The file consists of a photocopy of "The Miner's Boy in the Lardeau Gold Rush" [reminiscences of life in the Lardeau, and in Stewart and Anyox] told by Fred Lade and written by Ina B. Rawson Lade.

CALL NUMBER: T4259:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Harold E. Davenport RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-25 SUMMARY: Harold E. Davenport was born in 1902 and came to Canada from Britain in 1915. Commenced working for Canadian Air Force in 1923. One of the original employees of Pacific Airways in 1926. Ran own compan;y, Aircraft Service of B.C. from 1929-35. Work for White Pass Company in Yukon, 1936-41. Joined Pan American Airways, 1941. Maintenance supervisor for CP Airways, 1942-47. Retirement as inspector for ;Department of Transport, 1947. TRACK 1: Discusses the activity at Jericho Beach Air Station 1923-26. The founding of Pacific Airways. Flying fishing patrols. TRACK 2: Problems with Liberty engines an;d early flying incidents. Starting his own business in 1929. Aero Schools of Vancouver, the Glider Club of Vancouver, and Aircraft Service of B.C.;

CALL NUMBER: T4259:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Harold E. Davenport RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Activity at Vancouver Airport in early 1930s. Moving to the Yukon and the changes aviation brought to northern living. Joining Pan Am then moving to CP. The Anyox riot of 1932. TRACK 2: Earl;y flying activity at Lulu Island Airport and the move to Sea Island. Glider flying in the 1930s. The value of experience.;

The series consists of 63 black and white photographs or postcards created or acquired by Hutchings in the 1920s and 1930s which mainly document the 1936 Skeena flood and its impact on Anyox and Terrace. There are also snow slide photographs taken near Lillooet and Fernie in the 1930s. In addition there are some photographs of Smithers, postcards of the Revelstoke area and several other miscellaneous photographs.

The series also includes 27 black and white copy prints loaned by Hutchings for copying by the Provincial Archives in 1972. These prints show the town site of Anyox including the dam, the smelter and various fires.

CALL NUMBER: T1796:0001 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1920 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1975 SUMMARY: John Park was master of the Union Steamship Company vessel "Venture". The Union S.S. Co. was in competition with the Canadian Pacific and the Grand Trunk Pacific. He describes fish canneries, church hospitals and summer clinics at Rivers Inlet and the Skeena River. Story about going into Salmon River with a new skipper who struck the dock while carrying a load of dynamite. Navigation by echo. Sinking of the "Cheslakee". CALL NUMBER: T1796:0002 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1920 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1975 SUMMARY: John Park was born in Scotland. Apprenticed on sailing ships of the Inver Line. Joined the Blue Funnel Line. First came to Vancouver in 1907 on the "Titan". Immigrated to Vancouver in 1910. Became master of the Union Steamship vessel "Venture". Took passengers off the "Princess Beatrice" when she ground near Port Hardy, 1911. Joined Griffiths and Co. of Seattle, which operated the Coastwise Steamship and Barge Company. Went deep sea. Worked as a pilot in Vancouver 1925-1952. CALL NUMBER: T1796:0003 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1975 SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for tape T1796:0003.]; CALL NUMBER: T1796:0004 PERIOD COVERED: 1895-1940 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1976 SUMMARY: Captain John Park apprenticed on square rigged sailing ships and came to Vancouver in 1911. Mentions trans-oceanic shipping coming into Vancouver at the time. Joined Union Steamship Company. Became master of the S.S. "Venture". Joined B.C. Coast Pilots. Joined S.S. "Turret Crown", owned by Griffiths Steamship Company of Seattle. Master S.S. "War Cavalry" owned by Couglan's shipyard. Piloted German cruiser into Vancouver harbour in the 1930s. CALL NUMBER: T1796:0005 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1940 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1976 SUMMARY: John Park towed the ex-sailing ship "St. David" up and down the west coast of Canada and the United States. Dollar Line. Talks about sailing ship days on the Inver line, including trips around Cape Horn. Joins the Union Steamship Company, S.S. "Venture". Steamboating on the north coast. Federal inquiry into pilotage on the B.C. coast held in the 1920s. Master of "City of Victoria" chartered by H.R. MacMillan.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): John Bergman Sr. : Oona River, 1910-1970s PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1970s RECORDED: Oona River (B.C.), [1972?] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: John Bergman Sr. discusses leaving Sweden (1910), his journey to Canada, traveling to Prince Rupert and problems encountered during his search for a pre-emption on Porcher Island. He recalls ;his first impressions of Oona River, other residents (1911), his pre-emption, settling in, employment at Anyox (Granby) Mine, gardening, his work for 30 years in commercial fishing, trolling (1917), fish prices, changes in Oona River, his lifestyle and compares gill netting and trolling. TRACK 2: John Bergman Sr. continues with recollections of his fishing career and the fishing industry. He dis;cusses changes in the Oona River settlement, effects of WWI, the first school, community life in a remote area, social life, problems with logging work and contracts, getting married, improvements in the Oona River community, and changes in population.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-02-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Fred Lade recalls events of the West Kootenays and Arrow Lakes District. He begins with his recollections of playing music for dances, descriptions of those dances, social events and winter activities. He came from Halifax in 1901 to join his brothers in Beaton (Thompson's Landing) and when he was 15 he drove the stage from Cameron to Beaton. He describes mining activities, freighting, winter transportation, and stamp mills. By 1909, when the area declined he moved onto Stewart and ran pack trains. He provides descriptions of methods of packing, and types of freight carried.

