Newsletters

No. 88 – July 2010 – PDF file 1400KB

• Editor’s Comments – Barbara Coupé
• Prince George Conference Synopsis
• Conference Luncheon Speech – Mel McConaghy
• In Memorium – George Edward Matheson
• Nimpkish Wind – Jack Ker

No. 87 – July 2009 – PDF file 1900KB

• Congratulations Dr Mike Apsey
• Bear Stories – Bjorn Norheim
• Born for the Job – Bill McGhee
• Annual Conference (in Prince George) – Exploring Our Roots: Forest History in Our Communities

No. 86 – January 2009 – PDF file 290KB

• Thank you – Editorial – Barbara Coupé
• 2008 AGM Minutes
• Harry Gardner, Cariboo Logging Pioneer – Gaeil Farrar
• Of Slacklines and other Tales of the Rigging – Garry Mancell

No. 85 – August 2008 – PDF file 104KB

• Squamish Valley Forest Industry Heritage Activities – Eric Andersen
• Exploring The Future of Forest History in BC – Emily Jane Davis
• John Davidson: The Legacy of a Canadian Botanist – David Brownstein
• Recent Publications
• New FHABC website and online newsletters
• New Newsletter Editor

No. 84 – August 2007 – PDF file 106KB

• 2007 AGM Report
• Aleza Lake Research Forest Archival Records – Tara Rogers
• FHABC Web Site and Online Newsletters
• Prince George Area Chronology – R.B. Carter
• Canadian Institute of Forestry News
• Recent Publications
• Obituary: Charles Johnson
• Alan R. Fraser – Jack Ker

No. 83 – August 2007 – PDF file 107KB

• 2007 AGM Announcement
• Whistler Forest History Project – John Hammons
• The Tee Fire at Muncho Lake – Edo Nyland
• Hungarians Celebrate 50^th Anniversary of Arrival at UBC

No. 82 – May 2007 – PDF file 327KB

• Meeting Announcements
• The Sopron Division of the Faculty of Forestry – Antal Kozak
• Fifty Years On – Joseph Bako
• News Items

No. 81 – December 2006 – PDF file 107KB

• FHABC AGM report
• Obituaries
• Index to B.C. Forest History Newsletters 61 – 80
• Inventory’s Annus Horridus, 1955 – An Addendum – Gerhard Eichel
• Ex-Forest Service Vessel Squadron News

No. 80 – August 2006 – PDF file 140KB

• In memoriam – Inventory’s Annus horridus, 1955 – Gerhard Eichel
• History of Western Forest Industries Limited, Gordon River Logging Division
• The Pemberton – Sheppard – Sayward indenture

No. 79 – April 2006 – PDF file 109KB

• Forestry in the Chilliwack District – J.A. Mahood
• Obituary: Gerald Smedley Andrews
• Ex-Forest Service Vessel Squadron news

No. 78 – December 2005 – PDF file 103KB

• FHABC AGM report
• A brief history of Cathedral Grove, MacMillan Park – Kerry Joy
• Chronological history of Rayonier Canada Limited – Rayonier

No. 77 – August 2005 – PDF file 106KB

• Forest history meets ecology: understanding the present from the past – Audrey Pearson
• Starting out in the Forest Surveys and Inventory Division – Gerhard Eichel
• Celebrating my eighteenth birthday – Ralph Schmidt
• Goings on at Lake Cowichan – John Parminter
• Timber cruising – Jack Ker

No. 76 – April 2005 – PDF file 105KB

• The Burman River fly camp – Ralph Schmidt
• James R. Anderson, B.C. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and forest policy advocate – David Brownstein
• Lemon Lookout lives again: update – Stuart MacCuaig
• 75 years of reforestation celebrated on April 17, 2005 at Green Timbers

No. 75 – December 2004 – PDF file 110KB

• FHABC AGM report
• The cougar sisters: a brief review from portals of the past – Donald Ream
• Recollections of Howard Rustad – Bill McGhee
• Obituary: Tom Wright

No. 74 – August 2004 – PDF file 104KB

• The Cowichan Lake Research Station turns 75 – John Parminter and Don Carson
• Queest Mtn. Lookout revisited – Al Schutz
• From horses to helicopters – Jack Carradice
• Obituary: Ken Drushka

No. 73 – March 2004 – PDF file 105KB

• Tales from the West Coast of Vancouver Island – Jack Ker
• BCFS Ranger School Graduates 1966 – 1978 – Geoff Bate
• Obituary: Geoff Bate

No. 72 – November 2003 – PDF file 104KB

• FHABC AGM report
• Lemon Lookout lives again – Stuart MacCuaig
• BCFS Ranger School Graduates 1953 – 1965 – Geoff Bate
• Logger math

