Fires--British Columbia--Vancouver, 1886

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Early Vancouver : reminiscences

SUMMARY: "Early Vancouver Reminiscences" includes recollections of the following: the origins of the Salishan people, the coming of the "white people", the smallpox epidemic, and Indigenous villages in Stanley Park and the Vancouver area (described by Chief August Jack Khahtsahlano and Mrs.George); descriptions of Vancouver after the 1886 fire, the arrival of the first trains, road building, eviction of native people from Stanley Park, and the dedication of the park (by Sam Walker, Captain Canessa, Chief Khahtsahlano, and Carl Timms); dredging and construction work on False Creek, Granville Island, and various bridges over False Creek (by Captain Canessa and Reuben Hamilton); 1912 politics, IWW competing with Salvation Army for streetcorner audience, Mayor Findlay, labour meetings, descriptions of bars and ;saloons (by [Reuben Hamilton? and Captain Canessa); local characters "Lazy George","Pacific Slope", and Tommy Roberts (by Sam Walker); the Kitsilano district and the Greer land dispute (by Chief Khahtsahlano); the "Komagata Maru" incident, World War One, conscription, post-war strikes, and construction of the old Second Narrows Bridge (by Captain Canessa and Carl Timms); Gerry McGeer as a youth and as a politician, and his opponent Lyle Telford (by Reuben Hamilton).

Alice Crakenthorpe interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1961-02-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Alice Crakenthorpe speaks about her family; her mother was the first nurse in the Vancouver area; Indians; early Vancouver recollections; Hastings Mill; Gastown and Moodyville; the visit of Lord and Lady Dufferin; the Vancouver fire of June 13, 1886; and reminiscences. TRACK 2: Mrs. Crakenthorpe continues with her reminiscences: descriptions of social occasions; the arrival of the; first train; family life; her birth at Alberni; Indians; Mission; Port Moody; early school recollections; transportation; and her sister's wedding.

Dr. Charles McDonnell interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Early Vancouver medical history, 1862 - ca. 1914 : a slide presentation and lecture RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1976-04-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. McDonnell discusses his interest in medical history; historian Father Morice; BC in 1862; Vancouver families, the Moodies, Greenhorns, McLearies; lumber mills exporting to Australia in 1864; Stamp and Rogers mill owners; BC wood in the palace at Peking; medical care in BC from 1862 to 1867; Vancouver, "drugs only or go to Victoria"; Vancouver nurse Emily Patterson canoeing to patients; 1869 to 1870; Dr. Black of New Westminster; liquor problems in Vancouver; Dr. Black killed by his horse in 1871 en route to a patient in Vancouver; his funeral; Dr. True replaced Dr. Black; introduction of contract medicine in Vancouver; Premier G.A. Walkem. TRACK 2: Dr. W.W. Walkem as ornithologist; the great Vancouver fire of 1886; four doctors present; Dr. Duncan Bell-Irving and the intermarriage of medical families; the story of Dr. Breckingdale's death in 1912; Dr. Large's success; Dr. McGuighan becomes mayor in 1904; also was an alderman; treasurer of College of Physicians and Surgeons; president of the Vancouver Medical Association; Dr. Lafevre ran the CPR hospital, which was the only hospital in Vancouver until 1898; Lafevre as businessman, died in 1906.

Dr. Embert van Tilburg interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Medical missionary work RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1976-04-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Two sisters of the Order of Charity and Providence joined the interview -- Sister Maynard and Sister Catherine. Van Tilburg's childhood in Amsterdam, Holland; Levden medical school; immigration to Vancouver; interning at St. Paul's, 1953 to 1955; practice in Victoria from 1956 onward; consultant for old people's home run by Mother Cecilia and the Sisters of the Love of Jesus; 1964 extended care facilities put into Mother Cecilia's home; becomes well-known example of extended care of high calibre; films on it shown in Israel and University of Toronto hospital administration course. TRACK 2: History of St. Paul's, read by Sister Maynard; selections from a book in documentation; 1886 Vancouver Great Fire; Holy Rosary Church; 1894 need for hospital fulfilled by Sisters of Providence; 25 bed hospital; duties of order; its work in Western Canada; Sister Maynard's pastoral work at St. Paul's, 1976; medical services registration; incidents; CUSO; outpatient clothing department run by Sister Catherine; the holistic approach at a Catholic hospital; Meals on Wheels, 1975.

Captain Lionel Douglas interview, [ca. 1962]

RECORDED: [location unknown], [1962 or earlier] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Captain Douglas talks about his early years on the sea; his impression of the harbours in Vancouver and Steveston in 1897; a concert at Steveston; and the Klondike Gold Rush. He describes Vancouver in the 1890s, streetcars; roads; the fire; and transportation. He recalls his cousin, B.C. Lieutenant Governor Sir Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbiniere. He discusses his career with the English merchant marine. TRACK 2: Captain Douglas continues with his recollections about his career in the merchant marine; he describes the CPR liner "Empress of Asia" [on which he served as chief officer]; recalls the war years; describes the Victoria of 1905, and the north shore [of Burrard Inlet?].

Mabel Garnett Cornwall interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1966-02-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. F.V. Cornwall discusses her father, Robert Garnett Tatlow, who came to Canada from Ireland when he was seventeen; his work for a land syndicate in Vancouver in 1886; the Vancouver fire; real estate interests; her father as an M.L.A.; Joe Martin, Richard McBride, Dave Fulton; her father's political views; early Vancouver and high society; Lord and Lady Aberdeen. TRACK 2: Cornwall discusses her father's Cariboo property; more descriptions of people and places in early Vancouver; the Cornwalls; a train robbery story; more about the Cornwalls; dances at Kamloops; trips to Vancouver; brief comments on hunting, Indians, and clergymen in the Ashcroft area.

From Gastown to Vancouver

SUMMARY: The first of three radio documentaries about early Vancouver, combining narration with reminiscences from older residents. "From Gastown To Vancouver" deals with events and the appearance of Vancouver in the 1880s, including the following segments: descriptions and incidents related to the Vancouver fire of 1886, as recalled by Mrs.George and Mrs. W.E. (Mary) Draney; recollections of the first train into Vancouver by Sam Walker; and descriptions of the first stores, Hastings Mill, early residents, and the spread of downtown, recalled by George Fowler.