Canoes and canoeing

"A close finish; war canoe race, the Gorge, Victoria BC"

B-03972
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Archives visual records collection

A dugout canoe under construction beside the Tilikum in Thunderbird Park, Victoria.

Part of Film and Photographic Branch travel industry and tourism photographs

Canoe races at the Gorge, Victoria; Curtis Point.

NA-40758
Item
May 1908

Part of Archives visual records collection

Canoe races on the Gorge, Victoria.

A-02897
Item

Part of Archives visual records collection

Canoeing on the Gorge in Victoria.

H-06194
Item
[ca. 1900]

Part of Alfred Frewing fonds

Canoeing on the Gorge, Victoria.

I-63383
Item

Part of Alfred Dresser fonds

Carving a canoe at Otter Point, Sooke, BC.

E-02375
Item

Part of Archives visual records collection

Centennial canoe race 1966 : Sidney to Ross Bay section

AAAA0911
Item
1966

Part of Ron Bennett fonds

Amateur film. The 1966 Centennial canoe race, including preparations at Tulista Park in Sidney, the race and the finish. Good close-ups of the canoeists. A large, three-masted sailboat -- possibly an imitation Chinese junk?

Charles Tapping interview

T0650:0001
Item
[196-]

Part of Imbert Orchard fonds

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Charles Tapping RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Charles Tapping discusses the Thermopylae Club in Victoria including how it was founded in 1932 by 40 or 50 sailors, a story about the vessel "Tilikum" (1904) restored by the Thermopylae Club; and brought to Victoria. He continues with more stories about the "Tilikum" and his experiences at sea and the Thermopylae Club, more details on the "Tilikum" and other projects that the Thermopylae Club sponsored around Victoria, and details about his life in Victoria. TRACK 2: Charles Tapping offers more stories about his life in Victoria, including travelling overland on the CPR after he landed from England, why he came to Victoria, the growth and expansion of Victoria, the Thermopylae Club restoring buildins in Victoria, and more anecdotes.

[George F. Lowe collection, reel 15 : Port Alberni ; Victoria ; Little Qualicum ; Lennard Island ; E&N Railway ; etc.]

AAAA2837
Item
1946

Part of George F. Lowe fonds

Amateur film. Waves; E&N passenger train around bend (probably branch line to Port Alberni); 1946 May Day parade; Indian canoe races in the Gorge; swan, flowers; Little Qualicum Falls; coastline; E&N passenger train departs from Victoria station; Governor General and officer cadets [?]; backyard leisure.

Harry Vogel and his horse, transporting his iron canoe; Sooke.

E-02526
Item
1925

Part of Archives visual records collection

Indian canoes (chinook shape) from the west coast of Vancouver Island, assembled by invitation in Victoria Harbour on the occasion of a great Indian Potlash [sic] - or giving away feast by the Songish tribe of Indians, who give.....

H-05399
Item
1866-1870

Part of Frederick Dally fonds

Boats on beach.

Indian Potach [sic] at the Songish [Songhees] Indian Village, Victoria Harbour. V.I. [On reverse in ink ]:Indian Potlach [potlatch] or "Great Distribution Feast" at the Songish Indian village Victoria Harbour Vancouver Island. [In pencil]: When hundreds of blankets, and many....

J-00926
Item

Part of Frederick Dally fonds

Matheson Lake Provincial Park

Part of Beautiful British Columbia magazine slide albums

Matheson Lake Provincial Park

Part of Beautiful British Columbia magazine slide albums

Matheson Lake Provincial Park

Part of Beautiful British Columbia magazine slide albums

Songhish [Songhees] Indian Rancherie, Victoria Harbour, V.I. [Vancouver Island]

MS-3100.9.9
Item
[1864-1870?]

Part of Frederick Dally fonds

The fourth bridge constructed over the Gorge at this site; Victoria.

H-02978
Item
[190-]

Part of Archives visual records collection

The Reverend S.S. Osterhaut and sons, with Wray and Reggie Barraclough; Gorge Inlet.

C-06620
Item

Part of Archives visual records collection

The Tilikum at Oak Bay, near Victoria.

F-07473
Item
1901

Part of Archives visual records collection

The Tilikum on display in Thunderbird Park, Victoria.

B-01655
Item
[193-]

Part of Archives visual records collection

Victoria

F1983:02/050
Item
[ca. 1954]

Part of Tourism and promotional films and videos

The item is a negative film reel of out-takes from ca. 1954. It shows various scenes around Victoria, including: Thunderbird Park with cedar log [being prepped for carving?]; Inner Harbour with ships; view from ship entering Inner Harbour; war canoe race on the Gorge [?]; country road; recreational activities.

Victoria Arm, the Gorge, Victoria.