01*01
CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF KEREMEOS, RECORDS EST. 1956-
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Village of Keremeos |
| Street Address |
427-7th Avenue, Keremeos, B.C. |
| Postal Address |
P.O. Box 160, Keremeos, B.C. V0X 1N0 |
| Inclusive Dates |
1906- |
| Bulk Dates |
1956- |
| Extent |
10 m. |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; maps and plans; photographs |
| Summary |
Municipal government records for the Corporation of the Village of Keremeos 1906- include: Certificate of Incorporation; minutes of council meetings; agendas; resolutions; by-laws; agreements; assessment rolls; building permits and specifications; contracts; correspondence; poll lists; election nominations; certificates and returns; audit reports; financial statements; budgets; account journals and ledgers; tax roll notices; summaries and returns; payroll summary cards; legal opinions; policy and procedure manuals; petitions; press releases; proclamations; and research reports pertaining to general administration; animal regulations; business licensing; cemeteries; civil defense and emergency measures; control of firearms; economic development; house numbering; noise control; parks; planning and zoning; public works; sewage collection and treatment; storm drainage; streets; curbs and sidewalks; lighting; subdivision control; tax collections; domestic water supply; and weed control. Also includes: daily fire reports, 1949-1962; search reports on: municipal planning and its use to smaller municipalities in the 1950s; a 1965 South Okanagan Regional Planning Board development plan for Keremeos; sewage treatment; water system evaluation and amalgamation with the Keremeos Irrigation District (improvement district) in 1978; and on the water system and economic development opportunities in 1986. Also includes: South Okanagan Health Unit - Similkameen Health Centre correspondence and case files 1963-1969 with plans of the domestic water supply system. Also includes maps and plans of: the Keremeos Main Street beautification project; the Similkameen River flood plain limits; the fire protection district; Keremeos Elementary School; parks; and the regional recreation complex proposals in 1978. Also includes photographs of: historic buildings and locations in Keremeos, 1906-1957; farm produce and irrigation; community sports; choirs; schools; churches; and a 1922 baby clinic likely sponsored by the Public Health Nursing Service of Keremeos. |
| Restrictions |
Minutes of in camera municipal meetings and of the Board of the Okanagan Mainline Municipal Labour Relations Association. |
| Related Docs |
Maps and plans |
| Custodian(s) |
Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen |
| Address |
101 Martin St., Penticton, B.C. V2A 5J9 |
| General note |
The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen carries out planning for the Village of Keremeos. |
01*01*01
CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF KEREMEOS, RECORDS EST. 1956-, KEREMEOS PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, RECORDS EST. 1969-1973
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1969-1973 |
| Type of Unit |
ms. |
| Bio/hist Note |
The Keremeos Parks and Recreation Commission became the Keremeos Recreation Commission. |
| Summary |
Municipal government of Keremeos records 1969-1973 include: Keremeos Parks and Recreation Commission minutes and correspondence. Includes information pertaining to the proposed Centennial pool. |
01*01*02
CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF KEREMEOS, RECORDS EST. 1956-, KEREMEOS PUBLIC PROPERTIES SOCIETY, RECORDS EST. 1906-1956
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1906-1956 |
| Extent |
0.2 m. |
| Type of Unit |
ms. |
| Bio/hist Note |
The assets of the Keremeos Public Properties Society were transferred to the Village of Keremeos when it was incorporated in 1956. |
| Summary |
Keremeos Public Properties Society records 1906-1956 include: Keremeos Public Properties Society minutes; certificates of membership; membership lists; account books; cash books; and financial reports. Also includes: a 1907 mineral claim of Chas. A. Stoess, land surveyor; 1906-1907 correspondence pertaining to the cemetery site and operation; 1943 title to land and property belonging to the Keremeos Fire Brigade; and a 1951 proposal for a park development. |
01*01*03
CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF KEREMEOS, RECORDS EST. 1956-, KEREMEOS VICTORY HALL SOCIETY, RECORDS EST. 1921-1963
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1921-1963 |
| Extent |
0.3 m. |
| Bio/hist Note |
The assets of this organization were transferred to the Village of Keremeos in 1963. |
| Summary |
Keremeos Victory Hall Society (Keremeos Fraternity Society) records 1921-1963 include: Certificate of Incorporation; minutes of executive meetings; correspondence; contracts; share certificates; 1935-1948 financial journal; and 1961- financial statements pertaining to the administration of the Keremeos Victory Hall and the Memorial Park. |
01*01*04
CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF KEREMEOS, RECORDS EST. 1956-, MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1910-1962 |
| Type of Unit |
maps and plans |
| Summary |
Miscellaneous records 1910-1962 include: plans for the "Town of Keremeos" 1910, 1911 and 1920 by Charles A. E. Shaw; a 1919 plan of the Okanagan Water Power Co. - Copper Mountain Extension for Keremeos; and 1929 British Columbia Department of Lands maps of South Western British Columbia with accompanying geographic tables giving 1871-1921 geographic statistics. |
01*01*05
CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF KEREMEOS, RECORDS EST. 1956-, VILLAGE OF KEREMEOS CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE, RECORDS EST. 1970-1972
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1970-1972 |
| Extent |
0.3 m. |
| Type of Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Village of Keremeos Centennial Committee records 1970-1972 include: Keremeos Centennial Committee minutes; correspondence and bank statements pertaining to the 1971 British Columbia Centennial project. |
01*02
CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF OLIVER, RECORDS EST. 1945-
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Town Administrator |
| Phone |
498-3404 |
| Street Address |
35016-97th St., Oliver, B.C. |
| Postal Address |
P.O. Box 638, Oliver, B.C. V0H 1T0 |
| Inclusive Dates |
1928- |
| Bulk Dates |
1946- |
| Extent |
40+ m. |
| Type of Unit |
ms; maps; photographs; published material |
| Duplicates |
Microfiche of subdivision plans |
| Custodian(s) |
Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen |
| Postal Address |
101 Martin St., Penticton, B.C. V2A 5J9 |
| Summary |
Municipal government records for the Town of Oliver 1928- include: Certificate of Incorporation; by-laws; regulations; resolutions; agendas and minutes of council meetings; agreements and contracts; legal proceedings; annual reports; announcements; press releases; proclamations; notices; land use applications; appointments; assessment rolls; building permits; sewerage and work certificates; election certificates and returns; financial records and reports; payroll summary cards; correspondence; licences; policy and procedure manuals; oaths; petitions for boundary extensions; property control listings; registers of voters; fire-department rosters; miscellaneous studies and reports; time books; property maps; and photographs. The above records pertain to: airports; animal regulations; building inspection; business licensing; cemeteries; civil defense and emergency measures; economic development; elections; fire protection; general administration; house numbering; flood control; land purchase and development for an industrial park and an "Innovative Housing Project" for dwellings; noise control; parks; planning and zoning; public works; refuse collection; sewage collection and treatment; storm drainage; streets; curbs; sidewalks; and lighting; subdivision control; tax collections; water-supply and distribution; and weed control. Also includes: maps, plans and correspondence of the Southern Okanagan Lands Irrigation District pertaining to irrigation and the domestic water-supply in Oliver and its surrounding rural areas. Also includes: Oliver Stock Improvement Association's service record book of bulls loaned to cattle breeders, 1928-1930; municipal receipt book, 1946; correspondence files of the Village of Oliver Commissioners, 1947; municipal correspondence pertaining to boundaries in the 1940s and 1950s; correspondence of the Oliver Provincial Parks Board, 1950; fire-department statistics, 1951-1959; agendas, minutes, and correspondence of the B.C. Association of Assessors, 1955-1957; minutes of the Okanagan Valley Municipal Association, 1960-1961, which contains the 1938 membership lists; financial statements of School District No. 14 (Southern Okanagan); municipal general ledger, 1964; minutes of the Archives Centennial Committee; municipal clerk Victor R. Casorso's correspondence files, 1950s and 1960s; correspondence from 1963 pertaining to the establishment of the South Okanagan Regional Planning Board; minutes of the Oliver Advisory Planning Committee, 1964; minutes of the Okanagan Watershed Pollution Control Council, 1966; financial records of the Oliver and District Arena Commission, 1969-1974; minutes of the Okanagan Basin Water Board; correspondence with the Osoyoos Indian Band (Okanagan Indians) regarding the provision of municipal services in the 1970s and early 1980s. |
| Restrictions |
Personnel records, current litigation records, and minutes of in camera meetings are completely restricted. |
| Finding Aids |
List of main file series, 1978- |
| General note |
In 1982, building inspection functions were assumed by the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen. Some documents do not pertain directly to the Town of Oliver, but to organizations to which former Village Clerk, Victor R. Casorso, belonged. |
01*02*01
CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF OLIVER, RECORDS EST. 1945-, OLIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT, RECORDS EST. 1922-
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Fire Chief |
| Phone |
498-3404 |
| Street Address |
4895 97th St., Oliver, B.C. |
| Postal Address |
P.O. Box 1284, Oliver, B.C. V0H 1T0 |
| Inclusive Dates |
1922- |
| Bulk Dates |
1947- |
| Extent |
1.2 m. |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; photographs |
| Bio/hist Note |
The Oliver Fire Department is a voluntary group that provides general emergency services for the Village of Oliver and the Oliver Fire Protection District. Through its fund raising activities the Oliver Fire Department provides a bursary to the high school and assists in park maintenance. |
| Summary |
Oliver Fire Department records 1922- include: intermittent minutes and roll of fire fighters; photographs of equipment, 1947, and firetrucks, 1952-1956; photograph albums; and a history of the Oliver Fire Department and the Oliver Fire Protection District, 1922-1983, by Victor R. Casorso. |
01*03*01
TOWN OF OSOYOOS, RECORDS EST. 1946-, ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Town of Osoyoos |
| Phone |
495-6515 |
| Street Address |
8707 - Main St. |
| Postal Address |
P.O. Box 3010, Osoyoos, B.C. V0H 1V0 |
| Inclusive Dates |
1946- |
