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DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS AND WATER RESOURCES
Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia
British Columbia. Legislative Assembly
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PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Hon. R. A. Williams, Minister N. Pearson, Associate Deputy Minister of Lands REPORT of the LANDS SERVICE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 1974 Printed by K. M. MacDonald, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in right of the Province of British Columbia. 1975 Victoria, B.C., April 4, 1975. To Colonel the Honourable Walter S. Owen, Q.C., LL.D., Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. May it please Your Honour: Herewith I beg respectfully to submit the Annual Report of the British Columbia Lands Service of the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources for the year ended December 31, 1974. R. A. WILLIAMS Minister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources CONTENTS Pace Lands Branch— Director of Lands 13 Land Inspection Division 24 Special Services Division 37 Ecological Reserves Section 40 Surveys and Mapping Branch— Surveyor-General 47 Legal Surveys Division 51 Field Operations Division 56 Map Production Division 67 University Endowment Lands 77 Personnel Office 81 Mail and File Room 87 Accounting Division 91 OT OT ss < <f> < — m 5 cd o; o 2°o o X o z < CC or UJ CO , 2 o O < c/) z LU co CL cc z 2 cn < O h- o LU o 2 o < 0- 5 U_ QL o Q_ o i Q Q > w < Z > cc < Q_ < 3 Q OT (0 z > D LU o > CO 0. 3 OT I o z < cc -j cn O Q CQ O' LU a CO cd Q 5 5 Z < _l o z < CO o z < H i z __ 0 2 s c/> Z r. o . > z < 5 CO = UJ O z ■» > z z < o a: Hi co < (0 OJ u _; o UJ g ot O o. Q. CO z < yp z o > 1 CO < <r > or S U 0 z 5 z , Q 2 I < o t- o Z c < LL O < o 2 CO o O 5 __> O £ Q y < o Q >o ^ Z 55° < C_CL { _j z 5 o < a. < O Z g s LANDS BRANCH Z 13 LANDS BRANCH Walter R. Redel, B.A.Sc, P.Eng., P.Ac, A.A.C.I., Director of Lands The year 1974 will probably be remembered as the one in which more physical, organizational, and policy changes were made by the Lands Branch than in any other year in recent history. In January, after nearly 70 years of occupancy of the main floor of the Legislative Building, the entire Branch, together with the vault records, were moved to Harbour Towers at 345 Quebec Street. Shortly after the physical move to Harbour Towers, the first staff conference since 1962, involving all personnel in the Land Inspection Division, was held in Victoria. This was the first opportunity that some of our more recently appointed field staff had to meet with senior people in the Department. In September, Norman Pearson was appointed Associate Deputy Minister of Lands and reorientation and reorganization of the Branch began almost immediately. Program budgeting was introduced for the first time in the preparation of annual estimates of revenue and expenditures. This change in procedure necessitated a re-examination of the short- and long-term objectives of the Lands Branch. Initial emphasis is to be placed on development of 5,000 lots during the forthcoming year to meet the demand for building sites and to eliminate some of the difficulties experienced by applicants in locating suitable Crown lands for residential use. Major reorganization, both at headquarters and in the field, is now taking place in order to strengthen the managerial role of the Lands Branch over the Crown land resources of the Province. Regional Land Officers were appointed in the seven resource management regions, the boundaries of which have now been designated by Cabinet. Decentralization of the decision-making process is expected to follow as personnel can be trained at headquarters and subsequently transferred to the regional offices. In order for decentralization to function effectively, it is imperative that the Branch improve its physical communication network with the regional offices and modernize its record-keeping procedures. The land records of the Province are still being entered by hand and most of the entries are made in the original ledgers that have been in use for over 100 years. Although a program has been implemented to prepare and update the status maps for the Province, details for all transactions in Crown land must be derived from the handwritten lot registers. It has been estimated that it would require 190 man-years to rewrite these records in a form suitable for electronic data processing. The quick extraction of status information from the Provincial land records is critical to provision of a better service to the public as well as meeting the ever-increasing demands for this type of information from other resource departments and outside agencies. However, even without a modern communication system and quick access to land status, some decentralization of administration is already taking place. Short- term temporary use of Crown lands for various purposes as well as demands for limited quantities of gravel are being dealt with at the regional level. A gravel control officer, working under regional control, is now operating in the Lower Fraser Valley. He is monitoring and permitting the removal of all gravel from the Fraser River between Hope and the east boundary of the Fraser River Harbour and there has already been a substantial increase in royalty payments. Z 14 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES The Special Services Division is being reorganized into a land development arm of the Department. The engineering and planning staff will now form the core of the development group which will be headed by John Webster, whose services were contracted for on December 1, 1974. A number of policy changes were implemented in 1974 to meet the objectives of Government. Lessees of Crown land for commercial and industrial uses are now being required to post a bond to ensure that the development proceeds according to plan and to ensure the Crown lands are left in a clean, tidy, and sanitary condition upon termination of the lease. While the Department formerly made free grants of Crown land to municipalities, regional districts, and school boards for municipal and school purposes, such dispositions will now be on a lease basis. Free Crown grants will continue to be made to the British Columbia Housing Management Commission where such land is required in connection with its housing development program. In view of the abnormally rapid rise in recreational waterfront values and the burden it was placing on Crown lessees of recreational cottage-sites, Government decided that as a matter of policy the annual rental charge would be no more than doubled in any five-year period. Rentals for booming and log storage leases have been increased from 5 to 8 per cent in line with the rental return expected for industrial uses of this nature. In order to provide better service to the- residents of the Queen Charlotte Islands, a Land Commissioner has now been located at Queen Charlotte. The land recording district includes both Graham and Moresby Islands. Since passage of the Department of Housing Act in November 1973, Crown lands at Chetwynd, Port McNeill, Nakusp, Brackendale, Prince Rupert, Fort Nelson, and Kamloops have or are in the process of being turned over to the British Columbia Housing Management Commission for public housing purposes. The transactions to date comprise 251 acres of raw land and 285 surveyed lots having an estimated value of $1,044,985. In addition, prior to the change in policy of disposing of Crown land to municipalities, regional districts, and school boards on a leasehold basis for public purposes, 673 acres of Crown land having an estimated market value of $693,245 were committed to these groups on a free Crown-grant basis. All applications for foreshore and land covered by water are now being processed through our chief biologist in order to ensure that the ecological impact of such uses may be properly assessed before adjudication. A more detailed summary of the activities of the Land Administrative Division, Land Inspection Division, and the Special Services Division is set out hereunder. A brief summary of the activities of the various sections of the Lands Administration Division for the year 1974 follows: Lease Section—The Section issued 358 new leases covering such purposes as agriculture, grazing, industrial, and commercial. A total of 761 leases was assigned during the year. Purchase Section—The Section issued 459 new leases, being composed of 253 for residential purposes, 47 for inland recreational cottage-site purposes, and 159 for waterfront recreational cottage-site purposes. There were 38 direct sales to applicants requiring an additional town lot to comply with the minimum land areas for building requirements and to those persons desiring to legalize improvements that had been constructed in trespass. There were 324 leases converted to purchases as the lessees completed the required improvements and exercised their purchase option. LANDS BRANCH Z 15 Crown Grant Section—A total of 637 Crown grants was issued during 1974, which was 35 over the number issued the previous year. There were 39 free Crown grants issued for public, municipal, and recreational purposes. The number of certificates of purchase declined from 446 in 1973 to 418 in 1974. Eight land exchanges were finalized during the year. The total acreage deeded by Crown grants increased from 42,482 in 1973 to 66,530 in 1974. Reserve, Clearance, and Easement Section—During the year the Land Administration Division underwent certain reorganization, part of which was the amalgamation of the former Reserve, Clearance, and Easement Sections into one section under the supervision of an administrative officer, the purpose being to give more flexibility of staff and more centralization of control. Reserves established totalled 309, which is slightly lower than the previous year. However, applications for reserves increased with there being 559 requests for reserves, 60 of which were for ecological reserves. These 60 are now in the process of being established. This Section also provides land status information for the Department, other Government departments, and Crown agencies involved in land administration. During the year, 20,127 parcels of land were cleared through the records of the Department. The preparation of mylar base status maps continued with 15 completed this year, making a total of 179 completed to date. These maps are constantly being revised and amended in order to maintain an up-to-date status. The demand for special or priority status maps continued with 230 completed in 1974 as requested by Ministerial and Senior Departmental officials and Crown agencies. Conversion of information contained in Departmental records into a form suitable for use in an electronic data processing system was commenced during the year. Information concerning the status of Crown land parcels is at present recorded in the Official Land Registers and over the years since the Crown Colony days, a multitude of entries has been made, and in some instances completely lacking in any systematic method. This situation results in an unacceptable amount of time being required to determine the current status of many land parcels. Computerization of the record system appears to be the best answer to this problem. However, to implement a computerized system it is first necessary to go through all the existing written records, unravel the complexities, weed out dead material, and rewrite the current status of each parcel, together with such past history as is relevant to the future, on forms which may be used as the source document for entering the data into a computer system. During 1974 a start was made, on an experimental basis, of rewriting the Official Registers onto loose-leaf forms which were designed both to replace the registers and to be the source documents for key-punching the data. Owing to the complexities of the land system, a number of modifications have been made and it is expected several more will be required before a completely viable system is designed. A staff of four persons has been employed so far for this program and the areas chosen for the trial were Quadra Island and the part of Range 5, Coast District, lying between Fraser Lake and Vanderhoof. The review of easements for electrical transmission-lines and petroleum and gas-gathering systems has been completed and issuance of easements for these purposes has been recommenced. It is anticipated that the output of these easement documents will be greatly increased during the coming year. Z 16 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES The terms and conditions relating to natural gas and oil pipe-lines was still under review at year-end; however, it is hoped that the new policy will be established early in the new year. Letters of consent for the construction of access roads have decreased from 79 to 34 letters. GENERAL ACTIVITY Five units of land were tendered for lease during 1974. Bonus bids were received on three of the units and the revenue realized from bonus bids was $730. There were 372 lots offered for lease by way of public auction, of which 272 were leased, and bonus bids realized at the auctions totalled $220,525. This is an increase over 1973 when 338 lots were offered for lease by auction, of which 199 were leased and bonus bids received amounted to $83,938. It is of interest to note the Division has lost through transfers and resignations eight Clerks and five Stenographers and (or) Typists during the year. This loss causes considerable readjustment down the line of staff and tends to slow the work flow because of the time required to fill positions and time required for job training. Twelve persons were taken on staff in a parital reorganization of the Division in order to improve the work flow. An Administrative Officer 3 was employed to prepare policy memoranda, circular letters, and to assist the Chief of the Land Administrative Division. An Administrative Officer 1 was added to staff to head up the new section formed by the amalgamation of the former Easement, Reserve, and Clearance Sections. Clerks 6 were added to the Purchase and Leases Sections as 2 i/c to allow the Supervisor more time for training of staff. Purchases Section also required a Clerk 5 to assist in processing residential lease applications. Six Clerks 4 were added to staff, two to help with the preparation of status maps and four to undertake the rewriting of the Lot Registers. Also a Clerk 2 was required to assist with the processing of incoming mail and recording of applications. Status Clerk extracting information from Official Registers and other documents and entering it on computer form. LANDS BRANCH Z 17 Evidence of continued public interest in Crown Provincial lands is noted in that 230 special statuses were completed, 7,177 general inquiries were received along with specific inquiries for 925 parcels of land. The following tables indicate in detail the work carried out by the various sections of the Lands Branch in 1974: Table 1—Rural Land Sales, 1974 Acres Unsurveyed 321.39 Surveyed 34,764.23 Total 35,085.62 Table 2—Certificates of Purchase Issued, 1974 Agency Number Acreage Atlin 2 7.565 Burns Lake 16 734.37 Clinton 22 286.77 Cranbrook 13 126.387 Dawson Creek 19 5,503.50 Fernie 16 198.833 Fort Nelson 31 73.97 Fort St. John 60 23,556.41 Golden 1 Nil Kamloops 14 457.59 Kaslo 2 0.251 Nanaimo 33 93.363 Nelson 8 31.51 New Westminster 21 3,683.582 Penticton 13 150.723 Port Alberni 11 44.193 Prince George 12 930.08 Prince Rupert 11 7.304 Quesnel 24 413.79 Revelstoke 4 34.86 Smithers 24 1,271.21 Vancouver 23 631.47 Vernon 6 63.70 Victoria 8 473.054 Williams Lake 41 839.92 Totals 435 39,614.405 Table 3—New Leases Issued (1974) Land Number Acreage Agriculture 83 22,001.886 Hay and grazing (pasture and hay-cutting) 94 27,625.64 Quarrying (sand, gravel, limestone, etc.) 17 2,370.93 Residential 253 698.879 Recreational cottage-site (inland) 47 47.835 Recreational cottage-site (waterfront) —. 