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The series consists of general files from the Federal Department of the Interior and the Provincial Department of Lands and Forests regarding the Northern Alberta Railways (NAR), Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). The series also relates to railroad right of ways located on public land as well as abandoned railway rights of way and the management of the affected lands. The records may include exchange of right of ways; abandoned railway right of ways; reports; copy of certificate of title; maps, surveys, drawings and sketches; legal land searches; and correspondence.

The series relates to private companies extracting all types of minerals on Crown Land. The records include general correspondence to and from companies and ledgers.

The series consists of records from the Department of Interior, including Orders-in-Council, regulations, rulings, meteorological registers, and reports.

The series consists of ledgers completed by Water Resources Branch in the Department of Agriculture and its predecessors. The ledgers contain records of land elevation drawings, land classification drawings, topographical drawings, collectors’ rolls, financial statements, appropriations, expenditures, assessments, water agreements, field inspectors’ reports, register of letters, land title maps, materials and supplies, weather summaries and mosaic drawings for irrigation districts, as well as data concerning specific irrigation projects.

The series consists of surveys that were carried out by the Survey Branch and its predecessors to facilitate the investigation, design, and construction of water management projects. The records include studies, topographic surveys of natural and man-made features including profiles, cross-sections and contour surveys as well as vertical and horizontal control survey notes.

The series consists of case files of applications through federal and provincial legislation for permits by individuals and corporations to divert water from Alberta rivers, streams and lakes. The permits were issued primarily for irrigation purposes but also include industrial, municipal, and other uses. The case files include application forms (also known as memorials in early applications), correspondence regarding the status of the permit, inspection reports regarding the works used divert the water, plans of proposed diversions, and other related records. The series also includes agreements between the Irrigation Districts and individual landowners for the rental of irrigation rights as well as the interim and final agreement cards.

The series consists of records generated by the Mines Branch. The branch was established with the Coal Mines Act of 1906. It reported to the department of Public Works until 1920 when it reported to the Provincial Secretary. Starting in 1924, it reported to the Executive Council until the establishment of the Department of Lands and Mines in 1930. The Branch enforced the Coal Mines Act (later the Mines Act) and was responsible for inspections (relating to employment and the physical plant) and reporting on the amount and quality of coal produced by the Province.

The series consists of correspondence relating to the use of federal land such as National Parks, weapons ranges, research areas, and the transfer of lands. It also includes correspondence about Indigenous Reserves.

The series consists of records relating to the extraction of minerals including coal by private companies. The Mineral Applications are organized by Township, Range & Meridian and include company name, date of issue, and file number. The Mineral Disposition Ledgers contain application numbers in order of township, range and meridian and the company name, but the disposition pages were created to replace the application sheets. Ottawa Registers, which contain applications for all mineral dispositions, are also included. The records include Mineral Application and Mineral Disposition Ledgers, ledger sheets, and microfilm. The series also includes ledgers relating to quartz and placer claims by individuals (GR1992.0534).

The series consists of irrigation and flood control reports (1918-1919, 1946, 1949-1953, 1956-1959, and 1966) for various areas in Southern Alberta.

The series consists of photographs that relate to the Dominion Forest Service or to lands and forests in Alberta.

The series consists of maps that relate to mineral resources within the Province of Alberta. The maps show major dispositions of land related to coal mines, mineral resource leases on crown land, resource maps, and geological surveys. The series includes maps used by the Mineral Support Branch and as part of applications for mine permits and bituminous sands permits.

The series consists of records relating to mineral land sales, grants, and leases, including records relating to coal. The series also includes the minutes, agendas and schedules of the Crown Mineral Disposition Review Committee and the Mineral Sales Referral Committee.

The series consists of records created by the Irrigation Office of the Department of Interior, Dominion of Canada as well as by later departments within the Government of Alberta that relate to the administration of water resources. Most of the records address irrigation.