| Extent |
0.2 m. |
| Type of Unit |
computer discs; ms.; maps and plans; photographs & slides; published material; sound recordings |
| Summary |
Town of Osoyoos Administrative Department records 1946- include: Certificate of Incorporation; Letters Patent of boundary extensions, 1946- ; by-laws; resolutions; agendas and minutes of council and committee meetings; petitions; agreements; legal opinions and proceedings; contracts; licences; leases; mortgages; annual, audit, progress and research reports; briefs; summaries; statistics; press releases; notices; newspaper clippings; assessment rolls, 1946 - ; lists of Board of Variance members and correspondence, 1965- ; building permits and specifications; election nominations, certificates and returns; poll lists; financial ledgers and statements; financial reports, 1972- ; tax returns; payroll summary cards; labour negotiation records; policy and procedure manuals. The above records pertain to: airports; animal regulations; appropriations and expenditures; building inspection; business licensing; cemeteries; civil defense and emergency measures; control of firearms; economic development projects; elections; fire protection; general administration; house numbering; industrial parks; irrigation and flood control; land purchase and development; libraries; museums; noise control; parks; planning and zoning; police protection; public health regulations; public transit; public works; recreational activities and programs; refuse collection; regulation of nuisances; sewage collections and treatment; soil fill and removal regulations; storm drainage; streets, curbs, sidewalks and lighting; subdivision control; tax collections; telephone service; domestic water-supply and distribution; and weed control. Also includes: photographs of commissioners, mayors and councils; lists of council members, 1946- ; research reports on the proposed Osoyoos Airport; sewerage and water systems; minutes of the Cemetery Committee, Recreation Committee and the Arena Board; diaries and correspondence pertaining to industrial waste and co-operation between the municipal governments of Oliver and Osoyoos, 1967-1971; 1939 constitution of the Okanagan Valley Municipal Association; minutes, 1947-1960; lists of members and dates joined 1948-1961; Osoyoos Settlement and Community Plan and Technical Supplement; correspondence files of Mayor R.G. Frost, 1985; correspondence concerning the Osoyoos Portuguese Canadian Cultural Society, the golf club, Eurasian watermilfoil, orchard contracts, the Agricultural Land Reserves, and West Kootenay Power and Light Company, legal action versus municipal government of Penticton concerning water pollution; and slides of sewerage development. |
| Related Docs |
Maps 1983- |
| Custodian(s) |
Urban Systems Ltd. |
| Address |
104A-1815 Kirschner Road, Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 4N7 |
01*03*01*01
TOWN OF OSOYOOS, RECORDS EST. 1946-, ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT, RECORDS, OSOYOOS CEMETERY CLUB, RECORDS EST. 1937-1972
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1937-1972 |
| Extent |
0.3 m. |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; plans |
| Summary |
Osoyoos Cemetery Club records 1937-1972 include: Osoyoos Cemetery Club Certificate of Incorporation; by-laws; minutes; regulations; annual reports; list of original members; correspondence; memoranda; indexed plan of the cemetery; financial reports; and receipts. Includes a plan of the old cemetery used for burial of pioneers. |
01*03*02
TOWN OF OSOYOOS, RECORDS EST. 1946-, BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1964- |
| Extent |
2.4 m. + ca. 3,500 maps and plans |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; maps and plans |
| Summary |
Town of Osoyoos Building Inspection Department records 1964- include: building plans 1970- ; highway plans 1976- ; permits and lists for residential, commercial and public buildings and signs; maps; statistics 1976- . Also includes: correspondence on the Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program 1982 - ; Municipal Incentive grants; Downtown Facade Improvement grants; and building inspection reports for Electoral Area A of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen. |
01*03*03
TOWN OF OSOYOOS, RECORDS EST. 1946-, OSOYOOS FIRE DEPARTMENT, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1943- |
| Extent |
0.4 m. + ca. 200 photographs |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; photographs |
| Originals |
Minutes, 1943-1947 |
| Custodian(s) |
Osoyoos Museum |
| Postal Address |
P.O. Box 791, Osoyoos, B.C. V0H 1V0 |
| Bio/hist Note |
The Osoyoos Fire Department provides service to the town and rural areas, enforces the provincial government building code, lists pesticides and their locations, provides emergency rescue service, and fund raisers for the Muscular Dystrophia Association. |
| Summary |
Osoyoos Fire Department records 1943- include: photocopy of minutes, 1943-1947; signing book for practices and fires, 1944- ; bank book, statement and journals, 1948-1952; photographs of fire chiefs, fires and fire fighting, 1951; and fire reports, 1966. |
01*03*04
TOWN OF OSOYOOS, RECORDS EST. 1946-, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1964- |
| Extent |
ca. 300 maps and plans |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; maps and plans |
| Summary |