159 112.908 Miscellaneous (resorts, service-stations, camp-sites) 77 1,840.119 Z 18 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 3—New Leases Issued (1974)—Continued Foreshore ■ Number Acreage Booming, log storage, log-dumping, etc. __ 39 968.557 Oyster 5 66.08 Industrial (canneries, mill-site, wharves, etc.) 2 11.8 Quarrying (sand, gravel from sea or river beds) Nil Nil Commercial (boat rentals, marinas, marine service-stations, etc.) 22 102.544 Miscellaneous (private wharves, boat- houses, etc.) 19 88.259 Totals 817 55,935.437 Licences to occupy issued (1974) 52 837.52 Assignments approved (1974)—leases, land- use permits, licences of occupation 761 Table 4—Easements Granted, 1974 Number Miles Acres Foreshore 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.26 2.650 31.817 0.193 0.234 2.369 1.232 0.113 0.130 Land 6.426 77.667 0.020 Television antenna-site and power-line. 1.620 1.236 13.328 Sewer pipe-line _ Water pipe-line t _. . — 2.784 0.310 Totals _ _ 11 38.608 103.391 Southern Okanagan Lands Project 1 0.485 1.175 Grand totals 13 39.093 104.566 In line with current Departmental policy, 34 letters of consent for the construction of access roads were issued during the year. Table 5—Crown Grants Issued, 1974 Number Purchases (rural lands) 421 Purchases (town lots) 131 Pre-emptions 24 6 3 2 1 1 Miscellaneous 48 Totals 637 Certified copies of Crown grants issued 12 Public Schools Act Veterans' Land Settlement Act Home-site leases Supplementary timber grant ____ British Columbia Railway Company Acreage 52,463.38 3,733.76 55.80 11.76 28.11 98.01 10,139.15 66,529.97 LANDS BRANCH Table 6—Crown Grants Issued for Past 10 Years Z 19 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 Ten-year average dumber Acres 1,087 86,166 1,020 115,917 980 117,672 957 129,307 931 81,881 708 38,412 735 74,493 694 59,279 602 42,482 637 66,629 8,351 812,138 835 81,213 Table 7—Reserves, 1974 Applications Reserves Received Completed Use, recreation, and enjoyment of the public 62 44 B.C. Department of Highways (rights-of-way, gravel pits, bridge-sites, etc.) 112 55 Federal Government (defence purposes, wharf-sites, etc.) 38 26 B.C. Forest Service (ranger stations, grazing, radio- sites, reforestation, etc.) 62 50 Miscellaneous (Game Branch, water-power projects, garbage dumps, school-sites, cemeteries, etc.) ___. 285 134 Totals 559 309 Z 20 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES s 3 s 00 ■—_ rn On M^OtJ-^) O m sO O rn so »hOO* mm©© « 2 00 °. ■* vi » * - -* o n r- »-. o oo CO -m m so ON UI un ^ CO NO «■ - (A r- r> cj\m ^ r- ^ *N m On un IH m (N m PI — m U-J^ly-j^^ NO "1 "* i-i °° °V "^ r-J Tt \o" (S *rT oo r~ \D co ^ m on rn r-T CO W-l CO Tf NO (N tsvoin't r- 'foon -s oo Tt ^- ,— ■— inntt ^ rt -rt • ^h sN^ rn • t> rt ©^ o ,-, 0\ Tt 00 © m On «-> <*■ if m Tt ONrnTtTTNO r-00NDO (N Os r^m-^oor^ m Tt th © SO 1 * ON "l *i rt M m ON ON n T-< 1-1 CO m on m m' ON ^ OT ON NO V5- (N u"l m m © m in h vo» "H (S m ONCOOCNr- rt OO CO ON r~- t.rn^r^o^ HTf ^ rt ON th" qC r- r* r- so so tN Os rt '""' r-" on m m Tt *r> (A 00 00 tN 00 t> s0 t~- mrNm^O rN O T-^hOfN" THTtCrNO r* Ti'.'N^0°00_, ^ ^ «n co "o rn fn m o cn o [-- so § oC ^ t-? wn th m co •» M */* r- — — m th o\ >n r— no oo © CO rn coco(NtN<n No -o On co m __; q fN THTt* Os th' Tf cJ © so V_P oo m m Tt On SO" « Tt $1,04 $3,80. 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Uc (A o —1 cu. rt il Crown umber alue of umber otal aci icences sued 8 jx C ! _ « u S c« cn C rt O « U u H Z> z H 1-1 ^U ci k4 LANDS BRANCH Z 21 Table 9—Free Crown Grants Issued, 1974 British Columbia Housing Management Commission for Residential Development Purposes Crown Grant No. and Date Acreage Market Value Location 6030/1131: May 2, 1974 6196/1132: July 12, 1974 10.06 8.751 14.93 131.00 $ 50,000 80,000 15,000 131,650 North of Squamish. 6197/1132: July 12, 1974 6296/1133: Oct. 30, 1974 Prince Rupert. Fort Nelson. Totals 164.74 276,650 1 129 town lots. British Columbia Harbours Board for the Purpose to Provide Root of Title 5803/1129: Feb. 28, 1974.. 3,450.00 3,450,000 Roberts Bank. Municipalities and Regional Districts Name Crown Grant No. and Date Acreage Market Value Purpose Cities 6141/1132: June 21, 1974 6227/1133: Oct. 31, 1974 6271/1133: Oct. 31, 1974 6272/1133: Oct. 31, 1974 6323/1134: Oct. 31, 1974 5962/1130: Apr. 1, 1974 6421/1135: Dec. 16, 1974 6264/1133: Sept. 3, 1974 6265/1133: Sept. 3, 1974 6266/1133: Sept. 3, 1974 6267/1133: Sept. 3, 1974 6268/1133: Sept. 3, 1974 6269/1133: Sept. 3, 1974 5817/1129: Jan. 21, 1974 5872/1129: Feb. 21, 1974 6018/1131: Apr. 29, 1974 6176/1132: July 26, 1974 6198/1132: July 12, 1974 6283/1133: Oct. 11, 1974 6365/1134: Dec. 18, 1974 5993/1130: Apr. 9, 1974 6061/1131: May 16, 1974 6062/1131: May 16, 1974 6076/1131: June 17, 1974 6077/1131: June 17, 1974 6328/1134: Nov. 8, 1974 63.90 0.17 1 (2) 1 c2) r 0.21 J 2.00 (2) 2.13 2.00 (2) 2.75 7.03 10.00 10.00 (2) 5.00 13.96 4.51 11.00 9.98 1.08 3.45 \ 15.75 J 310.00 160.00 38.40 $ 25,000 45,000 2,000 7,000 17,000 6,000 1,350 15,000 18,000 50,000 1,100 14,195 5,000 30,400 30,000 14,000 25,000 2,200 96,000 170,000 90,000 29,000 Recreational. Penticton Penticton Public recreational. Public recreational Public recreational. Penticton District Municipalities Mackenzie .... Delta Public recreational. Cemetery. Road. Powell River Fire hall. Park. Park. Park. Park. Villages South Fort George Sechelt Residential development.3 Tahsis .. Park and municipal works storage. Regional Districts Greater Vancouver Greater Vancouver Capital Recreational. Recreational. Park. Park. Airport. Totals 673.32 693,245 2 Town lot. ;i Payment will be made by South Fort George after lots have been serviced and disposed of by public competition. Z 22 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Crown Grants Issued Under Public Schools Act Crown Grant No. and Date No. and Name of School District Acreage Market Value Location 5772/1128: Jan. 16, 1974 No. 81 (Fort Nelson) 9.88 (2) 17.15 5.17 7.60 16.00 $ 2,500 6,800 15,500 3,000 10,000 17,600 5807/1129: Jan. 22, 1974 5969/1129: Apr. 4, 1974 6019/1130: Apr. 29, 1974.... 6108/1131: June 4, 1974 No. 84 (Vancouver Island West) No. 26 (North Thompson) No. 56 (Nechako) Walter Island. Vavenby. No. 2 (Cranbrook) 6199/1132: Aug. 12, 1974... No. 27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin) Chimney Creek. Totals 55.80 55,400 Crown Grant Issued Under Chap. 34, S.B.C. 1912, to B.C. Railway Co. for Right-of-way Crown Grant No. and Date Acreage Market Value Location 5994/1130: April 9, 1974 98.01 $ 9,801 Pinchi Lake. Crown Grant Issued Under Chap. 3, S.B.C. 1910, to Canadian National Railway Company for Right-of-way Crown Grant No. and Date Acreage Market Value Location 6422/1135: Dec. 16, 1974.. 0.98 $ 250 North of Vavenby. Summary Acreage Estimated Value $ British Columbia Housing Management Commission 164.74 276,650 British Columbia Harbours Board 3,450.00 3,450,000 Municipalities and regional districts 673.32 693,245 School districts 55.80 55,400 British Columbia Railway Company 98.01 9,801 Canadian National Railway Company 0.98 250 Totals 4,442.85 4,485,346 LANDS BRANCH Table 10—Exchanges, 1974 Z 23 Crown Grant No. and Date Name of Grantee Acreage Remarks 5881/1129: Feb. 21, 1974.. 5882/1129: Feb. 21, 1974.. 5886/1129: Feb. 27, 1974.. 6006/1131: Apr. 22, 1974.. 6017/1131: May 2, 1974.. 6155/1132: 6156/1132: 6157/1132: 6158/1132: 6159/1132: 6160/1132: 6161/1132: 6162/1132: 6173/1132: July 10, 1974 . July 10, 1974 . July 10, 1974.. July 10, 1974.. July 10, 1974.. July 10, 1974.. July 10, 1974.. July 10, 1974.. July 19, 1974.. 6206/1133: July 18, 1974.. 6329/1134: Oct. 23, 1974.. Texada Logging Ltd... Texada Logging Ltd... The Robert and Florence Fil- berg Foundation Frank Webb and Frances T. Webb (joint tenants) MacMillan Bloedel Ltd Riske Creek Ranching Ltd Riske Creek Ranching Ltd Riske Creek Ranching Ltd Riske Creek Ranching Ltd Riske Creek Ranching Ltd Riske Creek Ranching Ltd Riske Creek Ranching Ltd— Riske Creek Ranching Ltd Frances William James and Eileen Thelma James, Joseph Russel Byatt and Doris Evelyn Byatt. Leslie Delong Leopold Godfield Guzauskas. 629.63 19.00 320.00 (!) 80.00 750.10 915.30 912.07 480.00 648.20 650.40 400.40 52.60 0.29 (!) 2.23 This exchange was authorized to eliminate ] I undivided V2 interests in certain sections (• on Texada Island and provided lands J which were incorporated in Harwood Point Park. I This land was granted in return for land j that has been established as Octopus j Islands Marine Park. j This exchange was made to provide Forest Service Range Station in Cranbrook with better access and provide land for private owner to legalize his occupation upon which considerable improvements were located. This land was exchanged for lands which were conveyed to the Crown (provincial) and were conveyed by free Crown grant to District of Powell River. I I These eight Crown grants in reality represent one exchange, which involved the giving-up of certain lands by Riske Creek Ranching Ltd. in order that Fish and Wildlife Branch could establish a game reserve for the big horn shepp. This exchange provided the Crown with lakefront land for more suitable public recreational use on Osprey Lake. I B.C. Forest Service wished to "square up" boundaries of a reserve established for this service and in return Mr. Delong was able to consolidate his holdings. Dept. of Highways required additional land for an extension of their yardsite and Mr. Guzauskas agreed to give up some of his land and receive a equitable parcel in return. 1 Town lot. Total exchanges, 8 Z 24 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES LAND INSPECTION DIVISION G. H. Wilson, P.Ag., A.A.C.I., Chief The Land Inspection Division in 1974 moved closer to this Government's policy of achieving integrated resource use and management over Crown lands as a result of the establishment of seven resource management regions. These regions and their corresponding centres are Vancouver Island, centred in Nanaimo; Lower Mainland, centred in Greater Vancouver; Thompson-Okanagan, centred in Kamloops; Kootenay, centred in Nelson; Cariboo, centred in Williams Lake; Omineca-Peace, centred in Prince George; Skeena, centred in Smithers. With the implementation of this new framework the Lands Branch can fulfil a more meaningful role as a land manager and as a co-ordinator of land uses, as demands arise, between all resource discipline. Our regional boundaries will be common with all other resource managers. Consequently, communication between our management staff and the various resource managers such as the Forest Service and the Recreation and Conservation staff can be more positively oriented, giving rise hopefully to optimal utilization of Crown land. During 1974 the Land Inspection Division continued to act as the eyes and ears of the Lands Branch, reporting to the Director of Lands on all applications for Crown land as well as trespasses on Crown land. Despite the fact that our staff have been called upon to attend meetings and carry on a larger, more communicative role with other agencies and the public, they were able to complete 17 per cent more inspections during the year than were completed during the corresponding period in the previous year. Hopefully, with the implementation of the Department's Crown Lot and Sites Program with the ultimate provision of lots to the public on an "over the counter" basis, the volume of applications requiring field examinations will be greatly reduced. Other measures used to speed up the service to the public in 1974 relate to the current short-cut routing of land applications from the Land Commissioner to the Land Inspector, who, after carefully reviewing the application, provides his findings together with his recommendations to the Regional Land Inspector. If, in the opinion of the Regional Land Inspector, the information provided by the Inspector clearly indicates that the application should be disallowed, then the process is terminated at that point and the applicant is advised immediately. On the other hand, if an examination is required, the application is passed to Victoria for clearance and a formal examination is requested from the Inspector. This initial screening of applications by Land Inspectors had made it possible to advise applicants quickly when it is clearly evident that alienation of Crown land would not be in the public interest. This is a significant improvement as in the past applicants frequently had to wait many months to receive a negative reply. As a result of this short-cut procedure the processing of over 25 per cent of the new applications is being terminated in the very early stages. In order to provide a sound basis for the utilization of Crown land with due regard for all resource constraints, the Lands Branch was actively engaged in 10 major land-use planning projects during 1974, the majority of which relate to community pasture developments for the Department of Agriculture. We note that the LANDS BRANCH Z 25 total Federal-Provincial funds allocated to the development of five of these community pasture proposals amounts to $1,470,000. Special appraisals continue to occupy a significant portion of our staff's time. Most of the 29 special appraisals completed in 1974 were conducted by our staff for other agencies such as the B.C. Land Commission, the B.C. Hydro and Power Authority, and the Department of Agriculture. In addition to this number and, as of November 30, 1974, four appraisals for the Department and 26 appraisals for the B.C. Land Commsision were contracted out to private fee appraisers. Two rather significant developments took place on Crown lands in 1974 that appear to point up the Land Inspection Division's changing managerial role. In the Squamish area the Department took control of Crown lands on which substantial improvements had been created under a now bankrupt ski development. In the Fraser River the Department embarked on a program to control removal of gravel from the bed of the river between Kanaka Creek and Hope, with permits being issued by a Gravel Control Officer authorized to act on behalf of the Department. From the inception of the Gravel Control Program in mid-September to year-end, 76,500 cubic yards of gravel have been taken under permit, yielding a revenue of $30,600. The 1974 staff conference of the Land Inspection Division on February 12, 13, and 14 helped to lay a cornerstone for better communication within the Division as well as between the Division and the other resource managers and users of Crown land. Other sessions held during 1974 were the four quarterly meetings of Regional Land Inspectors in Victoria, numerous intersector committee meetings relating to the proposed agricultural land reserves, and a number of brief regional and district meetings on specific problems in the management of Crown land. In addition to attending Technical Planning Committee and Livestock Association Meetings, some of the staff attended conferences such as the Conference of the Professional Economists, the Western Water Users, and the Outdoor Recreationists. The Careers '74 Program proved to be very successful, complementing the Division's movement toward stronger and better land management. Nineteen Land Management Assistants under the Experience category and two Clerk-Typists represented our total summer student complement under this program. In keeping with the demands of the Land Officer position, all of our non- accredited field staff continued to work toward their real estate accreditation with the Appraisal Institute of Canada in 1974. Most of the staff on the "old program" have now completed the requirements leading to accreditation. Although only 12 members of the staff are currently accredited real estate appraisers, we feel certain that another six will be accredited by November 1975. As a result of increased management responsibilities and a continuing heavy work load, the number of field staff, as of November 30, had been increased to 43 from 33 in 1973. Eight vacancies in the field staff complement remained to be filled pending reorganization of the Lands Branch. Details of activities within the land management regions are contained within the following individual regional reports. VANCOUVER ISLAND REGION J. A. Esler, P.Ag., A.A.C.I., Regional Land Inspector The Vancouver Island Land Management Regional Office is located in Victoria, with Land Inspection Offices in Victoria and Courtenay. This is a new region formed in early 1974 by taking Vancouver Island and a small portion of the Mainland out of the former Vancouver Region. Z 26 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES There was a total of 840 inspection requests received in 1974 compared to 672 in 1973. The increase was partly attributable to a substantial increase in the number of leases that came up for review during the year. Fifty per cent of all requests handled dealt with foreshore uses with the majority being for booming and log-storage purposes. In order to reduce the environmental impact as a result of dumping and sorting logs in the water, companies are being encouraged to establish dryland sorts wherever possible and to bundle logs and lower them into the water rather than use conventional log