"adbf1a2b-19c7-4045-b442-a82b6652e612"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1198198"@en . "Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en . "British Columbia. Legislative Assembly"@en . "2017-08-28"@en . "[1959]"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0355417/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nDEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION\nHon. E. C. Westwood, Minister D. B. Turner, Deputy Minister\nREPORT OF THE\nDepartment of Recreation\nand Conservation\ncontaining the reports of the\nFISH AND GAME BRANCH, PROVINCIAL PARKS BRANCH,\nTRAVEL BUREAU, PHOTOGRAPHIC BRANCH, AND\nCOMMERCIAL FISHERIES BRANCH\nYear Ended December 31st\n1958\nPrinted by Don McDiarmid, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty\nin right of the Province of British Columbia.\n1959 Victoria, B.C., February 1st, 1959.\nTo the Honourable Frank Mackenzie Ross, C.M.G, M.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 Department of\nRecreation and Conservation for the year ended December 31st, 1958.\nE. C. WESTWOOD,\nMinister of Recreation and Conservation. Victoria, B.C., February 1st, 1959.\nThe Honourable E. C. Westwood,\nMinister of Recreation and Conservation.\nSir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I have the honour to submit the Annual Report of the Department of Recreation and Conservation for the year ended December 31st, 1958.\nD. B. TURNER,\nDeputy Minister of Recreation and Conservation. CONTENTS\nPage\nIntroduction by the Deputy Minister of Recreation and Conservation 7\nFish and Game Branch 13\nProvincial Parks Branch 29\nBritish Columbia Travel Bureau 43\nPhotographic Branch 53\nCommercial Fisheries Branch 58 M\n>\n0\nJ\n\u00C2\u00AB\nJ\n-C\no\n0*\nz\no\nH\n<\n>\ns\no~\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A20\nz\n5\n0\n_\nu\nu\nP\n1\nCQ\ns\nI\nH\n1\ni\nl\n1\nCJ)\na\no\n>\n1\no\nH\n5\n_\nis\nC-\n<\n0.\nu\nQ\no\n\u00C2\u00ABJ\n*.\n<_\nQ\n<\nPi\nn\nJ\nE\n<\nU\ng\ns\n>\no\n2\nOS\nd.\n0\ni\n0.\n0\nu\n2\n\">\nu\nX\nCu\neg\nCO\nIn\nJ\n.s\n<\na\nu\nw\noi\n14\nCQ\n2\nS\n<\n0\n<\n\u00C2\u00A3\nu\n\nC\nbt\n3\n\"5\na\n0\nti\n0\nO\nk\ncq\n\"\nB\nS\nd\n0}\nZ\nX\nM\n>\nPh\nfrH\n=s\nO\nIS\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2H\ns\nP-\nU\nIS\nc\n<\no\n2\n5\n_D\na\n<\n0\n\"3\n1\n=\n0\nB\nP.\n<\nffl\nVancouver\nKelowna\nNanaimo\nCranbrook\nPrince George\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2d\n0. 0\n0 ti.\ne \u00C2\u00B0\n__* J\n__ \u00C2\u00B0 m m\n\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00A3 E i;\n0\n6\nc\n0\nO\ni\n'>\nu o \u00C2\u00A3 1\nW <\nOh\nEX\n2\ns\nVancouver\nNanaimo\nKamloops\nCranbrook\nWilliams Lake\nPrince George\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 s\n1 . c\n; * S\n; *\ni \u00E2\u0096\u00BA. >\nJ< 3^E\n_s.\nU _l * ?o s\nrt _^\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 m z \u00E2\u0096\u00A0_._; a\no\u00E2\u0080\u009EM\n0 j \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ^ w _\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2aJ o . . 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S\n\u00C2\u00B0 X oi\no o\nnts at D\nRiver,\nat Print\nnie, Cr.\n01 o n)\nU Oh\no _t\n0, >\n__. 3\nhme\nbell\n.nts\nFer\no 2 w\nrt c \u00C2\u00B0\nri 0\ni c-\u00C2\u00AB\n\u00C2\u00AB 'I. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nm fl\n31 4 o\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0goo\n3 3|\nQ\nOh W\ng >\ns \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\non ?!\nn li\njj\np u\nOOJ\nG\nrt a\n3\n5\nB\nQ J\nc\n0.\nc\n6\nCO\n<\nQ\n5k\n6\n4\n>\noi\na\nu\n0\na.\n3\n0\nV\n2\nft\n0\na\ne\na\nc\neo\nB\n1-1 c\n2\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E\"\n\u00C2\u00AB\na.\n0\n>\n0\no\n0\nS\na\n-\n-5\ni\nc\nfi\n>\nZ\nbe.\np.\n>\nc\nc\nB\nC\nc\na\n0\n0\n0\n'\u00C2\u00BB\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n3\na\na\n5\ns\n<\n?\nu\nQ\nw Report of the\nDepartment of Recreation and Conservation, 1958\nD. B. Turner, Deputy Minister and Commissioner of Fisheries\nINTRODUCTION\nThe first full year of operation of the Department of Recreation and Conservation\nwitnessed a number of highlights, not the least of which was the presentation of Portland\nIsland to Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret. The presentation of this Provincial park area was made on behalf of the people of British Columbia by the Honourable\nW. A. C. Bennett, the Premier, and will remain a permanent memento of the Royal visit\nduring British Columbia's Centennial Year.\nAn idea, proposed by this Department and presented to a meeting of Federal and\nProvincial representatives, has resulted in a Federal-Provincial programme for the construction of camp and picnic sites along the Trans-Canada Highway from coast to coast.\nOn completion, the camp-sites will afford the Canadian tourist an opportunity to find\nstandardized camping-sites at 100-mile intervals across the country and picnic-sites at\n50-mile intervals.\nEach branch of this Department made worth-while contributions to the success of\nthe Centennial Year through co-operation with the organizing authorities and by participation in many local events throughout the Province.\nThe acquisition of an administrative department to centralize the activities of all\nbranches was accomplished. These activities had been previously carried out independently. The Department also acquired an Administrative Assistant to co-ordinate public\nrelations activities of the Department. HIGHLIGHTS OF 1958\nAlthough the work of each branch is fully described and reported upon in separate\nsubmissions, here are some of the highlights of 1958.\nFISH AND GAME BRANCH\nGAME MANAGEMENT\nThe year 1958 brought a record increase in game harvests. Deer and moose taken\nwere estimated at 60,000 and 11,000 animals respectively.\nThe wapiti or elk harvest increased from an estimated 1,800 animals in 1957 to\napproximately 3,600 animals in 1958.\nA lengthening of the grouse season in two regions resulted in an 80-per-cent increase\nin harvest.\nAn attempt was begun to re-establish the sage grouse in its old habitat. Fifty-seven\nbirds received from the State of Oregon were released in the Southern Okanagan.\nThe problem of access received attention, with permanent reserves and routes being\nestablished in the Tofino region. This important work will be continued, pressing for the\ncreation of public access and shooting areas in a number of sections of British Columbia.\nThe practice of releasing artificially raised pheasants was discontinued as impractical\nafter five years' extensive research.\nFISHERIES MANAGEMENT\nLake rehabilitation utilizing either rotenone or toxaphene has provided spectacular\nresults. Within one year of restocking with desirable species, usually rainbow or cutthroat trout, lakes that produced less than 1 pound of trout per acre have been known to\nachieve 15 to 20 pounds per acre.\nA total of fifty-seven lakes and pot-holes covering 5,708 acres were treated.\nPREDATOR-CONTROL\nA total of 1,075 aerial baits and 362 ground baits were placed. These baits provided\nan invaluable means of protection for game animals, some rare, against predators. A secondary benefit was for stock-raisers.\nPROVINCIAL PARKS\nFEDERAL-PROVINCIAL AGREEMENT FOR THE ALLEVIATION\nOF UNEMPLOYMENT\nBy sharing funds on a 50-50 basis these Governments allocated a total of $754,000\nto the Parks Branch for works projects. The period covered was from January to May,\n1958. A similar programme commenced in November to continue through the winter.\nMARINE PARKS\nThe first marine park, Sidney Spit, went into operation during June, 1958. Located\n2 miles east of Sidney, the new park has six camp units, a six-table picnic area, and six\nmooring units just offshore. Use has been heavy and reports excellent.\nGIFTS TO CROWN OF LAND FOR PARK PURPOSES\nNecessary legal surveys are being completed for five of these generous donations\nto the public.\n9 Q 10 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nCENTENNIAL YEAR PROJECTS\n1. Historic-site Markers: New tastefully designed markers were erected at forty-\nfour points of historic interest. This marked the beginning of a continuing programme.\n2. \" Garbage gobbler \" trash-disposal units were devised and placed in conjunction\nwith the markers, adding colour to our highways.\nMOUNT SEYMOUR PARK POMA SKI LIFT\nNow under construction by concessionaire, it is expected to relieve present heavy\ncongestion. Planned for completion by January, 1959.\nCAMPER FEE SURVEY\nThis timely subject has been under survey this summer. A report has been placed\nbefore the Honourable the Minister. No decisions have been announced.\nNATURE HOUSE\nThe success of the Manning Park Nature House prompted the construction of a\nsimilar unit at Miracle Beach. Public reaction was excellent. Total visitor count was\nover 18,000 persons this summer.\nTRAVEL BUREAU\nAn estimated increase of $3,000,000 in Provincial revenue was derived from the\nvisitor industry. Special Western Canadian productions and Centennial publicity are\ncredited with pushing this revenue estimate from $103,000,000 to $106,000,000 for\n1958.\nNEW MOBILE INFORMATION CENTRE ESTABLISHED\nA specially fitted trailer, equipped with reference material and literature and manned by a husband-wife team of travel counsellors, was stationed during the summer\nmonths at Yahk and Cranbrook in the Kootenays. It directed some 5,000 cars carrying\nmore than 15,000 visitors who travelled an estimated 2,866,500 miles in British Columbia.\nINCREASE IN REGISTERED TOURIST ACCOMMODATIONS\nA figure of 2,029 tourist establishments registered with the British Columbia Travel\nBureau in 1957 rose to 2,131 in 1958 with completion of new hotels, resorts, auto courts,\nprivate camp-grounds, lodges, and dude ranches. Total estimated investment in tourist\naccommodations is now more than $190,000,000.\nSTAR RATING SHOWS STANDARD OF ACCOMMODATION\nRAISED IN 1958\nAn increase in the number of four-star units from 24 per cent last year to 26 per\ncent was noted.\nDepartment-sponsored tourist service clinics promoted industry improvement in\ntwelve British Columbia tourist centres.\nAn expanded British Columbia Tourist Council meeting attracted a cross-section of\nthe visitor industry.\nCo-operation of British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon in joint promotions was\nextended by new agreements.\nGroundwork was laid for additional joint advertising and publicity linking the three\nmajor areas of the Pacific Northwest. DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION\nQ H\nPHOTOGRAPHIC BRANCH\nCentennial Year, with its many outstanding events, provided many unusual opportunities for the Photographic Branch. All noteworthy functions were covered by members of the staff.