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MacDONALD, QUEEN'S PRINTER, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA\nf'S\\\nlAi\nsVf\n Victoria, B.C., February 27, 1974.\nTo the Honourable Walter S. Owen, Q.C, LL.D.,\nLieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia.\nMay it please Your Honour:\nHerewith 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\nyear ended December 31, 1973.\nR. A. WILLIAMS\nMinister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources\n Victoria, B.C., February 26, 1974.\nThe Honourable R. A. Williams,\nMinister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources,\nVictoria, B.C.\nSir: I have the honour to submit the Annual Report of the British Columbia\nLands Service of the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources for the\n12 months ended December 31, 1973.\nD. BORTHWICK\nAssociate Deputy Minister of Lands\n CONTENTS\nPage\nIntroduction by the Associate Deputy Minister of Lands 9\nAccounting Division 13\nLands Branch\u2014\nDirector of Lands 21\nLand Inspection Division\u2014. 30\nSpecial Services Division 40\nSurveys and Mapping Branch\u2014\nSurveyor-General 49\nLegal Surveys Division 55\nField Operations Division 60\nMap Production Division 68\nUniversity Endowment Lands 79\nPersonnel Office 85\nMail and File Room 91\nCOVER PHOTO\nWinter scene\nnear Williams Lake.\nPhoto by A. Paulsen\n o\nQ.\n-3\no\nOT\nUJ\n0_\n5\u00b0\nUJ\n-E\nI-\ntr\n<\na.\n<\n5\ni<\n.j\not i\ni- .\nOT <\nLU\n0- K\nO\n\"-\u00a7\n- X\nOT\nQ\nZ\n<\nyg\nO O i\n\" Q '\nz\ncr\nLU\nh-\nco\nz\nOS\n-E\nUJ\n>0)\ngs\n1- \"J\nUJ g\n-- s\ntr lu\nD- 8\nOS\nUJ \")\nu_ <\nQ\u00bb\n0\nl_L K\nUJ ~>\nLU .\nh-\n<\nX\nO\no\no\nro\nro\n<\nCO\nz\n2\no\no\nCO\n<\nUJ\nLU\n0\nH\nCO\n>\nz\ntr\nUJ\nCC\n2\n1-\nUJ\nro\nOT\n>\u25a0\nz\nh\nOT\nD\nQ-\nz\nUJ\nUJ cc\n>o\n0\ntr\n0?\nuj 5\nH\nD\nH .,;\nUJ w\nO\n<\nQj\nOT\nO \u00b0\n(-\nUI\nO\nZ O\nIT\n0.\nro\nro\n<\n<\nt-\nro\nro\nUJ\nO\nro\nt\u2014\nz\n<\n<\n5\nh-\nO\n<\n\u00a30\n0\nZ\n<\n-J;\n1\u2014\nz\n\u201e\n13\n2\na.\n_>\n5\n>\na\nO\nD\na\nO\nz\nO\nLU\nZ\n\n<\n>\n0\n5\n0.\n<\nz\n<\n>\nS\nz\nD\nX\n0\nz\n<\ncr\ncc\nUJ\nca\nz\n_j O\n0\ng\u00bb\nz\nHH-2\no_\ncr\nz 2\nCO\na\n<\n->\nQ\nO\nH\nO\nUJ\nuj 2\n?o\ncc O\n<\nO\nUJ UJ\nX\n<\nZ\n> cr\n<\ncr <\n3 a\nOT\nro z\n>\nD\nUJ\nO\n>\nCO\ncc\n=3\nOT\nX\n0\nz\n<\nCC\nUJ\nor\nO\nQ\nm\nh-\nO\nUJ\ns\nOT\ntr\n\u00b0^\n\u25a1\nO\nz\nZ\n<\n_l\n Report of the British Columbia Lands Service\nD. Borthwick, B.S.A., B.Ed., A.A.C.I.,\nAssociate Deputy Minister of Lands\nThe year 1973 was one of marked change in the Lands Service, particularly\nfrom the point of view of reassessing the position of the Service in the field of integrated resource management. A number of meetings were held with our field officers\nand ways and means sought to swing the thrust of the Service from the traditional\nadministrative role to a more effective managerial role. This will require shifting\nthe present system of accepting individual applications for land tenure to one where\nemphasis is placed on a pre-planned selection of lands that can be offered by the\nDepartment. We are making progress, but much work remains to be done; however,\nwith the expansion of our field staff and the creation of the Special Services Division\nwe should move ahead more confidently in the coming year. Our Land Inspectors\nare active participants on the Regional Inter-Sector Resource Committees and in\naddition work co-operatively with other agencies to ensure that decisions on land use\nare made only after assessing the total impact on the environment.\nMost of the staff of the Lands Service formerly located in the main Parliament\nBuilding moved late in 1973 or were preparing to move early in 1974 to new\ntemporary offices at Harbour Towers, 345 Quebec Street. The relocation to Quebec\nStreet also involved transfer of the field staff of Legal Surveys Division, the Personnel\nOfficer and the regional and district Land Inspectors from Superior Street, and the\nAccounting Division from Menzies Street.\nDuring 1973, 10 ecological reserves were established, raising the total to 53.\nMore than 200 scientists, educators, and interested citizens, including observers\nfrom other provinces, attended the annual meeting of the Ecological Reserves Committee at Simon Fraser University on November 29. Fifty-three new reports and\nproposals for reserves were presented and discussed at the meeting.\nAmong the policy changes introduced during the year were removal of the\nformer ceiling on lease rental increases and further movement away from purchase\nas a method of disposition. Removal of the ceiling on rental charges enables rentals\nto keep abreast of rising land values. Crown land dispositions for industrial or\ncommercial use are now disposed of on a leasehold basis only. The decline in\ndispositions by purchase was reflected in a further drop of 13 per cent in the number\nof Crown grants issued in 1973. Direct applications to purchase totalled only 14\nfor the entire year.\nReflecting the trend toward more involvement in the managerial aspects of the\nCrown land resource, the Land Inspection Division was involved in several interdepartmental land-use studies and multiresource studies.\nIn view of the success of the moratorium on agricultural land in the Prince\nGeorge area a study is under way to determine the feasibility of extending this policy\nto the Peace River Region.\nThe Surveys and Mapping Branch continued its major function as a service arm\nof the Lands Service and other Government departments. In co-operation with the\nLands Branch and the Data Processing Centre, a complex study is under way on\nways and means of improving methods of processing, storing, and extracting land\nstatus and cadastral data by means of electronic data processing techniques. The\nSurveys and Mapping Branch is also investigating problems associated with imple-\n Y 10 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nmentation of the international metric system. Through the Provincial Metric Systems\nConversion Committee, this Department has contact with the National Metric Commission.\nThe Surveys and Mapping Branch is faced with heavy pressures for detailed\nlarge-scale mapping and aerial photography as the result of growing Provincial and\nregional concern with planning of all kinds. A record 310,000 standard aerial photographic prints were processed for Government departments and the public. Forty-\neight large-scale photogrammetric projects were complete or under way at the end\nof the year. Detail plotting was completed on 210 planimetric resource inventory\nbase maps, cadastral detail was plotted on 66 land reference maps, and 95 composite maps showing land subdivisions were done in 1973.\nEstablishment of a basic survey control network for mapping was essentially\ncompleted in north central British Columbia. This will be of substantial direct benefit in the production of resource maps and planning studies in that region.\nThe following pages contain, in detail, the accomplishments of the branches\nand sections of the Lands Service during the past year.\n o\n>\nO)\n13\nD\nO\no\no\nD\n ACCOUNTING DIVISION\nY 13\nACCOUNTING DIVISION\nM. B. Maclean, Departmental Comptroller\nThe accounting function for both Lands Service and Water Resources Service\nis provided by this Division. As a result of a significant increase in Departmental\npersonnel and the establishment of a new branch, the work load of the Accounting\nDivision has again continued to increase.\nDuring 1972 we were given the responsibility of processing the flood claims\narising from the 1972 high run-off.\nA variety of damage claims to be paid from the Provincial Major Disaster\nFund were honoured through 1973, and during lanuary and February several hundred water-damage claims were processed, arising from the unusual heavy rainstorms of January, together with approximately 2,200 agricultural assistance claims\nand over 150 payments in settlement of damage claims resulting from the Eden\nFire in the vicinity of Salmon Arm.\nThe regular duties of the Division include the preparation and distribution\nof payroll data, processing of accounts payable, interdepartmental charges, processing of requisitions and expenditure control, collection and billing of Water Rights\nlicence rentals and billing and collection of Lands Branch and Surveys and Mapping revenue.\nAs at December 31, 1973, there were 15,584 lease accounts; 1,288 new\nleases were issued and 1,241 cancellations and expiries were processed.\nStatistical Tables\nTable 1\u2014Summary of Lands Service Net Revenue Collections for the\nYear Ending December 31,1973\n$\nLand leases, rentals, fees, etc. 2,906,536.84\nLand sales 1,615,079.10\nSale of maps and air photos 207,954.91\nNet revenue collections 4,729,570.85\nTable 2\u2014Comparison of Revenue Collections for 10-year\n Period, 1964-73, Inclusive \t\n^^Bm^mltmlmmlmmm^^^^m^mmtt^^^mm^m^^^^^^^^^ --Hi-1H------H---11--rt1-H1_^__H-_rt-..--_\n1964\n1965\n1966\n1967\n1968\n1969\n1970\n1971\n1972\n1973\n$\n2,587,110.34\n2,594,341.32\n3,343,672.46\n2,985,996.61\n3,367,912.14\n3,999,273.13\n3,025,000.24\n4,580,312.19\n4,878,666.29\n4,729,570.85\n Y 14 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nTable 3\u2014Classification of Revenue Collections for the Year Ended\nDecember 31,1973\nLand sales\u2014 $\nCountry lands 702,485.37\nTown lots 911,917.70 $\n 1,614,403.07\nLand leases, rentals, fees, etc.\u2014\nForeshore leases\u2014 $\nBooming and log storage 510,138.60\nCommercial (marinas, etc.) 645,281.88\nOyster 13,269.45\nMiscellaneous (foreshore protection,\netc.) 6,258.75\n 1,174,948.68\nLand leases\u2014\nGrazing and (or) agriculture 489,465.03\nQuarrying (limestone, sand, and\ngravel) 44,233.28\nCamp-site (lodge, fishing) 10,072.00\nHome-site 1,286.38\nResidential 574,923.46\nMiscellaneous 94,013.53\n 1,213,993.68\nLand-use permits 2,235.00\nLicences of occupation 14,952.56\nRoyalty collections 342,372.99\nBonus bids (lease tenders and auctions) 72,830.00\nEasement collections 9,626.81\nFees\u2014\nCrown grant 12,877.87\nAssignment 12,435.00\nMiscellaneous (lease, search, etc.) _ 24,997.00\n 50,309.87\nSundry collections (occupational rental, survey\ncharges, etc.) 42,438.76\n 2,923,708.35\nSale of maps and air photos\u2014maps, air photos, survey posts, etc. 246,631.16\nGross revenue for year 4,784,742.58\nLess refunds and taxes 55,171.73\nNet revenue for year 4,729,570.85\n ACCOUNTING DIVISION Y 15\nTable 4\u2014Comparison of Land Leases, Rentals, Fees, Etc., Revenue for\n 10-year Period 1964-73, Inclusive\n$\n1964 HIHH-rtMS 1,485,539.13\n1965 \u25a0HMH----I 1,462,024.93\n1966 mmmmmmmmmmm 1,514,749.69\n1967 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0IH 1,917,435.31\n1968 IIHH-II.IIIHHHHiiBH-Ha 2,189,055.75\n1969 \u25a0HMHrt-jMHHWHBl 2,553,351.23\n1970 mm^mmmmmmmmmmmm 2,283,719.11\n1971 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 3,093,281.59\n1972 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 3,268,205.08\n1973 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 2,906.536.84\nTable 5\u2014Comparison of Land Sales Revenue for 10-year Period,\n1964-73, Inclusive\n$\n1964 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 982,137.88\n1965 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 1,017,893.16\n1966 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 1,692,861.14\n1967 mmmmmmmmmmmm 916,098.98\n1968 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 1,024,410.93\n1969 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 1,251,111.88\n1970 mmmmmmm 518,015.63\n1971 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 1,297,075.28\n1972 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 1,411,178.27\n1973 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 1,615,079.10\n o\nCO\nQ\n THE LANDS BRANCH\nAt the time of the Fraser River gold-rush in 1858 the demand for land in British\nColumbia was greatly intensified and pre-emptions predated surveys. Within four years\n254 pre-emptors had taken up more than 50,000 acres of land. To facilitate the transfer\nof real estate and provide for the registration of titles, the Land Registry Act was passed in\n1860. The Government of the Province of British Columbia was now in the real estate\nbusiness 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.\nWith the entrance of British Columbia into Confederation in 1871, the demand for\nland quickened to a rush, and over the next 30 years the land-settler (and the promoter)\nsucceeded the gold-miner in importance. Railroads were built and land grants passed,\ncities came into being, and companies became established. Land was at the core of all\ndevelopments.\nThe task of land administration became very heavy and necessitated the formation of\na Department of Lands in 1908. In 1912 a Forest Branch was included in the Department\nof Lands. Today the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources exercises control of more than 90 per cent of the surface of British Columbia.\nHow does the Lands Branch fit into the total organization of the British Columbia\nLands Service of today? The relation may be expressed briefly. The Lands Branch\nhas jurisdiction in matters pertaining to the disposition of Crown land, and is\ncharged with administering and disposing of the land that the general welfare,\npresent and future, of the Province is protected at all times.\nWhen an individual, or group, desires to purchase or lease Crown land, the application is directed to the Director of Lands, head of the Lands Branch. His authority\ngoverns the following matters:\nLease and sale of Crown lands for such purposes as agricultural, industrial,\ncommercial, and home-sites.\nPreparation and issuance of right-of-way easements for power, telephone, pipelines, etc.\nPreparation and issuance of Crown grants under the Land Act and the Mineral\nAct.\nReservation of suitable Crown lands and foreshore for national defence, use\nand enjoyment of the public, forestry experimentation, fisheries research,\nhighways, and ecological research.\nGranting railway rights-of-way under various Statutes.\nProtection of historic sites from alienation.\nReservation and conveying of Crown lands for such purposes as school-sites,\ncemeteries, and fair grounds.\nLeasing of land and foreshore for such varied purposes as wharf-sites, booming-\ngrounds, canneries, oyster and other mollusc fisheries, and for boat-houses,\nquarry-sites, cattle-ranching, trappers' cabins, ship-building, and aircraft\nbases.\nTo perform these and other functions efficiently, the Lands Branch works in close\nco-operation with a great number of other agencies, such as municipal and regional\nadministrations, town-planning authorities, the British Columbia Forest Service, the Water\nResources Service, the Surveys and Mapping Branch within the British Columbia Lands\nService, and all the departments in the Government of the Province, notably Highways,\nEducation, Attorney-General, Agriculture, and Municipal Affairs.\nOutside the Provincial departments there is much business transacted with Federal\ndepartments, such as the Department of National Defence, the Public Works Department, and the Indian-Eskimo Branch of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern\nDevelopment.\nDirect service to the people of British Columbia is the first duty of the Lands Branch\nand this takes the bulk of the time of the Lands Branch personnel. Associated with this\nprime duty is the important function of the maintenance of the records, which in many\ncases are the only ones in British Columbia showing the correct legal status of the surface\nof the Province.\n Appraising the Crown subdivision at Heffley Lake.\n o\nz\n<\ncn\nQ\nz\n<\n>. E -S\n0. z\n-i-U J\nCi \u00ab < >\n5\n' i\n' \u00b1 '\nz\nz cn\n\u00ab\u00a75<\n!? s\n-88-\n<*\u00a3\n- \"5\n-\n?o\n\nJ\nw\nz\n\u00b0\n*'?\nDO O\no-u ,n o\nh-\nz H\nLICE\nNCE\nESN\nITHE\nNDE\nZ\n..\no\n5 S\nCO\n>\nz <\n0\nCO\n=\no\n>\nZ ii\nZ I\ncr\nCO\n_i\n<\nU- 2\no\nUJ\nO w\n0.\n-j -1\nCO\nif 5J5\n-TIJ3\n*: h d i J\nZ\no\nCO\n>\n5\nz\no\nH\n< ^\n(--=<-\nCO O\n2 c\n2\nQ\n LANDS BRANCH Y 21\nLANDS BRANCH\nWalter R. Redel, B.A.Sc, P.Eng., P.Ac, A.A.C.I., Director of Lands\nIn order that the Lands Branch can play a more positive role in the management of the Crown land resources of the Province, reorganization of the functions\nof the Branch and a broadening of the resource disciplines of new personnel taken\non staff to carry out these management functions is currently under way.\nThe nucleus of a Special Services Division to provide some of the management\ninput was established with the appointment of an engineer, an ecologist, and a\nplanner early in the year.\nAdditional staff to augment the Administration Division, Land Inspection\nDivision, and Special Services Division will be added in 1974. It is the objective\nof the Lands Branch to establish regional offices in those areas of the Province\nwhere other regional resource administrators are now located in order that there\ncan be more integration in the management of the land resource with other resource\nagencies. In the past, the Land Officers have sought the views of other resource\npersonnel as well as local organizations and regional governments before making\nrecommendations in respect to applications for Crown land. However, it is hoped\nthat, with regionalization of the Lands Branch, more emphasis can be placed on\npre-planning and the integrated use and development of Crown lands than has\nbeen done in the past.\nA study is currently under way within the Lands Service in co-operation with\nthe Data Processing Centre to examine the feasibility of modernizing our land\nrecord-keeping facilities in order to speed up the extraction of status information\ntherefrom. It is hoped the pertinent status information can be recorded in a storage\nbank and so coded that a variety of pertinent information can be extracted therefrom as the need arises.\nPolicy trends in the Lands Branch are directed toward disposition of all\nCrown lands on a leasehold basis only, with no option to purchase. Future dispositions of Crown land for industrial and commercial purposes will be by leasehold\nonly. Agricultural lands which are at least 50 per cent arable are currently disposed\nof on a lease-develop-purchase basis, but rapidly rising land values make it more\npractical for such Crown lands to be alienated by lease only. The Lands Branch\nis experimenting with disposing of rural residential sites on a long-term lease basis,\nbut no hard policy has as yet evolved.\nDuring the past year the Lands Branch carried out an extensive review of\nwater-lot lease rentals throughout the Province. The evidence gathered indicated\nthat substantial increases in the annual rental charges are warranted, and hence\nadjustments in these charges will be made as the leases come up for review.\nThe foreign-ownership question continues to be foremost in the minds of\nmany citizens of the Province as evidenced by the letters reaching the Land Branch.\nHowever, with respect to Crown lands, the Land Act precludes the issuance of a\nCrown grant to other than a Canadian citizen. Up until about mid-year, foreigners\ncould obtain a lease of Crown lands, but a policy change has now been implemented\nthat would restrict Crown leases to Canadians or persons who have obtained landed-\nimmigrant status. The somewhat larger question of the foreign ownership of\nprivate lands is currently under review all across Canada by a committee established\nby the First Ministers Conference earlier in the year. Corporations may qualify\nfor Crown lands if they meet the requirements of section 131 of the Companies Act.