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Jack Hills interview
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- sound recording
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1965-08-10 (Creation)
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2 audio reels (01:00:00) : 19 cm/sec, mono ; 18 cm
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RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hills recounts his family's coming to and settling in Alberni in 1885. He describes the town site; making a living; the mills; clearing the land; transportation; roads; the stage in 1890; railway; early characters; schooling; the creamery; farming in the valley; settlements; Port Alberni; World War I; and lumber mills. TRACK 2: Mr. Hills continues with his discussion about Anderson; Mill, the stamp mill, located in Port Alberni; the naming of Alberni; mining; logging; the railway; the cable line; and social life in Alberni. He recalls Indian settlements in Alberni; their ceremonial dances; fishing; hunting techniques; dugout canoes; and their relationship with early settlers. He talks about Adam Horne; Malcolm Sproat; his father and mother; his childhood; his first work as a shepherd; cougars; and bears.
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Imbert Orchard, 1974-1975
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A digital copy is available. Please contact staff for further information.
Preservation compact disc made from original audio reels, 2002-04-03.
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- Copying Restriction: Clients requesting research/private copies must fill out CBC form.
- Use Restriction: Not for broadcast or commercial use without written permission of the CBC.
- Copyright Status: Copyright Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Accession number(s): T0856
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Previously described as AAAB0950
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Orchard ; IN-10/1-2
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speaker: Jack Hills, interviewer: Imbert Orchard, sound recording: Ian Stephen
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- Cougars
- Logging--British Columbia--Vancouver Island
- Mines and mineral resources--British Columbia--Vancouver Island
- Sheep--British Columbia
- Stagecoaches--British Columbia
- Railroads--Abandonment--British Columbia
- Sawmills--British Columbia--Vancouver Island
- Agriculture--British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--Vancouver Island