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British Columbia Log Scale Instructions for the Interior
- Date Range
- January 1959
- Collection
- Gilbert family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Revised instruction booklet for log-scaling in interior British Columbia. Contains diagrams, sample sheets, regulations, explanation of registered timber marks, history and theory of scaling in B.C.
- Collection
- Gilbert family fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual record
- Creator
- BC Forest Service
- Fonds No.
- PF37
- Series No.
- SS1
- File No.
- 7
- Accession No.
- 2021.22
- Physical Description
- <1 cm textual materials
- Reference Code
- PF37 S1 SS1
- Date Range
- January 1959
- History / Biographical
- A log scaler calculates the amount and quality of saleable lumber that can be obtained from a cut tree.
- Custodial History
- Material was donated to the Bulkley Valley Museum by Ron's daughter, Janice Gilbert, on June 10th 2022, as an accrual to her earlier donations in 2021.
- Scope and Content
- Revised instruction booklet for log-scaling in interior British Columbia. Contains diagrams, sample sheets, regulations, explanation of registered timber marks, history and theory of scaling in B.C.
- Notes
- Kept to provide context for Ron Gilbert's work as a log scaler.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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