Footage. "Probably members of the Columbia Coast Mission visiting the mission boat ['Columbia'] in Vancouver harbour during the Royal Visit. Includes ladies and two nurses. Scenes up the coast taken from the Mission boat: blue sky and sea, islands, and an unidentified [floating] settlement and its residents. Lion's Gate Bridge [long shot], looking out Vancouver Harbour. Lighthouse up the coast. Scenery through the islands, [fishing] boats & settlements. [Logging sequence.] Flowers in an unidentified garden and a little stone fountain in a pond with swans. Two women on deck of Mission boat look out over small village up the coast. Fishing boats, settlements. Man painting hull of Mission boat. Nurses. Boat at dock with other boats nearby, probably in Inner Harbour, Victoria. Empress Hotel. Ladies [disembarking]. Fishermen picking fish out of hold, Mission boat nearby. Scenery and settlement with fish-boats up the coast. At a Lighthouse (Pachena?), a small boat is transported across the top of the water by a cable, then lowered into the water when out of danger. The boat is then rowed out to the Mission boat. More scenery, settlements and islands. Scenery up the coast, islands, settlements, tugboat passing, destroyer passing. Point-No-Point Lodge and beach. [Logging scene.] [The yacht 'Taconite'] in Vancouver Harbour for King and Queen's visit. Many flags and pennants. Lion's Gate Bridge in background. Hundreds of boats in Harbour: fishboats with flags, cabin cruisers, motorboats, and RCN destroyer H48, 'HMCS Fraser'. Biplanes fly over bridge very close to cables. 'Princess Marguerite' hoves into view then sails away under bridge to Vancouver Island, carrying the King and Queen. Village church with wedding party emerging. Settlements, scenery and people up the coast." (Colin Browne)

This series consists of the original signed report of the Commission Into All Matters Affecting the Values of Lands Forming Part of the Former Songhees Reserve and Apportioned to the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway and the Canadian Northern Railway, 1914, and correspondence regarding Howay's account for services.

This series consists of records of the British Columbia. Commission to Ascertain the Facts in Connection With the Proposed Sale of Government Property at Laurel Point in Victoria Harbour, 1908, commonly known as the Pendray Commission. Records include letters patent, report, transcripts of evidence presented at proceedings and exhibits.

This series contains departmental general correspondence files, 1917-1922, pertaining to Songhees land in Victoria. Files, which had been alienated from the Railway Dept. filing system (also see GR-0817) and transferred to the Dept. of Lands, include Railway file 53.3 "Songhees industrial leases", 53.4 "Foundation Company--Imperial Munitions Board" and parts of 53.5 "Johnson Street Bridge". The series also contains two agreements (1917, 1919) involving the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway.

CALL NUMBER: T1651:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Francis Edmund Fredette of Victoria describes how he always wanted to go to sea, and so ran away from home on a sealing ship when he was fourteen; he describes the vessel he was on, including life aboard it; sealing with shotguns; what Victoria Harbour was like at that time; wages; his time (1909) as an apprentice at a shipyard where sternwheelers were built for use on the Skeena River; more on sealing including details on the seal themselves; how the Canadians, Japanese and Americans were the only ones sealing at that time; more on the sternwheelers he helped to build by hand; a six-month trip to the Bering Sea for salt cod in 1912, including details about the trip, the schooner they were on, and the fishing. TRACK 2: Mr. Fredette continues by discussing his experience in 1919 when he got a job aboard a ship as a carpenter; anecdotes about experiences on the ship; shipping laws at that time and implications; and a story about a criminal incident during prohibition.

CALL NUMBER: T1651:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Fredette discusses McNeil Island, a U.S. federal penitentiary in Washington State, and continues a story which occurred in 1919 relating to prohibition; anecdotes about sealing boats in 1912; a trip from San Francisco to Haiti; his experience on Christmas Island; and more anecdotes about boats and the industry. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The item is a black and white photograph probably taken by Charles Macmunn in 1897 or 1898. It is taken from Christchurch Cathedral in Victoria looking towards James Bay and shows the new Parliament buildings and the birdcage buildings.

News item. Comprehensive views of the Inner Harbour on a clear day.

