lake (first edition). 93 P/6, E.&W. Gwillim Lake (first edition). 92P/11, E. &W. 100 Mile House (first edition). 93 P/7, E. & W. Sundown Creek (first edition). 92P/12, E. &W. Gustafsen Lake (first edition). 93P/8, E. &W. Tupper Creek (first edition). 92P/13, E. &W. Chimney Lake (first edition). 94 B/4, E. & W. Wicked River (first edition). 92P/14.E. &W. Lac la Hache (first edition). 104K/16,E. Nahlin River (first edition). 92P/15.E. &W. Canim Lake (first edition). 104 N/1, E.&W. Nakina Lake (first edition). 92P/16, E. &W. Mahood Lake (first edition). 104 N/2, E.&W. Nakina (first edition). 104 N/3, E. Sloko River (first edition). SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 77 AIR DIVISION A. C. Kinnear, B.C.R.F., Chief FLYING OPERATIONS A highly successful field season was experienced in 1966, with more hours flown than in any previous year. A total of 641.10 hours was flown on a programme of 71 projects for various Government agencies and departments. The total square-mile accomplishment, which also is a new high for the Division, was 61,500, recorded on 29,350 new negatives. It is a noteworthy fact this year that two Department of Highways pilots, inexperienced in air survey photography, were obtained as pilots for the season, and their competency can be seen by the accomplishment achieved by both field detachments. The O.S.C. cameras, purchased six years ago as surplus equipment from the R.C.A.F., showed the effects of time and wear. Many of the internal parts have been rebuilt over the past six years in the instrument-shop, but the delicate shutter mechanisms finally succumbed to the excessive wear of nearly 90,000 new B.C. negatives and were the cause of some defective film this year. With the entire production of this Division being dependent upon reliable cameras, approval has been given to purchase two new cameras primarily for the forest inventory programme, but will be used as well on other large-scale projects. The cameras are now on order and should be in operation during the 1967 field season. A small amount of colour film was exposed again this year, with excellent results. The added information derived from colour film for specialized projects more than offsets the increased cost of material, and it is expected that a greater demand for colour film will be experienced in the future. Major research projects combining the facilities of both Provincial and Federal resources will be greately assisted by the use of the various colour combinations in aerial photography. The maintenance and servicing of photographic aircraft continues to be done at Hangar No. 1, Victoria International Airport, with Government mechanics. Again this year it can be reported that no lost photographic opportunity was experienced due to unserviceability of aircraft. With the greater amount of photographic weather occurring in the early spring and late summer and fall of 1966, the aircraft were required to perform to their maximum for every opportunity. As an example, during one six-day period in August the accumulated flying-time of the two aircraft was 84 hours 15 minutes. Also on 10 different occasions a total of 8 or more hours of flying was logged by an aircraft in one day to take advantage of all photographic light available. INTERIM MAPPING The interim mapping programme of making planimetric bases for forest inventory purposes continues to have an increasingly important role in the work of this Division. While the original purpose of these maps was to provide a suitable base for the recording of forest survey information, the ultimate use has grown beyond all expectations. A tabulation for 1966 shows that nearly 10,000 paper Ozalid prints of all interim maps have been made for use by Government departments and the public. For a service originally intended for one purpose, these interim maps have proven their value and are being requested more and more by a greater number of users. CC 78 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES | 91 fmHatt •■&i^ W^*€^m'emk^m^^, *.'%??