RECORDED: Sevilla Island (B.C.), 1975-03-05 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this interview.];

Footage showing herring fishing on the BC coast, fish canning etc.

Footage. Fishing boats in harbour with snow-covered mountains near water in background; repairing nets; fishing boats underway (including "Western Ranger" and "Western Monarch"); herring catch in seine-net; brailing herring into boats with dip-net.

Footage. Footage from an unidentified film. Includes views of Vancouver [and North Vancouver?] from the harbour; many scenes of herring fleet under way; shots of and on board various herring boats (including "Norcrown", "Irana", "Waldero" and "Western Cruiser"); the packer "Norcrest" unloading fish at a cannery on the North Shore; herring in nets and being brailed into hold; seagulls swarming.

Docudrama. Commercial herring fishing on the BC coast. The story focuses on one seiner (the "Western Girl" from Vancouver) and her crew's attempts to reach their quota before fishing is closed. Nelson Bros. Fisheries Ltd. took part in the production. Actor Bruno Gerussi makes his film debut as a crewman on the seiner.

Amateur film. Naval vessels near shore. Sailing yacht ties up. Outboard pleasure craft and sailboats. Seaside leisure activities; relaxing on yacht. Elderly couple in back yard. Scenes about the ferry M.V. "[Queen of] Sidney". Ferry in the Gulf islands. "Hilea" is the name of a boat or yacht shown in the film.

Amateur film. Vacation footage from Vancouver (Burrard Inlet, Lion's Gate Bridge); the town of Gibsons; Seattle (Space needle, monorail, World's Fair site, zoo). Harbour scenes. Aboard the liner "Oriana". Long Beach, California.

Amateur film. Stanley Park zoo. Deer on one of the Gulf Islands. Boating and leisure activities around the island. Seattle skyline from the water. Disembarking from ferry. Downtown Seattle.

The item is an audio recording of an interview with Horace Hinton in 1975.
T0500:0001 track 1: Mr. Hinton discusses early logging experience: move to Nimpkish Valley from Washington State, 1919; description of English Logging Company Camp #1; railroad personnel; aspects of railway logging; problems of isolation; logging camp life; life in Englewood, ca. 1926.
T0500:0001 track 2: Mr. Hinton comments on Shay and Climax engines; Japanese mill workers at Englewood; life in the logging camps during the 1930s; railway logging in Nimpkish Valley, 1930-70; railway maintenance and accidents, 1930-70.

T0500:0002 track 1: Mr. Hinton discusses Japanese mill workers at Englewood, 1920-40; Chinese mill workers at Nimpkish Lake; floating camps (description and conditions); repairing logging equipment particularly steam locomotives. T0500:0002 track 2: Mr. Hinton discusses repairing locomotives (cont'd); working hours of locomotive engineers, 1920-40; the change from steam to diesel locomotives, 1951-52; registration of locomotives at Nimpkish; farms in the Nimpkish River area, 1920s; recreation and holidays from the camp, 1920s; travel on the union steamship line along the B.C. coast, 1930-40; description of company personnel, Frank Coleman and Russell Mills.

T0500:0003 track 1: Mr. Hinton discusses company personnel (cont'd); Eli Tibiff, 1920s; mechanical training of Hinton, 1930s; description of William "Bill" McMahon.

Television stock shots

Television stock shots. Queen of Storms (boat).

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Isaac Nelson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02-27 SUMMARY: Isaac Nelson's father came from Norway in 1896 to settle in Squamish and then they went to Whonnock, a Scandinavian community. He was born in a boat. Began rowing boats at an early age, 24 foot skiffs. Skiffs were flat bottomed and supplied by the canneries. He started rowing out in the Gulf at age 7. Built his own boat in 1909, a 32 foot skiff, because he was too young to get a cannery boat. His father died when he was one year old, and he lived unhappily with a step-father. Used his skiff for one year then bought a round-bottom boat with a 2 cylinder Easthope. Fished sockeye and springs. Later became a fish buyer for the companies. Bought his own packer; ran company boats up the coast. Then he was a net boss for Nelson Brothers, getting the gear ready for the fishermen. He had eleven children, the oldest was lost in the War. Wife the daughter of Jake Lehman, a pioneer family. He was in the carpentry business and built a couple of sawmills. No relief in those days; if you wanted to eat you had to work. Learned to be a carpenter from his step-father. Lots of canneries on the Fraser at one time, but mechanization has done away with it. He worked at Arndale on the Nass River as carpenter and net boss. Cannery machinery is described. The Iron Chink did away with hundreds of workers. He rebuilt the boat that his father had bought for $10.00. The Lee boys started building round-bottom boats and his job was to blow the dust away from the saw; that's how he learned about boats. He packed fish for B.C. Packers, Nelson Brothers, and he also worked as a net boss. He got along well with the Indian fishermen. There were off-years (poor catches) in the early years because of spring floods. 1913 was a good year. Discussion of the Westminster fire of 1898. He actually saw the fire. He never had trouble getting work during the Depression. Married three times. He plays a tune on his fiddle; he is self-taught.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1980-07-29 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this tape.];

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1980-09-04 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this tape.];

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1981-03-25 SUMMARY: [No content summaries available for these tapes.];