dumps. Many of the older log-sorting and booming grounds have been poorly managed in the past, with the result that there has been a build-up of debris on the submerged land and the escape of deadheads and sinkers into open water. The Lands Branch, with the co-operation of the Federal Fisheries Service, the Fish and Wildlife Branch, and the Ministry of Transport has been encouraging the logging companies to undertake clean-ups of their leasehold areas. All new leases issued require posting of a bond to ensure clean-up when the lease expires. Through the use of Government aircraft the Lands Branch has been able to minimize unauthorized use of Provincial waters for booming and log-storage purposes. A closer working relationship with the Forest Service at the regional level will alert the Lands Branch to the water-lot requirements of a timber operator prior to the issuance of a harvesting licence by the Forest Service. Considerable time has been spent during the past year on the problem of valuing foreshore leases. Federal Department appraisers, fee appraisers, and others have been contracted. In September a trip was made to Olympia, Wash., to confer with appraisers from Washington and Oregon to explore new methods. Present plans are to devise a satisfactory method of arriving at rentals for marina leases based on a percentage of gross income. The use of the Multiple Listings Service has enabled the Land Inspector to keep abreast of market data at a time of rapidly rising land values. The present formal system of referring applications to other agencies is cumbersome and time-consuming. When the proposed Regional Land Management Advisory Committee is formalized, applications will be reviewed at meetings to be held on a regular basis involving the various resource managers, and hopefully the whole process will become much more meaningful and efficient. LOWER MAINLAND REGION R. F. Gilmour, P.Ag., A.A.C.I., Regional Land Inspector In March 1974 the Lower Mainland Land Management Region, comprising the Land Inspection Districts of New Westminster, Vancouver, and Vancouver North was formed. Five hundred and forty-nine examinations were undertaken in 1974 but as a result of mid-season staff changes and a higher than normal number of complicated appraisals completed, 175 inspection requests remained outstanding at the end of the year. As in past years, rental reviews comprised the largest number of inspections completed. Foreshore lease applications for industrial, commercial, and private uses were next in number, followed by applications for home-sites, quarrying, and Crown grants. The number of inspections made does not indicate the time spent on the various applications. Several appraisals for the B.C. Land Commission proved very complex and time-consuming, as were examinations of accretions and trespasses. Other significant appraisals were undertaken at Jericho Beach and the University Endowment Lands. LANDS BRANCH Z 27 A new program of on-site management of gravel removal from the Fraser River from Kanaka Creek to Hope was commenced during the year. A Gravel Control Officer was taken on staff under contract to carry out this function under the direction of the Land Inspector. To date the program has been successful in that it gives fast service to the operators and has given the Lands Branch a greater knowledge of the river with regard to gravel-removal techniques, trespasses, the needs of salmon habitat, flood control, gravel disposition, and an awareness of the many other uses in the river. In the Squamish area the Department took control of Crown lands on which substantial improvements had been created under a now bankrupt ski development. The buildings have been boarded up and a watchman hired to live at the top of Brohm Ridge and guard against vandalism and pilfering. In this Region, being close to a large centre of population, the demand for rural home-sites, both permanent and recreational, is high. The creation of subdivided parcels of land for these two uses has been given high priority and every effort will be made in 1975 to provide the public with building-lots. Tentatively, sites have been chosen which would provide 700 lots. This number may be increased or decreased depending on final physical tests for drainage and water. To date this Region has not been involved in any multiresource or interdepartmental land-use studies. Areas designated for study had to be given low priority, but it is planned to implement such studies in 1975. Also, in the coming year more emphasis will be placed on input from all resource-users in the planning and management of Crown land by the holding of more frequent meetings of the Regional Resource Committee and their subgroups. Germansen Lake inspection. Z 28 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES THOMPSON-OKANAGAN REGION D. I. Snider, P.Ag., A.A.C.I., Regional Land Inspector The outstanding number of inspections in the Thompson-Okanagan Region at the end of 1974 is the lowest for the past five years despite the number of requests for field examinations being up 23 per cent. This high level of requests should be materially reduced next year due to the change in processing the flow of applications from the Land Commissioners to the Land Inspectors instead of directly to Victoria. Although not a large number are being directly disallowed, the process should save considerable staff time in Victoria and in the field in 1975. In attempting to implement the policy direction toward more land management, much staff time was consumed in 1974 seeking solutions to the provision of selected areas for all-terrain vehicle uses (motor-cycles, four-wheel drives, etc.), which have been very evidently having a detrimental effect on the dry grasslands adjacent to Kamloops in the past few years. Another example of our increased determination to improve methods of protecting the basic land capability was illustrated this past year in our implementing numerous cattle seizures under the Grazing Act to protect some specific range areas from further decline in productivity due to excess cattle pressure. Although motor-cycles, four-wheel drives, and cattle are our more mobile and difficult forms of trespass, we are not without more stationary types such as (probably our largest problem in this region) the illegal occupation of areas of foreshore by upland owners. This problem is more one of education enforcement and some recent court cases in the Okanagan this year will undoubtedly help if appropriately publicized. Our greatest concern here is the physical obstructions that effectively prevent the public from enjoying even an evening walk along many beaches. A clear and positive position on foreshore trespasses must be taken by the Lands Service and this position adequately publicized so that future staff action can be more effective. Much work has been done this year in studying methods of assuring better management of that range which is presently the responsibility of the Lands Service under grazing leases. Three summer sudents were used from May to August primarily on a ranch inventory program in order to build a data bank on physical holdings, etc., to be used in setting management practices for future leases. As a result of these studies it appears clear that a new basis for rentals for grazing use should be evolved and primarily be based on a charge for the forage consumed, rather than on the acreage basis now used. It is equally clear that more actual management controls such as numbers of cattle and periods of use must be implemented at an early date. In many ways, 1974 has been a most progressive year, but most particularly in the gradual evolution of interdepartmental communication and understanding at both regional and district levels. KOOTENAY REGION A. G. Anderson, P.Ag., A.A.C.I., Regional Land Inspector In 1974, 347 inspections were made out of 400 requests received. Of these, 30 per cent involved homesites, 19 per cent were lease reviews, and 17 per cent involved agriculture and grazing, while the remaining 34 per cent covered a wide miscellany of purposes. There is obviously a growing demand for rural home-sites, while the demand for recreational home-sites is surprisingly low, being 79 and 4 respectively. LANDS BRANCH Z 29 Highlights for 1974 in this region are first, the formation of the Nelson Land Management Region and the appointment of a Regional Land Inspector. So the year was one of reorganization, orientation, and familiarization of the work and the area. Other highlights must be the publication of the Purcell Study and the Mica Region Resource Study. These studies clearly point out the problems, conflicts, and possible solutions. A number of other special reports on pipe-lines and electrical transmission-lines have also been made and assist in clarifying the problems and solutions. For much the same reasons the meetings of the Technical Planning Committees of the three regional districts as well as the Intersector Committee meetings cover the problems, changes, and effects occurring throughout the region and allow more participation and communication among the resource agencies. Land-use trends are toward small acreage home-sites, if types of requests and inquiries are indicative, despite a considerable resistance from the regional districts as they anticipate the problems of servicing outlying areas with little or no returns from taxes. The rural part-time farm or small holding has become quite desirable, possibly due to the uncertainties of the economy. While problems of trespass continue, they are really of minor importance except where the public is being excluded or prevented the use of a desirable area. With a continuing program of publicity and very infrequent prosecution this problem may be controlled. Problems of competition between the resource agencies for control of the land base continue. Until truly realistic and impartial analysis and decisions are made, this problem will remain. The major factors affecting the rational development of various land uses are the very large areas being held by large companies such as those of Crows Nest Industries, Dark Woods Forest Industries, as well as the large relatively unused areas in Christmas-tree farms and the current forest reserves over low timber-producing areas which should be utilized for more realistic purposes. CARIBOO REGION L. M. Warner, P.Ag., A.A.C.I., Regional Land Inspector The inauguration in March of this Land Management Region provided further advancement toward better co-ordination in land management and resolution of land-use conflicts. Within the Region's 57,000 square miles there exists three major land uses—residential, ranching, and timber production. Superimposed on these are other types of land usage which interact, often in conflict. The reserve on all unsubdivided Crown lakefront lands established in 1971 continued to limit the number of new applications for recreational waterfront use. Examinations of applications of this type were confined to the Clinton District and represented about 1 per cent of the total number of inspections completed in the region. Lease reviews for all uses accounted for about 60 per cent of the regional total. New applications for grazing leases increased from the 1973 figure. The requirement for in-depth consideration of other uses of Crown lands has been a major factor contributing to the high number of year-end outstanding inspections. Difficulties in locating sales information continued to create problems in arriving at values for Crown lands within the Region. Many Crown leases are located on lakes for which there are no sales data available and in such cases the only alternative is to relate to sales on other lakes. This requirement not only complicates the appraisal process but reduces the reliability of the value estimates. The problem has 1 Z 30 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES been particularly noticeable in the past three years as sale prices and lease rentals have skyrocketed. In the agricultural sector a similar situation exists, but is now further complicated by recently introduced restrictive covenants and legislative restrictions to land usage. Infiltration of the rural area by residential applications and ranch expansions have invariably conflicted in some degree with livestock permit grazing and wildlife habitats. Several meetings were held with fish and wildlife biologists in an effort to arrive at mutual understanding and resolution of land uses. Rural residential developments have been proposed in five locations throughout the Region, totalling 125 lots. Additional urban fringe residential developments are planned for Quesnel, Williams Lake, and 100 Mile House. The size of these developments is currently envisaged to total 300 sites. Multidisciplinary meetings have concentrated on developing land-management plans for two large areas in the Quesnel district. There are four other areas in the Region awaiting discussion. Problems of communicating and meeting with other resource managers have been experienced in this Region since some resource departments do not as yet have a regional office established at Williams Lake. OMINECA-PEACE REGION H. K. Boas, R.P.F., A.A.C.I., Regional Land Inspector In March the Quesnel, Burns Lake, and Smithers Land Inspection Districts were split off from the former Omineca-Peace Land Management Region, leaving four districts in the Region—Fort St. John, Pouce Coupe, Prince George, and Vanderhoof. The statistical part of this Report is based on the Region as it now exists. Requests received for examinations were up 50 per cent from last year and were the highest number in the past five years. Examinations completed were 49 per cent above last year and reports submitted were 16 per cent above last year. Twenty-six applications were terminated at the regional level as a result of the shortcut routing of land applications directly from the Land Commissioners to the Land Inspectors, instead of being first forwarded to Victoria. The summer assistant program was of benefit to the Region and we look forward to employing students again next year. There was a total of five students employed in 1974. Integrated resource studies were carried out and completed on the Wren Multi- Use Reserve, the Bear Mountain Community Pasture, and in the Peace River Region on District Lot 2222, as well as a preliminary report on the Ground Birch Community Pasture. Similarly, field work was completed on the Purden Lake study, but maps are needed from Victoria to complete the study. Within the Omineca-Peace Region, sheet and gully erosion is becoming recognized as a very great potential problem. It is incumbent upon us as land managers to place development conditions in our leases to keep such erosion to a minimum. The need for Departmental personnel to enforce the Land Act and the conditions which we put in our leases is quite evident. Several areas of concern require early attention, namely, trespass use of Crown land, an accurate assessment of improvements prior to extending the terms of leases, unauthorized assignments, and interference with public roads and trails. The integrated resource-use approach to land management is a necessity and hopefully we can begin a program of planning areas of Crown land. The Crown Lots and Sites Program would benefit greatly from such planning and is a natural outcome of such a program. LANDS BRANCH Z 31 There appears to be a trend by Government departments to hire their own experts in the fields of other line departments. This approach would appear to be in conflict with the integrated resource approach to the management of Crown lands. If resource departments cannot rely on advice furnished by other line departments without vetting one another's work, then the objectives of integrated resource management may not be reached. Many meetings were attended during the year—T.P.C. meetings for three regional districts, Secretariat meetings on the Williston Lake Study, Common Resource Boundaries and the North-West Study, Intersector and Regional Resource meetings on the A.L.R.'s and pasture developments, Prince George Forest District Environmental Education Committee, and departmental meetings. There is a definite need for an Assistant Regional Land Inspector in the Region and it is hoped that the vacancy in the Region can be filled. View of Dalton Dome (left) and Atwell Peak east of Garibaldi village. Z 32 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES SKEENA REGION R. N. Bose, P.Ag., Regional Land Inspector The Skeena Region has a Regional Land Management Office in Smithers and is comprised of the Burns Lake, Prince