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Records of the British Columbia Steamship Company

  • GR-4210
  • Series
  • 1975 - 1990

The series consists of records of the British Columbia Steamship Company created and received between 1975-1990 in British Columbia. This crown corporation's files document the restoration and management of daily passenger and vehicle service between Victoria and Seattle. The passenger ferry service ceased in 1974 but was restarted in 1975 in order to support and develop Victoria’s tourist industry. Some of the records, such as two years of pilot log books, document activities of the Princess Marguerite vessel, purchased from the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1975. The records consist of the general manager’s correspondence, mainly from E. L. Lien and Barry D. Margetts. The series also contains correspondence between the Minister of Transportation and Highways and the general managers, managing director, and president of the Steamship Company. The series also includes Board of Directors' records, intergovernmental correspondence between BC and Washington State regarding the ferry service, development of the piers, advertising and promotional materials, marketing plans, and records relating to the privatisation of the corporation.

The series is arranged alphabetically by subject. The records include correspondence, meeting materials, circulars, memoranda, registers, pilot log books, certificates, licenses, lease agreements, and financial records. The records are scheduled under ARCS (Administrative Records Classification System) schedule 100001.

British Columbia Steamship Company (1975) Ltd.

The Princess

Documentary. This film depicts a trip from Seattle to Victoria on the S.S. Princess Marguerite, and profiles the history of the ship -- and of her namesake, an earlier B.C. coastal steamship that was sunk during World War II while serving as a troop transport.

British Columbia Steamship Company (1975) Ltd.

Skiing

The item is a reel of recreational film showing downhill and cross-country skiing at Mount Seymour Provincial Park. A group of young adults from Vancouver (UBC students?) travel to North Vancouver by ferry, and onward to Mount Seymour by car and bus. Includes shots of the Vancouver-North Vancouver car ferry arriving at North Vancouver. Also includes shots of ski cabin/chalet (with sign: "Mount Seymour Ski Camp"); waxing of skis and equipment preparation; beginning skiers practicing at "ski school"; and a few skiers taking spills and falls.

ELUC Administrative records and subject files

  • GR-1002
  • Series
  • 1972-1980

This series contains administrative and subject files relating to natural resource development and environmental policies. Includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, briefs, etc. The records were created by the Environment and Land Use Committee Secretariat, the administrative and support staff assigned to the Committee. The records were created from 1972-1980 and relate to all aspects of business conducted by the Committee, including land use decisions across the province.

British Columbia. Environment and Land Use Committee. Secretariat

Public Works contracts and other material

  • GR-0071
  • Series
  • 1924-1954

The series consists of contract sets for diverse public works: buildings, bridges, roads and road works, ferries and ferry facilities, etc. The contract sets, usually signed by the contractor and the minister, often include the notices to contractors as they appeared in The British Columbia Gazette, tender forms, schedules of quantities, specifications, contracts, insurance policies, correspondence, and plans.

British Columbia. Dept. of Public Works

Ladner ferry, etc.

The item consists of a reel of unedited film footage and associated workprint of water traffic on the south arm of the Fraser River near the site of the Deas Island Tunnel. Two sequences show the operation of the Ladner ferry, a car ferry service crossing the Fraser between Ladner and Woodwards Landing in Richmond. Shows cars, trucks, and buses boarding the ferry; crew at work on the deck and the bridge; views from ferry during the crossing; docking and unloading; etc. Also includes footage of the CNR rail car ferry S.S. "Canora"; a large floating dredge; and the sternwheeler "Essington". The latter usually operated out of Prince Rupert as a snag puller, but at this time she was replacing the "Samson V" on the Fraser; her deckhands are shown servicing a navigational buoy.
These sequences were found among the original footage and out-takes from the film Deas Island Tunnel (1957-1959).

Gulf Islands via B.C. Ferries

The item is a film reel containing a television commercial. Promotes the new ferry service to the Gulf Islands. The newly-built ferry "Queen of the Islands" will provide service from Tsawassen to Galiano, Mayne and Saltspring Islands.

Highway on the sea

The item is a reel of promotional film showing the design, construction and launching of the B.C. Government ferries M.V. "[Queen of] Sidney" and M.V. "[Queen of] Tsawwassen".