The pre-1926 records include information about irrigation projects, administration and finance, conferences, proposals, reports, correspondence about land and mineral resources, as well as other related documents. The records dating 1926-1971 contain correspondence concerning routine administrative matters; reports completed by regional and head offices; information about specific water projects, including the William Pearce / Bow River Development Projects; photographs; records from the Irrigation Secretariat, Irrigation Council, Irrigation Policy Committee, and other committees; news clippings; drawings of the Northern Saskatchewan Irrigation District (1919-1948); and other related documents.

This series consists primarily of correspondence between the Dominion Government (Department of the Interior) and various Dominion Land Surveyors (DLS) and/or Dominion Topographical Surveyors (DTS) working mainly in Alberta during the years 1879-1931. The documentation that had been collected by the Surveyor General (Dominion Government) was sent to Alberta in 1931. After 1931, the series includes correspondence to and from the Albertan Director of Surveys. The series also addresses township subdivision starting in January 1879.

The records include correspondence between the Land Survey Branch Office and land surveyors when plans were amended, Dominion Land Surveyor's correspondence files, correspondence regarding surveys in various town sites, and correspondence files regarding township subdivisions created by the Surveyor General and maintained by the Director of Surveys. The files may include contracts between the surveyor and the department, financial accounts, reports on the survey, information on temperature and climate, maps and plans, and general correspondence.

The series consists of original township plans or surveys, subdivision plans, survey diagrams, township registers, and related maps and settlement plans.

Official Township survey plans are the result of official surveys conducted as early as January 1873 and still occur today. In 1871, the first of 3 Dominion Land surveys in the prairie provinces began west of the first meridian in Manitoba, followed by surveys in 1880 and 1881. The surveyors worked on the principles of astronomy and divided the province of Alberta into a grid system composed of ranges, townships, and meridians. Ranges number approximately 1-30 running East to West from each of the three meridians, the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth while the townships (1-127) run from North to South from the International Boundary to the Northwest Territories. These plans became official if they were approved and confirmed by the Surveyor General or after 1930 by the Director of Surveys. For each township, it is possible to have numerous editions. It was the policy of the Office of the Surveyor General to create a new edition every time additional survey work was done, corrections made or updates to standard changes adopted. The scale on the maps is described in terms of chains, where 100 links = 1 chain, 1 chain = 66 feet.

Copies of these township plans were then used as a visual indexing tool for creation of homestead leases, dispositions, and other uses of the land. It allowed a government to draw the area of land and identity of the entity who leases, purchases, or otherwise makes use of the land. These were often part of large ledgers or registers that became part of this series.

The series consists of records relating to the activities leading up to the patenting of (obtaining title to) public land for agricultural purposes. The records include, but are not limited to applications for Homesteads, Farm Development Sales, Civilian Homestead Sales, Farm Development Leases, financial information, reports, letters of cancelation, and correspondence.

Prior to 1930, the Dominion Government was responsible for the homestead program. See the subseries, Homestead records, for pre-1930 homestead information.

In 1930, the responsibility for managing of natural resources (including land) was transferred to the Province of Alberta. The granting of homesteads was discontinued on February 14, 1931 and no homestead entries were made between February 14 and July 2, 1931. After July 2nd, homesteads were available for applicants who had resided in the Province for a specified period. At the same time, the fee increased from $10 to $50. The right to obtain homestead entry, second homesteads, and soldier grant entry was discontinued on the 24th of March 1939, and the right to make an application for the cancellation of an existing entry was also withdrawn.

On July 25, 1939, regulations became effective which provided for the issue of agricultural leases on vacant lands within certain defined areas of the province. The leases were granted for 20-year periods with the lessee being given an option for purchase of the land after 10 years’ residence and operation of the land, providing that compliance had been made with the regulations covering the terms of the lease.

Records regarding homesteads were transferred from the Dominion Government to the Department of Lands and Mines in the 1930s. The Province organized the records into GL (General Lands), SL (School Lands), and GRL (Grazing Leases). From the mid-1950s, the records were organized by legal land description.