\n Y 22 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nWaterfront recreational lands are disposed of on a leasehold basis only by\npublic competition. Exchanges of Crown land for private lands of equal value has\nfor the most part been discontinued except in extenuating circumstances and then\nonly when the parcels in question comprise relatively small areas.\nIntensively used foreshore at Swartz Bay, Vancouver Island.\nForeshore trespass for boat moorage.\n LANDS BRANCH Y 23\nThe role of the Lands Branch has become increasingly more difficult in recent\nyears because of the fracturing of the authority for the management of such lands.\nIt is anticipated, however, that as working relationships are established with the\nnew agencies and as we strengthen the management role of the Branch that many\nof these problems will be resolved.\nA brief summary of the various sections of the Administrative Division of the\nLands Branch is set out hereunder.\nLease Section\u2014While the number of new applications received in the Department is lower than the previous year, the processing of the applications has necessitated a much greater volume of correspondence due to our ever-changing policies\nwhich have been instituted by the Government to prevent speculation in Crown\nlands. The same situation holds true for assignments which are down in actual\nvolume but have necessitated extra correspondence for the same reasons mentioned\nabove. It is interesting to note that of the 770 assignments processed, only 1.56\nper cent were assigned to non-Canadian citizens. The number of rental reviews\nhandled by this section is far above last year's total.\nPurchase Section\u2014The number of direct applications to purchase continues\nto decline due to the well-established lease-develop-purchase policy. Only 14 such\napplications were received in 1973. Lease-converted-purchase applications however increased from 292 to 330.\nThe section issued 347 waterfront leases and 216 inland leases, which is less\nthan we issued in 1972. However, these figures do not represent the full amount\nof work completed by the section as we also disallowed 1,019 applications in 1973.\nThis large number of disallowances reflects a growing concern and awareness by\nthe Department and local planning authorities over good land-management practices, and every application receives very close scrutiny.\nCertain changes in policy have been instituted in the disposition of land for\nresidential leases to try to inhibit speculation. If the lessee does not construct a\nhome, or at least make a substantial start, within the initial three-year term of the\nlease, then the lease is not renewed. Also in inland residential leases the purchase\noption price is now applicable only for the initial three-year term and not for 10\nyears, and this it is felt will encourage early completion of a home. In addition\nit is now stipulated that before the purchase option can be exercised the lessee\nmust be using the dwelling as his permanent place of residence.\nDuring the year the Branch amended the lease indenture form for cottage-site\nleases to ensure that the lessee is cognizant that the intended use of the Crown\nlands is for recreational purposes only and not as a permanent place of residence.\nCrown Grant Section\u2014The number of Crown grants issued in 1973 totalled\n602 as compared to 694 in the previous year.\nAlthough these figures reflect a decrease of slightly over 13 per cent, the\nnumber of certificates of purchase issued increased to 446 from 433 in 1972, or\napproximately 3 per cent.\nThis section is also responsible for clearing applications for reverted mineral\nclaims, which showed a dramatic decrease to 54 from 631 in the previous year.\nThe drop was caused by a change in policy by the Department of Mines and\nPetroleum Resources whereby tenure over reverted mineral claims is now issued\non the same basis as for newly staked mineral claims. In other words, a clearance\nis not required because the onus is now on the holder of the claim to ascertain\nsurface conflicts before proceeding with development work.\n Y 24 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nIn addition, this Section processed 38 status clearances and two transfers of\nthe administration, control, and benefit of Provincial Crown lands to Her Majesty\nthe Queen in right of Canada.\nSeven exchanges of land were finalized during the year.\nSeven certified copies of Crown grants were issued.\nIn keeping with the provisions of certain statutes, four free grants were issued\nto School Boards; three free grants were issued to the Canadian National Railways\nCompany, and six free grants to the British Columbia Railway Company.\nReserve Section\u2014During the year, 340 reserves were established and 21 applications for accreted lands were received. In addition, the Section processed 10\necological reserves which were established by Order in Council under the Ecological\nReserves Act. A total of 8,229 letters was received, of which 7,177 were general\ninquiries. Every effort is made to answer fully all general inquiries, because in the\nmajority of cases this is the first contact the writer may have with the Branch.\nClearance Section\u2014This Section provides map-status information for the\nDepartment of Lands as well as other Government departments and internal agencies\nwhich are involved in land administration. Our responsibilities, briefly, include the\nfollowing:\n(a) The clearing of all lands under application to lease, purchase, etc.,\nto determine all existing surface alienations. The number of parcels\nof land cleared during 1973 totalled 31,220 as compared to 17,211\nthe previous year; this substantial increase can be attributed to the\nfact that many of the special map statuses completed covered much\nlarger areas, reflecting a greater increase in acreages and townlots\ncovered.\n(b) The preparation of maps showing the status of lands thereon; these\nmaps are constantly being revised and amended in order to maintain\nan up-to-date status of those lands covered. There are now 164 of\nthese maps completed, 52 having been prepared this year, also all\nthe Davenport maps for Vancouver Island have been amended to\nshow current land status.\n(c) The statusing and clearing of all northern Provincial lands required\nby numerous Alberta-based gas and petroleum companies in connection with drilling projects and pipe-lines.\n(d) The preparing of special or priority status maps when requested by\nthe Ministerial and Senior Departmental officials; these maps are\nstatused under a colour-code system and 174 were completed in\n1973.\nIn view of the foregoing it is apparent the functions of this Section have greatly\nincreased during the past year, reflecting an increased awareness of land use, ecological, and environmental policies of the Government. These policies point to an ever-\nincreasing expansion of the services of this Section.\nEasement Section\u2014The number of easements granted in 1973 was 39 and five\nlicences of occupation. This is considerably less than previous years. The reduced\noutput of rights-of-way is directly related to the Department's policy of holding\npower-line, gas and oil pipe-line, and wellsite applications in obeyance pending a\nreview of the right-of-way terms. Applications for rights-of-way are still being\naccepted and are being processed to the point of survey.\n LANDS BRANCH Y 25\nIn view of the disturbance and interference that rights-of-way may have on the\nsurrounding environment, all applications are now being referred to the Special\nServices Division of the Lands Branch for an ecological impact report.\nLetters of consent for the construction of access roads have increased from 58\nletters to 79 letters. Road access is becoming a greater problem to the Branch as\nmore landlocked areas of the Province are being utilized.\nGENERAL ACTIVITY\nTwelve units were tendered for lease during 1973. Bonus bids were received\non eight of the units and the bonus bid revenue realized was $4,954.75. There were\n338 lots offered for lease by auction, of which 199 were leased. The bonus bid\nrealized at the time of auction amounted to $83,938.\nIn 1973 the Branch embarked on a programme of increased news media coverage. On routine public competitions, advertisements are now placed in the real\nestate sections of the classified ads, and on public competitions of lands in which it\nappears there is a great public interest; display ads, including sketches of subdivision plans, were placed in the news media. Radio and television advertising\nwere also introduced. In those instances where extended coverage was used, a far\ngreater degree of public interest appears to have been generated.\nThe following tables indicate in detail the work carried out by the various sections of the Lands Branch in 1973:\nTable 6\u2014Country Land Sales, 1973\nAcres\nUnsurveyed 46.53\nSurveyed 25,416.69\nTotal . 25,463.22\nTable 7\u2014Certificates of Purchase Issued, 1973\nAgency Number Acreage\nAlberni 9 31.64\nAtlin Nil Nil\nBurns Lake 8 705.28\nClinton . 14 52.43\nCranbrook 10 219.61\nFernie 11 165.893\nFort Nelson 24 141.31\nFort St. John 61 20,818.54\nGolden 7 710.54\nKamloops 11 260.06\nKaslo .\u2014_... Nil Nil\nNanaimo 55 158.611\nNelson 8 152.155\nNew Westminster 44 23.145\nPenticton 18 20.668\nPouce Coupe 8 4,217.37\nPrince George 12 696.23\nPrince Rupert . 10 144.47\n Y 26\nDEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nTable 7\u2014Certificates of Purchase Issued, 1973\u2014Continued\nAgency Number Acreage\nQuesnel 16 2,028.11\nRevelstoke 8 112.74\nSmithers 11 148.95\nVancouver 29 257.465\nVernon 3 9.18\nVictoria 5 38.103\nWilliams Lake 64 1,355.45\nUniversity Endowment Lands 1 Nil\nTotals 446 32,566.95\nTable 8\u2014New Leases Issued (1973)\nLand Number\nAgriculture 165\nHay and grazing (pasture and hay-cutting) 69\nQuarrying (sand, gravel, limestone, etc.) 19\nResidential (waterfront) 347\nResidential (inland) 216\nMiscellaneous (resorts, service-stations,\ncamp-sites)\t\nForeshore\u2014\nBooming, log storage, log-dumping, etc.\nOyster \t\nIndustrial (canneries, mill-site, wharves,\netc.) \t\nQuarrying (sand, gravel from sea or river\nbeds) \t\nCommercial (boat rentals, marinas, marine\nservice-stations, etc.) \t\nMiscellaneous (private wharves, boat-\nhouses, etc.) \t\nTotals 1,114\n131\n76\n7\n1\n3\n29\n51\nAcreage\n43,338.08\n52,969.04\n993,19\n257.541\n609.76\n6,173.671\n1,850.742\n25.6\n9.59\n22.41\n160.126\n807.265\n107,217.015\nTable 9\u2014Licences to Occupy Issued, 1973\nNumber\n54\nAcreage 1,518.22\nTable 10\u2014Assignments Approved, 1973\nLeases, land-use permits, licences of occupation\t\n770\n LANDS BRANCH\nTable 11\u2014Easements Granted, 1973\nY 27\nNumber\nMiles\nAcres\nForeshore\n3\n3\n0.848\n7.335\n0.127\n0.906\n373.243\n0.185\nTotals\t\n7\n8.310\n374.334\nLand\n4\n6\n4\n4\n2\n3\n2\n3\n2\n16.091\n0.268\n71.090\nTelevision antenna-sites and power-lines\t\n4.140\n8.103\n\t\n19.370\n1.201\n12.007\n1.424\n0.784\n1.487\n3.197\nWater pipe-lines\t\n207.716\nSuspension bridges and water pipe-lines\t\n| 10.760\nSewer pipe-lines\t\n2.721\nT-bar and chair-lifts\t\n11.863\nTotals\t\n30\n33.262\n338.960\nSouthern Okanagan Lands Project\nRoad\t\n1\n1\n0.009\n0.032\n0.038\nSewer pipe-line \t\n0.076\nGrand totals\t\n39\n41.613\n713.408\nIn line with current Departmental policy, 79 letters of consent for the construction of access roads were issued during the year.\nTable 12\u2014Crown Grants Issued, 1973\nPurchases (country lands) _. - 388\nPurchases (town lots) . . 149\nPre-emptions 18\nPublic Schools Act 4\nVeterans' Land Settlement Act 4\nHome-site leases 4\nBritish Columbia Railway Company 6\nMiscellaneous 29\nTotal 602\nCertified copies of Crown grants issued _._ 7\nTable 13\u2014Crown Grants Issued for Past 10 Years\n Y 28 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nTable 14\u2014Total Area Deeded by Crown Grant, 1973\nAcres\nPurchases (country lands) 37,705.17\nPre-emptions 2,829.54\nPublic Schools Act 11.96\nVeterans' Land Settlement Act 168.55\nHome-site leases 51.51\nBritish Columbia Railway Company 451.82\nMiscellaneous 1,263.35\nTotal 42,481.90\nTable 15\u2014Reserves, 1973\nApplications Reserves\nReceived Completed\nUse, recreation, and enjoyment of the public 54 67\nB.C. Department of Highways (rights-of-way, gravel\npits, bridge-sites, etc.) 84 67\nFederal Government (defence purposes, wharf-sites,\netc.) 41 34\nB.C. Forest Service (ranger stations, grazing, radio-\nsites, reforestation, etc.) 107 42\nMiscellaneous (Wildlife Branch, water-power projects,\ngarbage dumps, school-sites, cemeteries, etc.) 223 130\nTotals 509 340\n LANDS BRANCH\nY 29\n\u00a3\n3\n5\nrtSJ\nTT CO ON tt M O Tt f~~\na on o>\nri co \u2014> tj On r- rj Mt\nfN 00 00\n\u00a3 2\noo O^m ^ vO tN ~-\n\u00bb\"\u00ab\nin th th cS\n\u00bb-.\noo t-i m\n00\n* 5\noo\" ^\nNO\nin\ntT\n-<\n00\nVi\nTf^\nW5-\nso rA r\nTH \u00a9 C\nNO \u2022\u00ab\n^ vo m '\nt r> Tf on\n-h ,-, m (*i\nH (N\nTf O tN\nm Tj\" Tf\n.3r-'\n(N| \u2014 r- I-\nro\ng\n* q o\n_,,. _\noo\"\n\u00a7\nm\nw\nTf\"\nhtt Q\\m m -r vo r-oo\n\u2014 NO O\nfN On r- ro \u2014 co r~ ro Tf\n(--i \u2014 o\nno Ol Tf \u2014; m On \u2014\n* M m'\nfN\nOn fO \u2022\u2014* \u2014.\n00\nt\u2014\nm on^ in\nro\nOs\nOn\" '\"\"'\npT\nF\u00bb\nON\nNO\nVi\n$\nM -n to ro O to in \u2014no\nin oo th\nr-)f*. on oo o fN r- Tt oo\n\u2014 00 On\nO \u25a0* n ,J ^ On th\n^^ m\nTf On \u2014 ON*\nr^\nt-\nf- NO NO\n(N\no\nTf '\"\"'\nt>\nON\nro\n<~.\nTf\n\u2014\nTf\ntf_-\nVi\noooo (Noor-Nor- mN\n(N ro NO\n(no \u2014 no r- o fN \u2014 Tf\nr- rf \nMr- r- no Q O fN in tN\nTfNO O On O 00 Tt m rf\nTf O P\n00 00 o\non to m ^ r- r- th\nNO\nOO\nOn\" Tf n tN r-\"\nm\n1\n\u2014 00 On\n\"T.\nT~l _T \"\">\nm\nCO\nm\nNO\n00\n\u00ab\u25a0\nooo r-to .io oom\nO Tf O\nTfri \u2014 On o Tf ri Tf\nTf O O\nCS O^ NO ^ tN Tf t~\nOO C. ^J\n$\nt-T in r- -\u2014* Tf\nth rf to\nM0\nON\n~ .\n,\ni t\ne\ntL.\n\u00a3>\nJ\n\u2022-*\n1\nTJ\ne\n0)\nill\nTJ\n4J\n>\nTJ\n-_\u00bb\n\u00a3\no\n\u2022s\"\nnew land\nw land sa\nleases issi\n2,e leased,\nf occupa\nu\ncn vi\nU3 C\nc.\nI\n0\n3'\u00b0\n.S3 o j.\n\u00ab 2? 5\nTJ\nu\no\nB\n-\n\u00a3 0\n1.1\nV\n2 5 M o 0 o u\nS 3\ni-> tn\nm \u2014\nrown g:\notal a\nCrown\number\nalue of\number\notal aci\nicences\nsued....\nE 2\ni) rt\n2 4.\n11\ntn SZ\n0\nU\nH\nZ>\nz\nh\n-J\nUJ\nU\na:\n\u00bb\u00ab\n Y 30 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nLAND INSPECTION DIVISION\nG. H. Wilson, B.S.A., P.Ag., A.A.C.I., Chief\nThe Lands Service, which is charged by statute to exercise a role in the management of the Crown lands of the Province, has for many years been unable to\nassume full managerial responsibility because of the lack of staff. However, the\nfield staff is now being expanded and their academic resource expertise diversified\nin order that the Land Inspection Division can fulfil the managerial role that it is\ncharged with. It is therefore anticipated that the Land Officer will act as a catalyst\nto promote integrated resource management of the Crown land resource and act as\na custodian of those lands that lend themselves to multiple use.\nIn 1973 the Land Inspection Division took on some of this broader managerial\nrole, responding to the needs of all resource-users in the total resource management\nof Crown lands. Discussions, study sessions and meetings with the various resource\ndepartments and agencies became a more active part of the staff's responsibilities\nthan previously. This kind of communication permits a free interflow of ideas and\nrecommendations between resource departments and the Lands Service to ensure\nthat a decision is made consistent with good resource-management practice. As a\nresult of this change, together with more public calls, greater distances to travel to\nexamine isolated land applications, more consultations with the applicants, more\ndifficult special appraisal requests, and a shorter 11-month recording period, the\ntotal number of inspections completed in 1973 are down 15 per cent from the\naverage for the five-year period 1969-72, inclusive. The recording period for 1973,\nas a convenience in reporting, runs from January 1 to November 30. In future a\n12-month period running from December 1 to November 30 will be used for recording purposes.\nAs a result of direction given by the Minister, an assessment was made of the\nDivision's role in the future administration of Crown lands in British Columbia.\nMeetings were held with the field staff early in June of 1973 and as a result of these\nmeetings a report was compiled. The recommendations given in this report represent\nthe full response of the staff in pointing the direction of the Lands Service in the\nfuture management of Crown Provincial lands.\nA change in the Department's policy and a continuing appreciation in land\nvalues have had a profound effect on waterfront residential lease rentals established\nin 1973. Previously at the five-year review date the rental was limited to a figure of\nno more than double the rental of the previous term. This limitation on the magnitude of rental increases was eliminated and, as a result of the growth in land values,\nthe resulting rentals frequently showed increases of 300 to 500 per cent. While there\nwere outcries from some lessees, it should be noted that rental reviews are made\nonce every five years and as a consequence in an appreciating market the lessee is\npaying less than economic rent for the major portion of the five-year period. It is\nalso notable that the rate of 5 per cent is far below the market rate of 8 per cent\ncurrently applied for establishing rentals in the case of industrial and commercial\nleases.\nAlso noteworthy have been the problems associated with appraising the market\nvalue of agricultural lease lands. With developmental requirements an integral\nportion of the lessees' responsibilities and a covenant to be placed on the ensuing\ntitle limiting development to agriculture, it has been difficult to find similarly influenced sale properties in the market place. Sales occurring subsequent to the Land\nCommission legislation, however, have invariably been similar and surprisingly are\n LANDS BRANCH\nY 31\nfor the most part selling at higher rates than before its enactment. Unless a lease-\nonly policy is adopted it is apparent that the value of Crown land leases for agricultural purposes must be linked to the value of land as indicated by sales in the\nprivate sector. In the view of some lessees a rental based on a rate of 5 per cent of\nmarket value is too high, because the market value of the land is inflated in relation\nto its productive value under agricultural use. There is no simple answer to the\nproblem, but it seems that a policy for the development of potentially arable land\nmust be worked out which will aid the full-time farmer and at the same time limit\nthe potential for speculation. A number of undeveloped leases have been noted in\nthe Real Estate Multiple Listings at Prince George, despite firm guidelines laid down\nin the lease indenture concerning assignments.\nWell-maintained portion of grazing lease at Campbell Lake, south of Kamloops.