\nThe visit of Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret to this Province was completely recorded by both \" motion \" and \" still \" cameras.\nThe Branch contributed pictures to the Portland Island presentation volume.\nOther interesting events were a complete record of the Barkerville restoration,\nthe inaugural trip on the Pacific Great Eastern Railway to Prince George and Fort St.\nJohn, and the visit of the Governor-General later in the year.\nThe great \" Salute to the Sockeye \" festival, held at the end of the Adams River\nrun, provided another colourful event.\nLess glamorous but equally important were records of prison life at the Haney\nCamp and at Oakalla and a picture record of the youth crew project.\nFive major motion pictures were completed and released. One of them, \" Tight\nLines,\" was taken on Prime Minister Diefenbaker's world tour.\nThe Branch also received six awards for merit from salons and festivals.\nCOMMERCIAL FISHERIES\nThe outstanding event of the year was undoubtedly the return of the Adams River\nsockeye run.\nIt is incredible that the 1958 return sprang from the artificial planting of eggs by the\nInternational Pacific Salmon Commission in 1950 and 1954. The rehabilitation of the\nAdams River run inspired the \" Salute to the Sockeye \" celebration. The Department\nwas well represented at all levels of planning for the event and in the main exhibition. FISH and\nGAME\nBRANCH '*v??W-^S'i:;.,^s>ij'J^-*ii,.v.s\nLiberating fry from travel truck.\nMM: :^.; \u00E2\u0096\u00A0' . ' _..\nThe salmon are running. DEPARTMENT of recreation AND CONSERVATION Q 15\nFISH AND GAME BRANCH\nFrank R. Butler, Director\nWith the present increase in hunting and fishing pressure, administrative and management problems take a very definite upswing in importance. Greater attention is required in order that our wildlife populations are kept intact and in a good healthy\ncondition.\nThe Branch is doing its utmost to keep abreast of this increased pressure. It is\ngratifying that the Branch is keeping ahead of the problem.\nGAME AND FISHING REGULATIONS\nEach year careful attention and frequent study are given to the setting of open seasons for hunting and fishing so that such seasons will satisfactorily take care of the proper\nannual and regulated cropping of fish and game and at the same time furnish positive\nproof that by such controlled cropping there is neither interference with nor harm done to\nwildlife populations.\nThe Branch has endeavoured to simplify sport-fishing regulations. As a result, a\npoint has now been reached where frequent consideration is being given to the need for\nbringing into effect local or district restrictions. These restrictions become necessary and\nimportant through advanced management work.\nConsiderable time is spent each year in setting open seasons for the hunting of game\nand the trapping of fur-bearing animals. The seasons are set after considering every\nphase of continuous studies in the field and studying recommendations received from\nGame Wardens, game associations, farmers, and others.\nWILDLIFE PROBLEMS\nAs previously mentioned, the Branch still faces increasing problems in game-management work such as: \u00E2\u0080\u0094\n(a) Public access to hunting and fishing areas.\n(b) The pollution of lakes and streams and investigating obstructions and\ntheir effect on fish.\n(c) Studying game ranges and endeavouring to keep them intact.\n(d) Water licences and investigating each application in order to prevent any\nharm coming to sport fish.\n(\nz o\nrn\nf 2\nm\nC z\n\u00C2\u00B0 H\nz\nw\nm o\n\t\n3> -;\n>o\n< <\nw\n$\n2\nm\nCo\no\nI\no\ncn\nO\nO)\nO\n^1\no\nCD\nO\nto\nO\nO\nO\nro\no\nm\nr\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n>\n=.\n*\n____..\nm\nZJ\nQJ\nIT.\nXI\no\nm\nT\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094^\n>\no\nCD\no\ncu\nr\n-1\nH\nCO\nCD\n>\nH\n\"n \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nr O NUMBER OF LICENCES\nIN THOUSANDS\nH\n73\nm\nz\no\nz\n>\nz\nz\nc\n>\nr\n\u00C2\u00B0 r\nn o\nm -ri\nw 3\nrn\n\no\nm\nz\nH\nT]\n3D\nm\n>\n\u00C2\u00AB_:\n\n:\n-\n-\n\\nNUMBER OF ANIMALS HARVESTED\nIN THOUSANDS\nro\nH\n<0\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0<\n33\nm\nu>\nm\n(0\nz\nD\nl\)\nO\nZ\nm\nz\n-H\n>\nZ\nU\nz\nC0\nc.\n*.\n7\n>\n0\n1\nOi\nz\n1\nI\n>\n-1\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0M\n_B\ntn\nin\n<\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n0>\nCO\nm\nn\n(/>\nrn\nH\n-J\nz\nO\n-.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0n\nOi\nI\n0.\nCB\n(_\nz\nH\nO\nID\nm\n>\n^J\n;__\n01\nc\n> <\n} 0\n- c\n\u00C2\u00BB <\n> e\n_ 1\n> <\n> 1\n3\n0) m TOTAL PRODUCTION\n1,000 OF POUNDS\nTOTAL COST\n1,000 OF DOLLARS\nX\no\n- I\n\no\n01\nP\n5\n\u00C2\u00A3\nA\n\\nOi\n/\n/\n/\n/\n/\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n1 \\n\\n\\n01\nto\n(A\n-o\nm\nz\nH\nz Z\nI\nm\no\n-n\n2\nI\nO\n71\nm\nto\nTO\nm to\no\nm\nto\nCOST PER POUND\nDOLLARS\nNUMBER OF HUNTER DAYS\nIN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS\n^^^^;\n^\"~\"-~\n/\n/\n\t\n/\n\\n\ PROVINCIAL\nPARKS\nBRANCH The formal opening of Shuswap Lake Park by the Honourable E. C. Westwood, shown with\n(left to right) Mr. J. A. Reid, M.L.A., Honourable H. L. Shantz, and Dr. D. B. Turner.\nNew \" point of interest \" sign and \" garbage gobbler.\" DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION Q 31\nPROVINCIAL PARKS BRANCH\nH. G. McWilliams, Director\nThe impact of Centennial Year was reflected in all phases of Provincial park activity.\nSpecial efforts were made to meet Centennial commitments and projects. Many of these\nplans were undertaken co-operatively with other branches of the Government and industrial organizations. A greater volume of tourist traffic brought substantial increases in\npark visitors. Camp-site use rose by 50 per cent and total park visits by 12 per cent.\nAttendance at Provincial parks reached a new peak of 2,350,000 visits.\nThe park system also continued to grow physically in area and in numbers.\n1957\t\n1958\t\nParks\nAcreage\n116\n8,416,657\n129\n8,418,780\nAnother reflection of increasing public interest is shown in the number of offers,\nmade to the Crown, of gifts of land for Provincial park purposes. Some of these gifts\nhave already been accepted and the necessary legal surveys are in process of completion.\nAlso of major importance was the Federal-Provincial Agreement for the alleviation of unemployment through works projects.\nBy sharing funds on a 50-50 basis, these governments allocated the sum of $754,-\n000 to the Parks Branch for development work performed between January and May.\nA similar programme started in November and will continue through the winter of\n1958/59.\nThe Youth Crew Training Programme has been placed under the full control of\nthe Parks Branch. A total of 120 boys were placed in ten crews and were employed in\nseven separate localities during the summer holidays.\nThe opening of the first marine park at Sidney heralded the start of a new and\nmost important development trend for the Branch.\nRECONNAISSANCE AND INVENTORY\nThe 1957 inventory of suitable marine park-sites resulted, this year, in two valuable acquisitions at Portland Island and Montague Harbour. A 208-acre reserve was\nestablished on DArcy Island and progress made toward the acquisition of 68 acres on\nKeats Island.\nNegotiations were undertaken for the donation of beach areas at Bamberton Beach\nand Lakelse Lake.\nA generous donation of 5 acres made possible the establishment of a Class \" C \"\npark on the Koksilah River. Purchase of land added 5 acres to Okanagan Falls Park\nand established 100 acres for the proposed Mount Fernie Park. Appraisals were made\nat Pilot Bay, Kootenay Lake, with a view toward an equitable exchange of property.\nA reserve was established at Elko Lake for a proposed Class \" C \" park.\nNumerous recommendations to acquire land for park purposes were investigated,\nwhich resulted in 141 areas involving 12,871 acres of land and 1,962 acres of foreshore\nbeing reserved.\nThe year saw five new Class \"A\" parks established, five increased in area, and two\ndecreased in size; seven new Class \" C \" parks were established and one reduced in area.\nSilver Star Park was reclassified as a Class \" C \" park. The total area in Class \"A\"\nparks increased by 1,982 acres and in Class \"C\" parks by 142 acres. An inventory\nwas made of a portion of Strathcona Park and adjacent lands. Q 32 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPLANNING\nThe Planning Section was concerned primarily with two main projects. These were\nthe continuation of studies and field surveys as a prerequisite to the preparation of an\nover-all development plan for Garibaldi Park and the selection, mapping, and planning\nof park-sites adjacent to the Trans-Canada Highway as part of the Canada-wide scheme\nfor a system of roadside camp and picnic sites.\nTwo planning survey crews operated out of Victoria as part of the programme for\ncontinued expansion of park facilities across the Province. These crews carried out\nmapping and planning in fourteen different parks.\nA study was made of five marine park-sites, and field mapping was carried out in\npreparation for early development in 1959. A development plan for the first marine park\nat Sidney Spit was completed in early summer.\nThe main projects of the landscape planners included completion of a plan for the\nheadquarters area of Manning Park and the preparation of a large-scale programme of\ncover restoration in a number of parks through use of the new Parks Branch hydro-seeder.\nRESEARCH\nThe Research Section undertook a more varied programme than in previous years.\nIn addition to such continuing projects as visitor studies, use of facilities, and wear to\nvegetation cover, several new ventures were added.\nOkanagan Lake, Okanagan Falls, and Englishman River Falls Provincial parks provided areas for visitor studies. The use of facilities at Miracle Beach, Cultus Lake, and\nOkanagan Lake Provincial parks was studied. All regional supervisors and park supervisors received a revised set of instructions for collecting park attendance data. More\naccurate attendance counts have been made possible.\nNew studies completed this year include a camper fee survey, which evaluated the\nproblem of charging for camp-sites in Provincial parks; sample counts of border crossing\ntraffic at Douglas and Osoyoos for the Travel Bureau; and a joint investigation with the\nPlanning Section of ski areas in the Pacific Northwest.\nThe Branch library became the responsibility of Research at the start of the year.\nA paper was presented to the Eleventh British Columbia Natural Resources Conference.\nA survey of ski-ing and a sample count of pleasure-boats were completed in connection with a private research organization.