Rupert, and Smithers Land Inspection Districts. This is one of the new land management regions formed early in 1974. Reviews of leases, whether on land or foreshore, continue to account for the greatest number of inspections in all three districts. Grazing leases and permanent home-site lease applications accounted for the next most frequent types of inspections in the Region. In the Prince Rupert district, inspections of log-storage and booming leases ranked third behind inspections for permanent home-sites. This year, Land Inspectors commenced investigating requests to assign grazing leases and agricultural leases. Thus, Crown lands are being managed to ensure that farm units are not destroyed by indiscriminate dispersal of grazing leases. Also, in areas covered by the partial moratorium on agricultural lands, investigation ensures that assignees qualify to hold agricultural leases. The Land Inspection Division has been involved in an interagency study of Hudson Bay Mountain, near Smithers. A resource folio was prepared by the Lands Service and proved valuable in resolving certain resource conflicts. Various staff members attended public meetings at Queen Charlotte, Smithers, Atlin, and Dease Lake. The latter two meetings were concerned with community development and required local input. In the Burns Lake district the partial moratorium on agricultural lands is encouraging development of private lands. In the Smithers and Prince Rupert districts the number of agricultural lease applications has declined, partly reflecting the diminishing amount of accessible arable land. Some grazing leases are being converted to agricultural leases. Trespass use of Crown lands continues to be a problem in this Region. Insufficient direction to the public and the lack of suitable alternatives are partly to blame for this uncontrolled use of Crown lands. We anticipate, however, that the recently announced Crown Lots and Sites Program will help greatly in meeting this need for rural home-sites and will do much to slow down the incidence of new trespasses. The increasing involvement of resource departments at all levels, as occurs regionally through the Regional Resource Management Committee, will foster a greater understanding of resource potentials for any land and thus reduce the likelihood of poor land-use decisions. The one major private development currently under way in this Region is the construction of the new sawmill at Sheraton, east of Burns Lake, by Babine Forest Products Limited. We anticipate that this development will stimulate the local economy. LANDS BRANCH Table 11—Types of Inspections, 1974 Purchases— Agriculture (other than grazing) 237 Access (roads, etc.) 5 Commercial (resorts, service-stations, hotels, airfields, etc.) __ 4 Community (cemeteries, church-sites, parking areas, etc.).... 11 Homesites (permanent) 297 Industrial (mill-sites, power-sites, manufacturing plants, etc.) 5 Summer home or camp-site 23 Others 10 Leases— Land—• Agriculture (other than grazing) 348 Commercial (resorts, service-stations, hotels, airfields, etc.) .. 63 Community (parks, cemeteries, dump-sites, etc.) 51 Grazing (pasture, range, hay-cutting, etc.) 296 Cancellations (sec. 44, Land Act, 1970) 90 Home-sites (permanent) 497 Industrial (mill-sites, power-sites, manufacturing plants, etc.) 54 Summer home or camp-site 81 Quarrying (sand, gravel, limestone) 30 Reviews (rentals and (or) diligent use) 2,430 Others 20 Foreshore— Booming and log storage or log dumping 190 Commercial (boat rentals, marine service-stations, wharves, etc.) 80 Industrial (mill-sites, canneries, factory-sites, wharves, etc.) 25 Quarrying (sand and gravel from river beds) 11 Oyster and shellfish 23 Private (floats, boathouses) 27 Reviews (rentals and (or) diligent use) 233 Others 11 Land exchanges (sec. 85, Land Act, 1970) 7 Licences of occupation 103 Easements and (or) rights-of-way 39 Pre-emptions (Land Act, R.S. 1960)—annual inspections (including applications for Crown grant) 58 Subdivisions— Valuations 50 Surveys inspection Plans cancellation 1 Proposals, residential (permanent) 21 Proposals, recreation (temporary) 2 Others 6 Z 33 Z 34 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 11—Types of Inspections, 1974—Continued Reserves—■ Grazing 1 Gravel pit 1 Planning development 1 Recreational 7 Subdivision 1 Wildlife reserve 1 Veterans' Land Act 3 Doukhobor lands Southern Okanagan Lands Project 11 Reports for other agencies— B.C. Railway 1 Corrections Branch 1 Appraisals—■ Special Departmental appraisals 11 Appraisals for other agencies— Department of Agriculture 2 B.C. Hydro 2 B.C. Land Commission 12 Parks Branch 1 Forest Service 1 Miscellaneous inspections— Assignments 92 Delinquent accounts 2 Escheats Act 4 Lake reconnaissance 3 Land-use surveys 12 Land revaluations of special nature 35 Protests 45 Sec. 53 (2), Land Act, R.S. 1960 (verifying improvements) 70 Sec. 65, Land Act, R.S. 1960, and sec. 48, Land Act, 1970 (free grants) Sec. 78, Land Act, R.S. 1960 (re compliance with provisions of) 6 Sec. 130, Land Act, R.S. 1960, and sec. 97, Land Act, 1970 (lands vested in Crown under Taxation Act) 3 Sec. 131b, Land Act, R.S. 1960, and sec. 53, Land Act, 1970 (cases of doubt regarding inclusion of body of water in Crown grant) 5 Trespass (land) 49 Trespass (water) 76 Quieting Titles Act 2 Sec. 102 (2), Land Registry Act 13 Others 66 Total 5,979 LANDS BRANCH Z 35 Table 12—Analysis of Inspections Completed and Inspections Outstanding at Year-end for the Years 1970 to 1974, Inclusive Land Management Regions and Land Inspection Districts Examinations Completed During Year III 1970 I 1971 I 1972 I 1973 I 1974 I I I I Vancouver Island Region Courtenay Victoria Subtotals Lower Mainland Region New Westminster Vancouver Vancouver North Subtotals Thompson-Okanagan Region Kamloops Kelowna Subtotals Kootenay Region Nelson... Cariboo Region Quesnel Williams Lake.... - Clinton Subtotals Omineca-Peace Region Fort St. John...... Pouce Coupe.— Prince George... Vanderhoof... Subtotals Skeena Region Prince Rupert Smithers Burns Lake Subtotals Grand totals 377 551 | 469 385 189 230 | 215 146 566 781 | 684 | 531 I 301 342 643 503 236 240 223 324 I I 289 | 216 j 334 | 702 249 486 209 402 193 739 951 695 595 I 313 | 372 J 425 | 417 179 687 374 191 i 243 763 I 603 412 378 195 597 390 1.240 | 1.366 | 1.224 | 1.182 620 273 318 305 1,516 194 183 206 583 5,600 439 282 362 155 459 150 435 169 1,238 | 1.213 200 | 153 182 I 199 227 I 115 609 467 6,104 | 5,547 I 533 198 294 101 1,126 164 222 174 560 5,022 432 272 704 I 267 I 188 161 j 176 183 185 787 | 839 | 611 | 549 546 225 771 347 157 514 605 1,276 690 386 385 219 158 302 192 652 5,979 Examinations Outstanding at Year-end 1970 I 1971 [ 1972 I 1973 1974 I I I 49 67 | 204 1,312 115 | 32 | 103 29 91 | 50 j 164 | 101 72 | 86 ! I ! 35 j 48 | 59 j 37 34 54 13 34 40 23 69 78 I 101 74 | 170 69 67 135 147 | 132 141 | 136 91 75 1 1 33 j 63 6 29 1 45 j 13 | 72 25 87 | 59 | 40 | 79 166 183 | 94 | 98 ! 176 102 62 1 64 | 37 1 1 30 | 42 | 1 1 39 47 | 45 21 66 53 II 25 | 46 18 | 15 | 60 200 j 59 I 62 | 111 | 227 147 [ 86 j 69 | 166 j 50 372 191 | 149 292 337 86 1 1 72 | 209 85 35 19 7 1 84 92 46 111 64 1 33 65 108 20 12 | 5 57 67 236 | 155 | 331 | 299 | 256 76 50 76 202 926 911 | 1,123 | 1,226 Z 36 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 13—Analysis of Requests for Inspection Processed by Land Inspection Division for Years 1970 to 1974, Inclusive Land Management Regions and Land Inspection Districts New Requests Received During— 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 Vancouver Island Region 438 191 581 212 457 212 373 167 410 Victoria 289 Subtotals - - — 629 793 669 540 699 Lower Mainland Region 369 359 182 249 271 261 182 306 305 145 164 214 188 Vancouver North 224 Subtotals 728 702 749 614 626 Thompson-Okanagan Region 547 239 664 224 452 214 411 198 552 199 Subtotals 786 888 666 609 751 Nelson Kootenay Region 339 385 436 395 363 Cariboo Region 185 843 432 205 619 351 209 603 361 187 645 487 200 628 489 1,460 1,175 1,173 1,319 1,317 Fort St John Omineca-Peace Region 494 207 337 252 397 188 299 135 583 200 386 152 398 163 316 148 633 301 422 221 1.290 1,019 1,321 1,025 1,577 Skeena Region 169 214 217 185 148 172 153 145 142 153 291 211 211 283 Burns Lake 190 600 505 440 655 684 5,832 5,467 5,454 5,157 6,017 LANDS BRANCH Z 37 SPECIAL SERVICES DIVISION During 1974 the three component sections of the Special Services Division polarized into two distinct units in accordance with the needs of the Lands Service for the specific expertise on hand. The activities of the Planning and Engineering Sections were progressively merged into a Crown land development unit oriented to the production of Crown subdivisions and related developments. The Environmental Section continued on its own as an environmental advisory group to both the land management and land development components of the Lands Service. For administrative purposes, the Special Services Division remained intact throughout the year. Environmental Section J. P. Secter, Senior Biologist The Environmental Section advises the Associate Deputy Minister, the Director of Lands, and the senior professional staff on the biological, ecological, and environmental aspects of Crown land management. Throughout 1974 the main activities of this unit continued to be in the areas of control of environmental impacts of proposed development projects, resolution of conflicts in land resource use, and facilitation of integrative resource management on Crown-administered lands. The activities of the Senior Biologist were augmented in early May with the appointment of an Aquatic Biologist and again in September with the contracting of an Ecological Technician. In additioin, two summer student assistants were on hand from May through August. The Section has expanded its role in the co-ordination, management, and review of environmental assessments of major development projects on Crown lands. In the apportionment of Provincial environmental impact control responsibilities, the assessment of intensive environmental impacts oriented to determining optimal location, design, and construction procedures within a predetermined corridor or site on Crown lands are co-ordinated by this Section. An ongoing program to ensure the mitigation of environmental impacts related to smaller easements over Crown land has been arranged with the Regional Land Inspection Offices. Major concerns here are with the detailed location of access roads and of small transmission-lines. A working liaison was also established with the B.C. Energy Commission regarding the control of potential impacts of proposed pipe-line projects. This Section combined efforts with the ELUC Secretariat and the Energy Commission to establish environmental control procedures for the Inland Natural Gas East Kootenay Link Pipeline from Yahk to Rossland. In addition, the Section was appointed to represent the Province on the Environment Canada Task Force to Review McKenzie Valley Pipeline Applications and has initiated a review of the environmental statements submitted by two applicants for the British Columbia portions of that pipe-line. Included among the other intensive assessments with which the Section was involved in 1974 are the Carcross, Y.T., to Skagway, Alaska Highway (B.C. portion), Houston-Ootsa Lake Highway, Kitwanga-Meziadin Highway, and the Meziadin Railway. The assessment and control of impacts on aquatic environments has been a major undertaking in 1974. The Section has been involved with a variety of marina sites on the lower Coast and will be initiating planning studies to determine optimal locations for marina facilities within both the Capital and Greater Vancouver Regional Districts. The Section played a significant role in the management of a Z 38 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES major environmental assessment of alternative bulk marine terminal sites in the Prince Rupert area. Examination of all foreshore lease applications to ensure environmental impact mitigation is a major undertaking. Log-handling in lakes and estuarine zones has been of particular concern and is under continuous review on both a general and site specific basis. The Section is looking to careful initial site selection and to modified handling practices as two basic methods of mitigating environmental problems in this area. Conservation of estuaries has been another primary concern and all Crown foreshore leases at Comox and Campbell River are currently under review pending the preparation of foreshore management plans by short-term task groups under the leadership of Environmental Section personnel. This sort of planning should be extended to all estuaries administered by the Crown. A similar exercise is also in effect for water lot leases on selected large lakes. The development of a management plan for Ladysmith Harbour is a key project of this program. This major planning exercise approaches the management of the harbour, its foreshore, and related upland on a totally integrative basis and is expected to establish a precedent for small harbour management throughout the British Columbia Coast. The Environmental Section represents the Lands Service on a variety of formal intergovernmental and interagency committees. Included in addition to those previously noted are the B.C. Mines Reclamation Committee and the B.C. Salmon Enhancement Review Committee. The Section is consulted in-Service regarding portions of the total array of land applications, ranging from the foreshore to the alpine zones. Special projects during 1974 have included the provision of environmental base data on the University Endowment Lands; an investigation of alternative forms of sewage disposal for alpine, montane, and rocky terraine; and examinations of the Haines Road relocation proposal, the Nanaimo Duke Point port-site, peat mine restoration at the Nadu River, and the Penticton Bypass highway proposal. The positive contribution of this new section to sound land-management practices is being felt throughout the Province. Engineering Section B. A. Lambert, P.Eng., Senior Engineer The Engineering Section advises the Director of Lands on the engineering aspects of the management and development of Crown land. Its major concern has continued to be the investigation and development of Crown land subdivisions. Site inspections are made to determine such physical criteria as the availability of potable water, the safe disposability of sewage, and the suitability of the ground for building and road construction. Site inspection for subdivision proposals have been made in Atlin, Sundance near Chetwynd, Goldbridge, several locations in both the Quesnel and Williams Lake areas, Nanoose and Williams Beach on Vancouver Island. A preliminary study was made on the costs of various schemes of installation and operation of a community water supply system for the existing Crown subdivision at Dease Lake allowing for some expansion to be expected with the completion of the B.C. Railway line and improvement of highway access. Construction of roads for Crown subdivision has proceeded at Fort Nelson, Purden Ski Hill near Prince George, and Westbridge near Greenwood. Roads in the Dog Creek and Esler Road subdivisions have been paved. A water-line extension was installed at Bear Lake north of Prince George to serve Crown lots intended for trailer use. Pedestrian lake access was improved at Sulphurous Lake subdivision and road access and a boat ramp provided at Smithers Landing subdivision on LANDS BRANCH Z 39 Babine Lake. A creek was cleared out to improve surface drainage at the Beaver Harbour subdivision at Port Hardy. The foregoing projects have been undertaken on behalf of the Lands Branch by the Department of Highways, Forest Service, and Parks Branch. Road construction for the Cablecar Subdivision, Kitimat, was commenced under contract and the community water system was designed by the Section staff with some assistance from consultants. A communal pumphouse was also designed by section staff for the residents of Dease Lake. At year-end the building had been constructed and equipment ordered. Site inspections and reports have also been made to provide technical guidance to the Land Inspection Division and the Environmental Section on environmental impact of proposed marine, road, and sewage treatment developments on Crown lands by other agencies or private concerns. These projects included an assessment of the British Columbia section of the Carcross-Skagway Highway project. Periodic observations have also been made of the coastal erosion at Whiffin Spit, a public recreation reserve at the mouth of Sooke Harbour. It