Item AAAB2295 - Fred Smith interview

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Fred Smith interview

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AAAB2295

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  • 1976-05 to 1976-07 [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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CALL NUMBER: T2103:0001 PERIOD COVERED: 1915-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-05-26 SUMMARY: Fred Smith was born in England in 1888 and moved to Vancouver after training as an engineer. Started working on towboats in 1911, took one trip on the Dollar Line, did road work on Kingsway in Burnaby, worked for Cates Towing. Describes Dollar Line, Union Steamship Company, waterfront in Vancouver, and Tommy Roberts, proprietor of the Grand Hotel in Vancouver. CALL NUMBER: T2103:0002 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1956 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-06-29 SUMMARY: Fred Smith was an engineer with the Union Steamship Company from 1913-1959. Describes homesteading on Calvert Island, at Kitimaat, and the Queen Charlottes, a visit with Chief Harry Edenshaw, mines at Anyox, Surf Inlet. Remembers mates stealing boom chains, pursers stealing food and selling meal tickets twice. Was aboard "Coquitlam I" when it burst a plate in Drumlummon Inlet. Describes changes in the company after World War II. CALL NUMBER: T2103:0003 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1956 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-14 SUMMARY: Fred Smith joined the Union Steamship Company in 1913. He worked on the "Venture" and the "Coquitlam". Describes Chinese men making cans in the spring at salmon canneries, Chinese workers, Grand Trunk Railway into Prince Rupert, Japanese firemen in the engine room, navigation by the whistle, southern runs of the Union Steamship Company, grounding of the "Coquitlam II" and time the "Coquitlam I" burst a plate in Drumlummon Inlet. Also Tommy Roberts and the Grand Hotel and rum-running.

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Peter Chapman, 1976

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  • Unedited transcript on file.
  • Reference cassette copy available in container 000443-128.

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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): T2103

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speaker: Fred Smith, interviewer: Peter Chapman

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