CALL NUMBER: T1314:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-03-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. "Lewie" Young recalls early memories of Victoria; the visit of the Marquis of Lorne; early schooling; May 24 celebrations; the James Bay Athletic Association; the Gorge regatta; sailors o;f the Royal Navy; saloons; hack stands; express wagons; stores; Wharf Street; Government Street; Yates Street; the chain gang; steamers to New Westminster and Yale; water transportation to San Francis;co and Washington State; Esquimalt; the Skinner farm; Royal Roads; Roland Stewart; Hatley Park; the sealing fleet; his father coming out with the ship called the "Ashelstan" that carried St. John's Ir;on Church; his mother's arrival in 1859; recollections of Lady Douglas; Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie; Harry Wootton; Mayor Fell and Mayor Harris. TRACK 2: Mr. Young continues with his recollections ab;out Richard McBride; Walter Engelhardt; politics; the Davie family; the smallpox epidemic; the depression in the 1890s; the Klondike gold rush; Victoria today; changes in Victoria; beginnings of the James Bay Athletic Association; the famous four-oared crew; fishing and hunting in Saanich; swimming at the outer wharf; the Chinook language.

CALL NUMBER: T1314:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-03-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Young sings a Chinook song; talks about living at Port Essington; the Peter Herman cannery; canneries along the Skeena; Cunningham Cannery and Wiggs O'Neill. [TRACK 2: blank.]

The item is a reel of amateur film. Shows Victoria Day parade, go-cart races at Island View beach, motorcycle races at Pedder Bay. Also a house move and a friend's new outboard motor.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-03-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Kate Mellard recalls coming to Chilliwack with her family in 1887; family members in the area; transportation; George Ashwell; the Old Yale Road; Centreville; her husband's work in the post office; hotels; the telegraph trail; anecdotes of life in Chilliwack. TRACK 2: She continues with her recollections about the community of Chilliwack; stores; childhood pranks; entertainment; interesting characters; her husband's work as justice of the peace; schooling; 24 May 1897; Five Corners; hotels; early residents.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-05-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Winifred Fahey talks about her impressions of Victoria at the turn of the century; her father, Charles Lugrin; James Bay; buildings; the mudflats; bride ships; Bill Nye; Chinese peddlers; Breakers Theatrical Company; May 24 celebrations; 5th Regiment Band; the death of Queen Victoria; the Chinese Theatre in Victoria. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUMMARY: This program features recollections of Victoria's famous annual celebration of the Queen's birthday -- and of the disaster which marred the May 24th weekend in 1906. The voices heard include: Mrs. F.G. Hood, Mr. Roger Monteith, Walter Engelhardt, and Louis Young.

Two canoes with paddlers. Spectators watching from causeway (in background).