Town of Osoyoos Public Works Department records 1964- include: laboratory reports on water quality; daily reports on the reservoir pump and domestic water-supply use 1978- ; plans pertaining to sewerage 1964- . The above records pertain to: pumps; aerated lagoons; chlorine treatment; the reservoir; provision of effluent to an apple orchard; the Inland Natural Gas pipeline; West Kootenay Power and Light Company; subdivisions; the Desert Park Recreation Area; and roads. Also includes: by-laws; correspondence; maps and plans of the Southern Okanagan Lands Irrigation District, 1964-1989, which pertain to the domestic water-supply and irrigation in the area stretching from the head of Osoyoos Lake south to the Canadian/American border. |
| Related Docs |
engineering plans |
| Custodian(s) |
Terry Underwood, TRUE Engineering |
| Address |
1012 Victoria Avenue, Kamloops, B.C. V2C 2C4 |
01*04
CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PENTICTON, RECORDS EST. 1909-
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Administrator, City of Penticton (unless otherwise indicated) |
| Phone |
490-2400 |
| Street Address |
171 Main St., Penticton, B.C. V2A 5A9 |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the City Administrator, unless otherwise indicated. |
01*04*01
CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PENTICTON, RECORDS EST. 1909-, CLERK'S DEPARTMENT, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1905- |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; maps and plans; drawings; photographs; published material |
| Summary |
City of Penticton Clerk's Department records 1905- include: minutes of council meetings and by-laws, 1909- ; legal agreements and contracts; tenders, plans, specifications, and drawings, 1905- ; intermittent minutes of various committees; scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, 1914- ; certificates of land title, 1943- ; departmental reports to council, 1945- ; guest registers, 1966- ; photographs album of Penticton's seventy-fifth anniversary. The above records pertain to general administration which includes: appropriations and expenditures; contracting and labour relations; burials; economic conditions; elections; mayors; parks; planning; police; electric power supply; real estate development; recreational activities; animal regulations; sewerage; and the domestic water-supply. Also includes: correspondence regarding the Southern Okanagan Land Company; minutes of the Town Planning Commission 1941-1948; and the South Okanagan Union Board of Health 1945-1946. |
| Finding Aids |
Agreements are indexed by name and subject; reports to Council are indexed by subject. |
| Related Docs |
Miscellaneous ms. |
| Custodian(s) |
Penticton Museum and Archives |
| Address |
785 Main Street, Penticton, B.C. V2A 5E3 |
01*04*02
CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PENTICTON, RECORDS EST. 1909-, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF PENTICTON, RECORDS EST. 1986-
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Administrative Director, Economic Development Commission of Penticton |
| Phone |
492-3323 |
| Street Address |
205 - 246 Martin St., Penticton, B.C. V2A 5K3 |
| Inclusive Dates |
1986- |
| Type of Unit |
machine readable data base; ms.; published material; video recording |
| Bio/hist Note |
The Economic Development Commission of Penticton is funded by the municipal government of Penticton. It is governed by a Board of Directors which reports to City Council. |
| Summary |
Economic Development Commission of Penticton records 1986- include: minutes of the Board; correspondence; annual reports; business case files; a publication which describes the present day city: "Profile Penticton". Also includes a video recording pertaining to: labour; housing; retirement; tourism; and industry in Penticton. |
| Restrictions |
Case files are completely restricted. |
01*04*03
CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PENTICTON, RECORDS EST. 1909-, MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1911- |
| Type of Unit |
Microfilm |
| Originals |
Ms. |
| Custodian(s) |
Penticton Museum and Archives |
| Postal Address |
171 Main St., Penticton, B.C. V2A 5E3 |
| Summary |
City of Penticton Miscellaneous Records 1911- include: regional planners' and city lawyers' correspondence files, 1911-1939; city clerks' and other administrators' correspondence files, 1914-1980; building permits, 1945-1953, 1962-1980; burial permits, 1945-1964; voters' lists, 1945-1964; and trade-union agreements, 1945-1965. The above records partially pertain to: appropriations and expenditures; cemeteries; elections; planning; recreational activities; and building inspection. Also includes: correspondence and other records of, or pertaining to: war assets and wartime housing (dwellings); the Union of British Columbia Municipalities, 1945-1980; the Penticton Fire Department, 1952-1979; the British Columbia Centennial Committee, 1958; the Advisory Planning Commission, 1962-1972; the Recreation Commission, 1962-1979; the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 1962-1980; the Regional Planning Board, 1963-1965; and the Technical Planning Commission, 1965-1975. Also includes minutes of the South Okanagan-Similkameen Union Board of Health concerning public health in the South Okanagan. |
| Finding Aids |
Filed by department and subject. |
| Related Docs |
Miscellaneous ms. |
| Custodian(s) |
Penticton Museum and Archives |
| Address |
785 Main St.; Penticton, B.C. V2A 5E3 |
01*04*04
CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PENTICTON, RECORDS EST. 1909-, PENTICTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Chief, Penticton Fire Department |
| Phone |
492-4209 |
| Street Address |
250 Nanaimo Avenue West, Penticton, B.C. V2A 1N5 |
| Inclusive Dates |
1911- |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; maps and plans; photographs; published material |
| Bio/hist Note |
The Penticton Volunteer Fire Brigade was formally established in 1911. In 1941, its management was assumed by the municipality of Penticton. |
