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Alma Sloman interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-09-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Sloman recounts her father, Jacob Arnet, coming to Clayoquot, circa 1893, from Norway; early fishing and processing of fish; pre-emptions; boat building; Indians; seasonal migration of Indians; Indian sealers; early Clayoquot; transportation; sawmill; family life; Methodist missionaries and Tofino in 1911. TRACK 2: Mrs. Sloman continues with her description of early Tofino; naming; of the community; life at Ucluelet; schooling; George Fraser; her family's return to Tofino; family life; their floating summer house; canneries; children from the Indian reserve; shipwreck; Long Beach; mail delivery; CPR passenger ships; Clayoquot; Walter Dawley; early tourism and fishing.

Annie McLeod interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-06-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Annie McLeod, wife of George McLeod, describes her arrival in Nanaimo in the ship "Maude"; mining on Texada Island; her father James Raper and the Cornell Mine in 1898; and a description; of Marble Bay, Van Anda in 1900. She then offers her impressions of her father; Van Anda, including the church and opera house; the Columbia Coast Mission and Hospital; and copper mining. She describes her arrival at Vananda; union steamships; Van Anda company town life; Gilles Bay; the 1913 "Cheslakee" shipwreck; the origin of the Van Anda name, involving Harry Whitney Treat; the town's decline in 1921 and the re-growth after WWII with new mining prospects; the influence of Treat; and comments on Van Anda in the past and present. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Arthur and Kathleen Baird and Norah Thompson : interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-09-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Norah Thompson recounts her father, William Karn, arrival in Ucluelet in 1910; his pre-emption; the homestead; trails; other settlers; failure of the pre-emptions and life in Ucluelet. ;Mrs. Kathleen Baird [Mrs. Thompson's sister] discusses their father's arrival in Ucluelet; family life; disillusionment with the pre-emptions; George Fraser; and shipwrecks. Arthur Baird talks about h;is early life in Port Renfrew; his father's work as government lineman and customs officer, circa 1912; pre-emptions in the area; building of trails; a "bridge" over Jordan River; the patrolmen who searched for shipwrecks along the west coast; settlement; community at Port Renfrew; logging; transportation; canoes; Indians and transportation of cow by canoe. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Arthur Clore interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Arthur Lee Clore : the Skeena River region, c.1910 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1914 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: This interview begins with a long lead in of harbour sounds, misc. sounds and a bell tolling. Arthur Clore speaks about coming to the Skeena country from Ketchikan, Alaska in 1910. He talks a;bout his impressions of Prince Rupert, offers of work, the Kitselas Hotel Bar, George Kerr, Kitselas' importance, Indian battles, the Kitselas townsite c.1910, steamboats -- Foley, Wells and Stewart a;nd qualities of the local inhabitants. He describes a journey from Kitselas to Telkwa and stories of Copper City. TRACK 2: Arthur Clore continues with recollections of the trail to Telkwa, the wreck ;of the "Mount Royal", Kitselas, a Hazelton bank robbery, the Skeena River, sighting "Haley's Comet", memories of Alaska and the volcanic activity of 1913.

B.C. Salvage Company fonds

  • PR-2302
  • Fonds
  • [Ca. 1898-1919]

The fonds consists of 132 black and white photographs (26 glass plate negatives and 106 nitrate negatives) showing the marine activities of the British Columbia Salvage Company (later the Pacific Salvage Company) between ca. 1898 and 1919. The photographs show vessels at work, wrecked vessels and salvage operations as well as buildings and camping photographs.

