Canadian Forest History Panel CIF-IFC 109 th Conference and AGM 150 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Canadian Forest History Panel CIF-IFC 109 th Conference and AGM 150 Years of Forest History A Window into Alberta’s Past Stan Kavalinas September 27, 2017 1

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Forest History Association of Alberta • promote recognition, preservation, display , understanding, and development of history of forestry • research and study history of forestry in Alberta • acquire, collect, loan, and display items, materials, documents, interviews presenting and conserving history of forestry • forum for public contact and communication 3

Forest History Association of Alberta • Board Membership – 9 total; 3 forest industry , 3 government, 3 public at large • Members – 80 to 100; Mailing list - ~500 • Annual General Meetings – typically in March • Trails and T ales newsletter • Website – http://www.albertaforesthistory .ca/ 4

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Bob Udell and Bruce Mayer 6

fRI Research Books Sharing knowledge gathered for past 20 years Adaptive Forest Management/ History Program 20-Year History fRI Research 6

Silviculture History A 50 year history of Silviculture on Hinton FMA 1969 1955-2005 (Update of Lorne Brace Report 1999) 2005 7

The Jackladder: Tie Logging on the Whirlpool 8

Whirlpool Tie Camp Locations Bob Stevenson photo - 2007 (c. 15 km)

Alberta’s forest history • 11

Alberta’s forest history 12

Dominion Forestry Branch – to 1930 13 13

Dominion Forestry Branch 1899 Elihu Stewart First Dominion Forester

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Alberta’s forest history 13

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Hank Charles Dominion Forest Rangers 1920s DeVeber Wright Alberta UNB 1920 UNB 1922 19

Alberta’s forest history 20

Alberta’s forest history 21

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Bridgland 1913 Sentinel Mountain Repeat 2015 20

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A Fortuitous International Meeting of Two Yale Foresters in 1908: H.R. MacMillan and W.N. Millar Forest History Today Spring 1999 DFB Photo 00502 25

W.N. Millar Athabasca Forest Reserve, Alberta DFB Photo 06429 1913 26

W.N. Millar c. 1920 Cypress Hills Forest Reserve, Alberta Harry Parker Collection, David Morgan 27

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How To Handle Photo Images? 29

Photo Program to Search and Retrieve • Simplicity • Bulk Loading • Excel data sheet • Folder with Numbered Images 30

Catalog of 7400 Images Search and Retrieve 31

DFB Photo No. Title or Caption Year Province Forest Place 32

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Identify selected images from Library and Archives Canada for scanning at higher resolution Obtain help to check and refine the present DFB image collection Obtain scans of images from the additional sources – possibly though local volunteer Forest History Associations Obtain or develop a simple but suitable photo catalogue program Determine a “Host” site Create a “working group” to explore possibilities 34

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Smoky River – Alberta 6189 6189

16998 Fire of 1914 Crowsnest