CALL NUMBER: T1923:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02-18 SUMMARY: Jens Heyerdahl, one of the first settlers of Willow Point, has lived in the area for over 50 years. TRACK 1: Born in Norway. Came to Canada following marital difficulties. Vancouver. First jobs at Loughborough Inlet, Seymour Bay, Cape Mudge; bookkeeping and logging; anecdotes about people in those places. Meets second wife at Willow Point. Her background. TRACK 2: Married 30 years until Mrs. Heyerdahl died in 1974. Ran oil stations on the coast, delivering oil to homes. The Depression. Willow Point. Guided for the Painter family. Anecdotes about local characters. B.C. and Norway compared. His travels.;

CALL NUMBER: T1923:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02-18 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: More anecdotes about local people. The Depression. Cape Mudge incident. Local crimes. Christmas at April Point, Quadra Island, during the Depression. A visiting German count. TRACK 2: Dangerous local waters. Ripple Rock explosion. Progress in Campbell River. Wife's piano teaching. Norwegian stories. Friends. Anecdotes.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1980-06-12 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this tape.];

SUMMARY: [No content information available.];

CALL NUMBER: T0946:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-06-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Forrest "Jud" Johnston recalls coming from Kansas with his family to Earls Cove; his father, Charlie Roscoe Johnston, whose nickname was "Timberline" because he was 6'6"; how the family ;came to BC to mine around 1902; his father's involvement with shingle bolts; arriving at Pender Harbor; John West, the first white man to live in Jervis Inlet; what life was like there at that time; t;he Ray family; a description of Earls Cove, including people there; learning to row a boat; a description of Irvine's Landing and the trader Irvine himself; more on life at Earls Cove; a detailed account of traveling up Jervis Inlet; a description of Deserted Bay and Princess Louisa Inlet, including a winter there. TRACK 2: Mr. Johnston continues by describing Princess Louisa Inlet in detail; logging; native Indians, including their paddles and houses and totems; growing up; getting food; an incident with a bear; more on food; and how there was no sickness when he grew up.

CALL NUMBER: T0946:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-06-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Johnston continues by discussing his father's birthday celebrations and an anecdote about hunting deer, in which his father was badly injured; and a recent helicopter ride. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Item consists of a documentary showing outdoor gathering of five men listening to Hugh Mann and Stu Phillips talk about their experiences flying the Supermarine Stranraer flying boat on the west coast. The flying boat is anchored near shore in the background and later seen in flight. The film is an excerpt from an episode of the weekly television show.

The item is a documentary narration track. Ecologist and nature photographer Bristol Foster, Ph.D., introduces the coastal area of British Columbia, including the Queen Charlotte Islands, where we see eagles, sea lions and a Peale's falcon, as well as evidence of the ancient culture of the Haida. The Kwakiutl raise a new totem pole for the first time in 30 years, a sign that the ancient skills have not been lost.

CALL NUMBER: T0020:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Leander Carlson RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1972-03-29 SUMMARY: Leander Carlson came to Canada in 1905. He held various labouring jobs including construction on the prairies, rail road construction, logging etc. Became unemployed in 1914 and enlisted in the army. He "fought in every major battle the Canadian's were in". Came back to Saskatchewan and got a homestead which he left to become a prefect on an Indian reservation. He remained there for some years before finally leaving in order to be near a school his children could go to.

CALL NUMBER: T0020:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Leander Carlson RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1972-03-29 SUMMARY: Leander Carlson's life after he left the Indian reservation as a construction worker and foreman. Time spent as a fish buyer on the coast of B.C. Becoming a Singer Sewing Machine repair man and animal; trainer after retiring. Sings a number of songs, some of which he wrote himself, about the early days in B.C.

CALL NUMBER: T0020:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Leander Carlson RECORDED: Burnaby (B.C.), 1972-03-29 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this tape.]

SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews with B.C. float-house dwellers. [No content summary available.];

SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews with B.C. float-house dwellers. [No content summary available.];

The item is a reel of industrial film showing the transportation of logs from the forest to the mill. The main part of the film follows a load of logs down the coast from Masset Inlet on Haida Gwaii aboard the self-dumping log barge "Haida Carrier", towed by the tug "Haida Chieftain". Also includes footage of logging trucks and the manufacture and shipping of forest products.

Industrial film. The transportation of logs from the forest to the mill. The main part of the film follows a load of logs down the coast from Masset Inlet on the Queen Charlotte Islands aboard the self-dumping log barge "Haida Carrier", towed by the tug "Haida Chieftain". Also includes footage of logging trucks and the manufacture and shipping of forest products.

Television commercials. A representative collection of MacMillan Bloedel television commercials highlighting various aspects of the company's operations and corporate citizenship. Includes spots focusing on the company's activities in world trade markets; methods of transporting logs and products; the self-dumping log barge; log sorting with dozer boats; new methods of planting and reforestation; forest fire protection; pollution control; the Ash River Valley reforestation project, begun in 1942; the educational activities of wildlife filmmaker Tommy Tompkins, sponsored by MacMillan Bloedel; and a bird sanctuary near Port Alberni supported by the company. Each spots is 1-2 minutes long.

Insets: Plan of Friendly Cove in Nootka Sound / by Sir Edwd. Belcher -- Victoria District -- [World] -- Continuation of Admiralty Inlet & Puget Sound.

San Juan : coastal southern British Columbia