has yet to be established whether the shoreline movement follows seasonal cycles or is progressive. The Brohm Ridge ski development lease reverted to the Crown, together with the partially completed terminal buildings and cable towers for the gondola system and a lodge and chalets. These structures were examined by staff of this Section to determine their condition and whether any action was required to prevent deterioration. Snow-damaged balconies on the lodge were removed and sheathing applied to several buildings to prevent entry of water and vandals. The Lands Branch was represented on both the Sewage Disposal Task Group and the Subdivision Standards Committee set up by the Environment and Land Use Committee. This year a professional geological engineer and an engineering technician joined the Section, both of whom have particular expertise related to subdivision work, assessment of groundwater and soils, materials testing, and road construction. Z 40 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES ECOLOGICAL RESERVES SECTION Dr. J. B. Foster, Co-ordinator On October 1 the Ecological Reserves Program acquired its first full-time staff member when Dr. J. B. Foster was appointed Co-ordinator. Work earlier in the year on the establishment of new reserves was slow since David Borthwick and Don Pearson of the Lands Branch were largely involved in other duties. On November 27 the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Reserves Committee was held at the University of Victoria. After an opening speech by the Minister, 69 new reserves were proposed. These included an enlarged version of the Spatsizi proposal and the first marine proposals. The meeting was filmed by the National Film Board to provide material for their 50-minute documentary film on ecological reserves. During the year three new reserves were created for a total of 56 reserves and 95,315 acres. The pace of creating new reserves is expected to quicken now there is a full-time Co-ordinator. The accumulated total of unresolved ecological reserve applications is now over 100. As the year ended, the draft regulations for protecting ecological reserves were being formalized, as well as the means for enforcing the regulations. Attempts were also being made to strengthen the Ecological Reserves Act to give the reserves a greater degree of permanence. Dr. V. J. Krajina et al. continued their hard work during the year surveying potential areas for reserves and producing a book on the ecological reserves in the Province (185 pp.). Priority is expected to change from surveying to research on existing reserves in the coming year. Goosegrass Creek Ecological Reserve, 5,400 acres of forest, tundra, and glaciers, lying to the west of McNaughton Lake. CO _3 o D O Q 8° SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Z 47 SURVEYS AND MAPPING RRANCH A. H. Ralfs, B.C.L.S., D.L.S., Director, Surveyor-General, and Boundaries Commissioner DATA PROCESSING For many years raw survey data have required manipulation, adjustment, and computation in such volume that they can only be handled by an electronic computer. For this purpose the Branch maintains a number of programs which run on the Computer and Consulting Services IBM 370/145 computer. During the year, several additions and amendments have been made to these programs to keep abreast of developments in survey technology and to assist in the map-making process. Recent decreases in cost and increases in versatility have also led to the increased use of hand and desk-top calculators which now, particularly in the area of legal surveys, are able to provide on-the-spot solutions to most of the surveyors' problems. The expertise and experience of the Branch in data processing has also been made available to the Lands Branch in its investigation of the possible computerization of land status records. STANDARD SYSTEM OF MAPPING AND GEO-REFERENCING Apart from the Surveys and Mapping Branch, many other departments of Government, Crown agencies, and municipal authorities have been involved in map-making in British Columbia without any central direction. The result has been a proliferation of scales, sheet sizes, and numbering systems, and in many cases a duplication of effort. In an attempt to improve this situation a Standard System of Mapping for British Columbia was proposed. Sponsored by the Honourable the Minister, this system was promulgated by Order in Council 2884, dated September 5, 1974. The schedule to this Order makes all specifications in metric units and is binding on all map-making supported by public funds. Toward the end of the year a Branch representative served on a task group of the ELUC Data Services Committee, looking into all aspects of geo-referencing. The recommendation of this group is the adoption of the Universal Transverse Mercator (U.T.M.) Rectangular Grid as the system for geographically referencing all types of data. Such a system is dependent on there being available mapping at suitable scales and showing the grid. For a variety of technical reasons, the key scale appears to be 1:20,000 which seems acceptable to all the major map users. There is a body of opinion that maps at 1:20,000 and larger scales should be formatted on rectangular grid sheet lines and that the sheets of larger scales be modular with those of smaller scales. However, there still remain some uncertainties about this because of phasing- out problems, and at the year's end studies are continuing so that the matter can be resolved with minor amendments to the aforesaid Order in Council. In all of this the major role of Surveys and Mapping Branch is the production of base maps at standard scales upon which other departments and agencies can compile the data of interest to themselves. Z 48 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES BRITISH COLUMBIA-YUKON-NORTHWEST TERRITORIES BOUNDARIES COMMISSION In April 1974 the British Columbia-Yukon-Northwest Territories Boundaries Commission issued instructions to A. G. Sutherland, Technician, from this Branch to continue the clearing and maintenance program on the boundary east of Monument 374 north of Lower Post, B.C. By early lune the eight-man field crew began work and, with the aid of helicopter support, nine working camps were established before the crew completed its work and returned to Victoria in September for disbandment. There was a total of 134 kilometres of boundary line hand-cleared to a 2-metre skyline and 60 boundary monuments targetted for identification. Following this work, low-level air photographs were taken from the Government's Otter aircraft. All monuments were inspected and pits and mounds renewed. Two test areas of line which had been hand-treated with Tordon defoliant pellets in 1973 showed good control of willow, Arctic birch, and small conifers on relatively dry ground. BRITISH COLUMBIA-ALBERTA BOUNDARY A project, initiated by this Branch, was completed during the year with the passing, subject to proclamation, of new legislation by British Columbia, Alberta, and Ottawa. This legislation finally clarifies a long-standing restriction of the old legislation by allowing for further monumentation when necessary of sinous "height of land" portions of the Rocky Mountains section of the boundary. There are some secondary passes where the height of land would be impossible to locate and which nevertheless could become economically important. The new legislation will now allow the height of land to be replaced by straight-line monumented courses. GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES The Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names issued the first Cumulative Supplement for British Columbia since the Provincial Gazetteer was published in 1966. Containing about 3,700 new names and amendments supplied by the member for British Columbia, D. F. Pearson, the supplement differs slightly in format, with latitudinal and longitudinal references to the position of features replacing the less precise quadrantal references found in the Gazetteer. Two hundred copies of the supplement were received from Ottawa for redistribution to Government offices holding the 1966 edition. The book will also be issued free of charge by Information Canada to old and new purchasers of the 1966 volume of the British Columbia Gazetteer. A major geographical names project tackled in 1974 was processing new names and name changes brought about by the filling of McNaughton Lake and Williston Lake. The work generated a large volume of research and communication with local authorities. The reports of the Legal Surveys, Field Operations, and Map Production Divisions, which follow, outline in some detail their activities for the year. The Legal Surveys Division continued to provide legal survey services for other departments as well as for Lands and to function as the central registry for field books, plans, and maps relating to disposition of Crown land. The Field Operations Division directed its energy into two main channels— control for primary mapping and integrated surveys, and aerial photographic proj- SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Z 49 ects. Modernization of the photogrammetric section and reproduction laboratories through installation of new equipment helped the Map Production Division to comply with demands for primary and derived mapping and for production of prints and air photographs. However, the Reproduction Lab in the main Parliament Building is seriously in need of relocation because of the strict limitations on needed expansion. Z 50 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Z 51 LEGAL SURVEYS DIVISION W. A. Taylor, B.C.L.S., Chief The involvement of this Division in the work of other departments such as Forest Service, Water Resources, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Recreation and Conservation, Vital Statistics, Attorney-General, Municipal Affairs, Highways, etc., is best illustrated by the proportionate work table and production tables shown. Apart from the approximately 50,000 survey documents that are consulted every year in carrying out the work, on the average about 30,000 recorded items are dealt with of varying degrees of complexity. This, together with an abundance of unrecorded spontaneous matters which arise, is accomplished with a total office staff of 28 people. Table 14—Production Totals for the Years 1973 and 1974 1973 1974 Field books prepared 393 277 Lots surveyed 619 389 Survey plans examined 433 253 Lots confirmed 517 330 Lots cancelled 892 1,599 Lots amended 106 50 Reference maps compiled or renewed 61 68 Applications for purchase cleared 550 298 Applications for lease cleared 4,886 5,417 Reserves cleared 551 698 Timber sales cleared 1,353 1,089 Crown grant applications cleared 719 917 Cancellations from maps 714 614 Inquiries 943 667 Letters received and dealt with 3,753 3,463 Examination sketches 1,560 1,672 Crown grant and lease tracings made 10,931 6,257 Well-site plans recorded 183 208 Survey instructions issued 422 337 Mineral claim lots created 31 61 Mining leases cleared 107 12 Mining claims plotted 102 133 Mineral claims gazetted 208 22 Mineral claims cancelled 313 101 Placer leases plotted 551 337 Placer leases cancelled 273 297 Documents from vault examined 52,334 41,704 Crown land subdivision and right-of-way plans 393 432 Plans checked for the Land Registry Office 1,988 1,603 Descriptions written 658 439 Z 52 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES A stock of official survey-posts is maintained in all offices of Government Agents for use in Crown land surveys and replacement of original survey corners. A resume of the activity in this service appears below. Table 15—Distribution of Survey-posts B.C.L.S. Bars Standard Pipe Rock Post Drive- able Pins Post Caps Anchor Plates Drive- able Pipe 214" Bolts Amount on hand, Jan. 1, 1974 3,550 Nil 1,237 Nil 1,439 1,000 834 6,000 2,961 2,896 1,875 Nil 504 702 1,812 Nil Totals 3,550 1,237 2,439 6,834 5,857 1,875 1,206 1,812 Legal surveys 1,075 Nil Nil 20 Nil 75 205 570 486 250 2,690 343 40 2,600 1,225 Nil 100 Nil 78 298 90 22 Nil Public surveyors 100 Total used in 1974 1,075 95 1,261 3,283 3,865 100 466 122 Balance on hand, Dec. 31. 1974 2,475 $0.60 $645.00 1,142 $4.05 $384.75 1,178 $1.45 $1,828.45 3,551 $0.85 $2,790.55 1,992 $0.75 $2,898.75 1,775 740 $0.25 $4.60 1 $25.00 1$2,143.60 1 1,690 Selling price of one post Selling value of posts used in 1974 $0.50 $61.00 Total selling value, $10,777.10. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Z 53 Tieing highway control traverse to triangulation station. Legal Surveys Division Draughting, in new location at Harbour Towers. Z 54 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES FIELD WORK The field office of Legal Surveys enjoyed a typically busy year handling the survey requirements of the Lands Branch and requests from other Government departments. The mid-season retirement of one of our senior surveyors reduced the work capacity, and unfortunately several requests from outside departments could not be undertaken. The majority of the 44 surveys completed were for the Lands Branch, with a considerable increase in the number of residential and recreational building lots realized over last year. Lands Branch Subdivision Surveys Table 16—Town and Rural Roadside Lots Bear Lake (Prince George) 11 Port Hardy 3 3 Princeton 7 Bear Lake (vicinity) 17 Kitimat 118 Powell River 3 2 Purden Mountain 16 Kamloops 9 Fort Nelson 2 Summit Lake (waterfront) 7 252 In West Vancouver, two surveys were conducted to enable an exchange of land—139 acres as an access corridor to Cypress Park and a 120-acre parcel required by the City for reservoir purposes. A 10-acre lot was posted on Milburn Mountain, and a 79-acre lot surveyed at Enderby. Lands Branch Miscellaneous Surveys On Vancouver Island, levelling and profile work were done on an existing Crown subdivision at Beaver Harbour, and at Ladysmith, Weirs Beach, and in the Industrial Reserve in Victoria surveys were made to determine the extent of fill on Crown foreshore. The location of improvements relative to the boundaries of Crown-leased lots along approximately 1,000 feet of waterfront at Cowichan Bay was determined in order to assist the Inspection Branch in resolving a problem of multiple encroachments. Elsewhere in the Province a subdivision was made at Rock Creek to dedicate a portion of highway from a lease area going to grant, and at Westbridge a 66-foot strip was surveyed out of a lease lot for a reserve along the Kettle River. A boundary of an ecological reserve was posted and flagged near Summerland, and at Squamish a survey was made to determine if occupation on a Crown-granted lot conflicted with an Indian Reserve boundary. The conventionalized upland boundary in Twin Bays on Kootenay Lake was posted as a result of a Supreme Court decision concerning the ownership of the beach area in favour of the Crown. In Gold Bridge Townsite, groups of small lots were reposted to permit Crown leases of viable units. An inspection survey was conducted in the Ashcroft area, considered necessary by the Legal Surveys Division. To enable a large land exchange to be completed, 8.7 miles of Forest Service road and 30.7 miles of access roads for the Fish and Wildlife Branch had to be surveyed for elimination by Gazette. