RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Thames recounts his family coming from Nanaimo to Bowser in 1893. He discusses fishing; Qualicum Tom; schooling at Alert Bay; early settlers; farming; fishing; logging; and settlement prior to World War I. Mrs. Thames recalls her arrival as a war bride in Bowser in 1917; her first impressions; fishing; her first year; settlement that started after 1922; hunting; boating; the government road; the railway. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The sub-series consists of oral history interviews dealing with the history of the area between Qualicum and Ladysmith on Vancouver Island, including Alberni, Bowser, Nanaimo, and Parksville. Some interviews also deal with First Nations culture and society, and with the story of cult leader Brother XII.