BC Radio News : [press conferences, interviews, speeches, etc., April-May 1978]

CALL NUMBER: T3860:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Jack Davis ; Garde Gardom RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-04-28 SUMMARY: Davis on charges; Gardom announces charges.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0007 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Environment Minister Jim Neilsen RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-05-01 SUMMARY: Environment Minister Jim Neilsen on telegram from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on 2-4-D carcinogenicity.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0008 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): NDP house leader Bill King RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-05-01 SUMMARY: NDP floor leader Bill King on Fish and Wildlife memo restricting membership of employees in advocacy groups.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0009 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): NDP Recreation and Conservation critic Lorne Nicholson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-05-01 SUMMARY: NDP Recreation and Conservation critic Lorne Nicolson on charges of misconduct by Omineca MLA Jack Kempf.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0010 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Consumer and Corporate Affairs minister Rafe Mair RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-05-03 SUMMARY: Commissioner and Corporate Affairs minister Rafe Mair on ad campaign for moderation in liquor consumption.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0011 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Highways minister Alex Fraser RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-05-04 SUMMARY: Highways minister Alex Fraser on report by former deputy minister Tom Miard on Highways ministry ferries.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0012 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Human Resources minister Bill Vander Zalm RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-05-04 SUMMARY: Human Resources minister Bill Vander Zalm on family service fee-for-service program.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0013 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): NDP Human Resources critic Rosemary Brown RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-05-04 SUMMARY: NDP Human Resources critic Rosemary Brown on plans to change fee-for-service program.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0014 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Senator Ray Perrault ; Sam Bawlf RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-05-05 SUMMARY: Federal senate leader Ray Perrault on Inner Harbour and Ogden Point, "Exln" and various; BC Recreation and Conservation minister Sam Bawlf on meetings with Perrault.;

Acton Kilby interview : [Orchard, 1963]

CALL NUMBER: T0745:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-03-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Acton Kilby recalls his father; Thomas Kilby, coming from Ottawa with the first carload of settler's effects on the CPR; his father worked at various jobs in the area; the Brunette Sawmill store in Sapperton; the milk delivery business; the livery business at Barnet; operating the Harrison Mills Timber and Trading Company boarding house in 1902; owning the Kilby Store in 1904; the family; farm and family store; the Chilliwack ferry and Cheam station; and the Harrison family and Menten family. TRACK 2: Mr. Kilby continues with the history of the Chilliwack ferry service and the Albion ferry; anecdotes about rowing to Chilliwack; incidents on the family farm; the Harrison River; Captain Dick Ward; Mrs. Menten.

CALL NUMBER: T0745:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-03-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Kilby talks about an incident with Joe Davidson; Morris Valley; residents of the Chehalis Reserve; logging; working in the canneries; hop picking; stocking winter supplies for the reserve; 24th of May excursions; Indians and hop picking; Port Douglas; Purcell; transportation on Harrison Lake; Harrison Hot Springs; C.F. Pretty; the Kilby Store at Harrison Mills; business practices past; and present. [TRACK 2: blank.]

West Kootenay adventure

Travelogue. Scenic and recreational attractions of the West Kootenay area. Includes sequences on Arrow, Christina and Kootenay lakes; mining history, abandoned mine workings, old hotels and ghost towns, including Sandon; Hugh Keenleyside dam (and boat lock there); boating, fishing and water-skiing; Duck Lake wildfowl sanctuary; Meadow Creek kokanee spawning channel; "house of bottles" tourist attraction; Ainsworth Hot Springs; the retired sternwheeler S.S. "Moyie" at Kaslo; the Balfour-Kootenay Bay car ferry; mining museum at Rossland; parade honouring champion skier Nancy Greene, who is seen winning the ladies' slalom in the Du Maurier International at Red Mountain; Trail, including Cominco smelter; Phoenix open-pit mine; Doukhobor village museum and tomb of Peter Veregin; trail riding on the Dewdney Trail; various facilities for visitors.

