Richard A. Rajala, "A Political Football: Federal-Provincial Cooperation in British Columbia Forests, 1930-1995," Forest History Today (Spring/Fall 2003), pp. 29-40

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Richard A. Rajala, "A Political Football: Federal-Provincial Cooperation in British Columbia Forests, 1930-1995," Forest History Today (Spring/Fall 2003), pp. 29-40
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Read 12 Oct 2026. The forestry relief and training programs of the 1930s, year by year.

  • 1935: the Young Men's Forestry Training Plan: about 500 men aged 21-25, $80,000, $1.75 a day less 75 cents board, 382 miles of trail; "a master-stroke of public policy" (p. 30).
  • 1936: about 500 men again; Elk Falls park developed (p. 31).
  • Winter 1936-37: the Forest Development Projects, $1.5 million, 30 cents an hour with pay partly deferred, 21 camps, "the 3,800" men; crews developed Capilano, Little Qualicum Falls, Englishman River, Skutz Falls, Harrison Lake, John Dean and Thetis Lake parks (pp. 31-32).
  • 1937-39: federal youth training money from 1937 (585 enrolled that summer); "roughly 5,000 men" in the winter of 1937-38; about 600 in 1938; in 1939 about 1,000 transients in 18 camps, closed in September 1939. Over five years "3,100 young men received forestry training" (pp. 32-33).

His counts for the winter camps (3,800 and 5,000) are above the Forest Branch's annual reports (2,809 and 4,005), perhaps counting everyone who passed through. See Duff Pattullo, 22nd Premier of British Columbia: what did he get right, and what did he get wrong?.

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  2. title: "Richard A. Rajala, \"A Political Football: Federal-Provincial Cooperation in British Columbia Forests, 1930-1995,\" Forest History Today (Spring/Fall 2003), pp. 29-40"
  3. type: article
  4. date: "2003"
  5. url: "https://foresthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/PoliticalFootball.pdf"
  6. seen: original
  7. access: public
  8. ---
  9. Read 12 Oct 2026. The forestry relief and training programs of the 1930s, year by year.
  11. - **1935:** the Young Men's Forestry Training Plan: about 500 men aged 21-25, $80,000, $1.75 a day less 75 cents
  12. board, 382 miles of trail; "a master-stroke of public policy" (p. 30).
  13. - **1936:** about 500 men again; Elk Falls park developed (p. 31).
  14. - **Winter 1936-37:** the Forest Development Projects, $1.5 million, 30 cents an hour with pay partly deferred,
  15. 21 camps, "the 3,800" men; crews developed Capilano, Little Qualicum Falls, Englishman River, Skutz Falls,
  16. Harrison Lake, John Dean and Thetis Lake parks (pp. 31-32).
  17. - **1937-39:** federal youth training money from 1937 (585 enrolled that summer); "roughly 5,000 men" in the
  18. winter of 1937-38; about 600 in 1938; in 1939 about 1,000 transients in 18 camps, closed in September 1939.
  19. Over five years "3,100 young men received forestry training" (pp. 32-33).
  21. His counts for the winter camps (3,800 and 5,000) are above the Forest Branch's annual reports (2,809 and
  22. 4,005), perhaps counting everyone who passed through. See `pattullo-premiership`.
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