\nArrangements were made for a very successful meeting of Recreation Sub-committee,\nColumbia Basin Inter Agency Committee, in Victoria on May 28th and 29th, 1958.\nWILDLIFE\nWildlife research and management in Wells Gray Park concentrated mainly upon\nmoose, caribou, marten, and trout. The Lightning Lakes trout study continued in Manning Park. Technical papers were produced on moose diseases, moose reproduction,\ncaribou distribution, and caribou migrations.\nThe park interpretation programme was enlarged. It attracted over 18,000 people\nto two nature houses\u00E2\u0080\u0094one at Manning Park and a new one at Miracle Beach. Public\nreaction has been enthusiastic toward these museums, which serve as introductions to the\nnatural features of parks. Associated services, such as nature trails, informal illustrated\ntalks, conducted hikes for large groups, and the placing of outdoor signs at park features\nof outstanding interest, have shown successes equal to those of nature houses.\nHISTORIC SITES\nAs part of the Province's Centennial celebrations, thirty-eight large \" stop of interest \" plaques were erected. Approach and feature marking signs, together with \" garbage\ngobbler \" units, added to the appeal and usefulness of these selected view points. DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION Q 33\nThe programme for the restoration of Barkerville was a Centennial project administered by the Parks Branch. Good progress was made in the acquisition of important\nprivate properties. Facilities for the public were provided through a camp and picnic\nground, the preparation of exhibit buildings, and an extensive sign system.\nThe collection of a large amount of historic material relating to Barkerville will be\nof great future importance.\nENGINEERING\nThe Engineering Section undertook the preparation of designs and specifications for\na variety of works located in thirteen parks. These included picnic shelters, toilet and\nchange buildings, bridges, water systems, and road locations. Major undertakings were\nthe awarding of contracts for a concrete dam and related works at Mount Seymour and\ntoilet and change houses in Shuswap Lake and Wasa Lake Parks.\nSummary of Projects\nChampion Lakes Park:\nPicnic shelter (designed).\nPrimer spraying of roads and parking-lots (completed).\nToilet and change house (constructed).\nWater system (surveyed and designed).\nCult us Lake Park:\nSwimming-piers (two designed).\nPicnic shelter (designed).\nToilet and change building (designed).\nEnglishman River Falls Park:\nPicnic shelter (designed).\nToilet building (designed).\nGaribaldi Park (South):\nPicnic shelter (designed).\nRain shelter (being designed).\nToilet and change building (designed).\nGoldstream Park:\nDouble Warren bridge (plans prepared).\nIvy Green Park:\nPicnic shelter (designed).\nWater system (designs for filter cleaning).\nLittle Qualicum Falls Park:\nTopographic mapping of 320 acres completed.\nBoundaries of park re-established.\nManning Park:\nCombined service-station and store (constructed).\nMount Seymour Park:\nConcrete dam and related works (under construction).\nHeight of land traversed and surveyed for boundary revisions.\nNew concession building (preliminary design studies made).\nPower-line right-of-way traversed for proposed extension. Q 34 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nSewer and sewage-treatment plant (nearing completion).\nTopographic mapping of 235 acres completed.\nWater system: Pipe-line right-of-way regraded; system retraversed and referenced.\nOkanagan Lake Park:\nPicnic shelter (designed).\nPaul Lake Park:\nTopographic mapping of 120 acres completed.\nRoad location (3.25 miles completed).\nShuswap Lake Park:\nPicnic shelter (designed).\nToilet and change house (constructed).\nWorkshop (constructed).\nWasa Lake Park:\nToilet and change house (constructed).\nWater system (surveyed and designed).\nPortable Change-house:\nDesigning of a portable change-house now under way.\nOPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE\nAn increase and acceleration of capital development in the parks resulted from the\nimplementation of the Federal-Provincial Agreement during the period of January 1 st to\nMay 31st, 1958. A similar but larger plan functioned from early November through the\nwinter of 1958/59. The programme which was introduced for the primary purpose of\nalleviating unemployment has produced tangible results in the form of greatly expanded\npark facilities; for example, Cultus Lake Park developments increased by 85 per cent.\nThe continued expansion of construction and development has led, in turn, to new\napproaches to park works. The chief of these has been a greater emphasis on winter\ndevelopments in \" high use\" areas, thus avoiding conflict with actual summer recreational use.\nMaintenance standards have been raised and consolidated. A major effort has been\nto raise developments standards in older areas by carrying out extensive reconstruction.\nThe plan for dividing the Province into geographic regions by grouping seasonal areas\naround a central permanent administrative establishment was continued. First stages in\nthis evolutionary process were achieved at Manning and Shuswap Lake regions. Initial\nplans were made for the establishment of Cariboo and Wasa regions.\nGreater emphasis was placed on work programming. An attempt is being made to\nreduce the part-time aspects of park employment by balancing summer public service\nagainst winter work projects.\nAn adverse factor in an otherwise excellent summer was the high degree of fire-\nhazard. Park crews fought forty fires in park and adjacent lands. The worst fires\noccurred in Wells Gray and Strathcona Parks, with losses of 4,800 and 6,000 acres\nrespectively. Close attention to fire equipment, instructions, and control methods\nassisted in keeping a low damage ratio in parks. It is worthy of note that no fire damage occurred in developed camp-sites, and that only one of these areas had to be closed\nduring the period of fire-hazard as a precautionary move. DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION Q 35\nLangford Workshop\nTotal production from the workshop for projects is as follows: 980 tables, 569\niron fireplaces, 963 signs, 25 \" garbage gobbler \" units, 250 toilet assemblies, 34 incinerators, and 31 Centennial plaques. In addition, the workshop produced the first\nmarine-park buoys and anchors and various miscellaneous items.\nYOUTH CREWS\nTen crews of twelve boys each were fully employed during the summer. The crews\nwere located as follows: Mount Robson, 1; Champion Lakes, 3; Manning Park, 3;\nLac la Hache, 2; and Jimsmith Lake, 1.\nCrews undertook such projects as trail and camp-site construction and general park\nmaintenance. A limited educational programme was instituted and group recreation\nundertaken.\nSUMMARY OF PROJECTS BY PARKS, 1958\nVancouver Island Region\nElk Falls:\nBank stabilization programme (utilizing hydro-seeding technique).\nIrrigation system.\nMiracle Beach:\nReconstruction of 100 camp units.\nTwenty-two camp units added.\nPilot-model quarters established for park interpretation centre.\nLittle Qualicum River Falls:\nForty-three-unit lower camp-site completed plus extension to water service.\nEnglishman River:\nThirty-table picnic-site, two parking-lots, service area, 1,600 feet of road, and extension to water system.\nGoldstream:\nCamp-site right-of-way clearing begun.\nSix-unit temporary picnic-site established.\nSidney Island:\nEstablishment of a six-unit picnic area complementing a six-unit camp-site, which\nmarked the first development among the newly created marine parks.\nLower Mainland\nPeace Arch:\nService yard recurbed and paved.\nPreliminary work begun on establishing a Branch nursery.\nRoof of Peace Arch water-proofed.\nMount Seymour:\nSafety standards raised by adding centre line to 8-mile highway.\nPoma lift now under construction by private group under special agreement; will\nreduce congestion.\nForty-kilowatt diesel-electric plant added for concession operation.\nLodge entrance relocated.\nTen-acre extension of ski slopes. Q 36 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nTrails improved.\nAerial spraying for black-flies.\nRoad improvements made, such as right-of-way clean-up, patching culvert modification, gravel addition, and oiling.\nBottom towers rebuilt for Twin Hills ski tow.\nStorage dam for domestic water under contract.\nSewage-disposal plant contract continuing.\nGaribaldi:\nBlack Tusk:\nTrail improvements.\nWater system for administration cabin.\nBoat-house constructed.\nBase camp established by helicopter lift for planning survey party.\nDiamond Head:\nImprovements to jeep-road.\nImprovements to chalet, of which the main items were replacement of water-\nsystem intake and sheathing of sod roof.\nAlouette Lake:\nTwo and one-half miles of access highway completed in 1958 (Mile 1 to Mile\n5, 100 per cent complete; Mile 5 to Mile 7.4, 25 per cent complete; Mile\n7.4 to Mile 8.0, 10 per cent complete).\nPicnic area access road, Parking-lot No. 1, table units, and beach area completed.\nTwenty-five per cent of 218-unit camp-site finished.\nService area established, including construction camp and water system.\nCultus Lake:\nOne hundred and eighteen camp-sites added by the entrance bay and Clear Creek\ndevelopments.\nOne hundred and fifteen picnic units\u00E2\u0080\u0094construction carried out at entrance bay\nalong with extensive parking-lots and beach development.\nFifty-nine old camp-sites renovated in Delta Grove.\nGrass cover of earthwork slopes established by hydro-seeder.\nSpring-water site reconstructed.\nMaple Bay water system established.\nManning Region\nPinewoods Area:\nNew ski area prepared.\nNew motel area landscaped.\nPermanent water system extended to chalet motels.\nFamily cabins refurnished and converted to Propane.\nRenovation of gas-station interior begun.\nImprovements made to concession laundry.\nOne hundred kilowatt diesel-electric plant added to bring power-house capacity to\n240 kilowatts.\nPark interpretation centre re-established.\nBlackwall Road:\nMile 0 to Mile 5, subgrade 100 per cent complete.\nMile 5 to Mile 9.5, subgrade 40 per cent complete. DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION\nQ 37\nSkagit:\nCamp-site 80 per cent reconstructed.\nColdspring:\nRenovated and ten new camp-sites added.\nMule Deer:\nReconstruction of camp-site begun.\nHampton Creek:\nEighty-one-unit camp-site constructed and temporary water system added.\nRoadside Areas:\nThree picnic areas established for a total of twelve tables.\nBromley:\nReconstructed and enlarged to a twenty-nine-unit total (seventeen camp, twelve\npicnic).\nStemwinder:\nReconstructed and enlarged to a total of twenty-three camp-sites.