No. 71 – September 2003 – PDF file 199KB

• Queest Mtn. Lookout dismantled – Heather Persson
• Recollections of a Forest Ranger on the Coast 65 years ago – Ross Douglas

No. 70 – May 2003 – PDF file 98KB

• History of the Society of Consulting Foresters of British Columbia, part two – Rudi Kind and G. Wayne Coombs
• FHABC honours and awards presented BCFS Ranger School Graduates 1950 – 1953 – Geoff Bate

No. 69 – February 2003 – PDF file 132KB

• History of the Society of Consulting Foresters of British Columbia, part one – Rudi Kind and G. Wayne Coombs
• FHABC honours and awards night announcement BCFS Ranger School Graduates 1948 – 1950 – Geoff Bate

No. 68 – November 2002 – PDF file 136KB

• Cutting up the far north  – John Parminter
• FHABC AGM report
• “Spartree” video available for purchase
• Book review: “Wildfire Wars” by Keith Keller – Geoff Bate

No. 67 – August 2002 – PDF file 144KB

• The De Dietrich/Trew family in North America – D. Michael Trew
• Forest history and the Forest Service Ranger School – Geoff Bate

No. 66 – June 2002 – PDF file 137KB

• Growing up in the interior, part two – Dave Wallinger
• Martin Mars, “God of Rain” – Dirk Septer

No. 65 – March 2002 – PDF file 107KB

• Growing up in the interior, part one – Dave Wallinger
• Forest History Society to set up Canadian office
• Ex-Forest Service Vessel Squadron news

No. 64 – November 2001 – PDF file 102KB

• FHABC AGM report
• Forest History Society Board Meeting, October 2001
• Volunteers restore cabin (on Murtle Lake, Wells Gray Park)
• S.M. Simpson Ltd.

No. 63 – May 2001 – PDF file 106KB

• Replanting efforts by the predecessor companies of MacMillan Bloedel during the interwar period, part two – Sen Wang
• A winter’s tale – Hank Horn

No. 62 – March 2001 – PDF file 100KB

• Replanting efforts by the predecessor companies of MacMillan Bloedel during the interwar period, part one – Sen Wang
• Ex-Forest Service Vessel Squadron news
• Obituary: Bill Moore

No. 61 – December 2000 – PDF file 100KB

• The Tiehack, part two – Geoff Marples
• FHABC AGM report
• Index to numbers 41 – 60

No. 60 – August 2000 – PDF file 101KB

• The tiehack (1) – Geoff Marples
• The saga of Clancy Haldane – Hank Horn

No. 59 – June 2000 – PDF file 100KB

• The life and times of Richard Hugh Spilsbury (2) – Richard Spilsbury
• Destiny’s irresolute digit – Hank Horn

No. 58 – March 2000 – PDF file 101KB

• A private walk – Ron Jones
• The life and times of Richard Hugh Spilsbury (1) – Richard Spilsbury

No. 57 – December 1999 – PDF file 95KB

• 100 years of federal forestry in British Columbia – Steve Taylor

No. 56 – October 1999 – PDF file 109KB

• Communing with nature – reflections on a forestry career (2) –  Geoff Marples

No. 55 – June 1999 – PDF file 95KB

• Communing with nature – reflections on a forestry career (1) – Geoff Marples
• Forestry and/or logging poetry from B.C. – a list – John Parminter

No. 54 – April 1999 – PDF file 96KB

• Fairchild Husky – the “made in B.C.” waterbomber – Dirk Septer
• Fictional works set in the forests of B.C. – John Parminter
• The Tugaway – Betty Dalzell

No. 53 – December 1998 – PDF file 98KB

• Red Morrison – another view (2) – Donald Ream, Jr.

No. 52 – May 1998 – PDF file 103KB

• Red Morrison – another view (1) – Donald Ream, Jr.
• Book review: Sawlogs on steel rails – Patrick Hind

No. 51 – December 1997 – PDF file 98KB

• Riding on fate – Kevin Hunter
• The Royal Commission on forestry at Burns Lake, Oct. 1955 – Ted Knight

No. 50 – May 1997 – PDF file 100KB

• James H. Parkin – portable sawmill pioneer – Tom Parkin
• Book review: Home from the hill – Geoff Bate

No. 49 – December 1996 – PDF file 236KB

• Genoa Bay, 1920 – 1925 – Tom Barnett
• More on axes – Allan Klenman
• David Douglas and the Fort St. James connection – Bill Young

No. 48 – October 1996 – PDF file 106KB

• Milltown to Mill Lake: the Trethewey brothers – MSA Museum
• British Columbia provincial forests – F.D. Mulholland