Agriculture today : reel 25, part 1

The item consists of a reel of 16 mm film which includes the following:

  1. Soil mixing. Preparing a garden: organic matter, fertilizers, sawdust, wood chips. Earthworms. Lime.
  2. Manufacture of step ladders (for fruit picking) at Kal Craft Ladders in Oyama.
  3. Ferry crossing a river. Views of a farm: house, garden, weather instruments (for Dept. of Transport); poultry, pigs. Milking cows and sampling milk. Calves. Cleaning all the milk-handling equipment. Sign: "Ayrshires, B.U. Schilling, Darfield, B.C.
  4. Sheep. Sheep pavilion at PNE. Selecting sheep in corral; in pasture; grooming sheep at the PNE.

Island of enchantment

The item consists of two prints of a travelogue film. "LS pan of Victoria from Mt. Douglas (?). The "Princess Kathleen", CPR ferry, draws into Victoria's Inner Harbour. Crowds leave the ship, crowding down the gangways, Captain looking on from bridge, Empress Hotel in [background]. [Long shot] Empress Hotel, visitors milling about in [foreground]. Shot from verandah of Empress out onto causeway. Parliament Buildings from Empress Hotel. [Long shot] two ships in dry dock in Esquimalt. One of the ships is the "Princess Elaine", the other cannot be identified. Salmon being turned out of the hold of a fishing boat; fishermen, nets, rain gear; salmon being dumped into a scow. Fishing boat at sea, the crew wash down the deck. A huge flora display in a window. A woman collecting flowers in a garden. Tropical conservatory in the Empress Hotel. Woman in different part of previous garden, possibly at Hatley Park. Man and woman in a garden; woman offers man a rose to sniff. Italian and Sunken Gardens at Butchart Gardens, with glimpses of house and little gnome fishing. Pond and stone bridge in Beacon Hill Park; kids feeding swans. Deer browsing on a forest road; a car drives along a paved road through trees. A deer in the bush looks up intently. A canoe trip down the Cowichan River; four passengers -- two white and two Indians, the whites fishing and the Indians navigating with paddles. [Close-up] stern Indian with paddle. Many shots of canoe on the river and a portage around a waterfall and rapids. They course through some rapids and end up in the ocean at the mouth of the river. Shot of the beach and waves." (Colin Browne)

City of sunshine

The item is a travelogue film. 'Sunshine and flowers - thus it is that one thinks of Victoria, the capital of British Columbia. Its enterprising business district is only overshadowed by its beautiful gardens. Such places of interest as Beacon Hill Park, the Mayor's Garden, the Dominion observatory (which houses the second largest telescope in the world) and the Butchart Gardens, are famed across the continent.' Scenes include a map of Victoria and Vancouver with a line shoring the ferry route, and an aerial view of Victoria, Inner Harbour and CPR ferry entering. Parliament Buildings. Empress Gardens and Hotel. Pan of cars driving along Causeway toward Belmont Building. Two shots of busy street corner (Yates & Douglas?). Beautiful homes and gardens along Rockland Avenue (?). Mayor Pendray's topiary gardens with visitors. Exterior shots of Dominion Observatory. At Butchart Gardens: Italian Garden, child with clay rabbit and Sunken Gardens. Very picturesque shot of the Parliament dome through the veranda portal of the Empress Hotel. (Colin Browne).

