Identity area
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Division of Timber
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The Division of Timber was created in 1957 within the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests from a merger of the Division of Reforestation and the Division of Timber Management.
In 1959 the Division of Timber was replaced with the Timber Branch.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Division of Timber was responsible for managing Ontario's timber resources. It's functions included timber sales and licensing, the production and distribution of planting stock, the supervision of Crown land reforestation, the provision of extension forestry which assisted individuals and organizations involved in the reforestation of private land, the planning and construction of forest access roads, the licensing of mills, and the registration and licensing of scalers.
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Annual Report of the Minister of Lands and Forests, 1960
Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Nancy Martin, Susan McClure