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 How Blackwall got its name from a local sex worker; the trapping line; using bear fat in pie; [Sy Olderman?]; Christmas at Manning; parties; lightning lakes trapping; animals on the trap line; dead human bodies in the park; history of the trapline. SIDE B Trapline history and logistics; prospecting; mines; looking for gold; Japanese internment; the plaque that marks Charlie Boniver’s grave; Parson Jones; the opening of the Hope Princeton highway; naming landmarks.

In Collection:

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Creator

• Elders Council for Parks in British Columbia

Contributor

• Shaw, Louise

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• February 1991

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 00:30:05 (Side A)
• 00:30:00 (Side B)

Alternative title

• Joe Hilton ... Interviewed by Louise Shaw ... Tape 3

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Manning Provincial Park

Coordinates

• 49.06642, -120.78578

Additional physical characteristics

• Dropouts 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

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

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2011-005; Item: 2011-005-16

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/cgbq-y369

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