Canada's evergreen playground

the item is a travelogue film. "An animated curtain rises to reveal waves washing in on a sandy beach. [Long shot of] Hatley Park castle from pond at bottom the garden, a rowboat passing by. "Princess Kathleen", CPR ferry, arrives in Victoria's Inner Harbour with visitors crowding the decks. [Close-up of] passengers along the rails as ship passes. Empress Hotel over the after deck of the "Kathleen". Passengers leave the ship, down gangways into a shed. Car driving along ramp out of a ferry named the "Olympic", under a sign reading: "Come again, Au revoir. For information apply Victoria Publicity Bureau." Several other cars disembark. Good aerial view of Inner Harbour, Customs House, CPR ferries and etc. from top of Parliament Buildings; pans across to Empress Hotel. Sign on a building reads: "New England Cafe -? ? ? - Ask anybody". Also good [long shot of] old Post Office, Belmont Building, streetcar passing on Causeway. A man and a girl examine a rose bush in the Empress garden. Ladies in Mayor Pendray's topiary garden look at a sitting bear, a fat bird, a bird's roost, etc. CPR ferry in [background]. Old codgers lawn bowling. Oak Bay golf course with golfers and CPR ferry sailing by in [background]. Swimming and diving in the Crystal Gardens. "Empress of Japan" in Esquimalt dry dock. Shot down Moss Street (?) with Olympic Mountains in distance. Mount Baker in far distance from Malahat overlooking Pat Bay. Car driving over Malahat Drive -- several shots including one down Finlayson Arm. A car travelling through the forest over a dirt road; a man & woman walk through ferns beneath the trees. Two couples hold hands around the base of a large tree. Car continues through forest. A speedboat, perhaps on Cowichan Lake. A gracious tea being served outdoors by a maid dressed in black, somewhere on the Oak Bay Golf Course, with the ocean & Olympic mountains in [background]. Curtain comes down over beach scene from beginning of film." (Colin Browne)

[Gesner film]

Amateur film. Footage of Vancouver, Victoria and the Lower Mainland region, including shots of Vancouver streetcars, flowers and gardens, a ferry trip through the Gulf Islands, etc.

Len Hayman interview

CALL NUMBER: T0458:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1965?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Leonard Hayman recalls life in the Okanagan, 1901 to 1945. He discusses how he came out to the Okanagan Valley in 1901; worked on a ranch near Vernon; worked on CPR steamboats; incident;s on the farm; crews on boats; Indians on the reservation south of Kelowna [Westbank?]; working his way up to captain on steamboats; early days in Kelowna; cows in the streets; drinking in Kelowna; Reverend Thomas Green; an anecdote about Tom Ellis and the church organ in Penticton; and a Pauline Johnson concert. TRACK 2: Mr. Hayman discusses steamboats coming into Penticton; people in Penticton; how Mr. Hayman came to run the ferry across Okanagan Lake; a story of a boat which was wrecked in a storm at night; a man lost on a canoe in the lake; the Okanagan Brigade Trail; running ferries under the government; roads on the west side of the lake; stories about "Wild Goose Bill"; Indians and ferry operations.

CALL NUMBER: T0458:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1965?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: This track begins with an anecdote about Mr. Hayman stealing his own pig; stories about the police; Sam Lee of the Chinese Laundry at Okanagan Landing; a funny story about a minister at Field; pioneer supplies such as flour sacks; stories about Indians; a story about an Indian in court who wanted a receipt for his fine; and a story of a Chinese man who was shot by mistake. TRACK 2: Mr. Hayman offers more stories about a bear shot from a sternwheeler; swimming the lake to see loon eggs; a story of Joe Casorso and an Indian and a cougar skin; Reverend Solly and the burning down of the Naramata church; a new organ in the Penticton church; a story about Tom Ellis and the church organ; Price Ellison; lake ferry problems; how Mr. Hayman took the ferry over; church services; a story a;bout a funeral and poison ivy.

J.B. Knowles interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1955 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. James Bacon Knowles discusses the development of Kelowna from 1905; the coming of the railways; aquatic associations; the water supply; ferry service; the civic centre and city parks. TRACK 2: Mr. Knowles discusses the first white men in the Okanagan in 1811; details of their travels; the Okanagan brigade trail; fur trading in the area; mining around Rock Creek; Father Pandosy and the first white settlement in the valley; other early settlers; transportation; land development; Mr. Knowles' arrival in the area; his first impressions of Kelowna in 1905; Kelowna people; orchards in the area; the development of Kelowna; recreation; social life; the Guisachan property at Kelowna and more on Guisachan Ranch.;

Alexander Hope interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-02-22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Alex Hope begins this tape with family history; he talks about his grandfather's [Mavis] first trip to BC in 1858 and his later settlement in the Langley area; his father, a land surveyor, surveyed for the Mavis family and moved to Langley in 1907. He relates background information about the Fort Langley restoration project; the Mavis family lived on the site of the fort, and Mr. Hope describes the remaining buildings which were on the property when his grandparents purchased the land in 1886; the Langley Historical Society and the restoration of Fort Langley; government funding; for the project; historical research and planning; the official opening in 1958; archeological studies of the site and information about the Hudson's Bay Company; exploration of southwestern BC. TRACK 2: Mr. Hope talks about the settlement of Derby; a history of Fort Langley; Old Fort Langley and New Fort Langley; chief factors at the fort; town of Fort Langley; river transportation; mail delivery; the Hudson's Bay Company farm site; the CNR; origins of the Fort Langley/Albion Ferry; early settlers; Joe Morrison; McClughan family; the telegraph trail; the Yale Road; early communities.