| Summary |
Penticton Volunteer Fire Brigade and Penticton Fire Department records 1911- include: financial accounts of appropriations and expenditures, 1911-1922, 1930-1951; log book of fires, fire drills, sundry activities and names of volunteers, 1913- ; minute books 1924-1950; scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and photographs, 1926- ; plans of commercial and institutional buildings, 1930- ; fire reports, 1943- ; visitors; register books, 1966- . Includes a 1930 plan of the new Penticton Secondary School. |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Fire Chief; one week's notice is required. To view a building plan permission is needed from the owner of the building. |
| Custodian(s) |
Ms. |
| Address |
Penticton Museum and Archives, 785 Main St., Penticton, B.C. V2A 5E3 |
01*04*05
CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PENTICTON, RECORDS EST. 1909-, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Manager, Public Works |
| Phone |
492-3043 |
| Street Address |
171 Main St., Penticton, B.C. V2A 5A9 |
| Inclusive Dates |
1905- |
| Extent |
184 m. |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; maps and plans; microfilm; drawings; photographs |
| Summary |
Penticton Public Works Department records 1905- includes: correspondence; contracts; budgets; surveys; engineering and building inspection reports; building and community plans; building, plumbing and sign permits; lists of building permits, 1919- ; land use contracts; licences; engineering graphs; statistics; aerial photographs; daily journals; irrigation field notes; plans of reservoirs; sewerage maps; zoning maps; and work orders. The above records pertain to: industry; irrigation and domestic water-supply; flood control; building inspection; business licensing; control of firearms; community planning; electric power distribution; maintenance and construction of industrial parks; house numbering; land development; planning and zoning; subdivision control; leasing of city property; noise control; refuse collection and disposal; weed control; sewerage; flood control; storm drainage; streets, curbs and sidewalks, lighting; road maintenance and construction; and public transit. Includes a 1910 plan of the Ellis Reservoir; record books and plans for the Fairview Road Cemetery, 1905- , and Lakeview Cemetery, 1912- which contains a sketch of the Chinese cemetery; irrigation field notes, 1914-1970; 1940's reports of commissions and hearing on flood control in the Okanagan; 1949 plan of the Penticton Airport; and aerial photographs of Penticton, 1953- . Also includes: Agriculture and Rural Development Agreement reports; and Okanagan Basin Implementation Board reports. Also includes: municipal organization charts; minutes of municipal managers' meetings, and of the Town Planning Commission; minutes and reports 1956- of various committees such as: Agriculture Advisory, Land Use, Long Range Planning, Labour Management, and Traffic; annual reports of various departments, Engineering, Leisure Services (recreational activities) and Fire. |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Manager of Public Works. |
01*04*06
CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PENTICTON, RECORDS EST. 1909-, TREASURY DEPARTMENT, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1909- |
| Extent |
84 m. |
| Type of Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Penticton Treasury Department Records 1909- include: appropriations; expenditures; and taxation records. Also includes: annual reports and financial statements, 1909- ; list of Conditional Class C water users, 1909-1940; tax sales, 1922- ; annual irrigation rolls for agricultural land, and records of the Court of Revision for Irrigation, 1941- ; reports on school and municipal assessment options, 1979-1982. |
| Related Docs |
Miscellaneous ms. |
| Custodian(s) |
Penticton Museum and Archives |
| Address |
785 Main St., Penticton, B.C. V2A 5E3 |
01*05
TOWN OF PRINCETON, RECORDS EST. 1951-
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Clerk-Treasurer, Town of Princeton |
| Phone |
295-3135 |
| Street Address |
169 Bridge St., Princeton, B.C. |
| Postal Address |
P.O. Box 670, Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0 |
| Inclusive Dates |
1900- |
| Bulk Dates |
1951- |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; maps; paintings; sound recordings; published material; video recordings |
| Summary |
Town of Princeton Records 1900- include: Certificate of Incorporation; Letters of Patent, 1951; by-laws, regulations, resolutions, agendas and minutes of council and committee meetings, 1951- ; recommendations; petitions; agreements; legal opinions and proceedings; contracts; licences; leases; annual, audit, progress and research reports; surveys; summaries; statistics; census returns for the City of Princeton; awards; press releases; announcements; directives; official messages; oaths; proclamations; notices; scrapbooks of newspaper clippings; newsletters; brochures; case files; correspondence; assessment rolls, 1951- ; debentures, 1978-; property maps and plans; property control listings; building permits and specifications, 1971- ; inventory of municipally-owned properties; election nominations, certificates and returns; poll lists; financial ledgers and statements of appropriations and expenditures; tax rolls and summaries, 1958- ; domestic water supply and sewerage rolls 1963- ; appointments; payroll summary cards; policy and procedure manuals; a published description, "Princeton Community Profile". The above records pertain to: animal regulations; building inspection; business licensing; cemeteries; civil defense and emergency