\nPRINCE GEORGE REGION\nAs a result of changing road patterns and anticipated future developments, the\nboundaries between the Prince George and the Coast Regions north and east of\nPrince Rupert were altered in 1973. The change involving the Prince Rupert District\nof the Coast Region as well as the Fort St. John and Smithers Districts of the Prince\nGeorge Region will permit better access to the northwest sector of the Province and\nwill result in an enlarged Smithers District.\nThere was considerable activity in the Prince George Land Inspection Region\nduring 1973. Despite the early arrival of snow this fall, the open working season\nallowed for a substantial volume of field work to be accomplished during the 11-\nmonth period ending November 30. The total annual inspections completed compares favourably with past years, but the number of outstanding inspections at the\nend of November is the highest recorded in the past five years.\n Y 32 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nDuring the 1973 period the changing role of the Land Inspection Division\nbecame more apparent in this region with the staff's involvement in the following\nmultiresource and interdepartmental Land Use Studies:\nGrassy Plains Community Pasture proposal.\nSmithers Landing, Babine Forest\u2014possible subdivision.\nPeace River Moratorium Study.\nGroundbirch Community Pasture.\nBear Mountain Community Pasture.\nEast Pine Area Multi-use Resource Study.\nWren Multi-use Reserve Study.\nBear Lake Townsite Study.\nTete Jaune Cache\u2014possible subdivision.\nFinlay Bay, Williston Lake\u2014commercial application.\nCity of Prince George\u2014sewage sludge-disposal site (550 acres).\nGerimi Multi-use Planning Study.\nDragon Lake Community Pasture proposal.\nNazko\u2014commercial residential proposal (Forest Service).\nHudson Bay Mountain Study.\nOwen Lake-Lower Morice River Land Use Study.\nAtlin Townsite. .. t ', :\n\u2022 Kispiox Valley\u2014-inventory of agricultural lands, \u25a0\u25a0'.,..\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0_\u2022,\u25a0-,.-..\"\u25a0\n. ;>\u25a0 \u2022 Narcosli Creek Grazing Study (3,000 acres). \u25a0 -\u25a0\nTakla Townsite Study\u2014-Leo Creek, Lovell Cove.\nTakla Lake barge-crossing. \u25a0\nGermansen Landing, Finlay Forest\u2014trespassers.\n. North Shore Stuart Lake, between Tachie and Pinchi Lakes.\nStudies related to numerous proposals for the subdivision of Crown land.\nThe Moratorium Policy is continuing to work well, with many farmers clearing,\ncultivating, and cropping large tracts of their private lands, enabling them to in turn\nqualify to lease and develop arable Crown land in a manner consistent with sound\neconomic principles. In view of the success of this policy in the Prince George\narea, a study is currently under way to determine the feasibility and need to extend\nthe Moratorium Policy into the Peace River area.\nThe unauthorized use of Crown land is more evident in the Prince George\nRegion than ever before. Some of the more serious trespasses noted are at Hudson\nBay Mountain near Smithers, Telegraph Creek, Atlin, and Germansen Landing.\nHopefully, the Department's current land-use studies in these areas will aid in correcting this unauthorized use by providing planning for and development of multilot\nsubdivisions. In some cases positive steps such as providing residential lots by\nsubdivision will not solve the problem of trespass, and firm steps to end the use of\nCrown land in trespass must be adopted as a last resort.\nSoil erosion on some of the agricultural leases in the Peace River areas is felt\nto be indirectly a result of the existing Department policy which requires that 80\nper cent of the arable acreage must be brought under cultivation. Where soil erosion\nis taking place on slopes as little as 5 per cent, the Land Inspector is recommending\nthat the area of cultivation be reduced from the 80-per-cent figure to allow for windbreaks and leave strips by creeks. Such a change in policy would remove the compulsion to develop erosion-prone areas and allow for better land-use practices.\n LANDS BRANCH Y 33\nCOAST REGION\nIn 1973 the inspections completed by the Land Inspection staff in this region\nwere significantly lower than in 1971 and 1972. Special appraisals for other departments were also down in relation to corresponding figures for 1972. Eight of the\nmore significant appraisals involved flooded lands in Surrey between the Serpentine\nand Nicomekl Rivers, tidal lands in the Sturgeon Bank area of Richmond, the\nDelkatla Marsh in the Queen Charlotte Islands, the St. Ann's Academy property in\nVictoria, the surface of Crown-granted mineral claims near Horseshoe Bay, waterfront lands south of Squamish, recreational lands in the vicinity of Thetis Lake near\nVictoria, and agricultural lands in the Alberni Valley on Vancouver Island. The\ntotal appraised value of these eight properties amounts to $4,034,900.\nThe outlook for 1974 is difficult to forecast for this region. In the Pemberton\narea, for example, the partial closure in 1973 of the Evans Products mill has had a\nmarked effect on the local economy. This is a significant setback in the community\nand the repercussions from the continuation of the present conditions will be difficult\nto measure. Nevertheless, in view of the proximity of this area to Vancouver and\nthe continuing demands on land for recreational use and other purposes it is anticipated that, despite a predictable drop in the local demand for permanent residential\nlots, the over-all demand will remain strong. Like most other sectors of the Province, land values in this area during 1974 will likely continue to climb.\nTechnical Planning Committee Meetings in this region during 1973 numbered\napproximately 60, with the majority occurring in the southerly reaches of the region.\nAll of these meetings were attended by either the Regional Land Inspector or the\nDistrict Land Inspector. Intersector meetings, on the other hand, numbered only\none. In view of the need for input from all resource-users in the planning and\nmanagement of Crown land, it is imperative that the frequency of intersector-type\nmeetings increase.\nWith the Lands Service attaining a more positive planning and management\nrole, it is apparent that many of the problems and needs recorded over the past\nfew years in this region can be dealt with. Noteworthy among the problems are\nthose associated with issuing home-site leases over isolated sites which lack basic\nservices, trespass use of foreshore for log-storage purposes, a strong recreational\ndemand by the public from the Vancouver area, and the lack of a clear working\nliaison with regional districts and others involved in planning and managing Crown\nland. The present and future development of Crown land in this region is of\nimmediate concern. Measures will have to be taken to carry out some long-range\nplanning that will hopefully reduce the major problem areas and provide better\nland-management practices in this region.\nKAMLOOPS REGION\nDuring the 11-month period from January 1 to November 30, 1973, the\nnumber of inspections completed in the Kamloops Region totalled 1,999. As in\n1972, this region continues to lead the Province in numbers of inspections completed. The 400 outstanding inspections, of which 70 per cent are in the traditionally heavy work-load districts of Clinton and Williams Lake, represents a 52-\nper-cent increase over the corresponding figure for 1972.\nSome of the studies undertaken during 1973 are significant in pointing out the\nareas of concern in land-use planning for this region. The \"Purcell Study\" relating to the Purcell Range of mountains on the east side of Kootenay Lake is one\nof the most notable. This study was headed by Dr. A. D. Chambers, of the Uni-\n2\n Y 34 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nversity of British Columbia, and included input from the Land Inspection Division\nstaff as well as other Departmental staff. The study was instigated as a result of\na conflict between public recreation and logging interests in the Fry Creek Watershed and was expanded to cover the much larger issue of land-use conflicts for the\nentire Kootenay area. Two other highlights in 1973 involved an exchange of\nrange lands in the Riske Creek area, west of Williams Lake, with mutually beneficial results. The Crown will benefit through acquiring a much needed protected\nwinter range for the Chilcotin band of big horn sheep, while the rancher will benefit by gaining range land more convenient to his existing operation and by having better live-stock control. The second highlight in this region pertains to a\nlarge grazing lease in the Lac du Bois area north of Kamloops. In addition to\nbeing under a strong demand by local recreation and housing interests, the leased\nrange is badly overgrazed. In an attempt to resolve land-use problems in this\narea, the Kamloops staff have worked closely with the Federal Range Experimental\nStation personnel in setting down specific management requirements on the part\nof the user to improve the vegetative cover as well as the carrying capacity of the\nrange. It is quite conceivable that ranges like this one will require a complete rest,\nsupplemented by reseeding to palatable grass species. Even further measures\nsuch as protective fencing and fertilization may be required to bring these ranges\nback to their original level of productivity.\nSome of the special appraisal projects undertaken in the Kamloops Region\nincluded an appraisal of the St. Martin's Hospital property in Oliver, private lands\nfronting Cosens Bay at Kalamalka Lake, Raymer Park at Kelowna, private lands\nfronting the west side of Osoyoos Lake, and three appraisals on lands at Williams\nLake for the B.C. Railway. In the Kelowna district alone it is estimated that the\nappraisal work associated with the first three properties at Oliver, Kalamalka Lake,\nand Kelowna consumed 37 man-days or 15 per cent of the Kelowna Inspector's\nannual work load.\nWith the inspection staff becoming more involved in land-use planning and\nmanagement, it is inevitable that liaison with all resource-users is becoming more\nclose knit. Integrated use of Crown lands can be accommodated through cooperative efforts among the various resource-users. Accordingly, in 1974 it is\nthe aim of the Division to implement more land-capability studies in the Kamloops\nRegion with a view to resolving land-use problems such as the conflict between\nwildlife and domestic live-stock grazing interests; the problem of log-storage use\non highly valuable recreational lakes, and many other complex problems on the\nuse and development of Crown land. Indeed, the key words are planning and\nmanaging Crown land for the ultimate benefit of all British Columbians.\nTRAINING\nTraining courses continued to be a very important extracurricular activity\nof the Land Inspection Division during 1973. Although only 12 of the staff are\naccredited as real estate appraisers, there are 23 actively engaged in courses and\nappraisal reports leading to accreditation. With this group are nine on the old\nstudy programme. These individuals have passed their appraisal courses and\nhave until December 31, 1974, to complete their demonstration appraisal reports\nin order to qualify for accreditation. Among the remaining 14 on the new study\nprogramme, the following successful completions are noted: Appraisal I, 11; Appraisal II, 6; Appraisal III, 3; Economics I, 9'; Economics II, 7; and Building Construction and Cost Estimating, 2. To date no one has completed the courses on\nLand Law and Communication Concepts and Strategies.\n LANDS BRANCH Y 35\nAnother important course being undertaken by two members of the staff at\nthis time is the three-year diploma course on the Executive Development Training\nProgramme. As in last year's Annual Report, four of the staff have completed the\ncourse and received their diplomas.\nOne member of the staff completed his course requirements and obtained his\ndegree of bachelor of science in agriculture.\nDuring 1973 a number of short seminar courses were attended by some members of the staff. Two of the nine noteworthy ones were the ARDA Soils Classification Seminar in Prince George and the Forest Service Soils Seminar in Fort St. John.\nThere were four Regional Land Inspector meetings held in Victoria during\n1973. These meetings, held once every three months, provide a valuable comuni-\ncations link between the headquarters and field staffs.\nSTAFF CHANGES\nStaff changes in 1973 were not as numerous as in 1972. Two resignations,\nfour promotions, five transfers, and two hirings were recorded among the field staff.\nR. Avis, following a transfer from Prince Rupert to Vancouver, resigned his position\nas Land Officer 1 to accept a position with the Municipality of Burnaby, and E. S.\nGowman resigned as Technical Land Officer 2 at Smithers to accept a position in\nPouce Coupe with the Department of Finance. Subsequent to these two departures\nand the transfer of G. A. Rhoades, Coast Regional Land Inspector, to the Administration Division, effective September 1, 1973, the following changes occurred: J. A.\nEsler was promoted from Land Officer 4, Victoria District, to Land Officer 5 in\ncharge of the Coast Region, effective September 1; F. G. Edgell, Land Officer 5,\nwas transferred from the post of Regional Land Inspector at Prince George to fill\nthe new position of Administrative Assistant in the Land Inspection Division effective September 1; and H. K. Boas was promoted from Land Officer 4, New Westminister District, to Land Officer 5 in charge of the Prince George Region, effective\nSeptember 1. Further changes involved the promotion of D. W. Berry from Land\nOfficer 1, Fort St. John, to Acting Land Officer 2 i\/c, Prince Rupert District, effective October 5; the transfer of R. N. Bose, Land Officer 4, Prince George District, to\nLand Inspector i\/c, New Westminster District, effective October 1; the promotion\nof D. E. Jaffray from Land Officer 3, Vanderhoof District, to Acting Land Officer 4\ni\/c, Prince George District, effective October 24; and the transfer of D. M. Ferrier,\nTechnical Land Officer 3, from Kamloops to Smithers, effective October 31.\nAs a result of these changes, B. L. Froebel was hired as Land Officer 1, Fort\nSt. John, effective October 1, and H. Hess was hired as Land Officer 1, Kamloops,\neffective November 1. Two positions, one at Victoria and the other at Vanderhoof,\nremain vacant at year-end.\nThe total complement of the field staff as of November 30, 1973, amounts to\n33, comprising three Regional Land Inspectors, 24 Land Inspectors, and six Deputy\nLand Inspectors.\nSTATISTICS\nTable 17 represents a summary of the number and type of inspections completed in the Province by this Division in 1973.\nTable 18 is a comparison on a year-to-year basis of the volume of field work\ncompleted and requests outstanding at the end of each year for the period 1969 to\n1973, inclusive.\nTable 19 is an analysis of requests for inspections processed by this Division for\nthe years 1969 to 1973, inclusive.\n Y 36 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nTable 17\u2014Types of Inspections, 1973\nPurchases\u2014\nAgriculture (other than grazing) 197\nAccess (roads, etc.) _ 2\nCommercial (resorts, service-stations, hotels, airfields, etc.).... 6\nCommunity (cemeteries, church-sites, parking areas, etc.) .... 5\nGrazing (pasture, range) \t\nHomesites (permanent) 266\nIndustrial (millsites, power-sites, manufacturing plants, etc.) 5\nSummer home or camp-site 1\nWoodlots or tree farms \t\nOthers __. 8\nLeases\u2014\nLand\u2014\nAgriculture( other than grazing) 479\nCommercial (resorts, service-stations, hotels, airfields, etc.) .. 72\nCommunity (parks, cemeteries, dump-sites, etc.) 32\nFur-farming \t\nGrazing (pasture, range, haycutting, etc.) 216\nCancellations (sec. 44, Land Act, 1970) 37\nHomesites (permanent) 510\nIndustrial (millsites, power-sites, manufacturing plants, etc.) 42\nSummer home or camp-site 172\nQuarrying (sand, gravel, limestone) 42\nReviews (rental and (or) diligent use) 1,540\nOthers - 27\nForeshore\u2014\nBooming and log storage or log-dumping 89\nCommercial (boat rentals, marine service-stations, wharves,\netc.) 69\nIndustrial (millsites, canneries, factory-sites, wharves, etc.).. 26\nQuarrying (sand and gravel from river beds) 6\nOyster and shellfish 30\nPrivate (floats, boathouses) 28\nReviews (rentals and (or) diligent use) 175\nOthers _ 22\nLand exchanges (sec. 85, Land Act, 1970) 8\nLicences of occupation 86\nEasements and (or) rights-of-way 46\nPre-emptions {Land Act, R.S.B.C. 1960\u2014Annual inspections\n(including applications for Crown grant) 80\nSubdivisions\u2014\nValuations 45\nSurvey inspection 1\nPlans cancellation 2\nProposals (lakeshore, residential, etc.) 43\nOthers 2\n LANDS BRANCH Y 37\nReserves\u2014\nGrazing 2\nGravel pits 1\nRecreational 27\nOthers 11\nVeterans' Land Act 3\nDoukhobor lands 2\nSouthern Okanagan Land Project \t\nB.C. Railway 3\nOther agencies\u2014\nB.C. Forest Service 2\nBCHIS\u2014St. Martin's Hospital 1\nB.C. Hydro 1\nDepartment of Highways 3\nFish and Wildlife Branch 3\nCanadian Pacific Railway 1\nWater Resources\u2014\nDelta flood lands 1\nMiscellaneous flood valuation 1\nFire Marshal 1\nAttorney-General 1\nHistoric sites 1\nDepartment of Public Works 1\nMiscellaneous inspections\u2014\nAssignments 44\nDelinquent Accounts 5\nEscheats Act 1\nLake Reconnaissance 14\nLand Use Surveys 6\nLand Revaluations of Special Nature 35\nProtests 47\nSection 53 (2), Land Act, R.S.B.C. 1960 (verifying improvements) 212\nSection 65, Land Act, R.S.B.C. 1960, and section 48, Land\nAct, 1970 (free grants) 1\nSection 78, Land Act, R.S.B.C. 1960 (re compliance with\nprovisions of) 9\nSection 130, Land Act, R.S.B.C. 1960, and section 97, Land\nAct, 1970 (lands vested in Crown under Taxation Act) 2\nSection 131b, Land Act, R.S.B.C. 1960, and section 53, Land\nAct, 1970 (cases of doubt regarding inclusion of body\nof water in Crown grant) 4\nTrespass (land) 47\nTrespass (water) 67\nQuieting Titles Act \t\nSection 102 (2), Land Registry Act 9\nOthers 36\nTotal 5,022\n Y 38\nDEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nTable 18\u2014Analysis of Inspections Completed and Inspections Outstanding at\nYear-end for the Years 1969 to 1973, Inclusive\nLand Inspection\nDistrict\nCoast Region\nCourtenay\t\nForest Service\t\nHeadquarters\t\nNew Westminster\t\nPrince Rupert\t\nVancouver\t\nVancouver North\t\nVictoria\t\nSubtotals.\u2014\nKamloops Region\nClinton\t\nKamloops\t\nKelowna\t\nNelson.\u2014\t\nWilliams Lake\t\nSubtotals\nPrince George Region\nBurns Lake\t\nFort St. John\t\nPouce Coupe\t\nPrince George\t\nQuesnel\t\nSmithers\t\nVanderhoof\t\nSubtotals..\u2014\nGrand totals-\nExaminations Made During-\nI I\n1969 1970 I 1971 1972 1973\n325\n16\n2\n303\n146 |\n263\n462\n428\n267\n369\n567\n252_\nU307~\n190\n858\n513\n406\n185\n244\n341\n377\n6\n2\n301\n194\n342\n189\n~L4lT\n551\n469\n240\n200\n223\n324\n230\n1,768\n289\n153\n216\n334\n215\n385\n267\n164\n161\n183\n146\n! 1,676 j 1,306\n374\n503\n236\n313\n687\n412\n702\n249\n372\n763\n2,093 j 2,113 | 2,498\n206\n620\n273\n318\n179\n183\n305\n2,737 [ 2,084\n6,137 | 5,608\nI\n227\n439\n282\n362\n191\n182\n155\n378 | 390\n486 j 402\n209 193\n425 j 417\n603 597\n2,101 | 1,999\n115\n459\n150\n435\n243\n199\n169\n174\n533\n198\n294\n195\n222\n101\n1,838 j 1,770 | 1,717\n6,104\n5,547\n5,022\nOutstanding at End of\u2014\u25a0\n1969 I 1970 1971 1972 1973\n24\n7\n23\n74\n58\n48\n234\n89\n58\n59\n9\n41\n56\n157\n27\n74\n14\n57\n61\n85\n1\n91\n49\n75\n50\n351\n115\n33\n34\n63\n87\n32\n364\n147\n102\n62\n35\n200\n86\n64\n37\n48\n59\n256 | 546 | 294\n446 | 416 | 268\n103\n6 I\n34\n29\n59 I\n29\n69\n30\n42\n59\n62\n262\n67\n13\n40 |\n86\n72\n209 [\n19\n7\n84 |\n111\n64\n33 |\n25\n46\n18 !