Ontario. Timber Branch (1959-1971)

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Timber Branch (1959-1971)

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Timber Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1959-1971

      History

      The Timber Branch was created in 1959 within the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests, and replaced the Division of Timber.

      In 1971 the Timber Branch was divided to form the Timber Management Branch and the Timber Sales Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Timber Branch 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.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests (1920-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA52

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests controls Ontario. Timber Branch (1959-1971)

      Dates of relationship

      1959-1971

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Division of Timber (1957-1959)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA263

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Division of Timber is the predecessor of Ontario. Timber Branch (1959-1971)

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Timber Sales Branch (1971-1989)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA265

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Timber Sales Branch is the successor of Ontario. Timber Branch (1959-1971)

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Timber Management Branch (1971-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA292

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Timber Management Branch is the successor of Ontario. Timber Branch (1959-1971)

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA264

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Annual Report of the Minister of Lands and Forests, 1960

          Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Nancy Martin, Susan McClure