[British Columbia travel scenes]

Amateur film. "[B&W:] Victoria Harbour. Empress Hotel. View from Empress Hotel. [COLOUR:] Evening in Esquimalt. University of British Columbia. A house in Shaughnessy. Becky and Gore and her brother Bob. Vancouver skyline from Brockton Point. Scottie Wilson. North Vancouver. B&W: Osoyoos Lake, going up Anarchist Mountain. Looking [southwest] through windshield. Causeway between Osoyoos Lake and Skaha Lake. Penticton main street. Looking at Okanagan Lake from Summerland. Kelowna Regatta. Aquatic Club. Ferry from Westbank to Kelowna. Becky and Rob on ferry at Kelowna. Black Mountain in distance. Looking north on Okanagan Lake. Kelowna main street. Rutland Road, packing house. Dog on Edie Gay Ranch. T.G.S. Chambers and dog. House on Belgo. A.K. Lloyd, our next door neighbour. Apples. Pixie Wilson with horse. Kelowna looking down Okanagan Lake. Paddy and Patricia Acland. O.V. Maude Roxby & Mr. Hart. Looking over RLO Bench to Kelowna. Looking at Black Mountain from ranch. House. Orchards on Belgo Road, Kelowna. Pruning the orchard. Revelstoke - main ski jump. Nels Nielson, champion jumper. Looking down the Columbia River. North shore road at Agassiz. Harrison Lake with Mt. Douglas. Railway and road bridge across the Fraser River. Pattullo Bridge. Empress Hotel. Pier D, Vancouver, before the fire. "Princess" boat. View from Metropolitan Building. Marine Building with Stanley Park. Top of Royal Bank Building, Vancouver, with representatives of Cockfield-Brown and both Chambers. Pan over Vancouver skyline. Cambie Street Bridge. Advertising tea. Georgia Street. Old CPR Hotel. House on Balfour Street, Vancouver. Film star Lilian Chambers off to Chicago." (Colin Browne)