CALL NUMBER: T2687:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hugh Curtis on SAFER program and Victoria Harbour RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-03-09 & 1977-05-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Hugh Curtis announces the Shelter Aid For Elderly Residents (SAFER) program, 1977-03-09. TRACK 2: Hugh Curtis, Victoria mayor Mike Young and Recreat;ion Minister Sam Bawlf announce the Harbour West development for Victoria Harbour, 1977-05-19.; CALL NUMBER: T2687:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hugh Curtis on municipal financing and Burrard Inlet Sea Bus RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-06-17 & 20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Hugh Curtis announces new municipal financing formula for BC municipalities, 17 June 1977. TRACK 2: Curtis gives his reaction to the new Burrard Inlet Sea Bus, 20 June 1977.; CALL NUMBER: T2687:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hugh Curtis on strata titles and national unity RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-06-24 & 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Hugh Curtis announcing the plugging of loopholes in the Strata Titles Act, 24 June 1977. TRACK 2: British Columbia politicians express support for; the idea of national unity: (1) Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Hugh Curtis; (2) Environment Minister Jim Nielsen; (3) Mines Minister Jim Chabot; (4) Consumer and Corporate Affairs Minister; Rafe Mair; and (5) NDP MLA Emery Barnes. 1977.; CALL NUMBER: T2687:0004 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-04-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Hugh Curtis, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, announces plans to sell the Housing Corporation of British Columbia. Also in attendance are Tom Toynbee, chairman of the board of directors, and deputy minister Larry Bell. Questions from the press. April 7, 1978. [TRACK 2: blank.];

Footage. Stock shots and camera original rolls of the activities of Island Tug and Barge Ltd. in the 1960s. Items of note: salvage of the "Mandoil", 1968; salvage of the ferry "Queen of Prince Rupert," 1967; salvage of the "Glafkos", [1961]; launch and first dump of the log barge "Island Yarder", 1965.

Out-takes?. Footage of various Boeing jetfoil ferries in harbour and at sea, including Seattle harbour. Final sequence [dated 19-Sep-1976] shows jetfoil "Flying Princess II" entering Victoria's Inner Harbour.

The fonds consists of photographs and other records from 1908 to ca. 1995, created or collected by Jim Ryan in the course of his career as a photographer. There are approximately 105,738 photographs, mostly black and white and colour negatives, but also including prints, slides and glass slides. The fonds also includes textual records consisting of news stories, copies of Ryan's publications, a few letters and other such material. The majority of the photographs were taken in the Victoria area and include images of the harbour, the city, buildings, events and parks. There are many photographs of British Columbia politicians, notably W.A.C. Bennett, as well as distinguished visitors, federal and local politicians. There are also photographs of local characters, children and ordinary people. Although most of the photographs were taken in the Victoria area, there are occasional images taken in other areas of Vancouver Island as well as some of Ryan's travel photographs. Some of the earliest material relates to World War I and may be Ryan family photographs or items that Ryan collected out of interest.

The fonds also includes motion picture film material, including completed films, production elements, news stories shot for television, and selected reels of footage.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [1962?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Alexander recalls the journey of his grandfather, Richard Alexander, to Victoria with the Overlanders in 1862; their early life in Vancouver; "Navy Jack"; early Victoria; memories of Dr. Jim Helmcken; anecdote about his father, Judge Harry O. Alexander, "Hally Alexander"; childhood reminiscences; coastal boats and tugs; Deadman's Island; Victoria Harbour; the Gorge; Archie McLean; "Sea Wolf"; and the gold rushes. TRACK 2: Mr. Alexander talks about the tugs stationed in Victoria Harbour; the "Lorne"; his mother's family; and his maternal grandfather and the Riel rebellion.

Industrial film. Highlights Island Tug & Barge Ltd.'s role in developing the ocean-going barge, including the conversion of four tankers into self-dumping log barges (which can also be used to transport other materials). Shows the 1962 launching of the "Island Exporter", which (like her sister barge "Island Importer") was built to carry crushed limestone and similar cargoes on the open Pacific. Loading/unloading systems. Notable voyages. Tugs pulling Davis rafts and berthing a replica of the "Bounty".

Television stock shots

Television stock shots. Footage includes demolition, construction work, and Westcan terminal at Ogden Point.

The series consists of records created by the Federal Department of Marine and Fisheries (Vancouver Office) between 1888 and 1952. It includes agreements and accounts of crew, 1890-1952; and log books and other miscellaneous records, 1888-1938.

The following government ministries were responsible for the Mercantile Marine Shipping Office during the period that the records were created: Dept. of Marine and Fisheries (1888-1930), Dept. of Marine (1930-1936) and Dept. of Transport (1936-1952).