RECORDED: Duncan (B.C.), 1982-09-23 SUMMARY: Doreen Ruffner talks about how her family came to the Cowichan Valley after her father bought 500 acres at Cowichan Lake. Describes Duncan; the building of the family house, and its location between Bear Lake and Honeymoon Bay; and their neighbours. Describes fending off a cougar that attacked her and cousin, a young boy named Tony Farrer (or Farrar?), on 16-Sep-1916. She and Tony both received the Albert Medal by the Duke of Devonshire. [Their Albert Medals were later exchanged for the George Cross.] Postcards of Doreen, Tony and the cougar were made. Describes album of letters and gifts received from all over the world.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-06-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Eva Peterson discusses her reasons for coming to Cape Scott; life around San Josef Bay in 1912; her early background including her birth in Wisconsin in 1892; various Danish settlers in 1900; her family's arrival in Holberg in 1909; Fisherman's Bay; the origin of the Holberg name; the Fredrickson boys, Hans and Lars; the location of Cape Scott; and finding ambergris on the beach. TRACK 2: Mrs. Peterson continues with more on ambergris; then she offers the story of a man who found an airplane wreck; dances and other activities at San Josef Bay; Eva and her husband at Port Renfrew; a story about Jim Spooner in 1917; seals; cougar attacks; leaving and returning to Cape Scott; a story about strawberry picking for her uncle Henry Ohlsen; and Fredrickson's butter making.