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604-291-9990
1-888-881-2293
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The BCWF would like to acknowlege the on-going support of the
BC Government.
BCWF AFFILIATES
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Dave White
PO Box 301
Canal Flats, BC V0B 1B0
Ph: 250-349-5478
findlayhome@telus.net | 2004 - 2006
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Bob Boswell
3550 Lakeshaw Road
Duncan, BC V9L 6N5
Ph: 250-746-1096
boz@seaside.net | 2002 - 2004
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Ivar C. Larson
PO Box 291
Canal Flats, BC V0B 1B0
Ph: 250-417-9780
address-idlarson@hughes.net | 2000 - 2002
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Les Husband
6369 Berger Cres.
Prince George, BC V2K 4S9
Ph: 250-962-6713
Fax: 250-962-6759
lhusband@shaw.ca | 1998 - 2000
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John Holdstock
1326 Scott Rd.
Kelowna, BC V1Z 2P7
Ph: 250-769-3952
Fax: 250-769-0727
jbholdstock@shawcable.com | 1996 - 1998
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Bob Morris
1902 Latimer Road
Nanaimo, B.C. V9S 2W4
Ph: 250-758-2116
Fax: 250-758-5350
deri_morris@telus.net | 1994 - 1996
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Phil Hallinan
444 Mulberry
Kamloops, BC V2B 2R5
Home - Ph: 250-376-4459
Fax: 250-376-6451
Ph: 250-314-9660
Fax: 250-828-2597
hallinan@sageserve.com | 1992 - 1994
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Otto Andersen
163 Cranberry Lane
Vernon, BC V1B 2H4
Ph: 250-549-1355
omandersen@netscape.net | 1990 - 1992
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Steve Head
17-7100 Aldeen Rd.
Prince George, BC V2N 5R5
Ph: 250-964-1302 | 1989 - 1990
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S.W. (Stu) Reeder
(Deceased) | 1987 - 1989
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John A. Carter
(Deceased) | 1985 - 1987
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108 15 St South
Cranbrook, BC V1C 6A2
Ph: 250-489-8043
Fax: 250-426-5372
carmenpurdy@yahoo.ca | 1983 - 1985
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| Graham Kenyon | 1981 - 1983
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Dan Santano
(Deceased) | 1979 - 1981
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Richard A. Cole
6844 Temple Drive N. E.
Calgary, AB T1Y 4X8
Ph: 403-293-2127
dickcole@shaw.ca | 1977 - 1979
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Art Downes
(Deceased) | 1975 - 1977
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Ed Mankelow
2531 Howe Rd
Chemainus, BC V0R 1K5
Ph: 250-246-3109
wildlife@shaw.ca | 1973 - 1975
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| George Smith | 1971 - 1973
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R. N. (Bob) Pedersen
(Deceased) | 1969 - 1971
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R. H. (Dick) Phillips
#152 145 King Edward Ave
Coquitlam, BC V3K 6M5 | 1967 - 1969
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Jim Murray
7340 Sidaway Rd.
Richmond, BC V6W 1B8
Ph: 604-278-1741 | 1965 - 1967
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| Kenneth A. Hodgson | 1963 - 1965
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| William A. Wallinger | 1961 - 1963
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David A. Maw
(Deceased) | 1959 - 1961
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| Bruno Reimer | 1959
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E. Ted Barsby
14 View Street
Nanaimo, BC
Ph: 250-754-2525 | 1956 - 1959
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| BCWF Mailing Address |
Unit 101 - 3060 Norland Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5B 3A6
• Phone: (604) 291-9990
• Fax: (604) 291-9933
• Toll Free: 1-888-881-2293
• Email: officeinfo@bcwf.bc.ca
Driving Directions: Click for map »
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The Federation's origins can be traced back
to the 1890's when some of its currently operating clubs were formed. Some
were called Fish and Game clubs, while some were called Fish and Game Protective
Associations. In those days, the management of British Columbia's fish and
wildlife was managed for the province by one person who was a provincial
employee known as the Chief Game Warden. That management of fish and wildlife
was a cooperative affair between the clubs and the Chief Game Warden.
During the 1930s and the 1940s the province operated the management of fish
and wildlife under their department known as the B.C. Game Commission. They
divided the province into various "zones" such as the Vancouver Island zone;
the Lower Mainland zone, etc. The B.C. Game Commission in each zone then
consulted with the clubs in their respective zones in order to manage the
fish and wildlife resource for the benefit of the greater community.
In 1947, the B.C. Game Commission decided to try a new approach to this
consultation method and established a scientific management proposal for fish
and wildlife resource handling in British Columbia by calling a convention of
all fish and game clubs in the province - with the costs being borne by the
province (this bearing of costs carried on for ten years). They requested
that all clubs be joined together by one body to ease the burden of consultations.
The first convention formed the "Sportsmen's Council"whose role was to assist
the B.C. Game Commission in managing the fish and wildlife resource for all
people of the British Columbia. The Council's first incorporation was in 1951.
In 1956, the name was changed to the B.C. Federation of Fish and Game Clubs and
a new constitution was adopted. In 1958 and again in 1965, the B.C. Federation of
Fish and Game Clubs applied for recognition as a charitable organization.
In 1966, the Federation changed its name to the B.C. Wildlife Federation and
adopted a new constitution. This name change represented more clearly the fact
that the Federation was involved in all ways with conservation of fish and wildlife
and the environment for the benefit of everyone. The Federation is still growing,
and as a result, its constitution is still evolving - the last constitutional
change was in 1989 - however the primary aims and objectives from 1966 still
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