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REGIONAL DISTRICT OF OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN, EST. MARCH 1966
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Administrator, Regional District of
Okanagan-Similkameen |
| Phone |
492-0237 |
| Street Address |
101 Martin St., Penticton, B.C. V2A 5J9 |
| Bio/hist Note |
The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, formed in
1966, extends from Summerland in the north, to Osoyoos in the south, and
Princeton in the west. Other municipalities included within the District are:
Penticton, Keremeos and Oliver. There are eight electoral areas which, in
addition to the rural areas, include the unincorporated communities of
Coalmont, Cawston, Hedley, Kaleden, Naramata, Okanagan Falls, Olalla and
Tulameen. |
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REGIONAL DISTRICT OF OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN, EST. MARCH 1966,
ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1966- |
| Extent |
13 m. + 10 maps + 10 plans |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; maps and plans; video recordings |
| Bio/hist Note |
The Okanagan-Similkameen Industrial Development Commission
has ceased to exist. Local areas now take care of their own economic
development projects and development. |
| Summary |
Regional district government of Okanagan-Similkameen,
Administration Department records 1966- include: Certificate of Incorporation;
supplementary Letters Patent; by-laws; resolutions; agendas and minutes of
general and committee meetings of the Board; petitions; agreements and
contracts; legal opinions and proceedings; licences; leases; annual, committee
and research reports and notes; oaths; press releases; clippings;
correspondence and memoranda; poll lists; voter registration cards; debenture
lists; property inventories; fire department inventories; policy manuals; and
organizational charts. The above records pertain to: agriculture; legal actions
and defences; appropriations and expenditures; the Okanagan Basin
[Implementation] Water Board; noxious insect control; the Okanagan-Similkameen
Regional Hospital District; the Keremeos Diagnostic and Treatment Centre;
arenas; community halls; swimming pool operations; regional and community
parks; parks and recreation commissions; recreational facilities, activities
and programs; senior citizens' apartments (dwellings for the aged); garbage
control; septic tank effluent and refuse disposal; sewerage systems; wells;
fires and fire protection; weed control; nuisance and disturbance regulations;
untidy and unsightly premises; animal control; urban transit; house numbering;
boundary changes; soil removal regulations; firearm control; flood control;
development of subdivisions and housing; the Industrial Development Commission
for economic development projects; and theatre and library additions in
Penticton. Also includes: correspondence pertaining to the Union of British
Columbia Municipalities; by-laws and minutes of the Okanagan-Similkameen
Regional Hospital District; minutes of the Board, and maps and plans of the
Keremeos Diagnostic and Treatment Centre; report on the possible purchase by
the Regional District of the West Kootenay Power and Light Company. |
| Restrictions |
Records and correspondence pertaining to legal actions and
defences are restricted. Data pertaining to future property purchase by the
Regional District and personnel records are also restricted. |
| Finding Aids |
Indexes to: supplementary Letters Patent; contracts; lease
agreements; the minutes of the Board of the Okanagan-Similkameen Regional
Hospital District; and the minutes of the Board of the Keremeos Diagnostic
Treatment Centre. |
| General note |
Since 1988 voter registration has been done by the Province
of British Columbia. |
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REGIONAL DISTRICT OF OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN, EST. MARCH 1966,
ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT, RECORDS, FIRE DEPARTMENTS
Abstract:
| Bio/hist Note |
The regional district government of Okanagan-Similkameen is
responsible for volunteer fire departments in Kaleden, Keremeos, Okanagan
Falls, Turlameen and District , and in Willowbrook/White Lake. |
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REGIONAL DISTRICT OF OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN, EST. MARCH 1966,
ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT, RECORDS, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, KEREMEOS AND DISTRICT
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, RECORDS EST. 1940
Abstract:
| Custodian |
Keremeos and District Volunteer Fire Department |
| Phone |
499-2266 |
| Street Address |
Corner of 7th St. & 6th Ave., Keremeos, B.C. |
| Postal Address |
P.O. Box 17, Keremeos, Box V0X 1N0 |
| Inclusive Dates |
1940- |
| Extent |
0.15 m. + 120 photographs |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; photographs |
| Bio/hist Note |
The Keremeos Volunteer Fire Department, established in
1940, joined and provided fire protection to the Keremeos Irrigation District
in 1962. In 1976, the Fire Department joined the Regional District of
Okanagan-Similkameen. |
| Summary |
Keremeos and District Volunteer Fire Department records
1940- include: cancelled cheques, 1940-1944; minutes of meetings 1941,
1944-1945, 1949-1963, and 1967- ; attendance rolls 1945-1946, and 1963-1964;
correspondence 1948-1964; and notes of weekly practices, 1979. Also includes a
1976 fifty page local history of the Fire Department. Above records pertain to
fires and fire protection in Keremeos, Cawston and Olalla. Restrictions. .An
appointment is necessary; permission is needed from the Fire Chief; available
to approved and accredited researchers only. |
| Related Docs |
1) Annual and monthly fire reports; 2) a local history with
photographs and press clippings, written in 1984 |
| Custodian(s) |
Respectively: 1) Office of the Fire Commissioner;
2)
Keremeos Museum Society |
| Address |
Respectively: 1) Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Recreation
and Culture, 333
2) South Similkameen Society, c/o Mrs. Bertha Advocate,
P.O. Box 27, Keremeos, B.C. V0X 1N0 |
06*01*02
REGIONAL DISTRICT OF OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN, EST. MARCH 1966,
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, RECORDS
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1963- |
| Extent |
17 m. + 250 maps + 150 plans + 12,000 microfilm aperture
cards + 4,000 drawings + 6,000 photographs and slides + 40 sound
recordings |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; maps and plans; microfilm; drawings; photographs &
slides; published material; sound recordings |
| Bio/hist Note |
Regional planning was done by the South Okanagan Planning
Board, 1963-1966. Regional and settlement planning was a function of the
Regional District, 1967-1983. The Agricultural Land Reserves for rural
electoral areas was a function, 1973-1983; and community planning, since 1983.