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Z 55 Interdepartmental Surveys Several assignments were accepted from the Department of Housing; however, a policy change became necessary when it was apparent that the anticipated volume of work planned by that department would strain our resources beyond the point where our obligations to the Lands Branch could be met. Work undertaken included the contouring and subsequent subdivision into 57 lots of an area at Port McNeill, and a similar job in the Marigold area of Saanich involving 33 acres was completed to permit replotting under the Municipal Act. A 4-mile perimeter boundary posting was carried out in the Roy Road area of Saanich preparatory to proposed subdivision, and a 10-acre perimeter survey and site plan were prepared for a parcel near Squamish. For the Department of Public Works, posting and consolidation surveys were made in Victoria at Humboldt and Blanshard Streets, at Pandora Avenue and Blanshard Street, and at Burdett Avenue and Blanshard Street. At Penticton the property occupied by the courthouse was posted, and an extensive survey was carried out in Burnaby to consolidate and define a 156-acre parcel from the Oakalla Prison Farm property. A small parcel was surveyed out of the Indian Reserve at Fort Nelson for the Department of Highways, and near Fort St. John the British Columbia Land Commission required a survey to acquire a 16-acre greenbelt parcel. For the Parks Branch a 110-acre parcel was subdivided off private ownership for park purposes at Otter Lake near Princeton, and for the B.C. Hospital Service an area presently occupied by the George Derby Hospital was surveyed to permit control to be transferred from the Federal to the Provincial Government. Several assignments received from the Forest Service regrettably could not be undertaken due to overcommitment of our services. A ranger station site of 16 acres was surveyed near Squamish. The single most extensive survey undertaken was for the Water Rights Branch. It involves the acquisition of property in Delta, fronting on Boundary Bay, required for dyke construction and improvement purposes. The work extends along 12 miles of waterfront and entails some 65 individual survey plans. Highway Surveys The control traverse and monumentation of the Stewart-Cassiar Highway, commenced in 1973, was continued for 43 miles this year, and is now completed to a point 26.4 miles north of Dease Lake. Beyond this the highway is subject to relocation and upgrading, and until this is done, our operations in that area will necessarily be suspended. The Surveys and Mapping Branch is grateful to the Department of Highways, the B.C. Forest Service, and to the British Columbia Railway for assistance provided in the maintenance of our camp and crew at Dease Lake. Restoration Surveys There was a total of 16 district lot corners renewed by our field staff in the course of the year's field program. It was not possible to assign a party from Legal Surveys to carry out restoration work in a selected area due to pressure of other work. Funds provided in the year's budget for restoration work were therefore committed to obtain such work from private surveyors, under instructions from the Surveyor-General. Two areas were chosen—one just east of Vanderhoof and the other south and west of Pouce Coupe. Z 56 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES FIELD OPERATIONS DIVISION A. D. Wight, B.C.L.S., Chief The accomplishment of the Division for the 1974 season was highlighted by a 30-per-cent increase in the number of air photographs and completion of the Provincial primary control covering 34 standard National Topographic Series map- sheets. At the current rate of progress on primary control, the Province will be covered by a control network with an average density of one point per hundred square miles by the year 1980. Thirty-five per cent of the uncontrolled area is in the northwestern sector adjacent to the Alaska boundary, while 50 per cent is in the southeastern sector of the Province. The Provincial 40-chain air photo cover is 90 per cent complete. However, 50 per cent of the existing photography is more than 10 years old and out of date for most applications. Of the outdated photography, 30 per cent is more than 15 years old, technically obsolete, and of limited historic value because the acetate film base has become brittle and is susceptible to cracking when handled. MAPPING CONTROL The primary control party operated in the northern part of the Province and occupied 171 stations in National Topographic Map-sheet 94B and the west halves of 94C and 94J. The party employed an Alouette II turbine-powered helicopter which flew 265 hours to transport the observing crews over the accomplished 1,770 miles of traverse. Base camps were established at Hudson Hope, Mile 147 on the Alaska Highway, and Fort Nelson. Torrential rains which flooded the northeastern part of the ■■■■MHHHHHBHB <sj; :J-^p '"*S^fc^^v_.?*'i»3> ~'f*1f' Wi. - '■-... lip' ..r^__^*V^*_^' " *'.'.»; ■&&'**' «s*_ Looking southwest from Station Whiteface, vicinity of Mount Lady Laurier (headwaters of Graham River). SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Z 57 ^y^^W-. ■ ■ ...-.--■_. - ■ .- - -7- ^ ■■'•"--■■■. . ^ ■ * . "J| 1 "-' \ Station Deadman on Mount Trimble, looking southwest toward Mount McCusker (south of Redfern Lake). Province forced the evacuation of the base camp established at Mile 147 when the waters of the Beatton River rose 12 feet over a period of 12 hours. The Government's Otter aircraft was assigned to this party, while working out of Fort Nelson, to supplement crew transportation and for taking low-level identification photography of all control points. Field survey control was completed for the following large and intermediate scale mapping projects: At the request of the Environment and Land Use Committee Secretariat, control was generated in and around the Towns of Vanderhoof, Burns Lake, Houston, Telkwa, and Smithers, also the Terrace area, including Lakelse Lake, Kitsumkalum Valley to Treston Lake, and up the Skeena Valley to Usk for 1:2,500 scale mapping. Control for 1:12,000 scale mapping was completed for the Parks Branch of the Department of Recreation and Conservation. It covered Cape Scott Park, Desolation Sound Park, a portion of Wells Gray Park, Elk Lakes Park, and an extension to an existing map series in the Red Pass-Mount Robson area. Seven site plans were compiled by field surveys for the Department of Public Works and five projects were completed for the Special Services Division of the Lands Service. Other projects completed for Government Departments were Roy Road development for the Department of Housing, Mud Bay area for the Fish and Wildlife Branch of the Department of Recreation and Conservation, and the Port Edward townsite for the Department of Municipal Affairs. The flood plain at Alta Lake was also defined for the Department of Municipal Affairs. Two parties were assigned to the Integrated Survey Program and completed priority sections in the City of Kelowna and the District of Matsqui. The project Z 58 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES at Kelowna was an expansion of Integrated Survey Area 4 and designed as the first stage in extending the Integrated System to the surrounding areas which were recently incorporated into the city. Two hundred and seventy-three permanent control monuments were co-ordinated on the North American Datum through survey ties to the Primary Geodetic network. Because the vertical control extended beyond the limits of reliability for third-order levelling, and because the Geodetic bench marks were not sympathetic over the area, a network of second-order levels was run to establish 26 bench marks which now form the primary datum for vertical control in the City of Kelowna. The party operating in the District of Matsqui controlled an area of approximately 16 square miles in the centre of the district surrounding Clearbrook. There were 220 monuments co-ordinated and their elevations established from the geodetic datum. A reconnaissance of the City of Vernon to design a control network for an Integrated Survey System was carried out on request from the City of Vernon. The recommended network comprised 200 locations at which the city will be responsible for constructing monuments. The Division established a 100-metre chain standardization base and an electronic distance-measuring base in the City of Prince George. A standard 300-foot base in the District of Surrey was calibrated and authorized for use by the Surveyor- General. The British Columbia-Yukon-Northwest Territories boundary maintenance program on the 60th parallel was administered by the Division and the field party was under the direction of a staff member. The balance of the crew were auxiliary employees. Sixty boundary monuments were inspected and the reference markers restored where necessary; in addition, 83 miles of line were recut between the Lower Liard River Crossing at Watson Lake eastward to Tropical Creek. Station Kelly, east slope of Rocky Mountains overlooking the Muskwa River valley. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Z 59 Interior of Beechcraft King Air Model 200 in photographic configuration. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Z 61 AIR SURVEY SECTION The aerial photographic operation underwent major changes during the 1974 season. Two Beechcraft King Air Model 200's were added to the Government's fleet of aircraft and assigned to the photographic operation. The first aircraft was operational in early July and the second one by August 7. The new aircraft have a speed of 325 miles per hour and an operating ceiling of 32,000 feet. The increased performance was a major contribution toward the record production of 59,452 new aerial photographs exposed during the season. The increased performance, all-weather capability, and dual camera installation of the aircraft provide operational flexibility which is not totally revealed by an increase in the number of exposures. The ratio between the number of photographs to the square miles of coverage for the Forest Inventory 20-chain program increased from 1.01 in 1973 to 1.18 last year. In addition, 13,150 square miles of 40-chain photography were completed in the northwest corner of the Province, where time on photography is relatively low in relation to total flight times. OK Floating ice on Peace River, January 1975. Z 62 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Throughout the Province, 157 special projects requiring 19,473 photographs to cover a total of 11,541 lineal miles were completed. Of the special projects, 46 per cent of the photography was requested by the Water Investigations Branch of this Department, 14 per cent by the Department of Recreation and Conservation, 9 per cent by the Lands Service, 6 per cent by the Department of Highways, and the remaining 25 per cent by all other departments. A detailed listing of the projects by departments is appended. Wild RC8 camera in Lear Jet camera door. Photographic accomplishment was extended further by the lease of a Lear Jet for small-scale photography on which the special camera door constructed by this Division in 1972 was installed. During the two-month lease, 82,600 square miles of 1:70,000 scale photography were completed and approximately 80 per cent of the completed area was high-priority work in the poor weather zone in the north coastal area. The high-level program was extremely successful, but a restriction on the use of the photography to Provincial Government departments and agencies was imposed by the Air Transport Committee as a condition to the importing of an American aircraft. SURVEY CONTROL SECTION Final adjustments of horizontal and vertical control established by field surveys during the season are completed or under way. Revision of old survey networks and their incorporation into the Data Bank covered areas in the vicinity of Quesnel, Vancouver Island, the Okanagan Valley, and coastal triangulation adjacent to the Strait of Georgia. Checked during the year were 160 wellsite surveys submitted by private surveyors under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act. Four students employed under the Student Employment Program were assigned to the Section and correlated the data to enter all the geodetic and Provincial bench marks in the Control Data Bank. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Z 63 Instrument shop used to maintain and modify Surveys and Mapping Branch equipment. Z 64 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 17—Accomplishments of Air Survey Section Number of Photos Lineal Miles Square Miles A. 80-chain vertical cover— Environment and Land Use Committee: Gulf Islands - Iskut-Bell Irving (104A, B) Nass (93M, N, 1030, P) Queen Charlotte Islands Skeena (93K, L, 1031, J) Stikine (104G, J) Vancouver Island (92B, C, K, L) Subtotals Lands Service: Cariboo (93G ) Chilcotin (92N, O, P, 93A) ... Subtotals Totals B. 40-chain vertical cover— Forest Surveys and Inventory Division: Alsek PSYU Dease PSYU Taku-Boundary PSYU Totals C. 20-chain vertical cover— Forest Surveys and Inventory Division: Big Bar PSYU BowronPSYU Burns Lake PSYU Cariboo Reforestation Dean PSYU Kamloops PSYU Narcosli PSYU -. Nechako-Westlake-Kluskus PSYU Okanagan-Kettle PSYU Shuswap PSYU Skeena PSYU Smithers PSYU Stum PSYU TFL 1 Totals — D. Special projects— Department of Agriculture: Fraser Valley raspberry fields. Smithers transects Vancouver Island transects Attorney General's Department: Richmond B.C. Hydro and Power Authority: Kootenay Canal Mica transmission-line Pend-d'Oreille UBC Forest B.C. Land Commission: Central Okanagan Department of Education: BCIT Forest Deep Cove Environment and Land Use Committee: Terrace Vancouver Island Department of Finance: Kootenay Lake Quadra-ivlaurelle Island Saltery Bay Forest Service: Kluskus Mica Pondage Morice River Road Soo Fire Department of Highways: Ashcroft - Avalanche areas Blue River _.. Burns Lake Cache Creek :... Cassiar Road - Clearwater 105 435 405 270 1,000 385 175 915 3,690 2,380 2,290 1,070 1,680 2,995 2,590 500 4,895 6,820 1,730 130 260 1.940 7.010 33,910 198(C)! 289 270(C) 30 103 39 165 34 165 28 33 432 23 130 180 156 190 310 277 815 7 354 7 50 6 210 9 59 78 70 7 15 21 54 10 255 20 11 220 287 220 300 130 176 258 160 181 5 564 5 24 5 120 7 2,400 10,100 9,350 6,125 20,650 9,000 3,650 2,775 61,275 85 2,250 830 19,100 21,350 82,625" 1,650 3,350 8,150 13,150 3,090 1,285 2,350 2,600 3,365 650 6,365 6,720 1,905 170 340 2,425 8,760 40,025 l (C)—Colour photography. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Z 65 Table 17—Accomplishments of Air Survey Section—Continued Number of Photos Lineal Miles Square Miles D. Special projects—Continued Department of Highways:—Continued Duncan Fort Langley to Coquitlam Fraser Highway Hazelton Kamloops.. Kathlyn Lake Penticton Pitt Meadows Port Alice Powell River Princeton Prince Rupert Prince Rupert Slide Sechelt-Gibsons Second Narrows Smithers Terrace-Hazelton... Department of Housing: Panama to Wilkinson . Lands Service: E. & N. lands Esperanza Inlet Fraser River gravel bar Government Precinct Hope-Merritt Highway Howe Sound Kispiox to Kitwanga Kyuquot Ladysmith Lasqueti Island Libby Pondage Malcolm Island.... ..... Masset Highway Port Hardy to Quatsino —- ' Saanichton Bay Sayward Sechelt Inlet Thetis Island Thompson Sound Tulpana Inlet _ Victoria Airport Windermere Lake Department of Municipal Affairs: Alta Lake Smithers to Telkwa to Houston Department of Public Works: Victoria Department of Recreation and Conservation: Cape Scott Chehalis River Chilcotin to Fraser Desolation Sound Indian River Inonoaklin River Ispah Lake Kootenay Lake Mosquito Creek Oyster River Pillar Lake Redpass Revision Seymour River Shulaps Range Shuswap River Silverhope River Summit Lake Trapp Lake Trout Lake Tsitika River Tsuh to Eneas Lake Upper Shuswap River... Upper Vedder River Wells Gray Park 1 Wells Gray Park 2 Widgeon Creek — Whiteswan to Alces Lakes 138 6 80 3 50 26 306 33 350(C) 42 22 100 320 75 14 33 25 15 8 55 3 48 193 161 3 16 221 96 8 73 46 15 165 17 10 1 I 67 120 580 38 195 9 109 3 270 4 29 20 110 376(C) 32 20 4 64 1 16 105 17 20 17 34 22 13 11 16 9 13 248 87 7 50 1 15 35 308 24 78 31 43 86 268 65 7 36 6 3 7 45 1 28 31 91 1 16 91 60 15 27 21 4 22 28 4 8 58 55 455 23 50 5 62 2 251 3 18 4 167 115 65 6 Z 66 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 17—Accomplishments of Air Survey Section—Continued Number of Photos Lineal Miles Square Miles D. Special projects—Continued Department of Transport and Communications: Airports Ferry terminals 44 51 31 47 353 262(C) 20 107(C) 25 10 25 10 11 71 20 130 189(C) 20 25 85 10 475 875 587 13 15 43(C) 70 9 15 86 23 20 30 791 18 141(C) 105 15 10 8 249 1,215 260 40 21 97 724 345 15 484 30 15 17 35 19 91 20 124 48 115 115 78 53 20 36 15 25 365 13 10 3 35 72 37 8 38 8 5 12 3 5 40 4 66 103 11 7 44 3 155 191 389 7 3 15 20 5 5 40 36 6 18 502 9 47 94 4 3 2 31 1,188 44 13 6 53 165 182 4 176 14 2 2 19 12 49 4 67 27 148 79 77 43 4 38 3 10 120 Horseshoe Bay..... Water Resources Service: Alice Arm Aquatic weeds, Kalamalka Lake Bethlehem Complex Chase - Fraser River flood plain Lower Cowichan Merritt Flood Plain Nuttal Lake - Scotty Creek Victoria to Saanich „ 19,472 | 11,542 | Grand totals ' 59,452 | 11,542 [ 135,800 SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Z 67 MAP PRODUCTION DIVISION E. R. McMinn, B.A., B.A.Sc, D.L.S., B.C.L.S., P.Eng., Chief This Division now has a staff of 120 and in the work of making maps for Government some 106 projects, as well as the continuing programs, produced 1,100 sheets at many scales and for many purposes. At present the Division has eight uncompleted 1972 projects, seven uncompleted 1973 projects, nine uncompleted 1974 projects, and 60 requests to date for 1975. Many of the requests are made at the annual interdepartmental meeting in October, but others come in the course of events during the year, some of