\n88\n54\n20\n12\n5\n389\n936\nI\n1,313\n926 | 911\nI\n91\n45\n23\n13\n40\n50\n260 | 262\n166\n39\n47\n37\n111\n400\n78\n85\n92\n65\n15\n69\n57\n461\n,123\n LANDS BRANCH\nY 39\nTable 19\u2014Analysis of Requests for Inspection Processed by Land Inspection\nDivision for Years 1969 to 1973, Inclusive\nAverage change for 1973 over 1972 for Province is 5.4 per cent.\nAverage change for 1973 over 1969 for Province is 13.7 per cent.\nDistrict\nNew Reques\ns Received During\u2014\nPer Cent Change\n1969\n1970\n1971 1 1972\n1\n1973\n1973 Over\n1972\n1973 Over\n1969\nCoast Region\n288\n18\n2\n277\n194\n288\n284\n438\n2\n369\n169\n359\n191\n581\n182\n185\n249\n271\n457\n261\n153\n182\n306\n373\n305\n153\n145\n164\n167\n-18.4\n+29.5\n+ 16.9\nNil\n-20.3\n-46.4\n-21.2\n+ 10.1\n\u201421.1\nVancouver _ \t\n-49.7\nVancouver North _..\nVictoria _\t\n212 | 212\n-41.2\n1,351\n1,528\n1,680 | 1,571\n1,307\n-16.8\n-3.3\nKamloops Region\nClinton \t\n339\n426\n283\n362\n557\n432\n547\n239\n339\n843\n351 | 361\n664 | 452\n224 1 214\n385 1 436\n619 | 603\n487\n411\n198\n395\n645\n+35.0\n-9.1\n-7.5\n-9.4\n+7.0\n+44.0\nKamloops\t\n-3.5\n-30.0\nNelson\t\nWilliams Lake '.\t\n+9.1\n+ 15.8\nSubtotals\t\n1,967\n2,400\n2,243 | 2,066 | 2,136\n+ 3.4\n+8.6\nPrince George Region\n238\n840\n376\n414\n161\n276\n354\n2,659\n5,977\n217\n494\n207\n337\n185\n214\n252\n~T,906~\n172\n397\n188\n299\n205\n148\n135\n142\n583\n200\n386\n209\n145\n152\n211\n398\n163\n316\n187\n291\n148\n+48.6\n-31.7\n-18.5\n-18.1\n-10.5\n+ 100.7\n-2.6\n-11.3\nFort St. John\t\n\u2014 52.6\n-56.6\n-23.7\n+ 16.1\n+5.4\nVanderhoof\t\n-58.2\n1,544\n1,817 | 1,714\n-4.6\n-35.5\n5,834\n5.467 1 5.454\n5,157\n | . .\n1\n Y 40 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nSPECIAL SERVICES DIVISION\nThe Special Services Division was established in mid-1973 to provide the Lands\nBranch with professional expertise in disciplines allied to the administration and\nmanagement of public lands.\nENVIRONMENTAL SECTION\nJ. P. Secter, Staff Biologist\nThe Environmental Section of the Special Services Division advises the Director\nof Lands on the biological, ecological, and environmental aspects of Crown land\nmanagement. Included in its primary responsibilities are the control of environmental impacts of development projects, the resolution of conflicts in resource use,\nand facilitation of integrative resource management on Crown-administered lands.\nThe activities of this section were initiated in mid-July with the appointment of\none Resource Systems Ecologist. Ongoing programmes of the Environmental Section are integrally linked with those of the Special Services Planning Section.\nA significant amount of time has been devoted to the development of policy\nand procedures for effecting environmental impact controls on major and minor\nproposed developments and to the evolution of an integrative environmental planning approach to managing British Columbia's public lands. General policy advice\nhas also been provided in the areas of range-land management, small-harbour\nmanagement, estuarian management, and northern development.\nEnvironmental approval by the Special Services Division has been incorporated\ninto the system of land application clearances conducted by the Lands Administration Division. This process is handled by means of selective referrals to Provincial\nand Federal resource and environmental agencies and to regional districts and\nmunicipalities where applicable. The Lands Branch, therefore, has the means to\ndeny land applications on environmental grounds and (or) require adjustments of\ndevelopment plans to conform with environmental standards. During the latter half\nof 1973, over 100 applications for the leasing, easement, and reservation of Crown\nlands were referred to and processed by the Special Services Environmental Section.\nWithin this programme, ecological inspection trips were conducted by the Staff\nBiologist at the Oyster River estuary, Beaver Cove, and Hardy Bay on Vancouver\nIsland, Carrington Lagoon on Cortes Island, and at Brisco in the East Kootenays.\nEcological inspections of proposed Crown subdivision sites were conducted for\nthe Special Services Division Planning and Engineering Sections at Ta Ta Creek,\nKootenay District, and at three sites on the Sechelt Peninsula. Lee Creek and\nLadysmith Harbour were also visited with a view to advising the Director of Lands\non the resolution of specific resource-management problems. The Environmental\nSection is currently developing an integrative resource-management plan for Ladysmith Harbour with a view to determining a suitable local management authority.\nThis project will also serve as a pilot for the establishment of policy for the management of small coastal harbours throughout the Province.\nEnvironmental impact control of major development projects also has been a\nprime task. Almost all of the major projects handled by the Special Services Division Environmental Section concern developments which are going to take place but\nwhich require environmental impact controls on location, design, and construction.\nHere the Special Services Division Environmental Section has been working closely\nwith the Environment Canada-Environmental Protection Service with reference to\n LANDS BRANCH\nY 41\nthe construction of a highway linking Carcross, Y.T., and Skagway, Alaska, through\nBritish Columbia, from the vicinity of Tagish Lake to the White Pass area. This\nproject has involved several trips to Whitehorse and extensive liaison with the\ndeveloper, Canada Department of Public Works.\nThe Environmental Section is co-ordinating the resource agencies in setting\nterms of reference for environmental studies and in controlling impacts on four\nproposed railway-lines: CNR, Terrace to Groundhog; CNR, Houston to Ootsa\nLake; CNR, Clinton to Ashcroft; and BCR, Dease Lake Extension, Mile 170-239.\nCo-ordination of impact controls is also being conducted for a variety of smaller\nhighway, pipe-line, and hydro-line proposals.\nENGINEERING SECTION\nB. A. Lambert, P.Eng., Staff Engineer\nThe Engineering Section of the Special Services Division advises the Director\nof Lands on the engineering aspects of the administration and development of Crown\nlands. In particular, it is responsible for arranging the construction of roads and\nprovision of services for recreational and residential Crown land subdivisions.\nThe Section commenced operations with the appointment of one professional\nengineer at the end of May 1973. A large portion of the following half year has\nbeen spent in the work of establishing a new office, determining requirements, and\nevolving policies.\nResponsibility was taken over from the Lands Administration Division for the\nsubdivision of Crown lands. So far, this has largely been a matter of further work\nwith ongoing projects, and the use of past policies and methods for handling new\nsubdivision proposals. Thus, detailed proposals submitted by Land Inspectors have\nbeen reviewed and either referred to the Division's Planner or Ecologist for further\ninvestigation or approval and arrangements made for any necessary construction.\nMost construction and some engineering have been undertaken by the Department\nof Highways, the Forest Service, the Water Resources Service, and various municipal authorities, with reimbursal of costs by the Lands Branch.\nDuring 1973 fewer subdivision proposals were submitted than in recent years\nbecause of uncertainty about the areas to be included in the agricultural land\nreserves. However, work proceeded with road construction for residential subdivisions near Comox, Port Hardy, Williams Lake, Princeton, and Fort Nelson, a\nrecreational subdivision at Meziadin Lake, and a commercial subdivision at Cassiar\nJunction. Other projects include the clean-up of Alpha Lake, excavation of a\ndrainage ditch at Anderton Road Subdivision near Comox, percolation tests at\nSulphurous Lake Subdivision, boat-ramp construction at Christina Lake, and sanitary sewer construction on the Victoria Industrial Reserve. Arrangements were\nalso completed for an urban subdivision in Powell River, extension of a ski cabin\nsubdivision on Purdon Hill near Prince George, and the construction of a car park\nat Whiffin Spit, Sooke.\nConsultations were held with the Water Resources Service, which arranged for\nan exploratory drilling contract for water supply for a proposed townsite at Dease\nLake. This programme resulted in two successfully developed and tested wells and\na hole to be used for monitoring changes in groundwater quality due to the use of\nseptic tanks. At Kitimat, a rural subdivision of 104 lots had been planned by the\nmunicipality in order to provide an alternative type of home-site to the existing\nurban development. The Engineering Section has been involved in further investigation of this proposal. The Section set up and supervised a drilling programme to\n Y 42\nDEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nlocate suitable water supply. An aquifer has been located, and a well developed\nand tested. Right-of-way clearing has been commenced, and next year roads will\nbe constructed and a community water\nsupply installed. Investigation of water\nsupply has also been commenced in\nconnection with the expansion of Bear\nLake townsite, north of Prince George.\nThis requires the upgrading of the existing facilities of the Crooked River\nWaterworks District and particularly\nthe provision of iron-removal treatment.\nEngineering problems investigated\nin 1973 included the probable physical\neffects of a proposed breakwater and\nbarge jetty at Metchosin and a proposed marina boat channel and groins\nat Oyster River. Both of these proposals are for private developments on\nCrown foreshore. An earth slide onto\nthe foreshore at Cadboro Bay, Victoria,\nwas inspected and a review made of the\nproposals prepared by the upland owners' consulting engineers. The probable\neffects of increased storm run-off from\npossible residential development in the\nUniversity Endowment Lands onto\nShaughnessy Golf Course were also\ninvestigated.\nIt is expected that use will continue to be made of other Government\nagencies when they are able to execute\nthe work required to serve Crown subdivisions. The Section also has the\ncapability of selecting and preparing\nterms of reference for consulting engineers who may be requested to provide specialist advice, design services, and site work. However, during 1974, additional\nstaff will join the Section, making it possible to undertake its own design and contract\nsupervision for many of the Crown land subdivisions.\nRoad built by Lands Service into Crown\nsubdivision at Heffley Lake.\nPLANNING SECTION\nK. P. Ohlemann, Staff Planner\nThe Planning Section advises the Director of Lands on the principles and\npractice of urban and regional planning matters on Crown land throughout the\nProvince. In part, the responsibilities are to develop plans and policies in light of\nthe social, economic, and environmental objectives. Accordingly, this Division\nplays a leading role in respect to integrative resource management on public lands\nand encourages interdisciplinary contact within the Public Service and with outside agencies.\nThe activities of this Section were introduced in mid-July 1973 with the\nappointment of one Regional Planner. During the following months the Planning\n LANDS BRANCH Y 43\nSection has been closely linked with both the Environmental and Engineering\nSections.\nSince co-ordination is critical for a harmonious multipurpose use of resources,\nall land applications referred to this section are reviewed, inspected where required,\nand channelled to the appropriate departments and agencies. As the Environmental\nSection has indicated, the Lands Branch not only has the means to deny, approve,\nor amend land application plans from an environmental point of view, but also from\nthe planning and engineering point of view.\nIt has also been this Section's contention that a better quality Crown subdivision can be achieved through site evaluation and design and analysis of the suitability\nof a particular location from a biophysical basis. Land being made available prematurely for year-round subdivision residences often results in isolated patchwork\nsubdivisions, and it is therefore the intention to locate and take advantage of sites\nwith existing services. Although there appears to be a steady demand for property,\na complicating factor encountered is the linear nature of design experienced due to a\nuniversal desire for proximity to water, view, or easy access. This prevailing zest\nwill be dealt with by planning procedures which culminate the unique environmental\nparameters of a particular site.\nIn order to substantiate subdivision proposals adequately, empirical data were\nestablished relating to the costs, capabilities, and implications for alternative locations and types of development. In keeping with this programme, inspection trips\nhave been conducted to the Sunshine Coast Regional District, Queen Charlotte Islands, Prince George, Williams Lake, Smithers, Tete Jaune Cache, and Port Hardy\nareas, enabling the Planning Section to make more rational and economically\nfeasible decisions concerning subdivision development.\nConcurrently, the Planning Section has become involved in the establishment\nof new townsites at Dease Lake, Lovell Cove, and Leo Creek. For the success of\nthese centres, the objective is to set the stage to permit a strong sense of community\nas the inhabitants move into these locations. In the selection of sites, the design will\nbe monitored by the Planning and Engineering Sections to harmonize with its surroundings and impart human qualities as well as its practicality.\nIn keeping with the need to establish and implement land use and development\ncontrols along the Haines Road and Skagway-Carcross Highway in northwestern\nBritish Columbia, the Planning Section is assessing the capability of development\nalong these routes and setting terms of reference in co-operation with other resource\ndepartments. Similarly, the same approach is being followed for four proposed\nrailroad lines\u2014CNR, Terrace to Groundhog; CNR, Houston to Ootsa Lake; CNR,\nClinton to Ashcroft; and BCR, Dease Lake extension.\nSince numerous departments and agencies have expressed a high interest in the\ndevelopment of Hudson Bay Mountain, Smithers, the Planning Section has set terms\nof reference to study the entire mountain on an interdisciplinary level to determine\nthe alternative courses of action.\nAdditionally, the Planning Section has been requested to take part in two task\nforces\u2014the Northern Vancouver Island Study and the Northwestern British Columbia Study.\nMore implicitly, to perform the above-stated functions, a close liaison has been\nestablished between the Special Services Division and the Environment and Land\nUse Committee Secretariat.\n THE SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH\nIt is the responsibility of the Surveys and Mapping Branch, through the Boundary\nCommissioner, to establish and maintain co-operatively the boundaries between this\nProvince and the other adjacent provinces and territories of Canada. Within the Province, the Branch has established and is even extending a basic network of triangulation\nsurveys which is fundamental to determining geographical locations and co-ordinating\nproperty boundaries. The surveying procedures vary according to the intended purposes.\nTopographic surveys are constantly improving the portrayal of various physical features.\nCadastral (legal) surveys, on the other hand, delineate the parcels of Crown lands subject\nto alienation under the Land Act. Finally, it is necessary to show on published maps the\ncombined survey effort in order to give a visual account of the position of land alienation\nand geographic features of British Columbia. Maps must satisfy a wide range of uses,\nwhether 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\ndevelop the resources of this Province.\nSo much for the uses of maps and surveys and their necessity. Also interesting is the\ngreat variety of techniques and equipment which must support our complex surveying and\nmapping organization. This includes photography from aircraft using precise cameras\ncalibrated to less than a thousandth of an inch, modern optical surveyors' theodolites\nwhich read directly to seconds of arc, other instruments such as the tellurometer (a\ndistance-measuring device which operates on a principal similar to radar), and plotting\ndevices which are capable of precise mapping directly from aerial photographs. Helicopters and other aircraft speed surveyors to the remotest locations. Surveying is also\nexpanding into the realm of electronic computers which can process the contents of field-\nnotes in seconds compared with hours by manual methods. In all these ways, the science\nof surveying and mapping continues to serve the people by keeping pace with their needs\nand with the continual technological advances of our age.\nThe following is a brief summary of the functions of the various units of Surveys\nand Mapping Branch:\n\/. Administration\u2014General co-ordination of the three divisions of the Branch, these\nbeing the Legal Surveys, Map Production, and Field Operations Divisions; delineation,\nrestoration, and maintenance of the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary and the British\nColumbia-Yukon-Northwest Territories Boundary through the office of Boundary Commissioner; interdepartmental and intergovernmental liaison; geographical research and\ndata processing and research; editing of Lands Service Annual Report.\n\/\/. Legal Surveys Division\u2014Survey regulations under various Provincial Statutes,\nsuch as the Land Act, Land Registry Act, Mineral Act, and Petroleum and Natural Gas\nAct; preparation of survey instructions to British Columbia land surveyors for surveys\nof Crown lands and subsequent check of field-notes and plans; preparation and safekeeping of official field-notes and plans; maintenance of Departmental reference maps;\nprocessing applications for disposition of Crown lands to determine the status of the\nland; recording on maps, dispositions by other Departments such as timber sales, mineral\nclaims; and well-sites, reserves such as forests, roads, and parks, and all boundaries of\nincorporated areas of other levels of Government; surveys of Crown lands and rights-of-\nway at the request of other Government departments; computer checks of subdivision\nplans for Land Registry offices; inspection surveys in areas of dispute; restoration of old\nlot corners.\n\/\/\/. Map Production Division\u2014Compilation and draughting of four main programmes of mapping\u2014planimetric, for the Forest Inventory Series and for the Land\nReference Series; cadastral, for lot overlays at all scales as well as for the Composite\nSeries; topographic, for all large-scale engineering maps; and derived mapping, for the\nLithographic Series. Special mapping services including geographic information, editing,\ndescriptions, and delineation of administration boundaries. Operation of a large reproduction laboratory of three sections\u2014printing, photo-mechanical, and air photo to supply\na map and air photo sales office.