British Columbia Salvage Company

CBC Monday evening : Tidewaters ; Courtenay Youth Music Camp

SUMMARY: (1) "Tidewaters" was the 13th program in "From the Mountains to the Sea", a series about the history and people of British Columbia's regions, based on oral history interviews recorded by Robert (later Imbert) Orchard. It deals with the people who lived at different parts of the British Columbia coastline. The outer coast of British Columbia and the story of some of the wrecks around Cape Beale. Settlers on the coast: the Finns of Sointula, the Norwegians of Bella Coola, and the people who settled at the north end of Vancouver Island. Also the coastal Indians: the Haidas and their huge canoes, and the Nootka whale-hunters. Voices heard include: Ethel Cadorin, Edward Joyce, Annie Hayes, Ted Levelton, Milo Fougner, Arvo Tynjala, Frank Hole and Chief William Scow. The Hamatsa songs were performed by Mary Johnson, Annie Hayes, and Arvo Tynjala; another song was sung by Dick Willy. (2) In a concert from the Courtenay Youth Music Camp, Simon Streatfield conducts the Faculty Orchestra in works by; Vivaldi, Bach and Respighi, with soloists Steven Staryk, Otto Eifert and Ray Still. NOTE: Only the "Tidewaters" documentary is on this tape, which is tape 1 of 2.

[CHEK-TV news film -- September-December 1980 and January-February 1981 -- fires and police]

Stock shots. 1. Line of people holding hands in downtown Victoria. 2. Crowds and speeches in front of the Legislature. 3. United Way poster. 4. Inner Harbour. 5. Damage to Il Buco restaurant. 6. Stills of early steamship "Iroquois". 7. Divers [maybe looking for the "Iroquois"?]. 8. Floods. 9. Fire on the waterfront. 10. Fire at the Imperial Kitchen Centre. 11. Night fire. 12. Royal Bank. 13. Fire at Buffie's. 14. Fire damage at the Surfside Cabaret. 15. Brush fire. 16. Night fire in harbour. 17. RCMP detachment. Evidence of drugs. Bales of marijuana being incinerated. 18. Naval ship transporting marijuana bales. 19. SWAT team in action. 20. Helicopter activity - [looking for marijuana plantations?]. 21. Bales of marijuana being burnt. 22. Town and Country Inn. Cedar Hill Cross Road and Mackenzie. [Scene of an accident?]

Devina Baines and Frances Brown interview : [part 2]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-06 SUMMARY: NOTE: This interview is a continuation of T0795:0001. TRACK 1: Francis Brown describes her father, Frank "Sticks" Allison (who was the Porlier Pass lightkeeper 1902-1941), including his background i;n Scotland and Nova Scotia. Other subjects are: her sister Devina's accident causing a bad lye burn; childhood around the lighthouse; Chief John Peter; Granny Shaw; schooling; Japanese fishermen; the ;herring fishery and saltery. Other aspects of lighthouse life include the foghorn; newspaper delivery; mission boats; the M.V. "Thomas Crosby"; missionary visitors; mail pick-up on Kuper Island; the ;Bell family; Indian legends; Starvation Bay on Valdes Island; hostility between natives and whites; how Christmas was celebrated. TRACK 2: Francis Brown and Devina Baines speak alternately on the following subjects: more on the Japanese herring saltery; followed by North Galiano families; farming; fishing; roads and trails; stores; boat travel. They tell of the wreck of CPR ship "Peggy McNeill"; navigational dangers in Porlier Pass. Further discussion of native people on Valdes Island; the Hanson family; the operation of lighthouses including the advent of Aladdin mantle lamps; blackouts during WW2; Virago Point; responsibilities of the lighthouse keeper.

Edward Cox interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-08 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Cox recounts his family coming to Alberni; his grandfather worked at the Cape Beale Lighthouse in 1879; his father was the first Provincial Policeman in Alberni; his mother's father [Kirkpatrick] was the first blacksmith and came to Alberni in 1886. He describes Indian ceremonial dances he witnessed performed at Alberni in the longhouses; he discusses Indian culture and language. He recalls Alberni mills and logging the town; and schooling. TRACK 2: Mr. Cox continues his recollections about Alberni; transportation; the stage; railway; water transportation; doctors; miners; policing; automobiles; roads; Port Alberni; early settlers; and farming. He recalls his work on the CPR ships that went from Alberni to Victoria, stopping at Port Renfrew and Clo-oose. He talks about the telegraph trail and station at Bamfield; the wreck of the "Carelmapu"; stopping at Ucluelet and Clayoquot; the whaling stations.

Edward Joyce interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-08-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Joyce describes his family's settlement on Quadra Island; establishment of their farm; fishing; Indians; construction of roads; interesting characters including "Skookum Tom" or Tom Leask. TRACK 2: Mr. Joyce recalls Heriot Bay; Quathiaski Cove; social events; boat wrecks, including the "Northwestern" and "Cottage City".