\n__., T . Okanagan Region\nOkanagan Lake:\nOne thousand two hundred feet of underground power-line laid to serve picnic area.\nCamp-site beach area cleared, sanded, and protected by rock breakwaters.\nFour toilet-building areas landscaped.\nResidence area landscaped.\nEarthwork slopes extensively planted with grass by hydro-seeder.\nCamp-site pumping capacity doubled.\nOkanagan Falls:\nDomestic- and irrigation-water system established to serve new thirteen-unit campsite.\nLandscaping, including topsoiling and tree-planting.\nPenticton Cut-offs:\nIrrigation systems established in each of the three picnic areas\u00E2\u0080\u0094Soorimpt, Kick-\nininee, and Pyramid.\nKelowna:\nCamp-site enlarged from six to nine units, water system installed, and area landscaped.\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E. r , Shuswap Region\nShuswap Lake:\nToilet and change house and park workshop completed by contracts.\nEighty per cent of 25,000-foot water system with 16,000-gallon elevated storage\ncompleted.\nWork continued toward ultimate completion of 228 camp-sites; picnic area\ncompleted.\nTen thousand tons of crushed gravel hauled and stock-piled for road-surfacing.\nPark officially opened August 19th by Honourable Earle C. Westwood.\nStructures erected for \" Salute to the Sockeye \" celebration.\nMara Park:\nMotel removed by contract and initial use as picnic area begun. Q 38 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nCariboo Region\nLac la Hache:\nTwenty camp-site addition, to bring total to fifty-four.\nRenovation of picnic and beach area.\nHand-pump added to well drilled in 1957.\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E , Kokanee Region\nRosebery:\nDevelopment of eight picnic units and nineteen camp-sites.\nChampion Lakes:\nFoot-trail established around Third Lake.\nNinety-unit camp-site completed.\nClean-up and lake-shore and beach sanding.\nBituminous treatment to 7-mile park-entrance road.\nToilet and change house completed by contract.\nKing George VI:\nThirty per cent completed (twelve camp, thirty-six picnic).\nWasa Region\nMount Fernie:\nThree-quarter-mile access road to camp-site and picnic-site 30 per cent completed.\nForty-five-unit camp-site and 10-unit picnic-site 25 per cent complete.\nJimsmith Lake:\nTwenty-seven-unit camp-site 40 per cent completed.\nMorrissey:\nRenovation of nine-unit picnic area.\nWasa Lake:\nToilet and change house completed by contract.\nEast Central Interior\nWells Gray Park:\nSix miles of right-of-way clearing on Clearwater Lake Road by prison-labour group.\nTwo and one-quarter mile trail completed to top of Green Mountain. Wing fences\ntotalling 1 mile built for moose-corral.\nResidence landscaping and water-system revision begun.\nFive miles of jeep-road built by Power Commission to its proposed dams.\nMount Robson:\nLucerne camp-site increased by three units; the remaining twenty-six reconditioned.\nThe major part of water and electrical systems was installed to serve Yellowhead\nLodge.\nComplete renovation of twenty-one-unit Mount Robson camp-site by youth crew\nplus improvements to Kinney Lake Trail.\nMajor improvements made to Berg Lake Trail.\nResidence foundation repaired, interior renovated, and 3-kw. light plant installed.\nPrince George and Prince Rupert Area\nBear Lake:\nGeneral renovation to picnic area and camp-site, service area developed, and garage-\nstorage building constructed. DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION\nCinema:\nFacilities renovated.\nMcClure Lake:\nInitial work was undertaken on expansion of facilities.\nQ 39\nPUBLIC RELATIONS\nAn increase in staff enabled the Public Relations Section to undertake a larger and\nmore ambitious programme and increased work output and acceptance of new projects.\nThe production of picture-maps for placement in developed parks is continuing. A series\nof new single-sheet park pamphlets has materially assisted the Section's public information service.\nThe unit has also co-operated with other public relations groups on special enterprises, chiefly of a Centennial Year character. Most notable of these was the \" Salute to\nthe Sockeye \" celebration. The Section also planned and administered the formal opening\nof Shuswap Lake Park. The normal function of interpreting the Parks Branch to the\npublic continued through the media of press and radio releases, exhibits, correspondence,\nspeeches, panels, conferences, and interviews. VISITS\nIN THOUSANDS\nB \u00C2\u00BB It )f . Jl H .\u00C2\u00BB f .\" > >\ns *> t 2 2 S N * \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \"SK\n5 z\nzr\nQ >\nI?\nm\n*o\noooooooooc\n>\n. s <\n5 C\n>ooooooo\n\\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n___\ni\u00C2\u00A3>\n\\no\n1.\nG>\n\\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0^\nOi\nO)\n-4\nCo\n!\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094\niO\nO\nNUMBER OF CAMPER DAYS\nIN THOUSANDS\nO\n>\nZ\n~o\nm\n73\nD\n5\nz\no\nF\nH\nm\n0)\n<0\no o <\n\u00C2\u00BB (\n3 <\no <\n3 (\n3\n3\nK\nO\nN :\no <\n3\n-\nn\n0\n3\nOi\nro\n-a -\n1\nc ;\nOi\n\ \\n\ \\n\ N\n\\n\\ni\ni\ni\n5\nOi\n\\n\\n\\n\\n_\nOi\nOi\n1\n1\ni h>\n1 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n1\n\r\nOi\n0>\nsD\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nOi\n5\n\\n\\n\\n\\nCD\nc\n<\nI t\n_ c\nI \\n5 <\n3 C\n> <\ni\n3\n>\n1\n<\n<\n0\n3\n3\nNUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL CAMP UNITS TRAVEL\nBUREAU Exterior view of the Travel Bureau new mobile centre.\nTravel Directors of the four Western Provinces in attendance at a Western Tourist Conference in Regina. At this meeting the star-rating formula was formally adopted by the four\nWestern Provinces. Left to right: E. Evans, British Columbia; H. Dryden, Saskatchewan;\nW. E. Organ, Manitoba; and D. Campbell, Alberta. DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION Q 45\nBRITISH COLUMBIA TRAVEL BUREAU\nErnest Evans, Director\nBritish Columbia's tourist economy showed a slight appreciation in 1958 over 1957;\na 3.1-per-cent gain in border crossings to the end of November, however, did not reflect\nthe benefits anticipated from the Centennial promotions. The normal pattern of tourist\ntraffic to the Province was disturbed by several factors. The whole Canadian tourist trade\nwas affected by poor summer weather east of the Rockies. The publicity attendant upon\nthe ferry strike worked against an increased traffic between Vancouver Island and the\nBritish Columbia Mainland. Another factor was the vastly increased competition with\nwhich British Columbia is faced in the tourist trade. Before World War II there was\ncomparatively little competition. Now seventy-two countries and forty-nine States and\ntwo Territories actively compete for our market. Many of these have stepped up their\npromotions in the last year. This has been especially noticeable in the case of Washington and Oregon. A total of fifty-four countries have 105 tourist offices in the United\nStates.\nThere was every indication that Canadians from other Provinces visited British\nColumbia in larger numbers. Offsetting this, British Columbians travelled less in the Province than in previous years. This was felt particularly in the Okanagan, which relies to a\ngreat extent on Lower Mainland patronage, and also on Vancouver Island and Sunshine\nCoast, which also benefit from domestic trade.\nThe Kootenay area benefited from a larger influx from Alberta and other Prairie\nProvinces. It suffered from a decline in United States traffic as a result of official Automobile Club reports which detailed poor road conditions from Spokane to Lake Louise\nand Banff through Cranbrook.\nThe smaller hotels, auto courts, and resorts report a season very slow in starting.\nFirst-class accommodation in metropolitan areas enjoyed good business, and conditions\nin the accommodation industry generally reflected an average season.\nCentral British Columbia reported that travellers to and from Alaska were showing\nan increasing preference for the Alberta highway. There are no statistics to support this\nstatement.\nTo the end of September, which accounts for 85 per cent of the visitor entries,\n251,451 foreign vehicles had entered on forty-eight-hour Traveller's Vehicle Permits,\ncompared with 242,519 in 1957, and 101,770 had entered without permits for short-term\nvisits, compared with 92,741 in 1957. On this basis it is estimated that 1,350,000 visits\nwere made in 1958 by United States citizens arriving by automobile, and that some\n300.000 arrived by public carrier. It is estimated that 500,000 Canadians from other\nProvinces made recreational trips into British Columbia.\nOn this basis it is estimated that British Columbia's tourist business was worth\n$106,000,000 in 1958, an increase of $3,000,000 over 1957. Final data are not yet\navailable from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.\nPROMOTION\nThe Bureau's activities in travel promotion during 1958 were tied in with and supplementary to the promotions of the Centennial Celebrations Committee. Travel Bureau\nadvertising budget, which was reduced on this account, was expended mainly in the magazine field. The radio, billboard, and poster programmes were a function of the Centennial Celebrations Committee.\nThe Director was a member of the Tourist Promotion Sub-committee of the Centennial Celebrations Committee under the chairmanship of the Deputy Minister of Industrial\nDevelopment, Trade, and Commerce. This Sub-committee served in an advisory capa- 0 46 BRITISH COLUMBIA\ncity in 1956 and early 1957, when its members served on the joint committee on advertising and publicity.\nAll phases of tourist promotion were discussed at committee meetings, and recommendations were made with respect to field contact, posters, billboards, press and radio\nadvertising, and literature of all kinds.\nUpon the final adoption of a programme by the Central Committee, the Tourist\nPromotion Sub-committee held itself in readiness to serve further upon call. Active cooperation was assigned to the Director, Travel Bureau. The Bureau possessed the required promotional machinery and contacts. All advertising sponsored by the Travel\nBureau supported the Centennial theme. A constant stream of publicity material emanated from the Bureau. General Centennial visitor inquiries were directed to it.\nInquiries during 1958 from the magazine and newspaper advertising and other promotions totalled approximately 85,000, compared with 55,000 in 1957. The heavy mail\nstarted on January 8th, when 1,522 inquiries were received, and extended to May 12th.\nAfter this date the daily inquiry pattern approximated that of previous years. This emphasis in the early months of the year was due to the newspaper campaign in British\nColumbia and early promotions in the western States.