measures; control of firearms; economic development projects; elections; fire protection; general administration; house numbering; industrial parks; flood control; land purchase and development; museums; noise control; parks; public transit; recreational activities and programs; refuse collection and disposal; regulation of nuisances; sewage collection and treatment; storm drainage; streets, curbs, sidewalks and lighting; subdivision control and zoning; tax collections; domestic water supply and distribution; dyking and flood control; and weed control. Also includes: annotated cemetery map ca. 1900 showing plots for and names of Masons, Roman Catholics, Protestants and Chinese, Oddfellows, Veterans and members of the Orange Lodge; building plans ca. 1930s- ; plans of newer buildings, 1960- ; hospital building plans; 1948 Princeton and District War Memorial Association correspondence, photograph, financial records, list of pledges made, list of trade-union members living at Copper Mountain in 1948; donor forms and information on a proposed Park and Recreational Centre; photographs of village and town council members; photographs of Princeton's Centennial Pioneer Banquet, 1967; municipal financial statement and report for 1951; correspondence about taxes from Dave Taylor of the "Similkameen Star" newspaper; plans for the Amber Ski Hill ca. 1970; potential airport plans, 1971; correspondence of the Tulameen Watershed Public Advisory Committee, ca. 1980; plans of the fire protection district; Cascade Wilderness Conservancy maps for a provincial park; correspondence pertaining to the Downtown Revitalization Program, 1987-1988. |
| Restrictions |
Personnel, land and property records, and minutes of in camera committee meetings for the last five years are restricted. |
| Related Docs |
Financial statements, 1951-1985 |
| Custodian(s) |
Rutherford Bazett and Company |
| Address |
1441 St. Paul St., Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 2E4 |
| General note |
Municipal records over seven years of age are routinely discarded. |
01*05*01
TOWN OF PRINCETON, RECORDS EST. 1951-, PRINCETON AND DISTRICT MULTI-PURPOSE ARENA, RECORDS EST. 1974-
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Recreation Director, Arena |
| Phone |
295-7222 |
| Street Address |
Old Hedley Road, Princeton, B.C. |
| Postal Address |
P.O. Box 278, Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0 |
| Inclusive Dates |
1974- |
| Extent |
1.2 m. |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; plans; drawings; photographs |
| Originals |
Monthly financial reports |
| Custodian(s) |
1) Town of Princton; 2) Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen |
| Postal Address |
1) P.O. Box 670, Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0
2) 101 Martin St., Penticton, B.C. V2A 5J9 |
| Bio/hist Note |
The Arena was built in 1974 with two thirds of the funding coming from the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and the remainder from Municipality of Princeton. The Recreation Director is responsible to the Arena Board Chairman, who is an alderman and reports to the municipality and the regional district. The municipality is responsible for the operating expenses; the Regional District owns the building. |
| Summary |
Princeton and District Multi-Purpose Arena records 1974- include: minutes of meetings of the Board; managers' monthly report to the Board; monthly financial reports of appropriations and expenditures. Also includes: correspondence; newspaper clippings; plans and drawings relating to arena construction, 1974-1974; photographs of special sports events, recreational activities, and hockey teams. |
01*05*02
TOWN OF PRINCETON, RECORDS EST. 1951-, PRINCETON GOLF CLUB, RECORDS EST. 1923-
Abstract:
| Custodian |
1) Secretary, Princeton Golf Club; 2) Clerk-treasurer, Town of Princeton |
| Phone |
Respectively: 1) 295-6123;
2) 295-6144 |
| Street Address |
Respectively: 1) D'Arcy Mountain Rd., Princeton, B.C.;
2) 169 Bridge St., Princeton |
| Postal Address |
Respectively: 1) P.O. Box 1346, Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0;
2) P.O. Box 670, Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0 |
| Inclusive Dates |
1978- |
| Extent |
1.2 m. |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; published material |
| Bio/hist Note |
The Princeton Golf Club was part of a Provincial Class "C" Park. The Club was given to the municipality of Princeton in the late 1980s. |
| Summary |
Princeton Golf Club records 1978- include: by-laws; minutes; correspondence; reports of programs and events; newsletters; press releases; insurance policies; personnel records; briefs on project proposals; guest registers; membership lists; and financial reports. |
| Custodian(s) |
Town of Princeton |
| General note |
Sports and membership records are located at the Club House. Business records are located at Town Hall. |
01*05*03
TOWN OF PRINCETON, RECORDS EST. 1951-, PRINCETON RECREATION COMMISSION, RECORDS EST. 1978-
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Recreation Director, Princeton Recreation Commission |
| Phone |
295-7222 |
| Street Address |
Old Hedley Road, Princeton, B.C. |
| Postal Address |
P.O. Box 278, Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0 |
| Inclusive Dates |
1978- |
| Extent |
0.6 m. |
| Type of Unit |
ms. |
| Duplicates |
Annual reports |
| Custodian(s) |
Clerk |
| Postal Address |
Town of Princeton, P.O. Box 670, Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0 |
| Bio/hist Note |
Original Recreation Commission formed in 1978 was responsible to the Town of Princeton ; the 1987 reconstituted Recreation Commission was also responsible to the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen. |