Elmer and May Ellingsen interview

CALL NUMBER: T0967:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1968 [summer] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Elmer Ellingsen begins with anecdotes about a "flying log" at a logging camp, and salmon fishing. Then he discusses in great detail the many incidents surrounding the community dances [on Cortes Island?] in the 1930s including the music; loggers and liquor; and changes on the island. TRACK 2: May Ellingsen recalls her early life on Hernando Island; then later; Cortes Island, including details about the Union Steamship service. Then Elmer recalls his first experience on Cortes Island in 1935; and describes the floating homes and logging camps.;

CALL NUMBER: T0967:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1968 [summer] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: May discusses the pronunciation of the name "Cortes"; and the grapevine telephone service. Then she discusses the 1946 shipwreck of "Gulfstream"; and the development of hydro power for the island. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Flora Martin interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Flora Martin remembers the Hazelton area before World War I PERIOD COVERED: 1890s-1914 RECORDED: [location unknown], [1964-09?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Flora Martin, wife of George Franklin Martin, begins this interview speaking about the arrival of the steamboats at Hazelton, McIntosh's Landing, the purser -- Mr. Lockerby, steamboat noises,; freight canoes, more about the arrival of boats at Hazelton, news of the wreck of "The Mount Royal" (1907), the Hudson's Bay Company store, Cunningham's store, Sargent's store, Hazelton, the Rev. John Field, the Indian language, the legend of an abandoned Indian village -- Dimlhamet (sp?) and pronunciation and meaning of Indian place names in the Hazelton area. TRACK 2: Flora Martin recalls pack; trains and local characters at Hazelton: Cataline, Cayuse Jack Graham, Barney Mulvaney, Dick Sargent, Dr. H.C. Wrinch and changes in Hazelton.

Frederick William Jones interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-06-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Frederick William Jones describes how he came to Canada by steamboat in 1900, joining a ship called the "Darwin" that went around the West Indies, anecdotes about life aboard ship, CPR ships that carried immigrants at the time and area of "Titanic", his experience aboard a ship nearby when "Titanic" sunk, and other experiences aboard ships including details about what life was like. [TRACK 2: Blank.]

From the mountains to the sea : Tidewaters

SUMMARY: "Tidewaters", number 13 in the series, is about the people who lived at different parts of the British Columbia coastline. The outer coast of BC, and the story of some of the wrecks around Cape Beale. Settlers on the coast: the Finns of Sointula, the Norwegians of Bella Coola, and the people who settled at the north end of Vancouver Island. Also the coastal Indians: the Haidas and their huge canoes, and the Nootka whale-hunters. Voices heard include: Ethel Cadorin, Edward Joyce, Annie Hayes, Ted Levelton, Milo Fougner, Arvo Tynjala, Frank Hole and Chief William Scow. The Hamatsa songs were performed by Mary Johnson, Annie Hayes, and Arvo Tynjala; another song was sung by Dick Willy.

George Smarge interview

CALL NUMBER: T0455:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-06-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. George Smarge describes working in logging camps at Powell River and work as a forest ranger in 1912. Then; he discusses his sailing career, including his arrival in Vancouver in 1903. TRACK 2: Mr. Smarge continues with more on his sailing career, including details about a shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef. Then he offers details on his arrival at Royal Roads in Victoria in 190;9; his arrival in Vancouver in 1903; his time working in hand logging near Indian River; work as a pile driving engineer; the development of Powell River and Lund; and a discussion of the Thulin brothers, Fred and Charles.

