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Corporation of the Village of Smithers
- Date Range
- 1921-1965
- Collection
- Town of Smithers fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual record
- cartographic material
- architectural drawing
- Scope and Content
- This series contains documents created by, or for, the Corporation of the Village of Smithers from its inception in 1921 until its incorporation as a town in 1967. These include financial reports (1923-1950), an assessment roll ledger (1923-1930), a scavenging ledger (1946-1950), land lot tax asses…
- Collection
- Town of Smithers fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- GMD
- textual record
- cartographic material
- architectural drawing
- Creator
- Village of Smithers
- Fonds No.
- GF4
- Series No.
- S1
- Accession No.
- 1975.107
- 1981.6
- 1983.10
- 1983.14
- 1988.1
- 1988.5
- 1988.9
- 1988.12
- 1990.172
- 2009.50
- 2017.36
- 2017.41
- 2018.2
- Physical Description
- 22 cm of textual records, 15 maps/plans
- Date Range
- 1921-1965
- History / Biographical
- The Village of Smithers was incorporated in December 1921, becoming the first B.C. community to receive this status under the Village Municipalities Act. It was governed by Village Commissioners. It was known as the Municipality of the Village of Smithers until 1936, when it became the Corporation of the Village of Smithers. In 1967 Smithers officially became a town.
- Scope and Content
- This series contains documents created by, or for, the Corporation of the Village of Smithers from its inception in 1921 until its incorporation as a town in 1967. These include financial reports (1923-1950), an assessment roll ledger (1923-1930), a scavenging ledger (1946-1950), land lot tax assessment for Block 94 Lots 9-11 (1938-39), a 1924 municipal voters’ list, specifications for the Smithers Government Building, blueprints for the Central Park Building and a proposed sanitary sewage system, and maps of the Smithers Cemetery.
- Arrangement
- This series was created by Manda Haligowski circa 2016-2018 and completed by Holly Peterson in July 2020.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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