\nIV. Field Operations Division\u2014Propagation and maintenance of Provincial network\nof survey control by triangulation, traverse spirit and barometric levelling, and photo-\ntopographic methods; operation of two or more aerial photographic survey aircraft, fixed-\nwing aircraft, and helicopters on charter; surveys for establishment of integrated survey\nareas under the Official Surveys Act; field control and mapping for site plans and other\nspecial projects; data processing and plan checking of surveys made under the Petroleum\nand Natural Gas Act, 1965; survey-control records; operation of radio and electronic\nmaintenance section; aircraft maintenance, instrument and camera shop, and field equipment warehouse.\n X\no\nz\n<\ncc\nCO\nO\nz\nOh\nD-\n<\n5\nCO\n>\u2022\nUJ\n>\ncc\nCO\no\ncc\n<\nUJ\nCO\nUJ\ncc\nI\nO rt\nz i\nC\/j a\nOT_\nUJ *\nO\no\nI\nu\n<\nLU\n(f)\nIII\n<\nzr\n[T\n_J\n<_\nOI.\nI\na\n<\n0.^\no\n(.\nu\nO\n11\no\no\nu\nIS E\no o\nZ_!\n0\n-_ z\nni O\nLAN\nYOR\nrenn\nwann\nUJ\n06 n\n..> \u2122(0\n<\"\u00bb\n^ (fi nl \u25a0\n<\nSURVEY\nCONTROL\nSECTION\nR. C. Holden\nO\n\u00a3 < \u00b0\nz ta\n<\n2\nZ Z i\n0 <:\ncc Z i\no\nQ_\nCO\nc>\n>\n>\nUJ\n>\no\nrt- \u00bb\nco u_9\nra e\n>- -j <\n\u00b0\nuj 5= i-\nO i-\n> o <\n^?\n\u00a3 s\nCO o;\n3 s\n>\nCO\ncr\nUJ\na\n<\nD\no\nt\n> Z\nC. LAND\nRVEYORS\nAlexande\nBridge\nBuckley\nMillard\nMorion\nMullin\nQ UJ O\n-J > \u00a3\n- ^ o\nCO\nB\nD G\nA. C\nH. V\nH. R\nD. L\nG. T\n SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Y 49\nSURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH\nA. H. Ralfs, B.C.L.S., D.L.S., Director, Surveyor-General,\nand Boundaries Commissioner\nWith the active interest and approval of the Provincial Government, a Branch\ncommittee was established on March 2 to proceed with investigations leading to\nmetric conversion. Later in the year the Director was also appointed to the Provincial Government Metric System Conversion Committee to represent the Lands\nService. Surveys and Mapping is an area in which metric conversion presents relatively few problems and may therefore be expected to be among the first to make\nthe change.\nDuring the year the following topics have received major attention:\n(1) The adoption of a new map projection and metric rectangular grid\nto replace the present system based upon the polyconic projection:\nAfter considerable study of the various alternatives and an examination of the systems used by the Federal Government and other\nprovinces it was decided to adopt the Universal Transverse Mercator\nprojection and rectangular grid system.\n(2) Ratio map scales to replace current scales based upon so many miles\nor feet to an inch: The Branch committee considers that the standard\nmetric scales should be 1:1, 1:2, and 1:5 multiplied by any power\nof 10. In addition the scales 1:125 and 1:25 multiplied by powers\nof 10 should be acceptable and in many instances may be preferred\nto the standard scales because they will represent a smaller proportional change from existing scales. There is already support for this\nselection of metric scales from Ontario and the Federal Government.\n(3) A standard system of sheet lines and numbering for all Provincial\nmapping. The relative merits of geographical and grid sheet lines\nwere examined in depth and it appears there is a place for both. For\nsmall-scale mapping there seems to be no need to make any change\nfrom the existing geographic sheet lines and the National Topographic numbering system. For large-scale mapping there are many\nadvantages to sheet lines and a numbering system based upon the\nU.T.M. rectangular grid. A description of the proposals regarding\nmap scales, sheet lines, and numbering is being prepared which it is\nproposed to circulate in 1974 to all map-making departments and\nagencies for comment, following which it is hoped that a standard\nsystem may be promulgated by Order in Council.\n(4) Changes in equipment necessitated by metric conversion will fortunately be small since most of the extensive items, including photo-\ngrammetric plotters, electronic distance-measuring equipment, and\ntransits are already graduated in metric units. Some effort will be\nrequired to convert computer programmes to accept input and\nproduce output in metric units.\nBecause of extensive renovations to the main Parliament Buildings, Branch\nstaff formerly quartered there were transferred in December to new temporary\noffices at Harbour Towers, 345 Quebec Street. The field section of Legal Surveys\nDivision was also transferred there from its former quarters at 525 Superior Street.\nOnly the reproduction laboratory of the Map Production Division remains in the\n Y 50 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nmain Parliament Buildings and plans are in hand to move it to a new site in 1974.\nIt is expected that when the new Resources Building, now in the planning stages, is\ncompleted that it will finally be possible to consolidate the Surveys and Mapping\nBranch operations under one roof.\nIn September, D. F. Pearson, Provincial Representative on the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names, attended the annual meeting of the\nCommittee, which for the first time was held at Yellowknife, N.W.T. The meeting\ncoincided with that held by the Canadian Council on Surveying and Mapping which\nthe writer attended as Provincial member. Both meetings offered opportunities for\ndiscussion of topics of common concern among representatives of Federal and Provincial departments responsible for surveying, mapping, and geographical names.\nGeorge New, surveyor with the Field Operations Division, retired in November\nafter 21 years' service. Commencing continuous employment in 1952 as a survey\nassistant, he earned his B.C.L.S. in 1956, serving in that capacity until his retirement. Much of Mr. New's work took him on surveying assignments in northern\nBritish Columbia and he had an extensive knowledge of that part of the Province.\nHis departure was marked by a presentation, carrying with it the best wishes of his\nfriends and colleagues in the Branch.\nGeorge Barnes, technician (surveying) in the Survey Control Section of Field\nOperations Division, retired in May of 1973. He entered the Provincial Service in\n1936 and served at various levels in the computation section of the Geographic\nDivision before being promoted to supervisor in 1956. In that position he was\nresponsible for processing computations and maintaining statistical records of Provincial survey control data.\nBritish Columbia-Yukon-Northwest Territories Boundary\nCommission\nIn April 1973, instructions were issued by the British Columbia-Yukon-\nNorthwest Territories Boundary Commission to A. G. Sutherland, Technician 2,\nand a staff member of this Branch, to clear a section of the British Columbia-Yukon\nBoundary commencing at the upper boundary crossing of the Liard River north of\nLower Post, and continuing west toward Teslin Lake. It was estimated that approximately 100 miles of line would be hand-cleared in a three-month period starting on\nor about June 1, 1973.\nSpecific instructions included the placing of targets on all monuments not previously targetted for aerial photography; to select two areas at different elevations\nand over different kinds of tree cover as test strips for the application of Tordon\n10K pellets as brush control; and, while hand-clearing the line, to make a check of\nthe results of two previous defolient spray programmes carried out by the Boundary\nCommission in 1969 and 1971.\nThe boundary from Watson Lake on the Liard Plain rises to the Dease Plateau,\nthen through the Cassiar Mountains on to the Nisutlin Plateau; it varies in elevation\nfrom 2,000 feet on the plains to heights of 7,000 feet in the Cassiar Mountains. The\nlatter area is well above timber-line and therefore did not require any clearing.\nAside from Mr. Sutherland, the crew was comprised of seasonal help. Six\nengineering aides and a cook were all recruited from the Victoria area and were\nmostly university students.\nThe party left Victoria on May 24 and the first camp was set up at Porter\nLakes, south of Watson Lake. Camp equipment was kept to a minimum for portability, and a rubber boat proved to be a real time-saver as it was used to transport\n SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH\nY 51\none crew across the lake twice a day, thus eliminating a two-hour hike each day.\nIt was subsequently used to cross the Little Rancheria River and a lake west of\nMorley River.\nArrangements were made with Frontier Helicopters of Watson Lake for the\ncasual charter of an S55T helicopter to supply and move camps. This machine\nproved ideal as it has an inside cargo capacity of 2,000 pounds or 10 passengers at\na speed of 100 knots.\nCamps were set up at approximately 8-mile intervals, and over the course of\nthe summer equipment was moved 14 times. At Swift River and Two Ladder Creek\nthe problem of getting crews to and from the line in the mountains was resolved\nwith the charter of a Bell 47J helicopter that could carry a three-man crew. It was\nalso used to move camp from Two Ladder Creek, using a sling.\nDuring the month of June, camp was moved five times and a total of 40 miles\nwas cleared in 21 days. Targets were placed on 27 monuments. This area was one\nof the easiest to clear as the Liard Plain is relatively flat, with pine being the predominant species. West of the Little Rancheria River, the Dease Plateau offers\nmore spruce and heavier underbrush, and rainfall is noticeably higher.\nThe month of July yielded 29 miles of line in 23 days with a total of 28\nmonuments targetted. This put the crew across the main Cassiar Range to Swift\nRiver, leaving approximately 34 miles of line to be cleared to Teslin Lake. During\nthe month of August the remaining distance was cleared and targets were placed on\n39 monuments.\nFor restricting growth along the cleared line, Tordon pellets were applied to\ntwo selected small test areas during the summer. The first site was east of the\nStewart-Cassiar Road between Monuments 262 and 263, while the second was\nwest of Hazel Creek at an elevation of approximately 4,000 feet.\nThe last camp for the season was broken on August 30 and the crew returned\nto Victoria on September 5 for dispersal.\nIn summary, 103 miles of line were cleared from the Upper Liard (Monuments\n373 and 374) to Teslin Lake (Monument 200). A total of 94 targets was placed\non monuments for later air photo identification. Pits and mounds were repaired\nwhere necessary, and two monuments were found in a damaged condition. Monument 212 was missing and 222 had been heaved out of position, apparently by\nwinter frosts.\nThe results of the two spraying operations in 1969 and 1971 indicated no\nbelated kill in black spruce and verify the report of A. F. Swannell, B.C.L.S., in\nJune 1972.\nFurther clearing programmes could be carried out in much the same way as\nthis one, but air support would have to be increased as access to the boundary\nwould be mainly from the air.\nData Processing\nControl Survey Data Bank\nThis data bank is a file on magnetic tape on survey control points. In March\nthe file was reorganized to contain additional information which use of the file had\nindicated was desirable. In particular the new records contain a unique seven-\ncharacter identifier for each control point, in line with the system adopted by the\nFederal Government. From the start of the year 1973, all new control points will\nhave the identifier stamped on the post in the ground, which will provide unique\npositive identification.\n Y 52 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nAs a result of the reorganization of the file, the seven computer programmes\nwhich enter new control points, amend existing records, and search the data bank\nselectively for required output, have all required extensive amendment.\nThe card index file of control points maintained by the Survey Control Section\nis also to be reorganized and an attempt is being made to weed out worthless\nmaterial. The data bank now contains the records of over 30,000 points, but there\nstill remain some 20,000 points entered on cards only.\nProgrammable Calculators\nIn April a WANG 600-14 calculator was acquired by Legal Surveys Division\nto replace a SCM calculator primarily for plan-checking purposes. A library of\nprogrammes was supplied by WANG, but not being tailored to our requirements\nproved cumbersome to operate and would not do everything that is required.\nNew programmes were therefore written specially designed to deal with the\nchecking of plans of small and moderate size. These are simple and fast to operate\nand the WANG machine has given virtually no trouble. The WANG has proved of\nvalue for many other survey applications for which results are required quickly\nwithout resort to the big computer at the Data Processing Centre.\nTwo Compucorp Calculators were also acquired for use by surveyors in the\nfield and the office. These are programmable to a iimited extent and programmes\nhave been written for several of the routine surveying operations.\nProgramme LSM 139\nThis general purpose surveying programme, which runs on the IBM 370 computer and is used by several Government departments, has continued to receive\nextensive use. Some minor modifications have been made to some of the routines\nto meet requirements of particular users and a start has been made at amendments\nwhich will enable the programme to deal with metric units of measurement.\nEDP for Land Status Records\nAfter some months of inactivity in this field, the new Government's requirement for fast searches for available Crown (or other) land in specified areas has\nreactivated research. Michael Perks, B.C.L.S., A.R.I.C.S., the Branch Officer i\/c\nData Processing and Research and a Supervising Analyst from the Data Processing\nCentre have been studying existing procedures in the Lands Branch with a view to\ndetermining if EDP at moderate cost could substantially speed the operation. As a\nby-product of this investigation a flow chart of the existing procedure for processing\nleases and Crown grants was drawn up. This visual aid is proving of value in explaining the procedure to those unfamiliar with it and may be of assistance in\nstreamlining the operation. Preliminary investigation has indicated that an EDP\nsystem of moderate cost can only be an assist to statusing and that the main requirement is for the rewriting of the official registers in a form that will be amenable to\nkey-punching and will also reveal the status of a parcel quickly, with the least possible reference to files, other registers, and maps.\nIt also means that a system will have to be set up whereby land transactions\nby all Government departments and Crown agencies are funnelled through the\nLands Branch.\n SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH\nY 53\nBritish Columbia-Alberta Boundary\nConsiderable progress was made during the year by finally gaining the approval of the Governments of Alberta and of Canada to a proposed new British\nColumbia-Alberta Boundary Act.\nIt had been realized for some time that the existing definition of the Rocky\nMountains portion of the boundary was inadequate and that serious problems\ncould arise should development take place up to the boundary line by either province. There were two weaknesses requiring\n(1) a clarification that the sinuous portions of the boundary, which\nfollow along the height of land of the Rockies, mean the height of\nland as it exists on the ground and not that obtained by measuring in\nany way from the map sheets referred to in the existing legislation;\n(2) authorization to conventionalize where necessary the sinuous height\nof land through certain passes by setting out and monumenting a\nseries of straightline courses to clearly define the boundary.\nIt is hoped that the proposed Bill drafted by this Province can be enacted\nsoon. The approval given to our Bill by Alberta and Canada ensures that those\ngovernments will enact similar legislation which, when completed, will overcome\nany potential jurisdictional disputes.\nAfter having provided for all requests from our Lands Service, the Branch\nwas able to divert its field control, mapping, and allied services to other departments of Government as the Division reports reveal. The only way the Branch\nhas of determining the best of its capabilities is to hold an Interdepartmental Committee Meeting on Surveys and Mapping. The ninth such annual meeting was\nheld on September 12, 1973 and all departments for whom we have provided services were represented by one or more delegates. The meeting is called prior to\npreparation of estimates for the ensuing year and in this way the field and office\nprogramme for the Branch is planned.\nNevertheless, it is still difficult to allocate priorities for one department against\nanother. This difficulty is aggravated now by the great and increasing volume\nof demands which face the Branch. Main problems are air photography and\nlarge-scale mapping, since great emphasis is being placed by all departments in\nplanning in all its details.\nFor many years the Branch staff has remained stable and the ever-increasing demands have been satisfied by the many improvements in technology, all of\nwhich have quickly been taken advantage of. However, this solution of the\nproblem has been fully exploited and it is now clear that we must find other means\nto meet the demands or simply refer lower priority departments to commercial\nsuppliers.\nBecause we have some $498,000 worth of photogrammetric plotting and\nphotographic reproduction equipment, it would be wrong not to maximize its use\nto the extent of recruiting a second shift of operators.\nAnother matter of concern to the Branch is the growing tendency of other\ndepartments to recruit survey technicians to carry out field assignments. It is not\nonly that the Branch has the knowledge to supervise and carry out such work,\nbut in any case it has to supply the other departments with the basic descriptions\nand co-ordinates of survey control monuments in the area concerned before the\nwork can begin. This control is provided from the survey control data bank of\nsome 30,000 points with a further 20,000 points now being processed for the\nbank. Unfortunately from this point on there is no further control information\n Y 54 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nor fixed survey marks provided to augment the control bank as would be the case\nif Surveys and Mapping was carrying out the work.\nThe many services which have been supplied over the year to other departments of government at every level, and to the public, is well documented in the\nreports of the three Divisions of the Branch which follow.\n SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Y 55\nLEGAL SURVEYS DIVISION\nW. A. Taylor, B.C.L.S., Chief\nThe tabulated statistics in the production table do not indicate any particular\ngrowth trend but rather the increases and decreases reflect the changing times.