Item T1210:0001 - 0002 - Veroca Godfrey interview

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Veroca Godfrey interview

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T1210:0001 - 0002

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  • 1962-02-09 (Creation)

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3 audio reels (ca. 1.5 hours) : 19 cm/sec, 1 track, mono ; 18 cm

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CALL NUMBER: T1210:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Veroca Godfrey : growing up on the Skeena River boats : part 1 PERIOD COVERED: 1890s-1910 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-02-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Veroca Godfrey (nee Bonser) begins this interview speaking about Port Essington, living conditions, eulachon grease, and the Cunningham family and wives. She remembers, her father, Captain Bonser and "The Caledonia", rivalry between Captain Johnson and Bonser, the wreck of the "Mount Royal", conditions on the Skeena, traveling on a sternwheeler and steamer navigation. TRACK 2: Veroca Godfrey continues with a description of steamer navigation through canyons and along the river including: lining, spar poles, ring bolts and cables, Devil's Elbow, Beaver Dam, Sheep and Cottonwood rapids;, hand lining, an incident when scientists from Chicago exhumed Indian skeletons, the Indian crew, the boating season and noises and routines. She speaks about Indian villages, a Kitseguecla Indian ca;rving, her impressions of the Hudson's Bay Company post at Hazelton, Captain Bonser, Wiggs O'Neil, mosquitoes and black flies.;

CALL NUMBER: T1210:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Veroca Godfrey : growing up on the Skeena River boats : part 1 PERIOD COVERED: 1890s-1910 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-02-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Veroca Godfrey describes her father, Captain Bonser, his appearance and character, life on boats, passengers, accommodations, the dining room, bootlegging, Kitselas Canyon, Lorne Creek, residents in the Hazelton area, the tourist potential of a riverboat, and Captain Bonser's last years. [TRACK 2: blank.]

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Imbert Orchard, 1974-1975

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A digital copy is available. Please contact staff for further information.
2 preservation compact disc(s) made from original or master audio reel(s), 2003-10-10.

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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): T1210

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Previously described as AAAB1339

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Orchard ; S-21/1-3

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speaker: Veroca Godfrey, interviewer: Imbert Orchard, sound recording: Ian Stephen

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