\nPUBLIC RELATIONS\nThroughout 1958 the Bureau continued to take advantage of all established media\nof free publicity while extending the field of its public relations by co-operation with other\ninterested organizations. Materials were supplied to leading magazines and newspapers\nand to free-lance contributors. In addition, the Bureau presented a series of weekly talks\non a Victoria radio station throughout the spring and summer.\nThe staff public relations officer represented the Province at the Pacific Northwest\nTravel Association exhibit in St. Louis, Missouri, and also accompanied the Victoria\nChamber of Commerce goodwill tour to Barkerville.\nCo-operation with other branches on Departmental projects included preparation of\nthe Department exhibit for the British Columbia Building in Vancouver, an exhibit for\nthe \" Salute to the Sockeye \" at Squilax, and production of the Portland Island presentation book for Princess Margaret.\nBureau public relations staff continued to produce the monthly British Columbia\nGovernment News. The April issue was devoted entirely to the work of the Department\nof Recreation and Conservation. Representatives sat on committees relating to Centennial celebration and Pacific Northwest promotion, and assisted in the reception of special\nvisitors to the Province.\nThe Bureau shared in hosting four travel editors from major United States newspapers who toured Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland under the auspices of the\nPacific Northwest Travel Association. This visit resulted in favourable publicity. It cooperated with other branches and departments to secure outstanding recognition for the\nProvince in many national and international publications.\nTOURIST TRADE REPRESENTATIVE, SAN FRANCISCO\nThe Bureau, in co-operation with the Province of Alberta, retained the services of\na tourist trade representative for the western States, with headquarters in San Francisco.\nHe reported:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\"A decided increase in the interest of American travellers for Western Canada vacations was evident in the eleven western States. This upswing was predominant in the\ngroup seeking automobile routings. On the other hand, travel agents point out that the\nBritish Columbia coastal shipping strikes not only lowered the common-carrier traffic to\nPacific ports, but caused many cancellations in the resort areas of the Canadian Rockies, DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION Q 47\ndue to a large number of their tours combining both boat and rail. The same would\napply to bus and air to some extent.\n\" There would appear to be many automobile travellers who intend to visit British\nColumbia and (or) Alberta, but are unable to make the full tour they originally planned\ndue to their spending longer periods in the recreational areas of adjoining States. This\nmight be attributed to the effectiveness of the State Line information centres operated by\nsome States.\n\"Throughout the year personal contact was made with the many organizations\nproviding travel information service to members or to the public. This type of office is\nincreasing both in number and importance, and attention to them requires much of the\ncontact time. A great deal of co-operation has been received from the newspapers,\nmagazines, and TV. stations, while speeches and film showings form still another feature\nof the promotional activities.\n\"During the year major travel displays were exhibited to an attendance of more\nthan 2,000,000 persons.\n\"A group of California State Automobile Association touring advisers were taken\nthrough British Columbia and Alberta in September. This familiarization tour was to\nup-date key touring personnel on our highway-construction programme and prepare\ninstructional guides for the counter staffs throughout their district offices.\"\nLITERATURE\nThe Travel Bureau standard literature carried the Centennial message. A Centennial historic map was produced and a special edition of \"Alluring British Columbia \" was\nprinted. The run on the calendars of events, as chargeable to the Bureau's budget, was\nover a quarter of a million. Several hundred thousand of these were also produced for\nand distributed by the Centennial Committee. No new folders were issued, but all basic\nfolders were brought up to date as required. Over a million and a half pieces of literature\nwere distributed by the Bureau, in a total of 2,517 shipments.\nTOURIST INFORMATION CENTRES\nThree visitor reception centres were operated by the Bureau during the tourist\nseason. At the permanent White Rock centre, 13,000 cars with a total of 35,954 visitors\nchecked in. These were mainly United States visitors. At the Cache Creek centre, service was given to over 4,000 cars, 57 per cent of which were registered in British\nColumbia. The greater proportion of these visitors were primarily interested in fishing.\nCamping followed as a close second. This centre served a useful purpose in providing a\nreliable source of information pertinent to the Interior. In addition, the Bureau established a mobile information centre first at the junction of Highways No. 3 and No. 95 at\nYahk and later at Cranbrook, where it was placed north of the city centre on Highway No.\n95. In the two and a half months of operation at both locations, the trailer was host to\nsome 5,000 cars carrying over 15,000 passengers. These people planned to stay a total\nof 21,496 days within the Province. They would travel an estimated 2,866,500 miles\nduring the course of their stay. The suggestion of alternate routes through British Columbia and the diversion of south-bound Highway No. 95 traffic from Kingsgate to the\nInterior over Highway No. 3 resulted in an estimated increased mileage totalling 410,400\nor roughly 16 per cent.\nThe trailer staff were instrumental in clarifying and dispelling persistent rumours of\npoor road conditions from the Kootenays to the Coast. They undoubtedly increased\ntraffic via Canadian highways.\nThe staff of the reception centres did an exceptionally good job. Many appreciative\ncomments and not a single complaint on the service were received from visitors. The 0 48 BRITISH COLUMBIA\ncounsellors are well informed with respect to routes and road conditions, and also with\nrespect to camping, fishing conditions, and the amenities of the country generally.\nResident and non-resident fishing and hunting licences were sold at the Douglas\nReception Centre as a convenience to visitors.\n\"TOURIST ACCOMMODATION REGULATION ACT\"\nIn 1958, 2,131 establishments were registered with the Bureau as tourist accommodation, compared with 2,029 in 1957. Ten new camp and trailer parks were recorded,\nand the Bureau received almost daily inquiries with respect to developments in this particular field. It is estimated that the investment in hotels, auto courts, and resorts in\nBritish Columbia is in excess of $190,000,000. There are over 35,000 rental units and\nmore than 75,000 guest beds available to the tourist.\nStar rating of this accommodation continued. There was considerable up-grading\nover the year. Four-star accommodation accounts for 26 per cent, compared with 24\nper cent in 1957. Three-star accommodation dropped from 31 to 30 per cent. The star-\nrating officers were called upon for a great deal of counsel with respect to both operation\nand management of tourist accommodation, and to many operators the service has proved\ninvaluable.\nThe star-rating formula has been uniformly applied over all western Provinces as a\nresult of a meeting of representatives from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and\nManitoba in Regina in January.\nMany operators are new to the tourist business because turnover ownership of\naccommodation is very high, approximately 10 or 12 per cent annually. They require\nmore counsel than is afforded in a general way by the star-rating officers and the Bureau\nstaff. It was therefore considered advisable to continue with the tourist service clinics,\nwh'.ch were first conducted in 1957.\nTOURIST SERVICE CLINICS\nThe Bureau was fortunate this year in being able to secure the voluntary services of\nwell-known authorities. Great contributions were made to this work by Messrs. Bailey\nand Edgcumbe, who represented restaurant interests, and by Mr. Seal, director of the\nAmerican Motor-Hotel Association, president of the Washington State Motor-Hotel\nAssociation, member of the Washington State Advertising Advisory Council of Seattle,\nand by Messrs. R. Dickson and H. Sewell, of the Robert Simpson Contract Division. The\nclinics held well-attended meetings in Vernon, Kelowna, Penticton, Osoyoos, Powell\nRiver, Campbell River, Pender Harbour, Trail, Nelson, Cranbrook, Prince George, and\nDawson Creek in co-operation with local Chambers of Commerce, the Auto Courts and\nResorts Association, British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Restaurant Association,\nand the hotel associations.\nIn addition to being of help and inspiration to the operators of accommodation and\nrestaurants, the clinics were addressed to retail service personnel. Every advantage was\ntaken of opportunities to create a public awareness of the value of the tourist industry.\nThe clinic received the very full support of local press, radio, and television outlets.\nTOURIST COUNCIL\nIt has become increasingly obvious over the past few years, and particularly so in\n1958, that the tourist trends are rapidly changing, and that competition for the visitor\ndollar is becoming keener. New and faster methods of transportation, highway development in the United States, and the opening-up of new countries to travel, all dictate\na reappraisal of British Columbia's tourist facilities, potential, and the merchandising\napproach. The Tourist Council was enlarged for this purpose. It held a meeting at DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION Q 49\nHarrison Hot Springs, October 16th and 17th. The programme was arranged to permit\nfull discussion of the problems confronting the industry and resulted in twenty-eight\nrecommendations being made to the Council. These recommendations will be of great\nvalue in formulating future policy and providing for closer co-ordination between the\nvarious interests. The delegates attended the conference at their own expense. This\nindicates a sincere interest in the tourist industry.\nOne result of the Tourist Council meeting was the holding of regional Council\nmeetings in other areas, notably Nanaimo and Trail. The Bureau was represented.\nEmphasis was placed on the need for a greater recognition of the tourist industry at\nregional and local levels.