\nAs at least 40 per cent of our work load is geared to activity in other departments,\nany changes in policy therein affects demands on our staff. An increase in quantity of mineral claim surveys checked is a direct result of changes in the Mineral\nAct, and the large decrease in mining lease applications cleared is no indicator\nof a lessening of mining activity but merely the result of the Department of Mines\nand Petroleum Resources putting the onus on the applicant to determine surface\nownership. Although the number of descriptions written was over a hundred less\nthan the previous year, in actual fact more long metes and bounds descriptions\nwere written for the increased number of parks established and fewer short descriptions for alienation of land were required because of the effect of the agricultural\nland policy. This same land policy had a marked effect on the number of parcels surveyed for lease or purchase, and from an all-time high of 1,199 in 1964\nthese have reduced to 422 this year.\nTable 20\u2014Production Totals for the Years 1972 and 1973\n1972 1973\nField books prepared 475 393\nLots surveyed 633 619\nSurvey plans examined 598 433\nLots confirmed 573 517\nLots cancelled 707 892\nLots amended 58 106\nReference maps compiled or renewed 110 61\nApplications for purchase cleared 446 550\nApplications for lease cleared 5,660 4,886\nReserves cleared 518 551\nTimber sales cleared 1,369 1,353\nCrown grant applications cleared 723 719\nCancellations from maps 3,033 714\nInquiries 891 943\nLetters received and dealt with 4,622 3,753\nExamination sketches 2,472 1,560\nCrown grant and lease tracings made 11,845 10,931\nWell-site plans recorded 208 183\nSurvey instructions issued 839 422\nMineral claim lots created 36 31\nMineral leases cleared 622 107\nMining claims plotted 36 102\nMineral claims gazetted 24 208\nMineral claims cancelled 96 313\nPlacer leases plotted 340 551\nPlacer leases cancelled 530 273\nDocuments from vault examined 55,277 52,334\nCrown land subdivision and right-of-way plans 584 393\nPlans checked for the Land Registry Office 2,240 1,988\nDescriptions written 782 658\n Y 56\nDEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nA stock of official survey posts is maintained in all offices of Government\nAgents for use in Crown land surveys and replacement of original survey corners.\nA resume of the activity in this service follows:\nTable 21\u2014Distribution of Survey-posts\nB.C.L.S.\nBajrs\nStandard\nPipe\nRock\nPost\nDrive-\nable Pins\nPost Caps\nAnchor\nPlates\nDrive-\nable Pipe\n2>\/_\" Bolts\nAmount on hand, Jan. 1,\n1973\t\n1,950\n3,000\n4,950~\n850\n250\n300\n1,401\nNil\n2,610\nNil\n1,951\n2,000\n2,362\n5,213\n7,575\n162~\n3,275\n1,177\n1,975\nNil\n1,850\nNil\n1,937\nNil\nTotals\t\n1,401\n35\nNil\n129\n2,610\n3,951\n1,975\n1,850\n1,937\n600\n375\n196\n260\n2,625\n232\nNil\n100\nNil\n114\n838\n394\nU46~\n50\n75\nPublic surveyors\t\nNil\nTotal used in 1973\n1,400\n164\n1,171\n3,117\n4,614\n100\n125\nBalance on hand Dec. 31,\n1973\t\nSelling price of one post\nSelling value ol posts used\nin 1973\t\n3,550\n$0.60\n$840.00\n1,237\n$4.05\n$664.20\n1,439\n$1.45\n$1,697.95\n834\n$0.85\n$2,649.45\n2,961\n$0.75\n$3,460.50\n1,875\n$0.25\n$25.00\n504\n$4.60\n$6,191.60\n1,812\n$0.50\n$62.50\nTotal selling value, $15,591.20\nFIELD WORK\nThe 1973 season was again an active one for the field staff of the Legal Surveys Division, with 47 cadastral survey assignments completed at the request of\nvarious Government departments. The work was undertaken by a staff presently\ncomprised of six professional land surveyors, one fewer than in 1972 through a\nresignation, and eight permanent technicians, with nine summer-employed assistants.\nOf particular note was the commencement of a survey of the Stewart-Cassiar\nHighway, on which one surveyor and crew were deployed for the season.\nThe Lands Branch continues to place the major demand on our services,\nhowever it is significant to note the reduction in the number of lots created by\nCrown subdivisions, particularly with regard to the waterfront leasehold-type development. This is attributable mainly to policy changes and the awareness of the\nneed for improved planning, in so far as over-all best land use and environmental\naspects are concerned.\nLands Branch Subdivision Surveys\nTable 22\u2014Surveys of Lots\nWaterfront Lease Lots\nMeziadin Lake . . \t\n40\nRural Roadside Lots\nNanoose \t\n 21\nSointula \t\n6\nWilliams Lake \t\n 31\nQualicum \t\n 43\nDog Creek \t\n. 18\nBlackwater Road ___\n.._ 5\nHosmer \t\n 5\nFort Nelson \t\n 5\nDokie Siding r\t\n 2\nStewart-Cassiar-Nass H\/W junction \t\n 2\nCassiar \t\n5\nTotal \t\n 143\n SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Y 57\nExtensive surveys on and adjoining the Gang Ranch holdings, involving the\ncreation of parcels totalling 1,400 acres, was necessary to facilitate land exchanges,\nand a 13-acre camp and trailer-park site was surveyed near Fort Nelson for lease\npurposes. A road right-of-way was posted through a part of the Chehalis Indian\nReserve, and an exchange block of land of equal area was surveyed adjoining the\nreserve as compensation for the road taken.\nReposting and Restoration\nAt Fort Nelson, numerous lots of a 1972 Crown subdivision required corner\nrepostings as a result of construction disturbance, and at Quatsino, the remaining\npart of a section of land from which several alienations had occurred by description was posted, thus clarifying the boundaries of Crown and adjoining private\nownership. The location of leased lots in the vicinity of Cowichan Station on\nVancouver Island was resolved by a partial posting of the subdivision involved.\nAgain this year a crew spent over two months in the area of the Mud River,\n12 miles west of Prince George, re-establishing missing corners of the district lot\nsurvey structure. The area was originally surveyed in the early 1900's, following\nwhich an extensive forest fire destroyed most of the timber and left little evidence\nof boundary corners. An area approximately 10 miles long and 1 to 3 miles wide\nhas now been reposted, and this will be of great assistance to the farmers and\nranchers concerned. An expanded survey restoration programme is anticipated\nin 1974.\nA total of 116 district lot corners was renewed this year in the course of\nsurveys carried out by this Division.\nInterdepartmental Surveys\nForest Service\u2014Only one small job, a right-of-way survey near Parksville,\nwas requested this year in contrast to previous years' demands.\nDepartment of Recreation and Conservation\u2014A small waterfront park was\ncreated at Wardner, a 4-acre parcel was surveyed for removal from the Crooked\nRiver Park, and near Radium a short piece of power-line right-of-way was posted\nover private land to serve the adjoining park. In continuation of last year's work,\n3V2 miles of the west boundary of the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area\nwere established and posted, as were the boundaries of two smaller blocks in the\narea. An isolated district lot in the Churn Creek area, Lillooet District, was\nlocated to enable the Wildlife Branch to assess its potential. The use of a helicopter\ngreatly simplified what otherwise would have been an arduous task.\nDepartment of Public Works\u2014A survey of the Courthouse property at Powell\nRiver was carried out, and in Victoria a posting of Crown land on Admirals Road,\nand a survey of the Glenshiel Hotel property and an adjoining lane closure, were\ncarried out. A small posting job was completed on the former DND property at\nKamloops, and in Nanaimo the proposed new Malaspina College site was surveyed for conveyance from the present Federal ownership. At The Woodlands\nSchool, a parcel of land was required to be delineated for transfer to the Queens\nPark Hospital, and a 100-acre piece of the Oakalla Prison Farm was surveyed for\nan intended conveyance.\nDepartment of Attorney-General\u2014An inspection survey involving riparian\nrights was made near Nelson, and on behalf of the Log Theft Division of the RCMP,\nfield ties of a booming lease lot in the Fraser River were required to enable an\naccurate illustrative plot on an air photo for Court purposes.\n Y 58 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nDepartment of Housing\u2014A topographic plan and consolidation survey of\nCrown property on Summit Avenue in Victoria was undertaken, as was a subdivision at Alert Bay to create a 6-acre parcel for housing development.\nDepartment of Highways\u2014In the vicinity of Wardner, eight lots and one-third\nof a mile of road were surveyed in connection with the Libby Dam flood area,\nand at Fort Nelson, 1 mile of road right-of-way was posted through the Indian\nreserve and connecting with the Alaska Highway.\nHighway Surveys\nThe survey of the Stewart-Cassiar Highway previously referred to consists\nof a highly accurate control traverse of the route, with the traverse stations monu-\nmented with consecutively numbered capped posts. This will permit the road to\nbe properly plotted on our maps, and provide the \"backbone\" control monumenta-\ntion to which subsequent surveys along the highway will be tied.\nThe survey was commenced near Meziadin Lake and progressed to Gnat\nLake, a distance of 195 miles, before weather forced a stop. The crew, consisting of a surveyor, two technicians, and four temporary assistants, worked from\nDepartment of Highways camps at Meziadin Lake and Bob Quinn Lake, and a\nmotel at Eddontenajon Lake.\nOver 500 monuments were set, and 25 bench-marks established in 1965 by\nthe Topographic Division were integrated in the traverse. The main traverse was\ntied to seven Provincial triangulation stations en route, and 21 stellar observations\nwere taken for azimuth control. The surprisingly high mileage accomplishment\nand distance measurement accuracy could not have been realized without the use\nof an electronic distance meter acquired this year for the purpose. The investment in this machine and necessary ancillary equipment has proven well justified.\nFortunately, from the viewpoint of work interference, the traffic flow over\nthe newly opened highway fell far short of that anticipated, averaging about two\nvehicles an hour through the summer.\nMiscellaneous Surveys\nSubdivision surveys to resolve boundary problems were carried out at Sechelt,\nLadysmith, and Campbell River through pre-arrangement with owners and the\nLand Registry Offices concerned. Investigation surveys were made for the Lands\nBranch at Port Hardy, at Island View Beach near Victoria, and at Christina Lake,\nand inspection surveys required by our own office were conducted at Enderby,\nPaul Lake, and near Barriere. A small dyke right-of-way survey was needed by\nthe Water Resources Department at the Oak Hills subdivision at Kamloops.\n SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH\nY 59\nAutomatic paper feed into print processor. Designed and built by instrument shop.\n Y 60 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nFIELD OPERATIONS DIVISION\nA. D. Wight, B.C.L.S., Chief\nThe buoyant economy and expanding Government involvement in regulating\ndevelopment by planning increased the need for current information, much of\nwhich is provided by air photography and specialized mapping. This Division has\nbeen hard pressed to meet urgent demands for air photography for several years,\nand latterly increased requests have compounded the problem. Although approval\nto lease a high-performance aircraft with a capability for medium- and small-scale\nphotography was again received this year, as a short-term expedient, a suitable\naircraft could not be leased. Air photo production for the year was therefore\nlimited (both in quality and scope) to the capability of our available equipment.\nA study on the operation of Government aircraft resulted in all aircraft, pilots,\nand maintenance personnel being transferred to the Department of Transport and\nCommunications. The new Department will provide aircraft and operating crews\nto service our requirements for air photography and fixed-wing transport for the\nground survey crews. Two Beechcraft Super King Air aircraft have been ordered\nand are scheduled to be operational for the 1974 photographic season. The new\naircraft are twin turbo-powered, pressurized machines, and will be equipped with\ndual camera ports. Improved performance in speed and altitude will roughly\ndouble our productive capability with other factors remaining constant. Additional benefits applicable to the new aircraft will be gained through improved\nmobility and the ability to photograph with a combination of either two scales\nor two emulsions simultaneously.\nThe consolidation of Government aircraft under a single authority was implemented to improve efficiency through better utilization of personnel and equipment.\nThis general principle may be applied to many fields of Government activity with\ncomparable benefit when considered in the broad sense and in the long term.\nOne particular aspect which concerns this Division is the number of Government\norganizations establishing or expanding survey units to undertake field control\nfor mapping. The Surveys and Mapping Branch is responsible for establishing,\nmaintaining, and recording the Provincial survey network. Control established\nby other than the Surveys and Mapping Branch does not form part of the Province's data bank and is not readily available to other departments or industry.\nWhere public funds are spent on surveys of a standard and scope to be of significance to the Provincial survey network, it would appear logical that those surveys\nshould be undertaken by the Surveys and Mapping Branch and form part of the\ncontrol system.\nField Survey Section\nFive years ago there was a large area of approximately 50,000 square miles\nin the north central part of British Columbia that was virtually devoid of any\nform of survey control. Apart from a thin band of triangulation up the Rocky\nMountain Trench and two or three east-west networks, this vast area was uncontrolled. In 1969 a programme was instigated to establish survey control in\nthis area, primarily for resource mapping. The year under review saw the culmination of that project with the control network being completed in map sheets\n104J, N, O, and K. After five seasons, approximately 1,000 second-order control points on about a 10-mile grid have been established to form the basic control for mapping the above area.\n SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH\nY 61\n Y 62 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nThe airborne control party commenced operations in the vicinity of Chetwynd\nthis year to make ties to the West Coast Transmission Co. pipe-line survey running\nsouth from the Halfway River to the John Hart Highway west of Chetwynd. The\nties were made to isolate errors that were evident from random ties to the pipe-line\nright-of-way. On completion of the ties to the right-of-way, the crew moved\nnorth to commence the control survey in map sheets 104J, N, O, and K. A base\ncamp was established at Tuya Lake, from where the bulk of the project was completed. A total of 195 control stations was occupied to control 12,000 square\nmiles. The airborne crew again used a turbine helicopter, an Allouette II to transport the observing crews from mountain top to mountain top, and once again it\nproved to be a time-saving machine because of its extra carrying capacity and\nrange compared to the smaller helicopters.\nThe helicopter flew 256 hours during the period of our contract and the\nOtter flew 284 hours in support of the airborne field party. The Otter, like the\nphotographic aircraft, was transferred to the Department of Transport and Communications, but remained under this Division's direction and continued to service all departments during the off-season. A total of 174 hours was flown for\nthe Lands Branch, Forest Engineering, Pollution Control, Attorney-General's Department, Human Resources, and Tax Assessors\u2014to make a season total of 458\nflying-hours.\nThe Integrated Survey Programme continued and the following four new\nareas were declared: Integrated Area 10 within the District of North Cowichan;\nArea 11, the City of Duncan; Area 12, a portion of the City of Penticton; Area\n13, the southern part of the Municipality of Delta.\nIntegrated Survey Area 1 in the District of Surrey was expanded, from a\nsmall area in the northwest section of the municipality, to include all of the municipality with the exception of a narrow band of undeveloped or industrial area along\nthe south bank of the Fraser River. Amended plans were compiled and registered\nfor integrated survey areas in Mackenzie, Granisle, and Elkford. Sufficient additional control monuments were established in these areas in conjunction with subdivision development to warrant updating the plans.\nThe integrated survey party spent the bulk of the field season in the District\nof Coquitlam, where 447 control monuments, set by the district, were co-ordinated.\nThe survey was tied to the Provincial triangulation network and to the geodetic\nnetwork in the area. Spirit levels were run connecting all the control monuments\nto geodetic bench-marks. All survey returns for this area will be on the metric\nsystem with the U.T.M. grid. Reconnaissance surveys were carried out in the\nfollowing areas: District of Matsqui to locate sites for 200 monuments; the Village of South Fort George to locate sites for 18 monuments; a portion of the\nexpanded City of Kelowna to locate sites for 250 control monuments. All monuments have been or are in the process of being installed by the districts or cities\nconcerned in preparation for field control next year. A precise baseline distance\nwas measured this year by the integrated crew at Clearwater for a proposed bridge-\nsite for the Department of Highways.\nA variety of mapping projects was completed this year for various Government departments. Control for 1\"= 1,000 feet mapping was completed in the\nFort Nelson area for the Water Investigations Branch. Horizontal and vertical\ncontrol was established in additional areas in the Okanagan Valley as requested\nby the Water Investigations Branch. A large-scale mapping project was completed in the Creston Valley area from Kootenay Lake south to the 49th parallel,\n SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH\nY 63\nwhere 52 control stations were occupied, 200 miles of levels were run, and 142\nvertical points were identified.\nControl for mapping five park-sites was completed for the Parks Branch.\nThe park-sites were Carp Lake, Meziadin Lake, Boya Lake, Ruckles Park on\nSaltspring Island, and Muncho Lake. Site plans were done at the Victoria Personal Care Centre and the Creston Wildlife Interpretation Centre, and control for\nmapping the D.N.D. property at Kamloops was supplied to the Department of\nPublic Works. The proposed townsite for the Silvacan mill on Takla Lake was\nmapped, and preliminary engineering data for a proposed subdivision at Kitimat\nwas obtained for the Lands Department. Mapping control was established for\nmapping of the Highlands District in Victoria and a subdivision in Kamloops for\nthe Department of Housing.\nAt the request of the British Columbia-Yukon-Northwest Territories Boundary Commission, a section of the British Columbia-Yukon boundary was cleared\nbetween Teslin Lake and the Upper Liard Crossing, a distance of about 103 miles.\nThis clearing was all done by hand with the camps being moved along the line\nby helicopter. Monument reference marks were restored and the monuments\nwere targetted to establish photo control on aerial photography.