Pauline Romaine interview

CALL NUMBER: T4135:0004 PERIOD COVERED: 1913-1983 RECORDED: Castlegar (B.C.), 1983-10-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Biographical information. Father wants to leave Doukhobor faith; comes to Brilliant in 1913; anecdote about immigrant train; communal life in Brilliant; privation of settlers; graft in commune; father quits commune and moves to Grand Forks; mother, ostracized because her husband left, leaves commune. Anecdote about Grand Forks brothel. Father moves to Trail; family moves to Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan; life in Blaine Lake; moves back to Trail in 1924; train and boat trip back; anecdote about boat ride; child molester; anecdote, father leaded in 1928; 1927 polio outbreak. TRACK 2: Recovery from polio; high school in Trail; father sick; Normal School in Victoria; Mr. McClarren, (principal) started first Doukhobor schools; teaching certificates; back to Trail in 1931; Doukhobor school trustee, Mr. Sheffield, offers her a job; anecdote about Sheffield coming to her house; teaches at Ootischenia school for 114 dollars a month. School in cobbler's shop; teacherage in commune; trials and tribulations of teaching; Sons of Freedom children returned from foster homes; salary cut to 90 dollars a month; moves to Glade, becomes principal; accident kills several teachers; Major Clarke takes over from Sheffield; Glade school bombed in 1936; rebuilt school burned same year it was rebuilt; was paid to call the roll at burned school to keep it open; anecdote about poor heat in school; guard at Glade School; reminiscences about recreation at Ootischenia; anecdote about Glade ferry. CALL NUMBER: T4135:0005 PERIOD COVERED: 1913-1983 RECORDED: Castlegar (B.C.), 1983-10-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Anecdotes about Glade ferry; recreation; relief camp at Shoreacres; ferry operation; relief camp worker anecdote; transients calling for food and clothing during the Depression; anecdote about clothing; KC jam factory; Brilliant Doukhobor library; Depression life and commerce; local economy of the Kootenays; CPR and local economy; first radio in Ootischenia; Pat Romaine on local economy; dances at the Castlegar community hall; anecdote about courting; Swedish immigrants in Castlegar; immigration during the 1920s; Ukrainians in Castlegar; Eremenko's first store; Plotnikoff's store; White Russians arrive in the 1920s; Castlegar boomed with car pools; bought land in 1943. TRACK 2: Kinsman Park donated to city; Pauline meets Pat Romaine; father in hospital; courting Pat Romaine; anecdote about homemade beer in Trail; anecdote about a dance at Deer Park; moving to Castlegar in 1944; brother killed at Cominco; father leaded at Cominco; moved in with parents; lead poisoning and compensation; brother killed on hill; Pat Romaine on unionism; conditions before unions; move to Deer Park; electioneering in Deer Park; party at road opening; Robert Sommers as Social Credit candidate; Pauline hired as teacher; bad feelings against her as a teacher; rewards of working with children. CALL NUMBER: T4135:0006 RECORDED: Castlegar (B.C.), 1983-10-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: How the children she taught turned out; discussion of modern school politics; one room school in Deer Park; difference in lifestyles; feuding between neighbours in Deer Park; fruit farm goes down hill; local packing house; [steam?] boats taken off lake in 1954; employment lost with boats; CPR buying policy; gyppo logging on lake; log picking; Renata fruit box factory; local economy dries up; Procter maraschino cherry factory; changing fruit markets; good fruit refused; pig farming; anecdote about pig farming; BC Tree Fruits; anecdote about fruit from Australia; Grand Forks war time seed farms; fruit market during the war; forestry employed people to cut fire trails and to work as fire lookouts. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Noah and Ross DeFoe interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-09-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Ross Defoe discusses Castlegar. He came from Albert Canyon in 1909 with his family. He offers his first memories. His father, Tony Defoe, was section foreman. He describes Castlegar; as it was in 1909: the sawmill; boats from West Robson; fruit farming; Castlegar as a divisional point for the CPR; the brick yard; the railways; the name Castlegar; characters such as Bill Washburn, Indian Alex Christian and Joe Trickle; crossing the river including the ferry and bridges; the Doukhobors including the settlement at Brilliant; Peter Verigin; marketing and Jimmy Davidson who was a ;ferry operator. TRACK 2: Ross Defoe continues with more on Jimmy Davidson. Then Noah Defoe offers his memories of Castlegar in 1909; tall tales; Jimmy Davidson; the Doukhobors; and prospectors.