CALL NUMBER: T0455:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-06-16 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Smarge continues with more on the Thulin brothers, Oscar and Fred; his work as a forest ranger; the Canadian Puget Sound Logging Company; how Smarge Bay was named; pre-empting land at Cranberry Lake and at Wildwood; working in the pulp mill at Powell River; and a detailed description of the pulp mill process. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Hugh McLean interview

CALL NUMBER: T0316:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hugh McLean : reminiscences - the Klondike (1898-1901) and the Bulkley Valley (1907-1914) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-07-09 & 1961-07-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Hugh McLean begins this interview with recollections about a pack train to the Klondike, 1898, the story of an ill-fated homesteader -- Kispiox (1908), George Birnes, Mike Touhy, Barney Mulva;ney, stories about the mail delivery c.1910 and the Tomlinsons of Minskinisht. TRACK 2: Hugh McLean speaks about coming to B.C. (1896), smelter work at Trail, railway and telegraph work, prospecting,; the Klondike (1898), the journey to the Klondike via the Stikine, the ice ladder at Skagway, pack outfit over White Pass, dog sleigh freighting (1898-1901), mining at Atlin, prospecting at Big Bend and Fort McPherson, and Telkwa (1912). He continues with recollections about the Yukon Telegraph Company line, pioneers in the Telkwa area: Archie and Neal McInnes, Bill and Bob Clark, the telegraph l;ine along the Skeena, Smithers, Hubert, the Hanson Tie and Timber Company, Hazelton, Cataline described, Gabe LaCroix, French Canadians, Ed LeBlaux and Jack McNeil.

CALL NUMBER: T0316:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hugh McLean : the storyteller I RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-07-09 & 1961-07-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Hugh McLean relates a story about the movie "Ben Hur" with Len Broughton, one of the chariot drivers and a local character. TRACK 2: Hugh McLean tells anecdotes to a group of children: the cattle and salt in 1931, Indian women and the plank bridge, a small boy and his grandmother, the sage hen -- 1894, the bear story, a story about an trapper at Takla Lake -- Daniel Teegee, the wreck of the "Distributor" and a story about stopping there on a mail run.

CALL NUMBER: T0316:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hugh McLean : the storyteller II RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-07-09 & 1961-07-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Hugh McLean continues the story about an incident along the mail run, a story about wolf dogs at Aklavik on the mouth of the McKenzie River, the police patrol when Hugh McLean was ill during ;the flu of 1918, his collie pup, and a story of Wiggs O'Neill -- "Klootch and Clutch" about a spare boat clutch at Port Simpson. TRACK 2: Hugh McLean continues with stories told to a group of children, "Old Fort Isaac", the bear cub story, the bank robbery at Hazelton (1913) and tall tales: a trapper at Loon Lake, a tabby cat and a Joe Hanson tale. Names of the children in the group: Robin Hood,; Joan Phillips, Alan Phillips, Barbara Small, Pat Mahood, Ann Troback [sp], Tom Stall [sp], Art Hale [sp], Paul Dail [sp], Franklin Hood and Kelda Giddins.

Inspector of Steamboats' records

The series contains the records of the Inspector of Steamboats, British Columbia Division. The records consist of a register of steam vessels inspected in British Columbia (1879), notes of engineers' examinations and boiler inspections, reports of accidents to steamers in British Columbia (1884-1914) and the desk book, with a letter register, of the Steamboat Inspector's office, Victoria, B.C., 1883-1888.

Canada. Board of Steamboat Inspection

Jeffrey Johnson interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Chief Jeffery Johnson : the Skeena River Indians (Gitksan) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-04-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Chief Jeffrey H. Johnson discusses the Skeena River and his people. He speaks about the meaning of K'san (Skeena), the smallpox epidemic, pre-contact, the introduction of potatoes, pre-contac;t trapping, the arrival of the Hudson's Bay, churches and missionaries, Indian workers at the canneries, Indian fishermen, Indian women knitting the fishing nets and working in the canneries, fishing ;methods and pay, the cannery companies, introduction of the sternwheelers, competition on the Skeena, the wreck of the "Mount Royal" and the freight canoe crews and navigation. TRACK 2: Chief Johnson; continues speaking about the freight canoes, the diet of the crew, diet pre-contact, canoe travel pre-contact, Indian songs for the freight canoes and origins of the songs. Chief Johnson explains and; sings two songs used by the freighting crews, legends of the origin of the Skeena River, a war between the Haida and the people of Kitwanga, and a story about Kitselas Canyon.