\nAir Survey Section\nThe Air Survey Section produced a total of 42,340 new photographs during\nthe season, covering 27,045 square miles of block vertical photography and 7,611\nline-miles on special projects. The total number of photographs exceeded 40,000\nfor the first time, but this feature reflects the type of projects rather than a record\naccomplishment.\nAn extremely poor spring inhibited the photographic operation until early\nJuly, but the balance of the season produced above-average opportunities over\nthe southern regions of the Province. The extensive programme based on accumulated and new requests provides an unlimited scope permitting utilization of suitable weather wherever and whenever it occurred within the Province. No progress was made on the long-outstanding block photographic requests north of 56\u00b0.\nThe one period of good weather occurred in late September after the sun's angle\nwas below minimum for effective operations in block cover in the northern latitudes.\nBecause of the critical situation in the Forest Inventory programme, our efforts\nwere focused on the 20-chain block cover. Of the 27,045 square miles photographed, 26,395 square miles covered 20-chain areas, with a large percentage\nbeing over terrain with average ground elevations in the five to six thousand feet\nrange. The combination of high ground and limited aircraft performance prevents photography at the specified scale and results in a large number of photographs in relation to the square-mile accomplishment.\nThe special project accomplishment was good, although the colour programme\nwas small because of the poor weather during early spring, the period best suited\nto colour photography because of clear atmospheric conditions.\nThe two photographic Beechcraft D.18's flew a total of 600 hours and completed 120 of the 185 projects assigned for the year. Both aircraft maintained\nfull serviceability through the photographic season because of a well-executed programme of running and preventive maintenance.\n Y 64 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nElectronic and Instrument Shop\nIn addition to repairs and maintenance of equipment, a marked increase\nin modification and construction projects took place during the past year. One\nhundred and three construction projects covering electronics, optical, camera,\nmachine shop, and wood work were completed. The increased output was due\nprimarily to an increase in staff of two men on loan and other occasional help\nwhich doubled the man-hours on production. Approximately 65 per cent of the\npermanent staff's time is spent on maintenance, which leaves little time for new\nprojects. The major projects comprised construction of customized draughting\ntables for the Map Production and Legal Surveys Divisions, and an automatic\npaperfeed and a film feed for the new Log-E photo printer for the air photo processing laboratory.\nThe warehouse used for storage of field equipment and distribution of survey\nposts was moved from Esquimalt Road to the Oak Street Centre. The new\nlocation will be an ideal warehouse, but to date there has been some frustration\nbecause of long delays in the modifications to the building.\nSurvey Control Section\nComputations and final adjustment of horizontal and vertical positions for\n12 survey projects from field data supplied by the Field Section were completed.\nIn addition, revision of old networks involving several hundred positions in the\nQuesnel area and the east coast of Vancouver Island were undertaken.\nUnder the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, 177 wellsite surveys were checked\nfor accuracy and eight were rejected because of inaccuracies. To facilitate the\nexpansion of oil and gas exploration surveys, the positions of cadastral lot corners\nwest of the Peace River Block and north of the Halfway River were co-ordinated\nby route calculations from existing surveys. It was found impossible to continue\nthis system through the lots south of the Halfway River because of inadequate field\ndata to bridge the Halfway River. It is hoped to rectify this in the coming year.\nThe calculations required to co-ordinate control monuments set by private\nsurveyors under the Integrated Survey Regulations is now an appreciable work\nload. During the past year, 100 new monuments were set and 22 supplementary\ncertificates issued to the Land Registry Offices concerned.\nAn edit of the Survey Control Data Bank was initiated in late 1973. To\ndate, 2,890 individual records have been examined and the search parameters included assigning a unique identifier to each record entered in the bank.\nDuring the year, two senior, long-service members of the Surveys and Mapping Branch retired from the Division. George Barnes, Supervisor of the Survey\nControl Section, after 35 years' service, and George New, B.C.L.S., after 21 years'\nservice.\n SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH\nTable 23\u2014Accomplishments of Air Survey Section, 1973\nY 65\nSquare\nMiles\nA. 80-chain vertical cover\t\nB. 40-chain vertical cover\u2014Finance Department: North Coast\nRegion -\t\n20-chain vertical cover\u2014Forest Inventory:\nBabine PSYU\t\nBlueberry PSYU\t\nDewdney PSYU\t\nNarcosliPSYU ....\t\nNechako PSYU\t\nRobson-Canoe PSYU\t\nSalmo PSYU _\t\nSalmon Arm-Shuswap PSYU _\nSooPSYU\t\nWindermere PSYU _\nSubtotals __\t\nDewdney PSYU (colour).\u2014\t\nTotals\t\nD. Special Projects\u2014\nDepartment of Agriculture: Clearwater to Valemount\u2014\nB.C. Hydro and Power Authority:\nKootenay Canal\t\nMica transmission-line\t\nDistrict Forester, Kamloops: Kamloops District burns..\nDistrict Forester, Nelson: Nelson District burns\t\nDistrict Forester, Vancouver:\nHayward Lake -\t\nTexada Island _\t\nFederal Fisheries: Herring spawn \t\nDepartment of Finance: Kitimat Valley _\t\nForest Engineering:\nDuncan Forest Development Road\t\nDuncan Reservoir\u2014 \t\nJordan River Reservoir..\nKingcome River _\t\nLittle Lillooet Lake\t\nMcLeod Lake\t\nMesachie Lake\t\nMica Pondage\t\nMission to Hope\t\nNazko River _\nNilkitwa River\t\nOkanagan Falls Road\t\nOotsa Lake Pondage _\t\nStuart River\t\nSumas Forest Development Road-\nForest Inventory:\nHomathko to Southgate\t\nKaouk to Little Zeballos Rivers\t\nNicola\t\nNootka Island\t\nOkanagan beetle kill\t\nQuatam River _\t\nSkwakwa River\t\nDepartment of Highways:\nBlanshard Street extension\t\nBurns Lake\t\nCache Creek to Ashcroft\t\nCastlegar-Trail-Rossland-Salmo-.\nCranbrook\t\nFort Simpson Road-\nGrand Forks to Greenwood-\nHope\t\nHope-Merritt Road\t\nMerritt\t\nNelson to Balfour\t\nParksville to Nanaimo\t\nPort Mann \t\nPrince George Bypass\t\nPrince Rupert _ _.\nQuesnel Bypass\t\n25,770\n375\n26,145\n100\n333\n101\n211\n154\n11\n54\n992\n208\n14\n149\n11\n9\n5\n4\n2\n325\n113\n4\n5\n105\n521\n4\n15\n435\n126\n79\n95\n613\n28\n72\n13\n16\n140\n11\n411\n37\n10\n504\n21\n115\n71\n16\n23\n20\n562\n135\n29\n50\n120\n80\n5\n44\n113\n117\n5\n45\n8\n4\n2\n1\n1\n63\n71\n1\n1\n66\n432\n1\n6\n330\n90\n54\n54\n296\n12\n56\n5\n76\n6\n97\n22\n4\n164\n12\n31\n18\n9\n8\n2\n91\n130\n650\n3,400\n3,900\n130\n100\n3,710\n\t\n3,850\n3,195\n3,900\n1,715\n2,050\n6,945\n5,650\n1,510\n1,660\n395\n400\n2,580\n....\n2,400\n2,065\n2,220\n26,005\n390\n26,395\n Y 66 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nTable 23\u2014Accomplishments of Air Survey Section, 1973\u2014Continued\nNumber of\nPhotos\nLineal\nMiles\nSquare\nMiles\nD. Special projects\u2014Continued\nDepartment of Highways\u2014Continued\n67\n20\n14\n46\n22\n19\n160\n19\n88\n12\n195\n230\n103\n80\n300\n283\n332\n234\n45\n66\n17\n1\n10\n44\n30\n26\n1\n13\n111\n165\n33\n23\n22\n16\n440\n4\n6\n369\n20\n17\n6\n7\n17\n62\n21\n43\n92\n101\n11\n14\n30\n34\n525\n13\n63\n85\n38\n27\n1,874\n394\n95\n44\n5\n8\n24\n8\n8\n90\n26\n28\n8\n20\n360\n22\n62\n225\n257\n546\n126\n33\n98\n2\n1\n4\n29\n4\n7\n1\n16\n63\n44\n48\n12\n11\n14\n273\n6\n7\n94\n12\n9\n4\n4\n17\n39\n3\n10\n22\n55\n5\n6\n48\n9\n306\n6\n14\n48\n14\n9\n1,151\n24\n20\nLands Branch:\nUBC \t\nLand Inspection Division:\n\t\n\t\nDepartment of Municipal Affairs: Tranquille to Monte\nDepartment of Public Works:\nBCIT to Jericho .\nKamloops D.N.D \t\nPollution Control Branch:\nRupert Inlet-to-Utah \t\nDepartment of Recreation and Conservation:\n....\n\t\nRegional districts:\nGold River \t\nWater Resources:\nComox foreshore (LR)\nComox to Royston (C)\n\t\nFort Nelson\t\nHarrison Mills to Greyell Island\t\nOkanagan Storage\t\n SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Y 67\nTable 23\u2014Accomplishments of Air Survey Section, 1973\u2014Continued\nNumber of\nPhotos\nLineal\nMiles\nSquare\nMiles\nD. Special projects\u2014Continued\nWater Resources\u2014Continued\n14\n56\n210\n1,632\n22\n6\n7\n120\n174\n6\nPostill Lake\t\nWillis Lake\t\n16,065\n7,611\nGrand totals\t\n42,340\n7,611\n27,045\n Y 68 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nMAP PRODUCTION DIVISION\nE. R. McMinn, B.A., B.A.Sc, D.L.S., B.C.L.S., P.Eng., Chief\nRequests for all forms of map production information increased in volume and\nin urgency as new undertakings in resource management gathered momentum. The\nfirst effect of this need for services is shown in the production figures from the Reproduction Section where, fortunately, we have acquired new equipment and expect\nto move to larger quarters in 1974. A more serious situation confronts the compilation groups, the Photogrammetric Section has considerable work on hand, and\nthe Planimetric Section must cope with an increased Forest Inventory programme\nsupported by increased photo-acquisition capability.\nPHOTOGRAMMETRIC SECTION\nThis Section completed 42 projects as listed. A change from aerotriangulation\nmethods to independent model bridging has effected a 30-per-cent saving in control\nextension time. A special computer adjustment programme for combining these\nindependent stereo models in a large block of air photos was developed by Ottawa\nand by the University of Stuttgart for a large-capacity computer and the programme\nis available commercially. We have been able to utilize our existing block adjustment programme for our smaller IBM 370, which deals with strips of air photos, by\nwriting a preliminary programme which combines the independent models into these\nconstituent strips. The Section now supervises the operation of a digitized Zeiss\nTopocart plotter for the Forest Inventory Division as well as their Wild A40. Our\nown Topocart is being replaced by the Zeiss Company following analysis of unacceptable performance. Experience of both overtime work and shift work was\ngained during the year and it is hoped to increase production by shift work during\nthe year.\nPLANIMETRIC COMPILATION SECTION\nThe lack of new photography in the northern half of the Province necessitated\na change from the expected compilation of 40-chain base maps to a revision programme of 20-chain base maps farther south in the heavier-logged sectors of the\nProvince.\nA total of 25,000 photographs was used in our 20-chain programme that resulted in the completion of 633 laydown map sheets, of which 210 were detail\nplotted. The PSYU's thus completed were Nehalliston, Carp-Crooked, Fernie,\nSalmo, Narcosli for laydowns, and Seymour, Williams Lake, and Dewdney for\nplotting.\nThe 40-chain Forest Inventory Mapping programme mainly consisted of the\nplotting of detail from photographs taken in previous years. Sixty-six map sheets\nwere completed, bordering on the Liard, Dease, and Kechika PSYU'S. The Bell-\nIrving and Boundary PSYU's comprised the other northern area to be completed\nand consisted of 36 map sheets from our own laydowns, and an additional 25 map\nsheets traced from Multiplex mapping in 104b and 104g.\nAs requested by the Department of Finance, Timberland Appraisers Division,\n87 map sheets lying within the E and N Land Grant were updated to show the\nposition of 1972 20-chain photo centres.\n SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Y 69\nThe following mosaics were compiled during the calendar year:\nCourtenay River to Comox Bay (Department of Health).\nMount Robson Park (Parks Branch).\nMount Assiniboine Park (Parks Branch).\nGolden Ears Park (Parks Branch).\nManning Park (Parks Branch).\nCortes Island (Parks Branch).\nCameron River Reserve (Fish and Wildlife).\nEden Fire (Forest Protection).\nCADASTRAL COMPILATION\nThe output of land reference maps in this 12-year programme dropped from\n109 to 66 mainly because of the need for a second checking step. In the fair-\ndrawing of the planimetric mapping 371 20-chain sheets and 159 40-chain sheets\nwere completed. Composite mapping was completed on nine projects, totalling 95\nsheets. An index of this type of mapping, which is carried on by many departments\nof Government, is being maintained to avoid duplication, instances of which have\noccurred in the past. Lots were plotted on 180 1:50,000 sheets prior to shipment\nto Ottawa for lithography and printing.\nDRAUGHTING SECTION\nFairdrawing of large-scale topographic mapping totalled 217 sheets; these\nprojects are prepared on a standard indexing system and, where indicated, have a\ncomposite overlay of the property subdivisions. Some 22 integrated control survey\nplans were prepared for submission to the Land Registry Offices. In response to\nthe needs of the B.C. Land Inventory, all of the 1:50,000 manuscripts on hand, 90\nsheets, were revised and shipped to Ottawa under a renewal of our agreement with\nthem for publication. Lithographic compilation was completed for seven maps,\nand five were published as listed. Reprints were made of seven sheets.\nREPRODUCTION SECTION\nAn increasing percentage of the requests to this Section of 25 workers involves\ndeadlines. This year only about 25 per cent of the work had to go out to commercial firms. Offset work and Xerox increased by 15 per cent and 8 per cent respectively. Air photo production hit a record of 310,000 prints with 50,000 on order.\nPhoto copy and whiteprint volume decreased, although material usage increased\nbecause of the need for full-size recovery from 105-mm records.\nEquipment purchases include a GAF 920 whiteprinter, an AB Dick 17x22\noffset, a stitcher, a collater, a Log-E-tron printer, a Kodak Supermatic 42-inch\nprocessor to supplement the Versamat and to handle enlargements, a Kreonite\n20-inch colour processor, a Wild VG1 enlarger, and a Pako 48-inch film processor.\nPlanning for the new Reproductions Centre is nearly complete; visits were\nmade to the new Federal Centre at Ottawa and to those of the Ontario Government\nto study workflow, machine layout, and storage. The Section expects to move in the\nlatter part of the year into what should be the second largest plant in Canada.\n Y 70 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nTable 24\u2014Planimetric Compilation\nForest Inventory\u2014\nPSYU 40-chain mapping:\nNarcosli extension \t\nBell-Irving\t\nBoundary \t\nPortions Liard, Kechika, Dease \t\nNumber of Number of\nLaydown Map Sheets\nMap Sheets Detail Plotted\nTotals\n25\n36\n66\n127\nPSYU 20-chain mapping:\nCreston \t\nNehalliston 23\nCarp-Crooked 110\nFernie 79\nSalmo 3 7\nNarcosli ._ __ 102\nSeymour 25\nWilliams Lake 28\nDewdney 101\nRobson-Canoe 128\n35\n25\n28\n101\n21\nTotals 633\n210\nCadastral Compilation\nMap Sheets\n... 66\nLand reference maps \t\nPlanimetric mapping\u2014\nDraughting \t\n20-chain ..__ 3 71\n40-chain 159\n20-40 reduction 25\nLot plotting 1:50,000 series\u2014103h, 92i, 93a, 93h, 93g\n90\nComposite mapping\u2014 Base\nDeep Bay-Base Flat Photogrammetric plot 5\nRosedale to Laidlaw Photogrammetric plot 13\nHedley Townsite Photogrammetric, with contours 7\nGrand Forks Photogrammetric, with contours 25\nPort Hardy 20-chain enlarged 1\nHornby 20-chain enlarged 8\nStuart Island 20-chain enlarged 4\nGreen Lake 20-chain enlarged 6\nSechelt revision 20-chain enlarged 24\nTotal\n95\n SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH\nTable 25\u20141973 Photogrammetric Projects\nY 71\nProject\nNo.\nScale\nVI\nDepartment\nStatus^\n72-24T\n72-39T\n72-94T\n72-123T\n72-130T\n72-134T\n72-135T\n72-136T\n72-137T\n73-7T\n73-8T\n73-9T\n73-1 IT\n72-115T\n72-lT\nM298A\n72^T\n72-6T\n72-67T\n72-114T\n73-16T\n73-29T\n73-3 IT\n73-32T\n73-35T\n73-36T\n73-40T\n73-23P\n73-42P\n73^14T\n73-52T\n73-56T\n72-14C\n73-39T\n73-57T\n73-62T\n73-63T\n73-72T\n73-76T\n73-77T\n73-2 IT\n73-78T\nM251\n73-8 IT\n73^t8T\n73-86T\n73-66T\n73-91T\n1:1,200\n1:2,400\n1:25,000\n1:31,680\n1:2,400\n1:6,000\n1:2,400\n1:2,400\n1:6,000\n1:4,800\n1:4,800\n1:1,200\n1:6,000\n1:2,400\n1:1,200\n1:12,000\n1:2,400\n1:6,000\n1:1,200\n1:1,200\n1:25,000\n1:1,200\n1:2,400\n1:1,200\n1:12,000\n1:2,400\n1:2,400\n1:6,000\n1:1,200\n1:4,800\n1:4,800\n1:4,800\n1:4,800\n1:2,400\n1:4,800\n1:2,400\n1:2,400\n1:1,200\n1:12,000\n1:6,000\n1:1,200\n1:12,000\n1:4,800\n1:4,800\n1:2,400\n1:12,000\n1:1,200\n1:1,200\n1:2,400\n1:2,400\n1'\n10'\n25', 100'\nloos'\n20'\n5', spot heights\nSpot heights\n5'\n10'\n10'\n2', 5'\n20'\n10', spot heights\nSpot heights\n20'\n2', 5'\n10', 20', 100'\n5'\n2', 10'\n50', 100'\n2', 5'\n5'\n2'\n50'\n5'\n5'\n10'\n10'\n10'\n5'\n10', 20'\nSpot heights\n5'\nSpot heights\n20'\n10'\n2'\n50'\n10'\n5', 10'\nSpot heights\n10'\n20'\n5'\n5'\n5'\nRec. & Con.\nW.I.B.\nMap Production\nMines\nFish & Wildlife\nLands\nW.I.B.\nW.I.B.\nW.I.B.\nHighways\nHighways\nW.I.B.\nHighways\nW.I.B.\nW.I.B.\nW.I.B.\nW.I.B.\nW.I.B.\nHighways\nW.I.B.\nLands\nW.I.B.\nForest Eng.\nW.I.B.\nMines\nParks\nW.I.B.\nMun. Affairs\nHighways\nLands\nHighways\nLands\nMap Production\nPublic Works\nHighways\nLands\nMun. Affairs\nLands\nLands\nW.I.B.\nW.I.B.\nEnvironment\nHighways\nW.I.B.\nRec. & Con.\nHighways\nMun. Affairs\nW.I.B.\nC\nC\n92 F (part)\t\nc\nc\nc\nBob Quinn Lake\t\nc\nc\nc\nc\nc\nc\nc\nc\nc\nc\nc\nc\nM13 (Penticton) continuation\t\nIP\nc\nc\nc\nc\nMesachie Lake\t\nc\nc\nSustut .\u201e\t\nRuckle Park\t\nc\nc\nc\nc\nc\nc\nBeatton Hill\t\nc\nPort Hardy_ \t\nc\nc\nKamloops D.N.D.\nc\nMartel Bluffs \t\nc\nc\nc\nc\nc\nIP\nc\nc\nc\nIP\nIP\nIP\nIP\nc\ni c\u2014complete; IP\u2014in progress.\n Y 72 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nTable 26\u2014Mosaics\nP.M. Name\nNo.\nEnlargement\nFactor\nDate of\nPhotography\nNumber\nof\nSheets\nSheet\nSize\nApproximate Scale\ntFt.\/In.)\nc\nc\nC\nC\nC\nC\nC\nC\nC\nC\nC\nC\nC\nC\nC\nc\nc\nc\nc\nc\nc\n1972\n1972\n1972\n1964\n1972\n1972\n1972\n1972\n1972\n1972\n1972\n1970\n1972\/72\n1972\n1973\n1970\n1973\n1973\n1973\n1973\n1973\n3\n1\n1\n4\n1\n1\n4\n2\n4\n1\n2\n3\n9\n1\n2\n1\n1\n2\n2\n26X36\n30X40\n30X40\n30X36\n30X30\n18X30\n30X40\n30X40\n30x40\n30X40\n30x30\n30X40\n24X34\n18X30\n1,100\n1,200\n2,640\n5,280\n1,000\n70. Koksilah River\t\n1,320\n1,320\n72. Kelowna \t\n1,000\n2,640\n2,640\n2,640\n2,640\n5,280\n78. Barton Hills Forest\t\n1,320\n5,000\n28x38\n28X31\n38X20\n31X22\n36X26\n1,000\n83. Eden Fire\t\n1,320\n500\n500\n500\nTable 27\u2014Lithographed Maps Published in 1973\n(Surveys and Mapping Branch, B.C. Lands Service)\nMap No.\nName\nEdition\nScale\nContour\nInterval\n(Ft.)\nRemarks\n+82 E\/SW\nThird\nSecond\nThird\nSecond\nSecond\nSecond\nSecond\nSecond\nFirst\nThird\nThird\nThird\n1974\nFourth\n1973\n1973\n1:125,000\n1:125,000\n1:125,000\n1:125,000\n1:125,000\n1:125,000\n1:125,000\n1:125,000\n1:125,000\n1:125,000\n1:125,000\n1:250,000\n1:1,000,000\n1\"=_10 miles\n1\"=1 mile\n1\"__30 miles\n200\n100\n200\n200\n200\n200\n200\n200\n200\n200\n100\n500\n500\n\u202282 E\/NE\nt82 E\/NW\n+82F\/SE\n\u202282 F\/NE\nt82F\/NW\n.82 K\/SE\nKaslo \u2014\t\nSlocan\t\nComplete revision.