■■*■■ mWmkmm mmmm ^ Z7'ZfZ:Z7 7'' ■ '•% Ji - i . ■■■:, %im&;>7 **te Farming area to north of Dawson Creek. Flown September 16, 1966; altitude, 8,200 feet above sea-level. In order to increase the output of finished maps, more modern methods of mechanical draughting techniques are being tried by the existing staff, and the results to date look encouraging. All 20- and 40-chain maps have been revised where necessary to show all new district lot surveys, highway surveys, pipe-lines, and power transmission-lines where plans are available. The number of new lot surveys has been steadily increasing, particularly in the Peace River District. It has been found that a considerable demand exists for a revision of the 40- chain-scale interim maps, and in order to satisfy this demand, without having to rephotograph the existing 20-chain photography, it is planned to reduce some existing 20-chain base maps to half-scale, make the necessary joins, and issue new 40-chains-to-l-inch maps where necessary. A few trial sheets were made this year, with the results so acceptable that more 20-chain sheets will be reduced this year. A summary of the completed phases of the interim mapping programme for 1966 is as follows:— SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 79 20 chains— Control and lot completion P.P. lay-downs Kail plotting Finished drawings (Edgewood-Granby, Barriere-Adams, Say ward) 40 chains— Control and lot completion P.P. lay-downs Kail plotting Raft- Finished drawings, completed or in hand (Quat- sino) Sheets 351 432 292 85 22 17 17 22 Square Miles 16,000 18,000 14,000 3,400 3,200 2,136 2,136 3,200 INSTRUMENT-SHOP The largest single project designed and built in the shop during the year was the new fixed-focus enlarger, used for printing 5-inch film. This enlarger was put into operation in the latter part of the year and satisfies a demand which has existed for many years. As more and more specialized and highly technical equipment is being used in the Surveys and Mapping Branch, the more complex become the problems of servicing and maintaining equipment. Precision equipment must be kept in proper adjustment and alignment in order to take advantage of the full capability of the particular instrument. An oscilliscope, for example, was purchased during the year, to be used in measuring the variation of electrical impulses in connection with air-camera time-lapse studies, vibration and shutter checks, and the operation of the Cintel printer. All of these studies permit a higher-quality final result to be achieved from the existing equipment. In addition to the design and servicing function of the shop, the routine maintenance of ordinary survey and mapping equipment in continual use was continued through the year. Adjusting and servicing Forest Service binoculars, repairing snow tube tools for the Water Rights Branch, and repairing specific tools for the Department of Highways are just a few of the many services the shop provides for other Government departments. AIR PHOTO LIBRARY The continuing use being made of the library is evident in the statistics shown for this service at the end of this report. A total of some $76,000 received from the sale and loan of air photos is a new all-time high and serves to show the value of British Columbia Government air photos to persons other than Provincial departments. The year's totals for reprints and loans are the highest in the past 10 years. PROCESS LABORATORY Improved facilities in the Process Laboratory and a small increase in temporary-assistance staff during 1966 assisted in another increase in total production of air-photo reprints. Nearly a quarter of a million 10- by 10-inch reprints were made during 1966, which is about a 20-per-cent increase over 1965. The Cintel electronic printer, reported last year as not producing to its optimum, was in full operation during the year and produced as was originally expected. As the operators gain more experience with this printer, a higher volume of quality prints should be achieved. CC 80 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Fixed-focus enlarger designed and built in Air Division instrument-shop. More colour film was processed during the year, particularly the 70-mm. size for forest survey experimental work. One roll of colour 9- by 9-inch size for studies of water currents in Johnstone Strait was processed for the Fisheries Research Board. It is anticipated that the demand for processing colour film will increase in the future for specialized research projects. The demand for the other types of processing, such as enlarging, Kelsh and A8 plates, etc., remains at a constant level. Production figures for the Process Laboratory will be found at the end of this report. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH CC 81 STATISTICS Orders for Standard Prints (9 by 9 Inches) From British Columbia Negatives, 1966 Reprints Loans ? Requisitions Number Requisitions Number Public- Individuals __ Companies Mining 1,039 180 475 171 23 119 112 314 4,626 1,741 24,051 11,017 219 2,884 582 16,156 152 44 169 18 2 32 34 126 2,467 737 8,166 760 6 Commercial air surveys 340 151 3,053 Totals 2,433 61,276 577 15,680 Federal Government— 48 11 37 67 10,187 136 26,552 872 5 1 109 21 90 11 ARDA _ 22,873 Miscellaneous 384 Totals 163 37,747 136 23,358 Provincial Government— Land Inspection Branch. 91 240 54 165 77 17 20 20 28 1 29 13 14,302 30,044 3,884 86,357 1,500 1,582 2,004 702 261 12 518 190 68 131 62 373 160 23 19 20 7 15 168 11 715 27,623 1,483 21,155 2,920 Department of Finance 316 486 272 British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority 116 164 Department of Recreation and Conservation 2,350 115 Totals - 755 141,356 1,057 57,715 3,351 240,379 1,770 96,753 Public Loans and Reprints 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 Loans Reprints 9,960 28,226 12,568 27,281 16,727 35,385 13,033 53,141 15,680 61,276 Totals 38,186 39,849 52,112 66,174 76,956 CC 82 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Letters Inward and Loan Requisitions Letters inward Loan service requisitions Cash sales Loan fees . Revenue Land accounts . Total 2,685 672 $5,494.91 4,540.24 66,856.11 $76,891.26 Production Record to 1966 1946-63 1964 1965 1966 Grand Total Processing completed— Air films— O.S.C. and R.C. 8 291 2,821 73 22.5 5.5 1,360 120 116 5 1 3 2 800 112.5 3 2 1 875 650 78 2 56,960 639.5 F?4 anil F.aplK 2,829 1.5 0.5 75.5 Test rolls . 28 Colour films (R.C. 8) 8.5 70-mm. black and white ft. 500 100 3,535 750 Topographic—■ 116 3,866 5 1,804,552 46,087 4,132 172,837 3,728 24,772 22,295 378 8,051 640 4,027 ' 30,549 75 2 56,831 4,019 9 Printing completed— Standard prints, 5 by 5 inches enlarged to 10 45,173 1,963,516 46,087 Kenora prints, 9 by 9 inches reduced to 5 by 4,132 117,037 30 1,649 95 6 77 379 284 2,854 143,855 1 1,752 114 183,419 22 1,160 1,184 74 336 359 3,616 617,148 Contact prints, 20 by 24 inches and larger 3,781 29,333 23,688 384 82 83 578 3,263 8,284 Film transparencies up to 40 by 46 inches Kelsh A7 and A8 miscellaneous ground nega- 1,438 5,248 Requisitions completed... 40,282 surveys and mapping branch 1966 Air Operations Cost Summary by Projects CC 83 A. 40-chain vertical cover, topographic—■ 1. New cover— Blocks 104 F and G Block 104 A Blocks 94 I, J, O, and P.. Sub-totals 2. Revision, Agriculture Department— ARDA Blocks 92 H and I. Sub-totals Totals Average cost — — 20-chain vertical cover, Surveys and Inventory Division— 1. New cover— North Thompson Purden-Bowron Queen Charlotte Islands. Rivers _ Sayward— Slocan-Nakusp __ Sub-totals Revision- Adams . Edgewood-Granby.. Kamloops Sechelt Sub-totals. 3. Improvement flying, all districts.. Totals Average cost.— C. Special projects— Attorney-General's Department Vancouver.. Greater Fisheries Research Board- Forest Engineering— Burnt River ._ Gold River _ _ -Strait of Georgia Meziadin-Kitwanga Parsnip River Peace River Pondage Rossland Water Supply.. Forest Management—Strip Mining . Forest Surveys—Hazelton Area Land Inspection Division—■ Alberni Canal Bamfield Chilliwack Lake- Howe Sound Indian Arm Kelsey Bay Kootenay Lake.— Muchalat Inlet Port Alice Port Hardy- Port McNeill-Beaver Cove. Stave Lake Sukunka Tahsis Inlet Tofino-Ucluelet _ Legal Surveys Division- Northern Trans-Provincial Highway.. Tsawwassen Causeway- Mines and Technical Surveys Department— Esquimalt Area U Hr. Min. 29 05 855 20 35 705 48 30 | 1,760 Accomplishment 3:3 VIA 3,200 3,100 8,800 as EU 98 10 | 3,320|15,100|- 144 40 I 5,575126,610 14 30 j 945| 3,865 159 10 | 6,520(30,475]-. 