Joseph Gardner interview

CALL NUMBER: T1223:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Captain Joseph Alphonsus Gardner : recollections of a riverboat man, 1895-1950 : part 1 PERIOD COVERED: 1894-1910 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-05-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Captain Joseph Alphonsus Gardner leaves Dewdney in 1894 to go to Hazelton with his aunt, he describes the trip by steamer to Port Essington and then by Indian canoe on the Skeena to Hazelton,; on the return trip to Port Essington he meets up with his father who was mate for Captain Bonser and he takes a position as a waiter on the "Caledonia" (1895). He recalls the "Old and New Caledonia",; adventures on the "Caledonia", hunting on Finlayson Island, incidents with pack dogs, freight, crew and passengers on the "Caledonia", "Boston Bill" and his deck hand work (1898). TRACK 2: Captain Gardner continues speaking about his work aboard the "Caledonia", "lining", Kitselas Canyon -- hazards and navigation, the Skeena and Stikine Rivers, impressions of Hazelton (1894), Yukon gold and it's; impact: swindlers and mental illness, "drifting" downstream on the Skeena, wreck of the "Mount Royal", the 30 Mile River in the Yukon, river incidents and memories of Captain Bonser.

CALL NUMBER: T1223:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Captain Joseph Alphonsus Gardner : recollections of a riverboat man, 1895-1950 : part 2 PERIOD COVERED: 1894-1935 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-05-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Captain Joseph Gardner continues with recollections of his life on a riverboat, an incident between a captain and an engineer, crews on the Skeena and Yukon boats, the Copper River explosion ;-- 1908, wreck of the steamer "Sophia", navigating the Copper River, "reading the water", sounding the water, the Skeena River -- Port Essington to Kitselas vs. Kitselas to Hazelton, "jumping the bars;" and his early memories of Dewdney and Hatzic area farmers. TRACK 2: Captain Joseph Gardner speaks about his father, Captain Gardner who was born in Mission, his grandfather George Clinton Gardner an international surveyor and continues with a summary of his father's career. He ends this interview speaking about incidents in the Yukon.

Joseph Herrling interview

CALL NUMBER: T1225:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Captain Joseph Herrling : working on the steamers, 1900-1914 : part 1 PERIOD COVERED: 1885-1914 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-05-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Captain Joseph Herrling was born in Agassiz on November 7, 1885, and moved to New Westminster in 1899. He recalls the family homestead in Agassiz, his father -- Charles August Herrling a 49'er from California, Herrling Island and the 1894 flood on the Fraser. He started work on the riverboats -- 1900. He speaks about his first years on the boats: quartermaster on the "R.P. Rithet", mate o;n the "Ramona" and "Transfer". Recollections are heard about the Fraser River boats, incidents, freight, schedules, navigation, wrecks, "Ramona", "Strathcona", "Skeena", way landings, wharves, fog whistles and the Chilliwack landing. TRACK 2: Captain Herrling continues with Fraser River memories including: Joe Morrison, river bank scenery, homesteading on Herrling Island, the river from New Westminster to Steveston, the canneries and other stops on the run, an incident on the "Transfer", fishing communities and canneries on the Fraser, fish boats and problems with their nets, the ferries on t;he Ladner to Steveston route, the Woodwards Ferry (1914), MacLachlin steamers, Ladner (1900), incidents on the Ladner Ferry and service after the arrival of the B.C. Electric. Captain Herrling speaks about his work on the upper Fraser-Nechako run, Soda Creek to Fraser Lake 1910, Captain Bonser and the "Inlander".

CALL NUMBER: T1225:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Captain Joseph Herrling : working on the steamers, 1900-1914 : part 2 PERIOD COVERED: 1900-1914 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1963-05-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Captain Joseph Herrling continues to relate his experiences working on the steamboats: trips to Fort Fraser, Soda Creek-Fort George, Tete Jaune Cache, navigational problems, the Skeena River,; Captain Bonser, "reading the water", the Skeena run on the "Inlander", "drifting", Kitselas Canyon, "lining", incidents, the Kispiox trip, the "Pheasant" (1905) -- trip from New Westminster to Skeena, Wiggs O'Neill, duties as mate on the "Inlander", the crew, Walter Wright -- pilot, Hazelton (1911) and types of passengers. [TRACK 2: blank.]

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