\nEXHIBITIONS\nIn co-operation with Alberta, British Columbia was represented at Minneapolis\nVacation Show; San Francisco Sport, Travel and Boat Show; Los Angeles Sport Show;\nSan Diego County Fair; and at the California State Fair, Sacramento. Through the\nco-operation of the Canadian Government Travel Bureau, the Provinces were represented\nat agricultural fairs which featured the R.C.M.P. musical ride. The ride attracted large\naudiences in San Francisco, Chicago, and Kansas City, where the field representative was\nable to distribute pertinent literature and answer many hundreds of inquiries. The Bureau\nwas represented at the booth sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Travel Association at\ntravel shows in Kansas City, Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Minneapolis,\nOakland, and Los Angeles.\nLIAISON\nThe British Columbia Travel Bureau was represented at the meeting of the Federal-\nProvincial Tourist Conference in Ottawa and at the Canadian Tourist Association and\nNational Association of Travel Organizations conventions in Quebec. Publicity was\nderived from the presentation of a totem-pole to the City of Quebec and the appearance\nthere and in Toronto of Chief Mungo Martin and his great granddaughter Shirley Hunt.\nOpportunities were provided for the Director to speak at meetings of the Okanagan\nValley Tourist Association, Okanagan-Cariboo Trail Association, Associated Chambers\nof Commerce of Vancouver Island, British Columbia Hotel Association and Hotel Operators and Innkeepers Society, and the British Columbia Auto Courts and Resorts Association. The Bureau was represented at meetings of the Pacific Northwest Travel Association, Vancouver Tourist Association, Victoria and Island Publicity Bureau, Seattle\nChamber of Commerce, and Canadian Restaurant Association, and at many meetings of\nthe regional and district Boards of Trade and of travel bureaux throughout the Province.\nThe Deputy Minister and Director met with representatives of the Washington\nState Department of Commerce and Economic Development and Tourist Information\nDivision of Oregon State Highway Department in the interests of joint Pacific Northwest\npromotions.\nSince the work of the Bureau is closely associated with that of the regional promotional bureaux, acknowledgment should be made here of the splendid work of and the cooperation received from Chambers of Commerce and travel bureaux throughout the\nProvince. Without exception, their promotional activities have been of an extremely high\nstandard and well co-ordinated with those of the Bureau.\nThe Bureau also acknowledges the co-operation of the Department of Economic\nAffairs for Alberta and the Director and staff of the Alberta Travel Bureau. Officers and\nstaff of the Canadian Government Travel Bureau were in contact with the Bureau and\nprovided invaluable assistance and exchanges throughout the year.\nThe director and officers of the Canadian Tourist Association contributed generously. Q 50 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nSETTLEMENT\nSettlement inquiries were somewhat less than in previous years. The majority of the\n200 inquiries received were from the United States and were concerned with land settlement. The assistance of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration and the National\nEmployment Service is acknowledged in this respect, as is the help rendered by the\nDepartments of Lands and Agriculture.\nThe Bureau does not solicit immigration, but all inquiries are attended to promptly\nand the necessary information and references are forwarded without delay.\nHISTORIC SITES\nDuring the year the programme of marking historic sites was conducted by the Centennial Committee in co-operation with the Parks Branch. The Bureau's interest was\nconfined to the making of one standard bronze plaque for the Rutland Centennial Committee\u00E2\u0080\u0094marking Brent's flour-mill, first industry in the Okanagan. PHOTOGRAPHIC\nBRANCH Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret and the Honourable Frank Mackenzie Ross. DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION Q 55\nPHOTOGRAPHIC BRANCH\nR. L. Colby, Chief\nSTILL PHOTOGRAPHY\nComplete still coverage of the Legislature opening in January began a busy year for\nthe Branch. The Budget Speech was covered. The inaugural trip of the Game Department's new launch and the eleventh meeting of British Columbia Natural Resources Conference were photographed. Progress on the Queen's totem was recorded. Assignments\nfrom the Attorney-General's Department took photographers to Haney and Oakalla\ninstitutions.\nPhotographers visited Sidney Spit Marine Park and Portland Island in May. Colour\nshots of Portland Island were included in a Centennial gift booklet that was presented to\nHer Royal Highness the Princess Margaret.\nComprehensive coverage of the Royal tour was the Branch's major assignment in\nJuly. Other projects in the same month included photographs of the opening of Nine-\nmile Canyon Bridge, Squamish Highway, and new Malahat construction. Progress\nphotographs of Rogers Pass sections of the Trans-Canada Highway, Second Narrows\nBridge, and Deas Island Tunnel were taken in July.\nAugust assignments included Parks Branch youth crews, Barkerville restoration programme, and work in the south Kootenays.\nEsquire magazine's travel editor, Richard Josephs, and his photographer, Louis\nRenault, were taken to a Cariboo guest ranch in September. The material gathered will\nappear as an article in Esquire in May, 1959. Motion pictures shot by the Branch during\nthis trip were used on Mr. Josephs' television programme in New York.\nIn September the inaugural trip of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway to Dawson\nCreek and Fort St. John was covered, as well as \" Salute to the Sockeye \" at Shuswap\nLake and Salmon Arm.\nPhotographers carried out an aerial assignment of Vancouver and the Lower Fraser\nValley to replace outdated prints. Coverage of Governor-General Vincent Massey's visit\nto British Columbia in November was also completed.\nAll prints of interest to the British Columbia Centennial Committee have been made\navailable to that organization and to the Provincial Archives.\nMOTION PICTURES\nThe year 1958 turned out to be the busiest yet in motion-picture production. Five\ncompleted films were released\u00E2\u0080\u0094a record for this Branch\u00E2\u0080\u0094as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n(1) \"The Queen's Totem.\" This film, which shows the production of the\ntotem-pole presented to Her Majesty the Queen to commemorate British\nColumbia's Centennial Year, was produced for the British Columbia\nCentennial Committee. The Canadian Government Travel Bureau has\nexpressed a great deal of interest in this film, and it is possible that it w'll\nwant to distribute it widely in the United States.\n(2) \" Deas Island Tunnel.\" This film was produced for the Department of\nHighways and shows why the tunnel was required and the magnitude of\nthe task involved to bring the project to completion. This release is only\nan interim film. It will be followed by a complete release in 1959.\n(3) \" Date with B.C.\" This film, which shows a trip of a visiting family using\nsome Provincial camp-sites, should be released early in December. (The\nfilm is produced for our Department.)\n(4) \" Princess in Wonderland.\" A film which shows the events during the\nvisit of Princess Margaret to British Columbia in the summer of 1958, and Q 56 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nwhich is to be released toward the middle of December, was produced for\nthe Department of the Provincial Secretary.\n(5) \" Tight Lines.\" This film on sports fishing in British Columbia has had\nan enthusiastic reception, particularly by the Canadian Government\nTravel Bureau, who wish to have at least sixty prints in circulation in\n1959.\n(6) The following films are in various stages of production at this time:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n(a) One on the International Trade Fair, produced for the Department of Industrial Development, Trade, and Commerce.\n(b) One on the Island Highway, produced for the Department of\nHighways.\n(c) A historical film on road construction in the Fraser Canyon,\nproduced for the Department of Highways.\n(d) A film on the Soap Box Derby at Mission.\n(e) A film showing the removal of totem-poles from Anthony Island\nin the Queen Charlottes is ready for sounding and release as soon as the\nnecessary funds are made available.\nDARKROOM PRODUCTION\nThe demand for still photographs, which increased sharply during the year, was\nundoubtedly prompted by the Provincial Centennial celebrations. The darkroom processed a total of 6,013 negatives and produced 25,812 prints, of which 3,750 were supplied to writers, newspapers, and magazines.\nAWARDS\nA Branch photograph of Douglas Lake Ranch won the top colour award at the\nannual international salon conducted by the Professional Photographers Association of\nBritish Columbia. A silver medallion was given to a black-and-white print of the same\nsubject, and three honourable mentions were awarded to other prints submitted.\nThe film \" Men, Mountains and the Challenge \" was awarded an \" Oscar \" by the\nCanadian Good Roads Association as being \" the most distinguished contribution to\npublicity for good roads across the nation.\" This film won an award for the best industrial film at the Kelowna Centennial Film Festival against competition from National\nFilm Board, Nova Scotia, and Japan.\nGENERAL\nIn all, 1,302 letters were received and 1,139 sent out in 1958. The total number of\nmotion-picture showings dropped, due to the withdrawal of outdated subjects and worn-\nout prints. The demand for new films remained high. During the year sixty shows were\nput on in the Branch theatre, and twenty-five outside shows were given to service clubs\nand other groups.\nPrivate film showings in Canada totalled 791, with audiences of 50,005. During\nthe first six months of the year there were 922 shows in the United States, with audiences\ntotalling 44,204. There were ten television showings in Canada and twenty-four in the\nUnited States for the first six months.\nFor this Branch, 1958 was an outstanding year, and this was made possible by, first,\na skilled and interested staff and, secondly, by the firm support of many other Government departments, notably the Department of Highways. CENTENNIAL YEAR\nThe Queen's totem-pole goes on display.\nModern prospectors relive the \" Fraser rush.\" FISHERIES\nBRANCH Fish-cannery, Prince Rupert.\nMending dog-fish nets, Queen Charlotte City, Q.C.I. DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION Q 61\nCOMMERCIAL FISHERIES BRANCH\nA. A. Bagattin, Supervisor\nThe marketed value of British Columbia's fisheries for 1958* has not been finalized.