| Summary |
Princeton Recreation Commission records 1978- include: financial statements; annual reports; schedules of recreational, Centennial Pool and other sports activities. |
01*05*04
TOWN OF PRINCETON, RECORDS EST. 1951-, PRINCETON VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE, RECORDS EST. 1906-
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Fire Chief, Fire Brigade |
| Phone |
295-6584 |
| Street Address |
Second Street and Penryn Avenue, Princeton, B.C. |
| Postal Address |
P.O. Box 358, Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0 |
| Inclusive Dates |
1932- |
| Bulk Dates |
1982- |
| Extent |
1.2 m. |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; photographs; published material |
| Duplicates |
1) Year-end reports, membership lists; 2) annual fire reports; public building inspection reports |
| Custodian(s) |
1) Town of Princeton; 2) Fire Commissioner's Office |
| Postal Address |
Respectively: 1) P.O. Box 670, Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0;
2) 2780 East Broadway, Vancouver, B.C. V5M 1Y8 |
| Bio/hist Note |
The first fire protection was provided by the Princeton Land Development Company. The Princeton Volunteer fire brigade was formed in 1906 and was reconstituted in 1930. First fire truck purchased in 1946 and first fire hall built on Bridge Street in 1948. |
| Summary |
Princeton Volunteer Fire Brigade records 1932- include: 1982 amended constitution; annual reports; lists of volunteer firemen; and building inspection reports. Also includes: tickets to the Firemen's Ball, 1932-1961; a scrapbook of photographs of: the Fire Brigade, 1933- ; sports teams and beauty Queen pageant candidates sponsored by the Brigade; parades; major fires, 1970- ; fire trucks, 1946- ; and retirement events. |
01*06
CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF SUMMERLAND EST. 1906-
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Municipal Administrator |
| Phone |
494-6451 |
| Street Address |
13211 Henry Ave., Summerland, B.C. |
| Postal Address |
P.O. Box 159, Summerland, B.C. V0H 1Z0 |
| Extent |
300 m. |
| Restrictions |
Unless otherwise indicated, permission is needed from the Administrator; one week notice is required. |
01*06*01
CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF SUMMERLAND EST. 1906-, ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1906- |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; photographs |
| Summary |
Summerland Administrator's and City Clerk's Departments Records 1906- include: Certificate of Incorporation; agendas, resolutions, and minutes of council and committee meetings, Letters Patent, bylaws, 1906- ; agreements for sale and contracts; certificates of title; burial permits; general correspondence, 1967- ; correspondence related to legal actions; assessment rolls; property taxes and irrigation rolls; tax returns; various reports; and photographs. The above records pertain to: building inspection; business licensing; cemeteries; elections; general administration concerning appropriations and expenditures, and labour relations; irrigation and flood control; planning and zoning; police protection; public health regulation; social welfare administration; subdivision control; tax collection; telephone service; domestic water-supply and distribution. Also includes: general correspondence, 1907- ; list of domestic water and electric power costs, 1910-1912; polling books for Summerland and West Summerland, 1911; Boundary Control Committee minutes, notes, correspondence and tax records, 1911-1915; cemetery records including list of plot owners, cemetery plans, and correspondence, 1912- ; minutes of Board of Health, Feb.-May 1915; milk licences, 1915-1916; registered owners of lots, 1924-1929; annual report to the Inspector of Municipalities, 1936- ; unemployment relief records, 1940-1946; building permit and building inspection registers, 1946- ; subdivision registers, 1947- ; minute book of the Town Planning Commission, 1955-1959; visitors' books; Park Commission minute books, 1957-1963; list of electors, 1964-1965; Magistrate's Court Register, 1968-1973; and Provincial Police Court records. |
| Finding Aids |
Index to by-laws, minutes and resolutions |
| Related Docs |
Miscellaneous ms.; photographs and scrapbooks |
| Custodian(s) |
Summerland Museum and Arts Society |
| Address |
P.O. Box 1491, Summerland, B.C. V0H 1V0 |
| General note |
Many of the more recent records of the Administration Department have evidently been destroyed. Thus, the bulk of the records in storage are older documents. |
01*06*01*01
CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF SUMMERLAND EST. 1906-, ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT, RECORDS, COURT AND POLICE RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1919-1969 |
| Type of Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Summerland Police and Court records 1919-1969 include: minutes of Police Commissioners, 1919-1934; Police Court Charge book, 1920-1954; Small Debts Court Register, 1923-1950, 1968-1973; Magistrate's Court Register, 1968-1973; and provincial police court registers. |
01*06*02
CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF SUMMERLAND EST. 1906-, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Superintendent of Public Works |
| Phone |
494-0431 |
| Street Address |
9215 Cedar Avenue, Summerland, B.C. |
| Inclusive Dates |
1916- |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; maps and plans; drawings; photographs |
| Summary |