257 20 23 15 16 55 38 55 35 50 1 30 33 50 9,840|45,575| $3,931 $0.85 1,995 1,725 2,630 2,675 130 2,080 1,875 1,865 3,300 3,100 160 2,215 150 15 |11,235|12,515[— 2 30 170 205 7 20 350 435 24 05 1,985 2,400 9 15 350 370 43 10 2,855] 3,410| 18 00 1,195[ | 211 25 15,285|15,925|. $2.99| $2.87| — 25 15 40 2 10 25 30 2 55 40 40 1 25 40 20 1 00 40 1 25 40 15 3 55 186 124 14 123 142 20 155 45 93 225 40 15 11 66 20 16 62 11 17 13 21 11 30 17 69 17 10 239 $2,224.81 1,574.58 3,710.14 o o HO $1,651.03 1,361.37 3,398.61 $3,875.84 2,935.95 7,108.75 $7,509.53| $6,411.01| $13,920.54 $11,066.66 $10,765.48 $21,832.14 1,109.22 1,824.83 2,934.05 $12,175.88|$12,590.31| $24,766.19 $19,685.41 [$19,001.32 $38,686.73 $1,778.58 1,294.08 2,977.03 2,741.17 114.75 2,588.17] $3,852.41 3,331.02 5,078.60 5,165.50 251.03 4,016.54 $5,630.99 4,625.10 8,055.63 7,906.67 365.78 6,604.71 $11,493.78|$21,695.10| $33,188.88 $191.25 560.98 1,842.32 707.60 $328.28 675.86 3,833.09 675.86 $519.53 1,236.84 5,675.41 1,383.46 $3,302.15] $5,513.09| $8,815.24 $1,376.96| $2,307.58] $3,684.54 $16,172.89|$29,515.77 $45,688.66 242 102 10 62 116 15 171 33 160 364 34 12 7 105 12 12 52 9 9 10 16 8 46 12 58 7 3 65 $458.99] 305.99] I 51.00] 254.99 153.00 51.00 254.99 191.24 299.61 497.24 31.87 19.12 51.00 165.74 31.87 38.25 223.12 51.00 51.00 108.37 51.00 25.50 76.50 51.00 108.37 51.00 19.12 299.61 $359.17 239.45 27.031 237.52' 274.21 38.62 299.31 86.90 179.59 434.49 77.24 28.97 21.24 127.45 38.62 30.90 119.72 21.24 32.83 25.10 40.55 21.24 57.93 32.83 133.24 32.83 19.31 461.52 $818.16 545.44 78.03 492.51 427.21 89.62 554.30 278.14 479.20 931.73 109.11 48.09 72.24 293.19 70.49 69.15 342.84 72.24 83.83 133.47 91.55 46.74 134.43 83.83 241.61 83.83 38.43 761.13 CC 84 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES 1966 Air Operations Cost Summary by Projects—Continued SI tn ° B is !■§ Accomplishment no EO Photographic Costs CcJ VxA CA CD O HS3 as c-H CA o 0 HO C. Special projects—Continued Hr. Min. 1 25 20 20 1 10 11 55 1 30 40 45 35 8 15 2 45 1 15 1 05 6 45 30 35 3 50 1 35 1 40 1 50 30 1 00 1 55 20 30 20 20 5 20 12 40 8 2 20 1 1 4 227 21 20 11 20 314 115 18 7 245 3 16 69 89 40 13 4 88 10 1 3 3 4 242 108.37 25.50 25.50 89.25 911.59 114.75 51.00 57.37 44.63 631.11 210.37 95.62 82.87 516.36 38.25 44.63 293.24 121.12 127.49 140.25 38.25 76.50 146.62 25.50 38.25 25.50 25.50 407.99 968.97 15.45 3.86 23.17 36.69 299.31 73.38 69.52 36.69 73.38 357.24 210.47 61.79 27.03 366.90 13.52 61.79 235.59 312.83 139.03 61.79 19.31 104.28 115.86 5.79 25.10 17.38 15.45 617.93 1,259.02 123.82 Public Works Department— 29.36 12 48.67 19 155 38 36 125.94 1,210.90 188.13 120.52 Topographic Division -— Liard River Dam- site . . Water Resources— 19 38 185 109 32 14 190 7 32 94.06 118.01 988.35 420.84 157.41 109.90 883.26 51.77 106.42 122 162 72 32 10 54 60 3 13 9 8 320 528.83 Salmon River 433.95 266 52 202.04 57.56 Internal— 180 78 262.48 31 29 63 35 42 88 40.95 Saanich Peninsula Photographic Test Improvement flying, all projects 1,025.92 2,227.99 652 Totals 123 35 4,225 $4.17 3,361 $5.24 $9,453.84 $8,158.60 $17,612.44 Average cost D. Miscellaneous flying— Highways Department — Administration flights 4 55 6 40 18 20 5 55 13 00 $376.11 $376.11 Legal Surveys Division — Administration 509.98 1,402.46 509.98 Internal— 1,402.46 48 50 1 1 $2,288.55 $2,288.55 . . .. 641 10 29,350 61,500 3,361 $47,600.69 $56,675.69 $104,276.38 i Cost of maintenance charged to all projects. UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS CC 87 UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS M. E. Ferguson, Project Manager With the tempo of modern living one often wonders where the time has gone. This is particularly noticeable when it comes time to review events for the past year. Although no major changes have occurred in our general administration or implementation of legislation to set up the proposed development corporation, we have had a busy year. The major item of interest to our residents was the pleasant surprise that once again no material increase was made in the general tax mill in spite of rising costs. The Department of Highways made a start on major road access to the university. Unfortunately, due to wet weather conditions, only one-half of the first section of divided highway along South-west Marine Drive was completed. As the enrolment at the university is still increasing, we are hopeful additional work will commence early in 1967 on Marine Drive and that 16th Avenue will also be constructed in order to handle the increased traffic. During 1966 two new fraternity houses were constructed, and at least three more are in the planning stage with the hope of building early in 1967. In addition, the Lutheran Student Building was erected on University Boulevard at Westbrook Crescent. This is a very attractive and unique