No. 47 – June 1996 – PDF file 97KB

• The B.C. Paper Manufacturing Co. – George McKnight

No. 46 – April 1996 – PDF file 104KB

• The giant fiefdom – Tony Robinson
• Farmers to loggers: the Comox Logging Co. – Richard S. Mackie

No. 45 – January 1996 – PDF file 321KB

• A tale of a tree (the Cary fir) – John Parminter

No. 44 – October 1995 – PDF file 102KB

• The B.C. Forester: her life and times – Ralph Schmidt

No. 43 – June 1995 – PDF file 107KB

• Young ranger bands – Jack Long

No. 42  – April 1995 – PDF file 123KB

• Railway logging around Merritt – Jack Robinson
• Book review: The legacy and the challenge – Terry Honer

No. 41 – December 1994 – PDF file 102KB

• Permanent street building on the Pacific coast – R.S. Perry

No. 40 – August 1994 – PDF file 99KB

• The Moneta affair, part two – W. Young
• The “chain saw” or “undercutter” axe – Allan Klenman

No. 39 – April 1994 – PDF file 106KB

• B.C.’s best sawmill – Tom Barnett
• More on the 1948 Kitimat cruise – Dick Vivian
• The Moneta affair (1) – Bill Young

No. 38 – December 1993 – PDF file 659KB

• The Quinsam nursery – Jack Long
• The BCFS – a history of regional organization – Bill Young

No. 37 – October 1993 – PDF file 626KB

• Encounters with the Bull of the Woods (2) – Bill McGhee

No. 36 – May 1993 – PDF file 618KB

• Encounters with the Bull of the Woods (1) – Bill McGhee
• Red alert at Puntzi – Bob DeBoo

No. 35 – March 1993 – PDF file 600KB

• Cruising the Kitimat valley in 1948 – Dick Vivian

No. 34 – January 1993 – PDF file 675KB

• Personal recollections of B.C. forestry by an immigrant (2) – Phil Haddock
• Jack Fleetwood – memories of my father – Bob DeBoo

No. 33 – September 1992 – PDF file 671KB

• Personal recollections of B.C. forestry by an immigrant (1) – Phil Haddock
• The crash of the B.C. Forester – Gerry Burch

No. 32 – May 1992 – PDF file 659KB

• Regional fieldwork in the early 1950s (2) – Geoff Bate
• Trevor Green – some memories of Lake Cowichan – Bob DeBoo
• They were not stumped – Allan Klenman

No. 31 – April 1992 – PDF file 600KB

• The Forest History Association of B.C. – an outline history John Parminter

No. 30 – December 1991 – PDF file 806KB

• Regional fieldwork in the early 1950s (1) – Geoff Bate

No. 29 – September 1991 – PDF file 596KB

• The Anderson family and the Alberni valley – Jan Peterson

No. 28 [misnumbered as 27] – May 1991 – PDF file 567KB

• An introduction to cruising – 1948 – Dick Vivian
• Loggers and lumbermen: pioneer settlers of Vancouver – Bill Young

No. 27 – March 1991 – PDF file 658KB

• Forestry in the upper Columbia and Kootenay (2) – Gil Cartwright
• Bernard Churchill and the Ladysmith Railway Museum – Bob DeBoo

No. 26 – December 1990 – PDF file 687KB

• Forestry in the upper Columbia and Kootenay (1) – Gil Cartwright
• Allan Klenman – Canada’s axeman – Bob DeBoo

No. 25 – November 1990 – PDF file 658KB

• Early logging in the Alberni district – Dirk Septer
• Vi Richmond – counting pinholes with Hec – Bob DeBoo

No. 24 – May 1990 – PDF file 619KB

• B.C. Forest Service Training School (1947) – Ralph Schmidt
• The tie hacking industry in northwest B.C. – Bulkley Valley Museum

No. 23 – April 1990 – PDF file 676KB

• The Young Men’s Forestry Training Plan – Harry Forse
• The 1930s and the YFTP – a Burns Lake perspective – Jack Long
• B.C. Marine – Allan Klenman

No. 22 – December 1989 – PDF file 641KB

• The Aleza Lake Forest Experiment Station – the early days – Bill Young
• Early recollections – Braham Griffith
• The flume and the flywheel – Bob Breadon

No. 21 – November 1989 – PDF file 599KB

• Shipping out with surveys – Dick Vivian
• The Forest Ranger school – Geoff Bate

No. 20 – May 1989 – PDF file 550KB

• The Backwoods Baronet and the Golden Spruce – MacMillan Bloedel
• Index to articles in newsletters 1 through 20

No. 19 – April 1989 – PDF file 688KB

• “MAC and MAC”: B.C.’s Pioneer Hardware – Allan Klenman
• Book Review, Ties to Water: The History of Bull River in the East Kootenay – Dave Wallinger
• The Lone Ranger – Jim Dunlop