these having special urgency. Essential to a map production operation is the provision of quality air photography and good, preferably perfect, field control; in this we have the expert services of the Field Operations Division, with which excellent liaison exists in the planning of mapping projects. PLANIMETRIC SECTION Compilation—This program, which employs a staff of 15, has continued since 1946 and again met the need this year in the formidable task of handling 31,000 airphotos. Each year the work consists of preparing base maps for the Forest Inventory crews to use the following summer; priorities are assigned and about seven PSYU's are covered each year at either the 40-chain or 20-chain scale. New compilation, revision, laydown only, or locating of photo centres only, may be required, depending on detail changes or availability of improved field survey control. This year template laydowns were made for 275 map sheets and complete sheets numbered 351. All photos are baselined and those for laydown common- pointed; a duplicate set of marked photos is needed for the field crews, but this year Forest Inventory made staff available to do this work. It is hoped that in future this enormous and tedious job can be done on the Itek Processor. With the acquisition this year of a Gradicon Digitizer in the Photogrammetric Section, paid for by the Water Resources Service, a method of replacing template laydowns was tested. A block of 200 photos for which a laydown had been made was digitized, and the adjustment to varying control layouts effected by a computer program. Co-ordinate values for the same points were available from a precise A7 Aerotriangulation, which was accepted as correct. The displacement of the digitized block using eight control points was 120' maximum and 60' average and the displacement of the template assembly using 25 control points was 150' with 60' average; a position error of 2 chains is allowable at the 40-chain scale. Time saving for handling 30,000 photos by the analytic method would be about 500 man-days. Cadastral compilation—Sixteen persons are employed in the preparation of manuscripts, grids, and control, for the base mapping and, at the final stage, the draughting enhancement of the sheets, the compilation being intially in ink. The group also prepares and keeps up to date the lot structure of all of the 20- and 40-chain sheets of the Province, and these are added to the new sheets. Work related to this compilation is the addition of lots to the 1:50,000 sheets sent to us from Ottawa, British Columbia being the only province that requires, or is able to add, the lot structure on these maps. Some 111 map sheets were so completed this year. A further task is the preparation of new land reference maps for the Z 68 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Legal Surveys Division to maintain a graphic record of transactions in Crown land. This 12-year program was started three years ago as a 40-chain replacement of the old 1 mile to 1 inch series; scale was changed this year to 1:25,000 and 1:12,500. In 1974 some 145 sheets were completed, with 44 in hand. In connection with large-scale topographic mapping, cadastral overlays are usually needed. These are prepared by original compilation or by adopting and updating existing composite maps, which requires redraughting. This year 161 map sheets were produced and 44 were revised. We retain about 1,000 of these sheets accumulated during the past years. PHOTOGRAMMETRIC SECTION This Section of 19, including a Programmer-Analyst, is now fully equipped with modern instruments. Two shifts are in operation. Equipment consists of a Wild A7 with a digital read-out by Flexowriter, three Wild B8S plotters, one with connection to a Gradicon digitizer; two Kern PGII plotters, one with a Cybernex digitizer, display screen, tele-type, and Inter-Data mini computer, and one Zeiss Topocart at present hooked up with an Orthophoto plotter on trial. Auxiliary equipment is a Gradicon table, an Aristo Coordinatograph with a digiscale and a Wild PUG transfer device. Computations are programmed for the IBM 370-145. In the year, 1,500 overlaps were processed in 47 projects, the largest clients being Highways, Recreation and Conservation, and Water Resources Service, each taking about 20 per cent of our output. Many projects are delivered at the compilation stage, so as to avoid fairdrawing in ink, if possible. Experiments are continuing with ink compilation and on all large projects of continuing use, where contours and planimetry are in separation, a metric contour sheet is being produced. DRAUGHTING SECTION The largest Section of the Division, 29, is responsible for the lithographic program in British Columbia, the fairdrawing of large-scale topographic mapping and of Integrated Survey plans for deposit in the Land Registry Offices. It also carries out general draughting involved in land capability folios for the Lands Branch and in enhancement of sketches, indexes, illustrations, boundaries, and mosaics. This fiscal year 25 new maps will be published and 12 reprints. Included is the new B.C. Wall Map at a scale of 1:1,000,000, which is selling at 200 copies a month. The latest reprinting this year of SGS1, the Vancouver Island Map, brings the total of that sheet to 76,830, of which 56,000 have been sold. The 1:125,000 and 1:250,000 sheets now in hand have metric interpolated contours. Fairdrawing of 336 sheets of large-scale mapping, three Integrated Survey Plans, and 78 sheets of land capability folios were completed. The lithographic mapping program is the only project done that is initiated by the Division rather than performed as a direct service to other departments. The cartographic draughting is of high standard and the 1:125,000, 1:250,000, 1:500,000, and 1:1,000,000 sheets compare favourably with any in the world. The origin of the program is the Departmental responsibility to produce maps showing ownership status of land and the map series is unique in that a 7 to 10-year revision cycle is attempted. Special requests for lithographic work this year were received from Department of Mines for their coal reserves study and from Department of Recreation and Conservation for a booklet atlas to accompany new regulations. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Z 69 MAPS AND AIR PHOTO REPRODUCTION AND SALES This Section is responsible for the vast amounts of paper copy consumed by departments and pressures of new programs in Government eventually surface here as requisitions for airphotos, enlargements, colour prints, film positives, photo-copy, whiteprints, contract documents, job printing, and reports. The Section of 26 persons, enlarged in the summer by temporary help, is continually being further equipped, but the requests grow at a faster rate. Further expansion of our service is not possible because of our inability to acquire space or shift workers. Demand for maps and airphotos increased 17 per cent and 30 per cent to new records; airphoto production rose to 412,000 prints. Half of the map sales and one quarter of the airphoto sales are to the public, but other reproduction work is almost wholly for departments, the Lands, Forests, and Water Resources Service taking 30 per cent of the whiteprints, 90 per cent of the offset work, and 30 per cent of the photocopy. Lists of mapping projects and of published maps, and other statistics of map production, are appended to this Report. Table 18—Forest Inventory 20-chain Mapping Program PSYU COMPILATION (31,000 PHOTOS) Number of Laydown Map Sheets Windermere 55 Narcosli Extension 24 Babine 110 Soo 74 TFL 2 12 Robson/Canoe Big Bar Number of Map Sheets Detail Plotted 110 74 12 110 45 Totals 275 351 DRAUGHTING Finished sheets 347 Grids prepared 267 Grids for 1975 mapping 803 PM 80 PM 81 PM 88 PM 89 PM 90 PM 91 PM 92 PM 93 PM 94,95 PM 96 PM 97 PM 98 PM 99 PM 100 Table 19—Mosaics Map Sheets Strathcona Provincial Park 3 Fort St. John area 22 Mud Bay 7 Dease Lake ____ Terrace District Municipality ____ Ocean Falls/Roscoe Inlet Hazelton and vicinity ____ Okanagan-Kalamalka Lakes 5 Queen Charlotte City .... Nicomekl and Serpentine Rivers 3 Vanderhoof and vicinity 14 Hudson Bay Mountain ... Skwawka River Victoria-Highland District 2 Z 70 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 20—Land Reference Maps In Hand 1:12,500 15 1:25,000 24 1:50,000 5 40-chain Totals 44 1 Not delivered. Finished1 Delivered 6 46 70 14 9 66 79 Table 21—Large-scale Cadastral Overlays Map Sheets Denman Island Photogrammetric (with contours) 11 Highlands Photogrammetric (with contours) 39 Alta Lake Photogrammetric (with contours) 7 Meziadin Lake Photogrammetric (with contours) 7 Desolation Sound Photogrammetric (with contours) 5 Cormorant Island Photogrammetric 2 Queen Charlotte Islands Photogrammetric 70 Quatsino Photogrammetric 1 Cortes Island 20-chain enlarged 10 Gambier Island 20-chain enlarged 9 Totals 161 REVISION Sunshine Coast 40 Squamish 17 Hornby Island 2 Totals 59 1:50,000 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAPS (CADASTRAL ADDED) 82F/16 82G/12-13 82L/12W, 13W, 16 92E/1E, 7E, 8-10, 14-16 92F/1-16 92G/1-9 92H/3-6, 11-14 92J/4-6, 11, 13-14 92K/3-6, 10-11, 13, 15-16 92L/1-8, 10-13 92M/11-16 92N/4-5, 12-13 92P/1-3 93C/4 93E/3-4 931/3-6 93N/1-10, 12, 14-16 930/4-5 102I/8E, 9, 16 111 SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Z 71 Table 22—Topographic Mapping, 47 Projects No. Project For Scale Contour Interval Statusi M251 (add.) Highways W.I.B. W.I.B. W.I.B. Highways Rec. & Con. Highways Rec. & Con. Rec. & Con. Rec. & Con. Rec. & Con. Mun. Affairs W.I.B. W.I.B. W.I.B. W.I.B. W.I.B. Mun. Affairs Highways Mines Parks Parks Parks Parks Housing Housing Highways Parks Highways Forest Engineering Mun. Affairs Hydro Highways W.I.B. Forest Engineering Map Production Mun. Affairs Mines Map Production Highways Mun. Affairs Highways Lands W.I.B. Highways Highways W.I.B. 1:4800 1:1200 1:6000 1:6000 1:1200 1:12000 1:1200 1:2400 1:12000 1:2400 1:12000 1:2400 1:12000 1:2400 1:12000 1:2400 1:2400 1:2400 1:2400 1:6000 1:4800 1:1200 1:1200 1:15840 1:12000 1:12000 1:12000 1:12000 1:2400 1:480 1:2400 1:1200 1:2400 1:4800 1:6000 Bridging 1:4800 1:2400 1:5000 1:5000 1:2500 1:15840 1:12500 1:4800 1:2500 1:4800 1:4800 1:6000 1:4800 1:1200 1:2500 10' 2' 10', 20', 100' 10', 20', 100' 5' 20' 5' 5' 10' 5' 10' 10' 20' 5' 10' 5' 2', 5' 2', 5' 2', 5' 10' 5', 10' Spot 5' 5' 100' 20' 20' 20' 20' 10' 2' Profiles 5' 10' 10', 20' 20' 10' 5' 10m 2m 50' 20m 5' 2m 10' 20' 10' 10' 5' lm, 5m C 72-2T 72-5T 72-6T 72-67T Creston _. Vernon Creek Continuation of M13-Pent., U.S.A Parksville Qual. (add.) IP IP IP c 73-10T Extension of M36, M37 C 73-17T IP 73-45T IP 73^t6T IP IP 73^t8T 73-49T 73-66T Carp Lake Boya Lake ... Extension of M180 (Highlands) IP C C C C C 73-73T C 73-74T C 73-75T c 73-77T IP 73-81T 73-84T Kamloops Floodplain IP IP c 73-8 6T c 74-1T Sustut (add. to 73-35T)... c 74^tT IP 75-5T c 74-6T IP 74-9T Wells Gray Park IP 74-30T c 74-39T c 74-42T c 74-43T c 74^4T c 74^»5T Gold River c 74^t7T 74^t8T Alta Lake extension B.C. Hydro c c 74-52T Little Fort c 74-53T c 74-54T 74-59C 74-60T 74-65T Duhamel Creek Quatsino Burns Lake 93N 10 (part) c c c c 74-70T Shack Bay c 74-72T c 74-78T 74-79T Vanderhoof Little Fort (add.) c c 74-91T c 74-93T c 74-102T c 74-108T c 74-109T IP 1 C—complete; IP—in progress. Number Department of projects Highways 11 Rec. & Con. (Parks) 10 W.I.B. 12 Housing 2 Municipal Affairs 5 Number Department of projects Forest Engineering 2 Map Production 2 B.C. Hydro 1 Mines 2 Total 47 Film diapositives used in 1974, 1,500 Z 72 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 23—Lithographed Maps Published in 1974 Map No. Name Edition Scale Contour Interval Remarks *82E/SW •82E/NW *82F/SE *82F/NW T82G/SW •82G/NW-NE •82K/SE *82K/SW t92C/NE-NW-SE t92F/SW t92I/NW t82M I83D-C *93M t94H t94I t94J t94K t94N t940 194P tl031-J tl03F *1A *1B Penticton.. Kelowna Creston Slocan Elko Cranbrook Lardeau _ Nakusp Nitinat Lake Kennedy Lake Ashcroft Seymour Arm McNaughton Lake Hazelton Beatton River Fontas River... Fort Nelson Tuchodi Lakes.. Toad River Maxhamish Lake Petitot River.. Prince Rupert-Terrace Graham Island— B.C. Wall Map... Northwestern B.C Third Third Second Second Second Second Second Second First First Third Second Second Third First First First First First First First Third Second 1974 1973 125,000 125,000 125,000 125,000 125,000 125,000 125,000 125,000 125,000 125,000 125,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 1,000,000 10 miles 200' 200' 200' 200' 200' 200' 200' 200' 50m 50m 50m 500' 500' 500' 50m 50m 150m 150m 150m 50m 50m 150m 500' Complete revision. Complete revision. Complete revision. Complete revision. Complete revision. Complete revision. Complete revision. Complete revision. Seven colours, contoured. Seven colours, contoured. Complete revision. Complete revision. Complete revision. Complete revision. Seven colours, contoured. Seven colours, contoured. Seven colours, contoured. Seven colours, contoured. Seven colours, contoured. Seven colours, contoured. Seven colours, contoured. Complete revision. Complete revision. Complete revision. Partial revision. REPRINTS •82L/SE Sugar Lake Second 1 125,000 100' No revision. *82L/SW Vernon Second 1 125,000 100' No revision. *92H/NW Yale Second 1 125,000 100' No revision. *921/SW Lytton Second 1 125,000 100' No revision. *82M Seymour Arm First 1 250,000 500' No revision. t92B-C Victoria Second 1 250,000 500' No revision. *92N First 1 250,000 500' *93E 250,000 250,000 500' *93F Nechako River 500' No revision. *93G First 1 250,000 500' t93I Monkman Pass First 1 250,000 500' No revision. •93J McLeod Lake First 1 250,000 500' No revision. t93N Manson River First 1 250,000 500' No revision. •103F Graham Island First 1 250,000 500' No revision. tlE 1972 1 1968 1 1969 1971 0 miles 0 miles 4 miles 5 miles 500', 1,000' tlG t3E •SGS1 : Lithographed during 1974. " Will be lithographed between Januaryl, 1975, and March 31, 1975. SURVEYS AND MAPPING BRANCH Table 24—Map and Air Photo Sales Litho Map Distribution Requisitions Provincial Federal Public sales 11,125 64,104 27,664 Government departments 6,705 68,301 52,366 17,830 132,405 80,030 212,435 White Print Maps Requisitions Prints Mail and counter sales 1,602 15,527 Government departments 12,628 351,019 14,230 366,546 Offset Number 535 2,471,395 Photo Reproduction Mail and counter sales 17 552 Government departments 5,136 87,835 5,153 88,387 Air Photo Distribution Requisitions 9X9 Enlarged Colour Public sales 3,949 108,919 966 817 Government departments 2,325 294,670 3,789 3,784 6,274 403,589 4,755 4,601 Diapositives Requisitions Public Government Total Number 292 3,847 1,987 5,834 Air Photo Rentals Requisitions Public Departments Total Number 2,146 19,860 52,622 72,482 Total requisitions 46,460 Counter sales $31,549.29 Letters inward 12,555 Total cash sales .. $270,139.59 Z 73 Z 74 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 25—Reproduction Work for Departments Department Whi teprints Offset Photographic Requisitions Prints Requisitions Prints Requisitions Prints 97 1,934 3 5 4 7 202 421 78 825 337 1,055 211 87 445 506 157 729 64 17 95 63 15 62 8 2,142 757 3,925 1,321 1,415 1,464 390 38 492 291 172 54 1,602 973 141 97,243 12,227 54,614 21,435 24,844 22,397 4,782 1,318 97,159 5,503 4,840 1,609 15,527 33 650 10 196 163 58 50 10 6,440 469,085 759,468 401,140 612,342 57,840 17,023 493 10,656 4,337 10,727 1,800 273 Mines 3 5 6 32 2 600 12,150 15,625 136,205 500 3,506 10,466 14,570 Public Works 12,260 868 Public 552 Totals 14,230 366,546 535 2,471,395 5,153 88,387 O CD CD D O C CO $ D UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS Z 77 UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS R. P. Murdoch, Project Manager During the year under review a grant was obtained from the Department of Labour under their Innovation '74 Program. This grant allowed us to undertake a project of upgrading the trails in the University Endowment Lands to a point which would allow access on an all-weather basis. The map on page Z 78 shows the approximate 4 miles of trails worked on, which are located in the natural park area south of 16th Avenue. The program has been well received by the public who use the trails as footpaths and bridle paths. The normal municipal maintenance continues to be carried out, and during 1974 an extensive recapping program was undertaken with all the roads in the part of the Lands known as "Little Australia" receiving a 2-inch lift. The boulevard trees have grown to a point where their root structure is causing a considerable amount of damage to the road surface and the sidewalks. This damage will necessitate continuation