building and has attracted many students. It would appear there has been a real need for this type of service for our young university students. Another feature was the new courtroom facilities on University Boulevard at Allison Road. They should be ready for occupancy early in January, 1967. Congratulations are due to the Department of the Attorney-General and the Department of Public Works for an excellent job. Cablevision for the area has been under consideration for several years, and it now appears likely this service may become a reality early in 1967. With the renewed interest in television through colour sets, this service will be appreciated as it will ensure maximum efficiency for coloured television reception to an area that does not have good reception by individual household antenna. During 1967 it is hoped a new water main will be constructed along 16th Avenue to serve the growing needs of the university, and that a sanitary interceptor sewer will also be constructed along South-west Marine Drive to serve the new student housing at Acadia Park and the new research buildings on the south slope of the university campus. The following tabulation shows comparative figures for the past several years regarding revenue in addition to a summary of building permits. CC 88 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Number and Value of Building Permits Issued for the Calendar Years 1964, 1965, and 1966 1964 1965 1966 Number Value Number Value Number Value 1 10 1 7 1 2 1 9 2 5 1 $354,894.00 63,000.00 70,000.00 40,800.00 1 1 11 1 2 1 5 1 $55,000.00 $66,087.00 135,000.00 38,500.00 69,700.00 3,000.00 Alterations to commercial build- 15,500.00 5,000.00 42,000.00 1,500.00 Garages, etc Swimming-pools 7,350.00 4,785.00 5,000.00 3,350.00 4,000.00 19 $116,350.00 21 $580,479.00 23 $287,637.00 university endowment lands CC 89 w « S w u w p o H co Pi < < Ph W X H O 55 2 p O W P 55 w > w Ph m o >H § P c>2 vc o. 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The following is a brief summary of the Board's activities and collections for 1966. During the year the sales made by the Board amounted to $55,183.80. One hundred and fifty-five purchasers completed payment and received tide deeds, and two borrowers paid up in full and received release of mortgage. Collections were as follows:— Loans Land sales Miscellaneous revenue.. Total. $3,768.15 103,185.11 24,728.21 $ 131,681.47 The above figures include collections from the sale and rental of Doukhobor lands in the amount of $75,683.16. As in the past years, the activities of the Board were concentrated this year on the sale of the Doukhobor lands in accordance with the recommendations of the report of Justice Arthur E. Lord. The lands in the subdivisions that were made of Board lands for disposition to Doukhobors at Krestova last year—namely, at South Goose Creek and North Goose Creek—have nearly all been sold. Only one lot at South Goose Creek and one lot at North Goose Creek remain unsold at the present time. As a result, a further subdivision was carried out at Krestova this year. PERSONNEL OFFICE PERSONNEL OFFICE CC 97 PERSONNEL OFFICE J. H. Palmer, Personnel Officer A year of extremely high turnover and staff changes is reflected in the comparative table below. Very substantial increases in personnel activities are indicated, particularly in regard to terminations, reclassifications, and recruitment. The economic boom made recruitment difficult, particularly in respect to draughtsmen in Victoria and stenographers and land inspection staff for northern areas. 1966 1965 1964 1963 55 42 22 7 12 44 5 58 45 12 23 3 9 28 2 55 25 18 4 6 7 15 1 42 18 17 Promotions 12 5 3 Terminations for continuous staff _ 23 Retirements _ 1 Short-term casual appointments and terminations 40 There was no change in the organization or establishment of the department this year. However, the staff of the University Endowment Lands was brought under the jurisdiction of the Civil Service Commission as a result of legislation in the previous year, and its members were transferred for pension purposes from the Municipal Superannuation Act to the Civil Service Superannuation Act. Several staff members improved their personal qualifications during the year. Four Land Inspectors—Messrs. G. H. Wilson, D. I. Snider, J. A. Esler, and W. V. Lowry—gained accreditation