No. 18 – December 1988 – PDF file 594KB

• A Major New Forest History Museum for British Columbia – Edo Nyland
• Archival News
• Junior Forest Wardens Mark 58 Years – Bill Myring

No. 17 – August 1988 – PDF file 522KB

• Recollections of a Forest Ranger on the Coast 50 Years Ago – Ross Douglas
• David Douglas – The Last Letter
• Reforestation, The First Day, A Sequel – Bill Young

No. 16 – May 1988 – PDF file 526KB

• What is a Forest? – Frank A. Waugh
• Reforestation, The First Day – Bill Young

No. 15 – March 1988 – PDF file 549KB

• History of the Forest Industry, West Kootenays
• The Green Timbers Plantations, A British Columbia Heritage – Bill Young

No. 14 – April 1987 – PDF file 794KB

• Reconnaissance in South Cassiar, 1913 – by A.M.O. Gold
• Cotta’s Preface – Heinrich Cotta (1817)

No. 13 – March 1986 – PDF file 686KB

• Forestry: Past, Present and Future – Part 2 of 2 – R.G. McKee, Deputy Minister of Forests, Talk to Annual Banquet, UBC Forest Club 1965
• Jewish Historical Society: Leonard Frank Display

No. 12 – November 1985 – PDF file 930KB

• A History of Forest Entomology in British Columbia: 1920-1984, Part 4 of 4 – Hector Allan Richmond
• The Skinner [Poem] – Harry W Laughy
• Forestry: Past, Present and Future – Part 1 of 2 – R.G. McKee, Deputy Minister of Forests, Talk to Annual Banquet, UBC Forest Club 1965

No. 11 – June 1985 – PDF file 1100KB

• The Other Douglas and The Ill-Fated Journey to British Columbia
• A History of Forest Entomology in British Columbia: 1920-1984, Part 3 of 4 – Hector Allan Richmond
• Stewards of the People’s Wealth: The Founding of British Columbia’s Forest Branch, Part 3 of 3 – Thomas Roach

No. 10 – March 1985 – PDF file 1100KB

• A History of Forest Entomology in British Columbia: 1920-1984, Part 2 of 4 – Hector Allan Richmond
• Stewards of the People’s Wealth: The Founding of British Columbia’s Forest Branch, Part 2 of 3 – Thomas Roach

No. 9 – November 1984 – PDF file 1100KB

• A History of Forest Entomology in British Columbia: 1920-1984, Part 1 of 4 – Hector Allan Richmond, Written in collaboration with John Harris, Robert F DeBoo and John Parminter
• Stewards of the People’s Wealth: The Founding of British Columbia’s Forest Branch, Part 1 of 3 – Thomas Roach

No. 8 – April 1984 – PDF file 564KB

• Schmozzels, Steamboats and Sawmills – W.W. Baikie
• Forestry Related Theses to 1974

No. 7 – February 1984 – PDF file 684KB

• Forest Service Dedicates Cowichan Lake Cookhouse as Heritage Building – Ingemar Karlsson
• Oral History and Forest History in British Columbia – Peter W Chapman
• A True bull story – A-believe-it-or-not incident with a team of oxen retold by logger Joe Thomson (as told by W.W. Baikie)

No. 6 – November 1983 – PDF file 665KB

• Daily Woods Wages in 1933
• Into the Archives.  A Brief History of the Western Laboratory in Vancouver, Part 2 of 2 – Fornitek Review
• Biblical References to Forests
• Early Forest Law
• It has all happened before, or, Swedish Forest History – Jack Thirgood
• Forest Management Challenges in BC, or, the more things change, the more they remain the same – Bill Young

No. 5 – April 1983 – PDF file 668KB

• The Colony of Vancouver Island – The First Major Timber Allocation – W Young
• Early Logging Days on Denman Island, Part 3 of 3 – W Baikie

No. 4 – March 1983 – PDF file 599KB

• The Colony of Vancouver Island – Timber Allocation Policy – W Young
• Early Logging Days on Denman Island, Part 2 of 3 – W Baikie

No. 3 – November 1982 – PDF file 468KB

• The Colony of Vancouver Island – Cutting Permits, Scaling, Stumpage, and Trespass – W Young
• Early Logging Days on Denman Island, Part 1 of 3 – W Baikie
• Logging Museum Underway at Silver Lake

No. 2 – June 1982 – PDF file 351KB

• T.S. Higginson, Crown Timber Agent, New Westminster – Edo Nyland

No. 1 – December 1981 – PDF file 577KB

• British Columbia Ministry of Forests Project 87
• Big Tree Search – A.C. Carder
• Logging Museum Under Development in Prince George