James W. Brown interview

CALL NUMBER: T4135:0014 PERIOD COVERED: 1907-1924 RECORDED: Trail (B.C.), 1983-11-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Biographical information; February 1908, family moved to bench above Robson; 11 acres covered in jack pine; bought from Kootenay Fruit Lands (KFL); agents of KFL were McDermott and McHardy; Waldie partner; KFL to put in water; KFL tried twice, then declared bankruptcy; father carried water from bottom; anecdote about water; bench abandoned; father bought lot in Robson; 100 people in Robson; father's work; Robson Farmers' Institute; feed buying through the institute; Harvey's land; Truit family and house; Joe Burfield property; Quance property; syndicate lots; McCandrew property; anecdote about getting land from McAndrew; dentist named Maybe; Ralf Funnel's property; anecdote about 1929 motorcycle trip; Maybe property and Norcoff; orchards' inability to support people; Dr. Tellford ;J. Norman, Deputy Minister of Health in Alberta, retired to Nelson. TRACK 2: Anecdote about Dr. Norman's practice; Independent Doukhobors buy land; Calder in South Africa buys land; dynamiting to plant trees; trees from nurseries; packing trees; types of orchards; varieties of fruit; dynamiting anecdote; Hedley's orchard; anecdote about steep lots; buying land sight unseen; owners of Robson townsite; Vining from Brandon College; father looked after several orchards for absentee owners; father hired as packing house manager; early fruit shipped from farms; Dominion Express; make-up of trains; buyers of Robson Fruit; fruit brokers and Okanagan United Fruit Growers; father has name changed from Robson East to Robson West; Hartfords from England; anecdote about Grechouse; school and church property; Foster and Jordan property; anecdote about blasting stumps; Fowler place and family. CALL NUMBER: T4135:0015 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1924 RECORDED: Trail (B.C.), 1983-11-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Fowler family from Pilot Mound; anecdote about Mr. Fowler; anecdote about playing ball; Clive place and family; Millers, Christophersons, Golders sold to Quance; three Miss Perrons farmed lot; sold to Bob Waldie; horns; anecdote about maple sugar brought to Robson; Wright and Evans from Brandon; Harold Golder and family; J.D. Fergesson; Dr. McDermott from Brandon College and the Squires of Brandon; Mrs. Squires grew and sold flowers; anecdote about printing co-op shares; anecdote about Mrs. Foxlee; Oburns; Johnsons ran store; previous store owners. TRACK 2: Berry's lot; McNaughton built first summer home in Robson; dairy by dam; anecdote about meeting Frank Bentley at smelter; East Indians at Westley; anecdote about East Indians; anecdote about burying Bentley's wife; anecdote about someone running off with the governess; anecdote about First World War enlistment; Yarrow estate subdivided by CMS; Irwin place; anecdote about a man getting shot; cattle near Syringa Creek; anecdote about heart attack on first ferry; Robson Farmers' institute; poultry association in Robson; anecdote about wagon; Humpty Dumpty egg crates; first carload of feed to Robson; anecdote about Robson Institute financing. CALL NUMBER: T4135:0016 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1930 RECORDED: Trail (B.C.), 1983-11-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Robson Farming Institute history; Harms and Coleman's box factories; Okanagan United Fruit Growers; first packing house; fruit inspections; agricultural competitions; Robson fair; institute brought in horticulturalists; horticulturists Middleton and Hunt; anecdote about meeting Hunt on ferry; schools conducted on pruning; anecdote about 1920 spring school; disease inspection; spraying for disease; coddling moth brought to Kootenays; instructors to teach packing; standardized packing and shipping problems; grafting new fruit varieties; market for different varieties; Kootenays not ideal fruit country; Kaslo cherries; Baptists in Robson; Reverend Donaldson; church life in Robson; community church; anecdote about minister from South Slocan; S.S. "Rossland"; anecdote about river boats; "Rossland" uses swing bridge; operation of railroad bridge; anecdote about [tug] "Elco 1"; towing logs on lake. TRACK 2: Boat race in the U.S.; S.S. "Rossland"; first ferry operator; BC car licence; anecdote about ferry operator; packing house as community hall; Trail dramatic society show; anecdote about railroad section crews; Lobarth turntable; feed to Corkindale; Westley mills; East Indians; at Westley; Waldie dry kiln and mill; cutting planks for "Elco II"; Waldie Lumber; anecdote about hauling poles; anecdote about children; Corporal Johnson of the Provincial Police.

Wood meets the challenge : [out-takes]

Out-takes. A young man who is skeptical about the future of the forest industry is taken to see various plants and operations. Illustrates the processes used and the diversity of wood products. Most of the film depicts MacMillan & Bloedel's Harmac plant and logging operations on Vancouver Island. There are also brief sequences aboard a ferry from Vancouver to the island.

Jack Henderson interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-04-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Henderson recounts his father's [John Calvin Henderson] and grandfather's settlement at Popkum and their later move to Chilliwack. He describes Popkum's Landing; his father's store; boa;t traffic; freight; settlers; childhood memories; schooling; his father's undertaking business; playing in a band; May 24th boat excursion to Harrison Hot Springs; New Year's celebrations; arrival of ;BC Electric in 1910; Brackman and Ker Milling. TRACK 2: Mr.Harrison talks about the ferry to Minto Landing; the Agassiz ferry; Mr. MacDonald's canoes at Camp Slough; Harrison Hotel; the Ryder family; the 1894 flood; fire brigade; Bill Miner; politics.