as registered appraisers with the Appraisal Institute of Canada. Ten Deputy Land Inspectors attended a course in Appraisal I which was sponsored by the Civil Service Commission, and seven completed the work satisfactorily. One of those who failed subsequently passed both Appraisal I and II on rewriting the examinations. Three land surveyors—Messrs. A. M. Barber, A. P. McLaughlin, and A. D. Wight—were awarded Diplomas in Public Administration from the University of Victoria following the completion of the three-year study course under the Civil Service Commission's Executive Development Training Plan. The award was made to the widow posthumously in Mr. McLaughlin's case owing to the untimely death of this popular and efficient officer one week after completing the course requirements. (Reference is made elsewhere in this volume to the services of the late Mr. McLaughlin.) Mr. R. P. Murdoch, of the University Endowment Lands, received a similar diploma. Messrs. R. H. McAra, K. M. Bridge, B.C.L.S., P. J. Brennan, B.C.L.S., and J. H. Palmer completed the second year of this course, and Mr. D. M. Thom the first year. Messrs. R. Rutherford and A. M. Broughton were awarded certificates following their completion of the correspondence course in Basic Public Administration, and Messrs. W. C. Fry and G. H. Fielding enrolled in this course. Messrs. L. E. Clarke, D. K. Reed, R. D. Reid, and J. E. Curtis completed the first two sections of an in-service course as computer programmer, and Mr. M. Perks, B.C.L.S., and Mr. A. M. Broughton attended several short courses required in connection with the System 360 installation. Three long-service employees whose total service time was 137 years retired in consecutive months this year. These were Mr. E. A. Walls, Adjudications Officer, Lands Branch (48 years); Mr. W. J. Holman, Principal Clerk, Lands Branch (46 CC 98 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES years); and Mr. J. A. Grant, Principal Clerk, General Administration (43 years). Each received a gold watch and meritorious scroll from the Honourable the Minister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources to mark the occasion. In addition to this, Mr. H. N. Davis, Draughtsman 4, Air Division, and Mrs. V. Mclvor, Clerk- Stenographer 2, Fort St. John, retired after 16 and 13 years' service respectively. The Department's safety record was recognized by the presentation of the British Columbia Safety Council's bronze certificate award of merit for having worked 375,158 man-hours without a lost-time accident. MAIL AND FILE ROOM CC 101 MAIL AND FILE ROOM David S. Preston While the Lands Service showed an increase of 6,770 in the number of letters received during 1966 as compared to 1965, and the Water Rights Service showed an increase of 1,293, a decrease in incoming mail of 12,750 is noted in the Forest Service. This decrease is no doubt due to recent changes in policy and procedures in the Forest Service and to the drop in the number of forest fires reported during 1966. A vehicle was allotted to the Mail and File Room during the year for the transportation of files to and from the Topaz Avenue storage vault and to handle individual file requests of important and urgent nature. This vehicle has proved to be of tremendous assistance and has contributed much to file service efficiency in the department. Letters Inward Branch 1965 1966 10-year Average, 1957-66 Lands _ _ Forests 53,467 138,313 29,893 20,702 58,813 125,563 31,186 22,126 46,331 141,973 26,589 19,674 Totals 242,375 237,688 234,567 Letters Outward (Recorded) Branch 1965 1966 10-year Average, 1957-66 Lands Forests _ 10,295 1,740 4,365 9,943 2,150 3,916 13,465 1,964 2,705 Totals 16,400 16,009 18,134 Miscellaneous Reports Designation Forest-fire reports Logging-inspection reports Land-classification reports Stumpage-adjustment notices- Totals 1965 2,688 9,873 5,266 614 18,441 1966 1,967 11,048 6,192 2,935 22,142 10-year Average, 1957-66 4,664 14,227 4,146 3,848 26,885 CC 102 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES New Files Created Designation 1965 1966 10-year Average, 1957-66 •" fiip« 6,642 1,634 1,713 6,983 1,550 1,472 5,970 1,371 2,541 Totals 9,989 10,005 9,882 Printed by A. Sutton, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in right of the Province of British Columbia. 1967 1,060-367-3006 \