The item is a video copy of a travelogue. It shows the attractions of Alaska and the Yukon Territory; includes CN's "Northland Prince" leaving Vancouver harbour and sailing up the Inside Passage to Alaska. Narration includes excerpts from the poetry of Robert W. Service.

The item is a release print of a travelogue from 1967. It depicts the attractions of Alaska and the Yukon Territory; includes CN's "Northland Prince" leaving Vancouver harbour and sailing up the Inside Passage to Alaska. Narration includes excerpts from the poetry of Robert W. Service.

Amateur film. Coastal people, places and scenery between Vancouver Island and the mainland. Includes footage of Indian villages, pictographs, birds and wildlife, logging operations, other vessels, etc. One sequence shows a Kelly raft of aviation spruce being broken up; another shows logs being unloaded from the log barge "Monongahela" (formerly the ship "Balasore", whose figurehead is shown sitting on shore). The B.C. Packers cannery at Quathiaski Cove is shown. Troops arrive at Nanaimo from Vancouver on the "Princess Victoria" and parade through the streets.

Promotional film. Activities of the BC Government Travel Bureau in promoting the B.C. tourist industry, emphasizing the diverse methods used to advertise the province. Includes footage of various B.C. industries, the Minister and Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, the Bureau commissioner and office staff, advertising campaigns, design and printing of colour travel brochures, public correspondence, personal contacts, promoting autombile travel, and brief shots of a car ferry, a coastal steamer, a steam train, and an airliner. Other scenes show the B.C. exhibits at the Golden Gate International Exposition and the Los Angeles Outing Show. Of special interest is a section on filmmaking, which shows Clarence Ferris running a movie camera and splicing film, and a scene of Leon Shelly's film crew shooting the BCGTB-sponsored travelogue BEAUTIFUL BRITISH COLUMBIA.

The item is a video copy of a travelogue. Depicts some highlights to be seen during a steamship cruise along the west coast of Vancouver Island, from Barkley Sound to Quatsino Sound. Footage includes: a tourist information office; mountain and shoreline scenery; First Nations man carving a dugout canoe from a cedar log at "Ahooset" [i.e, Ahousat]; Friendly Cove lighthouse; Tulpana [i.e., Tlupana?] Canyon; exploring the shores of Nootka Island [?] by small boat; the "quaint Indian village" of Friendly Cove; totem pole honouring Captain Cook; Women making and selling baskets at Quatsino; Port Alice; a nearby whaling station [probably Coal Harbour]; seal colony on Salander Rock [i.e., Solander Island]; injured eagle, and hunters posing with dead eagles.

SUMMARY: Sounds of the coastal freight boat "Skeena Prince" being unloaded.

SUMMARY: The second of three radio documentaries about early Vancouver, combining narration with reminiscences from older residents. "Vancouver Around 1890" includes discussion of the following: the eviction of the Squamish people from the Lumbermen's Arch section of Stanley Park, recalled by Chief August Jack Khahtsahlano; the ceremonial opening of Stanley Park and descriptions of native burial sites, recalled by Sam Walker; the grounding of the HBC ship "Beaver", described by Captain Jack Canessa; Sam Walker on the building boom of 1887; and Reuben Hamilton on the "old" Westminster Highway in Vancouver's wilderness setting, and the Woodward's Block.

The item is a composite print of a promotional film from 1978. It is about Cook's voyage and contains footage of sailing the B.C. coast on the M.V. "Queen of Prince Rupert".

CALL NUMBER: T3339:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Walmis Newman : a lifetime on the coast, part 1 RECORDED: Duncan (B.C.), 1978-07-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Walmis Newman describes his early life on the Saanich Peninsula; his long association with ships and boats, including the "Princess Sophia" disaster; boat building; the Genoa Bay sawmill. TRACK 2: His life at Musgraves Landing; Brother XII and DeCourcy island; his present farm near Duncan; more on boat building; his attitudes towards conscription and pacifism.