\nIndications point to a record high market value. The increased value can be attributed\nto the record pack of sockeye, which is the most valuable species of salmon used for\ncanning, and the increased herring-catch, along with high unit prices for halibut.\nIn 1958 twenty salmon-canneries were licensed to operate in the Province. The\nactive canneries were located as follows: Queen Charlotte Islands, 1; Skeena River, 6;\nCentral Area, 2; Port Alberni, 1; Fraser River and Lower Mainland, 10. There were\nno canning operations on Rivers Inlet. One new cannery was licensed to operate at\nPort Alberni.\nThe canned-salmon pack for British Columbia in 1958, according to preliminary\nfigures as of December 6th, 1958, amounted to 1,900,025 cases, compared with 1,450,976\ncases canned in 1957. This was the largest pack since 1941, when the total pack\namounted to 1,957,520 cases.\nThe 1958 estimated canned-salmon pack was composed of the following species\n(48-pound cases): Sockeye, 1,074,305; springs, 10,549V_.; steelheads, 1,205; cohoe,\n131,527; pinks, 451,8011/2; chums, 230,6061/2.\nADAMS RIVER SOCKEYE RUN\nThe Fraser River sockeye-salmon fishery is regulated by the International Pacific\nSalmon Fisheries Commission under treaty between Canada and the United States. The\nyear 1938 was the first of active work by the Commission on the Fraser River sockeye.\nIn 1946 the Commission was authorized to regulate the sockeye-catch, whereby the\nnationals of both countries share equally in the catch.\nInvestigations carried on by the Commission deal practically with all phases of the\nlife-cycle of the sockeye salmon. The remarkable come-back of the Adams River run\nof sockeye is due to the efforts of the Commission.\nFishing in the Fraser River area was closed September 14th because the main run\nof the Adams River sockeye was delayed approximately three weeks. This closure was\nput into effect to assure adequate escapement for spawning and also to permit equal\ndivision of catch between Canadian and United States fishermen. It was revealed from\nGovernment inspection tests, during the closure, that the late run of sockeye were substandard quality. Consequently, canning of the late run was discontinued by the industry.\nConservation measures put into effect by the Federal Department of Fisheries on\nseveral occasions curtailed chum-fishing during 1958.\nIt is a recognized fact that the Commission's first evidence of success in rehabilitation\nattempts were a success in 1950, with the result that the Adams River run of sockeye\nthis year was one of the largest since 1901. Records disclose that during that year the\nFraser River sockeye-pack amounted to 928,669 cases. While it is assumed the pack\nfor 1958 will not be as great as in 1901, it has been established that it will exceed that\nof most former years.\nSPECIAL PROTECTIVE MEASURES IN ADAMS\nRIVER SOCKEYE RUN\nDuring the latter part of the 1958 spawning season, as a serious danger of over-\nseeding existed, an electric fish-diverter was installed at the mouth of the Adams River.\nThis action was necessary to prevent the entry of further spawners from destroying\nseeded grounds.\n* As the Fisheries fiscal year does not end until March 31st in each year, production figures for the 1958 season\nare not available for inclusion in this report. Q 62 BRITISH COLUMBIA\n\"SALUTE TO THE SOCKEYE\" CELEBRATION\nIn commemorating the Centennial birthday of the Province of British Columbia,\nthe \" Salute to the Sockeye \" celebration was held on the Indian reserve at Squilax, on\nthe banks of the Adams River, October 10th to 13th, 1958.\nThe Boards of Trade of the near-by towns of Salmon Arm and Chase assisted in the\ncelebration. They sponsored a four-day fair, with events in the towns and at the\nspawning-grounds.\nA special Fisheries exhibit building and a large marquee were erected on the Indian\nreserve. Exhibits were displayed by the Fisheries Association of British Columbia,\nFisheries Research Board of Canada, International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission,\nFederal Department of Fisheries, Fisheries Institute (University of British Columbia),\nFishing Vessel Owners' Association, and the Department of Recreation and Conservation.\nThe main run of sockeye did not reach the spawning-grounds at the specified time,\nand it was deemed advisable to maintain the exhibits an additional week. However, an\nadequate run of sockeye appeared, which enabled the hundreds of people to view the\nsalmon at the spawning-beds.\nIt was estimated that approximately 2,000,000 sockeye reached the spawning-\ngrounds. This historic event proved most spectacular and interesting to the thousands\nof visitors who witnessed it.\nEXPORT MARKET\nThe United Kingdom's decision to relax the import regulations on several commodities, including canned salmon, was greeted enthusiastically by the canning industry, as\nthis was the first time the restriction has been lifted since 1938. This action alleviated\nthe problem of disposal of surplus stock.\nHALIBUT\nOn the Pacific Coast of North America the International Pacific Halibut Commission\nwas set up under treaty between Canada and the United States for the protection and\nrehabilitation of the halibut-fishery. This is a \" long line\" fishery and is shared by\nnationals of both countries on a quota basis. The regulations are based on biological\nand statistical investigations. For the purpose of regulation, the Coast is divided into\na number of areas, the principal ones, from a standpoint of production, being Areas 2\nand 3.\nIn 1958 the catch-limits set by the Commission for the different areas were\n26,500,000 pounds in Area 2, as in 1957, and 30,000,000 pounds in Area 3a.\nGrounds west of Shumagen Islands, Area 3b, were opened to halibut-fishing on\nApril 1st, about one month earlier than elsewhere on the Pacific Coast. Areas 2 and 3a\nopened May 4th.\nIt is presumed the total halibut-landings in 1958 will compare favourably with the\nlandings in 1957.\nHERRING\nAfter the settlement of the herring strike, production was light during the summer\nmonths. The demand for seine-boats and packers and also the need for full crews during salmon-canning operations discouraged herring-fishing until fall. Herring-catches\nhave been good since fall herring-fishing resumed, indicating herring production in 1958\nmay exceed that of previous years, excluding 1956, when 253,396 tons were caught.\nRED TIDE\nDuring 1958 a series of laboratory tests from clams revealed a continuous varying\ndegree of toxicity still existed in Fishing Areas 13, 14, and 15 and the northerly portions DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION Q 63\nof 16 and 17. In the public interest the present clam closure must remain until toxicity\nin these areas no longer exists. These areas have been under quarantine since October\n29th, 1957.\nOYSTER SPAWNING\nBecause of the warm weather during the summer months of 1958, high water temperatures prevailed, which resulted in good breeding success. Water temperatures\nreached 79\u00C2\u00B0 F. and averaged 72.2\u00C2\u00B0 F. in Pendrell Sound, while temperatures reached\n79\u00C2\u00B0 F. and averaged 73.3\u00C2\u00B0 F. in Ladysmith Harbour.\nFor the convenience and information of all oyster-growers, weekly oyster-spawning\nreports were mailed by the Commercial Fisheries Branch.\nAn almost continuous setting of different intensities occurred from the second week\nof July to the last week of August at Pendrell Sound and at Ladysmith Harbour. Oyster-\ngrowers at Ladysmith set out cultch with good results and obtained enough spat to fill\ntheir seed requirements. There was also a good set of oysters in Pendrell Sound. It is\nassumed, therefore, that the importation of oyster seed from Japan will be reduced next\nyear.\nLICENCES ISSUED AND REVENUE COLLECTED\nThe following table shows the number of licences issued and revenue collected during the 1958 season:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nLicence Number of Licences Revenue\nSalmon-cannery 20 $4,000.00\nHerring-cannery 1 100.00\nHerring reduction 12 1,200.00\nTierced salmon 7 700.00\nFish cold storage 16 1,600.00\nFish-processing 16 16.00\nShell-fish cannery 8 8.00\nTuna-fish cannery 1 1.00\nFish-offal reduction 9 9.00\nFish-liver reduction 3 3.00\nWhale reduction . 1 100.00\nHerring dry-saltery \t\nFish-buyers' 442 11,050.00\nNon-tidal fishing 228 232.50\nGeneral receipts 9 66.60\n$19,086.10\nREVIEW OF THE FISHERIES PRODUCTION OF BRITISH\nCOLUMBIA, 1957\nTwenty salmon-canneries operated during the 1957 season. The total canned-\nsalmon pack for British Columbia, according to the annual returns submitted to the\nCommercial Fisheries Branch by those canners licensed to operate, amounted to 1,450,-\n976 cases, compared with 1,112,844 cases packed in 1956.\nThe sockeye-pack in 1957 was the smallest since 1943. During that year 164,889\ncases were canned.\nSpring salmon find a large outlet in the fresh and frozen trade. As a result, the\npack of this species is never indicative of the size of the catch or of the run.\nSteelhead are not salmon, but a few are canned each year, principally those caught\nincidentally while fishing for salmon. Q 64 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nThe cohoe-pack in 1957 was 41,922 cases above the average annual pack for the\nprevious five-year period. Cohoe also find a market in the fresh- and frozen-fish trade.\nFor this reason, the canned pack is not indicative of the size of the catch. Bluebacks\nare included with the cohoe-pack.\nIn 1957 the pink-salmon pack was 136,511 cases above the average annual pack\nfor the previous five-year period. Pink salmon run to the Fraser River every alternate\nyear. The runs coincide with the odd-numbered years. In the Queen Charlotte Islands\nDistrict the pink-salmon runs coincide with the even-numbered years. The principal\nproducing districts for the species in 1957 were Vancouver Island and the adjacent Mainland, Fraser River, Central Area, and the Skeena River.\nThe chum-salmon pack in 1957 exceeded the pack in 1956, but was 65,651 cas^s\nless than the average annual pack for this species for the previous five-year period.\nIn comparing the pack figures for any species of salmon canned in British Columbia\nrefer to the tables contained in this report for a breakdown of the fisheries of each species\nby districts.\nThe summary showing the numbers of salmon caught in 1957 by area was supplied\nby the Department of Fisheries of Canada, Pacific Area, Vancouver, B.C.\nOther Canneries\nHerring-canneries.\u00E2\u0080\u0094In 1957 one herring-cannery operated in British Columbia and\nproduced a pack of 18,349 cases. In 1956 a total of 11,728 cases were canned.\nPilchard-canneries.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Since 1949 there have been no pilchards in British Columbia\nwaters. No pilchard-cannery licences were issued during the 1957 season.