Princess Louisa Inlet (B.C.)

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From the mountains to the sea : The inland sea

SUMMARY: "The Inland Sea" is number 12 in the series. A tour of the Gulf of Georgia, with stories of the people and places on the Gulf; including the Gulf Islands, Nanaimo, Comox, and inlets on the mainland. Stories of the coastal boats. Voices heard include: Ruth Jackson, Ada Dawe, Ida New, Freda New, Constance Swartz, Bea Freeman, Dorothy Richardson, Geraldine Hulbert, Jud Johnstone, Clarence Joe, Joe Kneen, Ronald Norris, Donald New and Bill Law. The opening narrative about a sailboat in the gulf is drawn from reminiscences of Harry Roberts of Cape Coburn.

Isabel Sweeny interview

CALL NUMBER: T1345:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Isabel Sweeny (nee Bell-Irving) talks about her family's life in Vancouver after arriving in 1885, including: her father, who was an engineer for the CPR; his sketches of CPR construction; her parents' initial stay at Black's Hotel; life in Vancouver; their first house on Alexander Street, and their house on Seaton Street, later Hastings Street. She continues with descriptions of the family holly tree and tennis court; the West End; English Bay; Jericho Beach in the 1890s; the North Vancouver Indians; False Creek; Point Grey; Marpole House; Granville Street; and the family home at Harwood and Bute Streets. TRACK 2: Mrs. Sweeny continues with her recollections about early Vancouver, including moving the last Indian village in the Kitsilano area to Squamish; real estate development; Vancouver in the 1890s and 1900s; parties; social life; the Royal Navy; more family history; Victoria; early schools in Vancouver; childhood; family pets; development of the city; a fund-raising carnival for the hospital; Indians in Stanley Park; and local characters "Crazy George" and "Pacific Slope".

CALL NUMBER: T1345:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Sweeny talks about trips along the BC coast on the family boat, the "Beatrice"; Indian fishing on the northern rivers; the Johnson family; Princess Louisa Inlet and Thetis Island. She discusses the Gulf Islands; personalities; families; Campbell River; fishing stories; Cape Mudge and Alert Bay. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Jud Johnston interview

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.]

North #1 : [miscellaneous freight boat recordings, ca. 1965]

RECORDED: [location unknown], [ca. 1965]
SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Miscellaneous short interviews and sound effects recorded by Imbert Orchard while on a northern freightboat trip on the B.C. coast, ca. 1965. Conversation about cruising the waters around Vancouver Island, Princess Louisa Inlet, early days of yachting around the San Juan Islands, etc. Continued conversations on west coast boating with other boaters and their children, including Dr. Martin Nelson (of Redding, California). More conversations. Descriptive narration of the cruise, including trip to Stuart Island through Yuculta Rapids, and into Big Bay. Description of cargo being dropped off on dock at night, and sounds of same. [TRACK 2: blank.]

People in landscape : Timberline

SUMMARY: A program about Charlie Johnston, who settled his young family in Princess Louisa Inlet early in the twentieth century, and about what it was like to grow up there and roam the mountains with Johnston, whose nickname was "Timberline". The voices heard are: Ruth Jackson, Isabel Sweeney, and Jud Johnston.

Ruth Jackson interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-06-19 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Ruth Jackson recalls her family: her father, Charlie Roscoe; the family's arrival in BC in 1903; the wanderings of her family until they finally ended up in Princess Louise Inlet; descriptions of Princess Louise Inlet; and impressions of her mother. TRACK 2: Mrs. Jackson continues to discuss her family: her mother and father are described; the family move to Alaska; and life in Princess Louise Inlet from 1905 to 1915.