TRACK 2: He continues with packing methods, and types of horses. He recalls the Stewart Boom, Silverado Mine, miners, and the Groundhog. He continued on to Anyox in 1913 as a steam engineer, in 1914 played cornet in a band, and by 1918 came down to Vancouver.

CALL NUMBER: T1864:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William McMahon : Canfor Vice-President and general manager (part 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1955 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1959-10-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: McMahon's personal background. Worked at Anyox, 1917. Came to B.C. to stay in 1921. Work for the Capilano Lumber Company. Discussion of the Japanese timber market. The Capilano Timber Company mill. TRACK 2: Work in mills in the 1930s. Eburne Mills. The Pick-Prentice-Bentley group. The expansion of Canadian Forest Products in the early 1940s. Corporate history of the development of Canadian Forest Products.

CALL NUMBER: T1864:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William McMillan : Canfor Vice-President and general manager (part 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1940-1955 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1959-10-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continuation of the story of the development of Canadian Forest Products. Discussion of plywood technology. More CFP corporate history. Changes in working conditions for survey crews. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T3182:0001 PERIOD COVERED: 1915-1925 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Harold Davenport discusses: immigration to Canada, 1915; south Vancouver, 1915-19; childhood and youth in south Vancouver; began work for Jericho Beach Air Station in 1923; worked as a flight; engineer/mechanic; history of the Jericho Beach Air Station; Davenport's first flight and forced landing. Description of the Air Station, ca. 1923. Personnel. Description of early aircraft, especially HS2L flying boat. Physical layout of the station. Military competitions. Early flights on the coast of British Columbia. TRACK 2: Harold Davenport: Jericho Beach Air Station personnel, ca. 1923; equipment at the air station; the station's pigeon loft; more description of the Curtis Wright HS2L flying boat. The first flight from Vancouver to Prince Rupert, July 1923. Description of the trip. Great interest shown in aircraft. Fisheries patrols in the 1920s. Discussion of fishermen's offences and the use of aircraft to patrol the Upper Coast area. Being forced down on the first flight to the Queen Charlotte Islands, 1923. CALL NUMBER: T3182:0002 PERIOD COVERED: 1923-1930 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Harold Davenport discusses: flying in the Queen Charlotte Islands, 1923; forced landings and engine problems in the Prince Rupert area; more on the Queen Charlotte Islands; inspection of Junkers aircraft in Hazleton, 1923; radio communications around Prince Rupert, 1924; crash landing in Milbanke Sound, 1924. TRACK 2: Harold Davenport: conclusion of the air crash story; storm damage to flying boats; around-the-world flights, 1924; formation of Pacific Airways Limited, 1926; the training of pilots in the 1920s; flying anecdotes, 1920s; flying on the upper coast; makeshift repairs to aircraft and aircraft engines. CALL NUMBER: T3182:0003 PERIOD COVERED: 1924-1941 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Davenport's comments on early around-the-world flights. Early aerial photography in British Columbia, 1920s. Visiting Namu, 1926. Western Canada Airways buys Pacific Airways, 1928. Description of various aircraft in the late 1920s. Anecdotes about air crashes, late 1920s. Staff of Western Canada Airways, Swanson Bay, 1928. Radio communications. Anecdotes about radio communications. More on Swanson Bay. Fatal air crash near Butedale, late 1920s. TRACK 2: Description of Swanson Bay. Davenport opens Aircraft Service of British Columbia at Vancouver Airport, 1929. Minoru Park Airport, Richmond, B.C.. Davenport's great faith in flying boats. Reservations about modern aircraft. Went to Whitehorse to work for White Pass and Yukon Route, 1936-41. Flying in the Yukon. Anecdotes about early pilots. Gliding at Vancouver Airport, 1930s. Anecdote about flying B.C. Provincial Police to Anyox to quell riot, 1933. CALL NUMBER: T3182:0004 PERIOD COVERED: 1933-1967 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Continuation of the story of Anyox, B.C., strike and riot, 1933. Inspection discovering structural damage to the aircraft, 1933. Davenport went to Whitehorse, Yukon, to work for White Pass and Yukon Route, 1936. Work for WP&YR Air Division, 1936-41. Established repair and maintenance in Whitehorse. Description of Whitehorse, late 1930s. Transportation in the Yukon. Boats on the Yukon River. Many pilots killed in air crashes. Anecdote about sick Indian child. TRACK 2: More on sick Indian child. Superstitions about the bad luck of religious men. More on the development of air travel in the Yukon. Instrument flight. Davenport observed large meteorite, 1938. Japanese goodwill flight to Whitehorse, 1938. Anecdotes about flying. Davenport's brush with 'gold fever'. Davenport's later career in aviation: Pan American Airways, CP Air, Department of Transport as an inspector. Felt badly used by CP Air. Established maintenance schools. Davenport spent 45 years in field of aviation in Canada. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T2103:0001 PERIOD COVERED: 1915-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-05-26 SUMMARY: Fred Smith was born in England in 1888 and moved to Vancouver after training as an engineer. Started working on towboats in 1911, took one trip on the Dollar Line, did road work on Kingsway in Burnaby, worked for Cates Towing. Describes Dollar Line, Union Steamship Company, waterfront in Vancouver, and Tommy Roberts, proprietor of the Grand Hotel in Vancouver. CALL NUMBER: T2103:0002 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1956 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-06-29 SUMMARY: Fred Smith was an engineer with the Union Steamship Company from 1913-1959. Describes homesteading on Calvert Island, at Kitimaat, and the Queen Charlottes, a visit with Chief Harry Edenshaw, mines at Anyox, Surf Inlet. Remembers mates stealing boom chains, pursers stealing food and selling meal tickets twice. Was aboard "Coquitlam I" when it burst a plate in Drumlummon Inlet. Describes changes in the company after World War II. CALL NUMBER: T2103:0003 PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1956 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-07-14 SUMMARY: Fred Smith joined the Union Steamship Company in 1913. He worked on the "Venture" and the "Coquitlam". Describes Chinese men making cans in the spring at salmon canneries, Chinese workers, Grand Trunk Railway into Prince Rupert, Japanese firemen in the engine room, navigation by the whistle, southern runs of the Union Steamship Company, grounding of the "Coquitlam II" and time the "Coquitlam I" burst a plate in Drumlummon Inlet. Also Tommy Roberts and the Grand Hotel and rum-running.