\nTuna-fish Canneries.\u00E2\u0080\u0094During 1957 one tuna-fish cannery was licensed to operate.\nThis cannery produced 45,370 cases of 4-ounce cans, 55,198 cases of 7-ounce cans,\n23,752 cases of 6-ounce cans (flakes), and 2,249 cases of 7-ounce cans (jellied). The\nrun of tuna to British Columbia waters has been spasmodic. Nearly all tuna canned in\nBritish Columbia was imported from Japan.\nShell-fish Canneries.\u00E2\u0080\u0094In 1957 eight shell-fish canneries were licensed to operate in\nBritish Columbia and produced a pack as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nCrabs: 21,112 cases of 24/1/2's and 13,633 cases of 48M/4's.\nClams: 6,142 cases of 24/Ws, 290 cases of 48/Vi's, and 8,583 cases of\n48/1's.\nOysters: l,954V_s cases of 48/Ws, 613 cases of 48/10-oz., and 693 cases of\n10-oz. oyster stew.\nAbalone: 21 cases of 48/15-oz.\nMild-cured Salmon\nSix plants were licensed to mild-cure salmon in 1957. These plants produced 550\ntierces of mild-cured salmon, totalling 4,380 hundredweight. This operation is compared with the production of six plants in 1956 which produced a pack of 703 tierces,\ncontaining 5,985 hundredweight.\nIn 1957 two herring dry-salteries were licensed to operate and produced 2,645 boxes\nof dry-salted herring. This compared with the production of the one plant licensed in\n1956 which produced 1,202 boxes.\nHalibut-fishery\nIn 1957 the catch-limits set by the Commission for the different areas were as follows: Area 2, 26,500,000 pounds; Area 3, 30,000,000 pounds. The catch-limit in\nArea 3a for the 1957 season was increased from 28,000,000 to 30,000,000 pounds.\nHalibut-landings in 1957 (1956 in parentheses) by the combined Canadian and\nUnited States vessels amounts to 62,327,000 (67,566,000) pounds. DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION\nHalibut-landings by Area\nQ 65\nArea\nAll Ports,\n1957\nAll Vessels,\nCanadian Ports\nCanadian Vessels,\nCanadian Ports\nCanadian Vessels,\nU.S. Ports\nU.S. Vessels,\nCanadian Ports\n1957\n1956\n1957\n1956\n1957\n1956\n1957\n1956\nlA -.-\t\nLb.\n271,000\n136,000\n31,269,000\n29,267,000\n1,384,000\nLb.\nLb.\nLb.\nLb.\nLb.\nLb.\nLb.\nLb.\nIB\t\n14,988,000\n7,794,000\n147,000\n2\t\n3a_.\n14,339,000\n9,929,000\n205,000\n15,686,000\n10,102,000\n147,000\n13,841,000\n8,566,000\n205,000\n587,000\n1,813,000\n40,000\n93,000\n2,456,000\n174,000\n498,000\n1,363,000\n698,000\n2,303,000\n3 b\t\nTotals\n62,327,000\n24,473,000\n25,935,000\n22,612,000\n22,934,000\n2,440,000\n2,723,000\n1,861,000\n3,001,000\nAverage price paid for halibut in 1957 was 16.32 cents. This was down 5.41 cents\nfrom 1956.\nHalibut livers and viscera landed by United States vessels totalled 307,131 pounds,\nwith a marketed value of $72,046. Canadian vessels landed 160,000 pounds, with a\nmarketed value of $36,000.\nThe figures relating to the halibut-catch are to the nearest thousand pounds. The\nstatistical information for the halibut-fishery was supplied by the International Pacific\nHalibut Commission and is hereby acknowledged.\nFish Oil and Meal\nHerring Reduction.\u00E2\u0080\u0094During the 1957 season nine herring-reduction plants were\nlicensed to operate and produced 13,643 tons of meal and 1,746,227 gallons of oil. This\nproduction is compared with the previous year when thirteen plants produced 32,772\ntons of meal and 3,602,937 gallons of oil.\nFish-liver Reduction.\u00E2\u0080\u0094In 1957 four plants were licensed to reduce fish-livers to oil.\nThey processed 892,890 pounds and produced 3,292,555 million U.S.P. units of Vitamin\nA. Four plants processed 648,134 pounds and 2,355,410 million U.S.P. units of Vitamin A in 1956.\nMiscellaneous Reduction\u00E2\u0080\u0094Fish-offal and Dog-fish.\u00E2\u0080\u0094During the 1957 season nine\nplants were licensed to operate and produced 1,570 tons of meal and 170,433 gallons of\noil. This production is compared to 1,925 tons of meal and 187,787 gallons of oil, produced by ten plants, in 1956.\nWhale Reduction.\u00E2\u0080\u0094In British Columbia there is one whaling-station. The operations show 635 whales killed, compared with 375 in 1956.\nNet-fishing in Non-tidal Waters\nFishing with nets in certain specified non-tidal waters within the Province is permissible under licence from the Minister of Recreation and Conservation. This fishery is\nconfined almost exclusively to the residents living within reasonable distance of the lakes\nin question. The table gives the principal catch figures for this fishery.\nCatch of Fish Taken from Non-tidal Waters, 1957/58\nKind of Licence\nNumber of\nFish Taken\nFur-farm\nOrdinary\nSturgeon\nWeight (Lb.)\ni i\nii..\n1,216\n768\n1,641\n1,718\n1,316\n1.480\n1,770\n1,051\n10,255\n786\n1,807\n2,304\n373\n5\n13\n1 1\n2,711\n2,007\n805\n1\n1\n3\n2\n144\n.__.\n9,027\n6,269\n8,548\n2,423\n1 .... 1\n22,001\n36,274 Q 66\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nCatch by Species\nNumber\nSpecies of Fish\nKokanee 13,031\nLake trout 38\nWhitefish 4,273\nLing 125\nSquawfish 1,386\nSuckers 3,110\nSturgeon 6\nOthers 32\nTotals 22,001\nWeight\n(Lb.)\n9,206\n263\n18,897\n257\n905\n5,959\n690\n97\n36,274\nSpecies and Value of Fish Caught in British Columbia\nThe total marketed value of each of the principal species of fish taken in British\nColumbia for the year 1957 is as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nKind of Fish\nSalmon $44\nHerring 6,\nHalibut 5\nGrey cod \t\nLing-cod \t\nBlack cod \t\nRed cod\t\nClams \t\nCrabs \t\nEulachon \t\nFlounders \t\nOysters \t\nPerch \t\nSmelts \t\nShrimps and prawns\nSkate\t\nSoles \t\nSturgeon\nLivers and viscera\nMiscellaneous1 ___.\n1,\nValue\n903,000\n290,000\n616,000\n579,000\n552,000\n391,000\n47,000\n375,000\n758,000\n17,000\n17,000\n329,000\n25,000\n4,000\n383,000\n6,000\n912,000\n10,000\n219,000\n656,000\n$63,089,000\n1 Includes whales, mink-feed, and fish products, meal and oil, for which no breakdown into species was available.\nSource: Canadian Department of Fisheries at Vancouver, B.C.\nStatement Showing the Quantity of Herring Products Produced in\nBritish Columbia, 1954 to 1957, Inclusive\nSeason\nCanned\nDry-salted\nMeal\nOil\n1954/55..\n1955/56..\n1956/57..\n1957/58.\nCases\n25,508\n11,728\n18,349\nTons\n2.397\n249\n290\n2,645\nTons\n28,782\n47,097\n32,77.\n13,643\nGal.\n3,714,924\n4,475,536\n3,602,937\n1,746,227\nThe above figures are for the season October to March 31st, annually. DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND CONSERVATION\nQ 67\nStatement Showing the Quantity of Meal, Oil, and Vitamin A Produced\nfrom Sources Other than Herring, 1954 to 1957, Inclusive\nFrom Whales\nOil from\nFish-livers\nFrom Other Sources\nSeason\nWhalebone\nand Meal\nOil\nMeal and\nFertilizer\nOil\n1954/55\t\nTons\n2,502\n3,411\n2,182\n3,446\nGals.\n872,060\n759,785\n526,584\n952,702\nUnits1\n4,310,057\n4,760,668\n2,355,410\n3,292,552\nTons\n2,361\n1,993\n1.925\n1,570\nGal.\n265,405\n1955/56 - \t\n201,690\n1956/57 \t\n187,787\n1957/58 -\t\n170,433\n1 Million U.S.P. units of Vitam'n A.\nStatement Showing the Salmon-pack of British Columbia, 1954 to 1957,\nInclusive (Showing the Origin of Salmon Caught in Each District)\n(48-pound cases.)\nSockeyes\nArea\nI\n1956\n1955\n1954\nFraser River. \t\nVancouver Island and adjacent Mainland-\nRivers Inlet\t\nSmith Inlet \t\nCentral Area \t\nSkeena River \t\nNass River \t\nQueen Charlotte Islands..\nAlaska\t\nCold storage \t\nTotals _\t\n121,9651/2\n26,030\n26,334!/2\n5,952\n10,552/2\n25,428\n10,110\n2,079/2\n88,132/2\n13,970\n124,634/2\n36,898\n17,967\n14,663\n22,505\n1,323\n103,67814\n13,192/2\n50,702/2\n28,864\n19,648\n14,649\n13,65414\n433\n228,452 320,093\n497,023\n12,051\n50,63914\n18,937\n30,85814\n60,817\n10,285\n10714\n3\n6714\n244,821% | 680,789\nSprings\n3,126/2\n5,189\n373\n109\n746/2\n514/2\n274\n148\n2,104\n2,873/2\n5,941/2\n419\n166\n1,364/2\n371\n536\n1\n6,843/2\n5,534\n813\n326\n1,864\n1,430\n1,028\n16\n5\n8,298\n1,649/2\n649\nSmith Inlet. __.\t\n17714\n1,645\n1,26014\nSkeena River \t\n614\nTotals \t\n12,584/2\n11,672/2\n17,859/2\n14,357\nSteelheads\n4293/8\n74\n4314\n181/2\n243/2\n383/4\n125\n337/2\n25/2\n55\n3314\n273/2\n312\n217\n269\n63\n86\n20/2\n318/2\n976/2\n99\n5\n44/2\n1,077\n9114\n131\nSmith Inlet ___ __ .\n51\n59514\nSkeena River _\t\n1,513/2\n237\n3714\n16314\n1,3175/8\n1,254\n1,882\n3,897/2 Q 68\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nCohoes\nArea\n1957\n1956\n1955\n1954\nFraser River \t\nVancouver Island and adjacent Mainland .\nRivers Inlet. \t\nSmith Inlet \t\nCentral Area \u00E2\u0080\u0094 _\t\nSkeena River \t\nNass River- \t\nQueen Charlotte Islands\t\nAlaska \t\nCold storage \t\nTotals\t\n4,836\n113,630/2\n4,191\n1,654\n33,834/2\n6,026/2\n10,547/2\n18,339\n17,836/2\n210,895/2\n12,273/2\n118,938\n6,601/2\n2,249\n40,299\n8,265\n8,165/2\n7,314/2\n8,034/2\n15,910\n101,349\n5,316/2\n1,014/2\n24,846\n14,192\n9,356\n11,666\n2,030\n511/2\n212,140/2 | 186,191/2\nI\n11,948\n54,783\n4,669/2\n868\n26,511\n10,449\n6,024/2\n11,289\n1,536\n1,546\n129,624\nPinks\n68,968/2\n423,275/2\n3,10414\n1,005\n58,957\n148,049/2\n38,694\n9,556\n348\n55,052/2\n| 12,046/2\n1,664\n205,658\n25,633\n44,402/2\n18,809/2\n160,187/2\n421,355/2\n8,658\n2,275/2\n122,371/2\n86,788\n29,040\n548\n31\n1714\n32,913\nj 2,581/2\nSmith Inlet - _ \u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\n523\n118,53814\n39,32414\n36,448\n105,123\n81\n844\n1,51214\n752,454\n| 363,614\n| 831,255\n| 337,06214\nChums\n5,585\n44,080/2\n2,553\n3,000\n136,370\n6,898/2\n30,961\n10,091\n9,989\n71,595/2\n2,92614\n1,642\n58,60214\n6,283\n35,588\n17,44314\n7,350/2\n40,105\n5,588\n2,070\n45,950\n5,471/2\n8,904\n9,420\n45,444\n248,09814\n12,35214\nSmith Inlet \t\n2,992\n149,672\n23,135/2\n15,965/2\n83,80514\n163\n5,734/2\n3,430\n496\nTotals... \t\n245,273/2\n204,070\n128,289\n582,12414\nSockeyes __\nSprings _\nSteelheads\nCohoes\nPinks\t\nChums\t\nTotal Pack by Species, 1957\n228,452\n12,584*4\n1,317%\n210,895 Vi\n752,454\n245,273V4\nTotal 1,480,976% Printed by Don McDiarmid, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty\nin right of the Province of British Columbia.\n1959\n710-159-7170 "@en . "Legislative proceedings"@en . "J110.L5 S7"@en . "1959_V02_08_Q1_Q68"@en . "10.14288/1.0355417"@en . "English"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Victoria, BC : Government Printer"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy or otherwise distribute these images please contact the Legislative Library of British Columbia"@en . "Original Format: Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Library. Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en . "REPORT OF THE Department of Recreation and Conservation containing the reports of the FISH AND GAME BRANCH, PROVINCIAL PARKS BRANCH, TRAVEL BUREAU, PHOTOGRAPHIC BRANCH, AND COMMERCIAL FISHERIES BRANCH Year Ended December 31st 1958"@en . "Text"@en . ""@en .