Summerland Public Works Department records 1916- include: correspondence, memos, research notes and studies pertaining to: cemeteries; civil defence and emergency measures; domestic water supply; irrigation and flood control; parks and beaches; refuse disposal in a landfill; sewage dumpsite; storm drainage; roads, curbs and sidewalks; subdivision control; and weed control. Includes a 1965 report on the rehabilitation of the water system; a 1972 Agriculture and Rural Development Agreement engineering report with drawing and plans for an updated irrigation system; aerial photograph of Summerland, 1978; colour photographs by Hugo Redivo. Includes Public Works Committee reports, 1913- which also contain minutes of the Summerland Improvement Club, 1916; notes on tax rates and penalties, 1916-1922; complaints to Water Superintendent, 1916-1933, with lists of men on unemployment relief; irrigation reports, 1922, with minutes of the Irrigation Court of Revision, fire protection reports; poll lists; complaints to Electric Light [power] Superintendent, 1922-1933; lists of registered and unregistered property owners and tenants, 1924-1936; intermittent reports and plans for dams, water distribution and sewerage systems, 1929-1972; 1933 Geological Survey of Canada report with photographs and plans, "Water Supply of Summerland"; and plans of older buildings. |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the municipal administrator. One week notice is required. |
| Related Docs |
ms.; plans |
| Custodian(s) |
Summerland Museum and Arts Society |
| Address |
P.O. Box 1491, Summerland, B.C. V0H 1Z0 |
| General note |
Evidently many of the more recent records of the Public Works Department have been destroyed. Thus, the bulk of the records in storage are older documents. |
01*06*02*01
CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF SUMMERLAND EST. 1906-, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, RECORDS, IRRIGATION RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1907-1957 |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; maps and plans; |
| Summary |
Summerland Public Works Department irrigation records 1907-1957 include: 1902 water agreements between property owners, James Ritchie, the Garnet Valley Land Company, and the Summerland Development Company; register of irrigation rates with lot number and owners, 1907-1909; detailed Water Rights Branch correspondence with searches of water licences and descriptions and plans of proposed irrigation works, 1908; irrigation rolls, 1910; correspondence and reports of the Cemetery Committee and the Electric Light [power] Committee, 1910; water service cards, 1910-1912; minutes of the Board of Control, 1910-1915; irrigation reports, 1910-1940, 1947-1957; water agreements, 1920; ditchmen's filed notes with meter readings, 1930; irrigation connection records, 1932. Also includes Summerland Development Company records, 1903-1912: irrigation system specifications; inventory of equipment; descriptions of lots sold and irrigated; revenue from rates; chart of irrigation system; lists of materials used in irrigation system and their quantities. |
01*06*02*02
CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF SUMMERLAND EST. 1906-, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, RECORDS, MAPS AND PLANS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1905-1952 |
| Type of Unit |
Maps and plans |
| Summary |
Summerland Public Works Department maps and plans records 1905-1952 pertaining to: buildings; subdivisions; roads; irrigation flumes, reservoirs and pumps; telephone lines; railroads; and electric power. Also includes: photocopy of 1905 map, "Summerland, B.C." by the Summerland Development Company annotated with names of buyers; map of Summerland municipal wards, 1907; plans of Naramata, 1908; Kettle Valley Railway plans and profile in Summerland and proposed Kelowna-Vernon line, 1912; plans of the Okanagan Telephone Company's and the Summerland Telephone Company's pole and line locations in Summerland and Garnett Valley, 1915-1917; 1920's cemetery plan; plan of land used for agriculture, 1923; Canyon Creek Reservoir plans, 1927-1944; pump plans for the Dominion Experimental Farm, 1933; plans of domestic and irrigation water-supply and land in orchards, 1933; plans for an electric light switching station, 1934; updated plans of Kaleden showing lots, prices, and irrigation systems; plans of Summerland municipal hall, Hospital No. 3, and the Summerland Co-operative Growers' Association packing house; a community plan; projected water pipeline extensions, 1947; and an updated plan of the Anglican cemetery, 1952. |
01*06*03
CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF SUMMERLAND EST. 1906-, TREASURY DEPARTMENT, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1907- |
| Type of Unit |
ms. |
| Summary |
Summerland Treasury Department records 1907- include: financial and auditor's statements, 1907- ; assessment and collectors' rolls, 1907- ; account ledgers of appropriations and expenditures, 1907- ; general ledgers, 1910-1943, ca. 1970; budgets, 1969- ; research reports; statistical reports to Ministry of Finance, ca. 1970- ; property tax reports and registers, ca. 1979- . Also includes: deeds, journal and correspondence pertaining to lands sold for tax non payment, 1907, 1913; cash books with business licence lists, 1907-1917, 1945-1947, 1961-1964; pound keeper's account records, 1907-1921; irrigation, domestic water-supply and electric power accounts, 1910; tax sale books, 1915-1930; trial balances, 1918-1931; and Court of Revision records, 1939. |
| Restrictions |
Permission is needed from the Treasurer: one week notice is required. |
| General note |
Evidently, many of the more recent records of the Treasury Department have been destroyed. Thus, the bulk of the records are older documents in storage. |
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