\nComplete revision.\nt82 K\/SW\n*92 G\/NE\nPitt River -\t\n*92 H\/SW\n\u202292 I\/SE\n+93 M\ntl A\n*1 K\n\u00bbPSB2\nBritish Columbia Wall Map\nSouthwestern British Columbia.\nComplete revision.\nComplete revision.\nBritish Columbia Air Facilities-\nComplete revision.\nReprints\n*92 G\/SW\nElko\t\nFirst\nFirst\nSecond\nSecond\nFirst\nFirst\nFirst\nFirst\n1972\n1971\n1\"=2 miles\n1\"=2 miles\n1\"__2 miles\n1:250,000\n1:250,000\n1:250,000\n1:250,000\n1:250,000\n1\"= 10 miles\n1\"=6 miles\n1\"=30 miles\n100\n100\n100\n500\n500\n500\n500\n500\n500,\n1,000\n*92 G\/NW-NE\n*92 I\/NW\n\u202293 E\nCranbrook.\t\nAshcroft -\t\nNo revision.\nNo revision.\n\u202293 G\n\u202293 J\nt82M\n+ 103 F\n*1E\n*SGS1\nSoutheastern British Columbia....\nNo revision.\n\u20221JNT\nNational Topographic Index.\n* Lithographed during 1973.\nt Will be lithographed between January 1, 1974, and March 31, 1974.\n SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH\nY 73\nTable 28\u2014Maps Received Into Stock, 1973\n(Surveys and Mapping Branch, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa)\nMap No.\nName\nEdition\nMap No.\nName\nEdition\n*83 D\/5\nScale, 1:50,000\n*93 K\/11\n*93 K\/16\n\u202293L\/16\n*93 M\/10\n*93M\/11\n94 K\/16\n94 N\/7\n94 N\/8\n94 N\/9\n94 N\/10\n94 N\/11\n94 N\/12\n94N\/13\n94N\/14\n94 N\/16\n92 NE\n92 SE\n93 NE\n94 NE\nScale, 1:50,000\nCunningham Lake\t\nTezzeron Creek _ _ \u2014\nFulton Lake\t\n*83D\/12\n93 E\/l\n93 E\/2\n93 E\/7\n93 E\/8\nMcClennan Creek\t\n93 E\/U\n93 F\/l\n*93 G\/3\nCatkin Creek\t\n*93 G\/4\n*93 G\/5\nBulwell Creek\t\n*93 G\/6\n\u202293 G\/7\nHixon\t\nThorpe Creek\t\n*93 G\/10\nRed Rock\t\n\u202293G\/11\nBobtail Mountain\t\n*93 G\/12\nScale, 1:500,000\n*93 J\/5\n*93 J\/6\n4\n*93 J\/12\n6\n*93 K\/8\n\u266693 K\/10\nFort St. James\t\nPrince George-Dawson Creek\t\n6\n5\n(Canada Land Inventory, Department of the Environment, Ottawa)\nMap No.\nName\nEdition\nMap No.\nName\nEdition\n82 J\/NE\nScale, 1:250,000\nA\n82 F\n82 J\n82 K\n93 E\n93 M\n94 B\nScale, 1:125,000\nA\nScale, 1:500)000\nStrait of Georgia-Puget Sound-\nNelson-\t\nR\nR\nE.L.D.-l\nR\nU\nE.L.D.-2\nStrait of Georgia-Puget Sound-\nHazelton\t\nHalfway River\t\nu\nR\nA\u2014Agriculture; F\u2014Forestry; R\u2014Recreation; U\u2014Ungulates; W\u2014Waterfowl.\n Y 74 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nTable 29\u2014Map and Air Photo Sales\nLithographed Maps\nGovernment\nPublic Sales Departments Total\nRequisitions 11,589 5,236 16,825\nMaps issued\u2014\nProvincial 82,163 37,535 119,698\nFederal 33,613 27,389 61,002\nWhite Print Maps\n180,700\nRequisitions 1,561 14,827 16,388\nPrints 14,282 318,070 332,352\nPhoto Reproduction\nRequisitions 4 5,011 5,015\nPrints 20 82,061 82,081\nAir Photo Distribution\nRequisitions 2,927 1,762 4,689\nAir photos\u2014\n9X9 98,077 212,289 310,366\nEnlarged _ 1,622 1,476 3,098\nRentals 22,772 63,134 85,906\nRequisitions 2,43 7\nRequisitions 704\nOffset _ 3,032,881\nXerox 361,775\nDiapositives\u2014\nRequisitions 240\nNumber 3,264\nTotal requisitions 46,298\nLetters inward 13,012\n SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH\nTable 30\u2014Summary of Copy Work by Departments\nY 75\nDepartment\nWhite Prints\nPhotographic\nRequisitions\nPrints\nRequisitions\nPrints\n74\n129\n12\n54\n33\n2,464\n972\n4,289\n2,109\n1,542\n1,522\n367\n61\n729\n349\n1,561\n121\n4,590\n15,389\n190\n996\n418\n74,401\n3,554\n40,431\n23,526\n16,786\n14,635\n4,069\n471\n123,653\n7,489\n14,282\n2,614\n1\n6 I 24\nCanada Land Inventory \t\nEducation -\t\n432\n29\n4\n7,271\n296\n174\nHealth\t\n73\n566\n102\n335\n21,577\n621\n841 6,998\n430 | 6,882\n934 | 6,606\nMines \t\n346 | 2,846\n117 715\n393 2,920\n787 22,656\n209 9,958\nPublic \t\n4 20\n222 457\n UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS\nY 79\nUNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS\nR. P. Murdoch, Project Manager\nOn December 25, 1972, we experienced a storm which dropped 1 inch of rain\nin a 24-hour period. This heavy rainfall caused surcharging in a section of our\nstorm-sewer system, resulting in flooding of basements. The area most affected\ncentred around Acadia Road, Wycliffe Road, and Chancellor Boulevard. During\nthe year covered in this report, a relief storm sewer was installed in the area most\naffected. In December 1973 we experienced a storm which dropped 1% inches of\nrain in a 24-hour period with no surcharging in our storm-sewer system, nor any\nreports of flooded basements.\nThe erosion of Spanish Banks continues to be a problem. Plans have been\nprepared to correct part of the problem in the area adjacent to Cecil Green Park.\nHowever, during the heavy rainstorm in December 1973, over 8 inches of silt was\ndeposited on Northwest Marine Drive, covering the road surface for over 200 feet\nin the area adjacent to Block 32b.\nA substantial part of our Fire Department's duties involves inhalator and\nrescue work. In the past we used our fire pumper trucks for this type of emergency.\nBecause of the increase in the number of inhalator and rescue calls, it was considered advisable to have a vehicle designed to handle this type of work. Consequently, during the year we purchased and outfitted a vehicle; photos are included\nin this report. This vehicle is also equipped to be used as an ambulance for emergency cases, and is able to transport up to four stretcher cases at a time.\nPhase 1 of the remodelling of the golf course has been completed. This involved the remodelling of nine holes, including the installation of grass tees and a\nfully automatic underground irrigation system. Work was commenced during the\nyear on three of the remaining nine holes. Because of certain administrative difficulties encountered in trying to provide 18 holes of golf on a nine-hole course, it is\nour intention to carry out phase 2 of the remodelling in three steps, and by the use\nof temporary greens maintain 18 holes of golf, effective April 1, 1974.\nThe interest in the future of the University Endowment Lands is reflected in\nthe wide publicity which we continue to receive.\nIt will be noted from the attached tabulations of comparative revenue figures\nfor the past 10 years that our revenue exceeded $1,000,000 for the first time on\nrecord. We are also including a tabulation showing the summary of building permits\nissued during the last three years.\n Y 80 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\n'3\n3\ns:\nOv\nVO\no.\nrt:\n-J\n--\n\u00ab_\ns:\n\u25a0 J\n3\n-_\n5\ni-\no\n6Q\n1\n\"HHl\n5\no\n3\nr-r-*oorH\u00bbTtr-rfin\nVO\nd\nnoowvot^oo'rt'-jrjvn\n>\n^'o.Tt'ad'-OMvdTtr^\nTt\nfN\n(^ \u00a9^ \u00a9^ ** Ov\n\\0\\oMnino\nci\nlO^-JNTfOO \u2014 VOr-^-fO\nf-\nmMMr-imTtvsininu:\nTt\nX\nTt\nca\nH\ntn\n3\nis\n^-\\co^ifncxr*eM3o\nr-\nooo-MX)ni-(fin\u00bb\nvO\nIs\nr-mowirim^r-rfvo\n\u2014 \\\u00a3j\\omom^o\\0'^-<*-\nw \u00a9^ ri m r^ in -n \u00a9^ *-\u00ab * os\nTt\nv. >\n' so d \"t o a\nr-*\nD IN CJ \u2014 ro \u2014 com\n\u00a7\nrJ\nu\nr-i\u00a9 \u2014 ifiwn oOiri't\nr-\noo r> - -co\\\n\u2014\u25a0\" Tt Tt\" Os vO (N Os \u2014\" oT oC\nTt\n\u00a9\"\nn> C\nCNc.r-.Tt e>Ttr*.i\/-.f_f_\nON\n\u25baJ 3\ncn\nCA\nr^i--00Tt>ft\u2014lAhmh\n(N\nTt *-\u00ab so t> r\\ \u00a9 r-t \u00a9 os so\nr;\nfc.\nvd t~> w d o od i-i^-o\\\u2014.\n-n\n\u00a3-\noo m as r\u2014 r->o Tf -^ o, oi\nf.\no^ r^ \u00a9 oo vo m Tt O'-'Tt\nr^\n*^ vo r- Tt* \u00abn \u00a9 r-^ \u00a9~ oC oC oo\"\n\u00a9*\"\nr.HMffnciflM\\oho\nin\nH\n\\\nI\n\u00ab!\niD\n><\nI\nV\n5\nc\nH\n3\nj\nin vc\n!\n9\nC\nn\nrn\nvOVO vO\\\u00a3\nvc\nr- t\u2014 r- t-\no-\n<7>\nO\non a\n9\na\no\no\n9.\n UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS\nY 81\nTable 32\u2014Number and Value of Building Permits Issued for the Calendar Years\n1971, 1972, and 1973\n1971\n1972\n1973\nNumber\nValue\nNumber\nValue\nNumber\nValue\n....\n2i\ni\n4\n2\n$\n2\n26\n1\n2\n2\n8\n$\n3,627,000\n18\n2\n1\n2\n$\n25,000\n89,050\n3,000\n182,000\n2,800\n14,000\n\t\n139,875\n6,150\n105,000\n14,000\n39,700\n\t\n106,480\n44,300\n6,000\n5,000\n7,000\nAlterations to commercial buildings\t\nAlterations and additions to schools\t\nSwimming-pools\t\n36\n315,850\n41\n3,931,725\n24\n168,780\n PERSONNEL OFFICE\nY 85\nPERSONNEL SERVICES\nR. C. Webber, Senior Personnel Officer\nThis Division provides personnel services for the Water Resources Service and\nthe Secretariat to the Environment and Land Use Committee, as well as the Lands\nService. Activity in 1973 again continued at a high level. The following table summarizes the principal activities of Personnel Services during 1973, and a comparison\nof the previous three years.\n1970\n1971\n1972\n1973\n34\n41\n7\n6\n4\n5\n36\n4\n38\n62\n65\n28\n8\n12\n6\n29\n4\n45\n44\n54\n16\n10\n13\n4\n31\n3\n68\n65\n54\n25\n10\n18\n24\n38\n6\n59\nRECRUITMENT\nStaff recruitment reached an all-time high in 1973 with a 25-per-cent increase\nin recruitment of continuous staff, although this was offset somewhat by a decrease\nin temporary appointments.\nRecruitment of Land Surveyors, Land Officers, and Map Draughtsmen continues to be difficult, with an almost complete absence of experienced applicants.\nESTABLISHMENT\nIncreases in establishment totalled 72 new positions.\nThe establishment of the Personnel Office was increased by two positions in\n1973. An Assistant Personnel Officer and a Clerk-Typist commenced work in\nJune to help handle the heavy work load.\nOther increases in the Lands Service establishment are listed below:\nUniversity Endowment Lands\u201410 Fire-fighters.\nLand Inspection Division \u2014 one Land Officer 5 and one Clerk-\nStenographer.\nMap Production Division\u2014four positions (two Draughtsmen, one Photo\/\nGraphic technician and one Clerk), eight Photo\/Graphic technician\npositions transferred from Departments of Highways and Public\nWorks.\nSpecial Services Division, Lands Branch (newly established)\u2014four positions (Biologist, Engineer, Planner, and one Clerk-Stenographer).\nLand Administration Division\u2014one Clerk.\nLate in the year, 41 new positions were approved, mainly Land Officers for the\nLand Inspection Division, clerical staff for the Land Administration Division, and\nprofessional staff for the Special Services Division.\nStaff establishment as of December 31, 1973, included the following permanent\nand temporary positions: professional, 63; technical, 177; clerical, 115; operational\nservices, 57; totalling 412 (including 13 vacancies). Temporary employees on staff\nnumbered 22, and new positions approved at December 21, 1973, numbered 41,\nfor a grand total of 475.\n Y 86 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES\nPRINCIPAL PROMOTIONS, APPOINTMENTS, AND TRANSFERS\nDURING 1973\nPromotions within the Lands Service in 1973 were up over the previous year.\nMost significant, however, was the number of employees who transferred or were\npromoted from other departments, which was only in part due to the eight Photo\/\nGraphic Technicians who transferred into the Department.\nJ. P. Secter appointed Biologist, Special Services Division.\nB. A. Lambert promoted to Engineer, Special Services Division.\nR. M. Renaud appointed Assistant Personnel Officer.\nK. P. Ohlemann, promoted to Planning Officer, Special Services Division.\nD. W. Berry promoted to Land Officer i\/c Prince Rupert.\nD. E. Jaffray promoted to Land Officer i\/c Prince George.\nJ. A. Esler promoted to Regional Land Inspector, Victoria.\nH. K. Boas promoted to Regional Land Inspector, Prince George.\nD. E. Goodwin promoted to Chief, Land Administration Division.\nS. P. Vanderjagt promoted to Technician 2, Legal Surveys Division.\nC. S. Buchanan promoted to Fire Captain, University Endowment Lands.\nF. G. Edgell transferred to Land Officer 5, Victoria.\nG. A. Rhoades transferred to Land Officer 5, Land Administration Division.\nR. N. Bose transferred to Land Officer 5 i\/c New Westminster.\nSTAFF TURNOVER\nThe Department-wide turnover rate in 1973 was down from the previous year,\nprimarily as a result of a 52-per-cent decrease in the clerical turnover rate. This\nsignificant drop, unfortunately, was offset by an equally significant increase in turnover for the professional, technical, and operational services categories. Perhaps\nthe April salary increase, which had a more dramatic effect percentage-wise on\nclerical salaries than for the other classification groups, is mainly responsible for\nthe improvement in the clerical turnover rate.\nThe Department continues to have a more favourable turnover rate than the\nPublic Service as a whole.\nTable 34\u2014Turnover Rate, by Classification Category\n1972 1973\nProfessional 8.5 14.9\nTechnical 1.5 5.8\nClerical 24.4 14.2\nOperational services 6.3 17.3\nLands average 12.2 11.0\nGovernment-wide average 16.3 (*)\ni Not available.\nRECLASSIFICATION\nIn 1973 the number of reclassifications remained consistent with the previous\nyear but below the record set in 1971. A major reclassification study of all map\ndraughting positions in the Surveys and Mapping Branch was made in 1973; however, the Department's recommendations were still under review by the Public\n PERSONNEL OFFICE\nY 87\nService Commission at the year-end. The Department was successful in its recommendations concerning the classifications of Air Survey Technicians and Field\nSurvey Technicians, in which more senior levels were established.\nSTAFF TRAINING\nExecutive Development Training Plan\u2014In 1973, D. V. Smith, a Detachment\nChief in the Field Operations Division, and D. Conway, a Clerk in the Land\nAdministration Division, received diplomas in public administration after having\ncompleted the Executive Development Training Plan. Presently taking the course\nare L. G. Smith, a Technician in the Map Production Division (3rd year); L. M.\nWarner, a Land Officer in the Land Inspection Division, Williams Lake (2nd year);\nand H. K. Boas, a Regional Land Inspector in the Land Inspection Division, Prince\nGeorge (1st year).\nCorrespondence Course in Public Administration\u2014In 1973, N. D. Smith, a\nClerk in the Environment and Land Use Committee, completed this one-year\ncourse. Presently enrolled are K. M. Hall, a Land Officer in the Land Inspection\nDivision, Clinton; and G. T. Cooper, a Draughtsman in the Legal Surveys Division.\nDefensive Driving Course\u2014This course is available to all Government employees throughout the Province whose work involves a significant amount of\ndriving. The Accident Prevention Division of the Public Service Commission conducted the course and, in 1973, 19 Lands Service employees successfully completed\nit. This brings the total number of Lands Service employees who have taken the\ncourse, since its inception in 1972, to 32.\nStaff-training assistance\u2014As of June 1973, staff-training funds were made\navailable to all departments through a Staff Development Appropriation. Employees have been urged to submit requests for reimbursement of tuition fees for\ncourses that would assist them in developing their skills and potential. To date, 10\nLands Service employees have been reimbursed for up to 100 per cent of the cost\nof courses that they are taking.\nSICK LEAVE\nThe rate of sick leave continued to drop in 1973, with the Department enjoying\na rate which is significantly below the average within the Public Service.\nTable 35\u2014Sick-leave Rate in Days per Employee\nLands Service \t\n1971\n5.9\n6.2\n1972\n5.3\n6.7\n1973\n4.2\nGovernment-wide average \t\nC1)\n- Not available.\nSAFETY\nThe Lands Service was awarded the Premier's Safety Trophy \"On Target\"\naward for accident frequency of under 5.0 per million man-hours in the preceding\n12 months for departments in the low-hazard category. Employees within the Department should be proud of this accomplishment and encouraged to keep up the\ngood work.\nFIELD TRIP\nIn September 1973 the Personnel Officer visited Land Inspection Division\noffices in Clinton, Williams Lake, Quesnel, Prince George, Fort St. John, Vanderhoof, Burns Lake, Smithers, and Courtenay.\n Y 88 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RECOURCES\nRETIREMENTS\nDuring 1973 the following Lands Service employees retired:\nA. G. Grant, Fire Captain, University Endowment Lands (after 28 years).\nG. W. Barnes, Technician, Field Operations Division (after 37 years).\nMrs. P. L. Enefer, Head Waitress, University Endowment Lands Golf\nCourse (two years with the Department).\nJ. C. Moore, Clerk, Accounting Division (after 31 years).\nJ. W. Bathurst, Fire-fighter, University Endowment Lands (after 28\nyears).\nG. New, Surveyor, Field Operations Division (after 21 years).\n25-YEAR-SERVICE AWARDS\nThe following employees were presented with 25-year-service awards at a\ndinner held in Government House:\nD. G. Alexander, Surveyor, Legal Surveys Division.\nA. R. Best, Instrument-maker, Field Operations Division.\nL. D. Hall, Technician, Map Production Division.\nJ. J. Jones, Clerk, Land Administration Division.\nA. C. Kinnear, Secretary, Environment and Land Use Committee.\nM. B. C. Maclean, Departmental Comptroller.\nR. S. Parsons, Draughtsman, Map Production Division.\nMrs. L. I. Salmond, Clerk-Stenographer, Field Operations Division.\nP. H. Salmond, Draughtsman, Map Production Division.\nR. H. Smith, Map Production Division.\nL. G. Smith, Map Production Division.\nA. G. Sutherland, Technician, Field Operations Division.\nDEATHS\nDuring 1973 two deaths occurred in the Department: C. T. V. (Vic) Morley,\nTechnician, Legal Surveys Division, who served 26 years with the Lands Service;\nand J. K. Player, Mapping Assistant, Map Production Division, after nine years'\nservice.\n F\no\no\n<_\n$\nO\nc\nD\nI\n1\nO\nF\n MAIL AND FILE ROOM\nY 91\nMAIL AND FILE ROOM\nDavid S. Preston\nLetters received in the Department during 1973 amounted to 231,667, compared to 224,440 in 1972, an increase of 7,237 pieces.\nMicrofilming has continued, but due to the volume of work placed with the\nfilming bureau by other departments, progress with our Department material has\nbeen slow. The material now being forwarded for filming has passed the point\nwhere the first filming concluded and should move more rapidly because of less bulk.\nThe number of files (new) recorded during the year does not reflect a true\nexpansion figure. Many files throughout the system have subsections made which\nare not recorded, but are, however, made to support new subject material. These\nsubsections, along with the normal amount of expansion from correspondence, tend\nto overexpand the filing system internally, and is only obvious when shelves become\ntightly packed.\nNew shelving was obtained to replace the old wooden type, this will now make\nit possible to colour code the balance of the \"O\" series files.\nTable 36\u2014Mail and File Room Work Load\nLetters Inward\n1973\n10-year\n1972 Average,\n1964-73\nBranch\u2014\n63,097\n106,127\n41,520\n20,933\n66,926 j 61,969\n97,880 128,209\n38,095 34,638\nSurveys and Mapping\t\n21,539 | 23,194\nTotals\t\n231,677 224,440 | 248,010\nI 1\nLetters Outward (Recorded)\nBranch\u2014\n1\n14,700 15,000\n2.166 1.400\n13,593\n1.874\nTotals\t\n16,866 16,400\n1\n15,467\nMiscellaneous Reports\nDesignation\u2014\n2,870 j\n5,047\n5,022 |\n1,903 j\n7,052\n5,547\n2,463\n8,895\n5,740\n12,939\n1\n14,502\n1\n17,098\nNew Files Created\nDesignation\u2014\n\"O\" files\t\n6,322 | 6,636\n1,628 | 1,246\n605 ] 732\n7,101\n1,520\n1,220\nTotals\t\n8,555 ] 8,614\n9,841\nMicro-film reference, 869.\n Printed by K. 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