RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Archie Georgeson recalls his grandfather, Henry Georgeson, who was the light keeper at Georgina Point, Mayne Island. His great uncle was light keeper at East Point light, Saturna Island;. He recalls the history of the Georgeson family in British Columbia; the Shaw family; the maritime background of the family; the family farm near Montague Harbour; the Gray family; fruit growing; schools; the family's move to join uncle at Active Pass light in 1909; a detailed description of the operation of that lighthouse. TRACK 2: Mr. Georgeson continues with his recollections including the grounding of the SS "Princess Adelaide" at Georgina Point in 1918; the grounding of the "Kenkon Maru" on Mayne Island, and the "Sea Lion". He discusses his grandfather and grandmother; more details; about the living accommodation at the lighthouse; farming on Mayne Island; the Robinson and Bennett families; descriptions of Galiano, North and South Pender Islands; "English" society; recollections; about the types of people and living conditions on the islands.

Footage. B&W: poster for "The Original Keystone Cops with four added acts of Eastern Headline Vaudeville" at the Beacon Theatre [Vancouver], Friday April 12 [1940?]. Colour: scenes of musical, comedy and dance performances (shot from balcony in theatre), concluding with Keystone Cop routine and throwing of pies into audience [Kodachrome, edge code 1939]. B&W: man and woman dancing on stage [Kodak, edge code 1938; underexposed]. Galiano Island scenes (outs from THREE THERE): long sequence of shots showing forest, texture of weathered sandstone, rocks, bark, fences, etc. [Dupont stock; has become sepia]. Colour: sequence showing an abstract sculptured head, presumably by Peter Sager [b.1920] and called "The Poet." Sculpture is shown in dramatic lighting effects; revolving; kids pose with it, etc. [Kodachrome, edge code 1939].

This series consists of a Cowichan Land District land register for various lots on Vancouver Island and other islands, including: Galiano Island, Mayne Island and Pender Island. The entries are arranged numerically by lots within local areas, i.e. individual islands. Records date from 1891 onwards and the volume was superseded in 1929 (i.e. no further entries were made after 1929).

This volume is a continuation of an unknown previous register and records the alienation of land from the Crown (by purchase, pre-emption, lease etc.). Information may include the name of the purchaser, dates and numbers of certificates issued (including Crown Grants), dates and amounts of payments, and reference numbers to correspondence files and field books. The volume contains an alphabetical name index.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Twiss describes how he came to BC in 1910; earlier had worked in Burma; did orchard work in the Okanagan; Fintry BC; the "Laird of Fintry"; Fintry ranch; Dun-Waters; various work in Victoria, and how he moved to Galiano Island. He describes early Galiano settlers. TRACK 2: Mrs. Twiss describes her father, Captain Gilmour. Then she discusses her life: born in 1886; came to BC in 1;910, met her husband at Fintry and moved to Galiano Island. Discusses the social life and customs; politics on the islands; more on social life and early settlers.

CALL NUMBER: T0795:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Frances Brown, daughter of Frank Togan Allison, describes life on Galiano Island, where her father operated the Porlier Pass Lighthouse from 1902 to 1941. The interview begins with her father's backgound, and how he got his nickname "Sticks" following a mining accident in Nanaimo. He took over the lighthouse in 1902. Her mother was Matilda Georgeson from South Galiano; the Georgesons; were also a lighthouse family. Subjects recalled include: Indian graves in the area; the lighthouse operation, and method of using the hand foghorn to direct ships; types of vessels that used Porlier; Pass; Coon Point. The tape continues with Mrs. Devina Baines; younger daughter of Frank Allison; recalling her childhood at the lighthouse; Indian neighbours; school; Porlier Pass; Chief John Peter, ;possibly of the Penelakut Band; lighthouse life; Japanese fishermen who lived on their boats and supplied the salteries. [TRACK 2: blank.] NOTE: This interview continues as T0797:0001.

CALL NUMBER: T0795:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-06 SUMMARY: See T0797:0001.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-06 SUMMARY: NOTE: This interview is a continuation of T0795:0001. TRACK 1: Francis Brown describes her father, Frank "Sticks" Allison (who was the Porlier Pass lightkeeper 1902-1941), including his background i;n Scotland and Nova Scotia. Other subjects are: her sister Devina's accident causing a bad lye burn; childhood around the lighthouse; Chief John Peter; Granny Shaw; schooling; Japanese fishermen; the ;herring fishery and saltery. Other aspects of lighthouse life include the foghorn; newspaper delivery; mission boats; the M.V. "Thomas Crosby"; missionary visitors; mail pick-up on Kuper Island; the ;Bell family; Indian legends; Starvation Bay on Valdes Island; hostility between natives and whites; how Christmas was celebrated. TRACK 2: Francis Brown and Devina Baines speak alternately on the following subjects: more on the Japanese herring saltery; followed by North Galiano families; farming; fishing; roads and trails; stores; boat travel. They tell of the wreck of CPR ship "Peggy McNeill"; navigational dangers in Porlier Pass. Further discussion of native people on Valdes Island; the Hanson family; the operation of lighthouses including the advent of Aladdin mantle lamps; blackouts during WW2; Virago Point; responsibilities of the lighthouse keeper.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Donald New describes how his family moved to BC from England in about 1913; worked on a Mayne Island farm; his sister taught at a school on Mayne; worked for the Heck family; description; of the hotel at Miners Bay; Point Comfort Hotel; adaptation to BC life; how he worked in Victoria and was in the military in Nanaimo; did not go overseas in WWI; labour programs in Nanaimo; worked for a short time at Stave Falls; family moved to Galiano in 1915; selection of property on Galiano; agricultural possibilities described and pioneer families. TRACK 2: Three humorous anecdotes; Galiano postmasters; Mr. New as a postmaster until 1960; Englishness and "false Englishness" of early settlers; life of women and the relative lack of isolation.