CALL NUMBER: T1797:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Union Steamship Company PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1920 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1975 SUMMARY: William Venini joined the Union Steamship Company in 1910, starting as a freight clerk. He worked on the "Cassiar" travelling into logging camps in the lower coast region. Describes Tommy Roberts, proprietor of the Grand Hotel in Gastown. Returned to Calgary in 1915.

CALL NUMBER: T1797:0002? RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1975 SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for tape T1797:0002.]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William McLean : life as a prospector - Alice Arm, Zeballos from 1910 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: William McLean talks about life as a prospector. He came to Canada from Scotland in 1907 and came to Stewart, B.C. in 1910. He discusses the Premier Mine, Alice Arm in 1911, prospecting and work in the mines, the telegraph line route, settlers at Alice Arm, the Esperanza mine, mining in 1912, telegraph operators, Ole Evintson and The Dolly Varden, the Dolly Varden Mine in 1913, Alice Arm; before 1914, Anyox Mine to 1935, more about Alice Arm, life to 1938, going to Zeballos (Vancouver Island) for 15 years as a prospector. TRACK 2: McLean continues with more on the Zeballos region, climate changes near Alice Arm, reasons for returning to Alice Arm in 1953, ore on McGraw Mountain, getting old and the attitude that drives prospectors on, more about Alice Arm, the discovery of molybdenum deposit, characters, a list of mines, narrow gauge railway and the shipment of ore, miscellaneous logging from 1923, farming near Alice Arm, wildlife, prospecting up Hastings Arm, local ores, prospecting attitudes, and a brief comment on company mining in the past and present.;

The sub-series consists of oral history interviews about the history of British Columbia's northwestern regions, including four interviews about the Portland Canal region (Alice Arm and Anyox), 1910-1950s, and one about the Atlin-Wrangell area, 1895-1915.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-11-23 SUMMARY: Bill Rothwell discusses working history in Prince Rupert, including: early Prince Rupert, his first job, WW I, transfer work, the Anyox strike, his current job, why he works, coffee breaks, and unions;.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], [197-] SUMMARY: Lucy Howell discusses Anyox, B.C. [including the strike of 19--?].;

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Chris Anderson : Anyox and Alice Arm from 1925 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Chris Anderson recalls coming to Canada in 1921 and to Anyox in 1930. He describes Anyox, mining, fires at Anyox, the 1933 mining strike, the dismantling of Anyox and more descriptions of Anyox in the 1930s. TRACK 2: Anderson describes the Bonanza Mine disaster of 1929, gold mining, the Dolly Varden Mine at Alice Arm in 1925, plans for an Alice Arm Smelter in the early 1950s, current mining in the area, successful and unsuccessful miners.

The file consists of a photograph album containing 12 photographs of the plant at Anyox taken around 1917. The first three pages of the album show the town site and smelter in panoramic photographs made of two, four and two prints respectively.

The file consists of a photograph album containing 12 photographs of the plant at Anyox taken around 1917. The first three pages of the album show the town site and smelter in panoramic photographs made of two, four and two prints respectively.