The Development Services Department was formerly known as the Planning
Department. |
| Summary |
Regional district government of Okanagan-Similkameen,
Development Services Department records 1963- include: applications; briefs;
building permits; by-laws; case files; charts; correspondence; research
reports; statistics; studies and surveys; pamphlets; newspaper inserts; area
plans; microfilm aperture card maps; microfilm reels of building permits and
drawings; microfiche of assessment rolls; aerial photographs; sound recordings
of public meetings and formal hearings, 1974- . The above records pertain to:
regional and settlement planning; community planning; airport planning; garbage
disposal sites; house numbering; land assembly and banking for local and
regional parks; planning for recreational facilities; street lighting;
subdivision control; soil removal regulations; tourist promotion; and sign
regulation. Also includes correspondence and maps pertaining to: the South
Okanagan Planning Board and Community Planning Areas, 1963-1966; regional and
settlement planning 1967-1983; community planning 1983- ; Agricultural Land
Reserves for the rural electoral areas, 1973-1983. Also includes: many maps
which are unique to the Regional District; technical analyses and reports to
accompany by-laws and community plans, 1970- ; field notes for reports;
questionnaires and answers; and charts of population forecasts. |
| Finding Aids |
Index to slides |
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REGIONAL DISTRICT OF OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN, EST. MARCH 1966,
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, RECORDS, BUILDING INSPECTION DIVISION, RECORDS
EST. 1973
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1963- |
| Extent |
23 m. + 8,000 maps and plans + 8 reels of microfilm + 50
photographs |
| Type of Unit |
ms.; maps and plans; microfilm; photographs |
| Summary |
Regional district government of Okanagan-Similkameen,
Development Services Department, Building Inspection Division records 1963-
include: building and septic tank permits; building plans and specification;
electoral area planning By-laws; legal actions and defences case files ; court
records of building violations enforcement; photographs of building violations;
and correspondence concerning building sites and subdivisions. The above
records pertain to: building inspection; stove installations; the Board of
Variance; flood control; and nuisance and unsightly premises regulations. |
| Restrictions |
To see building plans permission is needed from the
Building Inspector and the owner of the building. Once permission is obtained
two days notice is required. |
| Finding Aids |
Index to building plans |
| General note |
The records from 1963-1980 are on microfilm which is
becoming difficult to read.. |
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REGIONAL DISTRICT OF OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN, EST. MARCH 1966,
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, EST. 1990, PEST CONTROL DIVISION, RECORDS EST. 1970
Abstract:
| Inclusive Dates |
1970- |
| Extent |
7 m. + 107 maps and plans + ca. 50 photographs and slides
|
| Type of Unit |
ms.; maps and plans; photographs & slides; published
material |
| Bio/hist Note |
The Regional District is one of the few districts to have a
full time Pest Control Officer. |
| Summary |
Regional district government of Okanagan-Similkameen,
Public Works Department, Pest Control Division records 1970- include:
correspondence; logs; by-law violation case files with notices, correspondence
and photographs; annual reports; statistics on violations; surveys; maps of
fruit tree locations; photographs of neglected orchards and infected fruit. The
above records pertain to: domestic animal control; codling moth (Sterile Insect
Release Program), mosquito and other insect control; knapweed and other weed
control. |
| Finding Aids |
Index to the aerial photographs. |
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