The item is an hour-long sound program produced for the Provincial Archives' Sound Heritage Series under contract, about pioneer days on the Gulf Islands. It includes the impressions and stories of early residents of Galiano, Saturna, North and Sound Pender, and Mayne Islands, emphasizing the arrival of new settlers, lighthouse life, and the joys and tribulations of island life.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-09-30 SUMMARY: Miss Ida New compares the types of settlers on North and South Pender Island; Saturna Island and Galiano Island; the Payne family of Saturna Island; social life and customs; Scoones family of Galiano Island; the arrival of Miss New and her brother Donald on Galiano Island in 1913; education on the islands. At the end of T0781:0002 track 1, Freda New discusses Mayne Island.

SUMMARY: Documentary featuring resident writers and artists of Galiano Island, and their views about island life. Interviewees include: Marian Engel, Margaret Hollingsworth, Elizabeth Hopkins, Jane Rule, Sylvia Spring, Ian R. Hooey and Audrey Thomas.

The item is a film reel containing a television commercial. Promotes the new ferry service to the Gulf Islands. The newly-built ferry "Queen of the Islands" will provide service from Tsawassen to Galiano, Mayne and Saltspring Islands.

Journal describing life on Galiano Island, May 12, 1881 to June 4, 1887; entries added to 1895(?). Dominion of Canada, certificate of naturalization, 1930.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A newcomer on Galiano Island, 1971-72 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1975-10-15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Lois Brammer tells about decision to live on Gulf Islands and experiences at Coon Bay on Galiano. She describes "living off the land" and objections to squatters. Buys a houseboat and lives in Montague Harbour. Talks about animal life and sounds heard when living right on the water. Story about Stanley Jackson, friend of newcomers. TRACK 2: Describes: newcomer society; rowboating; comparing north and south Galiano; Tom and Ann; entertainment and visitors; solitude; new and old residents; future of Galiano and worry about subdivisions.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Mary Backlund recalls her family background; her great-grandfather, Henry "Scotty" Georgeson, arrived in BC during the gold rush and eventually became a light keeper at Georgina Point on Mayne Island. Her father; Albert Hawthorne, came to BC in 1912. She discusses life on Mayne and Galiano Islands; and the barter of produce between the residents, the Robson family and Mr. Deacon. She relates the story of John Cook, who was kidnapped when young by the Haida Indians, and later returned to settle in Cook's Bay. Recollections of the Burrill brothers, Joe and Fred; social life on th;e islands; music; means of transportation. TRACK 2: Mrs. Backlund recalls events surrounding the hotel on Mayne Island; stories about Active Pass. She relates her memories of John Shaw [Voss?], his work on the "Tillicum" ["Tilikum"?] and his later life on the islands; the fig tree on Valdes; the salteries; Mount Sutill; the Bell-Irvings and Irving Sinclair.

Papers relating to business activities in Victoria and on Galiano Island, including agreements and lists of property owned; reminiscences of people on Galiano Island; train and steamship tickets, and journals of trips made with the Northland Navigation Company to the west coast of Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands in the 1960s; documents, letter books and correspondence inward re internment in Belgium, Germany and France in World War II.

34 plans transferred to map division and given the following registration numbers: 14016B (30 sheets), 14032A, 14033A, 14034A and 14035A.

The item is a b&w aerial photograph of the canneries at the North end of Galiano Island.

SUMMARY: A description of life in the early days of white settlement on Mayne and Galiano Island. Voices heard are: Mary Backland, Mrs. Crawford Twiss, Dora Payne, Ida New, Donald New, Archie Georgeson and Captain George Maude.

The file consists of 9 black and white postcards showing scenes of Galiano Island, B.C. They were taken by Donald A. New, sometime between 1900 and 1929.

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1981-09-07 SUMMARY: Ruth Chambers, the only child born on Galiano Island for at least 50 years after 1910, describes her life there and in Victoria, her days as a student at Oxford, and her 41 happy years of marriage.