Joseph Herrling interview

CALL NUMBER: T1225:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Captain Joseph Herrling : working on the steamers, 1900-1914 : part 1 PERIOD COVERED: 1885-1914 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-05-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Captain Joseph Herrling was born in Agassiz on November 7, 1885, and moved to New Westminster in 1899. He recalls the family homestead in Agassiz, his father -- Charles August Herrling a 49'er from California, Herrling Island and the 1894 flood on the Fraser. He started work on the riverboats -- 1900. He speaks about his first years on the boats: quartermaster on the "R.P. Rithet", mate o;n the "Ramona" and "Transfer". Recollections are heard about the Fraser River boats, incidents, freight, schedules, navigation, wrecks, "Ramona", "Strathcona", "Skeena", way landings, wharves, fog whistles and the Chilliwack landing. TRACK 2: Captain Herrling continues with Fraser River memories including: Joe Morrison, river bank scenery, homesteading on Herrling Island, the river from New Westminster to Steveston, the canneries and other stops on the run, an incident on the "Transfer", fishing communities and canneries on the Fraser, fish boats and problems with their nets, the ferries on t;he Ladner to Steveston route, the Woodwards Ferry (1914), MacLachlin steamers, Ladner (1900), incidents on the Ladner Ferry and service after the arrival of the B.C. Electric. Captain Herrling speaks about his work on the upper Fraser-Nechako run, Soda Creek to Fraser Lake 1910, Captain Bonser and the "Inlander".

CALL NUMBER: T1225:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Captain Joseph Herrling : working on the steamers, 1900-1914 : part 2 PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1914 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-05-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Captain Joseph Herrling continues to relate his experiences working on the steamboats: trips to Fort Fraser, Soda Creek-Fort George, Tete Jaune Cache, navigational problems, the Skeena River,; Captain Bonser, "reading the water", the Skeena run on the "Inlander", "drifting", Kitselas Canyon, "lining", incidents, the Kispiox trip, the "Pheasant" (1905) -- trip from New Westminster to Skeena, Wiggs O'Neill, duties as mate on the "Inlander", the crew, Walter Wright -- pilot, Hazelton (1911) and types of passengers. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Vancouver Island : British Columbia's island playground : 1956-1957 version

The item is a composite print of a travelogue made in 1956-1957. It is a revised version of the film and incorporates footage from the 1941-1942 and 1951 versions, as well as new footage. New footage includes cars coming off the ferry in Victoria's inner harbour; dockside scenes, including a freighter loading; a Trans-Canada Airlines aircraft arriving at Patricia Bay airport; Malahat Summit scenery; marina and fishing scenes; downtown Duncan and local logging operations; the John Hart hydro-electric plant; etc.

This is the place

The item is a composite print of a travelogue made between 1972 and 1977 which highlights the Lower Mainland and Sunshine Coast. Includes footage of Vancouver (general), Abbotsford Air Show, Royal Hudson steam train excursion, ferry from Horseshoe Bay, Sechelt, sport fishing, boat trip up Jervis Inlet, salmon fishing derby, Garibaldi Provincial Park (camping, mountain climbing).

[Vancouver Island and Mainland] : [footage]

Footage. This lengthy compilation comprises the earliest Booth films (mostly unedited 100-foot reels), placed in chronological order. They focus on travel and recreation in two major areas: Vancouver Island and the lower Fraser Canyon. The first reel (1931) shows an auto court and various scenes around the Fraser Canyon, including native Indians drying fish. This is followed by a series of reels (all from 1932) showing tourist spots and recreation on Vancouver Island, including Butchart Gardens, Goldstream Park, Saanich Inlet, a lake (possibly Shawnigan Lake), skating (at Lost Lagoon, Vancouver), fishing and water sports at Vancouver Island spots, the Chemainus River, Nanaimo, the CPR ferry "Princess Elaine", a pan of Comox Valley, many coastal features, and a sequence on hikers in high mountain terrain. Another reel shows details of native fishing in the Fraser Canyon. A brief sequence (ca. 1933), shows a car on a snowy road being towed by two horses. The last reel (1934) shows fishing at Campbell River.

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