Interview with Charlie Velay (Part 01 of 03)

Part of a collection of interviews about the development of BC Parks from members of the Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia. The Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia is an independent society, whose members are retired parks system employees and conservation advocates who have dedicated a significant portion of their lives to parks and protected areas in B.C. The interview concerns the following topics: SIDE A Early biography and path to the forest service; fixing up an old campsite that was originally used by conscientious objectors; work at Mount Seymour; [E.G. “Sy” Olderman?]; the opening of the Hope-Princeton highway; Manning Park’s status as a ranger district; the building boom of 1949; meeting Davie Davidson and Joe Hilton; first time in Manning Park, by the old Japanese internment camps. SIDE B Why the park wasn’t named Melrose; the morbid cigarette structure to get folks to not throw their butts out of their cars; how Joe Hilton got involved with the Park; early fire prevention roads; Davie Davidson’s “fearless” attitude towards dynamite; the toilet paper surveys; the tension between Manning staff and government engineers; attitudes towards the Hope-Princeton highway corridor; horses in Manning Park; why renting horses didn’t take off; comparing Manning to other Canadian Parks; Christmas at Manning; the tennis court.

In Collection:

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Creator

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Contributor

• Shaw, Louise

Subject

• Wilderness areas
• Biodiversity conservation
• Parks--Management
• Conservation of natural resources
• Nature conservation
• Nature conservation--Societies, etc.
• Conservation of natural resources--Societies, etc.
• Parks--Employees
• Wildlife conservation
• National parks and reserves
• BC Parks
• Parks--Employees--Attitudes
• Oral histories
• National parks and reserves--Management
• Parks
• Parks--Conservation and restoration
• Velay, Charlie
• Natural areas

Language

• eng

Date created

• February 1991

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 00:30:10 (Side A)
• 00:30:09

Alternative title

• Charlie Velay ... Interviewed by Louise Shaw ... Tape 1.

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Mount Seymour Provincial Park
• British Columbia--Manning Provincial Park
• British Columbia--Mount Seymour

Coordinates

• 49.06642, -120.78578
• 9.39137, -122.91933

Additional physical characteristics

• Dropouts during program; phasing during program; static during program; program distorted at times.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• sound recordings
• oral histories (literary genre)
• reminiscences

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2011-005; Item: 2011-005-07

Fonds identifier

• AR446

Is referenced by

• Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/elders-council-for-parks-in-british-columbia-fonds

Date digitized

• 2023

Technical note

• Metadata by KD.

Rights

• This item is under copyright and made available on this site for research and private study only. Commercial use is prohibited. For all other uses please contact UVic Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/t251-jc17