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Ada Dawe interview : [Chapman, 1976]
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1976 [date recorded] (Creation)
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Mainly interviews recorded as research for Sound Heritage vol. 6 no. 2, "Navigating the Coast."
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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ada Dawe : Vancouver Harbour PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1930 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: Ada Dawe was born in Vancouver in 1893 and lived at Sechelt until school age. Her father was a captain on the Empress boats. Remembers being aboard the "Empress of India" at the time of the collision of the "Princess Victoria" and the "Chehalis", including first aid and the later search for bodies. Recalls rowing from Sechelt to Vancouver; Chinese crews on Empress boats; early Vancouver waterfront; Cedar Cove; Tommy Roberts of the Grand Hotel; and Union Steamship resorts on the Sechelt Peninsula.
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Peter Chapman, 1976
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This interview was originally accessioned as T2346:0001; it was probably re-accessioned as T0995:0003 in the 1970s or early 1980s.
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A CD Reference copy of original reel was made and is in container 0443-0395.
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- Use Restriction: For private and educational use only. Not for broadcast or commercial use without permission of the B.C. Archives.
- Copyright Status: Copyright B.C. Archives.
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Excerpts from this interview appeared in Sound Heritage vol. 6 no. 2, "Navigating the Coast.".
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Accession number(s): T0955
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speaker: Ada Dawe, interviewer: Peter Chapman
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- Canadian Pacific Steamships Limited (Subject)
- Chehalis (Paddle steamer) (Subject)
- Empress of India (Steamship) (Subject)
- Princess Victoria (Steamship) (Subject)
- Union Steamship Company of British Columbia (Subject)