CALL NUMBER: T3339:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Walmis Newman : a lifetime on the coast, part 2 RECORDED: Duncan (B.C.), 1978-07-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Walmis Newman describes clam digging and deer hunting during the 1930s; his Finnish background; prohibition; tugboats and their crews. TRACK 2: More on tugboats; types of BC coal and their uses; the Island Highway in the 1920s; the very poor working conditions of sailors.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-08-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Captain William Higgs recalls how his father, Leonard Higgs, came out from England to British Columbia via Oregon, and settled on South Pender Island. William was born in 1901. Educated at home, then three terms boarding at St. Michael's school. Made boats out of cedar slabs, then out of cedar lumber. Boat trips to pick up supplies at Cadboro Bay, Mayne Island or Sidney. Learned boatbuilding skills from father. William became an apprentice seaman on the CPR steamships, starting with the "Princess Beatrice", rising to quartermaster. Coastal stops visited. After 2.5 years, went into tugboats and towboating. Started his own small towing business in Sidney, Gulf Islands Transportation Company. In 1934, company moved to Nanaimo and changed name to Nanaimo Towing Company. William and his brother Tom designed a ferry, bid on the Nanaimo to Gabriola run, had the ferry "Atriveda" built, and ran the service 1931-1946. Also developed and ran three small ferries to carry passengers from Nanaimo to the CPR resort on Newcastle Island. Sold out of ferry business 1946 and expanded marine salvage and towing work. Sold out to Straits Towing Company 1951. After that, worked as Associate Surveyor to the Board of Marine Underwriters of San Francisco. Retired to Gibsons, then developed the Higgs Lifesaving Search Initiator Buoy system. Towboating work. TRACK 2: More on towboating and marine salvage jobs. Salvaging the S.S. "Catala" from a reef at Lasqueti Island. His first rescue and salvage experiences: rescuing canoeists off Gowland Point when he was "a little lad"; salvaging the CPR rail car barge "No. 6" at the age of 12, after chartering Gerald Payne's tug "Nora" for the job. More about life on Pender: his cousins, the Spauldings; a rough rowboat trip to Sidney. Salvaging Brother XII's boat, the "Lady Royal", off De Courcey Island. Development of diving in salvage work. The story of the murder involving the rum-running boat "Beryl G.".

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1980-08-12 SUMMARY: [No content summaries available for these tapes.];

PERIOD COVERED: ;1875;-;1963 RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), [1963 or 1967] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Lewis, who is 100 years of age, relates his memories of the journey to Nanaimo in 1875; life in Nanaimo from 1875 to 1963; the trip from Victoria to Nanaimo on the steamer 'Maude" in 1875; visit by Sir John A. MacDonald to Nanaimo in 1886; the completion of the E&N Railway in 1886. TRACK 2: The 24th of May celebrations; horse racing on Nanaimo streets.;

CALL NUMBER: T1798:0001 - 0002 RECORDED: Delta (B.C.), 1975 SUMMARY: [No content summaries available for this interview.];

CALL NUMBER: T1798:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Union Steamship Company RECORDED: Delta (B.C.), 1975

RECORDED: [location unknown], [1976-05] SUMMARY: [No content summaries available for this interview.];

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1980-06-23 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this tape.];

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.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-06-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. William Young describes his arrival on Texada Island in 1898 and his aunt who owned the Annie Sumner Ranch. He offers his impressions of Van Anda upon his arrival. The H.W. Treat and Tacoma steel mining companies. Mr. Young describes three mines, Little Billie, the Copper Queen and Cornell; then he discusses Blubber Road; a fire at Van Anda in 1917; the Columbia Coast Mission; the Pacific Lime Company and limestone in 1907; the "Cheslakee" shipwreck in 1913; and a discussion of coastal ships and Captains. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Willy Palmer came to Saltspring Island in 1906; description of Henry W. Bullock and the Bullock estate on Saltspring Island; operation of Bullock's farm described; anecdotes about Bullock's peculiarities; the Mouat family; the operation of steamships in the Gulf Islands; Reverend Francis Wilson described; settlement of Blacks on Saltspring Island. [TRACK 2: blank.]