of the recapping program throughout the developed area. The Provincial Bureau of Transit is continuing to review and assess public transportation throughout the Greater Vancouver Regional Area, and during 1974 a substantial upgrading of both the number of routes and the frequency of service was implemented in the University Endowment Lands. There are, at present, 11,000 automobiles parked each day on the University of British Columbia campus. This places a considerable stress on the arterial roadways and the parking facilities. Over the next few years it is the intention to reduce the number of parking stalls which will be available. This must be done in an orderly fashion and can only be achieved with the upgrading of public transportation available to those requiring it. Consequently, planning continues in conjunction with the Department of Highways to upgrade the arterial roadways making them suitable for adequate public transportation. This introduces another problem, namely, that of appropriate street lighting, which must also be considered. The ambulance service rendered by the Endowment Lands Fire Department has been brought under the provisions of the Ambulance Service Act, and in 1974 responded to 170 emergency calls. The Fire Department is presently being brought up to an acceptable manpower standard. Temporary accommodation for the expanded staff has been provided at the existing fire hall site. During 1974, Phase 2 of the golf course renovation program was commenced with three new holes and a practice range completed. The renovation program has now reached a point that no additional work can be undertaken on the course until such times as a clubhouse is erected at the new control site. Table 25 shows the comparative summary of building permits issued for the last three years and Table 26 shows the comparison of revenue for the last 10 years. Z 78 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 25—Number and Value of Building Permits Issued for the Calendar Years 1972, 1973, and 1974 1972 1973 1974 Number Value Number Value Number Value 2 26 1 2 2 8 $ 3,627,000 18 2 1 2 1 $ 1 17 3 3 $ 150,000 195,230 139,875 6,150 105,000 14,000 39,700 106,480 44,300 6,000 5,000 7,000 Alterations and additions to schools 9,000 Swimming-pools 24,500 Totals 41 3,931,725 24 168,780 24 378,730 UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT LANDS Z 79 K On 3 C «_j ft, S -J *_» c £ | s '5 -a <u 3 r-vOco«oO'trNit^yr> C oori^-_>r-ooin7-H(N«oo eu > 05 oo Tt co — dnsOir hm © m" o co co" co r^ o" (*T oC "e3 oo\r-^-.rfrJr<.(NMr~ mrtmso^oocooso© O __7 ,_" H u f^ rt OOM 3 5 O o; r> rt m co so rn *-J V5- 0\ m ^- ^h cn © cn m — go p* vT l> 0 t- Tt o\ m O tn C rt WMfl \DOrtc«aO\* (NChirimov^^iriMo a 0 0\ (N m- (Nmr-rifvi ■a inooTro«NHOvo\rs &e- © so cj >— ©r-vcr-o© mmosso^or-mmopst mmomTtsoinmsOso X a H 03 3 Ss \0»OhV.xOQOMJ>XN OOOt-XWHMClXQ, £ 3 *" r^ cn r- iniflO-^ °i. ""> _3 V i> a. cn" Ov" © C7\ sO ©" Tf o'oCpi (N (N*-1 tn« m n(s i 00 O-^'noorJOOn-.xfo r^i^rroost^qr--fSinii M TfinTtTtoCsdr--'— o^o\ A ..somso — mmr^r^Tfo. wr-rtO\Mxr-n»riH H rt o oT^-i tt o'm'o* t^V o\"-. Cfl Ss inTtcnr-o\inr-r-rjNr- §_B hvOMrtr-iCO'vtf.vOin ag nO\ii.*\Ooointr*6 1 -. ,_cna\TtTtr-inr--HsOr- "-^.^ "1- rr_. **_, °i, ^ °V © raT3 rt" Tf" oC so" _n" as 7—" 0\ os" © u C mcnTfcn-etrnmrnmrt -J = -n — OOTtm — Oyhwhn r-vOt~;(NOt^OO\\Ow _. r-cooOM'-rt^r.'aJ u mc_r.r-'-i\©Tt—-OsONtr. r^ © ot so cn Tf osi—Tt cn 1 w l> Tf" in o t> © oC oT oo" so •— •— cnsom<_o\or-©o rt OJ I* i/- ^c p- OC O C fN tr Tf tf SO SO sD SC r- r- _> r- r- o cr o o 3- cr a- o O o Z 80 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES PERSONNEL OFFICE Z 81 PERSONNEL SERVICES R. C. Webber, Director LANDS SERVICE This office provides personnel services to the Water Resources Service and the Secretariat to the Environment and Land Use Committee as well as to the Lands Service. A close liaison is also maintained between the Department and the Public Service Commission through this office. The following table summarizes the principal Lands Service activities of this office in 1974, and provides a comparison with the previous three years: Table 27—Personnel Services Activities 1971 1972 1973 1974 62 65 28 8 12 6 29 4 45 44 54 16 10 13 4 31 3 68 65 54 25 10 18 24 38 6 59 89 71 Promotions 48 10 27 29 32 6 139 Labour Relations With the passing of the Public Service Labour Relations Act in the fall of 1973, the way was clear for collective bargaining in the British Columbia Government. Two of the three bargaining units established by this legislation have a major influence on the Lands Service staff. The first of these to get under way was the British Columbia Government Employees' Union, which signed a master agreement on June 28, 1974. This office was involved to a limited extent with management's input into the master agreement, but became fully involved with several of the component agreements, particularly the Engineering, Technical and Inspectional, the Environment, Resource and Conservation, and the Educational and Scientific Services Components. Other British Columbia Government Employee Union components affecting the Service are Trades and Crafts, Operational Services, Administrative Fiscal and Regulatory, and Administrative Support. Additionally, the British Columbia Government Professional Employees' Association started negotiating its master agreement in July and at year-end the first contract had not yet been signed. The British Columbia Government Professional Employees' Association agreement covers a number of the Service's employees, namely, Land Officers, Engineers, Planning Officers, and Surveyors, and many hours of the Director's time were spent in providing management input into these negotiations. Recruitment and Selection Recruitment of continuous staff increased 36.9 per cent and appointments of temporary and summer staff greatly increased by 135.6 per cent over 1973. The increase in temporary appointments was largely due to the Department of Labour's Careers '74 Program, which provided funds to take on summer help in addition to that which had been budgeted by the Service. Z 82 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Difficulties were encountered in recruiting for some professional and technical positions such as Land Officers, qualified Map Draughtsmen, and Mapping Assistants experienced with plotting-machines. The major reason for this was the large differential that existed between external and Provincial salaries brought about by protracted negotiations prior to the signing of the various collective agreements. At the end of the year several collective agreements were still unsigned, although progress was being made. New Positions Established The Personnel Office: Director, Personnel Services R. C Webber Personnel Officer (Vacant) Personnel Officer R. M. Renaud Clerk 4 J. Bond Clerk 2 D. Reichert Clerk-Stenographer 2 M. Sledz Clerk-Typist 1 C Wong (Temporary) In 1974 the staff complement of the Personnel Office increased by one Personnel Officer and one Clerk-Stenographer 2. A temporary Clerk-Typist 1 also assisted for four months and a Personnel Officer with the Public Service Commission spent a one-month orientation period with the Personnel Office. Recruiting for the additional Personnel Officer had been completed, but final arrangements were not concluded at year-end. Increases in Lands Service Establishment totalled 30 positions: University Endowment Lands: Five Fire-fighters, four Fire Lieutenants. Lands General Administration: One Clerk 3 (Accounts Office). Ecological Reserves: One Biologist 5. Lands Administration Division: One Clerk 2, one Clerk-Stenographer 2. Map Production Division: One Driver, six Draughtsmen 3, five Mapping Assistants 4, one Technician. Field Operations Division: Three Engineering Aides 2, one Communication Technician 1. Table 28—Current Service Establishment Ps.oneal" Technical Clerical Operational Services 1 1 76 182 139 .... | 3 | 4 7 | 15 | 7 50 3 4 83 1 200 1 150 1 57 1 1 Total Service establishment, 490 positions. PERSONNEL OFFICE Z 83 Principal Promotions, Appointments, and Transfers Within the Lands Service During 1974 The number of promotions within the Lands Service was up substantially from 1973 by 92 per cent. Some of these are listed below: N. Pearson, appointed as Associate Deputy Minister. D. Borthwick, appointed as Special Adviser to the Lands Service. B. Foster, appointed as Director, Ecological Reserves Program. L. M. Warner, promoted to Regional Land Inspector, Cariboo Region. A. G. Anderson, promoted to Regional Land Inspector, Nelson Region. R. F. Gilmour, promoted to Regional Land Inspector, Vancouver Region. R. N. Bose, pormoted to Regional Land Inspector, Prince Rupert Region. Table 29—Turnover Rate by Classification Category 1972 1973 1974 Per Cent 8.5 1.5 24.4 6.3 12.2 16.3 Per Cent 14.9 5.8 14.2 17.3 11.0 17.2 Per Cent 4.8 8.6 19.2 16.7 12.4 Government-wide average (!) i Not available. Turnover of professionals within the Service has greatly decreased in comparison to 1973. Part of the reason for this has been that fewer professional jobs have become available outside of Government in recent months. No doubt the higher salaries and anticipation of further salary increases and benefits as a result of collective bargaining have made employment within the Government more appealing. There was a continued increase in technical staff turnover in 1974. Clerical staff turnover increased significantly in 1974, but is still below the 1972 level. A high rate of turnover within this category was particularly noticeable in the first six months of 1974 when substantial differentials existed between external and Provincial salaries. With collective bargaining and the implementation of the higher salary levels, the trend is reversing itself and we are now finding a significant increase in the number of people applying for Government clerical positions. The turnover percentage for operational services employees was slightly down from 1973. The Lands Service's percentage turnover, although being slightly higher in 1974 than in 1972 and 1973, is still lower than the Government-wide average. Reclassifications There was a 31.5 per cent increase over 1972 and 1973 in the number of reclassifications completed. This office also had input into a major Government- wide draughtsman series review and other major organization and classification reviews conducted during 1974. Z 84 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Staff Training Executive Development Training Plan—Four Lands Service employees are presently on this program. Correspondence Course in Public Administration—Two employees graduated from this course in 1974 and two employees are presently taking the program. Defensive Driving Course—Available to all Provincial Government employees whose work involves a significant amount of driving. Five employees took the course in 1974. Staff Training Assistance Staff training funds are available through the Public Service Commission's Staff Training Division. Approximately 40 employees had their tuition fees reimbursed for courses taken in 1974. Sick Leave The average number of days sick leave taken by Lands Service employees increased very slightly over the 1973 rate. However, the average continues to be lower than the Government-wide average. Table 30- —Sick Leave in Days per Employee 1971 1972 1973 1974 1 5.9 5.3 6.2 6.7 4.2 5.1 4.3 (*) 1 Not available. F o o c_ <R Cl D C o 1 1 o F MAIL AND FILE ROOM Z 87 MAIL AND FILE ROOM David S. Preston Letters received in the Department during 1974 amounted to 246,199, compared to 231,677 in 1973, an increase of 14,522 pieces. In addition to recorded mail, there is the usual third-class type such as periodicals, newspapers, various reports, and personal, which is sorted through without record being kept. Outgoing mail generated in the Department is received and batch-sorted, and otherwise prepared for pick up by the Provincial Government Mail Department. Microfilming of all obsolete files has now been completed to December 31, 1963. Space gained through filming does not quite meet the daily requirements for storage of correspondence, which indicates an early start must be made on a new filming program. Work load, together with relocation of filing vaults and offices in a number of floors, made it necessary to increase staff in order to meet the demands for correspondence retrieval and restoring. The increase has proven adequate and all requests are met on a daily basis. Table 31—Mail and File Room Work Load letters inward 1974 1973 10-year Average, 1965-74 Branch— 66,094 116,614 44,024 19,467 63,097 106,127 41,520 20,933 63 295 Forests 124,666 36,103 Surveys and Mapping 22,915 Totals 246,199 231,677 j 246,979 I LETTERS OUTWARD (RECORDED) Branch— Lands Forests 1 1 13,366 | 14,700 13,532 1,400 | 2,166 1 1,854 Totals 14,766 16,866 15,386 MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS Designation— 2,555 13,077 5,979 2,870 5,047 5,022 2,607 8,814 Land classification reports 5,820 Totals 21,611 12,939 17,241 NEW FILES CREATED Designation— "O" files 6,359 1,711 554 6,322 1,628 605 7,130 1,526 1,046 8,624 8,555 9,702 Microfilm reference, 865. o CQ > CD 13 O O o D ACCOUNTING DIVISION Z 91 ACCOUNTING DIVISION M. B. Maclean, Departmental Comptroller The year 1974 was indeed busy for the Accounting Division. During the year there had been substantial increases in staff in most divisions of the Service with resulting increased field travel, payroll activity, and material and supply purchases. In addition to the normal high summer activity which is characteristic of the Department, every division participated in the Innovation 74 and Experience 74 Programs which again substantially increased the work load of the Accounting Division, particularly in respect of processing payroll data and travel claims. The additional work load resulted in delays of payment of accounts payable of up to two and one- half months—a situation which hopefully we will avoid in the future. As at December 31, 1974, there were 15,275 lease accounts. Table 32—Summary of Lands Service Net Revenue Collections for the Year Ended December 31, 1974 $ Land leases, rentals, fees, etc 3,501,138.48 Land sales 915,420.38 Sale of maps and air photos 242,259.66 Net revenue collections 4,658,818.52 Table 33—Comparison of Revenue Collections for 10-year Period, 1965-74, Inclusive 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 2,594,341.32 3,343,672.46 2,985,996.61 3,367,912.14 3,999,273.13 3,025,000.24 4,580,312.19 4,878,666.29 4,729,570.85 4,658,818.52 Z 92 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS, AND WATER RESOURCES Table 34—Classification of Revenue Collections for the Year Ended December 31, 1974 Land sales— $ $ Country lands 768,163.44 Town lots 139,646.00 Indian Reserve cut-off 13,193.16 Land leases, rentals, fees, etc— Foreshore leases— Booming and log storage 677,427.95 Commercial (marinas, etc.) 679,552.10 Oyster 18,483.85 Miscellaneous... 32,614.71 921,002.60 1,408,078.61 Land leases—• Grazing and (or) agriculture 418,980.32 Quarrying (limestone, sand, and gravel) 107,639.10 Camp-site (lodge, fishing) 2,788.00 Home-site 1,179.38 Residential 701,456.27 Miscellaneous 74,421.21 1,306,464.28 Land-use permits 771.00 Licences of occupation 23,980.36 Royalty collections 475,732.83 Bonus bids (lease tenders and auctions) 159,364.25 Easement collections 43,910.86 Fees— Crown grant 22,895.00 Assignment 17,315.00 Miscellaneous (lease, search, etc.)____ 31,010.00 71,220.00 40,857.56 Sundry collections (occupational rental, survey charges, etc.) 3,530,3793.75 Sale of maps and air photos—maps, air photos, survey posts, etc 270,139.59 Gross revenue for year 4,721,521.94 Less refunds and taxes 62,703.42 Net revenue for year 4,658,818.52 ACCOUNTING DIVISION Z 93 Table 35—Comparison of Land Leases, Rentals, Fees, Etc., Revenue for 10-year Period, 1965-74, Inclusive 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1,462,024.93 1,514,749.69 1,917,435.31 2,189,055.75 2,553,351.23 2,283,719.11 3,093,281.59 3,268,205.08 2,906,536.84 3,501,138.48 Table 36—Comparison of Land Sales Revenue for 10-year Period, 1965-74, Inclusive 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 $ 1,017,893.16 1,692,861.14 916,098.98 1,024,410.93 1,251,111.88 518,015.63 1,297,075.28 1,411,178.27 1,615,079.10 915,420.38 Printed by K. M. MacDonald, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in right of the Province of British Columbia. 1975 1,230-675-8548
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REPORT OF THE LANDS SERVICE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 1974
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